It has become a recurring problem for Hodgson and the manager suspects that changes to the pitches in the Premier League may be partly to blame.
Yet impressive as Liverpool have been this season there have also been changes to the rest of the Premier League landscape.
The Albion manager defended making 10 changes to the side that scrambled a 2-2 Premier League draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, in spite of the 2-1 defeat at Dean Court three days later.
The 24-year-old was dropped to the bench as Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers made nine changes to the side which started Saturday's Premier League draw against Hull.
Other proposals expected to go before the FA board include a shake-up of the loan system, improvements to coaching and changes to the homegrown player quotas operated by Premier League and Football League clubs.
The British-born academic heads the Safe Schools Coalition Victoria, which broke away from the national group in March after the Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, rejected substantial federal changes to the program, saying he would accept advice from experts, "not bigots".
Rangers administrators Duff & Phelps have been forced to delay the announcement of a preferred bidder for the club due to proposed changes to Scottish Premier League rules.
Hull City season card holders have narrowly voted in favour of owner Assem Allam's plan to change the Premier League club's name to Hull Tigers.
To change the Premier League quota system for home-grown players.
It is a mess in part born out of changes to Premier League youth football made in the summer.
