Nice honest appraisal.

On another point, how fricken good was Charlie Adam today?

And Silva's goal was a work of football class.

You're second from bottom. You don't think, and have never thought, that Hodgson was the man for the job.

Screw image. The correct decision is to get Hodgson out the moment they can bring in someone from the top drawer. If Dalgleish would take a temporary position then I'd sack Hodgson now.

I've never quite got the hero worship that Benitez got from the Liverpool fans....His record was a touch iffy if you ask me.

First season he managed the almost impossible in finishing below Everton, though he managed to fluke a Champions League, which glossed over the obvious poor quality of that 1st effort. He did have an excuse in that it was still pretty much Houllier's side.

From then on, with full control over the transfer dealings, he proceeded with a rather haphazard, kamikaze approach to buying and selling....Forwards came and went, almost has if he was hoping through sheer luck, rather than any judgement, to piece together a winning formula.

Then when he finally gets close to completing the jigsaw, he gets in a bizarre tiff with one of his best players (Alonso), whilst hunting a pretty mediocre player in Gareth Barry.

His whole tenure was pretty well summed up for me in the Robbie Keane episode....If Benitez was in any other business but football, he'd have been fired on the spot for his incompetence on this one....First off, 20 million on a player who was probably worth half of that, 3 months later he realises what a mistake he's made and proceeds to flog him back to Spurs for half of that figure....It was comical and summed up the man's limitations.

The man was very lucky that he had Hicks & Gillett playing the panto villains, allowing him to make mistakes that would have sunk other managers a lot earlier than he eventually went.

though he managed to fluke a Champions League

If that was all he had done then you might have a point but he took us to another Champions League final 2 years later and won an FA Cup in the middle thats the kind of success teams dream of.

As for Keane ask Rick Parry.

I'd agree, but the last thing, in the owners' heads at least, we need is the fans 'flipping' again. I'm unsure how the reaction to the sacking of Roy would be, many would say harsh, but I'd hope they'd understand it were for the better.

IMO, it's always best to bring in new managers over the summer so they have time, so the idea of a temporary manager sounds good in principle, but the need to bring players in is a must for any manager here, so it's hard to believe much else will improve enough to justify the decision of sacking Hodgson so early, IMO at least.

I'd love us to bring in a fresh, young coach with a Director of Football on top of that, purely because I believe it could work exceptionally well here if done well (i.e. not, ahem, Dennis Wise), but the need to get it spot on is essential, and, IMO, there aren't enough 'football people' at the club to make the correct judgment. These new owners have admitted they are learning, which essentially leaves the same mob that appointed Hodgson, despite the likes of Pellegrini being available.

It was comical and summed up the man's limitations.

The man was very lucky that he had Hicks & Gillett playing the panto villains, allowing him to make mistakes that would have sunk other managers a lot earlier than he eventually went.

This the same bloke who got the gig at Inter? someone should of told the owners.

I have done, makes fun reading....shame West Ham are shizer!

Anyway, can us bluenoses be confident of a derby win yet?

Roys taking us down.

Rather have Roy Cropper then him.

To be honest, his move to Inter sums up the farce that is football....A man can under-acheive in one job , get sacked, and then walk into another top job....

It is obvious you are a Benitez disciple and I fully respect that, but surely even you and your ilk must have been bemused by some of his transfer dealings?

And as for his trophy record??....Well, 2 trophies in 6 years isn't exactly genius when you look at the money he spent/wasted.

Winning the FA cup is the kind of success the Blackpool and West Hams dream of

I'm fully aware of his CV you silly ....I'm more baffled at the fact that he spent 6 years screwing up Liverpool big time, loses his job and then walks into the job as manager of the European Champions.

In most other walks of life you would be expected to at least spend a period building back up your reputation before being given such a huge opportunity again.

They must of thought one bad season doesn't make a bad manager.

Beltin reading this.