Next Liverpool Manager

[goatboy59]

Support and believe what, Ant?

As another poster said - if he wins us a CL and gets more than 86 points he'll get my support and belief. If he doesn't then he won't.

A CL spot in the first season or i'll get all ART on his ass

 

Don't you think we need to build a bridge over troubled waters?

[mattyq]

I won't let the sun go down on me...I won't let the sun go down etc

[kopite1989]

Is anything ever going to happen...

[Spy Bee]

I thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just Purslow with a torch bringing Roy Hodgson to Liverpool.

[Captain]

I thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just Purslow with a torch bringing Roy Hodgson to Liverpool.

 

Thanks for the laugh in a depressing situation, repped.

[birkenhead]

Watching sky (SSN) showing Liverpool fans saying they would be happy with Woy appointment? yet a couple of days ago saying the opposite.

 

I never thought the day would arrive..... where i would say the bluenoses having a better manager.

[adidas samba]

The press confrence is tomorrow for defo not sure what time but deffo tomorrow.

[Irishlad]

Ince's view on Hodgson - about month old

 

PLACID, intelligent, articulate. All words that you associate with Roy Hodgson and trotted out by those people who don't really know him so well.

 

But if you'd sat in a dressing room and seen him peeling the paint off the walls at half-time, you'd get a better picture of the man I'd have no hesitation in naming Manager of the Year.

 

I've never seen anybody go quite as bananas as Roy - and I include Fergie in that.

 

He might not get the hairdryer out right in your face in the way Fergie does but grown men don't dare catch Roy's eye when he's in full rant mode.

 

I was fortunate to work under him at Inter Milan for three years and it was a real education and insight into a great manager.

 

He came to Inter when the players ruled the dressing room and, in particular, Pepe Bergomi.

 

Bergomi was Mr Inter. He was the captain, had the ear of the president, went out for dinner with influential supporters and basically ruled the roost.

 

The problem was, Pepe was past it. He only got in the team through reputation, nothing else.

 

Roy saw that immediately and after he replaced Ottavio Bianchi as manager, the first thing he did was drop Bergomi.

 

Cue murder.

 

The fans went mad, there were huge inquisitions (mostly led by Bergomi himself) and all sorts of threats against Roy's position.

 

But he held strong because he knew he was right.

 

He laid down a marker and would not be swayed even though he came under tremendous pressure. I admired that. It showed a man whose outward manner hid an inner strength and belief in himself.

 

We used to live fairly close to each other on Lake Como and there were many nights we'd have a meal together, Roy with his glass of red and big cigar, me listening and trying to soak up as much information and advice as I could.

 

It was because of Roy that I didn't pack Inter in after a few months.

 

Bianchi was playing me on the left wing in a 4-5-1 formation but Roy switched to a 4-4-2, stuck me back in centre midfield and helped give me a football education I've never forgotten.

 

His CV was already packed with experience both at club and international level and he had a wisdom that rubbed off on players and gave him the immediate respect of even the biggest names. Training sessions were a joy, always fresh and packed with ideas you could easily take on board.

 

When he left Inter the president, Massimo Moratti, admitted that letting Roy go was the biggest mistake he made.

 

I see so many of the traits he bred at Inter in the current Fulham side.

 

They play to a system, they're fantastically organised and they play for each other.

 

There are no egos or star names which lulls opponents into a false sense of security meaning they underestimate Fulham... and pay for it. I hear managers say there's no pressure at a club like Fulham because there's no real expectations.

 

Rubbish. The pressure to stay in the Premier League is immense because relegation could cost a club like Fulham so dearly. Then there's the pressure of turning players who have been rejected by other clubs into better players through coaching and fantastic man-management.

 

Speak to somebody like Danny Murphy who was turfed out by Liverpool. Or Simon Davies. Or Bobby Zamora.

 

They will tell you Roy has improved them as players to the point Zamora is a real candidate for an England place.

 

You don't beat the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and Wolfsburg by a fluke.

 

You win because you're a confident unit completely comfortable with the manager's system and tactics, and you believe in yourselves.

 

Fulham are at the same stage of the Europa League as Liverpool without spending a fraction of Anfield's budget. That says it all.

 

Roy is a real manager's manager who never gets involved in controversy, just does his job properly and wins the respect of all his peers.

 

So while Carlo Ancelotti or whoever wins the title will always be mentioned as Manager of the Year, for me there's only one winner... Roy Hodgson.

[Pidge]

Ince's view on Hodgson - about month old

 

So while Carlo Ancelotti or whoever wins the title will always be mentioned as Manager of the Year, for me there's only one winner... Roy Hodgson.

 

I guess Tom won't be running off to Chelsea after all then.

[ZZZZ]

Support and believe what, Ant?

As another poster said - if he wins us a CL and gets more than 86 points he'll get my support and belief. If he doesn't then he won't.

A CL spot in the first season or i'll get all ART on his ass

 

100% agreed.

[4Q2 Wann Kerr]

dodgy podgy hodgy oy oy oy

dodgy oy

podgy oy

dodgy podgy hodgy oy oy oy

 

 

that's all i have to say on the matter

[4Q2 Wann Kerr]

woy woy hodgson

woy woy hodgson

woy woy hodgson

wodwiguez and weina

[RoboRiise]

Ince's view on Hodgson - about month old

 

PLACID, intelligent, articulate. All words that you associate with Roy Hodgson and trotted out by those people who don't really know him so well.

 

But if you'd sat in a dressing room and seen him peeling the paint off the walls at half-time, you'd get a better picture of the man I'd have no hesitation in naming Manager of the Year.

 

I've never seen anybody go quite as bananas as Roy - and I include Fergie in that.

 

He might not get the hairdryer out right in your face in the way Fergie does but grown men don't dare catch Roy's eye when he's in full rant mode.

 

I was fortunate to work under him at Inter Milan for three years and it was a real education and insight into a great manager.

 

He came to Inter when the players ruled the dressing room and, in particular, Pepe Bergomi.

 

Bergomi was Mr Inter. He was the captain, had the ear of the president, went out for dinner with influential supporters and basically ruled the roost.

 

The problem was, Pepe was past it. He only got in the team through reputation, nothing else.

 

Roy saw that immediately and after he replaced Ottavio Bianchi as manager, the first thing he did was drop Bergomi.

 

Cue murder.

 

The fans went mad, there were huge inquisitions (mostly led by Bergomi himself) and all sorts of threats against Roy's position.

 

But he held strong because he knew he was right.

 

He laid down a marker and would not be swayed even though he came under tremendous pressure. I admired that. It showed a man whose outward manner hid an inner strength and belief in himself.

 

We used to live fairly close to each other on Lake Como and there were many nights we'd have a meal together, Roy with his glass of red and big cigar, me listening and trying to soak up as much information and advice as I could.

 

It was because of Roy that I didn't pack Inter in after a few months.

 

Bianchi was playing me on the left wing in a 4-5-1 formation but Roy switched to a 4-4-2, stuck me back in centre midfield and helped give me a football education I've never forgotten.

 

His CV was already packed with experience both at club and international level and he had a wisdom that rubbed off on players and gave him the immediate respect of even the biggest names. Training sessions were a joy, always fresh and packed with ideas you could easily take on board.

 

When he left Inter the president, Massimo Moratti, admitted that letting Roy go was the biggest mistake he made.

 

I see so many of the traits he bred at Inter in the current Fulham side.

 

They play to a system, they're fantastically organised and they play for each other.

 

There are no egos or star names which lulls opponents into a false sense of security meaning they underestimate Fulham... and pay for it. I hear managers say there's no pressure at a club like Fulham because there's no real expectations.

 

Rubbish. The pressure to stay in the Premier League is immense because relegation could cost a club like Fulham so dearly. Then there's the pressure of turning players who have been rejected by other clubs into better players through coaching and fantastic man-management.

 

Speak to somebody like Danny Murphy who was turfed out by Liverpool. Or Simon Davies. Or Bobby Zamora.

 

They will tell you Roy has improved them as players to the point Zamora is a real candidate for an England place.

 

You don't beat the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus and Wolfsburg by a fluke.

 

You win because you're a confident unit completely comfortable with the manager's system and tactics, and you believe in yourselves.

 

Fulham are at the same stage of the Europa League as Liverpool without spending a fraction of Anfield's budget. That says it all.

 

Roy is a real manager's manager who never gets involved in controversy, just does his job properly and wins the respect of all his peers.

 

So while Carlo Ancelotti or whoever wins the title will always be mentioned as Manager of the Year, for me there's only one winner... Roy Hodgson.

 

 

Good read, although I did chuckle at Ince having a pop at Bergomi for being mates with the chairman and all that, then banging on about how the and Hodgson them used to enjoy frequent dinners together.

 

Anyway as long as his ideas and tactics are still as fresh, relative to other managers in the league, a mere thirteen years after Ince played for him, we'll be fine.

[Chinandeler Bong]

I loved the bit about Roy and his cigar.

[Red Nick]

As he hasnt been appointed yet I can call him what he is a shit coach and I will stop there

[Chinandeler Bong]

As he hasnt been appointed yet I can call him what he is a shit coach and I will stop there

 

Chill yer bones man. Give the guy a chance before you knock him.

No one would get anywhere in this world if people like you had any influence.

[Torvald Utne]

Maybe Red Nick wouldn't appoint someone based on their nationality?

[Red Nick]

Chill yer bones man. Give the guy a chance before you knock him.

No one would get anywhere in this world if people like you had any influence.

 

The problem is shit tastes like shit, if someone serves you a plate of shit up for dinner would you give it a chance?

 

I have it on good authority that the new assistant manager at LFC isnt going to go down that well but his son does play for the club.

[ali]

Roy Hodgson enters den of uncertainty

Hodgson must try to hang on to his Liverpool stars without the lure of the Champions League next season

 

Tony Evans Football Editor

Last updated June 30 2010 10:08PM

 

Roy Hodgson’s appointment as Liverpool manager will throw up more questions than answers. The manager’s chair at Anfield has long been one of football’s plum jobs. For most of Hodgson’s career in the dugout — which started with Halmstads in Sweden in 1976 — the 62-year-old must have looked with envy at the stability and resources of the Merseyside club.

 

Since 1959, when Bill Shankly arrived, every subsequent appointment has found a stable environment and a war chest of cash to greet him on his unveiling. Hodgson will find neither.

 

Since George Gillett Jr and Tom Hicks acquired the club in a leveraged buyout three years ago, the nature of Liverpool has changed. Debt and discontent lurk at Anfield, where before there was prosperity and promise.

 

Hodgson’s first job will be to persuade players with global reputations not to desert an institution that carries an air of decay. Will Steven Gerrard, Fernando Torres, Javier Mascherano, Pepe Reina and the rest of Anfield’s stars commit themselves to a season shorn of Champions League football? What can Hodgson offer to convince them that trophies and the big time will return to Anfield? Fulham’s run to the Europa League final and twelfth-place league finish last season will do little to impress the squad.

 

A year ago, under Rafael Benítez, the leading players were given assurances by the club’s top brass that things would improve. The promises were broken and morale and results deteriorated. Has Christian Purslow, the managing director, any credible ammunition to supply Hodgson with in his battle to maintain the squad?

 

And is there any will to do this in Anfield’s boardroom? With debts to the Royal Bank of Scotland in the region of £351 million, a £120 million summer sale would allow a large tranche of cash to be paid off. Hodgson’s pickings from such a scenario would appear superficially substantial — £20 million, say — but a scant amount to replace Gerrard and Torres.

 

Then there is the fate of another Liverpool big name, who could damage the new regime irreparably with a single gesture. Kenny Dalglish’s role at Anfield has been vague. An ambassador, with responsibilities at the academy, is the official explanation.

 

But, whether employed by the club or not, he is the keeper of Liverpool’s soul. His significance is huge, for fans, for players and for the new manager. Dalglish is friends with Hodgson but, when asked by Purslow to assess candidates to replace Benítez, the Scot balked at the shortlist and proposed filling the job himself. From that point, Dalglish was sidelined from the selection process.

 

Symbolism is important to these fans. On Sunday, in parody of Independence Day in the United States, they will protest against the American owners. Many will lionise Hodgson’s predecessor — Benítez is admired as much for his fight against Hicks and Gillett as for his trophies. He arrived before the new owners and was never tainted by association. The new man will not be so lucky.

 

The mood of unhappiness is palpable, from the top earners to the terraces. It is hard to see how any newcomer could make sense or bring succour to such a situation.

 

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/premierleague/article2581904.ece

[Il Fenomeno]

The problem is shit tastes like shit, if someone serves you a plate of shit up for dinner would you give it a chance?

 

I have it on good authority that the new assistant manager at LFC isnt going to go down that well but his son does play for the club.

 

Is it Martin Kelly's dad?

[gmac]

Tomorrows the time all the Benitez hating fuckers got what they wanted, oh I don’t deny he had faults and made some stupid fucking decisions but paying 6 mill? to get rid, paying 2 mill to appoint Woy? Think it says something that in the past we’ve had Madrid etc trying to pry away the manager, think were quite safe that won’t happen again any time soon.

 

Looking at random threads / reading papers / listening radio (special mention to A. Jackson, how I hate that fucker, I deliberately listen to the twat to wind myself up, fuck knows why), people now seem to be accepting we are a mid table team with help from the media Woy (FUCKING WOY!!!) is the man to steady the ship / can’t afford better / learn to live within means, fuckinell Liverpool aren’t fucking Everton nor Fulham. Evertonians and other twats winding me up at work, worst are the fuckwits who profess to be Liverpool supporters winding me up even more, can’t handle all this.

 

Fuck me I’m so disappointed, so depressed about all this, fuck fuck fuck, got fucking pains an everything – maybe the vodka but blaming all this Woy lark.

[Guest ed_oifa]

Just thought I'd vote to see what you all put… and you where wrong by the way! :)

[vonk]

Tomorrows the time all the Benitez hating fuckers got what they wanted, oh I don’t deny he had faults and made some stupid fucking decisions but paying 6 mill? to get rid, paying 2 mill to appoint Woy? Think it says something that in the past we’ve had Madrid etc trying to pry away the manager, think were quite safe that won’t happen again any time soon.

 

Looking at random threads / reading papers / listening radio (special mention to A. Jackson, how I hate that fucker, I deliberately listen to the twat to wind myself up, fuck knows why), people now seem to be accepting we are a mid table team with help from the media Woy (FUCKING WOY!!!) is the man to steady the ship / can’t afford better / learn to live within means, fuckinell Liverpool aren’t fucking Everton nor Fulham. Evertonians and other twats winding me up at work, worst are the fuckwits who profess to be Liverpool supporters winding me up even more, can’t handle all this.

 

Fuck me I’m so disappointed, so depressed about all this, fuck fuck fuck, got fucking pains an everything – maybe the vodka but blaming all this Woy lark.

 

Won't you be disappointed if he does well. :yes:

[Guest ed_oifa]

lol

[gmac]

Won't you be disappointed if he does well. :yes:

 

Until the yanks etc are gone think the job will be a bit of a poison chalice for any manager, but no, I do hope he does well, genuinely will support him, probably just the overall situation that’s doing my head in and I’m wrong for calling anyone as we can all look back in hindsight.