He didn't but someone now has a decision to make. Whilst it goes against the grain in even thinking about him leaving I've seen nothing all season to suggest he can turn things around. There are enough decent players in the team to play better football than they're current playing.
Is it his tactics? Saying he'll give Babel a chance to prove himself and then not even selecting him in the squad is daft!
And why do we only seen to come to life after going behind? There are so many questions and so far, no answers.
There is definitely decisions that need to be made. What worries me is its like Benitez recently said, the current board have no clue about football. Purslow hired Hodgson because he expected he would just come in challenge for a Champions League place no questions asked. What he didnt take into account that not only was Rafa tactically far superior but also Roys track record was ordinary as top managers go. Had Purslow bothered to scratch the surface he would have seen a Fulham team that had a couple of wins on their travels in 2 years.
For Purslow how Hodgson dealt with and was perceived by the media was also another key aspect of why he got the job. Well hes quickly learning press conferences dont win you games.
What do we do now? We have 3 options.
1) Leave things as they stand hope Roy can get the team firing. Once a takeover happens (assuming one is imminent) he will most likely be replaced by any incoming investor.
2) Ask Roy to make way for Kenny. We probably dont have the funds to terminate Roys contract. If Roys agrees to step aside Kenny can act as the interim manager until the takeover is finished. Then depending on results in that period he could either stay or make way for a manager approved by the new owners. The positive thing about this situation is that fans need not be worried about Kenny harming his reputation. The team is in such a bad state at the moment he couldnt do much worse.
3)Sack Roy and bring in a new outside man now. Realistically this is the least favourable firstly because we probably dont have cash to sack Roy and secondly what would be the point in hiring a new man when new owners may want to bring in their own man.
All of the above permutations assume that the RBS will take control of LFC or that a white knight will take us over before then.