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[Neil Young]

Why? They're not sending the team out. They're talking to us.

[Fredo]

We believe in what Roy is doing.

[Tezza1974]

Well for me, it all seems a far cry from what Broughton promised us, these people will say what you want to hear within reason, action is the standard i'll be judging them by, and so far i see very little, ok early days, but smart talk and promises won't do anything for me, i'll believe it when i see it.

And to say 3-5 yrs before we can win silverware...well...bye bye Torres.

Would that be a bad thing though?? Torres clearly is not happy at liverpool at the moment and as they say there is no quick fix. Of course a fit and happy Torres I want to keep and build the squad around him that goes without saying but if he wants to go let him the same goes for anyone else who does not want to play for us or believes they should decide what happens within the team or who manages the team. In 3-5 years there should be a new stadium or a redeveloped Anfield increased revenue and a much improved squad. As depressing as it is if we don't get 4th this year which seems unlikely we won't have champions league football until the 2012 season anyway so 3-5 years especially if they are looking for young players to have in the squad for a number of years is reasonable. As long as we can see improvement and that things are getting better then I will be happy. I would rather see the signs of improvement over the next few years and judge NESV then rather than after 3 months

[Fredo]

I also think the charge that LFC is still Pravda is way off the mark. I think it was justifiable towards the end of Purslow's tenure as MD but the fact so many critical callers got through yesterday proves it's no longer a valid charge. Anyone who remembers soviet-era Pravda would recognise that no criticism was ever allowed.

That phone in went a long way to correct that.

[Neil Young]

Yeah, yeah.

Seriously Nigey, what do you expect them to say? We disagree with what Roy is doing? We have reservations about what Roy is doing? We don't want to say what we think about what Roy is doing?

Anything other than a bland endorsement would make things worse...unless they sack him on the spot and replace him with someone better.

[Neil Young]

That phone in went a long way to correct that.

It was final confirmation of what had already started to become clear.

[Fredo]

Yeah, yeah.

Seriously Nigey, what do you expect them to say? We disagree with what Roy is doing? We have reservations about what Roy is doing? We don't want to say what we think about what Roy is doing?

Anything other than a bland endorsement would make things worse...unless they sack him on the spot and replace him with someone better.

It would have been better not to say anything, no endorsement or anything. From what I've read, Werner isn't putting himself as being knowledgeable that much. The least we would expect from him, as Chief Executive, is to know the full facts and to be in a position to make assumptions based on that. He got it all wrong when Henry corrected him and it was a bit of farce.

[Neil Young]

I think you're being a bit unrealistic. They can't say nothing. They can say next to nothing and that's what they did. As Chris said, they didn't hold back on admitting the poor record under Hodgson.

[SimonNo7]

JWH at the end also said something along the lines of 'sometimes doing the quick thing is not the best thing to do for the long run'.

Now I took this to mean, in terms of our manager and probably incorrectly, that they are looking at a change but won't do it in a knee-jerk kind of way, possibly that they have someone in mind/lined up but they are not available right now.

You could also assume, which is nearly always wrong to do so, that in their conversations with The King that they have put it to him about coming in on a temporary basis and that he doesn't want to do it, that they should make sure they get the right man.

[SimonNo7]

I think you're being a bit unrealistic. They can't say nothing. They can say next to nothing and that's what they did. As Chris said, they didn't hold back on admitting the poor record under Hodgson.

Goes back to the old 'vote of confidence'. How many times have you heard a chairman say the manager is doing a good job and they back them only to fire them the next day.

We have got to realise that these guys do not have to and quite rightly will not tell us everything. I get it from my staff thinking that us Directors should tell them everything we are thinking of doing with the business when in reality somethings have to be done behind closed doors without their knowledge. Getting back to our clubs owners and Roy, they are certainly not going to say they don't back him on a live phone-in. If they did then we would be in trouble.

[RichC]

It would have been better not to say anything, no endorsement or anything. From what I've read, Werner isn't putting himself as being knowledgeable that much. The least we would expect from him, as Chief Executive, is to know the full facts and to be in a position to make assumptions based on that. He got it all wrong when Henry corrected him and it was a bit of farce.

He's the chairman - semantic's but if you're going to talk about full facts!

Henry and Werner are not going to give Royston both barrels over a phone in, it's unprofessional to critisise an emplyee like that in public and would perhaps undermine anyone else that follows Roy through the door.

What I do expect is that they listened and listened closely to both those that got through to the phone in but also the number of questions that weren't aired on the show about how poor a job Roy is doing.

[banditos]

JWH at the end also said something along the lines of 'sometimes doing the quick thing is not the best thing to do for the long run'.

Now I took this to mean, in terms of our manager and probably incorrectly, that they are looking at a change but won't do it in a knee-jerk kind of way, possibly that they have someone in mind/lined up but they are not available right now.

You could also assume, which is nearly always wrong to do so, that in their conversations with The King that they have put it to him about coming in on a temporary basis and that he doesn't want to do it, that they should make sure they get the right man.

I also got the feeling that this was in reference to replacing Roy, although this may have been influenced by the fact that i'd just yelled at the screen, "Why don't you ****in' get rid of Hodgson then!"

[The_weatherman]

Why? They're not sending the team out. They're talking to us.

I don't care, I hate that line.

[G]

The thing that I found more encouraging than anything was Henry's use of the phrase "in sync with the fans". He used it a number of times in regards to discussions about Roy

IF the owners truley are "in sync with the fans" then Roys days are very much numbered

He said it once from what I recall and that was to say the were not in sync with supporters regarding timeframes for things improving.The point was made that the quick decisions are not always the best ones and they repeated that a number of times so to be honest I was completely discouraged by that.

The only thing regarding roy the said was that he's not here long enough and results must improve.

[Neil Young]

I don't care, I hate that line.

That's your problem.