That Bloke In The Big Smoke

I really like Hodgy as well but even he'll admit he's lucky to be managing a club like Liverpool. Before he took up the Fulham assignment it looked like a long career that promised more than it delivered would end with a degree of obscurity in the lower echelons of the Football League. But he's got a lease of life and what an opportunity to put three decades of experience in so many different countries to use. At a minimum, he will instil a team spirit that had factionalised in the dying months of Rafa's reign. And from what he's said so far, it seems like he won't distract himself with the ownership issues the way Rafa did. It's sad Rafa had to leave after the high of 2008/9 and all that he did in the Champions League, but it was time for something different. Hopefully Roy will allow the players more freedom than Rafa did, while remaining the astute tactician that he is.