KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Lay off Roy give him a chance!

I wish people would just relax!

The opening 5 games last year we played.Spurs,stoke,Villa,Bolton,Burnley.

This year we have had Arsenal,Man City,West Brom,Birmingham,manchester United,

Give the lad a break!

so correct but unfortunately he has no chance which after 5 league game and its only still September is an utter disgrace in all competitive games this season Liverpool have played 10 games won 6 drawn 2 lost 2 overall not a bad start considering the turnover of personal and a new manager and the away games being city , united and Birmingham who haven't lost at home for over a year , but if the masses want hodgson out who am i to argue with them my fight is all gone now after some of the unbelievable tripe getting put on forums , i will say it again its the supporters of Liverpool Football Club KILLING the club not hicks or gillett or the board , what a shallow bunch the support has become .

i was gonna start something like this, brum away, city away, utd away,

id have been expecting a point.

arsenal at home with 10 men for an hour, i wouldnt have expected anything.

wba at home id have wanted 3points.

there is only chelsea setting the world alight, and they havent been tested yet.

aim low anything else is a bonus for a club that finished 7th last year

Agree with all of above.
Bloody fedup reading the same old moaning posts. Even Dunk has joined in on the chorus now too ffs.

Roy had my backing when i read the team sheet! Lucas on the bench! I would not be surprised if Maxi doesnt get that much of a look in either to be honest!

In the second half some players really stood up! Meireles is a quality signing! Poulsen outstanding in the second half.

Konchesky was average! but having said that. First premier league start with the reds and it's against one of our biggest Rivals with 75,000 fans.

I can't believe you lot above have such low expectations? You lot and Roy Hodgson for that matter.

Look at our squad - full of internationals for the likes of Spain, Holland, England, Argentina and yet we aren't just losing or drawing, we are scraping those draws against the run of play. Why are we playing such defensive [oops] football and leaving the attacking talent on the bench. These tactics aren't working and our manager is aiming for draws. Disgraceful.

The players are sitting there - play them.

Roy's been no worse than Rafa last season in terms of results, yet he's had to deal with off the field antics and World Cup disruption, as well as having to motivate players to stay at the club (and surely is disappointed that he wasn't allowed to keep Aquilani). We've had an earlier than usual start to the season due to the Europa qualifier in Macedonia, and let's not forget he's new to the club and the players, so he's had to do all his learning in real live games in a season where we've been handed the toughest start in my memory.

Tough enough for you?

But it's not like we're glued to the bottom of the table. We've only had one easy game in the EPL, which we won, and we've salvaged points in games we would have lost this time last season. To say Roy has failed as Liverpool manager at this stage is ridiculous. Not being a success is not the same as being a failure. He's got ground to make up, yes. He's made mistakes, yes. He does need to step up and stop being afraid of our opposition, yes.

But foremost we need to settle into a system the team finds comfortable. That will take time, both for the players and the manager. Between the time Maxi went off and Raul went off we actually played some very good football on Sunday. Maybe that's the first 10 minutes we've looked like a team, but United were at our mercy for the duration. We just need to do that again, to prove to ourselves it was not a fluke, and then make that 10 minutes stretch to 90+time added. 4th is not so far away that it can't happen, and we have a far easier run-in to Christmas than our rivals (who I'll remind you are also struggling).

To be honest i still don't think this team capable of top 4. But i am hopeful of top 6 and maybe 5th if spurs struggle with the league and Europe.

absolute [oops] sorry lads, united at our mercy??? your having an absolute laugh. I really wish our fans would stop lying to themselves and each other. We were a joke on sunday and those 2 goals utterly flattered us. We had 0 creativity. We should not go to city and expect to get beat, cause other teams not aimimg for the top 4 dont do that, while they are still finding their feet they are ripe for the plucking as well. For me it isn't about the results so far though, it is about the football we have played, and if you sit there and honestly try and tell people in the premier league we have played any sort of good team football you're a liar. We look like we have 11 men from different sports come together to make a footie team.

Look what Roy walked into. He had to pick up the reins after our worst season in years, the ownership debacle and players wanting to leave. He kept our best players and brought in some good addition, particularly in Raul.

On top of that he had to play both the mancs (away), the arse and Brum (away) for his opeing PL games, not even Chelsea would guarantee points in those game. We beat WBA, like we should of, it wasnt pretty but it got done.

Torres, Gerrard, Cole, Raul and Maxi are all attacking players. Plus Konch and Johnson like to get up the wings, so there are no lack of attack minded players out there. In Reina we have one of the most offensive GK i ever seen.

Granted I prob wouldnt play Maxi but our issue is not that we are lacking attack minded players its that we have a team adapting to a new style of play, and that will take time. By the time we get to the Chelsea that system should be much improved and I would expect us to give them a good game.

Give Roy and the team a chance to get the game plan right and then judge them, not before.