Soccer: [lfc] Hodgson and my dilemma

[lfc] Hodgson and my dilemma

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This is all so depressing. I really can't see us going forward with
Roy so now I want him gone but for that to happen he needs to be
unsuccessful, which in return means us losing and staying close to the
relegation zone. The man looks out of his depth but now I am concerned
that he a few more wins here and there might keep in the job ubtil the
end of the season, by when Torres will have gone, or he'll go next
summer. I can't blame him because players like him want to play at the
highest level and win trophies. Would he want to stay on and spend the
rest of his career helping Roy try and build a team capable of
finishing in the top 4. I don't think so. It's also worrying to think
that Roy will be given whatever money there is to spend on players in
January.

I think we are at a point in our club's history when tough decisions
need to be made. Sack Roy asap and bring in someone to build for the
future. Give him a 5-year contract and lay out the plans. "You have 5
years to gradually improve the quality of players. Base your model on
arsenal and scum. i.e. Find the raw talent for cheap (1-3 mill.) and
buy players who will develop into reliable,good squad players.(I'm
thinking players in the 6-10 mill. bracket here. Players who will be
blooded into the first-11 and will become permanent names)."
Once this strategy is in place we should sit and talk to our top
players. If Torres wants to go, we should let him go for 40-50 mill.
and let the new manager invest all of it in the squad, but defo. on
quality. No promises, no false dawns. Then I'm sure we will be happier
as at least we will know where we are and where we are haeding for.

ilker

2010/10/31 Sol Hoolash <soleman18@gmail.com>
> Sol: I was having the similar thought the other day but in a different context but I could be wrong.
>
> I used to quote that one thing that Rafa was not very good at was media handling in specific when managing the expectations of the fans. He had the right attitude in approaching games no matter who we were playing, that is " We always go for the win!" Every game became a must win game and when we drew or lost, it was difficult to swallow!
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> The way I see now is Roy has completely change this approach. He says to the fans that we are rubbish, the opposition are brilliant, the owners need to invest, our players are lacking confidence, Rafa left poor players to work with etc, etc. So in return we, the fans tend not to expect much from any game we play. Like today for example, it felt like a surprise that we won. So if we win, it's a miracle, if we draw or lose, well that's our level and we need to get use to it!
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> Basically he is trying to manage our expectations but he going the absolute wrong way about it! His 10 games are up...thank you Roy before we find ourselves back in the bottom three again!
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> Colin Rowlands
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> There just seems to be so many interviews or quotes from him when he is under no obligation to make them so often, it has reached the point where he seems like he is trying to say enough to get himself sacked and pick up a nice pay day for a few months work.
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> The only other possibility is that these interviews are computer generated from a template since the normally consist of some combination or all of the following:
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> hyping the opposition team or specific player,
> denigrating or failing to defend the playing staff,
> sniping at fans or other managers or the rare journo that doesn't back him,
> downplaying expectations,
> hyping his own record,
> blaming others for any failings.