Poll Our new man.

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=40465.msg1112632#msg1112632 date=1275582210]
[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40465.msg1112613#msg1112613 date=1275581689]
[quote author=keniget link=topic=40465.msg1112609#msg1112609 date=1275581502]
Kenny would be mad to take it and the fans that want him to take it are mad too.
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If we were talking "permanent appointment" I'd agree. A caretaker appointment, while the club settles down and the ownership's sorted, would be a very different matter and I'd far sooner see that happen than take anybody else currently in the frame.
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Who knows how long it could take for the club to settle down. In the meanwhile, Kenny is tasked with revitalising a fragmented and demoralised squad with limited funds and very little room for error. He's been out of the game forever, things have changed and it would just be a bit of a mad thing to do.

It's a job that suits a mercenary like Hiddink or someone who'll just be happy to get the opportunity.
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Admittedly no-one knows how long it could take, but that's in the nature of caretaker appointments anyway and the very fact that it's Kenny Dalglish would help raise morale all around the club - something which won't be true of any of those other candidates. I suspect your description of the squad is a bit OTT but, even if not, those things would apply whoever comes in.

As others have said earlier, I don't really get this "been out of the game a long time" argument. First of all, it doesn't actually apply to the King, who's been back in harness with us for a while now. Secondly, I don't see that anything about the game has changed so radically that the King's fund of knowledge would be useless, and he'd have plenty of others around him to help bring him up to speed to the extent that it WAS needed.

 

[jan]

[quote author=Le Chacal link=topic=40465.msg1112681#msg1112681 date=1275585139]
Blanc will be the next France manager
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Yeah, unfortunately. I'd be happy with Dechamps though.

 

[RolandG]

King Kenny is the bookies favourite. There's also mention of Hiddink. I certainly don't want MON!

 

[zlatan18]

Apparently Daglish is assisting purslow in finding Rafa's replacement so i guess that takes him out of the running?

 

[Judge Jules]

Depends on whom they decide they want, and how soon he'd be available.

 

[RolandG]

A decent manager with pedigree and a winning mentality is what's needed to lift the gloom. King Kenny while assisting Purslow is not out of the running just yet. If we don't find someone suitable, he may step in as a stop gap.

 

[jexykrodic]

We've gone from having a Manager to no Manager in 12 hours and no replacement lined up. We're looking for someone to manage a club up for sale with no guarantee that new owners will honour any contract. Brilliant!

 

[The Slugmonster]

[quote author=Judge Jules link=topic=40465.msg1112613#msg1112613 date=1275581689]
[quote author=keniget link=topic=40465.msg1112609#msg1112609 date=1275581502]
Kenny would be mad to take it and the fans that want him to take it are mad too.
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If we were talking "permanent appointment" I'd agree. A caretaker appointment, while the club settles down and the ownership's sorted, would be a very different matter and I'd far sooner see that happen than take anybody else currently in the frame.
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Im with Julesy on this!

 

[tombrown]

steve nicol ...

 

[Skullflower]

kenny as interim is the only scenario which appears palatable to me.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=jexykrodic link=topic=40465.msg1112701#msg1112701 date=1275586125]
We've gone from having a Manager to no Manager in 12 hours and no replacement lined up. We're looking for someone to manage a club up for sale with no guarantee that new owners will honour any contract. Brilliant!
[/quote]Youd have to think they've done their homework Jex. Surely the fact it's taken 4 weeks after the season to sack him would intimate we've been organising a replacement?
Just a guess obv.

 

[Wilko7]

Rafa was already in the bag when Houllier was released.

 

[jexykrodic]

[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=40465.msg1112717#msg1112717 date=1275586750]
[quote author=jexykrodic link=topic=40465.msg1112701#msg1112701 date=1275586125]
We've gone from having a Manager to no Manager in 12 hours and no replacement lined up. We're looking for someone to manage a club up for sale with no guarantee that new owners will honour any contract. Brilliant!
[/quote]Youd have to think they've done their homework Jex. Surely the fact it's taken 4 weeks after the season to sack him would intimate we've been organising a replacement?
Just a guess obv.

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I hope you're right, even better if it's because we have new owners.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=Wilko7 link=topic=40465.msg1112721#msg1112721 date=1275586885]
Rafa was already in the bag when Houllier was released.
[/quote]Exactly so Wilko, obviously we are under different ownership, but you would think prudence demands you plan ahead.
Hope so.

 

[Oncy]

[quote author=jexykrodic link=topic=40465.msg1112722#msg1112722 date=1275586905]
[quote author=Herr Onceared link=topic=40465.msg1112717#msg1112717 date=1275586750]
[quote author=jexykrodic link=topic=40465.msg1112701#msg1112701 date=1275586125]
We've gone from having a Manager to no Manager in 12 hours and no replacement lined up. We're looking for someone to manage a club up for sale with no guarantee that new owners will honour any contract. Brilliant!
[/quote]Youd have to think they've done their homework Jex. Surely the fact it's taken 4 weeks after the season to sack him would intimate we've been organising a replacement?
Just a guess obv.

[/quote]

I hope you're right, even better if it's because we have new owners.
[/quote]Shouldnt take long to find out, no one can keep a secret in Liverpool.

 

[moron]

Hello

Its been a long time - the guy I wanted for us has fucked off to Real Madrid, so whoever we get is going to be sh*t anyway. If the appointment is just interim then lets go for Kenny - although at lot has changed since his time at the club.

Regards,

MORON

 

[vikas]

I'd be devastated if we got someone like Martin O'Neill.

He'd just be a poor version of Rafa.

 

[gene hughes]

Why has no one mentioned Pat Rice?

 

[the count]

Lawrenson tips Dalglish for Anfield role

Soccer: Mark Lawrenson has suggested his former Liverpool team-mate and club legend Kenny Dalglish could be drafted in to replace Rafael Benitez as manager on an interim basis.

Benitez’s departure from Liverpool was confirmed today after the club announced they had agreed to end his six-year reign by mutual consent.

Dalglish, who is already at Liverpool as an academy coach, has immediately been installed as the favourite to take over, almost 20 years after his first spell in charge ended.

With the ownership of Liverpool still in some doubt, Lawrenson believes Dalglish could serve to fill the role until the club’s situation is settled.

“I would have thought Kenny would be heavily involved and quite rightly so — maybe not just in choosing the manager but holding the fort in the meantime,†Lawrenson told BBC Radio.

Former Reds striker John Aldridge believes it is unlikely Dalglish would be interested in becoming manager of the club again, although he conceded it was likely the former Kop hero would play a leading role in the search for Benitez’s successor.

“I don’t really think Kenny would want the job,†said Aldridge. “He might be a bit too long in the tooth. But certainly over the last six months he’s become a massive figure in and around Anfield and he’d be a trusted figure to perhaps go out and find the ideal candidate we need at the club.â€

Aldridge also felt the Spaniard’s departure would come as little surprise to those who closely follow the club’s fortunes on Merseyside.

“It’s been a matter of time,†he said. “There’s been a lot of rumours going through the city the last 10-12 days, and you just sensed it was going to happen.

“I think the decision has purely been made on the last 12 months. If you look at Rafa’s reign over the last six years, he’s got a strong case over that time, but in all honesty over the last 12 months he’s lost a lot of fans on his side, and we’ve struggled badly.â€


http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2010/0603/1224271800479.html

 

[Bob Loblaw]

Not a popular choice on here but I'd really like to see us get Martin O'Neill, he's done very well wherever he has managed, knows the league inside out and is well capable of handling the pressure of a big job like this. Some would say he over acheived in most of his roles bar Villa.

I've seen people go on about how he has Villa in the same position as they were after spending a shedload of cash, Villa were near relegated under O'Leary and O'Neill has them about as high as they can go really, in the same way Moyes has with Everton...they're Villa not Liverpool

I can understand how he's not rated against say Mourinho by most but people are championing some shite ahead of him, Hodgson seems to be in vogue at the minute, but really what has he done bar lose in the final of a second rate european trophy? He failed first time round at Blackburn.

Of the realistic options I think O'Neill is the best

 

[kingjulian]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=40465.msg1112609#msg1112609 date=1275581502]
Kenny would be mad to take it and the fans that want him to take it are mad too.
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If he feels he is up to it, then he will take it. What is so MAD about it?

Even if he has not been a manager for over 15 years, he still has been involved with the game. I think it's his job to turn down. Considering the position we are in, that is probably the best for us.

I cant see a better care-taker appointment. Because, it would be impractical to expect a long term appointment before the ownership/debt issues are resolved.

 

[keniget]

[quote author=kingjulian link=topic=40465.msg1112746#msg1112746 date=1275590081]
If he feels he is up to it, then he will take it. What is so MAD about it?

Even if he has not been a manager for over 15 years, he still has been involved with the game. I think it's his job to turn down. Considering the position we are in, that is probably the best for us.

I cant see a better care-taker appointment. Because, it would be impractical to expect a long term appointment before the ownership/debt issues are resolved.
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Oh, I don't know...

 

[Squiggles]

[quote author=Bob Loblaw link=topic=40465.msg1112743#msg1112743 date=1275589270]
Not a popular choice on here but I'd really like to see us get Martin O'Neill, he's done very well wherever he has managed, knows the league inside out and is well capable of handling the pressure of a big job like this. Some would say he over acheived in most of his roles bar Villa.

I've seen people go on about how he has Villa in the same position as they were after spending a shedload of cash, Villa were near relegated under O'Leary and O'Neill has them about as high as they can go really, in the same way Moyes has with Everton...they're Villa not Liverpool

I can understand how he's not rated against say Mourinho by most but people are championing some shite ahead of him, Hodgson seems to be in vogue at the minute, but really what has he done bar lose in the final of a second rate european trophy? He failed first time round at Blackburn.

Of the realistic options I think O'Neill is the best
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He took a Fulham side facing relegation into Europe and then to the cup final.

With less money than O'Neill.

How you can sing the praises of one and then slate the other is ridiculous.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I'm basing it on their acheivements over their whole careers rather than the last 2 years that all, I'm not saying Hodgson is shit just he shouldn't be a candidate for us. O'Neill has never failed and been sacked in the past, he generally chose to move on for a new challenge where he would then succeed again. Hodgson has outright failed and been sacked before at a lesser club than ours

 

[mark1975]

I'd take Hodgson over O'Neill. I think financially it'd be a better option, he'd be interested in one last crack at a big club and we'd be interested in someone who will get us back to basics short term and playing like a 'team' again, which in all honesty suits us because we have got more or less a good team, it's the squad that's shit. The problem with Benitez is that he didn't always utilise the good team we had, he tried to rely on a squad that just wasn't there, which was much of his own doing.

 

[mark1975]

[quote author=Bob Loblaw link=topic=40465.msg1112752#msg1112752 date=1275591289]
I'm basing it on their acheivements over their whole careers rather than the last 2 years that all, I'm not saying Hodgson is shit just he shouldn't be a candidate for us. O'Neill has never failed and been sacked in the past, he generally chose to move on for a new challenge where he would then succeed again. Hodgson has outright failed and been sacked before at a lesser club than ours
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O'Neill has always choked in the final third of a season, it's almost a given. We'd be swapping a shit start for a shit finish.

 

[gene hughes]

I think we should try to appoint Hodgson and O'Neill as joint managers.

 

[6TimesaRed]

Liverpool Chairman Martin Broughton was looking out of a window at anfield,
when he saw an old lady struggling with 6 Aldi bags.
He shouts 'Can you manage love',
She Replies 'fuck off, I don't want the Job!'

 

[HC]

[quote author=jono@home link=topic=40465.msg1112764#msg1112764 date=1275592956]
Liverpool Chairman Martin Broughton was looking out of a window at anfield,
when he saw an old lady struggling with 6 Aldi bags.
He shouts 'Can you manage love',
She Replies 'fuck off, I don't want the Job!'
[/quote]

haha.

I thought you were adamant that a certain someone was nailed on for this job?

 

[Judge Jules]

[quote author=jono@home link=topic=40465.msg1112764#msg1112764 date=1275592956]
Liverpool Chairman Martin Broughton was looking out of a window at anfield,
when he saw an old lady struggling with 6 Aldi bags.
He shouts 'Can you manage love',
She Replies 'fuck off, I don't want the Job!'
[/quote]

[Snigger]