Kenny Dalglish moves towards permanent manager's role at Liverpool
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No five year plan, no convoluted tactics, no need to worry about having a perfect set of players, no chips on any shoulders in sight, nobody bigger than the club, all in it together....
Just takes the right attitude and gets the lads at his disposal playing proper football.
There are not words to describe it.
Just takes the right attitude and gets the lads at his disposal playing proper football.
There are not words to describe it.
I'm really beginning to understand what people mean by this infectious aura of confidence Kenny has. After tonight's game I'm feeling it myself, like he we can do anything with him at the helm! I wonder how much better it was to see it on the pitch.
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That picture is soo ace. You can really see the positivity and happiness amongst the players and staff these days. Day and night if you compare it to only one month ago.
It feels so good with Kenny in charge, and I can't help but feel that this, even though it is still early days, is the beginning of a new era.
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That picture is soo ace. You can really see the positivity and happiness amongst the players and staff these days. Day and night if you compare it to only one month ago.
It feels so good with Kenny in charge, and I can't help but feel that this, even though it is still early days, is the beginning of a new era.
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There is no 'I' in the word 'TEAM'. Or in this case...there is no 'Torres' in the word 'TEAM'.
Brilliant pic.
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There is no 'I' in the word 'TEAM'. Or in this case...there is no 'Torres' in the word 'TEAM'.
Brilliant pic.
Alright, who wants a big boy hug?
"They love someone who respects the shirt and respects the football club" (wry smile)
-Dalglish on Suarez
I love his subtle way of dealing with the press.
-Dalglish on Suarez
I love his subtle way of dealing with the press.
Theres no 'i; in 'team', but theres a 'U' in 'cunt' . 😉
Kenny has been a breath of fresh air hasn’t he? Sure feel a lot happier with him in charge. Every bone in my body hopes he stays on. Stability over the next few seasons with the King will put us on the right path to the top it just seems right.
We might not get there, but Kenny will have us constantly improving heading towards a brighter future. The foundations will be laid, as it were.
Id like to see Carra get onto the coaching staff in the summer, try and bring back a bit of that bootroom continuation.
Kenny has been a breath of fresh air hasn’t he? Sure feel a lot happier with him in charge. Every bone in my body hopes he stays on. Stability over the next few seasons with the King will put us on the right path to the top it just seems right.
We might not get there, but Kenny will have us constantly improving heading towards a brighter future. The foundations will be laid, as it were.
Id like to see Carra get onto the coaching staff in the summer, try and bring back a bit of that bootroom continuation.
Are you calling me a cunt ?
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Are you calling me a cunt ?
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no.
Are you calling me a cunt ?
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no.
I think it's helped that the King was appointed as caretaker in the first instance. It's taken a fair bit of the pressure off him and enabled him to convey that on to the players. They and all of us may then be able to look forward to another boost in the summer if things go well enough for him to be given the job on a permanent basis.
It's all good.
It's all good.
I've been thinking of the mysterious alchemy involved in finding the right manager.
Rafa had many of the attributes, tactical nous, a keen eye for the strengths and weaknesses of his players, a passion for the club that the fans largely recognised, and thus he earned the adoration of many kopites, perhaps more than he really deserved in the end. That belief in the manager is crucial to this club, and the bond of loyalty and respect for the manager was ultimately severed during Hodgson's hapless tenure. Starting his appointment by repeatedly casting aspersions on the job done by his predecessor wasn't only tactless, it showed a complete lack of political nous, something that would be a feature of numerous blundering engagements with the media. He wanted the club to shrink to the limits of his ability and ambition. Liverpool were a faded force in his eyes, and it was about time we all dealt with it.
Kenny's appointment has been right because he believes in the greatness of this club, and won't place a limit on its aspiration. His legendary status has blown away a cancer that has been living in our club for years. No not El Cunto, but the divisive intrigue that developed under Rafa and divided not only the manager from other club administrators, but ultimately, the dressing room too, is gone. Kenny has the respect of everyone at the club. He has clearly worked well with Comolli too, and it seems, has a serious input into the players targeted by the director of football. A relationship that could have been torturous under others, has blossomed under Kenny.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
Rafa had many of the attributes, tactical nous, a keen eye for the strengths and weaknesses of his players, a passion for the club that the fans largely recognised, and thus he earned the adoration of many kopites, perhaps more than he really deserved in the end. That belief in the manager is crucial to this club, and the bond of loyalty and respect for the manager was ultimately severed during Hodgson's hapless tenure. Starting his appointment by repeatedly casting aspersions on the job done by his predecessor wasn't only tactless, it showed a complete lack of political nous, something that would be a feature of numerous blundering engagements with the media. He wanted the club to shrink to the limits of his ability and ambition. Liverpool were a faded force in his eyes, and it was about time we all dealt with it.
Kenny's appointment has been right because he believes in the greatness of this club, and won't place a limit on its aspiration. His legendary status has blown away a cancer that has been living in our club for years. No not El Cunto, but the divisive intrigue that developed under Rafa and divided not only the manager from other club administrators, but ultimately, the dressing room too, is gone. Kenny has the respect of everyone at the club. He has clearly worked well with Comolli too, and it seems, has a serious input into the players targeted by the director of football. A relationship that could have been torturous under others, has blossomed under Kenny.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
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I've been thinking of the mysterious alchemy involved in finding the right manager.
Rafa had many of the attributes, tactical nous, a keen eye for the strengths and weaknesses of his players, a passion for the club that the fans largely recognised, and thus he earned the adoration of many kopites, perhaps more than he really deserved in the end. That belief in the manager is crucial to this club, and the bond of loyalty and respect for the manager was ultimately severed during Hodgson's hapless tenure. Starting his appointment by repeatedly casting aspersions on the job done by his predecessor wasn't only tactless, it showed a complete lack of political nous, something that would be a feature of numerous blundering engagements with the media. He wanted the club to shrink to the limits of his ability and ambition. Liverpool were a faded force in his eyes, and it was about time we all dealt with it.
Kenny's appointment has been right because he believes in the greatness of this club, and won't place a limit on its aspiration. His legendary status has blown away a cancer that has been living in our club for years. No not El Cunto, but the divisive intrigue that developed under Rafa and divided not only the manager from other club administrators, but ultimately, the dressing room too, is gone. Kenny has the respect of everyone at the club. He has clearly worked well with Comolli too, and it seems, has a serious input into the players targeted by the director of football. A relationship that could have been torturous under others, has blossomed under Kenny.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
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Nice post Doc_mac. Agree with all of that. ..
A very convincing argument to have Kenny lead us for the foreseeable future, but i needed no convincing anyways..
I've been thinking of the mysterious alchemy involved in finding the right manager.
Rafa had many of the attributes, tactical nous, a keen eye for the strengths and weaknesses of his players, a passion for the club that the fans largely recognised, and thus he earned the adoration of many kopites, perhaps more than he really deserved in the end. That belief in the manager is crucial to this club, and the bond of loyalty and respect for the manager was ultimately severed during Hodgson's hapless tenure. Starting his appointment by repeatedly casting aspersions on the job done by his predecessor wasn't only tactless, it showed a complete lack of political nous, something that would be a feature of numerous blundering engagements with the media. He wanted the club to shrink to the limits of his ability and ambition. Liverpool were a faded force in his eyes, and it was about time we all dealt with it.
Kenny's appointment has been right because he believes in the greatness of this club, and won't place a limit on its aspiration. His legendary status has blown away a cancer that has been living in our club for years. No not El Cunto, but the divisive intrigue that developed under Rafa and divided not only the manager from other club administrators, but ultimately, the dressing room too, is gone. Kenny has the respect of everyone at the club. He has clearly worked well with Comolli too, and it seems, has a serious input into the players targeted by the director of football. A relationship that could have been torturous under others, has blossomed under Kenny.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
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Nice post Doc_mac. Agree with all of that. ..
A very convincing argument to have Kenny lead us for the foreseeable future, but i needed no convincing anyways..
Great post, doc. Personally I'd still prefer to see where things stand at the end of the season, but I would agree that the balance is swinging in favour of appointing the King long-term.
Excellent post Doctor Mac, and agreed.
I've mentioned often in the past my belief that the character of a manager impacts greatly on the way a team performs on the pitch.
Look at the notable managers of the recent past: Wenger is a football philosopher, a believer in the beauty of the game, and his team plays accordingly. Ferguson is a belligerent bully whose teams batter the opposition into submission with pace and power and unrelenting aggression. Benitez was dour, obsessed with control, and that is how we played. Hodgson? Dithering and indecisive, producer of a weak-willed 'team'.
What do we know of Kenny's character? He is a fighter, fiercely intelligent yet humble. A believer in class, the importance of attack and unity. The team above the individual.
Quite simply if Dalglish is given the financial backing to bring in top-level players, we know that these are the attributes he will stamp on them.
The league is highly competitive, perhaps more so than during the King's first reign, and so there are no guarantees. Twenty years of frustrastion, of false dawns, incomplete jigsaws and corners unturned should have taught us that we have no divine right to win.
But Kenny will have us up there fighting, of that I have no doubt, and that, after years of relative failure (admittedly with some high points), is more than enough for me.
I've mentioned often in the past my belief that the character of a manager impacts greatly on the way a team performs on the pitch.
Look at the notable managers of the recent past: Wenger is a football philosopher, a believer in the beauty of the game, and his team plays accordingly. Ferguson is a belligerent bully whose teams batter the opposition into submission with pace and power and unrelenting aggression. Benitez was dour, obsessed with control, and that is how we played. Hodgson? Dithering and indecisive, producer of a weak-willed 'team'.
What do we know of Kenny's character? He is a fighter, fiercely intelligent yet humble. A believer in class, the importance of attack and unity. The team above the individual.
Quite simply if Dalglish is given the financial backing to bring in top-level players, we know that these are the attributes he will stamp on them.
The league is highly competitive, perhaps more so than during the King's first reign, and so there are no guarantees. Twenty years of frustrastion, of false dawns, incomplete jigsaws and corners unturned should have taught us that we have no divine right to win.
But Kenny will have us up there fighting, of that I have no doubt, and that, after years of relative failure (admittedly with some high points), is more than enough for me.
Good post, Doc.
The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo). That is why I think it'll be easier for him to admit and learn from his mistakes and to work with the likes of Comolli and Clark and to ask for help/opinion when needed.
I know it's a bit corny and naive but I myself now think I know how it must have felt to serve under great leaders of the past like Hannibal or Alexander. No matter what happens on the way I'd follow him anywhere. Give him the job permanently, please.
The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo). That is why I think it'll be easier for him to admit and learn from his mistakes and to work with the likes of Comolli and Clark and to ask for help/opinion when needed.
I know it's a bit corny and naive but I myself now think I know how it must have felt to serve under great leaders of the past like Hannibal or Alexander. No matter what happens on the way I'd follow him anywhere. Give him the job permanently, please.
That picture is fucking ace btw.
Im like a fucking kid supporting liverpool again.
I was (as i know many of you were) lucky enough to grow up with Kenny the player and then player/manager and then manager and nobody NOBODY embodies what Shankly wanted from a representative of Liverpool football club than Kenny.
The mistakes that were made regarding handling shanklys leaving would never be repeated by Kenny. He is quite simply the ONLY name that comes close to being as big as the club, and the mark of the man is that he would never EVER believe that.
Theres going to be ups and downs as we work back towards the top, and for sure its going to take time, but whos NOT going to enjoy the rebuild now.
I feel sorry for Roy, he wanted to do well but wasnt good enough and that went sour very quickly, and those same players who are working their bollocks off for the King should ask themselves if they have done enough this season so far. But lets face it he was the wrong choice.
I dont know yet if we have the right choice, but fuck me it feels right.
LONG LIVE THE KING.
Im like a fucking kid supporting liverpool again.
I was (as i know many of you were) lucky enough to grow up with Kenny the player and then player/manager and then manager and nobody NOBODY embodies what Shankly wanted from a representative of Liverpool football club than Kenny.
The mistakes that were made regarding handling shanklys leaving would never be repeated by Kenny. He is quite simply the ONLY name that comes close to being as big as the club, and the mark of the man is that he would never EVER believe that.
Theres going to be ups and downs as we work back towards the top, and for sure its going to take time, but whos NOT going to enjoy the rebuild now.
I feel sorry for Roy, he wanted to do well but wasnt good enough and that went sour very quickly, and those same players who are working their bollocks off for the King should ask themselves if they have done enough this season so far. But lets face it he was the wrong choice.
I dont know yet if we have the right choice, but fuck me it feels right.
LONG LIVE THE KING.
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The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo).
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Well I'd say Kenny did pretty damn well at Blackburn
The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo).
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Well I'd say Kenny did pretty damn well at Blackburn
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The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo).
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Well I'd say Kenny did pretty damn well at Blackburn
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He did and I'm sure Pep would be a good manager whenever he went. BUT I'm also sure they give that little bit extra for their beloved clubs and that's what makes it a special affair.
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The best thing about Kenny is we can be 100% sure he does his best for this club. He'll do everything he can to improve us and none of it is to boost his own ego or to further his career(a bit like Pep at Barca, they wouldn't work nearly as well in any other club than their own imo).
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Well I'd say Kenny did pretty damn well at Blackburn
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He did and I'm sure Pep would be a good manager whenever he went. BUT I'm also sure they give that little bit extra for their beloved clubs and that's what makes it a special affair.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
[/quote]As per usual great post Doc.
I am no fan of Charlie Nicholas but last night on SSN he finished his summary of our game with the sentence..."make no mistake, Liverpool are back"
I like to think that this is right on so many levels.
[/quote]As per usual great post Doc.
I am no fan of Charlie Nicholas but last night on SSN he finished his summary of our game with the sentence..."make no mistake, Liverpool are back"
I like to think that this is right on so many levels.
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Nice read, Doc.
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All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
[/quote]As per usual great post Doc.
I am no fan of Charlie Nicholas but last night on SSN he finished his summary of our game with the sentence..."make no mistake, Liverpool are back"
I like to think that this is right on so many levels.
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Nicholas is a bit of an oddball where LFC is concerned. In his playing days he turned down the chance to come to us in favour of the Arse and had cause to regret that decision in the years that followed, which may have something to do with the sourness he sometimes shows towards us. At the same time, there have been moments when the rest of the baying pack on SSN, led by that grinning ape Stelling, have been indulging in a bit of Thommo-baiting and it's actually been Nicholas who's stuck up for him and LFC. I'm not a big fan of his myself, but he's not all bad.
All in all there has been a strange calmness that has come with Kenny. He has come in with the club facing the disastrous prospect of relegation, a disenchanted Anfield crowd staying away from games for the first time in many years, and the heartbreaking and shocking transfer request of the club's biggest star. All has been handled calmly, without fuss or gossip, in, dare I say it, the Liverpool Way. A club seemingly in tatters is finally pulling together, the triumvirate of supporters, manager and board are united, for the first time in a long time. The football has got better, as it had to have done, the embers of confidence are growing in our players, that is clear as day, and with key new signings things look set to improve. I think he's not just our man for now, but for the foreseeable future.
[/quote]As per usual great post Doc.
I am no fan of Charlie Nicholas but last night on SSN he finished his summary of our game with the sentence..."make no mistake, Liverpool are back"
I like to think that this is right on so many levels.
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Nicholas is a bit of an oddball where LFC is concerned. In his playing days he turned down the chance to come to us in favour of the Arse and had cause to regret that decision in the years that followed, which may have something to do with the sourness he sometimes shows towards us. At the same time, there have been moments when the rest of the baying pack on SSN, led by that grinning ape Stelling, have been indulging in a bit of Thommo-baiting and it's actually been Nicholas who's stuck up for him and LFC. I'm not a big fan of his myself, but he's not all bad.
I keep on getting this excited thought that I have to try and suppress in case I get overwhelmed by its wonderfulness, but what if, just say what if . . .
[size=3pt]It's Kenny who wins us the league?[/size]
[size=3pt]It's Kenny who wins us the league?[/size]
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I keep on getting this excited thought that I have to try and suppress in case I get overwhelmed by its wonderfulness, but what if, just say what if . . .
[size=3pt]It's Kenny who wins us the league?[/size]
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I think there's no doubt. Not when Jarjar Binks gets fit and we get a decent midfielder in the summer.
I'd give Kenny the job now. I mean there's no need to coz he isn't going anywhere and the transfer window is shut anyways but anyone else is going to be a comedown and a risk after the sea change in the past few weeks.
I keep on getting this excited thought that I have to try and suppress in case I get overwhelmed by its wonderfulness, but what if, just say what if . . .
[size=3pt]It's Kenny who wins us the league?[/size]
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I think there's no doubt. Not when Jarjar Binks gets fit and we get a decent midfielder in the summer.
I'd give Kenny the job now. I mean there's no need to coz he isn't going anywhere and the transfer window is shut anyways but anyone else is going to be a comedown and a risk after the sea change in the past few weeks.
Had to click on "Quote" to see what you'd written at the bottom there, single!
In answer to your question, I suspect the reaction will be measurable on the Richter Scale. 8)
In answer to your question, I suspect the reaction will be measurable on the Richter Scale. 8)
I actually nearly got run over by kenny once when I was a kid. true story. still love him though ;D
Enjoy the distinction. He didn't miss often. 😉
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