Roy Hodgson

"Roy scares the team with all his talk of showing some balls," reckons Taka Kataoka Photograph: /x

Obscure film reference alert! Has anyone other than Steve Hanson seen the original? No? Probably safe to say Danny Glover and Ray Liotta don't consider it the high-point of their careers Photograph: /x

"Despite the brave face, the intrepid Mr Hodgson can't help but feel he's getting a bit old for all this," says Sean Kearney Photograph: /x

"What’s the difference between Beowulf and Roy Hodgson?" asks Michael McGrath. "One is a legendary champion and leader of loyal Scandinavian warriors that lands to do battle and bring back singing and celebration to a saddened people who live in fear of a craven monster. The other is..." We'll stop you there, Michael, and let people work it out for themselves Photograph: /x

This was the only other globe-trotter of Roy's calibre that Ian Hudson could think of. For anyone whose cultural references don't stretch back to the mid-1980s, it's Uncle Matt of Fraggle Rock fame Photograph: /x

What's this? Surely not an up-to-date film reference? Riffing on a film that is actually any good? Blimey! "We'll have to wait and see if this thriller has a twist in the tale," announces Mark Boyd in his best voice-over voice Photograph: /x

Yes, Adrian Moore, he does look a bit like an owl doesn't he? Photograph: /x

"And for his next trick," writes John Barry, "the great Hodgson will produce a world class superstar to save Fulham from the the threat of relegation ... oops!" Photograph: /x

"Mohamed and Roy are the latest attraction to Craven Cottage," chuckles Howard Jones. "Sorry, did I say 'attraction'?" Photograph: /x

Lordi, Father Christmas, Kimi Raikkonen, reindeer, Moomins ... "Roy insisted his latest trialists were picked on footballing merit, and not nationality," writes Ross Snell Photograph: /x