Hodgson rips 'famous Anfield support,' isn't helping
Category: Football
Publish Date: 12-29-2010 09:19 PM -0500
Lost and confused-looking Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson is in trouble. The losses keep coming, the fans are booing, and the calls for Kenny Dalglish are growing louder. So right after an embarrassing home loss to Wolves probably wasn't the ideal time to attack the fans.
From the Guardian:
"Ever since I came here the famous Anfield support hasn't really been
there," Hodgson said after a game that ensured Liverpool's worst start
to the season since they were relegated in 1953-54.
Then maybe the problem is you, Roy.
"There was the
problem with the former owners [Tom Hicks and George Gillett] and
there was the fact that Kenny was so popular, but the job went to me. I
have had to live with that. I have to hope the fans will become
supporters because we need support. We are not deliberately losing
games. You have seen these players before but they are not playing like
they have in the past, so I think it is time for the fans to really help
as well."
Actually, it might be better if you were deliberately losing games. You should probably say that that's what you've been doing.
"It is not for lack of trying that we are not winning
matches. Maybe we are lacking quality and confidence, but the negativity
doesn't help. The players are not getting on the ball."
So it's all down to a lack of quality and confidence, negativity and the players, but not the manager?
"I don't like hearing those things [the calls for Dalglish]. I am trying to do the best job I
can and I am working hard. So it is not something I appreciate. But it
is not something I can control.
"It's the Kop's way of showing
they are not happy with the way the team is playing. As manager, you
have to accept responsibility for that. We did have a good spell a while
back but it seems a far and distant memory now."
And soon, Roy's time as manager of Liverpool will seem a far and distant memory, too.
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