Roy Hodgson

Roy gets it so so wrong when asked about Torres to United

Roy Hodgson has refused to rule out selling Fernando Torres to Man Utd when asked if his good pal Alex Ferguson would try to sign the Spaniard in place of the outward bound Wayne Rooney.

Rather than dismissing the transfer totally out of hand, and saying "Our best player is not for sale", Hodgson said in a desperate attempt to keep his lovely friendship with Alex Ferguson alive: ""I think I'd have to say we'd cross that bridge when we come to it,"

"I am not naive enough to think there is no danger we will ever lose a player like Fernando Torres.

This is a stark contrast to former manager Rafa Benitez, who threatened to quit the club if Torres was sold: "I'm confident it will never happen, if it did, I'd resign.'.

This is not the first time Hodgson has refused to speak out against Ferguson, who accused Torres of diving, only for Roy to let it go because of his wonderful friendship with Fergie.

Sort it out or do one Roy!

rodofromparis a écrit:Sinon, un petit article sur Anfield Red.co.uk avec une comparaison entre nos deux derniers managers:

Roy gets it so so wrong when asked about Torres to United

Roy Hodgson has refused to rule out selling Fernando Torres to Man Utd when asked if his good pal Alex Ferguson would try to sign the Spaniard in place of the outward bound Wayne Rooney.

Rather than dismissing the transfer totally out of hand, and saying "Our best player is not for sale", Hodgson said in a desperate attempt to keep his lovely friendship with Alex Ferguson alive: ""I think I'd have to say we'd cross that bridge when we come to it,"

"I am not naive enough to think there is no danger we will ever lose a player like Fernando Torres.

This is a stark contrast to former manager Rafa Benitez, who threatened to quit the club if Torres was sold: "I'm confident it will never happen, if it did, I'd resign.'.

This is not the first time Hodgson has refused to speak out against Ferguson, who accused Torres of diving, only for Roy to let it go because of his wonderful friendship with Fergie.

Sort it out or do one Roy!

Franchement, il est pire que je ne le croyais. Le vrai roi est Sir Ferguson dans ce pays...

kikinou a écrit:

rodofromparis a écrit:Sinon, un petit article sur Anfield Red.co.uk avec une comparaison entre nos deux derniers managers:

Roy gets it so so wrong when asked about Torres to United

Roy Hodgson has refused to rule out selling Fernando Torres to Man Utd when asked if his good pal Alex Ferguson would try to sign the Spaniard in place of the outward bound Wayne Rooney.

Rather than dismissing the transfer totally out of hand, and saying "Our best player is not for sale", Hodgson said in a desperate attempt to keep his lovely friendship with Alex Ferguson alive: ""I think I'd have to say we'd cross that bridge when we come to it,"

"I am not naive enough to think there is no danger we will ever lose a player like Fernando Torres.

This is a stark contrast to former manager Rafa Benitez, who threatened to quit the club if Torres was sold: "I'm confident it will never happen, if it did, I'd resign.'.

This is not the first time Hodgson has refused to speak out against Ferguson, who accused Torres of diving, only for Roy to let it go because of his wonderful friendship with Fergie.

Sort it out or do one Roy!

Franchement, il est pire que je ne le croyais. Le vrai roi est Sir Ferguson dans ce pays...

c'est beau shakespeare au petit matin !!!

Candy a écrit:Mardi soir et hier soir, j'ai regardé les matchs de CL sur la télévision suisse et, bizarrement(?), ils ont parlé de Roy Hodgson les 2 soirs. Dans les 2 cas, ils cherchaient des "excuses" à Hodgson en disant que c'était "dommage" (je ne suis pas sur que c'était ce mot-là) que les "grands" clubs ne laissaient plus de temps à leurs managers/entraineurs.

Et puis quoi encore? Laisser Hodgson une année au risque de se faire reléguer?

baby-liverpool a écrit:

Candy a écrit:Mardi soir et hier soir, j'ai regardé les matchs de CL sur la télévision suisse et, bizarrement(?), ils ont parlé de Roy Hodgson les 2 soirs. Dans les 2 cas, ils cherchaient des "excuses" à Hodgson en disant que c'était "dommage" (je ne suis pas sur que c'était ce mot-là) que les "grands" clubs ne laissaient plus de temps à leurs managers/entraineurs.

Et puis quoi encore? Laisser Hodgson une année au risque de se faire reléguer?

Il a sauvé fulham de la rélégation ou blackburn je ne sais plus, alors il nous sauvera aussi

Non sérieusement, je ne pense pas qu'avec lui on finira rélégués, mais je ne lui donne pas mieux que la 12ème place avec ses stratégies actuelles. Au moins avec Rafa on pouvait pas avoir la 4ème garantie, mais on pouvait espérer y arriver, alors qu'avec RH...

C'est étrange que la saison passée la presse en général blamait surtout Benitez, or cette saison on blame tout le monde sauf RH, les joueurs, Torres et son body language, gerarrd pas à son meilleur niveau, et meme rafa alors qu'il est plus là. Tout^le monde sauf RH, étrange...

Ici Anfield a écrit:

baby-liverpool a écrit:

Candy a écrit:Mardi soir et hier soir, j'ai regardé les matchs de CL sur la télévision suisse et, bizarrement(?), ils ont parlé de Roy Hodgson les 2 soirs. Dans les 2 cas, ils cherchaient des "excuses" à Hodgson en disant que c'était "dommage" (je ne suis pas sur que c'était ce mot-là) que les "grands" clubs ne laissaient plus de temps à leurs managers/entraineurs.

Et puis quoi encore? Laisser Hodgson une année au risque de se faire reléguer?

Il a sauvé fulham de la rélégation ou blackburn je ne sais plus, alors il nous sauvera aussi

Non sérieusement, je ne pense pas qu'avec lui on finira rélégués, mais je ne lui donne pas mieux que la 12ème place avec ses stratégies actuelles. Au moins avec Rafa on pouvait pas avoir la 4ème garantie, mais on pouvait espérer y arriver, alors qu'avec RH...

C'est étrange que la saison passée la presse en général blamait surtout Benitez, or cette saison on blame tout le monde sauf RH, les joueurs, Torres et son body language, gerarrd pas à son meilleur niveau, et meme rafa alors qu'il est plus là. Tout^le monde sauf RH, étrange...

Non, c'est pas bizarre, c'est logique !

RH a de bons réseaux parmi la presse londonienne, qu'on peut par ailleurs de qualifier de xénophobe en matière de PL ...

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010

Quotable Evidences Of Roy Hodgson's Small-Club Mentality


Through his first 15 matches with Liverpool, Roy Hodgson has come across as a considerate, media friendly and very much the elder statesman that the board at Liverpool would have hoped. His amicable English nature is a sharp contrast to the more arrogant and abrasive Benitez. After saying and expressing all the right words prior to the start of the 2010/11 Premier League season, his tactical plan, match decisions and overall management ability are being questioned.

The Reds are languishing 2nd from bottom, looking low on confidence and motivation. Much of this poor form must be attributed to Uncle Roy and his post-match interviews expose him as clearly a manager with a small-club mentality. Just like what Paul Tomkins and the rest of Liverpool fans have been suggesting.

His statements post-match have been low-key, bizarrely respectful to the opposition and definitely lacking the substance befitting a manager of a legendary club like Liverpool. Though I was happy Rafa was made to leave, Hodgson is making me think again of my misgivings about Benitez!

Here are quotes from every Premier League match this season, where he has either been much too contented with a draw or has afforded irrational respect to lesser opponents.

After the Arsenal opening game 1-1, Uncle Roy's comments were,
"I thought it was a fantastic effort but points are hard to come by in this league, so when you get so close you can't avoid that feeling of disappointment. Maybe that second-half performance deserved all three and not just one, but if someone had said at half-time you'll defend well and get a 0-0 or 1-1 I would probably have accepted that."
Hodgson quite clearly still thinks he is at Fulham where a score draw against Arsenal at home would have been a celebrated result.

Post-Man City 3-0 defeat, Hodgson said,
''We were a bit unlucky to get beaten so heavily. I thought we had one or two good spells in the game."
Unlucky? One or two good spells in the game? Hmmm....apart from the Hart double-save, Liverpool were largely anonymous.

When Reina saved Liverpool's blushes at Birmingham,
"It was a good performance from the Birmingham team but I was not that disappointed with our performance either. We kept to our task well. It is early days for me and the team. We've had players coming into the team trying to come to terms with what we are asking of them."
Again, Hodgson seemed to suggest he was looking for an away draw and was contented with the result.

When Fergie attacked Torres in that 3-2 Old Trafford defeat,
"I prefer to talk about the game and talk about issues that interest me. Sir Alex is entitled to any opinion he wants to have but I'm not going to come here and say I agree or disagree."
That is an evasive response from the Liverpool manager in the throes of the most intensely fought English football rivalry.

Further evidences of Hodgson's generous respect for the opposition came against Sunderland and Utrecht.

Against Sunderland in that come-from-behind 2-2 draw,
"These days it is not a question of three or four teams dominating the league, it is getting harder and harder. Of course we are playing at home, we were 1-0 up and hopefully we would go on to build on that but unfortunately there was an opponent as well and they had something to say on the matter.''
Against Utrecht in the Europa League,
"I think you could quite easily see today why Utrecht have such a good home record. It would have been unfortunate for them had we won the game tonight, I think Utrecht would have felt hard done by."
Once more, too much respect was given to opponents that Liverpool (even with the current weaker squad) should brush aside.

And finally after being outplayed by Everton in a 2-0 Merseyside derby defeat,
"I don't think it is a crisis, I thought the way we played today was not the level of a team in the bottom three but six points from eight games is a very poor return. We need to start winning to climb the table and until we do the word 'crisis' will continue to be bandied around. I refuse to accept we were in any way outplayed or in any way inferior. I thought the shape of our team was good, I thought our passing and moving was good. I watched the performance and in the second half that's as good as I have seen a Liverpool team under my management. It was a sterling effort in the second half."
The journalist who wrote this Hodgson article on the Liverpool official site must be wondering how in the world he could get things so wrong about the under-fire Reds manager. Considering what has happened this season, Hodgson has been the complete opposite of Benitez and I never thought I would say that.

Empire Of The Kop published this quirky conspiracy theory which is an interesting and funny read.

Defiantly however, Roy has finally found his fighting spirit when he voiced out,
"I think it would be a sad day for football and for Liverpool if someone who had been brought in with the pomp and circumstance, and the money it took them to release me from my previous contract, and being feted as one of England's best managers - if after eight games people are deciding this guy has got to go."
A bit too late? The way the players are playing now is surely making Hodgson's stay untenable. Besides ex-Barca manager, Frank Rijkaard is rumoured to take over, which could be great for Liverpool given the strong continental flavour within the squad.

So it is now two more matches to clarity on Hodgson's fate....and I suspect there is no immediate end to Liverpool's current poor form. It looks like Blackburn all over again for Roy Hodgson.

fencerdam a écrit:Moi un truc me gêne, et je ne crois pas l'avoir lu
On est très mauvais sur les touches, que ce soit pour nous ou pas
Comptez le nombre de ballons perdus suite à une relise en touche pour nous, impressionnant
En revanche, que c'est une touche pour l'adversaire, on n'effectue quasi aucun pressing, on a 2m de retard et en face ils la jouent comme ils veulent...
Z'avez vu comme moi ?

fencerdam a écrit:ouais manu, t'as raison comme d'hab, je m'incline !
ceci dit, on est fichtrement nuls sur les touches !
en amateur encore, t'es pas toujours concentré, bon voilà
mais des pros, c'est leur boulot de tous les jours, nan sérieux ça me sidère !

Ronan9 a écrit:If rumours are to be believed then tomorrow will be Roy Hodgson's last game as Liverpool manager.


Demain, le dernier match de RH...

Feriel a écrit:

Ronan9 a écrit:If rumours are to be believed then tomorrow will be Roy Hodgson's last game as Liverpool manager.


Demain, le dernier match de RH...

J'aimerai quand même lui laisser une dernière chance contre Blackburn !! Si on gagne et avec la manière (en option, mais plutôt nécessaire) je serais pour qu'on le garde au moins jusqu'à janvier. Qu'en pensez vous?

kikinou a écrit:

fencerdam a écrit:ouais manu, t'as raison comme d'hab, je m'incline !
ceci dit, on est fichtrement nuls sur les touches !
en amateur encore, t'es pas toujours concentré, bon voilà
mais des pros, c'est leur boulot de tous les jours, nan sérieux ça me sidère !

le premier mot qui me vient c'est laxisme . car souvent quand tu négliges un compartiment du jeu , c'est révélateur
de la vision globale de ta façon de jouer .
pour résumer : ( vous aurez noté que je reviens souvent à la ligne pour ne plus trop fatiguer
les pauvres petis yeux de notre bon sieur icianfield )
il y a deux écoles : - les besogneux qui s'appliquent à transformer toutes les phases de jeux en opportunité offensive
- les niktouchid'dans , dont nous faisons plus partie et qui s'appliquent à se débarrasser du ballon
plutot qu'à essayer d'en faire quelquechose .
my 2 cents..

Morgan a écrit:moi ce qui me gêne profondément, c'est l'ennui en regardant des matchs de Liverpool !
Non content d'être inoffensif en attaque (euh, c'est pas un pléonasme? ), j'ai l'impression qu'on bloque le jeu, ce qui rend des copies sales et boooooring à regarder !
Le point positif : ça veut dire qu'on est pas degueulasse en défense...

L'année dernière, j'avais la même impression mais je me forcais à me faire croire le contraire mais force est de constater que non... Nous sommes ennuyeux et rares deviennent les matchs à plus de 3 buts lorsque nos reds sont sur la pelouse..

Euh, j'enfonce les portes ouvertes ?

Antoine a écrit:Je trouve que cet article est vrai. Il fait son Job a Liverpool comme si c'était Wolverhampton...

RUSH86 a écrit:

Antoine a écrit:Je trouve que cet article est vrai. Il fait son Job a Liverpool comme si c'était Wolverhampton...

Et les joueurs, ils jouent comme s'ils étaient à Liverpool ?

kikinou a écrit:la preuve que torres joue comme une merde

reda-kun a écrit:

kikinou a écrit:la preuve que torres joue comme une merde

La photo est truquée !?

Ronan9 a écrit:

reda-kun a écrit:

kikinou a écrit:la preuve que torres joue comme une merde

La photo est truquée !?

c'est pour la bonne cause

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/video/Features/Seeing-is-Beli-21900.php3

Steven_Gerrard93 a écrit:J'ai comme la facheuse impression qu'il ne partira pas

reda-kun a écrit:

Steven_Gerrard93 a écrit:J'ai comme la facheuse impression qu'il ne partira pas

C'est qu'il a l'air d'aimer la vie au club