The New Manager Thread

[Roboklopp]

I wonder if Pelligrini expected to be able to spend money.. Or even hold on to key players.

[SB]

I wonder if Pelligrini expected to be able to spend money.. Or even hold on to key players.

Coming from Real he's probably expected an open chq book and with us he'd get given a hat to take up a whip around with

[Roboklopp]

Audacious whelp.

[SB]

Audacious whelp.

Quote" The term Whelp can refer to: A Whelp: a young, carnivorous mammal, essentially one that is still dependent on its parent(s) for food, care and/or protection ..

You had me running to google for that one Mr Plod And of course you meant Manuel and not me surely

[SB]

Just saw this on the cottagers website

Poll
What team do you think Roy Hodgson will be coaching by the middle of August?
51% Fulham
60 votes

28% Liverpool
33 votes

20% England
24 votes

117 votes | Vote

Maybe just wishfull thinking on their fans part but I hope they are right and he stays put

[SB]

The article in full is here

The Daily Cottagers Rumor Mill is burning with the latest Roy Hodgson to Liverpool speculation. According to the Guardian, Liverpool are moving fast to try to have an agreement in place with Roy Hodgson before England's World Cup Match on Wednesday.

The Guardian article mentions originally Liverpool were hoping to have a deal in place with Hodgson by the end of this week. However, the story hints that Liverpool are aware that if the England job opens up they might have a battle on their hands to land Hodgson. According to the Guardian, Hodgson could be a top choice for the England job if Fabio Capello steps down. The article is also insinuating that if England do not move on in the World Cup, that could open up for speculation regarding the future of the England manager.

So this is another chapter in the ongoing speculation regarding Roy Hodgson and Liverpool. Will Liverpool sign him before the England game? Will Roy take the England job if offered? Or, maybe he just stays at Fulham and all of this talk has been pure speculation. Only time will tell what will be the next chapter in this Roy Hodgson saga.

http://www.cottagersconfidential.com/2010/6/22/1529185/cottagers-daily-rumor-mill-update

[Darkon]

I don't see 1 quote in that piece from the times, and nothing that indicates King Kenny turning on anything.

I know he would like to become the new manager, but he is far to sensible to launch anything in the public.

[Roboklopp]

Quote" The term Whelp can refer to: A Whelp: a young, carnivorous mammal, essentially one that is still dependent on its parent(s) for food, care and/or protection ..

You had me running to google for that one Mr Plod And of course you meant Manuel and not me surely

Exactly. The sheer impudence of the man for even deigning to think a club the size of LFC should have a transfer budget!

[SB]

Exactly. The sheer impudence of the man for even deigning to think a club the size of LFC should have a transfer budget!

He probably hasn't realised that he'll also double as the kit man. Take home the shirts and wash them each week and cut up oranges for half time also. What does he think he'll get paid for

[Roboklopp]

Then there's the dreaded "must nosh off the owners when required" clause...

[SB]

Then there's the dreaded "must nosh off the owners when required" clause...

I think he'll pull out of the running now

[Nicey]

I read that Guss may be in the frame again .. sweet jesus I would be delirious

[RichC]

I read that Guss may be in the frame again .. sweet jesus I would be delirious

where did you hear this? Cracking news if it's the case!

[Lecter]

I read that Guss may be in the frame again .. sweet jesus I would be delirious

Most of the "reputable" journos are saying that Kenny is on the brink of resigning from his ambassadorial role due to the imminent appointment of Hodgson

[Lecter]

Kenny Dalglish opposes Liverpool appointing Roy Hodgson

Tony Barrett

Kenny Dalglish will consider his future at Liverpool if they appoint Roy Hodgson as manager, with club officials having been made aware that their kingmaker is not supportive of the proposed coronation.

Hodgson, the odds-on favourite to succeed Rafael Benítez, is the favoured candidate of the Anfield hierarchy, despite not having won a trophy in English football. It has even been suggested that his expected move from Fulham could be completed by the end of this week.

But having informed the board of his opinion that he would be the right man for the job, Dalglish, 59, has made it abundantly clear that he feels he is a better candidate for the position than Hodgson, despite his longstanding friendship with the Fulham manager.

Should Liverpool not back Dalglish’s judgment after giving him the task of spearheading their search for a new manager then they will run the risk of making his position untenable, less than a year after he returned to the club in a dual role combining ambassadorial duties with a post at the Liverpool Academy in Kirkby.

Dalglish enjoys immense popular support among the Liverpool fanbase because of his legendary status at the club he served with great success as player and manager.

A Times online survey has indicated that he is the man most Liverpool supporters would like to see replace Benítez, with 57.5 per cent of those who took part in the poll backing Dalglish. Hodgson, by contrast, attracted only 6.5 per cent of the vote, in keeping with the prevailing feeling at the club that he may have succeeded in gaining support from the board, but winning over the supporters is likely to be a more arduous task.

The Fulham manager does have some support in the Anfield dressing room, but it is by no means unanimous. While some see him as a safe pair of hands during a turbulent time in the club’s history and admire the work he did in guiding Fulham to the Europa League final last season, others question his Premier League credentials. From being seen as the unity candidate, a man of dignity who is rarely caught up in controversy, Hodgson has suddenly become a cause of division at Anfield.

Should he accept the position of manager, he will do so in the knowledge that he faces not only a battle to turn around Liverpool’s fortunes, but he will also have to confront the equally significant challenge of proving his doubters wrong.

There is growing concern that his appointment could lack credibility given that it would be made by a Liverpool board led by a chairman, Martin Broughton, who has already revealed that he will leave the club within months should the long search for new owners bear fruit, and a managing director, Christian Purslow, who continues to operate without a long-term contract, having been recruited primarily to attract much-needed investment.

One of the main reasons why Dalglish was invited to head the search for a new manager, alongside Purslow, was to lend the process a credibility it might otherwise have lacked.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/article2566617.ece

Kenny Dalglish: The King turned kingmaker at Liverpool

Analysis: Tony Evans Football Editor

The gruff Glaswegian growl cut through the chatter in an incongruously upmarket London bar: “You’re either inside the tent p**sing out, or outside the tent p**sing in. Where are you?”

This was Kenny Dalglish responding to concerns that his return to Liverpool in an ambassadorial role last summer appeared to give a seal of approval to the owners. He made it clear that he was back at Anfield because he could help. He did, however, on that autumn day, endorse the role of Christian Purslow, the managing director, when questions were raised about the former equity dealer’s credentials.

Purslow is a friend, yet Dalglish will not stand idly by and watch him appoint Roy Hodgson as manager of Liverpool. Hodgson is another friend, but there are bigger matters at stake here for the Scot than personal relationships.

Dalglish does not believe the Fulham manager is the right man for the job. Purslow has the power to push the appointment through, but dare he? It is one thing to defeat Rafael Benítez after a dreadful season, quite another to take on the man who defers only to Bill Shankly as the club’s iconic figure.

Dalglish outside the tent is unthinkable. The man the Kop calls “The King” could bring torrents to bear that would wash Purslow’s entire campsite away.