Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson has defended Tottenham rival Mauricio Pochettino over his lack of silverware.

The two teams meet today in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

Hodgson said: "If the be-all and end-all of your ability is have you got a trophy to your name, I find that hard to understand.

"It's so naive in terms of what the job of being a football coach is all about.

"Unfortunately you are just dooming 97-to-98 per cent of all the people working in football as failures because they may not have a chance of winning a trophy.

"What about the Rotherham manager (Paul Warne)? Is he going to be a hopeless manager all his life who never wins a trophy?

"People should sort of wise up to what football is today and stop talking about trophies."