The Internet is inundated with ‘Open Letters’ and most of them are pretty useless affairs and a hit-whoring exercise barely passed off as ‘opinion pieces’. In short, not worth reading.
Meet a welcome exception. From the Editor of Red & White Kop
Dear John,
You said yourself recently that there have been many poor short term decisions taken at this football club in the recent past. This is undoubtedly true and one of them was the appointment of Roy Hodgson as Liverpool manager. In all his 35 years of management there was absolutely no evidence that he had the experience required to manage a club of the stature of Liverpool FC. Despite this, for six months this site has supported him as best we could, as we did not want to exacerbate a problem not of your making. We were happy to trust your judgement, to allow you to get your feet under the desk, to appoint a management team and to make the right decision on the manager when you were ready. We were hoping that in return Roy just might prove capable of limiting the long-term damage to the club during that time.
Unfortunately it is clear from events so far this season culminating in the inept display last night that the consequences of keeping Roy Hodgson in place are now so pressing that immediate and decisive action is required from Fenway. His position at the club is no longer tenable. He appears to have lost the ability to motivate the team, a team of internationals and World Cup winners, and he has certainly lost the backing of the Anfield crowd with 40,000 openly showing their derision at his inept tactics.
The bond between Liverpool fans and their managers is strong, stronger than at any club in the world, and in normal circumstances it would be unthinkable to see the crowd turn on the manager as they did last night. If there was ever any coming back from that for Mr. Hodgson he closed that door himself in his post-match interview when he criticised the support of those same fans. Sorry, but those fans will be standing on the Kop supporting this team long after Roy Hodgson has gone and they were supporting their club in the only way they know how, defending it from a man who is corroding it from the inside.
We wholeheartedly agree with your strategy of concentrating on what is in the best long-term interests of Liverpool FC, even if it is at the expense of short-term popularity. We now believe however that we have reached a tipping point and that Roy Hodgson’s continued presence in the dugout is now detrimental to the long-term future of the club as well as our immediate future this league season.
Editor,
Red & White Kop
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How many of these \"open letters\" actually find their way to their intended recipient? Answer: None, even if they did, I doubt they would have any impact on the situation on which the letter is based, a complete waste of time and not worth the web page it is typed upon.
Same as every other “open letter”, waste of space written by a guy who thinks his opinions are more valid than everyone elses.
States the obvious and expects praise for it. Probably either an only child or the product of a broken home
what i cannot understand is why many of these open letter writers were so queit when the debt was being built up? when benitez was destroying the better part of the team? yet are ready to squeal when the cows come home? what did they expect/ it was reported over a year and a half ago the excreta had collided with the temperature control, where were they? in fact that is neither here or there, that age old truism is worth repeating- money talks and bullshit walks or writes open letters to nobody
Hodgson is a sensational manager for a mid table team and can get great results. However, when you deal with the drama queens of the big four (I’m a Chelsea supporter so I know all about them) you need a special manager. Your Drogba’s and Torres’ need someone special to motivate them. Not an Avram Grant or Roy Hodgson. Your Lampard’s and Gerrard’s are all professional and it doesn’t matter who their manager is. You just need to allow them to play their game. With the influx of foreigners you need a different type o manager to have them all play for their club. I’m sure Roy would have great results with the youth team, but not the dutch, the spanish, the greeks or whoever else doubt him as a manager.
I, as a Chelseafan, have been calling for a long time, play the youth and it will put pressure on the seniors. If a young strker plays well, Tores then needs to prove himself. Etc.
The professionalism of these professionals is completely missing and THAT is the problem
Hodgson is a sensational manager for a mid table team and can get great results. However, when you deal with the drama queens of the big four (I\’m a Chelsea supporter so I know all about them) you need a special manager. Your Drogba\’s and Torres\’ need someone special to motivate them. Not an Avram Grant or Roy Hodgson. Your Lampard\’s and Gerrard\’s are all professional and it doesn\’t matter who their manager is. You just need to allow them to play their game. With the influx of foreigners you need a different type o manager to have them all play for their club. I\’m sure Roy would have great results with the youth team, but not the dutch, the spanish, the greeks or whoever else doubt him as a manager.
I, as a Chelseafan, have been calling for a long time, play the youth and it will put pressure on the seniors. If a young strker plays well, Tores then needs to prove himself. Etc.
The professionalism of these professionals is completely missing and THAT is the problem
I’ve said it before – that Woy is a fine manager, yet he does need to leave Liverpool. He’s a proud chap, and won’t walk away from a challenge, so he’ll be fired. A shame. As many suggest, the problem seems to be with squad morale and new infrastructure, and even though Woy can speak several European languages, he can’t placate every overpaid underachieving bumgrape on the payroll. It’s not his fault, as far as my limited knowledge tells me, but he will fall.
Dex and Xile – constructive, thought provoking comments there. Good work.