The Owners

[Fredo]

Any manager coming here would have to be able to deal with the pressures of managing a club like ours. Rangnick seems to be very able, but every risk he takes at a small club wouldn't be as exacerbated as here in Liverpool. Our next manager will have to get some form of improvement going quickly, as a form of signal towards a brighter future. This will buy time, as in Benitez when he won the Champions League in his first season, which was way above what was expected of him and gave him the necessary confidence to instil his ideas.

Hodgson's mistake was basically to allow himself some comfort zone amidst all the back patting from his friends in the media. He never did his homework and never tried to see this job as a step up. He was too good in his own eyes.

The owners will take their time and rightly so. The moment they identify and get their first choice target tied up, Hodgson will be gone.

[Fernandinho]

Nigel's post Rafa treatment is coming along nicely

[Fredo]

One week of sun treatment does a world of good.

[marcus50bucks]

Completely agree with this poster... The way nesv have behaved has bordered on negligence.

I think NESV/FSG have let themselves (and the club) down over all this.

It seems that there are deliberate leaks to the papers about how Hodgson is going to be replaced and a search for his replacement is ongoing.

What good does this do?

It makes Hodgson's position untenable and increases the pressure on him and the team. It maintains the pressure for Dalglish to be installed as his successor, either as a stop gap or more permanently and overall it increases the feeling that we are still a club in crisis with no one having a clue how to sort things out.

If the owners feel Hodgson is not fit for the job then what is the point in leaving him in the post to do more damage? The supporters have made their voices heard and the falling attendances at Anfield are a stark warning of the damage being done.

At the moment it feels the club is in limbo. Sure, we have new owners and are hopefully more financially secure than we were under the last lot, but we still don't have a clear idea what lies ahead.

The lack of a properly constituted board, with people on it knowledgeable about the world of football business and a CEO authorised and able to make decisions is a major drawback. It seems that Damien Comolli is in charge of everything from finding the next bright prospect for the team to getting the right manager, but what exactly has he done so far that says he is capable of finding Hodgsons replacement?

Then, in the background is Kenny - someone much loved by the fans and touted by many as being the right man to re establish the Holy Trinity at the club.

FSG have ignored Dalglish since their arrival. While they have said that they want him to have a significant role at the club, their actions so far would seem to say the opposite.

They have had ample time to either get him installed as Hodgsons replacement, give him a significant role at the club, a position on the Board etc and haven't done a thing.

In a way, sorting out Kennys role is one of the most important things they need to do. While they leave things as they are there will continue to be constant calls for him to take over which really just adds to the uncertainty at the club.

The fact that Dalglish hasnt come out and said that he is not going to be made Manager makes me think that he feels there is a chance it might happen - whether that is wishful thinking on his part or not I dont know - but until the owners make a firm statement about how they see his function those ideas will continue.

We need action. A named CEO to take charge of the day to day running of the club, a proper role for Dalglish, and a decent Manager,
all the press speculation, rumours, leaks etc are not helping.

[Fredo]

They're taking a leaf out of Mahatma Gandhi's life book, which isn't a bad thing.

[Neil Young]

Completely agree with this poster... The way nesv have behaved has bordered on negligence.

I think it's bollocks.

[kris90210]

Completely agree with this poster... The way nesv have behaved has bordered on negligence.

Seriously? You agree with that guy? I couldn't get past half way. It was one contradiction followed by another. Painful to read such **** coming from one of our fans.

They just can't win with some people.

[wavydavy]

He must do. Henry's had thousands of welcoming friendly messages.

Daft question: How do you send a message, insulting or otherwise, to someone who is NOT following you on Twitter. All the idiot could do was tweet his comments. JWH was NOT following the guy. He's had the same 8 for ages follows his wife, some LFC supporter groups and a couple of Baseball guys. How do you contact/ abuse someone on Twitter who isn't following you?

[Craig_H]

Daft question: How do you send a message, insulting or otherwise, to someone who is NOT following you on Twitter. All the idiot could do was tweet his comments. JHW was NOT following the guy. He's had the same 8 for ages follows his wife, some LFC supporter groups and a couple of Baseball guys. How do you contact/ abuse someone on Twitter who isn't following you?

John Henry WAS following that guy, i saw it on his 'following' list with my own eyes just 2 days ago.

[wavydavy]

John Henry WAS following that guy, i saw it on his 'following' list with my own eyes just 2 days ago.

I disagree. Why WOULD he even bother to do that. How would he have become aware of the guy. You saying he's chosen to follow ONE LFC fan and that ONE fan has turned out to be a nutter?

[Craig_H]

I disagree. Why WOULD he even bother to do that. How would he have become aware of the guy. You saying he's chosen to follow ONE LFC fan and that ONE fan has turned out to be a nutter?

Christ on a bike...

What do you 'disagree' with??? Henry WAS following the guy, i saw it with my own eyes, as did one or two others on here. It's a fact. You are disagreeing with a fact.

[marcus50bucks]

I think it's bollocks.

Seriously? You agree with that guy? I couldn't get past half way. It was one contradiction followed by another. Painful to read such **** coming from one of our fans.

They just can't win with some people.

Really? Leaking to the press like the way they have done is classless. Whilst we are all happy to read in the papers that Roy's tenures coming to a close, lets not forget many of us did not like the way our previous owners would feed the media with snippets here and there in an attempt to undermine Rafa. You can't have your cake and eat it. I don't want us to go down the route where our owners feed the media with info about our manager

[Fredo]

It's a fact. You are disagreeing with a fact.

Unless you post a screen capture this is no fact, this is your word against someone else's word.

[wavydavy]

Christ on a bike...

What do you 'disagree' with??? Henry WAS following the guy, i saw it with my own eyes, as did one or two others on here. It's a fact. You are disagreeing with a fact.

Who?

[Craig_H]

Who?

I dont remember who it was, but someone else mentioned it. Start a thread and ask if you're so worried.

In effect, you're also calling me a liar. You want to know who else saw it, but you're refusing to accept my word for it when i tell you, without any doubt whatsoever, that i saw it for myself.