• Despite supporter dissatisfaction Hodgson will persevere • 'I want to be here, to change things, to turn it around'

Roy Hodgson insists he will never quit as Liverpool manager as he remains convinced he is the man to lead the club back to former glories. The Anfield crowd turned on the 63-year-old after Wednesday's defeat to Wolves but despite speculation increasing about his future he stressed he would never walk away.

Hodgson apologised for causing offence to supporters after saying that he had not seen the "famous Anfield support" in his time at Liverpool. His side sits three points above the relegation zone after their worst start to a season since 1953-54 and faces sixth-placed Bolton Wanderers at home on New Year's Day with the pressure building.

"It has taken me a long while to get to this elevated position coaching one of the best clubs in Europe," said the former Fulham manager. "I was very pleased to get the job – I left a very good job to take it – so the last thing in my mind is walking away from a club like this or walking away from football.

"I want to be here, I want to change things, I want to turn it around and I want to help the club and the new owners get the success they want. There is no security as a Premier League manager and when you take any job you don't take it for security, you take it because you believe you can do it and do it well.

"No one gives you security because having the job I have there are an awful lot of people who would like to be standing where I am today. There are a lot of people who believe they can do the job better so that would automatically diminish your security. But you believe you can justify the faith of other people who have appointed you."

Despite recent performances having taken a turn for the worse it seems the owners, New England Sports Ventures, are reluctant to effect a change of manager at the current time.

"I can only beg for the patience and the time we need to do it, especially considering the difficult start we've had," he said. "I am confident given that time and the competencies I possess and the quality of players we have in the club – with the possibility of maybe adding to that in future transfer windows – this club will once again be up the top there.

"In the past there was a little bit more time and patience but that has diminished over the years. If you go back over a longer period there was more patience as people realised it took time to build a team and turn things around.

"Now we – those of us who are working and those who are supporting – want the change to come very quickly. I know with the right amount of time and patience and with a little bit of luck we will get back to where we should be. We are not there at the moment and we have to keep working towards it."

Hodgson admits the criticism he has received is painful but pointed out he has been in many difficult situations before and believes he will turn things around.

"Of course it hurts, The day when it becomes water of a duck's back is the day you don't do the job," he said. "The job is about sadness and occasionally it is about a bit of gladness and euphoria. This year there has been plenty of sadness – there's been a few glad moments – but I'm confident that will change.

"Strangely enough, two or three weeks ago everything was looking very bright and people were being very positive. Suddenly after a defeat at Newcastle and a very bad defeat at home to Wolves things have swung round enormously.

"Let's not make everything ridiculously doomy and gloomy because we lost a game. We are not in a crisis situation but on Wednesday we let ourselves down very badly and we have to bounce back and give a totally different performance against Bolton."

The midfielder Joe Cole is the only injury concern for tomorrow's visit of Bolton after the England international aggravated an ankle problem in training.