THE last time Roy Hodgson was shown the door at a Premier League club, it came after a dismal defeat at Ewood Park.

And after this latest depressing, demoralising, disgraceful reverse, it is impossible to shake the feeling the same fate now awaits the Liverpool manager.

Moments after the third goal from injury-hit Blackburn Rovers struck the back of Pepe Reina's net last night, the chant of “you're getting sacked in the morning” echoed from the home end.

But it was the sound of the same song then emanating from the travelling support that will have resonated across the Atlantic in the direction of Liverpool owner John Henry and chairman Tom Werner.

Clearly, the paying Liverpool fans have seen enough. And as much as it is against their very fabric to belittle their club's manager, emotions that have been bubbling ever since Hodgson assumed control have now boiled over.

Hodgson's 18-month reign at Blackburn was abruptly ended in November 1998 in the wake of a home defeat against Southampton that left Rovers stranded at the foot of the table.

Liverpool, despite their worst start to a top-flight campaign in 57 years, aren't quite in that same predicament, but their slide into overpowering mediocrity is so alarming – they stand only five points off the foot of the table this morning and a mammoth 19 adrift of the leaders – that surely something has to be done.