Pack your bags Roy

[spanky]

What a shocking couple of years in the history of LFC, the only way is up.

funnily enough a united "friend" of mine said the same thing. that ourselves and arsenal will be the teams going forward with the new rules coming in. to say i was surprised was a understatement

[Mattshark]

Last season we conceded 35 goals in 38 games, under Roy we have conceded 27 in 20 games.

For a man who is apparently known for having organised defences, that is a ****ing joke.

[Shaggy]

Owners must act before rifts become permanent
Tony Evans, Football Editor

Updated 7 minutes ago

One of the things Liverpool supporters liked about John W. Henry when he took control of the club in October was his honesty. He admitted he knew nothing about football and needed to learn.

So what has he discovered in three months? That Anfield might not be the bargain it looked and that he was bequeathed a manager who seems as clueless as any American innocent.

Yesterday brought new lows for Liverpool. It began with a “club executive” blaming the dissatisfaction with Roy Hodgson on the Spirit of Shankly supporters’ union. To have an insider sneering at some of the most devoted fans gives a snapshot of the dysfunctional nature of Fenway Sports Group’s (FSG) latest acquisition.

Last night showed the extent of the lie as the day ended with another humiliation. The away support sang: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” There are people who would like the world to believe it was the work of card-carrying union militants. It was not.

Almost the entire fanbase has lost faith with the manager. That is embarrassing to people who have prided themselves on a tradition of fanaticism for half a century.

Hodgson has lost his way. He inherited a mess that even a more dynamic and inventive manager would have struggled to clean up.

But the 63-year-old has proved to the supporters that he is out of his depth. On the Kop, it was believed that Liverpool had bottomed out last season. Hodgson has showed that there are still fathoms to be plumbed.

This, remember, is a team that contains Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Joe Cole, a trio of talents, and a class goalkeeper in Pepe Reina. Bill Shankly said that a team is like piano: “Three to play, eight to carry it.”

There are managers across the world who would kill for those three — and for the chance to turn the likes of Dirk Kuyt, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger and Raul Meireles into heavy lifters.

Liverpool need leadership. Hodgson is not supplying it. It is time for FSG to provide some direction. It cannot allow the rift between fan and club to grow. It cannot allow the club to sink any lower.

[Kenneth]

Did you know... Dalglish has won more trophies than Hodgson has won away games in all his time managing English sides. #LFC #HodgsonOut

[Kenneth]

Owners must act before rifts become permanent
Tony Evans, Football Editor

Updated 7 minutes ago

One of the things Liverpool supporters liked about John W. Henry when he took control of the club in October was his honesty. He admitted he knew nothing about football and needed to learn.

So what has he discovered in three months? That Anfield might not be the bargain it looked and that he was bequeathed a manager who seems as clueless as any American innocent.

Yesterday brought new lows for Liverpool. It began with a “club executive” blaming the dissatisfaction with Roy Hodgson on the Spirit of Shankly supporters’ union. To have an insider sneering at some of the most devoted fans gives a snapshot of the dysfunctional nature of Fenway Sports Group’s (FSG) latest acquisition.

Last night showed the extent of the lie as the day ended with another humiliation. The away support sang: “You’re getting sacked in the morning.” There are people who would like the world to believe it was the work of card-carrying union militants. It was not.

Almost the entire fanbase has lost faith with the manager. That is embarrassing to people who have prided themselves on a tradition of fanaticism for half a century.

Hodgson has lost his way. He inherited a mess that even a more dynamic and inventive manager would have struggled to clean up.

But the 63-year-old has proved to the supporters that he is out of his depth. On the Kop, it was believed that Liverpool had bottomed out last season. Hodgson has showed that there are still fathoms to be plumbed.

This, remember, is a team that contains Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and Joe Cole, a trio of talents, and a class goalkeeper in Pepe Reina. Bill Shankly said that a team is like piano: “Three to play, eight to carry it.”

There are managers across the world who would kill for those three — and for the chance to turn the likes of Dirk Kuyt, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger and Raul Meireles into heavy lifters.

Liverpool need leadership. Hodgson is not supplying it. It is time for FSG to provide some direction. It cannot allow the rift between fan and club to grow. It cannot allow the club to sink any lower.

for Tony Evans

[Sprouty]

Has Barrett written anything yet?

[DannyMan2006]

for Tony Evans

[Kenneth]

It's the NESN article that is making me think this is it.

[DannyMan2006]

For anyone who may have forgot, or been on Mars and missed it:

paul_tomkins Someone asked for Roy's away wins: 5 in 26 games with Rovers; 7 in 48 at Fulham; 1 in 10 at Liverpool. 13 in 84 away games. 15% win rate.
half a minute ago via TweetDeck

[Shaggy]

thisisanfield This Is Anfield
We now have it from 3 separate "sources" that Roy Hodgson has been sacked as #LFC manager.

[Kenneth]

7 in 48 at Fulham

How did he get the job again?

[red g]

Has Barrett written anything yet?

Some early floyd stuff, Nothing for a while though.,,......

[Shaggy]

Has Barrett written anything yet?

Roy Hodgson cuts media short and says 'I am too dejected'

Tony Barrett
Updated 7 minutes ago

Roy Hodgson’s grip on the Liverpool manager’s job loosened still farther last night as he refused to answer questions about his future in an extraordinarily abrupt post-match press conference that followed their defeat by Blackburn Rovers.

Hodgson answered only three questions before his media responsibilities were curtailed by Ian Cotton, the Liverpool director of communications, who brought the conference to a halt less than 3½ minutes after it started.

Hodgson’s position, though, now appears untenable, having presided over five defeats in Liverpool’s past eight matches, a run that has resulted in the 63-year-old losing the backing of the club’s owner, Fenway Sports Group (FSG), and put him at the mercy of supporters who are increasingly agitating for his removal.

Having already decided that Hodgson will be replaced as soon as a suitable replacement can be identified and recruited, FSG may now have to make emergency contingency plans in the knowledge that Hodgson seems unable to turn around the situation facing him.

“I am not prepared to talk about my future,” Hodgson said. “At this moment I am depressed enough with the performance and the result. I am not here to talk about that. I have no comments to make and I don’t intend to answer any questions on the subject.

“We are very dejected, we have feelings of bitter disappointment and frustration. If you are Liverpool and you lose away to Blackburn, it is impossible to put a positive slant on it. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a really bad day.

“We had a very large travelling contingent and I know they were dejected at the end. What the fans are feeling, I can assure them that if they came into the dressing room, they would see people similarly dejected.

“In football you keep going as best you can. You try and make sure the next result is a better one but that’s all you can do. Football throws up good and bad moments and in a bad moment no amount of talking can change that.”

Hodgson received some sympathy from Steve Kean, the Blackburn caretaker manager, who insisted that his opposite number is “a great coach” despite pointing out that the margin of victory could have been wider.

“We were magnificent and the winning margin probably should have been more,” Kean said. “I thought we looked tremendous. You don’t like to be greedy but we had a chance to go four up and didn’t.

“Roy is a great coach and a great manager. But I think we can only look after what we can do, which is to go out and win games and move up the league.”

Kean also stated that Blackburn would “see where we are” on the proposed transfer of Ronaldinho in the next 24 hours even though the Brazilian seems set to sign for Grêmio.

[red g]

How did he get the job again?

can we call him 'pissflaps' Purslow Again?

[TheElephantMan]

At least it seems very likely that Roy will get the chop before this thread reaches 10,000 posts!