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Glen Johnson believes Roy Hodgson failed as manager of Liverpool because he wasn't ready to manage such a big club.

What did he say?

The former Red spent six years on Anfield playing under the likes of Rafa Benitez, Kenny Dalglish, Brendan Rodgers and Hodgson, so is well-placed to judge what it takes to succeed at the club.

All four managers had different approaches and although the latter has had a lot of success at various clubs and in different countries, Johnson believes he lacked the mentality necessary to achieve with Liverpool.

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Speaking to The Anfield Wrap, via The Mirror, he said: "Well Roy, no disrespect, had come from smaller clubs and I don’t think he was ready to manage Liverpool.

"We’d be worried about playing a smaller team at Anfield. No disrespect to the smaller teams but you have to grab the bull by the horns and just go and put them to bed, and he just didn’t have that sort of mentality, it was all a bit straight line and defensive."

That goes some way to explaining why the former England manager wasn't the right fit. Along with poor signings such as Milan Jovanovic and Paul Konchesky - who each made just 18 appearances for the club - he won just 13 out of 31 games.

Negative mindset

Hodgson's most notable success in recent years has been at Fulham and West Brom, whilst he has done a very respectable job at Crystal Palace after taking over in difficult circumstances.

However, at both England and the Reds it is fair to say he was a disaster because he didn't understand the ethos of Liverpool in terms of what was expected from the team.

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Results failed, in part, due to his negative set-up and defensive style, with his side scoring 41 goals under his tenure. Many fans were also frustrated at an attitude which saw the Reds "praying for draws" against the likes of Blackburn, Wolves and Bolton.

Liverpool fans' concerns at the time were justifiable, having seen their team play negatively with one striker in several games, as well as enduring a seven-game winless streak which also included a League Cup defeat at home to Northampton.

He also failed to get the best out of Fernando Torres, with the Spaniard scoring only six goals in 22 games, which suggests that Johnson is right in his assessment that Liverpool too often failed to assert themselves as a dominant threat.