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Risers on a lo-pro

For the record, I would love to see Roy manage a big club and kick some heads in. Oh to be a fly on the wall.

Lambert out.

Expensive parts on a not very expensive frame. Or so it seems.

Going tonight. We were originally in the upper tiers but now they've shifted us into the lower tier. It's going to be fucking dead, but at the very least it should be an absolute breeze to get out after the game.

Reminds me I need to book stuff for Scotland away.

Top stuff from @dan and @Chalfie... I'm chuckling away here... :)

Lambert out.

Only a matter of time, I'm sure.

However - still 3rd.

Our little and large double act will be at the Fringe next year.

I've been on holiday in Borneo. Dial-up is still in extensive use there, so the new-fangled platform kept going fucking wonky, so I abandoned any attempts to look at what was going on here.

It's taken me three days to catch up with this thread alone.

There is no such thing as "the average Liverpool" fan on here. They're all statistical outliers.

lols

Hardly worth it, was it?
#pluscachange

He knew what he was getting himself into.
#norefunds

Oh I don't know...

It's relatively interesting reading. Mike's contributions are hilarious.

I also noticed that there's a pollutant in the thread.

You only spotted one?!?

It appears Roy has turned England into Arsenal... lots of fancy approach play with no end result.

Quite how he convinced Norway to play like Stoke I don't know.

England >>>>>>>>>>
International thread >>>>>>>>>>>>>
Rooney>>>>>>>>>>>

Chevrons all round.

@villa-ru what can you tell me about Paul Faulkner? Has he got his head switched on, hes just been appointed as our chief exec.

An article I read on #hodgeball

http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2014/09/hodgson-england-fans-have-woken-up-to-roy-hodgson-now-its-the-medias-turn/

I just hope clubs can undo the damage he inflicts in the training sessions

Too many half-baked and laboured analogies in that article, trying to hard to be funny and missing the point. A bit like that Driver on the Wing fella...

The main bit I picked up on was they were all clamouring for 'arry... as he's really their favourite
The hodge is shit though.. I think we can all agree on that

Oh, I don't disagree with the main point he is making, although I think he overstates it and I think it's more complicated than that. The press has a long history of building people up to then knock them down, in all walks of life, and he doesn't really explain why they haven't done it with Hodgson, other than it makes them look bad for backing him in the first place. I just don't buy that.

Roy's a nice guy.

I bet he's got loads of dirt on them all.

What's he got on you?

Roy's the only suitable English coach that wants the job. The FA knows this, the press knows this and that's why I imagine they let him off the hook.

Can't we have Roberto Martinez? He must be eligible for citizenship

Mikel Arteta as coach please.