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[QUOTE="Gesshoo, post: 1521947, member: 18864"]
Rafa had lost the dressing room and half of the fans. The biggest problem right now is the ownership. Until that is fixed we won't be right. But we can still have a good season under Hodgson. It isn't exciting on the face of it but if (and it may be a big IF) he can unite the team and get them to believe in each other we can do OK.
 
Gerrard won't leave - mainly because he has missed the boat IMO. He is now 30. he has 3-4 years left tops - and he needs to realise that he had may as well knuckle down, stop interfering in the running of the club and follow the manager. 
 
Torres almost certainly won't leave - he could but options are limited and right now his injury issues might stop interested clubs from going ahead until the old Torres gets back to work.
 
From there, we need a consistent team with players picked on merit and not because the manager doesn't like them - like Benayoun.  
 
What he has now said about how Rafa managed him is exactly what I was most afraid of. Rafa had his favourites - Babel for ages, Lucas for ages, etc. If your face didn't fit, you were out. He was also totally against changing tactics even when they obviously didn't work - like playing Gerrard out of position.
 
Hodgson has every chance of being successful - the tactics will be OK I think. The rest is up to the players.
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