Liverpool boss Hodgson apologises after Cup humiliation

As I sit at my desk, staring out the window over the City of Cork ........ I think of Liverpool , the sweeping majesty of her spires and domes , the regal purity of the Mersey flowing by .... the mighty snow clad crest of Mount Killamanforhisgiro in the backround ....... and I secretly chuckle inside.

17,000 supporters of The Mighty Reds turned up last night to see Northampton put Liverpool out of the Carling Cup .... will this season end in tears for the scousers ? .......... we can but hope.

On any given day , it must be pretty awful to be a scouser ..... but this morning it must be even worse , following on from Sunday's 3-2 Premier League loss to Manchester United , the Reds were looking forward to the boost of confidence they would receive by getting to the 4th round of the Carling Cup.
With only 5 points from 5 games in the Barclays Premiership so far this season , the Mighty Reds should have strolled past League 2 side Northampton ..... Manager Roy Hodgson said " the players selected should have been good enough to beat the lowest-ranked team left in the competition "

"These are players brought to the club, some of them very expensive with big reputations - maybe I don't know them well enough yet, certainly they haven't done themselves too many favours in my eyes," he said.

"When you've got a squad with players who have come here for big money, this was a chance for them to show they're great players - unfortunately, and full credit to Northampton, we weren't good enough to beat them."

CWYING



Hodgson said it was only in the last 15 minutes of extra time, when they were trailing 2-1, that the team showed any fighting spirit.

"When it goes to penalties and you are at home and in front of the Kop your hope is that at least the players will have the composure and confidence to win the penalty shoot-out, but we didn't," he said.