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Would you trust Roy with anymore money?

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Liverpool Chairman Martin Broughton said yesterday that he believes prospective new owners New England Sports Ventures (NESV) will continue with Roy Hodgson as manager if they takeover the club. Broughton also revealed the consortium had promised money to spend in the January transfer window. Of course, if results continue as they are then Roy will not last until the New Year, but if results pick up and he is in charge on January 1st 2011, would you trust him to spend the money wisely?

On the face of it, the answer would be categorically ‘no.’ After all, although he has little money to spend, he is changed the squad quite drastically during his three months in charge. With players such as Javier Mascherano and Alberto Aquilani being offloaded, he has brought in Raul Meireles, Christian Poulsen, Paul Konchesky, Joe Cole and Brad Jones for approximately £20million. None of the signings have really impressed as yet with the £4.5m shelled out on defensive midfielder Poulsen being a particular waste of money.

Reds fans would be wary of giving any manager with such a track record after such a short time in charge, any massive transfer kitty. Certainly in the past, we have had managers who have spent vast amounts of money on players who were just not good enough to play for Liverpool Football Club; Graeme Souness and Gerard Houllier particularly come to mind. With the Reds struggling as they are, and with some of our own players questioning when this club will turn itself around, the January transfer window will be a crucial indication as to where this club is heading.

With hopefully NESV at the helm, a good deal of money will be made available to the manager to spend on improving the squad. For most Reds fans: a striker, two wingers and a left back are a priority, and these decisions on potential targets have to be got right for the sake of Liverpool’s season and future. At the moment, it is justifiable to question whether Roy is the man to make these crucial acquisitions. I do have a few words in the defence of our current manager though.

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  • Mike76 says:

    I wouldn’t trust him no. To be honest he inherited a pretty good first XI with a few good subs to boot. He should be able to put out a team that could play anyone. He has been left a stronger team than Rafa inherited.

    The problem is the negative tactics and long ball game. We should NOT be sitting back at home against teams like Blackpool, Northampton, West Brom and Sunderland. We are being dominated in midfield. We are hoofing the ball up to Torres (who Roy is telling to play like Zamora) and he has said he wants Reina to be a more English keeper – even though the guy has how many clean sheets since he arrived.

    Roy will take us backwards if we persist. I want to see us go at teams, like Rafa did at home. The team played a high line, pressing from the first whistle. We set up chances for Torres at will. This season, so far, we have created hardly anything. These tactics may work for Roy at small clubs, but come on this is Liverpool.

    Come back Rafa, we need you!

  • Nath says:

    He’ll fill the team with rubbish. No, please go now. his tactics are crap.

  • Antix1 says:

    Hazard, Mata, Contreau, Benzema, Lass Diarra. Roy out. Bring in Pelligrini. Carra on the bench. Stick Agger in his place..And with Gerrard, Torres Miereles, Johnson Skrtel, with that team and the manager you have the most attacking and destructive team in the EPL.. Will it happen, of course not. Roy will end up buying Carlton Cole and god knows which has been soon to be retired nobody. Dont trust him with transfer money. Dont trust him with Tactics. Dont trust him to make a cup of coffee. Nuff said..

  • Quinnie says:

    Simple as this, he had no money but in one word NO!!

  • Cole says:

    NO WAY. I WOULD RATHER TRUST RAFA WITH THE MONEY

  • tee somethang says:

    no money for a loser like that,get any one of these,dalglish,rikaard,hiddink,klinsman.

  • sultan says:

    No way,with that performance against Blackpool ,Please ROY go away before relegation becoming issue.POULSEN AND KONCHESKY waste of money plus he was fighting for CARLTON COLE

  • lfc4life says:

    Never!NO!
    I repet my self:where is Sheikh Khalifa?Where is our hopes?

  • LFCDIEARD says:

    there’s plenty of high class managers available out there we just needed the funds and pressure to challenge them. Roy is no long term option maybe pool should look in king kenny’s way again!!!

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