Pack your bags Roy

[ashey]

Gotta be "End Game" time for Roy!?!

[Exiled_red]

Well said Cascarino

Also a think the title of the actual article is true too

Cascarino: Hodgson has turned Liverpool into a "bigger-budget Fulham"

[Craig_H]

Football world in shock as Cascarino makes valid point

[Fredo]

Don't know much of Cascarino's punditry skills but I've noticed the post title now.

[Fernandinho]

Definetely Shaggys headline.

[Shaggy]

Why is this article referring to Cascarino as 'much maligned' though?

Well it's true, but yes it's bizarre that it's mentioned in this way. Most pundits are 'much-maligned', because most of them are ****.

Maybe the author is a Hodgson fan and this is his way of making his point.

[Shaggy]

Don't know much of Cascarino's punditry skills but I've noticed the post title now.

Definetely Shaggys headline.

No ****.

The comment about 'Tone' being much maligned is genuine though.

[Buzzo]

This is also a good point.


“Roy Hodgson is not only failing with the results, he's failing in his duty to the club's traditions and to the fans, and that's a pretty serious combination. If you haven't got style, you at least need results."

If we were at least winning every game by the dull negative tactics employed by Hodgson as a supporter we could at least say - well the footy isn't all that but we are 3rd in the table.

Unfortunately we have to both suffer the dire football, the ignominy of getting thrashed every other week, and finally the fact we have turned into a mid table team. OK. We did finish 7th last year, and the football was similarly abject - but we were there or there abouts for 4th right to the end. This year it is total ****ing ****e no matter what way you look at it.

[Fredo]

Thing is, the person to blame in all this mess should be Purslow and at a lesser degree, Broughton. Seeing that they fronted the Americans so well after that makes me think that they should have done the same if/when they instructed them to get rid of Benitez. It was an absolutely catastrophic decision.

[-V-]

Absolutely amazed that the chav Cascarino actually made some useful comments. And he's a chelsea fan who normally loves watching us suffer

[Roboklopp]

Football world in shock as Cascarino makes valid point

http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/48242/Cascarino_Hodgson_has_turned_Liverpool_into_a_bigger-budget_Fulham_.aspx

Tony Cascarino has lambasted Roy Hodgson’s managerial reign at Anfield, suggesting the under-fire Liverpool boss is failing the club’s rich footballing traditions.

The former Republic of Ireland international claims the results under the ex-Fulham manager have not been good enough, but even more alarmingly for the club’s fans, are the manner in which these poor results have been achieved.

Citing the drab 0-0 draw against Utrecht on Wednesday night, the much maligned football pundit believes Hodgson’s tactics are far too similar to those he implemented at Craven Cottage, and criticises him for turning the footballing institution that is Liverpool into a “bigger-budget Fulham”.

Cascarino told the Times: “Any Liverpool manager has a duty to play with a certain style: fluent, attractive, attacking, passing football.

“Roy Hodgson is not only failing with the results, he's failing in his duty to the club's traditions and to the fans, and that's a pretty serious combination. If you haven't got style, you at least need results.

“The goalless draw against Utrecht in the Europa League on Wednesday confirmed that Hodgson's cautious tactics and conservative attitude have permeated the whole squad: because he picked a second-string team and the football was as unambitious and unexciting as it is when the first XI take to the field.

He continued: “Nine away games, one win and six losses is dreadful. That's relegation form, and even if you could argue that Liverpool no longer have a squad good enough for the top four, they ought to be challenging for the top six.

“It's not a new problem for Hodgson. With Fulham his record was: 2008-09, three away league wins; 2009-10, one away league win. It has to be the manager's tactics.

“Hodgson has quickly turned Liverpool into a bigger-budget Fulham: they go out, away from home, not to lose. They should be going out to win.

“Imagine Manchester United or Arsenal playing such dull football, given their reputation and past success.

“It wouldn't be tolerated. Nor should it be at Anfield even if the club isn't the force it once was.

“That's no excuse for failing to entertain and failing to act like the big team Liverpool still are.

He added: “Hodgson remains inflexible, conservative, old-fashioned.”

Nail on t'ead that.

[danperkins]

Football world in shock as Cascarino makes valid point

http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/48242/Cascarino_Hodgson_has_turned_Liverpool_into_a_bigger-budget_Fulham_.aspx

Tony Cascarino has lambasted Roy Hodgson’s managerial reign at Anfield, suggesting the under-fire Liverpool boss is failing the club’s rich footballing traditions.

The former Republic of Ireland international claims the results under the ex-Fulham manager have not been good enough, but even more alarmingly for the club’s fans, are the manner in which these poor results have been achieved.

Citing the drab 0-0 draw against Utrecht on Wednesday night, the much maligned football pundit believes Hodgson’s tactics are far too similar to those he implemented at Craven Cottage, and criticises him for turning the footballing institution that is Liverpool into a “bigger-budget Fulham”.

Cascarino told the Times: “Any Liverpool manager has a duty to play with a certain style: fluent, attractive, attacking, passing football.

“Roy Hodgson is not only failing with the results, he's failing in his duty to the club's traditions and to the fans, and that's a pretty serious combination. If you haven't got style, you at least need results.

“The goalless draw against Utrecht in the Europa League on Wednesday confirmed that Hodgson's cautious tactics and conservative attitude have permeated the whole squad: because he picked a second-string team and the football was as unambitious and unexciting as it is when the first XI take to the field.

He continued: “Nine away games, one win and six losses is dreadful. That's relegation form, and even if you could argue that Liverpool no longer have a squad good enough for the top four, they ought to be challenging for the top six.

“It's not a new problem for Hodgson. With Fulham his record was: 2008-09, three away league wins; 2009-10, one away league win. It has to be the manager's tactics.

“Hodgson has quickly turned Liverpool into a bigger-budget Fulham: they go out, away from home, not to lose. They should be going out to win.

“Imagine Manchester United or Arsenal playing such dull football, given their reputation and past success.

“It wouldn't be tolerated. Nor should it be at Anfield even if the club isn't the force it once was.

“That's no excuse for failing to entertain and failing to act like the big team Liverpool still are.

He added: “Hodgson remains inflexible, conservative, old-fashioned.”

Wow Big Tony makes some sense, thats a first. To be fair he is spot on in what he is saying even if it does suit our opinions.

[sinbad]

royhodgson_lma The Hodge
I have the upmost respect for Mark 'Sparky' Hughes and my beloved Fulham but tomorrow they will feel the full force of the mighty Hodge

[Armchairkopite]

Why oh why are we still stuck with this demented old fool, he is clearly not the right man to lead a top side a point proven by his short stint at Inter back in the 1800s.

On a managerial level I would put him in the same baracket as Allardyce, maybe even slightly lower.

[Kronenburg1892]

I used to think very highly of Danny as a person but the bloke's a ****ing xenophobe and that's all there is to it.

I lost all respect for him when he got subbed in that Dutch nonsense cup at the end of Houlier's reign. It was plain to see he didn't give a crap and his reaction reaked of clique. Selling him was Rafa's best first bit of buisness.