Liverpool 0 Wolves 1

I'm not going to focus on Hodgson's shameful attack on Liverpool supporters during his ill-fated reign at the club. Nor am I going to focus on the latest incomprehensibly poor performance by Liverpool in deservedly losing at home to the team that prior to the match sat bottom of the League having taken a single point from 8 away games and lost their last 7. I'm not even going to focus on the dreadful tactics which included inviting the opposition to attack, launching aimless punts upfield from the back and upsetting the entire midfield to pander to Steven Gerrard.

The thing I want to focus on was Hodgson’s comments during his post-match interview on SKY when asked if he would empathise with supporters feeling it is unacceptable to be losing at home to the League’s bottom team.

“Well I think that’s very dangerous. You know, I think that if fans are going to do that they’re going to be in for a lot of disappointments in a lot of clubs over the years.

“I don’t think one should be so disrespectful of other clubs to say it’s unacceptable to lose to a team that’s in the same League as you. I really don’t accept that for one minute. I think you have a duty to your fans to give good performances and do the very best you can but I can only hope that the fans like myself have to accept that the performances don’t match up to your hopes and expectations.”

If any further evidence were needed that Hodgson does not belong at Liverpool FC, this statement shows he simply does not comprehend the requirements of his job.

Let me be absolutely clear: It is never ‘acceptable’ for Liverpool Football Club to lose at home to the team that is bottom of the Premiership table. It is even less acceptable when the defeat is completely deserved based on the home team’s performance. It is even more unacceptable when it is not an isolated incident following home defeats to Blackpool and Northampton Town, a fortuitous draw at home to Sunderland, and utterly spineless away defeats to Man City, Everton, Stoke and Newcastle amongst others.

The fans determine what results are acceptable and what are not; not some trumped up journeyman who thinks his 35 years in management mean he knows more than supporters of a great institution that has existed for over 110 years.

Arsenal fans would call home defeats to Hull City and West Brom “unacceptable”. Chelsea fans would call a home defeat to Sunderland “unacceptable”. I would agree that Arsenal and Chelsea should be reasonably expected to beat those teams at home, just as Liverpool should be reasonably expected not to lose at home to Blackpool and Wolves. Any results which fall below fans’ reasonable expectations are ‘unacceptable’. Sometimes (e.g. Newcastle United) fans' expectations can be unrealistic but those of Liverpool supporters are based on the levels of performance we have experienced in recent years - albeit slightly watered down after a disappointing last season - and as such are completely reasonable.

A single unacceptable result doesn’t necessarily mean the season is bad or that the manager needs to be sacked. However, in the context of this season, Hodgson has delivered a series of unacceptable results and performances and the overall performance of the team under his management is unacceptable.

I felt Hodgson should have been sacked after the Merseyside derby and could even have gone earlier. Having been granted a stay of execution, I felt he could and should have been dismissed after the horror show at Stoke and certainly after the defeat at Newcastle. Now there is absolutely no excuses for not removing him from a position where he is causing significant damage to the team, damage to the club and offence to the supporters.

Hodgson should be sacked immediately. Failure to do so will constitute negligence by the Liverpool board and they must be held to account for that. From this point on, if Hodgson is not removed, the fault for each bad result will no longer rest on Hodgson's shoulders but on those of the men who continue to employ a man whose incompetence is proven.

Over to you, Tom Werner and John Henry...