The Soccer Blog: Blackburn 3, Liverpool 1: Poor, Poor Roy Hodgson

Thursday 6 January 2011

Blackburn 3, Liverpool 1: Poor, Poor Roy Hodgson

By: Ed | January 5th, 2011
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There’s not a chance in the world I stay late at work to finish trying to recap this monstrosity, and there’s little point in repeating myself, but I’ll do it anyway: Liverpool cannot and will not get any better under Roy Hodgson. Days like today have become the norm. There’s no way forward with him. Absolutely positively must be sacked.

Terribly, terribly depressing.

Just got home and wanted to add to the buffet line in lieu of punishing myself by writing a recap. I don’t know how, but nate at oh you beauty pieced one together that’s of his usual high quality. Verging on masochistic to go into that sort of depth after that sort of performance, but very good nonetheless.

Anyway, I’m not that brave, but I did want to add Hodgson’s post-match quotes for your pleasure:

“I’m very disappointed for the fans who travelled so far and gave us such good support only to see the team concede the goals we conceded. I thought in the second half we did our best to retrieve a seemingly hopeless situation and get back on track and who knows, if Steven’s penalty had gone in we might have even made the last five minutes even more exciting.

“Unfortunately, when you’re Liverpool and you lose away to Blackburn there is nothing that can be said which will put a positive slant or make the situation look any brighter, so as far as I’m concerned it’s a really, really bad day. There’s not much more I can say other than to say to the fans that anything they’re feeling tonight, I can assure them the feeling is equally as bad and equally as depressed in the dressing room because tonight it was a performance which was anything other than the performance we wanted to give.

“In football you do what you always do. You keep going as best you can, you make certain you try and get over the result, you make certain the next result is a better one and hopefully wipes away the memory, but that’s all you can do. Football unfortunately throws up some good moments and bad moments, and when it throws up a bad moment there is no amount of talking that is going to change anything.

“It’ll be the next performance which could change things.”

Far too little, far too late.

Some Related Liverpool Posts:Liverpool 2, Blackburn 1: Better As a Relative ConceptWolverhampton 1, Liverpool 0: Roy Hodgson Must GoMatchday: Liverpool v. BlackburnMatchday: Liverpool v. BlackburnMatch Preview: Liverpool v. Blackburn, 01.05.11

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Tweet « Matchday: Liverpool v. Blackburn | Home | Wishful Thinking, Job Vacancy Edition »DerekcliveHodgson's rubbish, but you can thank Benitez for leaving him with a rubbish team. Why the hell would they hire Hodgson in the first place? He led Fulham to a 12th place finish out of 20 teams last season. Hardly something to be proud of and warrant a job with Liverpool.JoelTwo comments:

One- Gary Birtles is the worst commentator bar none. Even surpasses my hatred for Chris Collinsworth for the NFL here in the states.

Two- Never been more proud to call myself a Liverpool fan after how our support was today. 'Fields of Anfield Road' going to try and pick up the team, then singing for Gerrard after the missed pen. Supporting the team when they're having a rough game when other supporter (I'm looking at you London teams) would be booing their players off the park.RussellI'm tired of hearing that it's not hodgson's team. Sure, 9 of the 11 starters were here last year when at least we were in 7th. Also, two of the players are Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.dsm9412Was at school and didn't catch this one, but their away performances haven't exactly been unique this year.

Ugh, though. Don't see how they can avoid sacking him now, though. The fact that nobody from NESV/FSG has publicly denied the reports of looking for other managers seems to indicate that they are true. I don't see the point of waiting when he's just such a lame duck at this point, quickly losing what little credibility he ever had. Maybe they're just waiting for a good time with a few more days between matches, but I really don't know.

I have had a Google alert on "Roy Hodgson sacked" for almost three months now. Let me turn it off, NESV.RedLiverBirdFCMy libido went out of the window. Pretty much like Liverpool's chances of getting a 6th place finish (I know right!?! I'm aiming quite low).DrascomberGive him time you whingeing scousersPyroWe've given him a good 6 months. All he has done has destroyed everything we stood for. The pre-match excitement for me is gone. Liverpool is on its downfall and it hurts to watchEdGood point--the competition in the Championship will prove that Roy's actually quite competent.YannEvery loss hurts like hellfire. The collective judgment on him is right on the money and 35 years of managerial mediocrity speak for themselves. As I read recently, Kenny Dalglish has won more trophies than Hodgson has away wins in all his time in the Premier League. He’s psychotic if he can’t see the writing on the wall, pathetically bleating on about hoping for the chance to build a Liverpool team in his image. Oh the horror, the horror! Fear not, for he’s as gone as gone can be. As those loonies who believe in the apocalypse always say – It’s not a question of ‘if’, but ‘when’.redtrev73I hear ya Yann. It's the specificity of the 'when' that's killing me... almost as quickly as that face-rubbing manc-mole is killing our beloved LFC. How in the hell can hard-nosed businessmen NOT get rid of the hodge NOW. He should have gone after the derby with the rationale that NESV wanted their own man...but no, instead we have to wait so long that NESV are now FSG and the team rafa had made into the most impresssive in europe over 5 yrs is only 2 defeats from the bottom 3...as you say Yann the question is when'...and the answer is NOWYannHere here! By putting his hand up for the job, Kenny made it clear he thought Hodgson was not up to it. How right he was. I think FSG are paying Liverpool and Dalglish a great disservice by not sacking Hodgson pronto to stop the haemorrhaging and making Kenny caretaker. He’s a man of great character who loves the Reds and he would step aside at the appropriate time for a long term appointee. In the meantime, he would restore our dignity. I have to believe some our players who were appalling today have had the lifeblood sucked out of them by Hodgson’s tactics and that they still respect the shirt they wear. However with every dire performance, I question their heart just a little bit more. Dark days indeed.Micklfcwhy we thinking of doing something that should have been done weeks ago,sack hodgson and lets get back to been a side to look up to again ,not pissed off with......SimonhelmMy only interest now is looking at other results......but how sad am I actually thought we might get a draw when stevie scored.Sorry Roy your time is up,king kenny please help us out.PhilipLeave Hodgson till Sunday and he'll be happy getting beaten by Utd since Fergie's his friend. Then give him the boot just after we lose 4-0.

Hodgson you have shamed us. Go back to London and don't ever show up at Liverpool.Robespierreif hodgson isnt sacked in the morning, I'm burning an effigy of him.. he shld just walk away.. the mongrel is single-handedly destroying our great club...WhotheHellareCityRoy Has to go, no other choice for it. As for that man city fan Close ur mouth till ur money hungry mercenaries win something and pray the Arabs don't get fed up waiting for a trophy and bin their little plaything.
How many years and counting? Actually i can't remember as it was before i was born.H090041fuk hodgson, I've had just about enough of his dogshit tactics, poor man-management and fukked up body language...
1) he's so slow to make substitutions!!
2) He doesnt even know his best team.. i mean cmon lads, Soto & PK over Agger & Aurelio???? wtf was he thinking??
BOttomline is he has lost the dressing room, the listless performance from majority of the players said it all..Best way to salvage a pathetic season is to reinstate King Kenny and give him 25-30 mil plus money from sales to go out there and buy 4-5 "first team material" players.. def need 2 wingers, a striker, a left back and a centre back..We're such a slow fukkin side.. prolly the slowest in the league with Konchesky & Soto in defence..Benjani made them look like sunday league dipshits..GeorgeAnd some fools here will say: Give Roy some time to prove himself! This club is not about success anymore, it 's about being english or not!!
Sadly Rafa, he was sacked because he achieved 7th place and idiots were not happy about this!! With an English manager we will be happy to play in the Premiere League next season!!RedInMourningTactically inept - zero motivation - no passion for the red shirt. They all need to look at themselves but I don't believe that Roy, whatever all the players say, has the dressing room. There has to be a change! Very sad times.AlbeyHas roy never heard the old liverpool saying never change a winning side the man is so out of his depth but like a drowning man he is trying to cling on to something that is not there if he is in charge on sunday in the fa cup I bet he rests gerrard and torres lets just hope he is not thereNoelIf he had an ounce of self-respect he'd walk. Pretty sure he doesn't, and FSG doesn't seem to entirely grasp the stratified nature of European Football and the long-term consequences to trying to scrape by in twelfth and build from there.Certate77arghhhh!!!!tension sack him n buy best player...suck!!!TonyHodgson seems to have lost the plot. Why change a winning team? The moment I did not see Agger, Kurt and Aurelio in the starting line-up, I got worried!Eder82We sacked Rafa to please the English press. The English press were sh _ ttin_ themselves as Liverpool were getting too close to the holy grail so their vendetta against him went into overdrive. And for all the fools who wanted him sack, I hope you are happy now.LiverboyDidn't Rafa sign Glen Johnson for £18million? Watch his defending tonight and i rest my case about Mr Benitez, not even mentioning the other shite he has left us with, oh and no strikers!! Quality!!VolandJohnson served man-of-the-match performances when Rafa was at Liverpool. You seem to forget the good times and the exceptional players Rafa brought to Liverpool - Torres, Reina, Alonso, Mascherando, Suso, Pacheco. However, it doesn't matter how good the players, with a manager like Roy at Liverpool even Messi and Ronaldo together with Torres and Gerrard would not be able to save us.I.R.BYou a Liverboy? Did you missed when Gerrard lift the Champions League in 2005? 2nd in the league in 2008 and top 4 placings in the past 4years before '09? Who was the manager then? Which other shites were you referring to? Torres? Reina? or the current shites of Poulsen, Konchesky, Brad Jones? I bet you were jumping up and down shouting your lungs out when we were crowned the champions of Europe for the 5th time. Just a simple history lesson... Fergie was left with your term of 'shites' when he first gaffered united. Look at them now. Closing on no19. How long was he given the helm? How many ups n downs they went thru? How many bad signings he made. No one dares to poke. So we are all nothing compared to Benitez or Fergie or even Hodgson for that matter. We are simply true fans who wanted good football and hold on dear to our beloved club even when the chips are down cos we know they tried. As for Hodgson, how many times this season we saw the team tried.....? You tell me Liverboy.....DinoscRafa or Kenny ASAPNoelYou are Garry Birtles and I claim my £20EdThis and this. Then more of this.RealMancsAreBlueI actually found it highly amusing, relegation dog fight ahead ladiesDanaslive33Sacked and beat his little bastard

bring kennyDIngDongWHAT A KNobRedjanI agree. I've nothing to say but sack him.AkshayeAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanna fukin cry!Red2deathHodgson: Ridiculous

FSG still inactive: Ridiculous

All the other results this midweek: Ridiculous, like Fergie had rigged them himself.

We're gonna lose #19 by a country mile. Very embarrassingly.NoelRight now we should be looking down instead of up, ie., let's be honest, Wolves surprise defeat of Chelsea today is a horrible, horrible result for us this season.Red2deathAs was Arsenal's draw with city. Can't help but look at the top the table - we're Liverpool fans, that's what we're used to.

Not that I feel good about this constant envy. It should be more about our team playing well that knocking ol' Bluenose off his f***ing perch. But that's the way it is. This must be what it felt like to be a Utd supporter in the 70s and 80s. Shit.RussellRLooks like I shoulda been born earlier so as to support Liverpool back then, so I could've laughed at Manchester wanks and really not had another care in the world (in comparision to todays Liverpool that is)blog comments powered by Disqus