This more relaxed attitude was reflected also when they had the ball. I can agree with Roy that the Reds have passed the ball quite neatly this season but they have clearly lacked cutting edge. In the previous match against Everton they had nearly twice as much possession as Everton in the second half but did nearly nothing with it. This was mainly due to the fact as Hodgson says they didn’t get the ball forward quickly enough and get in behind defenders: This fundamentally changed against Blackburn yesterday as the midfield fizzed the ball around at speed and pumped more balls into the box as well as committing more players forward. There was just more urgency with everything, including counter attacks, as Roy said:
“The manner of their equaliser is the manner in which we’ve conceded one or two of our goals this season. When it’s in the back of the net you think, ‘How on earth did it get there?’ What pleased me was how quickly the players wanted to get on with the game. There was no hanging of heads and ‘Oh my God here we go again’. Pepe Reina got the ball and raced up with it. That’s very, very good for the future.”
I think most Liverpool fans have been exasperated at times by some of the comments that Roy has made but his reaction after the Blackburn was good to hear. He expressed many opinions that us Reds fans would like to hear more of. It is only one match but the positives from the performance will give the team something to build on; let’s hope they can move forward from here.
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it’s only taken him 3 months to clock onto what we’ve (mostly) all been saying since the beginning of the season. Genius…
About 90% of us have also been telling him to man up and leave. Hope he clocks onto that one too…
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don’t get carried away everyone! this was a v poor blackburn side who conceded from the start. the truth hurts, and thats why roy got upset when a foreign journo questioned the lack of service to torres! the journo was right. there’s been no service to el nino. but, when there is, he invariably delivers. roy, do us all a favour and go. if not now, then keep your opinions to yourself in the meantime. your comments are embarrassing! imo.
maybe he should be given a fair crack?
judge him after 10 (league?) games he said – one more brilliant performance will leave him with a ratio of 2 positive performances out of 10. Hmmmm…
1) Blackburn were really awful
2) Cant credit Roy, performance, tactics very similar under Benitez
3) Roy should still go
4) New owners, what are you waiting for?
hodghwalk or watever u kol yasef,go away now
pliz roy hodgson go away now,u are too plain,for liverpool, too barren,too old,too small,too,i can go on,just go.u are a man u fan who is coaching liverpool.otherwise how can u support feggie wanting to poach tores?
mr henry,if u want to write your name into anfiled folklore fast,just fire roy
better late than never