How long must we wait. Sack Roy Hodgson now

“I’m hoping that one day I will get a chance to stamp a little bit more of my authority and philosophy on the team by choosing some more of the players,” he said.
“Although it’s not often mentioned I’ve not been that active in the transfer market since I’ve been here.
“The players here have done exceptionally well for me in accepting a new manager, but they are the ones you have watched for the past few years.” Quote Roy Hodgson

I can only agree that a manager needs time to really put his personal stamp on the team.  So yes teams can suffer when appointing a new manager. But one thing is to loose matches you really shouldent have lost, another thing is to create a philosophy and style of play, that clearly does not work.

Let me remind you that in Rafa´s first season, he largely played with a team inheriated by Gerard Houllier.

Roy  Hodgson often claims, (done it again today) that it is not his Liverpool team. That he inheriated the team from former manager Rafa Benitez, and that the team is not good enough. To some extend his is right. But the team consist of 9 new player, compared to last season. Fair enough, some of the players made the agreement with the former management, but Roy Hodgson could have vetoed every one of them. And the two players who have performed the worst, are Christian Poulsen and Poul Konchesky, which are your signings, in a total cost of 8 mio £ (almost what Tottenham paid for Rafael van der Vart).

Of the new players, only Raul Meirelles have been performing on a high level, (when RH allowes him to play central), while everyone could have expected more from Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen and Milan Jovanovic. I wont critizise Poul Konchesky, because he has performed precisely as expected. His level of performance just arent higher. Brad Jones, well no one really belived that he would knock of Reina? In Jonjo Shelvey and danny Wilson, I firmly believe that Liverpool have bought a pair of gems, but they are still young and needs time.

But how come that Joe Cole (England international), Christian Poulsen (Denmark international and Captain) or Milan Jovanovic  (Serbia international) havent performed. Well actually no one has really performed this season, maybe except of Pepe Reina. When it comes down to it, the finger is pointed at Roy Hodgson.

No one believed at the start of the season, that we would be champions. But most believed that the team was, and are, good enough to at least come close to finishing in top 4.

So Roy your time is up.