I do think Roy's days are up. I was very disheartened to learn about the reaction among the players, regardless of how understandable it is, regarding his appointment of 68-year old Kelly as coach for the first team. Roy's extremly isolated at the moment and I can't see a way back for him now no matter how performance and results pan out. He'll only stay until Henry & Co.'s found "proper" replacement, which, by the way, rules out Rafa. We need to get the next manager right or we'll seriously run the risk of getting stuck in the relegation zone with relegation being an actual possibility.
For the sake of the club, if not Roy's, I wish supporters wouldn't have criticised him so harshly on forums and websites providing a spin for the media to create this extremly negative sprial. I'm not blaming LFC fans for the current malaise but they sure as hell has played its part to create it. Getting rid of Roy may be easy, finding a manager who's willing to run the risk of getting the same treatment he did may be tougher.
The strength of feeling re Roy directly correlates to the depth of emotion fans have for the club. Sometimes it goes over the top, but the rationale behind it is no less valid all the same.
I guess it's down partly to frustration stemming from the last third of the '08/'09 season when we played a more progressive style, which the players appeared to believe in and enjoy, only to go back to the overly cautious, rather turgid stuff last season. Then along comes Roy, mentions playing 'pass and move' but instead we see even more defensive minded, though defensively frail, teeth tingling stuff. I think if the style of play was going through a more positive metamorphosis, which you could understand suffering from initial teething troubles, then he would probably be awarded with more patience.
He's not helped himself by being overly cautious with his purchase of Poulsen. Yes he may know the player, but that was 10 years ago at Copenhagen. He seems to be applying what was instead of what now is with the decision to buy him. Konch was a more understandable purchase. We were in dire need of a left back, there's not a huge choice and the new 'home grown' rule, I'm sure, played a huge part aswell.