Roy Hodgson admits he has doubts about his future at Liverpool.
When he sends his team out for a Merseyside derby of huge significance at Everton today, it will be only his eighth Premier League game in charge of since he was introduced as the successor to Rafa Benitez.
Lose and Hodgson will surely feel the fates are moving against him.
"I think it would be a sad day for football and a very sad day for Liverpool Football club if, after eight games, someone the pomp and circumstance that greeted my arrival was sacked," said Hodgson.
"Liverpool spent a lot of money paying compensation to Fulham to bring me here. I was feted as one of the best managers around. If eight games into the season people start saying that I'm no good at all and I have to go, that would be a sad day for me and for the club.
"That kind of thing isn't Liverpool's style. Liverpool down the years have always been the opposite of that. This was the club that gave Bill Shankly 15 years to build the club and then spent the next 10 years trying to ensure that the people who worked under Shankly carried his work on. I find speculation about my future insulting to both me and the club."
