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[Bad Bob]

Well, now that it's all official like I'll say that I am guardedly optimistic about this appointment.  I think Hodgson has the capacity to get the best out of our players and provide necessary stability on the pitch.  Welcome Roy and best of luck.

[Benny The Noon]

Welcome and goodnlucknroy -will support you all the way

[maguskwt]

couldn't share your optimism bob... if he wins a cup in his first season or second or do well in the league then I'll be optimistic...

perhaps without expectations he might just surprise me... time will tell i guess

[lakes10]

according to the interview with Roy he's meeting Stevie this afternoon. I hope Stevie doesn't give us or the boss the run around and I hope he honestly comes out and says what he intends to do, even if it's 'sorry Roy but I'm moving on'. Stevie needs to be up front now and honest otherwise he may leave us with a bad taste towards him if he gives the club the run around.

C'mon Roy - secure our captains future.

As for Carra, well he knows he aint going anyhere and to be honest if sponge bob square pants took the managers job Carra would still turn out every week for us.

Probability to stay at the club (in my opinion only)...

Carra 100%
Stevie 80%
Torres 90%
Masch 40%
Reina 100%
Kuyt, Babel, ngog, Lucas 40%

I think the team just needs to hear some reassurances and have a cuddle.

group hug!

Kuyt might be the first to be sold.

[lakes10]

[Ciggy]

The press conference has been done already and wont be shown live incase questions get asked that people dont want to answer.

Broughtons at the PC and not Purslow.

Roy - 'My aim specifically is to work for the club and the people of Liverpool to help and try to win football matches '

' The actual ownership of the club is something that will be completely above my head at all times and is not something that particularly bothers me '

[Reg]

That pic must make you feel good all over eh Lakes?

Here he is trying to string a few words together at the press conference: http://qik.com/video/8457619

[Roger Red Hat]

' The actual ownership of the club is something that will be completely above my head at all times and is not something that particularly bothers me '

what do you make of this then Ciggy?

[maguskwt]

That pic must make you feel good all over eh Lakes?

Here he is trying to string a few words together at the press conference: http://qik.com/video/8457619

We have to do better than "just do better than last season" roy... any decent manager can do better than last season...

[Reg]

' The actual ownership of the club is something that will be completely above my head at all times and is not something that particularly bothers me '

what do you make of this then Ciggy?

"I´m here for the money, the owners have told me to shut the f*ck up and I said its no sweat off my árse."

[maguskwt]

' The actual ownership of the club is something that will be completely above my head at all times and is not something that particularly bothers me '

what do you make of this then Ciggy?

"I´m here for the money, the owners have told me to shut the f*ck up and I said its no sweat off my árse."

[The Raven]

Still a tough one, he wont say boo to the fat yank scum bags as they stiff him over transfer moneyand continue to rape the club. However he is our manager and therfore i find myself having to support him until such time as he proves that he no longer can do the job.

I just dont know how to feel anymore.

[RED BEERGOGGLES]

Tonight's Liverpool Echo

ROY HODGSON has made it emphatically clear he does not intend to start his first season at Anfield without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.

The new Liverpool boss is well aware that speculation has been rife all summer about the futures of the Reds' star players.

Real Madrid and Manchester City have the money to lure Gerrard and Torres away from Merseyside but Hodgson has stressed that he will not entertain the idea of cashing in on them.

He is determined to build a successful team and, to do that, Hodgson wants Gerrard and Torres to lead the charge.

Surveying the squad that he has inherited at the Reds' training complex at Melwood in Liverpool's West Derby district this morning, Hodgson said: "There are some wonderful players here and that is nice to know.

"It's nice at this stage of my career to be going back to working with household names who can give me something. It's been nice to meet the players on the first day of training.

"My next task is to meet the important players, either before they go on holiday or catch them on holiday. I want to make contact and tell them how pleased I am to be here. Listen, there is no way I want to lose any of my important players.

"The club doesn't want to lose any of its important players either. The truth is there are predators out there. If you are Arsenal, you have got some trying to steal Cecs Fabregas. If you are Manchester United, you have got some trying to steal Wayne Rooney.

"Clubs will always want to buy good players. But I am desperately hoping that our big players want to stay here and honour their contracts.

"I did not come here to lose those players. I came here to work with them."

With issues surrounding warring owners and mounting debt, it would be wrong to suggest that Hodgson has walked into a club that is on an even keel.

However, the prospects of leading Liverpool's attempts to recover were impossible for the 62-year-old to ignore.

"Turmoil is a word that is used for lots of football clubs today. We are in a deep, economic crisis and all clubs seem to be affected by it. But Liverpool Football Club will always survive that.

"We have got to try and get back to the glory days as quick as possible and those of us who are lucky enough to work here will be trying to do that.

"I had two-and-a-half wonderful years at Fulham. It wasn't easy to leave.

"The chairman was adamant that I shouldn't but he doesn't understand the importance of Liverpool Football Club.

"There were very few jobs I would have torn myself away from Fulham for - but when you get offered the chance to manage Liverpool., you don't turn it down."

   



Its going to be a fight alright ,but if he is willing to do exactly what he" emphatically states" then he will have the support of us all
he seems like a man of integrity so I am taking him at his word ....... and these were them very words... "We have got to try and get back to the glory days as quick as possible and those of us who are lucky enough to work here will be trying to do that. brave words indeed but nevertheless  impressive..... but its not going to be an easy task regaining the trust of the fans

[stmichael]

Roy cracking jokes in his first press conference apparently.

Roy:

"Two chinese people had an albino baby last week. Turns out 2 Wongs do make a white."

[woof woof !]

according to the interview with Roy he's meeting Stevie this afternoon. I hope Stevie doesn't give us or the boss the run around and I hope he honestly comes out and says what he intends to do, even if it's 'sorry Roy but I'm moving on'. Stevie needs to be up front now and honest otherwise he may leave us with a bad taste towards him if he gives the club the run around.

C'mon Roy - secure our captains future.

As for Carra, well he knows he aint going anyhere and to be honest if sponge bob square pants took the managers job Carra would still turn out every week for us.

Probability to stay at the club (in my opinion only)...

Carra 100%
Stevie 80%
Torres 90%
Masch 40%
Reina 100%
Kuyt, Babel, ngog, Lucas 40%

I think the team just needs to hear some reassurances and have a cuddle.

group hug!

Kuyt might be the first to be sold.

I'd be suprised if that was the case.

Whilst he's not the sharpest tool in the box Kuyts work ethic is something a new manager would definitely value, doubt very much he'd be first out the door.
Unless he tells the new manager it's what he wants.