Thracian Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 What a poisoned chalice the place is. The players have done for two supposedly decent managers already this season and seemed to had lost their sparkle long before Hodgson's arrival. I don't know that it's just about motivation or man management. I think like so many clubs before them they've let people go without finding adequate replacements which, in turn, has put greater pressure on the better players left behind in what is now a very ordinary team. On paper Liverpool have decent attackers in Torres and Joe Cole but their impact has been negligible. Only Gerrard can hold his head up but i still feel that the guy is hard to accommodate in what they've got available. Basically the club don't scare anyone nor do they excite people any longer. They used to carry a threat from everywhere, even from full-back and centre-back. But now they give the impression of being a punctured ego in search of hiding place. Not helping are all the ex-stars in the background constantly bemoaning the fact that this is wrong, that is wrong and the team are a bad Cavern Club supporting band when compared to the geat sides of Shankly, Paisley etc. But one thing's for sure. Dalglish will have had plenty of time to see what's wrong and to have worked out what to do. And plenty of advice from his ex-Anfield golfing pals. If nothing else it'll be a fascinating chapter - with a potenially dramatic first page to be written tomorrow. But Dalglish - much as I admired him as a wonderful footballer, walked into good situations as a manager. This one ain't good - it's a managerial nightmare. .
DJ Barry Hammond Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 Another nail in the coffin of English managers Two of the talked of contenders of suceeding Capello immediately after the World Cup are now out of jobs (Hodgson and Allardyce). O'neill I guess was another one - but I'd love him to be given the pool job, I think he could make something out of the club.
broughtonblue Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 Think kenny will stabilise them this season, then they will bring o'neil in next season. My kids (17 & 16) can't understand how good Liverpool used to be, considering they havent seen them win a title. Liverpool used to have at least 10 men in every England squad. Just goes to show how far they have fallen, about time their fans stopped living in the past and faced reality!
Guest ttfn Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 What?! What do you mean what? Roy Hodgson won manager of the year last year and has a good recent track record of managing mid-table sides. Kenny Dalglish has not managed a Premier League game for 13 years. Liverpool won't finish higher than 14th. This is like Shearer at Newcastle all over again.
FoxyPV Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 Daglish's last two jobs have ended in him getting sacked - manager of Newcastle and Director of Football at Celtic (where he appointed John Barnes - enough said). The hopes and aspirations that the fans have of him are completely unrealistic. I really hope he falls on his face just because Liverpool fans irritate me so much.
lildave3 Posted 8 January 2011 Posted 8 January 2011 What do you mean what? Roy Hodgson won manager of the year last year and has a good recent track record of managing mid-table sides. Kenny Dalglish has not managed a Premier League game for 13 years. Liverpool won't finish higher than 14th. This is like Shearer at Newcastle all over again. Fair enough, I missed the word relevant from your post. But still, the guys won no end of trophies with different clubs and has been a success at most places I believe. It may have been a long time ago but I doubt you just forget how to manage. That said, I wish Hodgson had stayed longer.
Finnegan Posted 9 January 2011 Posted 9 January 2011 Hmmm, his success as a manager is highly questionable to be fair, Ben. Or at least, it is in the context of the modern game. What he did at Liverpool was fantastic but you're talking an eternity ago, the game is almost unrecognisable now. And as for Blackburn, they were the Chelsea / Man City of their day - he had enormous amount of money thrown at him and shattered transfer records to bring in the likes of Shearer and Sutton.
Head Honcho Posted 9 January 2011 Posted 9 January 2011 What next if Kenny fails? Bring back Kevin Keegan
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