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Fulham confirm that at 9.20am this morning, Roy Hodgson resigned from his position of First Team Manager, effective immediately.

The Club would like to wish Roy the very best for the future and thanks him for all that was achieved during his tenure. Ray Lewington will take temporary charge of team matters, until a successor is announced in due course.



Read more: http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2010/June/ClubStatement.aspx#ixzz0sQvMJ5xx
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Does this mean Liverpool dont have to pay compensation to Fulham?
 
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[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=40759.msg1129143#msg1129143 date=1277975714]
The 62-year-old former Fulham, Inter Milan and Switzerland manager has agreed terms with the club on a [size=14pt]three-year contract [/size] and becomes the 18th manager in our history.

He will be unveiled to the world's media this afternoon after overseeing the first day of pre-season training at Melwood.

Hodgson joins us from Fulham, where he guided the Cottagers to the Europa League final in May and was voted Manager of the Year by the League Managers' Association.

He exclusively told Liverpoolfc.tv: "This is the biggest job in club football and I'm honoured to be taking on the role of manager of Britain's most successful football club. I look forward to meeting the players and the supporters and getting down to work at Melwood."
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How did we end up signing him on a 3 year deal when he was happily on a one year deal in a worse job?
Way to throw mone away if he fails.
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I'm guessing it's so we can screw the FA for compensation if the England job becomes available in a year or two. Seems a rather optimistic assessment of the likely future, but there you go...

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Well, that's one possibility. The other is that his agents had their heads screwed on right and insisted on that kind of length of contract, in order to protect Roy's right to a payoff if we get new owners who want to replace him (as I'd suggest they're almost certain to do, for a variety of reasons).
 
Do you have a message for the Liverpool supporters?

The message is thank-you for having me here. I'm really looking forward to working with your team and looking forward to getting your support, which I've seen so many times throughout the years. I said recently that this is one of those clubs where your motto 'You'll Never Walk Alone' is really lived by the fans. It's a club where you feel you're not alone. I shall need lots of help and lots of support and I sincerely hope you make sure I never walk alone. That would be my message. Help me to do a good job and I'll do my best to do it.
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There it is. He needs our support. He's entitled to it and has done nothing wrong. So let's give it.
 
[quote author=Sunny link=topic=40759.msg1129260#msg1129260 date=1277988020]
There it is. He needs our support. He's entitled to it and has done nothing wrong. So let's give it.
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Hear hear
 
[quote author=Brendan link=topic=40759.msg1129206#msg1129206 date=1277979422]
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=40759.msg1129205#msg1129205 date=1277979344]
Carragher told Liverpoolfc.tv: "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity of working with Roy Hodgson as he's got such a great reputation in the game and is one of the most experienced managers in world football.

"After this period of uncertainty, his appointment has given us all a lift."

Seems optimistic.
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Carra wouldn't leave if we appointed Bungle from Rainbow.
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that may change if he (carra) finds himself being phased out.
 
Haha, sky says Roy's already been in training with the players not involved in the world cup... immediately cuts to a picture of him chatting with Insua
 
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[quote author=Brendan link=topic=40759.msg1129206#msg1129206 date=1277979422]
[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=40759.msg1129205#msg1129205 date=1277979344]
Carragher told Liverpoolfc.tv: "I'm really looking forward to the opportunity of working with Roy Hodgson as he's got such a great reputation in the game and is one of the most experienced managers in world football.

"After this period of uncertainty, his appointment has given us all a lift."

Seems optimistic.
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Carra wouldn't leave if we appointed Bungle from Rainbow.
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that may change if he (carra) finds himself being phased out.
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Depends how it's handled. Carra will know his career's in its twilight stage now. I don't think he'd throw his toys out the pram simply because of playing fewer games, provided he felt he was getting a fair go, especially if the club increases his coaching involvement with the youngsters at the same time.
 
Hopefully thats how we'll encourage him to stay on with us JJ.

We've got to face the fact that he's getting on a bit now, so "if" he does indeed start less games, maybe the sweetener of a new role with be just the trick.
 
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40759.msg1129272#msg1129272 date=1277988577]
Depends how it's handled. Carra will know his career's in its twilight stage now. I don't think he'd throw his toys out the pram simply because of playing fewer games, provided he felt he was getting a fair go, especially if the club increases his coaching involvement with the youngsters at the same time.
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Not sure about that. He is only 32 isn't he? There are players of a smiliar age still playing regularly at the top level and Carragher did play 53 games last season - noone else in our squad played more than that. I imagine he still thinks he has a few seasons left in him, and he'd be right too!
 
And I wouldn't disagree, Richey. All I'm saying is that the simple fact of playing less often, while Carra wouldn't be pleased about it, wouldn't be enough to make him want to go, provided he felt it was an appropriate decision given his form and that of the other CBs in the squad. I think it'd take more than that - a lot more - to make him actually want to leave LFC.
 
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40759.msg1129279#msg1129279 date=1277989369]
And I wouldn't disagree, Richey. All I'm saying is that the simple fact of playing less often, while Carra wouldn't be pleased about it, wouldn't be enough to make him want to go, provided he felt it was an appropriate decision given his form and that of the other CBs in the squad. I think it'd take more than that - a lot more - to make him actually want to leave LFC.
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Well, that's not what he said in a couple of interviews last season, but I hope you're right.
 
I'm really happy that Roy is here. He spoke very well in his interview and comes across as humble and down to earth. Onwards and upwards.
 
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40759.msg1129279#msg1129279 date=1277989369]
And I wouldn't disagree, Richey. All I'm saying is that the simple fact of playing less often, while Carra wouldn't be pleased about it, wouldn't be enough to make him want to go, provided he felt it was an appropriate decision given his form and that of the other CBs in the squad. I think it'd take more than that - a lot more - to make him actually want to leave LFC.
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Yeah I think you're probably right there. It could well be that he would consider playing slightly less games for Liverpool as better than playing more games for another club.

If his number of appearances really was reduced significantly (which shouldn't happen given that he is still our most consistent and best defender) he would go though and he would be right too.

Incidently, there is a fair chance that next season Carra could end up as second in our all time appearance charts. He is 7th right now.
 
I LOVE ROY!

HE'S THE EXACT RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB!!

GO ROY YOU, BRING HOME No 19!
 
From the Beeb:

Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy believes his former boss Roy Hodgson is the perfect man to succeed Rafael Benitez as Liverpool manager.

Hodgson was named as Liverpool's new manager on Thursday and will be unveiled at Anfield at 1330 BST.

Murphy, a former Liverpool player, said: "Liverpool need someone who has an understanding of the history and heritage that lies behind the club.

"I admire Roy Hodgson. He has a philosophy of playing good football."

Murphy, who was sold by Benitez in 2004, excelled under Hodgson's tutelage at Fulham and is now being linked with a possible return to Merseyside to the club he supported as a boy.

"People spoke about [Jose] Mourinho but I personally didn't see him as an ideal fit with Liverpool because right now, they need someone who has an empathy for the club," said Murphy, an influential figure in Fulham's progress to the Europa League final last season.

"Maybe it's time Liverpool had an English manager who knows about the club.
Fulham captain Danny Murphy
Murphy joined Liverpool from Crewe in 1997

"Roy is a talented manager who succeeds because he works incredibly hard. He instils confidence in his players and has a style the players can enjoy. His success has been a mix of a lot of things, but primarily hard work.

"He has real tactical knowledge too - in a way it has come from Roy's Italian [managerial] roots, it is an Italian style," Murphy told the Daily Mirror.

Hodgson guided Fulham to seventh in the Premier League, their highest finish, in his first full season at Craven Cottage and 11th last season.

The 62-year-old, named as League Managers' Association manager of the year in May, has a wealth of managerial experience with spells in charge of clubs in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland as well as the Swiss, Finland and UAE national teams.

However, former Liverpool striker John Aldridge has warned that Hodgson has a "massive job" to undertake at Anfield, akin to what Bill Shankly faced when he rebuilt the club in the 1960s.

The Reds finished seventh in the Premier League last season, their lowest position for 11 years, and uncertainty over the sale of the club by American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett and the future of star players like Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres has only added to Liverpool's problems.

"This is the most important stage in Liverpool's history since Bill Shankly took over with what's happened off the field with the owners and the lack of stability at the club," said Aldridge.

606: DEBATE
I think Roy Hodgson is very brave walking into the current set up

exiled-red

"Something has to happen as soon as possible. You have to go in and test the situation about which players need to go out, what you've got to bring players in and who you can keep.

"That's very important as [Javier] Mascherano has been using the wild card about his wife being unhappy and there's question marks about Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard. They've got to be sorted out asap."

But former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson thinks Hodgson's appointment will herald a new era at Liverpool and hopes the former Inter boss's arrival will encourage new investment into the club.

"We need the sale of the club sorted to enable us to really go forward," the European Cup winner told the Liverpool Echo.

"I just hope it won't be too long before that's done. With a new boss and new owners it really would be the dawn of a new era.

"The club needs a steadying influence and Roy will provide that. He's done a fantastic job at Fulham and has a wealth of experience, having managed all over Europe.

"This is one of those jobs Roy had hoped and prayed for and it's a fantastic opportunity for him."

Kevin Gallagher was a striker at Blackburn Rovers during Hodgson's one-and-a-half year spell at Ewood Park, which ended with his sacking in 1998 with Rovers at the bottom of the Premier League.

Nevertheless, the former Scotland international predicted Hodgson could take Liverpool to "dizzying heights" after managing to steer Blackburn into Europe in his first full season with the club.

"Roy is a very organised man," the former striker told BBC Radio Merseyside. "He gets them set up in a system he wants to play and gets and extra 10-15% from the players and, at the moment, I think Liverpool need that.

"When you show enthusiasm on the training pitch the players get a buzz from that. I think Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres would love that.

"He came to Blackburn as a European/Italian coach. When Roy came in he changed the whole regime, it was very Italian orientated, very disciplined and it was 99% coaching. We all understood what we had to do and even the reserve players understood what the first team players had to do."
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Ironic, all the references to Italian football, organisation and discipline. He sounds exactly like Benitez from those descriptions. Or, indeed, Fabio Capello...
 
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[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40759.msg1129279#msg1129279 date=1277989369]
And I wouldn't disagree, Richey. All I'm saying is that the simple fact of playing less often, while Carra wouldn't be pleased about it, wouldn't be enough to make him want to go, provided he felt it was an appropriate decision given his form and that of the other CBs in the squad. I think it'd take more than that - a lot more - to make him actually want to leave LFC.
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Well, that's not what he said in a couple of interviews last season, but I hope you're right.
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Ah. Must have missed those. Still, if those interviews took place before the end of the season Carra will have had cause to question his form after giving them.

What I'm hoping for is that he starts the season like a hungry greyhound just out of the traps, and makes the discussion redundant. 8)
 
he sounded a bit dodgy there talking about Stevie and Fernando staying... it's out of my hands, etc

Broughton then interrupts saying they're not for sale, we don't need the money. Any potential sales revenue will be reinvested.
 
[quote author=TheBunnyman link=topic=40759.msg1129289#msg1129289 date=1277990379]
From the Beeb:

Fulham midfielder Danny Murphy believes his former boss Roy Hodgson is the perfect man to succeed Rafael Benitez as Liverpool manager.

Hodgson was named as Liverpool's new manager on Thursday and will be unveiled at Anfield at 1330 BST.

Murphy, a former Liverpool player, said: "Liverpool need someone who has an understanding of the history and heritage that lies behind the club.

"I admire Roy Hodgson. He has a philosophy of playing good football."

Murphy, who was sold by Benitez in 2004, excelled under Hodgson's tutelage at Fulham and is now being linked with a possible return to Merseyside to the club he supported as a boy.

"People spoke about [Jose] Mourinho but I personally didn't see him as an ideal fit with Liverpool because right now, they need someone who has an empathy for the club," said Murphy, an influential figure in Fulham's progress to the Europa League final last season.

"Maybe it's time Liverpool had an English manager who knows about the club.
Fulham captain Danny Murphy
Murphy joined Liverpool from Crewe in 1997

"Roy is a talented manager who succeeds because he works incredibly hard. He instils confidence in his players and has a style the players can enjoy. His success has been a mix of a lot of things, but primarily hard work.

"He has real tactical knowledge too - in a way it has come from Roy's Italian [managerial] roots, it is an Italian style," Murphy told the Daily Mirror.

Hodgson guided Fulham to seventh in the Premier League, their highest finish, in his first full season at Craven Cottage and 11th last season.

The 62-year-old, named as League Managers' Association manager of the year in May, has a wealth of managerial experience with spells in charge of clubs in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland as well as the Swiss, Finland and UAE national teams.

However, former Liverpool striker John Aldridge has warned that Hodgson has a "massive job" to undertake at Anfield, akin to what Bill Shankly faced when he rebuilt the club in the 1960s.

The Reds finished seventh in the Premier League last season, their lowest position for 11 years, and uncertainty over the sale of the club by American co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett and the future of star players like Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres has only added to Liverpool's problems.

"This is the most important stage in Liverpool's history since Bill Shankly took over with what's happened off the field with the owners and the lack of stability at the club," said Aldridge.

606: DEBATE
I think Roy Hodgson is very brave walking into the current set up

exiled-red

"Something has to happen as soon as possible. You have to go in and test the situation about which players need to go out, what you've got to bring players in and who you can keep.

"That's very important as [Javier] Mascherano has been using the wild card about his wife being unhappy and there's question marks about Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard. They've got to be sorted out asap."

But former Liverpool captain Phil Thompson thinks Hodgson's appointment will herald a new era at Liverpool and hopes the former Inter boss's arrival will encourage new investment into the club.

"We need the sale of the club sorted to enable us to really go forward," the European Cup winner told the Liverpool Echo.

"I just hope it won't be too long before that's done. With a new boss and new owners it really would be the dawn of a new era.

"The club needs a steadying influence and Roy will provide that. He's done a fantastic job at Fulham and has a wealth of experience, having managed all over Europe.

"This is one of those jobs Roy had hoped and prayed for and it's a fantastic opportunity for him."

Kevin Gallagher was a striker at Blackburn Rovers during Hodgson's one-and-a-half year spell at Ewood Park, which ended with his sacking in 1998 with Rovers at the bottom of the Premier League.

Nevertheless, the former Scotland international predicted Hodgson could take Liverpool to "dizzying heights" after managing to steer Blackburn into Europe in his first full season with the club.

"Roy is a very organised man," the former striker told BBC Radio Merseyside. "He gets them set up in a system he wants to play and gets and extra 10-15% from the players and, at the moment, I think Liverpool need that.

"When you show enthusiasm on the training pitch the players get a buzz from that. I think Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres would love that.

"He came to Blackburn as a European/Italian coach. When Roy came in he changed the whole regime, it was very Italian orientated, very disciplined and it was 99% coaching. We all understood what we had to do and even the reserve players understood what the first team players had to do."
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Ironic, all the references to Italian football, organisation and discipline. He sounds exactly like Benitez from those descriptions. Or, indeed, Fabio Capello...
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I liked Rafa however more players seemed to regress rather than progress during his tenure. I like the sound of Roy getting an extra 10-15% from our players for a change.
 
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[quote author=inijjer link=topic=40759.msg1129234#msg1129234 date=1277984433]
Theres some right crap being written on this thread. Particularly about how we should be looking for an established manager who has managed at a top top level to guarantee success.

Bullocks (sic).

Shankly, Paisley, Fagan, Daglish weren't establish managers who had won everything before managing at Liverpool. [/quote]

with the exception of shankly, hodgeson isn't the same appointment as the above as they were established in the anfield hierarchy and in the case of shankly times have moved on.
[/quote]now that he's actually hired could you do a bit of research into the spelling of his name yo?
 
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