Andrew Hodnett

44 , Husband, father, friend, creative & Liverpool FC Supporter #Block104 #YNWA

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

In their 132 year rivalry, England's two most successful football clubs have finished in the top 2 positions in the top division at the same time only 5 times.

1946/47( Liverpool)
1963/64( Liverpool)
1979/80 (Liverpool)
1987/88(Liverpool)
2008/09(Manchester United)

For comparison...
Celtic & Rangers 54 times
Real Madrid & Barcelona 39 times

[John McDonnell @johnmcdonnellMP]

Message to Keir: Do not underestimate the depth of anger people will feel about this disgusting decision. If you think it strengthens you I tell you it will simply hasten your demise. You could have shown magnanimous leadership but instead it’s cowardice. https://t.co/02Y8COpddM

[Spion Kop @TheKopHQ]

If Everton win on Monday night at home to Leeds. They go 1pt behind us in the PL. What an absolute shitshow of a season this has been by Liverpool. Dreadful defending Champions. So bad. Roll on the end of May. Depressing times.

[Caoimhe O'Neill @CaoimheSport]

Liverpool are the sleeping giant that Jurgen Klopp prodded and shook until it woke up. That giant now looks like it is sleepwalking its way back into hibernation.

[Andy Burnham @andyburnham]

I am disappointed by today’s NEC decision and concerned about its potential impact on the important elections ahead of us.

To whoever is Labour’s candidate and to our members in Manchester and Tameside: you will have my full support and I will be there whenever you need me.

1/2

[Jeremie Frimpong @JeremieFrimpong]

That counts as mine right @ChampionsLeague?? 😂😭⚽️ Very important win 💪🏾

[Andrew Hodnett @hodders80]

@ShirtsInTheShed One of my favourite shirts. Not a players shirt, but hardly worn and completed the set from that season! 💛

[Mighty Red @MightyRed_LFC]

Got asked to do the FA Cup draw 👍
Wasn't asked back after rehearsals 😬
#LFC

[Andrew Hodnett @hodders80]

@iamlouiserogan Nice one! 🔥🏟️

[Jeremie Frimpong @JeremieFrimpong]

4 wins in a row to wrap up the year. Can’t wait for 2026 with you, Reds ❤️

[Andrew Hodnett @hodders80]

@TheKopHQ Brilliant! 👏🏻

[Spion Kop @TheKopHQ]

Slot this morning...

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Mo Salah. A very long read.

I think I know a little about LFC, its supporters and how they view their club. Shaped of course by Shankly then Paisley, Kenny, Jurgen and now now Slot.

One thing remains constant, perhaps more than any other English club, its always the club first and last, players and managers add their DNA to the club, but the club trumps the individual.

Now, Mo Salah has left plenty of winners DNA at Anfield and has taken his place in the pantheon of greats.

So it's interesting to see his interview, dropping a grenade into the club because if I know Liverpool and it's supporters at all (I think there may be even a generational difference in responses, younger supporting the grenade, older shaking their heads) then their first reaction will be..

Club, first and last, don't care who it is. Its a living and breathing mantra and one that even Mo Salah will find it difficult to duke it out against.

Now, could Arne Slot be less pally with players than Jurgen? Absolutely, he's a calm, relaxed, tad detached guy who ( if you remember) was unimpressed with Trent early doors and showed a nonchalant attitude in season one to "one of their own" who'd won everything there is to win. I think that's impressive, but not as impressive as winning the title in your first season. So he's earned his respect too.

The team are playing well in spurts, comedy defending and decision making at other times. That includes everyone, and if you ask 99.9% of players if they'd accept 2 or 3 games on the bench for not hitting levels, all will say yes. Only in the madness of 2025 modern football would the cult of personalities not only question a reasonable conclusion of "you're not playing well, here's a spell on the bench", but Mo maybe has almost tricked himself onto elevating himself to the untouchable status of Messi or Ronaldo, players who could, if they chose, literally do and say as they pleased in the last decade. Mo isn't them, and Liverpool as I said, isn't that club either.

I'm sure some of the youngsters will rant "he's right and Slot's to blame ", but without any evidence that Slot has deliberately ( managers NEED their star players to perform, not to be asked about them in every presser for the next 5 months....) ostracised anyone at the club other than do what every good manager has done since the invention of the game, namely leave someone out who's not playing well misses the point as every great club, team and manager have dropped great players at some stage. Some even when playing well!!

The solution to what is now a very open sore is simple (ish)

1. Player and manager talk privately.
2. Manager tells player what he wants from the player.
3. Player commits or tells manager he wants out.
4. If player wants out, make it happen quickly. If not, pick the player and let him be judged by his continued performances. If they're poor, manager can't lose, "I told you so". If they're great, manager can't lose. So Slot playing Mo is a very good starting point, especially as 2 very big signings have yet to make Mo " yesterday's man"

Arne Slot can help himself a little by using his natural openness to say " maybe I'm not Jurgen but I love my players and they couldn't have won a spectacular title last season without reacting to me and my methods a little too, but I hear Mo's comments and I can tell you all now, I love him to bits and he's ours to keep". That heads off any "seniors" with similar grenades to throw.

But one thing's for sure, I don't think there will ever be a Liverpool player past, present or future with valid gripes that would jeopardise the "club first and last" ethos of Liverpool, and those who've had legitimate concerns I'm sure aired them at an appropriate time, not a flash interview when emotions are high.

Liverpool FC have done as well for every player who's played for them as players have done for the club, so the institution has earned that private, rather than public critique. Whoever that's from.

[Living Liverpool @Livin_Liverpool]

❌ Embarrassed us against Forest and PSV at Anfield
❌ Failed to win 8 of the last 10 PL games
❌ Didn't even put Salah to warm up, probably a sign that something is broken between them
❌ Chiesa saved his job on Wednesday and he gave him 0 minutes today
❌ Don't have clear style of play
❌ Since February 2025 everything is bad about us
❌ Spent 500m and don't have a clue how to use any player that he signed
❌ Starting Gakpo in every game and making him our main player with every ball going to him

Enough is enough. Time to go. Thank you for the league title, but you need to go.

[John Aldridge @Realaldo474]

I can't believe the defending yet again tonight!!i said upto october we need 3 goals to win games! it's now crept up to 4 in the last few weeks.This has to be the worse i've ever seen an Lfc team defend in my lifetime.
We need 2 CHs in january and a top holding MF player and we'll be back on track.Wether arnes there to do it we'll see🙏ynwa
Gutted

[millie @itsmilliejones]

he took this ad campaign a bit too fucking literally

[The Anfield Wrap @TheAnfieldWrap]

What the fuck is going on

[terry christian @terrychristian]

He is indeed

[Robbie Fowler @Robbie9Fowler]

Before and After... been a few people lately saying the same thing , go and get those blemishes/spots checked,
basal cell carcinoma , caught early thankfully so all good🙌🏼..... just need to get a club now😉