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Benny The Noon wrote:he has been around 30 years - why do you think he hasnt had a big job - because none of the big clubs think he is big enough - he took over blackburn two years after the won prem and spent big - 8 million plus on kevin davies alone and then they got relegated

LFC2007 wrote:

Benny The Noon wrote:Pretty reasonable isnt for me good enough -

the question is would any of the big clubs of hired him ?

I am used to him at club - doesnt mean i have to like it or not be very disappointed by the appointment .

We spent 9 million on replacing a manager with someone of a lower standard IMO

Alright then, he did an excellent job at Fulham. He was brilliant at Malmo. At Inter, he was the Don. In Switzerland, they named clocks after him. Sounds better doesn't it? The fact is that with the squad Rafa left AND with the ownership situation still unresolved, we needed a manager who could get more for less, especially in respect on our domestic form. We could have done a lot worse than Hodgson on that score. Frank Rijkaard and many of the foreign candidates probably wouldn't know where to start. Hodgson has the advantage of having been a Prem manager - and recently. That should autmoatically mean he's followed Premier League football, and being a knowledgable, cultured man like he is, I'm sure he kept an eye on our progress, saw where we went wrong and what we might need to do to put it better. Without such experience a manager would maybe need a test season in order to find out that Babel is a lazy c...t, or that Lucas can't play alongside Masch in the centre of the park and perhaps isn't good enough anyway. If there's loadsamoney, it isn't such a problem because you'll have quality in reserve anyway or can make changes in January once you've worked these things out, but where there isn't you need to be smarter, and in Hodgson we've gone with the latter.

I just don't get why, when Rafa was here, you were so certain he would succeed, and now Hodgson's arrived you're so sure he won't. The forum knew you as a natural optimist; that's why you used to ask so many bloody questions along the lines of "but how do you know that?". We're known for our patience and understanding so why not afford Hodgson the same open-minded approach you were willing to grant Rafa for so long, even in the darkest days.

bavlondon wrote:

SeaofRed wrote:I'm excited about the prospect of Roy Hodgson being here, I cannot wait for the new season to begin.

I am too, to an extent. And that's only because of the perception that he can get the best out of his squad. If Stevie and Torres stay it will be a massive boost to everyone at the club.

Thing is can he do this at a big club? I'm sure we will find out soon enough.

Greavesie wrote:I think the first thing he'll adress is our defence, Hangeland will be his first signing and Danny Murphy will return, just a prediction but hey ho

part of the deal for him to leave was that he cant sign any of the fulham players, so i doubt we will see those 2


mascherano for ibrahimavoic   how about that one?

Benny The Noon wrote:You can take it if you want but i prefer to be higher up the table if that's ok - in 4th spot as a minimum and getting to the latter stages of the cl - last season was first time I was disappointed but feel will be again this season

woof woof ! wrote:The "debate" in this thread is essentially the same as that in the "Roy Hodgson new liverpool manager" thread which was stated before this one.

I think you're being a bit precious here, lets face it, if anyone apart from yourself had started this "poll" you wouldn't give a toss where it went.