[quote author=rurikbird link=topic=43443.msg1244719#msg1244719 date=1294309391]
When the manager is sacked and finding a good replacement might take time, you need somebody who is a professional, knows the squad and knows what he is doing. That's why most teams appoint the assistant manager as the caretaker in such circumstances. Sammy Lee is a decent man and a good assistant manager by all accounts. He might not take us to the next level, but he will surely stop the rot. Kenny is a popular choice, but if you use your head and not your heart in making this decision, it's clear that Sammy has much better chance to be a successful caretaker than Kenny for many reasons:
1. He has much more recent managerial experience
2. He is much more intimately familiar with the squad and the problems plaguing the team
3. He is not a club legend or a divisive figure and would not endanger the owners' long-term vision if he is successful, by making it impossible to replace him
With Kenny, I worry that we will go down the path of Newcastle, hoping in desperation that a popular former player can somehow turn everything around based on nothing more than his name and legendary status. Let's not make any more bold and big mistakes, let's instead trust a professional to quietly guide us to the point where the next manager not have to take over a sinking ship.
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Kenny has won MORE as a Manager than Roy has won away games in the Premiership IN HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
Managerial honours
[size=10pt]Liverpool[/size]
Football League First Division
Winner: 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90
Runner-up: 1986–87, 1988–89
FA Cup
Winner: 1986, 1989
Runner-up: 1988
Football League Cup
Runner-up: 1987
Charity Shield
Winner: 1988, 1989
Shared: 1986, 1990
[size=10pt]Blackburn Rovers[/size]
FA Premier League
Winner(1): 1994–1995
Runner-up(1): 1993–1994
Football League Second Division Play Off
Winner(1): 1991–1992
Charity Shield
Runner-up(2):1993-94, 1994–95
[size=10pt]Newcastle United[/size]
FA Cup
Runner-up(1):1998
[size=10pt]Celtic[/size]
Scottish Premier League
Runner-up: 1999–00
Scottish League Cup
Winner: 2000
HodgePodge:
12 Liverpool 20 6 2 2 17 8 1 2 7 7 19 -3 25 2010-11 won ONE away game
12 Fulham 38 11 3 5 27 15 1 7 11 12 31 -7 46 2009-10 won ONE away game
7 Fulham 38 11 3 5 28 16 3 8 8 11 18 5 53 2008-09 won 3 away games
17 Fulham 38 5 5 9 22 31 3 7 9 16 29 -22 36 joined fulham in december they won 3 away games not sure how many he was in charge of.