I added "he is NOT Liverpool material and what are the club directors thinking about appointing him when 99% of the top managers in Europe would jump at the chance of going to Anfield".
Well ... I got it wrong ... and I hold up my hand.
That performance against table-topping Arsenal at the weekend was a sight to see.
So much so ... Mikel Arteta admits he had never seen Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger as angry as he was at half-time at Anfield on Saturday.
The Spaniard said: "We know we need to improve and face those games in a different manner because after 19 minutes we were 4-0 down and it was like a car crash.
"The manager was really upset at half-time, that's normal because it wasn't good enough for this football club. It was the angriest I have seen him."
"We have had two big crises already.
"I think the Manchester United defeat was a different game to this, but City and this one are really hard to take. We have to react because there is nothing we can do about this now."