Source: Team_Talk
Roy ready for 'mini home debut'
iverpool manager Roy Hodgson is concentrating on football despite all the debate over who will be the Anfield club's new owners.[LNB] The 62-year-old heads into his first match in charge at Anfield tonight in the enviable position of having a 2-0 lead over Macedonians Rabotnicki from the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying-round tie.[LNB]Against that backdrop individuals and groups keen on taking control at Anfield are jostling for position as they try to steal a march on their rivals in the bidding to take over from Tom Hicks and George Gillett.[LNB]Hodgson, however, is purely a football man and he will be watching intently tonight as he gives some of his big names a run-out as part of their pre-season preparations.[LNB]"I don't get involved, I leave it to the people who know what they are doing," said the former Fulham boss.[LNB]"I am looking forward to tonight and it would be foolhardy to say anything other than your first game at Anfield as manager will be a special occasion.[LNB]"It will be equally as special, if not more so for the first Premier League game because, with respect to Rabotnicki, it is not quite the same as Liverpool v Arsenal.[LNB]"I am lucky in that I will have a mini debut followed by a full debut and I am looking forward to it.[LNB]"But I don't think there is any danger of complacency; I'm a new manager so the players have to impress on my how good they are.[LNB]"It would surprise me if you got any complacent performances at Anfield.[LNB]"We need to be more fearful of anxiety rather than complacency and although anxiety won't be the case tonight in the future anxiety would worry me more than complacency."
