Pack your bags Roy

[GorbyPeacePrize]

All managers are a gamble to some extent. A key issue in any appointment is going to be the exact role of Comolli.

[fin7]

Rafa to man city maybe? just a thought, if man city lose tonight and rafa gets sacked?

[Exiled_red]

I wouldn't be too happy if we appointed Coyle, I can see what people are saying about him being a young and up and coming manager, but he is inexperienced at the top level - with just 18 months of experience as manager of a Premiership club, plus a couple of years in the Championship and a couple of years in Scotland.

Also he's not a name that I could imagine attracting big name players, and we need class signings. IMO he's not a manager that could attract the sort of players we need, also it would be a "low key" appointment, not one that would signal any huge amount of intent or ambition.

[red g]

The question is how big gamble NESV is willing to take when they pick our next manager.

The no gamble option is Rafa. They know what they will get if they appoint him.

A manager like Coyle could be a success but also another Roy and that is a mistake we can't afford to make.

The next manager MUST be a success or else it will take a very long time to even get back into the top four.

Biggest gamble is Rafa and probably the riskiest. Lots of players under performed last year and I am sure some would be very happy but surely the most of them would not be too best pleased. Lets face it, they hardly came out in support of him when he left did they?

A new man = A fresh start for all concerned,
Rafa = A bigger squad overhaul as some would definitely not be happy.

[Lecter]

[quote]Roy Hodgson wants opportunity to rebuild Liverpool squad

Tony Barrett
December 20 2010 12:01AM

Roy Hodgson has insisted that the Liverpool squad cannot yet be described as his own because of the short period of time that he has managed the club and his desire to utilise the transfer market to remodel it.

Since taking over from Rafael Benítez as manager on July 1, Hodgson has come under mounting scrutiny as a result of Liverpool’s poor form, which has resulted in the Merseyside club losing more Barclays Premier League games than they have won this season.

Hodgson’s defence is built on an assertion that he is yet to make his mark on the playing squad, claiming that he is having to work with a group of players that he “basically inherited”. There have been 15 transfers since Hodgson’s arrival, seven in and eight out, but he maintains that the changes have not been fundamental enough to constitute the squad being his own.

Christian Poulsen, Brad Jones, Raul Meireles, Paul Konchesky and the re-signed Fábio Aurélio were Hodgson’s main acquisitions last summer and he accepted the signing of Joe Cole on a free transfer in the wake of his arrival after the deal had been set up by Christian Purslow, the former Liverpool managing director. He also inherited Danny Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey and Milan Jovanovic — the final player could be sold next month after failing to impress since joining on a free transfer from Standard Liège in July — after deals to sign all three were concluded during Benítez’s tenure.

Before accepting the manager’s job at Anfield, Hodgson had informed Martin Broughton, the former Liverpool chairman, of his belief that he could coax enough out of the squad he inherited to challenge for a place in the top four of the Premier League.

“He wanted to focus on how he could get more out of the existing players,” Broughton said at the time. “His focus wasn’t on ‘how much money can I have?’ or ‘I want to bring this person in or that person in’. He was really focused on ‘I believe, and I’ve got a track record that demonstrates it, that I can take the existing players, get much better performances out of them and buy constructively to build for a better future.’ ”

Having been unable to arrest Liverpool’s decline, though, Hodgson is keen to make an even bigger impression on his squad and has cited the work that Harry Redknapp has undertaken in the transfer market to revitalise the fortunes of Tottenham Hotspur as the kind of blueprint that he would like to follow.

“It is still a team that I have not put together, I want to make that clear,” Hodgson said.

“I came here and took the team over and I have not made that many changes. I brought in Paul Konchesky to play left back, Raul Meireles to replace Javier Mascherano and Joe Cole came in at the same time as me and Christian Poulsen. The other players I have basically inherited.

“I think I would be a good comparison with Tottenham because Harry came in just as I came into Fulham, so he will just be completing three years and he has brought in a lot of players. When you look at the bench, you have Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane; three players he brought in. Roman Pavlyuchenko might have been there, Gareth Bale might have been there, but Niko Kranjcar, Luka Modric and Wilson Palacios are players he brought in.

“So to call it my team, I would have had to make a slightly bigger impact on those who have been brought in, but I’m more than happy to take responsibility for this squad as well. I make that rider that it still takes a coach more than five or six months to make his stamp on a club or a team, especially one of this stature.

“I’m hoping that we will do some good business in transfer windows to come and then I will be able to put my hand up and say, ‘If you don’t like it, I’ve got no one to blame but myself.’ ”

http://www.thetimes....icle2849924.ece

[Drago]

“I’m hoping that we will do some good business in transfer windows to come and then I will be able to put my hand up and say, ‘If you don’t like it, I’ve got no one to blame but myself.’ ”

That thought depresses me. I can just about stomach him staying until May.

[Lee]

**** off Roy.

He inherits a good squad in the summer, and then tops it up with £12m of utter ****ing pony.

I wouldn't trust him to buy a newspaper.

FFS.

[Arn]

and I’ve got a track record that demonstrates it

The track records demonstrates that you are a very average manager and don't know how to turn things around.

That is what your track record demonstrates, nothing more nothing less.

Mr Broughton should of course checked it up and then voted Purslow down.

[Leyton388]

He's **** and shouldn't be given a ****ing penny.

[Craig_H]

**** off Roy.

He inherits a good squad in the summer, and then tops it up with £12m of utter ****ing pony.

I wouldn't trust him to buy a newspaper.

FFS.

brilliant

[Pablo]

Coyle has something about him, which certainly stimulates my sense of curiosity.

Sounds like you might need this: http://www.shybi.com/

[Craig_H]

[Hannibal]

So first it was judge me after 10 games and now it's judge me after January when I've bought more Poulsens and Koncheskys.

[-V-]

**** off Roy.

He inherits a good squad in the summer, and then tops it up with £12m of utter ****ing pony.

I wouldn't trust him to buy a newspaper.

FFS.

[TheElephantMan]

I wouldn't trust him to buy a newspaper.FFS.

Well said. If NESV allow Hodgson to spend a penny in the transfer window then they are so out of touch with supporters they might as well be Hicks and Gillett.