Redray

Sadly, the ineptitude of our board means that any clause restricting the the length of his locks to a maximum of 10mm is very unlikey to have been negotiated into the service contract.

On the plus side he does have great hair. If you take account of the age differential I would say it is as good as, if not better, than Pelligrini’s hair. However, if it is revealed to be a hairpiece at some point in the future then the above paragraph should be disregarded.

But I thought one of the reasons Rafa was kicked into touch was because Nando was off if he stayed? Surely he will stay now.

Mr Woy Hodgson?

4-4-2 Maxi and Jovan on 'wrong' wings coming in. Pressuring the ball high up and defensively minded, especially away from home.

That's precisely what I meant. The abuse will stop. Similarly, those that wanted Rafa out will stop being defensive by saying maybe his appointment will be okay when Gerrard and Torres leave. They will then have all the evidence they need that he is only a yes man.

Good lad.

Yes. In the sense that you will be truly amazed by the said purchases.

Spot on. Anyone would think he's already been unveiled. If this board is representative then only 10% of support want him. When (or if) his appointment is announced I think you will see the change in attitude on here. What we are seeing on here at present, however, is the gradual watering down of expectations.

Must have. Getting the sack four or five times in your career must make you thick skinned though.

When Hicks and Gillett paid $437 million for Liverpool in 2007, they promised to bring better talent and a new stadium to the club. They have delivered neither. It would be an understatement to say the club’s fans are enraged over how the owners have run the onetime perennial championship contender. But it’s debt, not anger, that is finally running Hicks and Gillett out of Liverpool. The pair have put the team $347 million in the red since they took over. And the Royal Bank of Scotland, which holds most of the team’s financing, plans to call in $144 million of that debt for payment this month. If Hicks and Gillett can’t pay, RBS has hinted that it will foreclose on their loans. Hicks doesn’t sound too worried. He told the Wall Street Journal this spring that he’ll likely unload Liverpool for $880 million to $1.3 billion. “Liverpool will be the most profitable investment I’ve ever made,” Hicks said. But there’s good reason to think he’s wrong. There have been two significant offers to buy Liverpool in part and in whole since 2007. In 2008, Dubai International Capital offered to buy all of Liverpool for 400 million pounds—about $780 million at the time but only $574 million today. This year, the Rhone Group, a European investment outfit, offered just $158 million for a 40 percent stake. Hicks rejected that, too. Suppose the Rhone Group’s most recent offer is an indication of where the market now values Liverpool. That’s bad news for Hicks. It means the team is worth about $400 million. Even Hicks’ lowest guess of $880 million seems optimistic in light of the Rhone Group’s offer and Europe’s credit crunch. A more realistic sum seems somewhere between the Rhone Group valuation and Hicks’ $880 million. Split the difference, and figure the team could fetch $640 million. Hicks first has to retire his Liverpool-related debts with that money. That leaves about $300 million, split two ways. That’s $150 million for Hicks. Subtract the cash Hicks put down to buy the team—he has said it is $80 million—and Hicks walks away from Liverpool with around $70 million in profit. $70 million in profit on Liverpool - $200 million in losses on the Stars and the Rangers = a total loss of $130 million. “Richer than ever” that is not. It might even mean diverting losses toward Hicks’ leveraged buyout kingdom or the Texas Stars, a minor league team owned by three of his sons. Either way, it doesn’t really matter now. “The default has finished him,” says the source who has seen Hicks’ books. “No one will personally lend to Tom Hicks again. His career is over.” http://www.dmagazine.com/Home/D_Magazine/2010/July/Can_Tom_Hicks_Make_Millions_Selling_His_Sports_Empire.aspx

The inverted wingers make play narrower. The formation is rigidly defensive-minded, but the press will probably forgive the zonal marking as he is of English blood.

They did more of a 4-4-1-1 against Hamburg with Gera behind Zamora.

True. Maybe after he was interviewed it was decided he was not a realistic candidate.

I said if. It was a hypothetical question. Yes or no?

Do you think he would still take the job if; He knew the majority of the fans were against it, Kenny would leave, He would have little assurances regarding transfers and He was by no means the first choice?

It also says a lot about Roy that he has not ruled himself out. Had he any dignity he would have done so by now. He's seen whats been going on over the last two weeks. Does not seem to care.

It's not Roy. It's Woy.

Didn't realise he actually found out about while he was on holiday. What a s***ty thing to do. Benitez: The people of Liverpool are fighters Rafael Benitez has spoken for the first time about his departure from Liverpool on the day that bookies have shortened their odds on Fulham manager Roy Hodgson taking over from the Spaniard in the Anfield dugout.Newly installed as coach of Inter Milan, Benitez described how the news of his pending exit was relayed to him while he was on holiday but made clear that he maintains utmost respect for the ‘amazing’ supporters of the Reds. Liverpool won the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and FA Cup during the six years Benitez was in charge on Merseyside in an era which also saw Steven Gerrard persuaded to commit his future to the club and the acquisition of the exceptional Fernando Torres. A victim of an off-field power struggle which left the club struggling to match their rivals financially, Benitez left Liverpool after his worst season in charge at Anfield. The Reds finished in seventh place in the Premier League and suffered humiliatingly early exits from the FA Cup, League Cup and Champoins League before falling in the semi-final of the Europa League. Speaking about his time on Anfield and his ambitions for the future, Benitez revealed: "It was really sad [leaving]. I was on holidays so it was a surprise that everything was going on in this way, but at the end of the day it has to be like this because Christian Purslow now is in charge so he decided to do it in this way, and that's it. "But you have to move forward. I always say to my family that we cannot complain too much and the people of Liverpool are fighters. When I came here I was fighting from the beginning until the end so now I have to do the same [with Inter]. I have to think about the future. "Again, I will say that I was really pleased here and the fans were amazing but now I cannot stand up and just complain or thinking about the good memories. I have to move forward and do the best for my new club." http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/39890/Benitez_The_people_of_Liverpool_are_fighters.aspx

Pelligrini's appointment should certainly help dispel that myth.

If only he was available now.

But exactly what Purslow wants. Hodgson is seemingly happy to become the Liverpool manager without assurances over anything.

Hodgson quits as Rovers hit bottom Saturday, November 21, 1998 http://news.bbc.co.u...ship/219167.stm Roy Hodgson has parted company with Blackburn Rovers after the club hit rock bottom following a humiliating defeat at the hands of relegation rivals Southampton. Hodgson wrote in his regular Saturday newspaper column only hours before the game: "The way a manager behaves in times of crisis can often be the decisive factor in determining whether a team pulls through or slides deeper into trouble." Rovers fans will hope his decision to quit will not be the decisive factor leading to their relegation. The club, who won the championship only three years ago, have won only two Premiership games this season. Hodgson had been touted as the next England manager and angry Blackburn fans were mockingly chanting "Hodgson for England" towards the end of game. Hodgson failed to appear at the post-match press conference, and instead, chief executive John Williams announced that he had left the club.

http://www.radiocity.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1852338&spid=20272

Great news. Koptalk have posted on twitter the Woy is a done deal.