Suppose Hodgson thinks he's giving as good as he gets when Rijkaard's agent starts speculating about his job. It's graceless though and he is showing all the signs of a man whose days are numbered.

Relegation six-pointer against Allardyce today!

pressure's getting to him, and who can blame him? he's obviously a good manager, it's the players who are crap. it's not fair, but he'll get the sack soon. hope his next managing gig is a good one.

I had a look at RAWK and they're actually giving Benitez credit for the win today since Hodgson used Rafa's tactics and Kyrgiakos was one of his buys. You couldn't make this stuff up.

Hodgson took the job so he'll have to deal with it, but I doubt many managers would do a better job with that squad. Especially after losing Mascherano. Things will get a lot worse at Liverpool before they get better again after years of mismanagement from Benitez.