Do Liverpool Fans Wish Hodgson Were A Hogwarts Graduate?

If ever one needs proof of the hypocrisy of the British media covering the Premiership, one needs look no further than the case of Roy Hodgson and his predecessor. 

Incredible as it seems, whereas Hodgson is able to get away with all the groaning and moaning, the same Hodgson-tolerant hacks (including the 20 odd gainfully employed former Liverpool players; from Tommy Smith to Stan Collymore) would have jumped onto Benitez like a flash of lightning with their self-righteous fangs with lazily hatched scratching. 

Talk about Benitez's inability to take responsibility. What about Hodgson's refusal to even get near it?

Forget about the tragic-comic face-rubbing. Overlook the embarrassing rumblings and foot-in-the-mouth PR moments. Just look at the sumptuous dish of excuses he served up this festive season alone: 

- the seeming impotency of Joe Cole--was all Christian Purslow's fault not his, it seems;

- the alleged mistake signings of previous regimes--never mind the glaring misfits (Poulsen, Konchesky...and Cole?) of his own on his managerial infancy at Liverpool;

- the squad's wage bills;

- and now the fans' fault, because we have mythical expectations that no earthly beings are able to fulfill...

“Fans are waiting for a man with a magic wand that can turn all of the ills that everyone has seen into something different." The Hogwarts dropout proudly reminds Liverpool fans that he is not Harry Potter. 

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Liverpool-boss-Roy-Hodgson-eyes-top-four-finish-but-warns-fans-there-is-no-magic-wand-to-fix-Reds-problems-article657041.html

A top four finish remains his Premier League objective this season but he urges a sense of reality at a time of festive fantasy. Says the article. 

Unlike the misplaced tolerance of the British media treatment of Hodgson, fans wouldn't be as tolerable with such condescending view of them, I can assure you that. 

It is a mistake on the part of both the media and Hodgson to think that we are a bunch of ignorant, unreasonable, unrealistic mob. Truth be told, we neither expect nor believe that Liverpool can finish top four under Roy Hodgson come end of the season!

And it is not just the performances of Hodgson's Liverpool team on the pitch that cast the dark shadow of doubts on our mind. It is also Hodgson's own performances off it. 

Blinded by the fact that Hodgson is one of their own, it is the British media and the xenophobic among them who are deluded to believe that Hodgson do have that magic wand.