KICK OUT ROY, Purslow's boy, and bring back our best ideas from our glorious past

The Boot Room.

I don't mean the physical space. I mean what occurred in there.

A number of wise heads contesting and sharing ideas. You need to bounce ideas around about how to advance LFC and best our opponents.

LFC needs to knock its ideas into their best shape before we act on them.

I was and remain a Rafa man. I'd have him back in second, as he deserves a chance to work towards long term goals and while properly resourced.

Unfortunately, under previous ownership, Rafa always had to give up good resources to try acquire better ones, and take a short term view by shopping in seconds bins to try preserve Champions League revenues in order to maintain some sort of transfer budget.

But Rafa never was perfect, and nor were his decisions. He made mistakes, across transfers, politics, the media, and so on. Just as all managers do.

He really needed more wise heads about the place who he could talk to, people he had to listen to, who he or anyone would respect.

This would have been especially valuable when the Boardroom, and perhaps others, started their disastrous campaign against him.

Back to our present ineptitude.

My greatest concern is that FSG haven't heeded or acted on what should have been evident months ago. Hodgson must be removed ASAP. He can't understand the responsibilities, let alone handle them.

I agree a permanent replacement shouldn't be rushed into. But it seems equally clear an interim appointment should at least stall our plummet. It should not have taken FSG so long to move towards making an interim appointment.

My second greatest concern is FSG seem intent on making Comolli the main man at Liverpool. Suggestions we need a young manager implies a logic that is political, not pragmatic.

Why should we shy away from managers with well-established reputations? The only logical reason is they would be less beholden to Comolli for their advancement and appointment, and have less standing of their own to draw on.

I don't have a problem with Comolli. I think if he pursues a 'Moneyball' line of thinking, that could be of tremendous value to the club. And director of football can be a valuable check on a manager's ideas.

But Comolli's record is mixed. And there's not a lot of evidence that he really gets The Liverpool Way.

We need some strong internal voices at the club to check his ideas, much as he is a check on the manager. And with the exception of the incumbent, the manager should always be the main man at Liverpool.

We need an internal structure at LFC where we have a number of strong people with strong ideas, but no one person is overwhelmingly dominant.

The Boot Room is the idea that joins these ideas together.

What Liverpool really need now is a bit of time, and a number of strong wise heads to check on one another and put some discipline on one another's ideas.

FSG need to bring back a Boot Room of strong personalities and strong ideas who can work together towards building a better club over the long term.

Appoint a joint interim managerial team, give it at least the next six months, and let the Boot Room approach let you lead it from there. You may not need to introduce another manager.

Joint managers didn't work under Evans and Houllier, but that was about shifting someone out delicately. This is about managing the right ideas and people in.

In the ideal world, who would take their places in the new Boot Room?

I know what I'd have.

Benitez-Dalglish as joint managers, with Phil Thompson and Comolli taking the other corners.

Some might claim Kenny has been out of the game too long. Others might say Rafa is overly tactical in his approach to some domestic league fixtures.

But the only criticism you could level at the combination of the two is: how well could they work together?

For those who suspect too much power rests with current players: how could they stand against a triumvirate of Kenny, Rafa and Thommo?

For those worried by Comolli's influence, what better check than those three?

For those believing a returning Rafa would need greater scrutiny of his transfers, who better than Comolli?

Join the dots, FSG. It need not be the men I identifed, but you know the basic structure make sense.