Stand by your Manager!

As soon as the final whistle had blown to signal the end of the disastrous home defeat by West Brom, disgruntled Reds fans took to Twitter to voice their anger at what many considered a woeful performance by a team playing far below their capabilities.

Disgruntled fans promoted this
ridiculous hashtag on Twitter

Fans singled out players such as Fabio Borini for abuse, criticizing one particular chance against the Baggies that he probably should have scored, which would have given Liverpool the lead. This is somewhat harsh given that Borini is only just back from a serious injury that kept him out of the opening half of the season - you can't seriously expect him to burst back onto the scene with the scoring touch he undoubtedly possesses turning every opportunity into a goal. It will take the lad time to find his feet and get back to the scoring form he showed us in pre-season, before that injury wrecked the start of his career with the Reds.

Others blamed Daniel Agger for the second goal, saying he let Lukaku get away from him too easily. Granted there might be some truth to this, and it may have been the psychological blow of conceding the first goal so late in a game they were dominating that caused Agger switching off slightly, allowing Lukaku to take full advantage and use his fresh legs to double the lead. He was also blamed for Arsenal's first goal in their comeback draw at the Emirates. But Agger has been one of Liverpool's key players this season, a commanding presence at the back who fully deserves his place in the side.

Pepe Reina also got a fair bit of stick with large numbers of Reds fans laying the blame for the draw with Manchester City entirely on his shoulders, following his odd decision to rush out of his goal allowing Sergio Aguero to score an - admittedly stunning - equaliser. Reina, however, is still a very good goalkeeper, and certainly the best available to Rodgers at present.

Which brings me to perhaps the worst thing I saw on Twitter this week, as the hashtag #RodgersOUT began trending.

This is absolutely disgraceful. How can supposedly loyal Reds fans be calling for his head already?