Source: PA
Hodgson looks at the positives
Under-pressure Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson remains positive about his and the club's future, insisting he is doing his best to justify his appointment.
Despite a much-needed injury-time victory over Bolton on Saturday, speculation still persists that the 63-year-old's days are numbered at Anfield.
After taking over in October - three months after Hodgson's appointment by the previous regime - owners New England Sports Ventures are believed to be exploring options for a change of manager. Ralf Rangnick, who resigned as coach of Hoffenheim at the weekend after a difference of opinion with the club's owner, is the latest to be added to a list of potential successors.
Following Saturday's win, Hodgson bemoaned the "negativity" of the conjecture about his position at the club but stressed he was able to rise above it.
"When you get given the job you climb up to the top of a greasy pole - we all do that - but at least you are on the pole and you have been given the chance," said the Reds boss, who has had to endure the Kop calling for him to be replaced by Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish and faced sarcastic chants of "Hodgson for England".
"I will be doing my best during the time I am working here to justify my selection and trying to get the team playing the sort of football we played against Bolton. But it was not just against Bolton, I can give you six or seven games where we have played as well as that. I still see a lot of things positively and my glass is absolutely half full rather than half empty at the moment."
