I'd like to blame a few people.

1.Poulsen
2. The person who played him
3. The person who put Meireles on the right.
4. The person who wants to turn Agger into a back up left back.

The draw was depressing.
Especially if you consider the fact that our first goal was really an example of poor sportsmanship.

Our team shape was 4-4-2.
Why?
Why?
Why?

4-4-2 as proved by the world cup is outdated.
Besides our side suits a 4-2-3-1 anyway. So WHY

Passing
was off.
A lot. Short passing was not evident.
Too much of long ball.
Disgusting really.

Wingers.
Cole...deployed on the left flank. Again.
He stated his intent to play in the centre and I disagreed with that, however he once again appears on the left, which is his inverted and unnatural postion.
Is it because of Kuyt?
Against Man Utd he would have pinned back Evra and Giggs. And a natural Left winger could have done more to stop Nani.
Here he kept cutting in again and messing up our team formation.

Poulsen
Disgusting
No class.
A defensive midfielder from the ITALIAN league.
I mean Aquilani was one too but at least he had sublime passing.
he did not pass well, he shirked his responsibilities as defensive mid and had Gerrard scurrying to cover for him.

I quote from the red and white forums user DonkeyWan: "(Gerrard's)partner though.... well, I will pause here and tell you a little story. As I left the game mulling over what felt like a defeat, I passed a statue of a cow. Behind me I heard a voice say "That's Poulsen that is" SUms it up really."

Now...Gerrard had to cover for Poulsen. But he also had to run up to start and initate attacks. Isnt that just wonderful. Luckily when he did, Meireles came in to the centre to cover for him.

However when you combine this with the fact that with Cole cutting in from the left, you end with 4-2-2-2.

4–2–2–2 I quote from wikipedia
Often referred to as the "Magic Rectangle," this formation was used most infamously used by Wanderley Luxemburgo during his failed stint at Real Madrid in the latter part of the 2004–05 season and throughout the 2005–06 season. Although this formation was branded "deeply flawed"[25] and "suicidal",[26] Luxemburgo is considered the pioneer of this formation (although it had been used earlier by Brazil in the early 1980s[27][28]), and it was used by former Real Madrid manager Manuel Pellegrini to much appreciation and positive feedback.[29] Pellegrini had also used this formation whilst at Villarreal. The formation is closely related to the 4–2–4 and 4–4–2 diamond. It consists of the standard defensive four (right back, two centre backs, and left back), with two centre midfielders, two support strikers, and two out and out strikers.[30] Similar to the 4–6–0, the formation requires a particularly alert and mobile front four to work successfully. The formation has also been used on occasion by the Brazilian national team,[28][31][32] notably in the 1998 FIFA World Cup final.[33]

There you go.
And recently really the only team that has managed to use it on a regular basis is again Real Madrid last season under Pelligrini. They achieved moderate success but when you relate it to the quality of players they had....well we can all agree that they somewhat failed.

So in the end. I blame Hodgson for everything.
We needed Insua yesterday. And we needed him against the abject defeat against Northampton. Thats just another reason why I don't like Hodgson and I think he's screwing this club.

Another liverpool fan on the Red and White forums pointed this out and he said that hodgson has always had more draws than wins at all his previous clubs.
Im not too sure of the validity of the statement but the point is no matter how negative our play was under Rafael Benitez, I think this is worse.

though to his credit he finally took off Poulsen and by bringing Meireles to the centre he did well.

That being said and all the criticisms dished out. Not all the players were to blame.

Agger did better at left-back than Konchesky to be honest. Although he still didnt do a fantastic job you have to remember he's not a natural left-back. He missed the header but thats just football.

Gerrard did well, covering for Poulsen against Sunderlands numerically advantaged midfield trio. And setting up attacks as well.

Meireles was fantastic, although he looked marooned on the right flank. But he covered for Gerrard when he needed to and performed well in the centre later on. Hodgson was too hasty shifting him out there after one performance...

Ngog provided the support that Torres was lacking. He is improving and looked promising. Can't be blamed, he didn't really do much wrong.

Last Mention.
Glen Johnson did well positionally getting the ball many times in the right areas. But he didn't really do much with it. Lack of composure? I dont know.

In the end I blame Hodgson for messing up his tactics again. As he did against Man Utd and Man City. I blame Poulsen too, but not that much, its not his fault he was born into this world an affront to humanity. It not his fault he ended up here. But he's not trying so screw him for that