The Grauniad breakdown of cardinals listed him as one of the minority of "Moderates" (there were three categories: moderate, conservative, and ultra-conservative). For practical purposes hoping for someone more liberal than Francis assumes access to a different spacetime continuum.

At his age, even if he puts emphasis on some form of new direction (most likely related to social justice) the most to expect would be a "transitional" papacy. On the other hand, John XXIII's papacy lasted less than 5 years.