Dunk, he's more of a caretaker than a long term solution. he didn't have enough time with the squad at first, especially with the worldcup, and then could not buy the players he needed.
the Konchesky deal clearly shows that he was in a rush to get this position sorted. Aquilani's loan deal was out of no where (he would have been a lot better than Meirelles off Torres). Babel flying all over the country, trying to cash in on him at the last minutes.
it was just too messy to start with. we had good players, but a wrecked team. and the season could not have had a more difficult start. Arsenal, Man city, WBA, Birmingham, Man utd, and now Sunderland. apart from WBA, all other matches are too difficult to play when the team didn't have the time to settle and gain some momentum.
yet, Hodgson is still the manager, and he should have lifted the team to the Liverpool standards.
it's like what Joe Cole had to say in his interviews, that you need to beat the lower 10 home and away, and that would be 60 points to start with. anything else would be a bonus. we should aim for 75 points, which could get us the 4th place position we need. 60 from the bottom half, and a minimum of 15 from the upper half.
calm down everyone, we lost 10 points out of a possible 114, with 3 of our 5 matches played against titled contenders, and two of them were away from home. and apart of the Man city match, all of the rest we played quite well. not like a Liverpool should play, but at least like a solid team that needs time to improve.
apologies for posting such a long post, but some points had to be made.
