Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson pleads for time to build his own team

04 January 2011 08:47
Relief: Hodgson celebrates Joe Cole's late winner against Bolton[LNB]Beleaguered Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson is still hoping he gets an opportunity to shape his own side at Anfield.[LNB]So tough has Hodgson's start to his Reds career been that rumours have circulated the club's American owners, New England Sports Ventures, are looking for a replacement.[LNB]Hodgson, though, is keen to point out he is still by and largeworking with the squad he inherited from former boss Rafa Benitez.[LNB]'I'm hoping that one day I will get a chance to stamp a little bitmore of my authority and philosophy on the team by choosing some moreof the players,' he said.[LNB]'Although it's not often mentioned I've not been that active in the transfer market since I've been here.[LNB]'Theplayers here have done exceptionally well for me in accepting a newmanager, but they are the ones you have watched for the past few years.'[LNB] Martin Samuel: What now for this diseased club crying out for local hero?West Brom and Wolves weigh up moves for Middlesbrough ace ArcaLIVERPOOL FC

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