Liverpool Fc @ Anfield - Reds Supporters Gatherings

[NZL97]

i hope roy wont make the mistake of playing players in the wrong positions again as you can see the difference between yesterday game and against wolves..............meireles back to central midfield and kuyt on the right and maxi on the left...........it make such a big difference!!!!!!!!!!!

it was a lucky win no doubt.........but at least we started the year on a positive note...........

hope we really sign ashley young and shawcross as reported in the news................

[SG Obama]

..just finished reading Sunday Times....a full 2 pages about liverpool.....what the author wrote kinda make sense talking about the mishaps in liverpool....

it all comes down to the backend folks and how good the manager is able to handle millionaire players and how they impact the players on the field....backend folks like the french guy Damien Comolli who has the power to choose players he likes to buy...

...hogson is rather just someone is responsible to answer the press and i think the technical coaches are responsible for the strategies based on available players.....our defence in the last 10 mins of the game last night really sucked....glen johnson should be sold...he is a leaky guy in the team when he is back defending. fast but not attentive. ngog still feels like a kid playing against the adults....we need a tall scary striker to complement torres and a sharp winger. watched kelly came in as substitute a couple of times...he deserves more field time...good guy

[bochapsing]

a fortunate win...

but hope it din buy RH more time... i'll never hope we lose a game, but also dun wish to see him staying on...

[hawksbay]

Originally Posted by owen10

It was a lucky win for us. Better to play badly (ok lah, it was a tale of 2 halves) and win then to play very well but still lose. at last lady luck smiled on us which we did not enjoy much of it all season.

very angry how we conceded that goal fr a setpiece YET AGAIN. when will our guys ever learn??????

ok next game we face Blackburn away, anthr team on the rot. i hope we wont screw up agt a bottom team again.

well its abt time we had abit of luck,we deserve to win last nite against a veri good bolton but i still think that RH will be gone,the SG kind of pass is the thing we shd look 4 at toress not paly the ball into space n ask him to chase,i did not think they played 4 RH but the fans who as always turned up in full force.toress was buzzing.stick with lucas n meriless in midfield n push SG up to support FT.good to see agger back but our defending for bolton 's goal really sucked.,like one fan said when will they ever learn.well better 2011.

[hawksbay]

http://dai.ly/hYrgiD hear wat mark lawrenson have to say at the end of the highlights.

[rahl]

Originally Posted by bochapsing

a fortunate win...

but hope it din buy RH more time... i'll never hope we lose a game, but also dun wish to see him staying on...

Originally Posted by hawksbay

the SG kind of pass is the thing we shd look 4 at toress not paly the ball into space n ask him to chase,i did not think they played 4 RH but the fans who as always turned up in full force.toress was buzzing.stick with lucas n meriless in midfield n push SG up to support FT.

How many players can play their pass other than our captain? It was a Michael Owen pass if you know what I mean

Bros, 11,000 empty seats at Anfield yesterday. The owners are sure to take note.

[rahl]

Woy the snake charmer, taken from a website:

I preferred to put my weight behind David Ngog and Ryan Babel, who's never really been given a proper chance at centre-forward at the club. I'm hoping that between now and Christmas we'll have ample quality to see us through that period.
- On not buying another striker

A club like Liverpool shouldn't have to rely on non-specialists like Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Babel ‘doing a job’ up front when they are primarily wide players.
- Hodgson changes his mind a month later.

They'll be a formidable challenge – there's no question about that.
- On Carling Cup opponents, struggling league Two side Northampton

I thought we did quite well when (Northampton) they took the lead in the extra time and we threw caution to the wind it gave us the equaliser.
- Hodgson uses the words ‘throw caution to the wind’ about playing a League Two side. At Anfield.

That was as good as we have played all season ..... To get a result here – against Everton – would have been Utopia.
- After the wretched loss to Everton

I know Sir Alex (Ferguson) is not really a Liverpool man so I’m a bit concerned about my excellent relationship with him.
I sincerely hope he forgives me for moving north and hopefully we can have a glass of wine together, maybe in secret.
- Hodgson endears himself to Liverpool fans everywhere

I prefer to talk about the game and talk about issues that interest me. Mr Ferguson is entitled to any opinion he wants to have but I'm not going to come here and say I agree or disagree.
- Hodgson refuses to defend Fernando Torres against accusations of cheating

I understand (Frank) Rijkaard has just been sacked from Galatasaray – he must be a great manager to have been sacked by Galatasaray.
- 'Nice guy' Roy on the Champions League and La Liga winning manager

You would have to ask (Glen Johnson) 'do you think you're playing at top form and are you playing like the best right-back in the country for your club?' If he says yes, obviously we will have to agree to differ and if he says no, then you'd have to ask the question 'why not?
- Showing his man-management skills

The protest does not help but it is something I have had to live with since I came to the club.
- Criticising the fans’ protest against the club’s former owners

I was disappointed – and I've told him this – that he – Dalglish – applied for the job in the summer because I don't think that was ever really going to happen for him.
- Putting Liverpool legend Dalglish in his place, a man who has won more trophies than Hodgson has Premier League away games in his entire time in England

I've been involved in some big derbies in my career and you know how much they mean to the fans .... I didn't like losing in those games, which I did quite often. I did poorly so it would be nice to change that.
- Hodgson shows he’s the man for the big occasion before losing 3-2 to Manchester United.

He’s a quality player and we will be working hard on our tactics to make sure he doesn’t dominate the game.
- No, not Lionel Messi, rather Fulham’s Danny Murphy, who was sent packing by Liverpool six years ago.

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
- Showing his modest side.

Are you from Denmark? (No, Norway replied the journalist) Ah, two countries I never want to work in again.
- Insulting a Norweigian journalist and a large part of Liverpool’s fan base.

We have got a lot more expensive failures on our list than good players that we have brought in for next to nothing.
- Having a dig at Champions League winning former Reds boss Rafa Benitez and his transfer record

What do you mean do my methods translate? They have translated from Halmstad to Malmo to Orebo to Neuchatel Xamax to the Swiss national team. So I find the question insulting. To suggest that, because I have moved from one club to another, that the methods which have stood me in good stead for 35 years and made me one of the most respected coaches in Europe don’t suddenly work, is very hard to believe.
- Reeling off some of the massive clubs he’s managed. Not so much a who’s who of European football as a who are they?

Today was a famous victory
- No, not Liverpool’s win in Istanbul but a 1-0 triumph over Bolton at the Reebok.

There aren't many quality left-backs around in the world, never mind in England – so to find an English one (Paul Konchesky) who can go straight into the team without any adjustment problems is a big advantage.
- Hodgson, who sold Roberto Carlos to Real Madrid while manager of Inter Milan, knows a good left back when he sees one.

Christian (Poulsen) is an all-round player. He is capable of scoring goals, a good passer of the ball and a good defender.
- After paying £4.5m on the 30-year-old plodder.

He's not that bad on the ball.
- After seeing him play.

It is very early for me to make very strong judgements about where his best position is.
- Hodgson shows the depth of his research on £11.5m signing Raul Meireles, who has played his entire career in central midfield. Until he came to Anfield.

I don't understand questions about Liverpool and Fulham players being different types
- Who said Hodgson doesn’t grasp how big a club Liverpool is?

I've had several bad experiences. Even at Halmstad in the 70s, in the year we won our second championship, it took until the second half of the season to win our first game away and that broke a record going back two seasons. We went over two seasons without winning an away game.
- On his wretched away form throughout his career.

Fans make their frustrations felt every time we lose, but unfortunately they may have to do that a few more times, because I can't see us going through a season winning every game.
- Roy promises the good times are going to roll again after the 2-0 defeat to Stoke

I don't know where the stories came from that Gerrard would be fit for Newcastle.
- From your Head of Sports Medicine Dr Peter Brukner, Roy.

It's not as if he'll be playing with a bunch of also-rans. I'm not asking him to play in the reserves.
- Asking Torres to play against Utrecht while also motivating his reserves

I thought it would be a nice game for him (Torres) and a chance for him to get his confidence back. But I also had a talk to our fitness people and they made me see sense that it wasn't the wisest thing to do.
- Revealing who picks the team.

I think we will cross that bridge when we come to it... I am not naive to believe there won’t be any danger and we will never lose a player like Torres, I understand these things can happen
- Issuing a stern hands-off Torres warning to pal Ferguson. Well, kind of.

When it was mooted the club wanted me for the job I made it clear to Kenny I wanted him on board and it wouldn’t be like it was with Benitez where he’d be here in name only. It wouldn’t be the case that Kenny would be never be allowed to step foot into Melwood.
- Having another dig at the Spaniard, a claim which was exposed as a lie by the Champions League winning manager

He's not so much a player I can really take responsibility for. I'd have to share the responsibility for Joe, less so than for people like [Christian] Poulsen, [Raul] Meireles and [Paul] Konchesky, who are players I was quite happy to bring to the club.
- Washing his hands of Joe Cole a week before the former Chelsea midfielder earns Liverpool a 2-1 victory over Bolton

Ever since I came here, the famous Anfield support hasn't really been there.There was the problem with the owners and Kenny being so popular and the job going to me, so I have had to live with that. I have to hope the fans will become supporters because we need support. We are not deliberately losing games.
- Roy puts the final nail in his coffin.

[bochapsing]

wat a list!!!!

[eeemen]

Bro rahl, thanks for the list. It does sum it up doesn't it? , cheers & YNWA ................

[Frankiestine]

Every time RH opens his mouth, he is only showing himself up to be a classless and clueless manager.

[Xgenre]

His comments make Rafa's 'facts' statements and Houllier's 'We have turned a corner' statements look like child's play. Sometimes you do wonder if he thinks before he speaks. I don't remember him being like this when he was Fulham manager. Or maybe no one really bothers about what the Fulham manager says...

[bochapsing]

OMG.... there he goes AGAIN...!!!!


Hodgson, though, is keen to point out he is still by and large working with the squad he inherited from former boss Rafa Benitez.

"I'm hoping that one day I will get a chance to stamp a little bit more of my authority and philosophy on the team by choosing some more of the players," he said.

"Although it's not often mentioned I've not been that active in the transfer market since I've been here.

"The players here have done exceptionally well for me in accepting a new manager, but they are the ones you have watched for the past few years."

[teebs_darklord]

What exactly is wrong with the squad that he inherited from benitez anyway?

This was almost the same squad that finished 2nd when the first team squad was healthy and finished 7th the following season due to injuries to the first team squad.

To keep saying that Liverpool have had a wretched season so far is due to the squad he inherited is really pushing it a bit too far. It only serves to make people aware of his incompetence.

[rahl]

Originally Posted by bochapsing

OMG.... there he goes AGAIN...!!!!

Hehe I am more concerned about what his philosophy is. Many forummers in YNWA are complaining that Woy's brand of football is based on long ball and target man, in effect using our Rolls Royce Torres as a pickup.

Not sure how much of that is true as Torres' own form and attitude has been wretched so far (and Houllier also had Heskey).

Incidentally we have had some rumours about new and young managers who play an attacking style linked to us.

[bochapsing]

he's using torres as his "bobby zamora".....!!!