After watching, the painful defeat at Ewood Park, it is time we bade goodbye to Hodgson. He is a man of good character, but not a man with the calibre enough to lead Liverpool out of the storm. Brought in just at the start of the season, the primary objective was to stabilise the ship in the "storm" and reach the minimum target of 4th place. The first game versus Arsenal gave the fans the optimism that a new change of fate has arrived. Sadly, it wasn't to be. An uncharacteristic error by Reina made us lose 2 points. Never mind about that, it wasn't your fault, it was Reina. We met Northampton Town in the Carling Cup. Half of the Liverpool team were international players, hence it should not have been labelled as the second string team. There should have been enough quality to see off the opposition. The final score was an embarrassment for to be mentioned again.
A couple more draws and losts were common on the scoresheet, not up to the match against Chelsea, the fans saw a glimpse of hope. Torres was back! Fantastic all round game. But so what? We lost the next few games. All the hard work were gone to waste. New owners renewed their faith in Hodgson, brought in Damien Comolli. "Developing young players is our target," so the they say.
2010 ended in disastrous fashion and basically, summed up a dreadful year for one of the most successful club in England. Wolves! Can you believe it?? A team in 20th position. King Kenny called for support, new owners renewed support. Fans were peeved, we demand the head of Hodgson. Some wanted Rafael Benitez, who was sacked by Inter Milan despite winning the World Club Championship, to be reinstalled. I am personally not in favour of that. Why? More boardroom drama will ensue, as the new owners seem to be very possessive and with Damien Comolli, one can expect Benitez to start complaining to the press about the lack of funds or support in the transfer market.
Final straw came in the last hour. Another away defeat, this time at Ewood Park. It is seldom , we have to use these 3 words, "another away defeat".
Horrible defending by the defence. Where was the communication between the players? The so on-from Soto can actually clashed with Leiva while challenging for the ball. The comical scene lead to a disastrous ending when Benjani capitalised on it and scored the second.
Joe Cole can perform if you give him the chance, he showed in in this match. Gerrard's penalty miss was somehow expected. Before he took the kick, he sighed and this body action is quite obvious to any human being on planet earth. It is a sign of pessimism.
Well, we are now closer to a relegation dogfight, rather than a 4th place finish. Will we end up like Leeds? I am really afraid, very afraid. But no matter what, I will stick by the players. We once attained 2nd in the EPL, with a majority of the players in the current squad. Hodgson simply does not have what it takes to bring this club back to its glory past. We lost our once captivating attacking style of football, our determination that won us so many glorious comebacks, and of course, the many trophies that graced the trophy cabinet.
Time for you to leave Roy. No manager has been sacked by Liverpool, they were always asked to leave on mutual consent. You may be the first, but I hope you can just submit your resignation letter immediately, walk out with a label that you were once managed one of Europe's most successful club, rather than being notoriously sacked.
Goodbye Roy. Goodbye.
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