The Roy Hodgson Thread

[coop]

It hasn't yet been confirmed yet but it looks pretty safe to say Hodgson will be the Liverpool manager by the end of the week.

 

He is not the appointment i would have liked but as soon as he becomes manager he will get my 100% support.

 

We as fans need to take stock as just who is the cancer at the club and it is not Hodgson but Hicks and Gillett.

 

Regardless of whether or not you feel Hodgson should be the manager i can see no justification to have a go at someone who seems a genuine, nice bloke and done nothing wrong at Liverpool bar not be a top managerial name.

 

If i was Hodgson i would create a seige mentality and just go for whatever he can whilst ignoring the owners as much as possible.

 

There is no point as manager feeling sorry for yourself over the lack of transfer fund as this just carries on to the players as we saw last season when the heart and spirit had been ripped out of the team.

 

If Roy can bring back that spirit and that desire to win then we may well surprise a few people.

 

This of course will be made a lot harder if players such as Gerrard and Torres leave but if we can keep the main spine of the team together and have no major departures then lets just wait and see.

 

What is important though is for the fans not to be distracted from the main aim of getting the owners out.

[Dr Arthur De Sabre]

It's all gone a bit Royston Vasey, this is a local club for local (english) managers.... Good luck Roy, I'm behind you all the way - it's going to take a fucking miracle, but there's one things this clubs provides it's the thrills and spills of a theme park ride... more thrills and less spills eh Gaffer

[goatboy59]

 

Steven Gerrard ran away

 

"I didn't"

 

Bravely bravely ran away

 

"I never!"

 

When trouble reared its ugly head

 

He turned around and quickly fled

 

"No!"

 

Brave old Stevie turned about

 

And gallantly he chickened out

"All lies!"

 

When needed most he went and hid

 

Then fucked us off for Real Madrid

 

"Oooooooo!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

I shall of course apologise in August when this turns out to be bollocks.

[PaulMcC]

Purslow must be Hick's bastard british son, or some sort of relation.

 

Purslow has known members of Hicks' family for years, apparently.

[Kennys_spell]

Why support the club? It doesn't support us.

 

That's a very very astute question - I'm not taking the piss it really is.

 

My immediate reaction was "I don't know" - which is strange because in years past I'll have simply said "because my dad did and that's what he taught me to do - I always have".

 

But really it was a mutual respect relationship - even as a very young lad going to watch us in the second division it was clear that the club was doing all in it's power to get us back in the 1st division and to go on from there to win it and become the best in Europe. That happend, thankfully and I have some fantastic memories - I honestly can't say that I get the feeling that Liverpool FC is there for the fans anymore. It appears to be there to further the political/business careers of some grey suited knob who neither knows what it feels like to be a proper working-class supporter or what it feels like to have been passed a "Love" of the club that has in the past been unquestionable.

 

"Unquestionable" - Not any more.

 

Thanks

[Section_31]

Short term 'steady the ship' appointment IMO, a new owner will want their own man, if they buy LFC as a vanity project they undoubtedly will. He deserves our full support though because he is a Liverpool manager and he seems a top bloke, although I expect to lose a couple of top players because of this appointment - the likes of Masch and Gerrard will not see this as a step up.

 

My thoughts on Gerrard are that he owes us nothing, but as far as the rest are concerned, if England's debacle has proven anything, it's that you can accomplish more with a team of top lads than you can with one of a few talented egos.

[Guest LFD]

Would you blame either of them for going?

 

Yes.

 

Gerrard only need to look at Owen leaving to see the grass isn't always greener and won't necessarily win things if he goes.

 

We need Gerrard and if he supports the club, as he says he does, he shouldn't be leaving when the going gets tough.

 

I think he'll stay.

[danperkins]

Welcome Roy and best of luck you've got one hell of a task in front of you, you can start by bring in Bret Hangeland here that would gain some favours with the doubters.

[WaltonRed]

If Stevie loves us he'll stay, end of.

 

i'd play under anyone

[Chinandeler Bong]

Im glad I dont live up there because I wouldn't be able to resist going to the ground and sounding off to these parasitic, leeching, asset stripping, no marks.

Fuck they make me angry.

[danperkins]

You're a cunt but there you go.

Haha classic!!

[WaltonRed]

And still the club stay quiet

[Kennys_spell]

Yes.

 

Gerrard only need to look at Owen leaving to see the grass isn't always greener and won't necessarily win things if he goes.

 

We need Gerrard and if he supports the club, as he says he does, he shouldn't be leaving when the going gets tough.

 

I think he'll stay.

 

If I were Gerrard my first question after that would be 'but what will I win if I stay'? - it's a guess whichever way you go but an educated guess would hint at a move away. The club is clearly not showing the same level of ambition as some of the players.

[Chinandeler Bong]

If Stevie loves us he'll stay, end of.

 

i'd play under anyone

 

My hope is he will want to stay and help the club more than ever now.

 

If the club sell the likes of Steve and Nando then surely its value decreases for old Tom ?

[Guest LFD]

If I were Gerrard my first question after that would be 'but what will I win if I stay'? - it's a guess whichever way you go but an educated guess would hint at a move away. The club is clearly not showing the same level of ambition as some of the players.

 

Did we look like winning the Champs League when Owen left?

[Paco]

Whether we wanted him or not he's the new manager of Liverpool and deserves all our support. If he can convince any or all of Gerrard, Torres, Benayoun and Mascherano to stay then he will be off to a winning start. Similarly I won't blame him if any or all of them go. He still has a very good squad of players there. I doubt there'll be much money to spend so he'll have to make some shrewd signings.

 

I'm looking forward to the start of the season and a new beginning.

[otto-man]

Again, I have to ask; do the players not have any say in all this?

 

Blame the evil agent, blame the evil club for selling them, but are they absolutely incapable of saying "I'm not going"?

 

Gerrard especially, if he knows his fee will go towards debt reduction and prolonging our agony, can fuck off.

 

"Yeah but it's understandable, it's a short career and we're going nowhere" etc.

 

Sounds a lot like pandering to me.

 

His armband said he was a red

Once we hit trouble he turned and fled

 

Catchy.

 

Er, wait a minute. Weren't you one of the ones saying you wouldn't blame Gerrard for leaving if Rafa stayed?

 

Now suddenly he's a cunt because he won't stay to fight for 7th with Roy Hodgson and Director of football Cecil Purslow?

[Whelan]

Not sure if this is true, but I was told that Gerrard and Carragher wanted Roy! So, not sure if Gerrard will leave.

 

Not sure Torres will leave, the only viable option is Barcelona, but we want 60million plus, so tough shit!

[Shreddy]

Oh well what can i say Good luck

[Chinandeler Bong]

Not sure if this is true, but I was told that Gerrard and Carragher wanted Roy! So, not sure if Gerrard will leave.

 

Not sure Torres will leave, the only viable option is Barcelona, but we want 60million plus, so tough shit!

 

I was told this would be a BIG summer.

[Shreddy]

Barcelona can have Torres but they will have to pay 60m plus Villa and Messi or else no deal.

[The Dude Abides]

I was told this would be a BIG summer.

 

Is that what they told you on the football-rumours site? Bless.

[Whelan]

I was told this would be a BIG summer.

 

Yeah but Hicks never told me the information! So you take your sarcasm sunny! And take a little time to think about what you say in future, and the effects that your words have on people!

 

I'm literally sitting here typing through the tears!

 

I hope you are happy?

[silverlining]

I hope someone quotes this comment back to Roy (apropos Gerrard and Torres) at tomorrow's press conference:

 

 

 

'Art of being a good manager doesn't just disappear' - News & Comment, Football - The Independent

 

 

"Take Zidane or Roberto Carlos out of Real Madrid and replace them with McManaman and Salgado and it's not the same."

 

To which the correct response would be:

 

Real Madrid won two titles and two European Cups while McManaman was there, you clueless dickhead.

[Kennys_spell]

Did we look like winning the Champs League when Owen left?

 

We'd just employed a manager who's team had ripped us apart home and away in Europe, who had won his own title twice beating bigger, better resourced teams on the way and had actually won a trophy in Europe.

 

Can you say that the employment of this manager shows that sort of ambition?