Reds suffer full Brunt of old boss Hodgson

ROY HODGSON might have got one over his old club, and proved a point to the board that dispensed with his services 12 weeks ago, but he couldn’t resist pondering what might have been, if Andy Carroll had been signed when he was Liverpool manager.

No sooner had Hodgson been replaced by Kenny Dalglish in January than the club sold Fernando Torres and replaced him with Carroll and Luis Suarez, who have helped lift the Reds up the table into fifth place.

Hodgson has not done badly, either, unbeaten in five games since taking over at West Brom, who moved up to 12th place following this well-deserved victory at the Hawthorns.

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