Roy Hodgson Leaves Liverpool

by GoodGuyGary • 8 Jan 2011, 13:20 • Journals
QuoteAfter a poor start to the Premier League season, Liverpool have elected to part company with manager Roy Hodgson, who has left the club by mutual agreement. Kenny Dalglish will take over the running of the first team until the end of the season, starting with Sunday's FA Cup tie against Manchester United.

In a statement, principal owner John Henry said: “We are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months, but both parties thought it in the best interests of the club that he stand down from his position as team manager. We wish him all the best for the future.”

Hodgson also offered comment, stating: “I have found the last few months some of the most challenging of my career. I am very sad not to have been able to put my stamp on the squad, to be given the time to bring new players into the club in this transfer window and to have been able to be part of the rebuilding process at Liverpool.

“The club has some great, world-class players, with whom it has been a pleasure to work and I wish the entire squad well for the rest of the season.”

Chairman Tom Werner has confidence in Dalglish’s ability to provide a strong figurehead for the Anfield club at this difficult time. “Kenny will bring considerable experience to the position and provide management and leadership for the rest of the season,” he explained.

Dalglish’s last foray into senior management was when he worked closely with John Barnes during an ill-fated period with Scottish giants Celtic, though he will be hoping to rekindle the kind of influence that saw him lead Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers to four league titles in the 1980s and 90s.

The Reds languish 12th in the standings presently and can hold little hope of reaching their goal of Champions League football. Having suffered three defeats in their last four league matches, including a 3-1 reverse in midweek against Blackburn, Liverpool ‘s goal for the remainder of the campaign must simply be stabilisation and improvement.


About time, who's going to be their manager? Benitez again?

":D"
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Gifted 8 Jan 2011, 13:24
wouldn mind having benitez back
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kot 8 Jan 2011, 13:44
Are you a ManU fan?
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Gifted 8 Jan 2011, 13:46
Liverpool all the way!
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loazis 8 Jan 2011, 13:48
Probably an Inter fan.
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LeFrancis 8 Jan 2011, 13:49
Probably a MarseilleMarseille fan
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Frop 8 Jan 2011, 13:56
image: rafa_benitez
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apple 8 Jan 2011, 14:20
Saw him walking his dog the other day!
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dEVJE 8 Jan 2011, 13:28
SAF vs Dalglish on Sunday, sounds nice :3
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wArdi 8 Jan 2011, 13:30
QuoteThe club has some great, world-class players


:)
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dEVJE 8 Jan 2011, 13:32
QuoteWe are grateful for Roy's efforts over the past six months

:))
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pala 8 Jan 2011, 13:41
miereles, carragher, reina, torres and gerrard are among the best players on the planet currently
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GoodGuyGary 8 Jan 2011, 13:44
carragher is past his best tbh
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kot 8 Jan 2011, 13:47
carra is awful and reina is above average, but there's plenty of better goalies.
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TommyWiseau 8 Jan 2011, 13:57
You've obviously never see them play...
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dEzIrE 8 Jan 2011, 14:01
shudve left cara out :D
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RASHOMON 8 Jan 2011, 14:09
Carragher is a joke :<
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Nkd 8 Jan 2011, 14:54
meireles*
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PokemonJohn 8 Jan 2011, 15:23
For someone whos name is LiverpoolChampions, you know fuck all about them. I take it you're some foreigner who has never even stepped foot in Liverpool :)
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dEzIrE 8 Jan 2011, 15:48
do you need to step a foot into the city where the club you like is stated to be a fan?
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PokemonJohn 8 Jan 2011, 17:48
Well would you support argentina if you're not from there? No link to the club in anyway what so ever.
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pala 8 Jan 2011, 18:46
there are a few i won't point due to the fact you're an imbecile that doesn't worth more than 10 seconds of my life
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PokemonJohn 9 Jan 2011, 15:58
English? You can't even speak the language, yet you support an english club. Nice.
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dEzIrE 8 Jan 2011, 21:44
club =! country...
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Dreamweaver 9 Jan 2011, 00:10
Well, it's kinda the same, only on different scale. "Supporters" support THEIR LOCAL club, e.g. I'm from Rzeszow so I support Resovia Rzeszow. I'm Algerian (well, half :>) so I support Algerian national team.

This is to be differentiated from "fans", who sympathize with clubs due to their liking. I have no problems with fans, I am kinda a fan of Barcelona, because of their playstyle (probably once it's gone, I'm gone as well), but when a fan tries to call himself a supporter, or he is talking like "we" about the club, then he sounds funny/ridiculuous to me.
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dEzIrE 8 Jan 2011, 15:49
also, when teams are like winning everything, and ure a fan of them, ure a gloryhunter. no liverpool is sucking hard, and hes still supporting them, id say thats a good fan. so ure argument sucks
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Dreamweaver 8 Jan 2011, 17:14
ah, so everybody who's fan of barcelona's style of play is a gloryhunter? the worse the team is, the better its fan is?
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dEVJE 8 Jan 2011, 17:27
Dunno how many real fans Barca has now, but it's obvious that Barca has a lot of gloryhunters now :D
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Dreamweaver 8 Jan 2011, 17:47
the world is full of stupid kids :D
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dEVJE 8 Jan 2011, 18:18
don't worry, all those actual barca gloryhunters will stick to manchester city in the next few years, just like it was with chelsea :D
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imabob 9 Jan 2011, 10:52
i always been a barça fan since i was born. its my "local" team aswell since im catalan.
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dEzIrE 8 Jan 2011, 21:43
sorry. i dont htink that, but its what 'they' say u know
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TRNZz 8 Jan 2011, 15:42
average, average, past prime, out of form, out of form
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LethalChicken 8 Jan 2011, 15:47
look who's a footy expert now :PPPPPPPPPPP sup
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sHEv 8 Jan 2011, 17:28
only gerrard and torres tbh
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niSmO 8 Jan 2011, 13:37
Can see Torres leaving tbh
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rNzZ 8 Jan 2011, 15:58
Thats just good for Liverpool to sell him for 30-40 millions and get 2 top players instead since he has been uber shit this season and wasnt rly good the season before.
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niSmO 8 Jan 2011, 16:57
injured all the time x)
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pala 8 Jan 2011, 13:41
already said kenny got the job at least until the end of the season
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harris 8 Jan 2011, 16:16
HILSBRA BRA?
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nAbio 8 Jan 2011, 14:13
they should make use of Germany Ralf Rangnick
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Deactivated6492 8 Jan 2011, 14:23
Poor Roy really.. It's not his fault Liverpool has done it so bad so far. It's because of the "Benitez effect" that has affected liverpool, and newly affected Inter!
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kot 8 Jan 2011, 14:39
While I agree that it's Rafa's fault that club is in such a mess, Roy hasn't really done ANYTHING to help them get better :c
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Gifted 8 Jan 2011, 16:04
Rafa did so many amazing things with liverpool :P
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fragma 8 Jan 2011, 14:42
Dalglish till the end of the season then Deschamps. I don't even think Dalglish will do a good job, ask Newcastle fans
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walle 8 Jan 2011, 14:50
come back to Finland, we're up for some more fails.
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waXx 8 Jan 2011, 14:52
just before the Man Utd game, easy win for United :D
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harris 8 Jan 2011, 16:01
Daglish is the most overrated manager.

Manage an already successful Liverpool side, win the league.
Liverpool side ages, Pretend to retire.
Join Blackburn, get drowned in money, win the league.
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pala 8 Jan 2011, 16:18
you weren't even a live in those year what are you brambling about, you know jack shit
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harris 8 Jan 2011, 16:19
I wasn't alive during WW2 but i know that jews smell.
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mana 8 Jan 2011, 16:31
leave my jew alone or i fucking hunt you down & kill you + your family.
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fragma 8 Jan 2011, 16:28
WHAT ARE YOU TITUS BRAMBLING ABOUT?

image: Titus%20Bramble_633573354416718750

:D
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dEVJE 8 Jan 2011, 17:27
made me smile :D
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evan 8 Jan 2011, 16:23
I do not see the point of firing him before a game against their biggest local rivals; Chelsea made the same mistake a few years ago with Mourinho/Grant. More significantly, Liverpool are not going to be relegated no matter how badly they play, which means they should have at least given him some money to use in the transfer window as an incentive to match last season's position (also takes into account the fact that the squad was significantly weakened with this season's departures), and possibly even go further in European competition because of Hodgeson's expertise.

I do not think most Liverpool fans realise that they finished seventh last season, and more than twenty points behind Chelsea and Manchester United; sacking someone just after Christmas is a complete waste of time for a club in their position. I think they need a reality check.
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Moisander 8 Jan 2011, 16:44
Kenny Dalglish
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rAmbo 8 Jan 2011, 16:57
Its best time for him to quit just before United KingdomManchester united clash he doesnt want to be embarassed =)
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