England manager Roy Hodgson has hit out at the sceptics who have criticised him during their World Cup qualifying campaign.

Hodgson and his troupe are on the verge of qualifly for next summer World Cup Brazil 2014. They proved it by trashing Montenegro by a 4-1 win on Friday, October 11.

Accused of being a cautious coach, Hodgson does not care and believes his record in qualifying so far proves he has been successful in what he has done, with England unbeaten in the campaign.

“I’ve been coaching for 38 years, I’ve been being labelled as this coach or that coach for 38 years, so I can certainly stand it for a couple more, so people can say what they want, he told Skysports.

“We try and work hard with our teams. We try and make certain they are well coached and well prepared, well organised when they go on the field.

“I think our nine games without defeat (in the qualifying campaign) and our 29 goals scored with four against is a good record.

“It’s a big day for me on Tuesday night because if we do win it will be 40 qualifiers with four defeats. And that is not too bad.”