by ethanr » Sat Nov 13, 2010 9:03 pm
I don't know why everybody says Hodgson must go.... Everybody is still meshing together a bit. He has been stubborn on some of his player selection like Rafa was, but luck was not on our side. First goal was just bad by everybody. That's not Hodgson's tactics, that's just bad play, mostly by Koncheskey. If you compare the first string of games together that Hodgson has managed compared to both Houlier and Rafa, they are very very similar.
The game- Lucas was too quiet, Soto too slow, Skrtel needs to watch it before he gives away a pen. Koncheskey is fast but not good enough for Liverpool, made too many defensive mistakes. The passing by everybody was good at times but shocking at others. The ref completely bought into both Pulis' rant on how bad the refs have been to them recently as well as how often Stoke threw themselves on the ground. Fuller should have gotten 3 yellow cards- one for tripping Reina, one for his completely purposeful tackle on Gerrard from behind and the one he actually got.
Gerrard got too sloppy at times and torres wasn't creating anything productive. Ngog had some good points but really just kept falling down, though should have got 1 or 2 more calls. Shocked Carra didn't get that call down the right side, that was a horrible decision. Luck just wasn't on our side today. We aren't getting away results, so I guess look forward to the West Ham game.
DESPITE THE FACT I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA...