Pack your bags Roy

[Craig_H]

Sod off Roy, you're not wanted here.

[GTi]

says resignation has never entered his head. here for the long haul ssn now

[Mostar]

Who will be telling nesv that he needs to go now ? Their record seems to be one of patience...and they've stated as much...so what advice do people think they'll be getting from people they deem trustworthy and close to the club...Sack Roy tommorrow ? Don't think so.

I already tweeted JWH to sack Roy and I am patiently waiting for his prompt response.

[Leyton388]

The kop should let him know how we feel. We are ****ed with this ****** in charge.

[Buzzo]

No wins in 7 games.
19th in the prem after 8 league games.
Only 6 points after 8 League games.
Scored only 7 goals conceded 13 after 8 League games.
Beaten by Northampton in the Cup.
Beaten by Blackpool at home in the league.
No away league wins.
Only one home win.
Torres out of form.
New tactics invites any team to have a go at us.
Squad seem divided.
Supporters disenchanted (to say the least).

Can't really see him staying tbh.

I'd imagine he is reiterating that he won't design so that the new owners know they are going to have to pay him off. Probably got advised by his great mate Fergie to do it this way.

[Craig_H]

No wins in 7 games.
19th in the prem after 8 league games.
Only 6 points after 8 League games.
Scored only 7 goals conceded 13 after 8 League games.
Beaten by Hartlepool in the Cup.
Beaten by Blackpool at home in the league.
No away league wins.
Only one home win.
Torres out of form.
New tactics invites any team to have a go at us.
Squad seem divided.
Supporters disenchanted (to say the least).

Can't really see him staying tbh.

I'd imagine he is reiterating that he won't design so that the new owners know they are going to have to pay him off. Probably got advised by his great mate Fergie to do it this way.

Is that a premonition for the 3rd round of the FA Cup?

[Shaggy]

No wins in 7 games.
19th in the prem after 8 league games.
Only 6 points after 8 League games.
Scored only 7 goals conceded 13 after 8 League games.
Beaten by Hartlepool in the Cup.
Beaten by Blackpool at home in the league.
No away league wins.
Only one home win.
Torres out of form.
New tactics invites any team to have a go at us.
Squad seem divided.
Supporters disenchanted (to say the least).

Can't really see him staying tbh.

I'd imagine he is reiterating that he won't design so that the new owners know they are going to have to pay him off. Probably got advised by his great mate Fergie to do it this way.

Wish it was only Hartlepool. They're 'League One'. Last I looked Northampton were 23rd in the basement division. The 2nd worst professional team in the whole country

[Craig_H]

Wish it was only Hartlepool. They're 'League One'. Last I looked Northampton were 23rd in the basement division. The 2nd worst professional team in the whole country

Indeed, we've thus far been able to fight off their challenges for the number 1 slot.

[Rowan]

What did he say after the game? Was it something like "I'm delighted with the result as my teams normally get absolutely mugged away from home. A draw is progress and I feel we may only now be a few months away from an away win"?

I really wish he'd just **** off

[Buzzo]

Is that a premonition for the 3rd round of the FA Cup?

It was Northampton wasn't it... Dang.

Get your cash on quick for that Hartlepool drubbing in the FA Cup..! You heard it here first. Bad research has let down an otherwise powerful and well thought out post.

[Craig_H]

If he's still here for the 3rd round of the FA Cup, i'll slit my wrists.

Or his.

[Chris]

****ing hell, just noticed that West Ham only need to draw at home to Newcastle on saturday to send us bottom of the league!!

[Buzzo]

If he's still here for the 3rd round of the FA Cup, i'll slit my wrists.

Or his.

if he is still here I will help hold him down.

[Lecter]

Hodgson: I am not resigning and I never will.

Liverpool relieved the pressure on their under-fire boss Roy Hodgson with a battling display in Naples last night.

And after watching with pride a committed performance from his young side to take an important Europa League point against Napoli, the Reds manager show fight of his own by insisting he would never consider quitting.

Hodgson has been swamped with rumours that he will walk out of Anfield because of the intense pressure produced by a poor start to the season, which has seen Liverpool slump into the bottom three.

There have even been suggestions that top Dutch coach Frank Rijkaard has been lined up as a replacement should the experienced coach decide he has had enough.


But Hodgson showed the same fight as his team when he emphatically dismissed suggestions he would quit, when he said:

"I have heard the ridiculous rumours about me resigning, and I can tell you there is not an iota of truth in any of them.

"The simple truth is that I have never considered resigning, and I never will."

Liverpool maintained their unbeaten run in Europe this season with a confident display, even though the absence of rested stars like Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres meant he fielded a youthful, inexperienced team.

Teenager Jonjo Shelvey made his first start for the club and impressed, and Hodgson insisted that his team showed the fight that suggests they are far from dead and buried despite their lowly league position.

And the Reds manager also argued that his side will now go into Sunday's must-win showdown with Blackburn at the weekend with the required confidence.

"We have shown tonight that we are far from dead as club coming here and doing this," he said.

"We have been going through a very bad passage. Things have not been going our way for a variety of reasons. We find ourselves at the bottom and we have to get away from there as quickly as possible.

"We have to feel we can start things going we can get things right and Sunday offers the perfect opportunity to do this. "I know the players will be chomping at the bit ready to run and fight and give everything and I hope we get that little bit of luck to get the result that helps us kick on.

"The good thing is that I haven't prejudiced that game by requiring players to play three games in a week, which could have compromise the intensity we will require for that game. We will go into it in much better shape now."

Hodgson was also at pains last night to praise the 1,000 strong travelling group of Liverpool fans, who were subjected to some horrific violence from Napoli ultras.

Six fans were hospitalised, and many were attacked with iron bars, baseball bats and even clubs with nails, and the Reds boss said:

"I was aware what was happening and I was concerned for our fans. The supporters have been fantastic - they knew they were coming to a potentially dangerous situation and all I can say how grateful we are for their support, and sympathetic we are and concerned at reports that several of them got attacked.

"We hope the reports are right that we have not had any serious injuries, and we hope everyone goes home safe and well. We don't want violence on the pitch or off and it and certainly not situations where supporters are getting injured before the game.

"Our fans deserve great credit for the way they have behaved. I find it faintly amusing when I should be forced before the game to defend Liverpool supporters against Italian journalists accusing them of drunken behaviour, when our peaceful supporters find themselves in hospital after being attacked by Italian fans".

Hodgson has been under intense pressure in the past fortnight, with embarrassing defeats at the hands of Blacpool and Everton adding to the speculation about his position.

That was heightened this week when Rijkaard, the former manager of Barcelona, was sacked by Galatasaray, leading to fresh speculation that he could replace the current Liverpool boss.

Yesterday, Rijkaard's agent Perry Overeem did little to cool that speculation when he made clear his client's interest in any vacant position at Anfield.

"Frank will return into football that is for sure. The question is when and where and that will not be answered now," Overeem said.

"It was only on Wednesday that the situation changed at Galatasaray and we are working on making sure that everything is sorted out there.

"We haven't been approached by anybody official (at Liverpool) yet and to me the current coach is still working with the support of Liverpool. Let us all wait and see what happens."

Hodgson knew his massive gamble last night would have backfired spectacularly had Liverpool lost in Naples, piling even more pressure on the result in Sunday's visit to Anfield of Blackburn.

But the control and confidence his young side showed against Napoli, even without Gerrard and Torres, will at least give him hope that he can produce the victory now required to ease the intense pressure that has been hanging over him.

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Roy-Hodgson-I-am-not-resigning-as-Liverpool-manager-and-I-never-will-article609757.html

I saw the interview on ssn and he didn't look like a guy who was about to resign. He said the websites speculating about his future are ridiculous. He also said he's here for the long haul.

Heres a comment he made about leaving Blackburn

He'll have to be bulletted but frankly I never expected anything less than that hes small time

Roy Hodgson bears no grudge towards Blackburn Rovers, having been fired by the club in 1998. The Fulham manager said the club he faces tomorrow night at Craven Cottage behaved honourably and it was his own decision to demur when the late owner, Jack Walker, gave him the opportunity to resign. Though Sam Allardyce's side are currently languishing in the relegation area Hodgson believes their position is less precarious than the one he found himself in when he took over at Fulham at the end of 2007.His exit from Blackburn after a poor start to the 1998-99 season is one of the few occasions Hodgson has blotted his managerial copybook but he said yesterday that he had the opportunity to leave on his own terms but chose to reject it, as he felt he could reverse the Lancashire club's poor start to the season.

Hodgson said: "To Blackburn's honour, Jack Walker wanted me to resign, he wanted to still pay for the rest of my contract. He said, 'Why don't you resign? You've had enough, it's not working out.' I refused to do that, arrogant of course as I was in those days.

"I thought if they stuck with me I'd save them from relegation. I do think that the players were very much still with me, so I couldn't resign because that would be a suggestion that in some way I was doing something or something was happening which I didn't see to be the case or the truth. I gave him no choice but to sack me, so they behaved very honourably in that way. I did take it very hard, but that's a personal thing."

[Buzzo]

****ing hell, just noticed that West Ham only need to draw at home to Newcastle on saturday to send us bottom of the league!!