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We are the famous, the famous Kloppites! Or already done..?

“ 'Humility is a very useful quality but I didn’t have it at Malmö, that’s for sure,” he said. “I was pretty unbearable. What I did in those five years is what Alex has done here.' Hodgson says he reacquired humility.. " http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/fulham/article5854582.ece

Sorry, it was from this link Torn posted on the previous page, an interview from a few years back. The man has a pathalogically high opinion of himself. Torn's snippet: "Of course, my track record, if people bothered to study it, would put me in the same category as [sir Alex] Ferguson enjoys today," http://www.independe...ear-655164.html

Bascially, very technically like him, if you took out their best players, the other team was just as good.. "Looking at it from a very technical football viewpoint as I do, I'd say that Roma could just as easily qualified from that group as Liverpool or Barcelona. Technically, against Liverpool the other night they looked quite good. But really it's about the star performers. Roma will suffer badly without a Totti just as Manchester United will suffer from the absence of Beckham or Giggs. Take Zidane or Roberto Carlos out of Real Madrid and replace them with McManaman and Salgado and it's not the same. Likewise with Juventus. I'm not convinced that Leverkusen or Deportivo La Coruña are better football teams than Juventus or Arsenal. It could just have easily been that pair." My God, if we'd done the same internet research on this guy that was done on the new owners, there'd have been marches at Anfield as soon as his name was first linked with us.

Impatience would surely be when you want improvement quicker than it's coming. I for one am completely convinced improvement is not coming, therefore think that not taking action will have a far more detrimental effect on our future. As for the Liverpool Way - we don't know what it is in this case, we've never been in this position before. Even under Souness you could argue that his ideas, if not their application, would if given time turn things round. Houllier created a monster defence, tried to add flair, but couldn't manage it successfully for a variety of reasons. At the beginning of Rafa's last season everyone was on board with "taking a few more risks" to turn those famous "draws into victories" at the expense of a few more defeats. In Hodgon's case the performances and results are there for all to see, but the ideas behind them - from his statements, players' statements, and his record - worry me far more.

left foot you could use to flay sinners He had a decent scoring record against the Mancs, didn't he?

I liked Paddy, had a lot of good qualities. He's the player Aquilani reminds me of the most. There's a certain erratic grace, the angled pass and the shot. Berger was never a left winger though, he was always an attacking midfielder if memory serves, but for me went by the wayside like so many good players in the last decade or so who were bought for certain qualities in certain positions and then the manager failed to have the confidence to play them in those same positions for any length of time. Sticking him on the left for the sole reason he was left-footed and not defensive enough seemed to negate virtually every single quality he had.