I've said it before, Roy is happy to finish in the top half of the table. That is his goal, and since he's not failing at it he honestly doesn't believe there is any fault in his method. You can see it from his press conferences, in his attitude that 6 wins in half a season is good enough. He's not concerned with Top 6 - that's not relevant to him, because he's not someone who is capable of aiming that high. He's got all the excuses he needs. He's not fit to wear the shirt, doesn't "get" the club.
Reclaim and co, you are the group that wants to give this guy more time. I remember your arguments. Prior to his 10 games in charge you were all saying "You can't judge him on a few games". Then the 10 games were passed, with no show of force, though Roy bought a bit of time with a fortunate win over Chelsea. So your argument changed "Let's judge him in January". Well, there are no more games this calendar year (I'll be surprised if Wednesday's game goes ahead, but even if it does the result will make little difference on the man's reign thus far). But already you are saying "He needs more time until the end of the season, needs to buy some more players like the ones he got last transfer window, and needs more time to instill his tactics in the squad etc". The point is that you're going to defend him even if we get relegated, saying he just needs more time the whole way down.
He's had a lot of time, most new managers worth their salt can carry a side for 6 months while the players adjust, but nothing he is doing is helping us get to where the club needs to be, and we're playing football of no better quality than the Man City game. He's happy to finish 8th or 10th; the rest of us are not (and that includes our better players). He's not capable of instilling confidence in the squad with his tactics or speeches, and he certainly doesn't need more time to destroy us completely.
I'm down with the attitude of "I'll support the manager until he is replaced"; that at least is worthy of respect in difficult times, and if that is where you are then I'm cool with that. But stop trying to defend his ability when it's clear he has none that is relevant at the level of LFC. The guy is worse than Souness as a manager. Support him by all means, but stop trying to justify your support by dragging other managers down to his level or by criticizing other supporters for wanting this great club to remain great.
