Judge me after 38 to 55 games, Roy Hodgson urges Liverpool FC

by Richard Buxton. Published Mon 15 Nov 2010 17:10

Roy Hodgson has called on his Liverpool players to avoid "doubting what we are doing" on the back of Saturday's 2-0 defeat to Stoke City.

The defeat at the Britannia Stadium brought an unbeaten run of six games in all competitions to an abrupt end and once again piled the pressure on the Kop boss after a far from ideal start to the season and life at Anfield.

But Hodgson, who previously pleaded to be judged after his first ten league games, insists that his merits should be judged after 38 to 55 games and claims he refuses to take a knee-jerk approach to the Reds' constantly changing fortunes.

He said: "I don't see why it [the defeat] should give us enormous reason to doubt what we are doing or doubt what we are capable of doing.

"I don't expect this result to dent confidence any more than any bad result does or any end to a good run dents your confidence.

"We are talking about two or three games in a season. I find it hard to have to explain that every time you win a game things are flying forward and when you get a bad result they are flying backwards.

"I'm a 38-to-55-game-a-season man and I make my judgment over that period. I don't get euphoric when we play well against Chelsea and I certainly won't become anything other than realistic and determined to move on to the next step when we lose a game.

"The conclusions that are being attempted to be drawn are too big conclusions."

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