Pack your bags Roy

[DannyMan2006]

If they knew Roy was on the way out you would think they would put the effort in to secure 4th spot. Too many players going missing tbh. With an on form Torres alone we'd be top 4 now.

[PTP]

The club told Gerrard & Carragher months before they appointed Benitez

Besides which you couldnt undermine Hodgson anymore than he has already done himself

Hes like the castle made of sand and the tides coming in

castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually

[banditos]

If they knew Roy was on the way out you would think they would put the effort in to secure 4th spot. Too many players going missing tbh. With an on form Torres alone we'd be top 4 now.

Absolutely.

[Lecter]

Did they? I wasn't aware of that. I knew they'd talked to them about appointing him before the deal was done, but thought it was a quick word once houllier was gone rather than months before.

Gerrard & Carragher were sounded out in the February or March and asked their opinion on a replacement for Houllier

Gerrard recommended Curbishley if I remember rightly (according to his book)

Again paraphrasing from his book Gerrard said he was chuffed when he was asked his opinion of Benitez as a manager

[Lecter]

If they knew Roy was on the way out you would think they would put the effort in to secure 4th spot. Too many players going missing tbh. With an on form Torres alone we'd be top 4 now.

But again if you arent using the right tactics how do they go about that??

[Arn]

But again if you arent using the right tactics how do they go about that??

[calvoboy]

Gerrard & Carragher were sounded out in the February or March and asked their opinion on a replacement for Houllier

Gerrard recommended Curbishley if I remember rightly (according to his book)

Again paraphrasing from his book Gerrard said he was chuffed when he was asked his opinion of Benitez as a manager

Interesting, as I heard from a pretty decent source last week that NESV wanted Villas Boas. If so then he wouldn't leave Porto mid-season, so it would fit with senior players having been told and with NESV manoeuvring behind the scenes. Could just be two rumours colliding though.

[Dalglish]

Gerrard recommended Curbishley if I remember rightly (according to his book)

Which shows why he shouldnt be allowed anywhere near that type of decision again

[Exiled_red]

If they knew Roy was on the way out you would think they would put the effort in to secure 4th spot. Too many players going missing tbh. With an on form Torres alone we'd be top 4 now.

Also I would have thought that if it is/was the case that the players know Roy is leaving at the end of the season. Then I'm suprised that the club haven't made more of the arrival of someone like Damien Comolli, and told them that he will be assessing the players and making recomendations on who should stay and who should go to the new manager when he arrives. Hopefully something like this would motivate the players.

[Neil Young]

1. We don't know whether or not the players are lacking motivation.
2. Even if we did we don't know whether that means they hate the manager, know he's on the way out, fear we're stuck with him, etc.

It's just guesswork on top of speculation based on assumption, fear and wishful thinking.

[McDermotX]

And now with Carra out for 3 months......its one less ally in the dressing room

[Arn]

Reports are starting to come in that Frank Rijkaard is almost certain to replace Roy Hodgson as the next Liverpool manager.

Money has flooded in to some bookies in recent days and now William Hill go massive odds on that Rijkaard will be named as the next manager at Anfield.

Money forces prices down and there is no way that Hills would have such short odds unless significant money had been placed on Rijkaard, add this to the comments from Rijkaard’s agent about managing Liverpool and some reports in the Dutch media that meetings have already taken place and you have a scenario building that has the writing on the wall for current manager Roy Hodgson.

Another factor is that the new owners will be loathe to give a manager money to spend in the January transfer window if they are going to let him go and despite improved performances in recent weeks Liverpool still find themselves stuck mid table.

The end game for Hodgson now looks to be in play and with the bookies, media and agents all more or less stating that Rijkaard is to be the next Liverpool manager it does appear that it is now just a matter of time.

Clicky

[banditos]

Would be happy with Frank and not just because he's ABR. Top, attack-minded manager.

[red g]

would ****ing love it. After Roy, Rafa and Houiller would love to see someone come in who is attack minded first.

I think a lot of our players would flourish in said system

[CJ]

not sure any good manager is attack first

most want to attack from a solid base