Welcome to LFC Roy Hodgson (Officially Confirmed)

[Assassin]

Roy, welcome, you have my support like all Liverpool managers have had and will have (unless they are a manc)

[Matt]

Just watching Roy's interview on lfc.tv - have to say I find all this 'how pleased are you to be at Liverpool?' malarkey really really cringeworthy.

[Frenchie]

I've asked this before I dont think anybody's really come up with an answer - where has the bit in bold come from?

I appreciate that any manager taking the job would have limitations placed on them, but you and others seem to be suggesting that Hodgson will just let the Yanks sell half the squad from under him. I seriously doubt if ANY manager would take the job under those conditions.

Besides, standing up to the owners gets you the sack, just ask Rafa

so we will have perpetuity of mediocrity not easy to say mind

[Frenchie]

Just watching Roy's interview on lfc.tv - have to say I find all this 'how pleased are you to be at Liverpool?' malarkey really really cringeworthy.

especially seeing the Chelski fan doing the welcoming

[elrichio86]

so we will have perpetuity of mediocrity not easy to say mind

No I realise the club is in the ****, and will be until the Yanks are gone.

However you've not answered the question - where has this idea that Hodgson is a yes-man come from?

[EwarWoo]

What's the point? He's here.

Support the guy and judge him when we see what the results are.

Most seem to agree he's not the glamorous signing we were hoping for but he's now our gaffer and he's not done anything wrong to deserve the lack of respect.

[Scratch]

No I realise the club is in the ****, and will be until the Yanks are gone.

However you've not answered the question - where has this idea that Hodgson is a yes-man come from?

He's of the opinion that if he says it enough, it will become a truth accepted by all.

The yanks hired him, he must be a yes man...if he'd hired Jose, Kenny, anyone else, they'd be yes men too.

[Fosterbloke]

Thats what debating is all about

so you are happy that the club is growing its debts by compensating people because of poor decisions and slapping that debt onto the club at 10%+ whilst lining their pockets is acceptable.

Sacking Kenny would have been a step too far in PR terms the other things you mention are 'perceived manageable' PR by the ******s

How do you draw the conclusion that I'm happy with their behaviour?

I also believe that many people believe in the mantra "No one is bigger than LFC". This goes for Kenny too although I think it would be a major major ****up.

I'm just saying that I support Roy 100% and I look forward to the results of his experience and knowledge working with some world class players.

[Fosterbloke]

What's the point? He's here.

Support the guy and judge him when we see what the results are.

Most seem to agree he's not the glamorous signing we were hoping for but he's now our gaffer and he's not done anything wrong to deserve the lack of respect.

I raise my latte to you

[Frenchie]

He's of the opinion that if he says it enough, it will become a truth accepted by all.

The yanks hired him, he must be a yes man...if he'd hired Jose, Kenny, anyone else, they'd be yes men too.

I dont need anyone answering for me thanks anyway Scratch, people didnt abuse CraigH on his unflinching views yet because I have an opinion doesnt mean I cannot understand the other side.

I perceive him as a yes man from the years of seeing what he has achieved (nothing) and his affable presentation. People who go against the grain ie Mourinho etc have very different styles and winners go against the grain.

so its my opinion...

[ntto]

http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,8742_6238693,00.html

So it has come to this for club and country.

Liverpool, the country's biggest club at the onset of the 1990s, has been reduced to hiring their new manager from London's fifth biggest club.

Meanwhile, the England job has become such an unattractive proposition that - even after their announcement that Fabio Capello's position is currently under review - the FA have been denied a hearing by a 62-year-old who spent half of the last decade managing those giants of the international game, Finland and the United Arab Emirates.

The mighty have truly crashed.

Denigrating Roy Hodgson is not a pleasant undertaking but sentiment ought not to distract from the realisation of what his appointment represents for Liverpool.

It is a safety-first, reduced-status, low-budget, low-expectation underwhelming appointment that speaks trenchantly of just how dramatic and drastic the club's decline has been under the disastrous ownership of Tom and Jerry.

Their last managerial appointment, made five years ago, installed a two-time victor of La Liga. His predecessor was France's national coach. In comparison, Hodgson's managerial record is merely patchy - or, in football-speak, mid-table. His only champion achievement was 20 years ago in Sweden. He worked a minor miracle last term in guiding Fulham to the UEFA Cup final but his career had been stuck in a decade of decline managing Scandinavian and international minnows in the long years before his arrival at Craven Cottage.

In 25 years of management, the only club managed by Hodgson that can be regarded as the equal of Liverpool's standing are Inter Milan, with whom he spent 18 months at the end of the 1990s. After subsequent stints with such powerhouses as Viking, Udinese and Copenhagen, it's no wonder he has apparently said yes to Liverpool without a moment's hesitation. Is it cruel to surmise that he probably cannot believe his luck?

Hodgson's appeal for Liverpool is equally obvious and equally self-depreciating. As nothing in his record indicates he should be considered the man to deliver the club's first title in 20 years, the conclusion has to be that he has been pursued for his ability to apply a steady hand through choppy waters. His remit probably does not go any further than to replicate his big-value-for-little-money achievements at Fulham.

The ambition of finishing first has been wiped out. They might even have given up on finishing fourth. In the appointment of a man who takes his summer holidays in Wales, Liverpool have settled for being average. As the club searches for new owners and new investment, stability and an upper mid-table finish will have to suffice. Without that investment and change of ownership, it's all that can suffice.

If that sounds overly negative then try to make the argument that Hodgson's appointment is any way progressive. Is he the man to persuade Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard to remain at the club (if that is, the club can afford not to sell their prized assests)? Probably not. If Liverpool wanted that man, then they ought to have appointed Kenny Dalglish. Could Gerrard have turned his back on a true Liverpool legend during his hour of need? Could Torres? Rejecting Hodgson's quiet, steady-as-she-lists revolution will not be much of a wrench in comparison.

Yet, regardless of the outcome of his talks with Gerrard and Torres, Liverpool fans can expect Hodgson to bring a welcome sense of calm and order to the dressing-room and beyond. There will be no out-of-school press briefings, no mutterings of discontent, no hand-wringing about promises not met.

Hodgson's style is placating and persuasive. If he repeats his miracles of Fulham then maybe, just maybe, Liverpool could challenge for a top-four spot. Constrained by such a limited outlook and a limited budget, Hodgson's appointment does make sense. The best and worst of the matter is that he is the right man for the wrong time.

[Reece]

I dont need anyone answering for me thanks anyway Scratch, people didnt abuse CraigH on his unflinching views yet because I have an opinion doesnt mean I cannot understand the other side.

I perceive him as a yes man from the years of seeing what he has achieved (nothing) and his affable presentation. People who go against the grain ie Mourinho etc have very different styles and winners go against the grain.

so its my opinion...

Errr, yes they did.

Jesus. Whilst it's obvious that the majority of Liverpool fans aren't exactly overwhelmed with this appointment, the unrelenting crusade against Roy that a few seem to be on already is utterly ridiculous (although that would be perfectly fair if it was Jose Mourinho I must add). He's here now, it's time to get behind him.

[Fosterbloke]

http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...238693,00.html

Total cock custard.

[Scratch]

I dont need anyone answering for me thanks anyway Scratch, people didnt abuse CraigH on his unflinching views yet because I have an opinion doesnt mean I cannot understand the other side.

I perceive him as a yes man from the years of seeing what he has achieved (nothing) and his affable presentation. People who go against the grain ie Mourinho etc have very different styles and winners go against the grain.

so its my opinion...

Craig has suffered much abuse in his unwavering stances, his mindset of "it's my opinion and nothing you can say, no facts you can produce, will sway me" irks a lot of people...kinda like if i say it enough, people will eventually give in.

And it's already been shown what he's achieved earlier, for clubs and for country. Who knows what he can achieve at a club with a better calibre of players...he did pretty well at Inter, if i remember correctly, in a time where Inter were not the dominant force they are now.

Errr, yes they did.

Jesus. Whilst it's obvious that the majority of Liverpool fans aren't exactly overwhelmed with this appointment, the unrelenting crusade against Roy that a few seem to be on already is utterly ridiculous (although that would be perfectly fair if it was Jose Mourinho I must add). He's here now, it's time to get behind him.

[elrichio86]

I dont need anyone answering for me thanks anyway Scratch, people didnt abuse CraigH on his unflinching views yet because I have an opinion doesnt mean I cannot understand the other side.

I perceive him as a yes man from the years of seeing what he has achieved (nothing) and his affable presentation. People who go against the grain ie Mourinho etc have very different styles and winners go against the grain.

so its my opinion...

I'm not having a go as there are others saying the same thing, I'm genuinely interested where this idea's come from.

He comes across as affable in interviews, but some comments from various players have suggested he can be quite strict during training (somebody from Fulham, and Paul Ince whilst he was at Inter are both examples I can think of).

As you say, its your opinion and your entitled to it. I just think your wrong