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Torres and Reina ready to quit Liverpool

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[quote author=Avmenon link=topic=42463.msg1207582#msg1207582 date=1288300796]
I want him gone too, but there's nothing really shocking about that particular statement.

How much bluster and posturing can he make about being successful when we've been total rubbish this seasion?

He should just shut the hell up though.


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He should, and granted this latest offering of his isn't shocking because it's very much in line with he's been saying so far, but that's the point. What he's been saying has been appallingly downbeat for a Liverpool manager in any situation, let alone one in which the troops need rallying and it's his responsibility to do it. I simply don't agree that our current struggles mean he has to be meek and mild if he says something - on the contrary, if he is going to say anything (and like you I'd far rather he didn't, but it won't always be avoidable) it needs to be defiant, optimistic stuff. The fact that that simply isn't in him is yet another reason why he has to go.
 
If he is doing an interview or giving a press conference he has to answer the questions he is asked. I agree it would be nice if he wasnt so downbeat, but to be honest I didnt see much wrong in what he said about Pepe.
 
John Henry today quashed the idea that Liverpool would allow any top stars to leave in the January transfer window.

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The NESV principal owner's comments follow a hands-off warning issued yesterday by Roy Hodgson with regards the future of Pepe Reina.

Henry said: "We have recently read stories about our intentions for the forthcoming January transfer window and have a sense of humour about this type of inevitable speculation.

"As everyone knows we are new to English football, but not to sport, and we are studying all options. Opportunities and value will drive spending in January and in the future.

"Our clear focus from day one of our ownership has been - and will be - to improve the club and focus on what it will take to put Liverpool FC consistently in a position to challenge for trophies.

"We intend to build this club the right way.

"Stories about our top players leaving are destructive and unwarranted but we realise that this kind of speculation is also common.

"We intend to build on the strength of the current squad, not undermine it. And I can reassure our supporters that we have no intention of allowing the team to be weakened going forward."

All this comes on a day when Hodgson outlined his plans to improve the squad in January and insisted the club could still attract top stars from around the world.

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[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=42463.msg1207742#msg1207742 date=1288348353]
John Henry today quashed the idea that Liverpool would allow any top stars to leave in the January transfer window.

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The NESV principal owner's comments follow a hands-off warning issued yesterday by Roy Hodgson with regards the future of Pepe Reina.

Henry said: "We have recently read stories about our intentions for the forthcoming January transfer window and have a sense of humour about this type of inevitable speculation.

"As everyone knows we are new to English football, but not to sport, and we are studying all options. Opportunities and value will drive spending in January and in the future.

"Our clear focus from day one of our ownership has been - and will be - to improve the club and focus on what it will take to put Liverpool FC consistently in a position to challenge for trophies.

"We intend to build this club the right way.

"Stories about our top players leaving are destructive and unwarranted but we realise that this kind of speculation is also common.

"We intend to build on the strength of the current squad, not undermine it. And I can reassure our supporters that we have no intention of allowing the team to be weakened going forward."

All this comes on a day when Hodgson outlined his plans to improve the squad in January and insisted the club could still attract top stars from around the world.

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Yay.
You tell em Johnny
 
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=42463.msg1207677#msg1207677 date=1288340526]
If he is doing an interview or giving a press conference he has to answer the questions he is asked. I agree it would be nice if he wasnt so downbeat, but to be honest I didnt see much wrong in what he said about Pepe.
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He does have to answer the questions put to him (that's why I said it wouldn't always be avoidable for him to speak in public) and what he said about Pepe directly was OK as you say, but that wasn't what some of us were questioning. Like it or not (and I don't, but there it is) the way a manager deals with questions is also important, and that's a test Roy's been failing for a while.
 
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=42463.msg1207753#msg1207753 date=1288349829]
[quote author=Jack D Rips link=topic=42463.msg1207677#msg1207677 date=1288340526]
If he is doing an interview or giving a press conference he has to answer the questions he is asked. I agree it would be nice if he wasnt so downbeat, but to be honest I didnt see much wrong in what he said about Pepe.
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He does have to answer the questions put to him (that's why I said it wouldn't always be avoidable for him to speak in public) and what he said about Pepe directly was OK as you say, but that wasn't what some of us were questioning. Like it or not (and I don't, but there it is) the way a manager deals with questions is also important, and that's a test Roy's been failing for a while.
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I wasnt disagreeing with you at all JJ. But whether we like him as manager or not ( and I dont), he IS the manager, and he is going to answer questions in his own way. My view was that his answer on the Pepe rumour was ok. But it seems like every word he speaks will be criticised by some.
 
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