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| Liverpool FC fans |
Liverpool FC fans are known around the world for their unbending loyalty towards their team.
But as we end the decade, the Kop faithful are coming to terms with their team finishing 2010 with their lowest points total at this stage of the season since 1953-54, a campaign in which they were relegated.
The ironic chants of "Hodgson for England" plus one or two vociferous renditions of "Dalglish" highlights the lack of harmony between the manager and certain sections of the supporters.
The 1-0 defeat by bottom of the table Wolves at Anfield last night sees this season hit new depths.
The pressure is mounting on Roy Hodgson and he realises that he's fighting for his Anfield future.
The result was a poor one but the big problem lies with a performance that lacked not just enterprise and a spirit of adventure, but also endeavour and courage, two of the central pillars on which the club's great footballing tradition has been built.
It's crystal clear that the present squad lacks the depth of quality of some of the Liverpool sides of a recent vintage.
The reasons why are many and varied and so too are the arguments about who's to blame for that.
But players who pull on a red shirt and wear the Liver Bird on their chest are following in a tradition that was built by some of the greatest players English football has even seen.
If you play for Liverpool, the minimum requirement is to give of your best and to play with a level of hunger and desire that makes things happen on the pitch.
That didn't happen against Wolves last night. It must happen against Bolton on New Years Day - if if it doesn't you get the feeling that there will be consequences.
