Pack your bags Roy

[Shaggy]

This feels familiar, huh?

Local paper letters page from 1999.

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk...s_just_not_on/

Hodgson outburst is just not on

JUST who does Roy Hodgson think he is?

Again he has been moaning about his dismissal from Blackburn Rovers.

Better managers than him have been sacked for far less reason and they have kept a dignified silence.

The one thing they have in common is that their "sackings" appeared harsh at the time but all are working again and doing OK.

Hodgson had probably one of the worst Premier League records of any manager if you take his last 40 games into account and his buying was abysmal.

Brian Little got the bullet at Villa for one bad buy - Stan Collymore. Hodgson made a whole team full of bad buys and I don't need to insult the Rovers followers by naming them all.

Hodgson received full payment of his remaining contract within a couple of weeks of his sacking - no argument, no hassle.

Not many "sacked" managers can claim that experience.

He now has to audacity to suggest there is "poison" behind the scenes at Ewood, that the players loved him - Sherwood apart - and that Jack Walker doesn't know what he is doing.

The only criticism of Jack Walker is that Hodgson was employed in the first place, and given so much money to waste and that he wasn't sacked before late November.

If Rovers go down, don't blame Jack Walker or the board. Certainly, don't blame Brian Kidd.

The blame lies on Hodgson's shoulders - the mess, lack of morale, infighting and the average players he left behind at Ewood will take years to sort out.

Hopefully Brian Kidd will be around long enough to do that.

Tomorrow's game against Everton is crucial. Brian Kidd and the team need massive support, despite the last three awful performances.

Don't let's see a pitiful gate of 20,000 made up of 8,000 from Merseyside.

C WHITESIDE, Biggar Village, Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

[Subby]

[Rich]

I'll be gutted if we get to Tuesday and there's no new manager in place.

[Neil Young]

in the sense that I never attacked him or quoted him, then yes

Oh right, I thought we'd put this to bed...

[Craig_H]

[Glenn Hysen]

I'll be gutted if we get to Tuesday and there's no new manager in place.

I'm already gutted. Think two seasons ago and compare to how we play now....christ

[Lecter]

Even ex Mancs think he should go.


Kenny Dalglish should be King of Kop again, says Harry Gregg

By Steven Beacom
Friday, 22 October 2010


Northern Ireland goalkeeping great Harry Gregg believes Kenny Dalglish should be the manager of Liverpool and not Roy Hodgson.

Winning pair: Kenny Dalglish in the Anfield stand with old strike partner Ian Rush no doubt wishing for a return to former glory days

While Gregg has been keeping a close eye on recent stunning developments at his old team Manchester United, telling Wayne Rooney in yesterday’s Belfast Telegraph that “no one is bigger than the club”, another iconic side in the north west of England has also been occupying his thoughts.

And Gregg is appalled with events at Anfield on and off the pitch.

While Liverpool supporters have been cheering the departure of Tom Hicks and George Gillette and hailing the arrival of new owner John Henry, Gregg asks: “What association do the new people have with Liverpool Football Club? It’s only business for them. I have a feeling it may be a case of out of the pan and into the kettle.”

Liverpool were involved in Europa League action last night, but the major concern relates to their dreadful domestic form.

Embarrassingly knocked out of the Carling Cup by Northampton earlier in the season, the Anfield outfit now find themselves in 19th place in the Premier League.

Rather than fighting for the title or a Champions League spot, they are in the relegation zone with just one win from eight matches, the last of which was a dismal 2-0 defeat at derby rivals Everton last Sunday.

Reds manager Hodgson suggested that his side played well in that game. He was in a minority of one on that and is going through a difficult time persuading Liverpool fans that he is the man to take them onwards and more importantly upwards.

Gregg, forthright as ever, has never been convinced Hodgson, who is now dogged by rumours that he is about to be replaced by former Barcelona boss Frank Rijkaard, would cut it at Anfield.

“People ask how long Roy Hodgson should get at Liverpool. I would say he’s had too long already,” says Harry, who has been distinctly unimpressed by the form and attitude of Kop hero Fernando Torres.

“I know Roy Hodgson did well at Fulham, but I didn’t think he was the right man for Liverpool when he was appointed. I’m not being wise after the event, I told people that in the summer when he took over. I've never been a big admirer.

“At the time when Rafa Benitez was being replaced I felt Kenny Dalglish should have been given the job and I still hold that view. They really should bring him back to manage the club.”

Although Gregg’s beloved United and Liverpool have been fierce rivals down the years, Northern Ireland’s 1958 World Cup hero says he takes no pleasure whatsoever from the troubles the Anfield outfit have encountered in recent times.

In fact, he says he is saddened by developments on the red half of Merseyside.

“I do feel sad about what has happened at Liverpool and have sympathy for their fans,” states Harry. “I remember Liverpool when they were playing in the old second division.

“I played against them when I was at Doncaster Rovers and even then the atmosphere at Anfield was special, though it has fallen away recently.

“The great Bill Shankly came along and the club took off and then flourished through dear friends of mine like Bob Paisley and Kenny Dalglish. It’s sad to see Liverpool where they are now.”

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/....g-14984331.html

[banditos]

Very good assesment of Roys tactics posted by Shaggy in another thread,

http://timhi.wordpress.com/2010/10/2...s-two-manager/

[Darkon]

Oh right, I thought we'd put this to bed...

sorry, we did, and it wasn't minded at you - just couldn't help it since I was called a hypocrite there.

The wink was also an indication that I mend nothing serious with it

[DannyMan2006]

No chance he's going is there?

[Big-Red-Ed]

Probably a bit premature here but if NESV don't have the wit or the money to get rid of this this clown asap then I will begin to have serious reservations about their credibility.

[Buzzo]

Probably a bit premature here but if NESV don't have the wit or the money to get rid of this this clown asap then I will begin to have serious reservations about their credibility.

They have only been in charge for a week!!!!!

[DannyMan2006]

Probably a bit premature here but if NESV don't have the wit or the money to get rid of this this clown asap then I will begin to have serious reservations about their credibility.

They may be sports people, but they're not football people. Have to give them time to get the jist of things. But keeping hold of Roy may well cost us our best players.

[Mostar]

Probably a bit premature here but if NESV don't have the wit or the money to get rid of this this clown asap then I will begin to have serious reservations about their credibility.

Imo it has nothing to do with them not having money to get rid of Roy and all to do with them (hopefully they are looking) still working on choosing a right candidate to replace him.

[Neil Young]

sorry, we did, and it wasn't minded at you - just couldn't help it since I was called a hypocrite there.

The wink was also an indication that I mend nothing serious with it

OK, no problem.