King Kenny Is Back
What everyone figured would happen did happen and Roy Hogdson was finally paid off by Liverpool. The last thing I want to say about Hogdson is that he would of been a great manager of those 1970′s Leeds United teams but the game has moved on since then.
I can understand tipping Kenny Dalglish as the manager til the end of the season. He’ll buy time for the Liverpool ownership group to make the right long term choice going forward and with Kenny Dalglish in charge the pressure will finally fall where it belongs, on the players. Many of them who don’t not deserve to be with this club going forward. King Kenny shouldn’t be the long term answer going forward, makes for a great story but the sequel is never as good as the original.
One of Roy Hogdson fatal flaws and the only one I can’t fault him for is the fact he wasn’t able to change the culture inside the Liverpool locker room with the ownership mess. Jose Mourinho goes to Madrid, soon after Raul and Guti move on. I know I’m going to take heat for saying this but Liverpool need to send Gerrard and Jamie Carragher on their way. While I am a huge fan of having home grown local talent in the lineup Gerrard and Carragher have had 10 years to make it right and while it’s not all their fault if Liverpool want to move forward they have to put the past behind them. One of the failings of Liverpool these last 10 years in there is no local homegrown players to replace Gerrard and Carragher, something every club should have. Notwithstanding this Liverpool club should be built around Fernando Torres and Pepe Reina going forward with the likes of Danny Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey and Daniel Pacheco given long looks.
January 10th, 2011 at 12:47 pm
I don’t disagree with the opinion at all, especially on Carragher. Not sure on Gerrard but if the money’s put to good use I see the logic…I think they need to be cogs in the engine but right now they’re half the damned car. That’ll change.
I grew up on Kenny (I’m 37) and I’m convinced that his side in the late 80s played the best football the UK’s ever seen. He’s the one who brought Shelvey and Wilson over and has his finger on the pulse still…people forget he’s younger than Ferguson and (I think) Wenger as well.
I don’t want to get too swept up (very difficult, typical LFC supporter in that my heart overrules my head and I”ll admit it) and want to see how we play over the next month.
I’ve hardly ever seen a player play under Kenny (including Blackburn and Newcastle) who won’t run through a brick wall for the guy. That mentality, more than a tactical nous, is what LFC needs right now. The next 4 games are winnable so we’ll see from there…