MY plea to the owners. Please ignore the minority of fans who are unable to recognise a turd when they see one. Roy Hodgson doesn't *understand* football; he blindly, unchangingly sets his team up to a formula which he inherited from a mate 35 years ago. This is not conjecture, aside from the fact that it should be obvious to anybody who has the misfortune to watch his teams play, he happily tells that to anybody who will listen!
To be fair, I think this is harsh - in that I believe he does understand a certain brand of football, that of teams that often face fighting for relegation or aspire to a mid-table position as a measure of success. He entire philosophy is rooted in this level of aspiration, ie first try not to lose, a draw away is a great result. It's a reasonable philosophy and he seems to be adequate at implementing it elsewhere.
He is, however, entirely out of his depth at an aspirational club. Under increasing pressure, he will always revert to form because that's where his comfort zone is - witness the apparently insane reversion to a failed formation against Wolves. Hodgson should have been self-aware enough to have recognised his limitations and refused to take the Liverpool job - imagine how feted he would still be had he stayed at Fulham having turned us down. Instead, he looks on the edge of a nervous breakdown as his entire self-image and confidence has been shattered. Life teaches us cruel lessons, even in our sixties.
What really concerns me now is that he does not seem to consider resigning. Anyone can make a mistake (as others have noted, there can't be many people in the game of football that would have refused the LFC job) but someone as experienced as Hodgson, and at his age, ought to have the sense God gave him and recognise it's time. (I doubt if compensation is the reason to stay put - he could easily help solve FSG's dilemma by offering resignation on the basis of a package and they'd be happy to pay - since they will have to pay one way or another).
I'm not defending his woeful professional choices, and his apparent inability to follow the ancient advice "'tis better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than to speak and thus confirm it", but I am trying to understand the human being suffering in such a bleak place as he appears to be.
Please, let's not give him two or three more games. Lets not give him any more games.
That I can't disagree with. I just wish he leaves by his own hand, today, to preserve his dignity and mental well-being - and our own.