Roy Hodgson to ignore final and focus on West Brom Roy Hodgson will pass up the chance to watch a number of England hopefuls in the FA Cup final on Saturday because he is committed to preparing West Brom for his penultimate game in charge of the Baggies. The 64-year-old will see out the end of the season with West Brom, and that means he will be on their training pitch on Saturday instead of at Wembley to watch Chelsea against Liverpool. Unlike previous England managers Fabio Capello and Sven-Goran Eriksson ahead of their first games in charge of the national team, Hodgson already has detailed knowledge of all the English players in the Premier League. "The players are pretty well known to me, even if I haven't worked with many of them," said Hodgson, who has postponed the naming of his squad until after the last game of the season. He has already confirmed he will take Wayne Rooney to Euro 2012 despite the Manchester United player being suspended for the first two games of the European Championships. "I'm looking forward very much to Wayne Rooney coming to the Euros with us and to his contribution, even if he can't play in the first two games," Hodgson added. Meanwhile, Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard, who played under Hodgson at Anfield, has given the new England manager his full backing. Hodgson endured a difficult 191-day reign at Liverpool during which time the club was in midst of a takeover. Gerrard said: "Roy is a good manager. I've worked with him before but I think he took the Liverpool job at the wrong time. My opinion of him has not changed before he got the [Liverpool] job, while he had the job and after it. He was very good technically, very thorough, a great guy and very loyal among the players. I think he is a good appointment. I think all the candidates the media were saying were in the running were all good candidates. Like any other England manager Roy will be judged on results so we will see how it goes, but I am certainly looking forward to working with him again. Meanwhile, the FA issued a strongly worded statement criticising a newspaper headline that made reference to his manner of speech. The Sun's headline "Bwing on the Euwos" has led to more than 100 complaints to the Press Complaints Commission. FA chairman David Bernstein said they had been delighted with the media coverage generally but that the headline was "disrespectful." In its story the Sun said Hodgson was "affectionately known as Woy due to his speech impediment."