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[SB]

Aint gonna happen. Not if SG is fit.

You forgot to add "in your humble opinion" mate

welcome back by the way

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Is Taiwo not tied up for Benfica?

Speculations are that he signed pre-contract with them but nothing is confirmed yet.

[Craig_H]

You forgot to add "in your humble opinion" mate

welcome back by the way

Didnt think it really needed saying, as every viewpoint posted is 'in the humble opinion' of the person who posted it.

Cheers.

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Aint gonna happen. Not if SG is fit.

I personally think that Kenny will try to save Stevie for Cityh and Arsenal game and only risk him playing if the result is not in our favor.

[Craig_H]

Perhaps. Only one game per week now though, so it may be less of a concern than it could have been. We shall see.

[SB]

Didnt think it really needed saying, as every viewpoint posted is 'in the humble opinion' of the person who posted it.

Cheers.

Or "deluded ramblings" more likely on here

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He's been training too only for few days so I may be too risky but otherwise he should play every game until the season is over if we want any chances of finishing in top 4 or 5

[Craig_H]

Or "deluded ramblings" more likely on here

Idiotic WUMery? Or is that too harsh?

[SB]

Idiotic WUMery? Or is that too harsh?

No not at all. Some mothers do have 'em

[SB]

He's been training too only for few days so I may be too risky but otherwise he should play every game until the season is over if we want any chances of finishing in top 4 or 5

= off the bench yeah

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http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Roy-Hodgson-says-he-never-had-a-chance-of-winning-over-Liverpool-fans-because-they-wanted-Kenny-Dalglish-as-manager-rather-than-him-article718753.html

Liverpool fans never wanted me - Hodgson

Roy Hodgson is preparing to face the man he believes Liverpool fans wanted all along to be their new manager last summer.

Hodgson lasted just six months in charge at Anfield after fans turned on him before he was replaced in January by Kenny Dalglish.

And Hodgson reckons the fans' love for their former striker and one-time Reds manager Dalglish, 60, made his position untenable.

Hodgson beat off competition from Dalglish to originally land the post as Rafa Benitez's replacement in July, during Tom Hicks and George Gillett's reign.

But he felt Dalglish's decision to go for the job too when he was already a club ambassador made his task rebuilding Liverpool even harder. So his own demise and Dalglish's appointment as caretaker after the club's takeover by US group NESV was no shock to him.

"The people who employed me didn't stay too long," said Hodgson, now enjoying a successful spell in charge of West Brom.

"I think the new owners obviously found themselves in a difficult situation because we weren't winning enough games. The fans were making it clear they wanted me gone and someone else in.

"Everyone knows, I can't for one minute suggest I felt wanted at Liverpool.

"It is not exactly a secret I wasn't perceived by a lot of people as the manager they wanted at Liverpool.

"They wanted somebody else and that makes life a lot more difficult. It was my misfortune to be at a club where the fans made it pretty clear early on they really wanted the manager they have got now."

Ex-Fulham chief Hodgson, 63, admits his sacking, when Liverpool were 12th after defeats to Wolves and Blackburn, upset him.

But he made a quick return to management in February at Premier League strugglers West Brom, who host Liverpool tomorrow.

He arrived at Albion vowing not to change his management style. Now, the Baggies are unbeaten under him, taking six points from four matches to climb out of the drop zone.

Hodgson is loving life a low-profile Albion after escaping the storm which surrounded him on Merseyside.

"You do feel wounded as it is a long while since I have had a knock-back," he said. "You wouldn't feel human otherwise, so I can't lie and say it didn't hurt me or care.

"It is much nicer to go into a club where the fans think you are the right man.

"When you work at clubs like Liverpool, the media attention is enormous. I don't mind that, but the real enjoyment I get from the game is training and coaching."

Ahead of tomorrow's game at the Hawthorns, both Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher have insisted Hodgson was not to blame for his troubled Reds reign.

They claim Liverpool's players let him down and under-performed, as stars such as Fernando Torres - now at Chelsea - struggled.

Hodgson said: "Yes, I am enjoying it more now, because no one likes to be in a situation where the work you are doing is not appreciated.

"I am in a situation here where it is appreciated. But I also have a sneaking suspicion some of the work I did at Liverpool was appreciated also."

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For those who missed Kenny's Press Conference Pre West Brom

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpgiHfeyIxU&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube - Dalglish on Lucas, Andy Carroll and Gerrard injury latest[/ame]

[SB]

For those who missed Kenny's Press Conference Pre West Brom

YouTube - Dalglish on Lucas, Andy Carroll and Gerrard injury latest

Kenny quote " Jay did very well so there's no need to rush him (gerrard) back"

Who'd have thought hey

[Exiled_red]

Hodgson can **** off, while it's true that alot of fans had doubts about him, most of those backed him to though. His **** football and poor results are the reasons the fans turned on him, not personal reasons or because we wanted someone else, why can't he get that into his thick head

[SB]

Cause he's got a thick head