Stop talking shit, Roy

If Hodgson really wants to convince people he can prove to be the right man to manage Liverpool Football Club despite all evidence to the contrary, I would suggest he needs to keep his mouth shut. In his latest press conference, he said the following:

“It’s a sad day for everything if after a bad start of six or seven games people think the solution is to find someone else with a magic wand. We all know a magic wand solution doesn’t exist."

I’ll give the man the benefit of any doubt that he doesn’t actually know how many league games we’ve played (it’s definitely seven, not six) but I don’t accept the suggestion that people are judging him solely on seven league games. League results have been disappointing but the performances in all fourteen games that Hodgson has presided over in all competitions have been dreadful and that is principally down to Hodgson’s tactics and, to a certain extent, team selections.

No one is looking to find “someone else with a magic wand”. We just want someone who recognises the difference between Liverpool Football Club and Fulham Football Club. Liverpool are expected to win pretty much every single game – especially at home. Fulham are happy to take points wherever they can get them and never does defeat result in a public outcry. Liverpool are expected to dominate possession and attack opposition. Fulham are expected to be difficult to break down but are ultimately there to be beaten. Why is Hodgson apparently the only man who can’t see his tactical approach to games is completely inappropriate, ineffective and the key cause of our “bad start”.

“I would be very disappointed if after such a short time – and having been given such a short time – to do the job people decided they wanted to get someone else in."

I would be very disappointed if Hodgson was allowed longer to entrench our team’s position in the relegation zone. I was disappointed when he was given the job, to be honest.

“I don’t seriously believe that’s the problem at the moment. It’s more complicated. I know I can turn the situation around. But I will have to be given support and the patience to do it.”

I absolutely 100% believe that the main problem is Hodgson. “Complicated”? It’s as simple as the tactics he insists on employing. As for insisting he needs “support and the patience” to “turn the situation around”, sorry but you’ll get support if and when you demonstrate an understanding of the reasons the team is failing so badly and literally a single piece of evidence that it is within your capability to do this job. If someone says “I can walk on water but you have to believe I can do it before I can show you” your response would be something like “Fuck off, you weirdo”. Hodgson is not being asked to walk on water; just to press in the opposition’s half, drop Poulsen and restore Agger to central defence.