Phil has done an excellent job as caretaker as the earlier quoted statistics suggest, and by his own admission is now in contact 4 or 5 times a day with Gerard. I'm not sure whether this means that GH is taking a more "hands on" approach to team selection and tactics, but there's no doubt it will give everyone a big lift when he returns.
I'm not knocking Phil Thompson. I've always been a big fan of his and for me he has an excellent job holding the fort for Gerard. He has conducted himself very well in interviews - especially when we all know he would have preferred to be somewhere else - and in true Liverpool manner has been prepared to give credit where it's due. So, as the subject line says "Let's leave Thommo alone!!" and lets get behind the team and make our voices heard on matchh days instead.
Matches like the Birmingham cup tie when, although we totally outplayed them, the away supporters "outsing" us are embarrassing .... I'm thinking of "Shall we sing a song for you?" for instance ... I sat in the Centenary Stand and our lack of vocal support was a disgrace, particularly around where I sat!
Anyway, to get back to the point. Let's have a moan about lack of skill, lack of commitment, poor performances, bad tactics, but let's remember that we are Liverpool fans, we must make our criticism constructive but get behind the team each and every time they play!
