Bogman

In one.

Shall we just do it anyway? He won't mind.

As The Flash above. Would love it, love it, if he did.

I didn't want Rafa gone, but I could see why it was time for a change for him especially. (If only he'd held on for a few more months) It was always going to go wrong. And i has, spectacularly.

Each to their own. I saw a team, especially first half, have a percentage of pocession of 70%. Good, the only down side of it all, was we went sideways or backwards, to then hoof it to our strikers. I saw a team with it's main goal threat, isolated for 70 minutes of the game. We only improved because Cole got injures, and he stuck on Nogoals. Nowt else. There WAS an improvement during the Blackburn game, but yesterday we regressed again. Character assasination of Woy, nah, just look at everything he's achieved with us since he's been in charge, and tell me, where is/has there been an improvement.

You really believe what you just typed there? I mean really?

There's a story in the Mirror newspaper where Nando and Pepe are "claimed" to be ready to leave the club, due to broken promises, Woy Hodgson etc. I can very easily see this as a situation where it's a vailed ultimatum. Woy goes or we do. Besides, if you were one of the best players in the world in your position, would you be happy playing in a team that's 3rd bottom?

The blarb in the mirror about Pepe and Sexy t*** off, reeks to me of Pepe & Nando v Woy. They will be gone if this loony-tune is kept on any longer. They go, hell hath no fury, etc.

letter writing terrorists

worse than piles, this is

Poof: (as in taaa daaa, not a raving homosexual) Aldridge: Hodgson facing an uphill battle Circumstance has not been a helpful ally to Roy Hodgson in his first couple of months as manager of Liverpool, yet Anfield legend John Aldridge believes his future will come under relentless scrutiny over the next couple of months. With the explosive takeover battle at Anfield - a harrowing nightmare that is quickly being banished to the history books by Liverpool fans - all associated with the club can focus their attention on faltering players once again. That may be an ideal scenario for Hodgson given his side's precarious position among the relegation battlers. Liverpool may only have played eight games prior to the visit or Blackburn to Merseyside last weekend, yet Aldridge believes the boss who took on the daunting task of succeeding Rafael Benitez last summer is already close to reaching the point of no return. Defeat against Blackburn last weekend may well have propelled John W Henry and his recently installed Liverpool boardroom team to trigger the search for their own manager, but a 2-1 victory against Sam Allardyce's battlers gave Hodgson some much needed breathing space as he attempts to revive a side that has been lacking in confidence all season. Aldridge was a firm supporter of Hodgson's appointment last summer, but he expects the new Anfield hierarchy to keep all options open in the coming weeks. "It sounds crazy to say a manager is under pressure after just eight games in charge, but that was certainly the position Hodgson found himself in on Sunday," he said. "The new owners have not put £300 million into Liverpool to be a part of a relegation struggle and they will be looking for a quick turnaround in fortunes before they give Roy some money to spend in the January transfer window. "The performance against Blackburn was better than we saw against Everton the week before, but it couldn't really get any worse if we are being honest. In the biggest Merseyside derby for many a year, Liverpool hardly had a shot on goal as they turned in a very negative display at Goodison Park. That set a lot of alarm bells ringing among the supporters. "Some of Roy's tactics have disappointed me so far as I feel the team has been playing far too deep for most of this season. It has forced Steven Gerrard to drop further and further back to get the ball and try to influence the game and Fernando Torres just hasn't been getting the support up front. "Hopefully Sunday's win gives everyone at the club a bit of belief, but the league table still makes horrible reading for Roy and the players. They have to back it up with two or three wins in succession because if they don't, the speculation over the manager's position will start again." Aldridge is the first to concede the scale of the task Hodgson has taken on at Anfield makes this a challenge that would test most managers, with his finger of blame for Liverpool's current plight being pointed firmly in the direction of the Spaniard who left Anfield with a £6 million pay-off last summer. "No one underestimates the scale of the rebuilding job required at Anfield because Rafael Benitez left behind a poor squad when he walked away from the club with his bumper pay day," Aldridge continued. "Liverpool's first choice XI is decent, but the players who need to fill the gaps are not good enough and that has been shown time and again. "The likes of Lucas, Ryan Babel and David Ngog are not up to the job and the trouble for Roy is the signings he was allowed to make with a very limited budget in the summer have been disappointing. No-one has been too impressed with Joe Cole, Paul Konchesky and Christian Poulsen so far and it gives the new owners a problem. "Do they trust Roy Hodgson with the money they have said they are willing to put into a transfer kitty in January, or will they look to bring in their own man and hand him the responsibility of starting off their new project? New owners generally look to make their own appointment and that's why Roy is in a difficult position. "Frank Rijkaard was the first big name coach to be linked with a move to Anfield last week and while there are clearly big problems in the Liverpool side right now, I'm sure there would be a queue of willing takers for the job if it became available. "Liverpool remains one of the biggest names in world football and the fact that we are no longer being dragged down by a debt that was costing £110,000-a-day means the club now has a chance to re-launch itself after years of neglect." Upcoming games against Bolton, Wigan, Stoke and West Ham would appear to give Hodgson an opportunity to confirm his authority at Liverpool and Aldridge is hoping the winning goal provided by Torres against Blackburn on Sunday gets the out-of-sorts Spanish striker back in the groove. "I was coming to the conclusion that Liverpool might need to sell Torres in the January transfer window because his body language and form has been poor for far too long," he said. "It didn't look like he wanted to be playing for Liverpool in recent months and it felt like the club may have been better off getting as much money as they could for him and trying to rebuild the squad. "Hopefully his goal against Blackburn will wake him up a little because Liverpool need Gerrard and Torres firing on all cylinders if they are to climb the table, but I have to wonder if there is an agent lurking in the background who has told Fernando that he may be better off getting away from Anfield. "The Wayne Rooney fiasco at Manchester United last week left me feeling as if football has lost its soul and loyalty is a commodity from a bygone era. I hope I'm wrong and that Torres means it when he says he is happy at Liverpool and loves the club, but his form this season has suggested something very different." http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/sto....england&cc=5739

Ex-Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini says Liverpool contac - IMScouting Ex-Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini says Liverpool contacted him October 26, 2010 | Managerial merry go-round | 6 Comments | "I had lots of offers, some that I like. Ideally, I would like to find a club in December," Pellegrini told the Spanish press. "Yes, Liverpool contacted me. It is a great club with many Spanish players who I already know, and it is my intention to work in the Premier League." A poor start to the season has meant Hodgson's future has been the subject of much speculation since the takeover by NESV, even though Liverpool's new owners have backed him publicly. Liverpool claimed only their second win of the season on Sunday against Blackburn, and lie in 18th place in the Premier League.

anfieldonline LFC - Anfield Online by empireofthekop Reports from our slavedriving editor @jd77 that Roy has been effectively relegated to 'coach' status. Could be intriguing.

Be fair though mate, she has been ill and is dosed up with drugs Plus she's 85 odd, her eyesights going, she probably gets confused. I'd imagine she thinks shes talking about Cliff Richard.

Built By Shanks Broken by Hodgson.

Part of me wants us to lose so make the parting of the waves speed up, but the majority wants us to win. Win, cos we're in the brown stuff, and we've got to start picking up points pronto, otherwise..............well, hard to imagine a long hard season in a relegation dogfight. Christ, how the mighty have fallen.

It's his chin(s) that hypnotize me.

I'm going to run a line of Trill from the dressing room out the front entrance and across Stanley Park, just before half time. We won't see him again.

Thought you lost your taste buds when you hit 50?

Get on it, pronto. Put some mogodon in his half time cuppa

Kenny leading the players out for the second half. Got potential.

6 minutes of "Kenny..........." at Ko should do the trick. Anyone got any good banners yet?

Funnily enough (although it's anything but funny), we could be bottom, BOTTOM of the league by the time we kick off Sunday. Jesus.

Down at the mo

HODGSON KEEPS FOCUS ON FOOTBALL By Carl Markham, Press Association Sport Next Permanent Liverpool Manager. Click here to bet. Click here to follow us on Twitter! Click here for our special Transfer Centre! Click here for more football headlines! This week may be the start of a new era for Liverpool with the ownership issue having been resolved, but manager Roy Hodgson accepts future planning has to take a back seat to more pressing matters on the field. New England Sports Ventures completed their £300million takeover on Friday and they are now looking at all aspects of the club to see where improvements can be made. But, despite the hope of having a significant budget to spend come January, Hodgson is focusing on football matters. After a fourth Premier League defeat in eight matches left the club 19th in the table, Liverpool have to face Napoli away from home in the Europa League on Thursday before hosting Blackburn on Sunday. That is of more concern to Hodgson than a transfer window which is more than two months away. "I think the owners will be very interested in sitting down and planning things and the club can take comfort in the fact they are moving into a period of stability - it is badly needed," he said. "There are a lot of things that still need sorting out on a level outside of the football field and they will certainly help there. "They will finds ways and means of aiding us in those areas but when it comes to us playing we've got the players we have and we have to keep working with them and hopefully they will win some games. "The transfer window is two and a half months off and there is a lot of football to be played so there is no point in us in trying to put our eggs in the basket of the January transfer window. "The first thing we have to do is start winning matches and if we can do that and get in a better position and the owners can find the way to back us in the transfer window to improve the team we will obviously do so. "The transfer window is something which interests us, and we will have to do our scouting work, but it is not something which interests me in the coming week. "What does interest me is preparing for Napoli and then Blackburn - in particular it is the Blackburn game we need to win." Hodgson has a two-fold problem at the moment in that the side are conceding goals but are not scoring enough. In the league Liverpool have scored seven goals and let in 14 in eight matches. The manager knows he has to find a way of increasing the former while reducing the latter but does not believe one aspect has to suffer in order for the other to benefit. "It is a problem we are letting in goals but with the offensive line-up we have that is going to be a risk," he said. "Basically we need to score goals to take pressure off the fact we could let them in. "Good teams score goals and don't let many in as we see Chelsea doing topping the table. "They manage to score goals without letting them in and that is what have got to be trying to do as well. "I'm not prepared to suggest we need to offer something for something else (ie: defensive solidity at the expense of goalscoring). We need to get better in both areas." E-mail Article Print-Friendly Subscribe to RSS