Mercury sable radiator bottom hose

I purchased a new hose to replace the old one that had been leaking for a while. But so far has been impossible for me to get the old one out.
I find that I have absolutely no room to work with my pliers or screwdriver, can anyone help?

Whenever I'm not going to try and put a hose back on and am just replacing it, I take a razor knife and cut the hose from it's opening down a couple of inches. Then I can take a screwdriver to pry the hose off through the cut. Sometimes a couple of cuts are required.