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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Dalglish: We deserved to beat City

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish feels his side were unlucky not to win their Anfield clash with Manchester City after Sunday’s match ended 1-1.

Liverpool fell behind to Vincent Kompany’s header in the 31st minute but levelled two minutes later when Joleon Lescott scored an own goal as he tried to block a Charlie Adam shot.

City striker Mario Balotelli was sent off for a second bookable offence with seven minutes to play in the English Premier League match – just 18 minutes after coming on as a substitute.

The Reds applied late pressure but could not find a way past Joe Hart, who produced a stunning diving save in added time to keep out Andy Carroll’s powerful header, and Dalglish felt his side deserved more for their efforts.

“The performance was fantastic but I don’t think the players got what they fully deserved,” Dalglish said.

“I think we deserved the three points and quite easily could have won it, but we never managed to.”

“We got a fortunate goal but I think that is when our luck ran out. We have played against three or four goalkeepers who have played like that against us this season. Hopefully one day that will change.”

“Manchester City started better than us but once we got into it, I think we were the better team.”

“I don’t think we could have asked for much more from the players. They were fantastic in the way they went about their job.”

“I think the attitude and commitment has been superb almost since the day I came in. That is no surprise, but we also need to remember this is a team in its infancy a little bit as well, so they are doing well.”

City boss Roberto Mancini reacted angrily when Balotelli was dismissed for a rash challenge on Martin Skrtel, but Dalglish said the Italian only had himself to blame.

“I think Balotelli got himself sent off,” he said.

“Sometimes if you look in the mirror, you get the answer.”

“He doesn’t help himself. If you help yourself, you don’t get in that situation in the first place.”

Mancini, meanwhile, put the blame for Balotelli’s dismissal squarely with the Liverpool players, who he claimed influenced referee Martin Atkinson to reach into his pocket.

“It was not the correct decision,” Mancini said.

“Mario moved his arm but I got the impression the referee thought it was a free-kick but not a card.”

“After all the Liverpool players went to him complaining, he gave a second yellow card.”

“Mario should pay attention because he knows many players will provoke him. I’m disappointed with him about the first yellow card but not the second.”

“I don’t think the decision was correct. I have seen it again and still think so – it isn’t a second yellow card for me.”

Mancini was asked to respond to claims Balotelli had damaged a door in the visitors’ changing room at Anfield after being sent off.

“Mario was disappointed about the red card. If he damaged the door, he will pay, like he did with his house,” he said.

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Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Kenny Dalglish Is Just Like Pep Guardiola Claims Liverpool Star

Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina has likened his manager Kenny Dalglish to Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola.

Dalglish has transformed the fortunes of the Merseyside club since taking over from Roy Hodgson in January.

The Reds got off to their worst ever start in Premier league history under the former Fulham boss but Dalglish has since masterminded victories over Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea.

Liverpool are still in with an outside chance of qualifying for the Europa League and Reina is keen to sing the praises of his Scottish boss.

“Guardiola is a bit younger than him, of course,” Reina said. “But they have very similar backgrounds – icons as players and great managers as well.

“It is important that Kenny knows the club. He’s a legend in Liverpool – and I mean a legend because sometimes that word is used too much for other people.

“Kenny knows exactly what the people here think and what the supporters want to see.

“Because he was a great player himself, he understands the point of view of a player and that means he knows how to set standards.

“He makes everything much easier for us. We have improved since Kenny became manager. We have beaten the big teams. But it is important as players to repeat that in every game.”

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Sunday, 17 April 2011

Kenny Dalglish Tells Arsene Wenger to Piss Off (Video)

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Heat of the moment stuff and probably quite understandable given the crazy nature of the last three minutes of today’s encounter. Arsene Wenger felt that his side were hard done by as they conceded a penalty in the 98th minute of the match, a penalty that was seemingly warranted and as a result Kenny Dalglish appeared to not take the Arsenal manager’s anger too well, telling the Frenchman to ‘piss off’.

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Liverpool Plot Moves to Sign £48m Quartet: Dalglish Plans for the Future

Liverpool will turn to France’s next major star Mamadou Sakho if their campaign to land Gary Cahill ends in failure.

Anfield boss Kenny Dalglish has earmarked the Bolton and England centre half as a major priority when he is given funds in the summer.

But the Reds manager is painfully aware that Wanderers are determined to hold out until the bidding reaches

Monday, 11 April 2011

Liverpool Plan £35m Premier League Trio Raid: Dalglish and Comolli Look to Improve Anfield Squad

Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish will be handed substantial funds by the club’s owners this summer and the Anfield boss plans to make moves for three Premier League targets. Newcastle United full back Jose Enrique, Tottenham playmaker Niko Kranjcar and Bolton centre back Gary Cahill are all on the Merseyside club’s wish-list.

Liverpool are looking for a left back to fill what has become something of a problem position and Dalglish hopes to lure Spaniard Jose Enrique to the club but may have to battle AC Milan for the 25 year old who has decided to keep talk of a new Magpies deal until the end of the season, leaving many to conclude the former Villarreal man may be ready to leave the St James’ Park club.

With two of his centre back contingent, Sotirios Kyrgiakos and Jamie Carragher, over 30 years of age and with Daniel Agger having injury concerns, Liverpool are looking to bring England international Gary Cahill to beef up the club’s defensive options. The consistent Trotters defender is also wanted by both Tottenham and Arsenal and Owen Coyle has reportedly placed a slightly inflated

Friday, 1 April 2011

Roy Hodgson: Liverpool Fans Wanted Kenny Dalglish So I Stood No Chance

West Bromwich Albion manager Roy Hodgson says he would never have been a success at Liverpool because the fans wanted Kenny Dalglish in charge.

The two teams will face each other on Saturday, which is the first time the former Fulham boss has his faced the Reds since leaving.

The 63-year-old was sacked as Liverpool manager in January after only six months in charge amid a poor run of form.

Hodgson was in charge for 31 games, winning 13 but losing nine and orchestrated the Reds worst start in Premier League history.

The club’s new owners immediately appointed Kop idol Dalglish and the fortunes were soon turned around.

“The people who employed me didn’t stay too long,” Hodgson said.

“I think for the new owners they obviously found themselves in a difficult situation because we weren’t winning enough games.

“The fans were making it clear they wanted me gone and someone else in. Everyone knows for one minute I can’t suggest I felt wanted at Liverpool.

“It is not exactly a secret I wasn’t perceived by a lot of people as the manager they wanted at Liverpool.

“They wanted somebody else and that makes life a lot more difficult.

“It was my misfortune to be at a club where the fans made it pretty clear early on they really wanted the manager they have got now.”

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Wednesday, 23 March 2011

Damien Comolli Talks Suarez, Carroll, and Dalglish

By: Noel | March 23rd, 2011
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There’s a long and interesting interview with Damien Comolli over on LFCtv today to mark his official ascension to Director of Football. So, now that Liverpool officially has a Director of Football–a rare breed in the English game–what exactly is his outlook on life, the universe, and everything? And more importantly, what’s his view on some of the football related matters therein?

Well, right off the top he says a lot of nice things about Kenny Dalglish, but that’s the sort of stuff one rather expects and as such it doesn’t give any great insight–all previous appearances are that they can work together and that this doesn’t change Dalglish’s long-term job prospects, and there’s nothing said to suggest otherwise. More interesting is when he starts to talk about players and transfers, starting with Luis Suarez:

Firstly, we never thought he would be available because the amount of money Ajax wanted for him after the World Cup was absolutely phenomenal and a lot higher than what we’ve paid.

The groundwork and intelligence coming out from the scouting team was very good. Everything you look at with Luis – his character, his attitude, his commitment–on top of all the football skills–made us feel he was the right person and the right individual. He had opportunities to join other clubs, including in the Premier League, during the window, but as soon as we started talking to him he was very committed and was saying “I only want to play for Liverpool, I only want to come to Liverpool.” The more the player gives you this feedback then the more you are inclined to do the maximum to get him. It’s an extra motivation. He was saying “please come and get me, I want to play for Liverpool.” The more he was saying that the more motivated we were to get him. Since he arrived he has shown his talent and everything else from the personality point of view.

Now if that isn’t a whole bundle of awesome to break down, I don’t know what is. For all the confusion at the time over whether Ajax was demanding £30M or Liverpool wasn’t willing to go above £14M, whether one fee was robbery and the other insulting and all the rest, that Ajax had originally hoped to manage a much greater windfall from his sale after the World Cup goes some way to explaining why he was still there in January. Then again, if his performances for Liverpool to date are anything to go by, tacking another £10M on top of what Liverpool did pay in the end might not have been the most unreasonable expectation for Suarez’ former club.

It’s heartening to hear, too, that he really did want to come to Liverpool above all others, which does match with the rumours and rumblings throughout January that it was his dream destination in England. Of course, Liverpool can’t expect to live off a history of continental success and attractive football that has long made it a desirable destination for foreign born players and staff forever, and even with the boost given to it by Rafa Benitez’ European success throughout the past decade that luster isn’t what it might have once been. Still, for some–for Suarez, obviously, while in the past there have been similar rumours of affection amongst the likes of Sergio Aguero and Arda Turan–there still seems to be an obvious draw, and that appeal is part of what Liverpool needs to get back on top to preserve. It’s still early days, certainly, but Suarez definitely looks the sort to help make that happen, thereby helping to ensure that the next Luis Suarez wants to play in Liverpool Red.

As for Comolli’s take on Liverpool’s second major January signing, he had this to say about Andy Carroll’s arrival:

[I was] very, very pleased for two reasons. First, because we were getting a top player. He’s young, English, with all the attributes you want from a modern centre-forward in the way we want to play. Secondly, because getting two players triggered the fact that we could sell one player who didn’t want to be here and get two who did want to be here. That was really a relief for those reasons.

I think they showed on Sunday that they will click together very quickly. They didn’t have too much time to train yet because with our schedule we’ve been in Europe and Luis hasn’t been eligible for Europe. He could only play in the league. So training has been difficult for Kenny to set up with his staff. It was difficult to get them together but I think on Sunday they showed at Sunderland in their first game – at a place where it’s never easy to get the three points. If you hear what the other players are saying, they are very positive because they see what is happening at training and see that Andy is very difficult to handle for defenders and that Luis is so clever. You could see in several situations on Sunday that they were really looking for each other on the pitch and starting to click.

I think most of us were quite relieved–and quite frankly surprised–when Torres’ sudden departure demands days before the end of the window somehow ended with the arrival of a second major signing to replace him with, and the speed with which Comolli and all involved managed to react to the situation was impressive to say the least. Some might say that Andy Carroll’s fee was almost double what it perhaps should have been, but that Liverpool managed to finalise the Suarez deal and both begin and end the Carroll deal under that kind of pressure, rather than resorting to paying twice the going rate for the likes of Carlton Cole as a panic buy, made most everybody watching feel a whole lot better when the window closed on Monday than when Torres handed in his request the Friday before.

It’s also a quite interesting behind the scenes tidbit–at least from where I’m sitting–about training practices and that despite both being with the club for a little more than a month when they first played together, Suarez’ Europa League ineligibility appears to have been a major limiting factor in the time they’ve trained together.

As for January windows and summer windows and what to expect moving forward:

When we prepare for the next season it’s difficult to say we work to the January transfer window. We work from summer to summer. When the window shuts in September we are preparing for the next summer window, not the one in January because, as people say, usually not much goes on in January. We proved that wrong. As soon as it shuts on 31 January we are thinking about the summer and what we are going to do. We talk about different targets, about players we thought about in January but couldn’t do and keep the scouting team working… So I expect a busy summer.

Well then, time to queue up the the rumour mill.

There’s also some good stuff about the academy and the importance of being in Europe, so go give the whole thing a read and/or watch if you’ve got the time. Then maybe come back and tell me why I’m an idiot for skipping the best parts. In any case, we haven’t heard a whole lot from Comolli before now, and it’s good to finally get a bit of insight into his views on players and managers and transfer windows and all the rest. Rather than simply knowing him as the man who brought the greatest player in the history of the multiverse since Ryan Giggs (that’d be Gareth Bale to the rest of us) to White Heart Lane.

Some Related Liverpool Posts:Damien Comolli Joins Liverpool and Previewing NapoliRaul’s Kicks, Suarez’ Tricks, and Other Monday NotesSuarez Says Goodbye, Torres Says Hello, and Other Monday NotesHappy Birthday Kenny Dalglish, Redeveloping Anfield, and Other Friday NotesVideo: Andy Carroll v. Sporting Braga

Category: Miscellaneous, Premier League, Team News

Tags: Andy Carroll, Arda Turan, Damien Comolli, Gareth Bale, January transfer window, Kenny Dalglish, Liverpool youth academy, Luis Suarez, Miscellaneous, Premier League, Ryan Giggs, Sergio Aguero, Team News, This is Not News about Fernando Torres
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Tuesday, 22 March 2011

Of Dalglish and Elephants

By: Noel | March 22nd, 2011
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Over the last few weeks, it seems as though every pundit has gone out of his way to use Kenny Dalglish to ferment a story full of conflict and uncertainty where none need exist. Every match, at some point, the announcer will ask why John Henry and FSG haven’t signed him up permanently yet, before wondering if it’s a sign of how these new Americans just don’t get football, either. For weeks on end, every paper has milked the issue, wondering what on earth Dalglish has to do to impress John Henry, who must be an exceptionally callous man indeed to be unmoved by the passionate support from the fans for Dalglish and what he’s done so far on his return. And for the most part, the fans at least nod along, because after all they do quite like Dalglish, and beyond being a legend he actually has done a fantastic job building the club back up after the widely celebrated departure of Roy Hodgson.

Of course, a good chunk of those in positions to shape public opinion who are now demanding Dalglish’s ascension be made permanent were the same people clamouring for Roy Hodgson to get the chance they felt he deserved at a big club, and who then went out of their way to make excuses for him when he quickly showed himself lacking: First it was the players, that it was the former manager, that it was the too high expectations of the fans and the fact that any reasonable person knew he would need years to put what everybody knew would be his successful stamp on the club. Dalglish is of course a popular figure, and there are many with Liverpool leanings who will be genuine when they add their name to the pile of those calling for him to be given a new contract, but at least as many of the growing rabble–and often its loudest members–will fall into the former category. For them, it’s just one more artificially created conflict, as in ever more desperate tones they ask why oh why those clueless owners won’t sign Dalglish for the long term and wonder, probably while having a chuckle over the hornets’ nest they’re stirring, if it’s a sign that these new owners can’t hope to understand what the fans want.

Certainly an approach of trust but verify is preferable to blind trust, but to date the new owners have done everything right in the end, even if at times they’ve been too deliberative and quiet in their return to something resembling the Liverpool Way for the ADHD set. And just as certainly an approach that sees every month greeted with some new life or death dilemma that will need to be passed to prove their fitness (or lack thereof) while tabloid journalists wring their hands over the immanent self-immolation of Liverpool’s betrayed faithful is beyond ridiculous. But the likes of TalkSport and Sky Sports know their audiences, and they like to throw chum and watch them whipped into a frenzy–it’s good for ratings, and there isn’t an ounce of the genuine behind their transparently constructed narratives.

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The long and the short of it is that Dalglish isn’t going anywhere unless he himself decides he doesn’t want to get back into management long term, and though his actions have suggested otherwise one can never completely rule out that exceedingly thin but plausible possibility. Whether the owners actually put pen and paper in front of him today or after the final match of the season, he’ll be there to sign, and outside of a constructed conflict created by certain sections of the media to capture eyeballs, there really is no compelling reason to get it done right this very second.

Or at least there wasn’t until now. With a vocal segment of the fanbase riled up and wondering why this latest crisis that wasn’t isn’t being solved right quick–and with news being leaked daily to the Henry Winters of the world so that they can keep up with developments, thanks very much–there may actually now be a compelling reason to sign him up as soon as possible: to put out a fire that wouldn’t have existed without a handful of self-congratulatory arsonists running around to start it in the first place. In January these same people beat the drums and drove the story of owners who didn’t understand football and so wouldn’t spend the money needed in the transfer market, despite the fact that clubs rarely spend a lot of money in the January window, and by the final week of it every Liverpool-related site was filled with people wringing their hands and tearing their hair out over the possibility that the club was doomed and that the new owners were complete and utter failures. In the same way, without fail, on the eve of every match against United some massive and controversial story breaks, driving the over-excitable to shout the end is nigh.

Really, though, if one steps back there are no genuinely compelling reasons to sign Dalglish up to an extended contract yesterday. It isn’t as though he’s likely to be poached by Real Madrid. And certainly he got the support to go after targets in the transfer market, which shows a great deal of support from the owners through their actions. Meanwhile, any time John Henry has spoken about him it has been in nearly as glowing terms as when the fans do.

There’s obviously a need to get his contract sorted at some point, but with the players playing well and the fans’ passions rejuvenated and the club looking to bring in quality players again it was hardly the most pressing priority in the world over the past few months. At the very least there was nothing to suggest that it need be yet another story kindled and stoked to the point where if the owners don’t get it done within some arbitrary timeframe, to some they will have once again shown themselves to be utter failures who just don’t get it. Though perhaps that a story that could be twisted into the latest crisis of confidence existed at all meant it needed to be dealt with immediately. Maybe if there’s one thing the new owners don’t quite understand, at least from first-hand experience, it’s the rabid nature of some sections of the football following media that at times behaves in a manner more befitting Hollywood celebrity tabloid coverage than sports journalism.

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For most everybody else, though, there’s the assumption that in the end Dalglish will sign an extended contract. He wants it, the fans and supporters want it, and the owners have given every signal that they support him. It hasn’t been the most pressing priority, but as it wouldn’t seem to make a real difference if it happened next week or next month there’s really no reason why it should have been. One can even quite easily imagine that a contract extension for Dalglish would be something the club would want to keep in its proverbial back pocket. After all, there’s a value in keeping an event that would boost the spirits of fans and potentially, directly or indirectly, the players in reserve until a time when those fans and players do need a little boost. With that existing potential to raise spirits simply by announcing the contract has been extended, it would even seem downright foolish to rush to get the contract done just for the sake of getting it done, wasting such positivity at a time when it might not be particularly needed.

That’s why rumours that a contract extension was immanent in the break between Europa League matches against Braga seemed plausible: the club had a deficit and needed to win the second leg by two clear goals to advance and keep European dreams alive, and doing something that might double the passions of supporters and give the team a boost going in would have made sense. In the end, the rumours turned out to be just that, but it was the sort of situation when an extension announcement would have made sense. The new owners have certainly shown themselves to be savvy when it comes to public relations, as when they leaked that they were actively searching for a new manager in the wake of the Wolves debacle that ended 2010, even though leaking that they were doing what everybody already assumed they were doing didn’t fundamentally change anything except public perception.

So it seems rather unlikely that a new contract, or an extended contract, will be publicly announced at a completely random time. Unless the cries of various Chicken Littles become so great they simply can’t be ignored, one rather expects any contract will be signed with an eye to giving the most useful boost to the club possible. Either that or it will get done when it becomes clear there’s no real use dragging things out any longer waiting for the perfect moment to spring a bit of good news.

In the meantime, people need to take a step back, take a deep breath, and stop worrying quite so much about a situation that is only likely to have one outcome.

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Tags: FSG, John Henry, Keep Calm And Carry On, Kenny Dalglish, Media Watch, Miscellaneous, Premier League, Rending Of Garments, Violent Mood Swings
Tweet « Video: Liverpool v. Sunderland Extended Highlights | Home | YannNoel, I know your post a while back about the debate on ‘standing’ in the terraces fired up a few irrational punters who couldn’t see that you weren’t advocating it but instead raising a topic to be kicked around. Anyway, interestingly it seems the issue is up for consideration by the UK pollies.

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Should make for some interesting reporting and blogging, especially on Merseyside.Red In AmericaHey I've never posted here before but love this blog. Just wanted to say that as much as I love Kenny Daglish I have just as much for John Henry and FSG. We may not be having the best run right now (slightly improving these past few games) but I can't help but remain cheery and hopeful for the future of LiverpoolNoelGood to have you around, and whether or not you comment any more, hopefully we'll keep posting things that keep you wanting to come back. And while I'm not sure I'd go quite that far on the new owners, they certainly haven't put a foot wrong yet and probably deserve to at least get the benefit of the doubt.NebI have to say, I think not giving the king a permanent contract just yet in my opinion is the best thing to do. The players need some extra motivation to push for 5th and possibly 4th and knowing that their actions on the field have a real meaning on the appointment of dalglish, should be the kick up the backside they all need to ensure performances like that witnessed at west ham don't happen again. It is obvious the players love the king, and making them think he is still not safe as their manager for next season should be all the motivation they need.ChrisLFCIf the reality of fighting for a 4 or 5 spot in league isn't incentive enough for these guys, then something's wrong.5yearplanNice article again Noel, perfectly articulating what many of us have been thinking and IMO not too verbose at all, but all a matter of taste.
The problem with the modern world is everything seems to have to be dragged down to the level of soap opera and as we all know if there is no story, then one must be made up.

The lowest common denominator and the bottom line are the driving forces behind journalism today and it is thanks to God(or whoever your chosen diety,be it Allah, shiva, yeeyaw or Robbie Fowler) and the internet that we have people like yourself to cater to actual football fans.

Must away to my room before they release the dogs but keep up the good workNoelTa. And regardless of anything else, it's handy to be able to fall back on Fowler as one's deity of choice every now and then.steven.quality post Noel...
i find the media blackout heartening .. a return to the way we should be doing business is exactly what we needed after the all too public Hicks / Gillette debacle ..
it's a shame the media hacks needs to start fires just to have something to say....CSDyes it's like waking up to a little present under the Christmas tree you did not even know was theregeorgethey are definitely going to offer him a contract and not for 2 yrs ,my guess is minimum of 4yrs and if im feeling optimistic,for as long as kenny wants it.thers no person in the whole world that can manage our club better than the king.the reason being, in the kings life ,the club is his passion just like shankly,paisley,fagan ,evans and the rest of the legends from the past and present,thats the main reasons why the club has been so successful,they want to represent the club for what it is ,not for financial gain unlike foriegn players that come and go with out understanding why they played football in the first place,it wasnt for money,it was for the joy and pride of representing thier clubs,but with time the majority of the so called proffesionals seem to lose sight of why they started in the first place,which is a damn shame.dont get me wrong i still think rafa was and still is a great manager,but even when he was at a high with lfc in 2005,in the back of my mind,id always wanted kenny to come back home to us. and as for the so called journalists and sports pundits,they can take a run and jump for all i care.trust me when i say this ,old whisky nose is really gonna have a headache now that kennys back.RJBGWell said. I wrote very similar this morning: http://bit.ly/gItDds - At long last, I think the club is in very good hands top to bottom now.NoelGood stuff; anybody interested in another take on the matter should wander over for a look.nateThe media fomenting unrest by using Dalglish's status to create narratives? Well I never!

Oh wait...

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But I'm sure there's a valid reason the BBC only recently started referring to him as a "caretaker manager" on its flagship football highlights show.Dj-ChutfieldNew tag, "FA and BBC hate Liverpool"EdRampant idiocy once again threatens our way of life.NoelNow that is an absolutely fantastic find.paulThe difference with KK is he was a great player, won just about everything, did the same as a manager, even took a crappy Blackburn to the title too. He will stand toe to toe with anyone and not take any shit. Even at Rovers, he referred to LFC as "we". As such, the real fans, and not 11 year old IRWT drones, know the man has great dignity, and love for the club. We were there before he left, we're still here now. He is one of us (albeit richer and somewhat more successful). He will get the job. Providing KK gets us regular CL entry (assuming FSG open their purse in the summer), the owners will not look to replace him. Money is the bottom line in this business. It's why Arsenal keep Wenger, despite having had no need for Duraglit for many years. CL / TV money keeps rolling in.Teko ModiseNoel, I enjoy the substance of your posts. You have valuable insights that keep me coming back, and I appreciate and respect the effort you put into this blog.

What I'm about to say is not a dig at you, just some (hopefully) constructive criticism. I find the style of your narrative alienates me as a reader. This might be because I have a short attention span, or because my language ability is weak. But the length and complexity of sentences in your posts does tends to labour points that need not be laboured.

Just my 2p worth. Keep up the good work. Adios.NoelI am aware that at times I tend to err on the side of... let's say long-windedness. And that there's certainly a potential for it to be off-putting. As a result, I do try to change things up and also put up some posts that go out of their way to be a little more quick and to the point.

Still, for certain issues I do find I simply end up with something that's trying to be an article more than a blog post, and to a degree I'm alright with that as it lets me feel as though I'm offering up something that isn't always readily available elsewhere. Whether I'm at all successful at that sort of thing, whether even within such a structure I might be belabouring a point, or any number of other questions as to the general wisdom of such overgrown blog posts is something else entirely.

I'll try to keep in mind that it all may be a little much at times.WillFair play to you Noel, not many take some criticism in a positive manner.
YNWAmattteko modise is a fantastic name choice. i'm bummed he fell out and moved to sundowns. pirates isnt the sameRed2deathAnd your post didn't mention any elephants whatsoever. Only little chickens.

I feel cheated.DalemarolwThe really heartening thing about this is that, one aspect of the new owners as well as KK is that whatever happens with appointments, internal promotions, new signings, etc, will return to being done with dignity, in house and with professionalism.

My big hope is that all of the media sh*t that gets stirred and incredibly at a lot of clubs actually influences top level behaviour will not happen at Anfield any longer. It's something that has in the past set us aside from the rest.Dj-ChutfieldSpot on mate, I say in my best attempt at an English accent. I haven't doubted the owners ONCE since they dumped Roy in favour of The King, despite long lay-off from top flight management. They did exactly what was right for the club and exactly what the fans wanted. Then they went and sold an ingrate who no longer wanted to be here and did their hardest to land the player that The King wanted. It stands to reason that different owners would have told the manager to shove it and stubbornly hold onto what they brand as an unsellable asset, but they kept faith with Kenny's decision and sold him without hesitation. Yesterday I read a quote by Mr. Henry talking about The Liverpool Way. He's in favour of redeveloping Anfield rather than moving the club. He's done everything possible under the sun to prove his commitment to LFC and to prove he has a knack for doing and saying the right things at the right time. The Kenny signing will be left until the summer so we fans can have at least one big lift come summertime.

In closing, SHUT UP and enjoy the progress made under Kenny and Henry. 6 months ago, I would not have believed this much progress possible, yet here we are.SignalflashI absolutley agree. Kenny seems totally absorbed with his team and the games at hand while he gets support from all those around him. He is relaxed in front of the media and in control, and says very positive things about the owners where he could say nothing at all. As you say, while I did think we'd be a lot better off without Roy, I never would have believed the difference would be like night and day. Enjoy the team, leave the rest to those in charge.ZachA toast to King Kenny. You'll Never Walk Alone Mate.blog comments powered by Disqus