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Where are our ex players, very silent aren't they.
Not really, but no one can be arsed posting their articles because it wouldn't make a blind bit of difference what they say :-
Liverpool Echo
DANNY MURPHY believes Roy Hodgson will guide Liverpool back into the Champions League this season.
The former Reds midfielder, who returns to Anfield with Fulham today, insists his old boss at Craven Cottage is the right man to restore the clubās fortunes.
Liverpool go into the game in ninth place but Murphy is confident Hodgsonās side will swiftly climb the table.
āIf I was a betting man, I would guarantee they are going to finish in the top four,ā he said.
āThe club is in a bit of a predicament, but you couldnāt ask for a more humble gentleman to deal with that.
āThe dilemma for me came when I was getting calls from people at Liverpool asking me about Roy. I knew I could say nothing and they would still probably employ him.
āBut I was praising him because thatās what he deserves, being honest and knowing that it would probably help them decide he was the right man.
āI didnāt want to see him go, but football success generally means that people move on.
āThe great thing for him was that he got to manage one of the great teams in Europe and Liverpool got one of the best coaches around.ā
Murphy, who made 294 appearances for the Reds between 1997 and 2004, says Hodgson will need time to produce a team capable of challenging for the title.
āI hear positive sounds coming out of the club about him. The people up there donāt suffer fools,ā he said.
āYou will get a more successful Liverpool there this season, but the fans are realistic at the moment about whatās achievable.
āRoy wants to be a success and success for Liverpool is competing with Manchester United and Chelsea.
āHe might need a bit longer than one season to do that, but he will bring them closer. I donāt think the fans expect them to win the Premier League this season - they are more realistic than that
āI think some stability, getting back into the Champions League and getting extra money in is whatās needed. Roy will do that. Heās a winner.ā
Fulham go into the game without a win in seven games and the skipper admits they are desperate to end that miserable run.
āOf course there will be some hype around the game because of Roy, but I know what heās like, heās as professional as any manager Iāve ever worked with and heāll be concentrating on getting his team together to try and get three points,ā he said.
āLike Roy, weāll purely be concentrating on trying to get some more points on the board from a game against a good Liverpool side who seem to have turned a corner.
āYes, I have some good memories from my time there, but we need a result at the moment, and that will be the only thing on my mind.
āOther than the one disappointing performance against Manchester City there has been plenty to be positive about so we donāt fear anybody.ā