KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Roy Hodgson and Januarys transfer fund

i know alot of pple dislike/hate o'neill but av always thought highly of him even from his Leicester days. his won alot more then hodson has and in my opinion his a league higher. am not too convinced abt his style of play but i guess its no worse then hodson. i do like the fact he likes to play with quick wingers. i didnt want hodson in the 1st place and i think its time to move on. i would like to see liverpool play attacking football and av heard positive things abt pellegrini so wouldnt mind him.

Anybody but O'neil, please. Whether he's proven or not, all I want is someone that's going to bring back some attacking football.

no please...no o'neil.....
i would want either rijkaard or pelligrini..because both of them are more likely options then the others...i would have want hinddick..but i don't think he would like to come to our rescue...

Has any of martin o'niels teams finished above six place in the premier league?He was supposed to be villas saving grace to get them to the champions league but he didn't do much better from when David o'leary was there. He is badly over rated as a coach and his teams can't stay the distance.

It's a big no from me.

Onto transfers , I don't think wel see alot of activity in january. Maybe 3 at the maximum. So a forward and a winger would be nice. But in the summer I'd like the following players out.

Lucas. Poulson. Babel. Maxi. Aurelio.

Players in jan:- alonso, augero, mata

look the baisic diffrence between a good manager and a manager of hodgsons class....


when mancini took over a chitty..he imidiatly made an impact by signing johnson...while on the other hand our manager barley got any good players....

the reason roy stated was that he did not researched...while on the contrary all goog managers always keeps tabs on good players and have good information....


"thats why i definatly don't want hodgson to continue"

Mancini had a bit more of a kitty though and was walking into a club on the up. Roy by contrast had to count every penny and the line about that reasearch was just that, a line. Of course he knew who he wanted just could not afford most of them.

Bringing in Cole and Raul and keeping hold of our best players was good work by Roy. I admit he is struggling now and Im beginning to question his ability to handle pressure as opposed to his coaching skills.

if so then why did he failed to bring a striker..i don't think he was prepared at all....

What decent striker could he have bought in for the money we had? It would involved player swaps and sales and all that.

Its not just roy but the whole scouting dept that would be looking at players, fact is we didnt have the money to buy the players (whoever they were) that Roy wanted.

But to be honest having seen how he has handle the media and the games so far Im so sure extra players will help him hugely. Like I said dont doubt the guy coaching ability just think he might be choking in the Liverpool hotseat.

BBC Sports understands manager Roy Hodgson will be given time by the Massachusetts-based partnership to turn around the club's fortunes on the field, having dropped into the relegation zone after the weekend's defeat at home to Blackpool.

If the sale goes through, they will assess the situation and it is thought Hodgson still retains the support inside Anfield

We've done nothing but taking steps down more and more on each transfer window
Masch for Momo
Aqui for Alonso
Jovo for Benni
Poulsen for Masch
Meireles for Aqui