It might have been an historically week off the pitch for us, but it was the same old story on it with Everton fully deserving their win. The Merseyside’s Blues won 2:0 against us and what’s even worse, they were dominating the pitch throughout the match. Even though we had got 11 goal attempts, none of them ended with a goal. A disappointing afternoon. Even more because we were hoping to leave the relegation zone, but it came even worse as we’re now 19th. 19th!
For that reason the press conference was even more err, disturbing? Is it the right word? Odd? Wrong? I can’t find a word to describe what I felt while listening to the odd answers Roy was trotting out. There was a big question mark hanging above my head, exactly like in a cartoon. In fact, it all – on and off the pitch – appears to me like a bad movie written by a bad screenwriter and the actors … well, I leave it unspoken.
Roy Hodgson said: “I thought the shape of the team was good and I thought the quality of our passing and moving was good today.”
Pardon me? Were we watching the same match? As for me there was no moving.
He continued: “We had plenty of the ball in the second half and we were camped out in their half of the field in the final third for large periods.”
In my humble opinion we had plenty of the ball in the last minute. Only!
“I thought we caused them plenty of problems, but you’re never going to get the really clear one-on-one chances when teams are defending a two-goal lead.”
Where? Did I missed something?
“In particular today, one could argue with all the possession we had in the second half and the time we had in the final third, we should have scored because the possibility was there.”
Yeah, but when the possibility was there, the actors who were supposed to take care of the situation, and the ball, were waiting (God knows what for) and were staring at it! It’s not Play Station, you have to move your legs to score! Not only the thumbs.
Bla, bla, bla … what else has been said?
“The first thing we have to do is start playing and winning matches. Hopefully we can do that and get ourselves in a better position, then if the owners can find a way to back us and improve the team in the transfer window we will obviously do so.”
Oh! Well, look at that. We have to start playing. Nothing new, we all know that. Does the players know that? In my very humble opinion they should have been concentrated on playing football and not on fouling, pushing and waiting for God knows what.
On Thursday we’re playing Napoli. I am not sure If I want to watch the match. Does Roy have to go? Well, in my opinion it’s not a solution. Things won’t change instantly with new manager, because every manager has his own style, visions and a different manner to work. It won’t change like this. Oh yes, I know I am going to be lynched know, because you all want Roy to leave, but I do not want to repeat what already has been said and written.
Just play football like you were taught to, do your job, and it all comes good.
– Amanda
I’m quickly losing respect for Roy Hodgson because the man is fucking cookoo! The players have lost what it means to wear a liver bird on your chest, there was no pride, no hunger NO TALENT! Hodgson just wants to be everyones mate. Roy needs to stop being everyones mate an start being the leader Kenny would have been!
Football’s a matter of life & death…..
The ‘life’ bit isn’t working for Roy, so he should look at the other solution.
I want Hodgson out, he is lying to himself and in doing that he is also lying to the fans. If he really look at the match you can see that there are no movements in midfield. Never mind the passing, it goes all right because most of the passes go backwords (except for Lucas, who fumbles the ball at every oportunity).
At one point, I saw Gerrard, Meireles and Lucas standing 20 feet from eachother with the ball. And to my astonishment, none of them tried to go forward. Lucas had half the field to himself, but he stood there staring at Gerrard with the ball.
It has been so frustrating to watch this season, it is like Hodgson has told them that we are suppose to keep control of midfield. But we cant do that when no one is moving forward to create chances.
In the 07-08 campaign, when we finished second. It was our central defenders that kept control of midfield, comming up from the back to create unbalance for the other team. Which I was used to see when Agger played.
In my opinion, Hodgson does not have what it takes. We need a new manager to ruffle up the feathers. It can have an instant impact, which one can work on. I would love to see either O’Neil or Rijkaard take the position as manager.
That old man lose his plot
After the seismic events relating to the ownership last week, I had assumed it would be back to normal at yesterday. And I suppose it was in many respects – becasue normal these days is not pretty, in fact it is pretty awful.
Hodgson has to go. He is clueless. Let’s face it the shape of the team has completely gone. There is too much space between defence and midfield, there is no cohesion between midfield and attack. The players are playing in a completely disorganised way with Cole and Gerrard playing anywhere other than the positions that they should be in. There are four central midfielders playing. Their is no width. Konchesky and Poulsen are not fit to wear the shirt. It is a mess.
I read a piece the other day saying Gerrard and Torres exert too much influence on the dressing room. Well if that is the case then it’s only because they are badly managed. Rafa clearly had that under control but Hodgson can not manage superstars. I mean why would you tell the world your striker was suffering from confidence issues – what a dick.
That Hodgson can defend that performance is utterly unbelievable / laughable. He needs to go and quickly before it really is too much for us to make up. A new manager now could make all the difference – remember the impact on Spurs two years ago when Harry Redknapp came in? They were in the same position as us but then turned it around quickly and finished in the top 6.
I idolised Kenny when I was a boy. However, I am not convinced he is the right candidate. What i do know is that he can’t do a worse job than RH so if we are looking for a short term caretaker role then maybe Kenny could be given a chance to prove himself whilst the owners pull together a short list. Let’s face it – it would be a hugely popular move by the new owners would it not? I just hope that NESV do it quickly.
Hodgson is not a Liverpool manager – he is an embarassment and he has made our club an embarassment. This is an unprecedented situation he has put us in. He must go now.
YNWA
I was happy with the decision that he was made the manager of Liverpool initially. I hated rafa. Xabi left because of him! But after all this I hate Roy now! Yes I am still angry at the fact that xabi left cause of rafa, but at least under rafa we will not be 19th! Bring rafa back!
Rafa was a good manager.but he unknowingly conspired with the good for nothing Tom & Gillet by vetting his anger on players and making very bad investment decisions that saw a strong world beating instanbul squad reduced to the current mediocre squad that we have.Rafa had to go to pave way for a revival.And Roy needs to go now.We aked for a miracle and it came on the 15th of October 2010. Now we are calling on all the Angels and heroes to come to our aid coz we surely cud use a hero right now!Rebuilding the once mighty LFC will take time but we need the right people in charge of that. I hope you think the same Henry and the rest of NESV!
Anyone calling for Martin O’Neil to manage us is as delusional as Roy. Liverpool FC is a top tier footballing institution – we need top-class, proven managers not ones with “35 years of experience” as his only “achievement”.
Hey Roy, I’m 33 years old and updating my CV, thinking of putting “33 years of life experience” in there – cos it’s as relevant and as vague as the one you claim and cling to. Since when is 35 yrs with no real trophy to show for it? (The Scandinavian Leagues are not the most revered – and a 1,000 miles short of being an adequate reference on a resume for a L’pool manager).
ROY – OUT! O’NEILL – STAY THE $%^ AWAY! HENRY – World-class teams need world-class coaches – ONLY THE BEST CONSIDERED PLS! NOT THESE JOURNEYMAN MANAGERS WHO JUST SEEM LIKE “NICE GUYS”.
I just can’t see a player like Torres staying if we’re not in the top 4. Losing Torres would be a crying shame.
We should have a coach who knows all about challenging for titles and all about playing in the champions league. Mr Hodgson in my opinion is under qualified.
S H O C K E D and very surprised that roy is still holding his position as liverpool manager!!!!when will the board sack him?????
Roy is just unable to motivate his players and they obviously don’t believe in him. HE HAS TO GO.
Poor tactics combined with lack of Plan B just shows how mediocre we have become.
Mr Henry, act now before its too late.