I guess he’s hoping that Redknapp might have a terrible season next year, because the job is Harry’s to turn down.

Cheers Owen.

You could say it was his first big mistake.

For me, he was never given the job to turn Liverpool into title challengers, merely to right a sinking ship and make them easier to sell.

Selling a club who are controlled by the manager of the year is easier than selling one without, especially to foreign backers.

In this I suppose he fulfilled the prime objective of Purslow and Broughton and its maybe something that Liverpool fans have overlooked.

On his style of play, I think he will be direct and make WBA more defensively sound, which might not be a bad thing considering their yo-yo reputation.

If anything they’re even more defensive, if not route one.

Anyways, I think Roy let himself down at Liverpool although I really don’t think the players did him much favour either.

I think he’s probably a better manager than WBA at the moment but his reputation would suggest maybe not.

Guess he just has to find those limitations and push them.

“It is my vision to combine the best of the fantastic traditions of the English Premier League with the flair and innate professionalism of the continental game, which I hope will return Fulham to its tradition of playing attractive passing football,” said club chairman Mohamed Al Fayed.

I wonder do people really do their research on managers before appointing them. Although a success at Fulham, he was more of an advocate to the Reep & Wade style of play, not so much the passing style of Guardiola.

But Fulham weren’t playing decent football, expectations were low by fans and the club given Roy time to get his drilled system in place. Results came from players who were more willing, especially when success was coming.

Do I think he will do it at West Brom? I think he will have a good job, but do they have the time to implement his system? I think they would have had a better job sticking with Di Matteo then bringing Roy in, hes not want for an instant turn around. If he failed then bring Roy in then.

He will probably bring a style of football to West Brom unfamilar to the fans for most part for some seasons they have been playing passing, attacking football. It will be interesting though to see if he can do it nevertheless.

The style of play that Roy tried to impose on the Liverpool players was both one dimensional and very, very defensive. That is NOT what Liverpool football club is about.

It was there for EVERYONE to see. Liverpool became a route one, long ball team under Roy. That is where he went wrong.