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Been to the game today just back and seen the posts there’s nothing I can add it’s all been said. My concern is a bit wider I am struggling to understand where this great club is heading. There’s a saying in business “under promise and over deliver”. That’s all well and good and after the false promises of Gillet & Hicks its only right Fenway don’t mislead the fans in any way. However am I alone in feeling this is going a bit far now? Leaving aside the new ground what is the new owner’s vision for the club and where does it see us going? In my view Dalglish was the wrong choice (although I am prepared to give him a chance) however my concern was not Dalglish but rather the manner of his appointment which seemed to be to please the fans. That’s not good management the board of directors under the control of the shareholders run LFC not the fans. The racism thing also shows poor judgement the impression I get is the club is in a state of suspension pending something (to be determined) occurring. I do appreciate they invested in the team but that was cack handed and in response to Torres leaving and the outcome has been nil or low delivery from a £100m plus investment which is frankly shocking management. The club cannot afford this we cannot stand still especially not at this time with our mid table status and the importance of getting progression for the FIFA fair play rules which depend on our future turnover which has to be champions league. I am not calling for Kenny to be sacked (yet) however is it not time we saw more signals and messages from Fenway where they see this club going if indeed they do see it going anywhere? Things are not good at the moment and at times like this I expect the board and owners to start to show leadership.

Not much else to say there i believe.

They will need to invest in someone this month!

But i do agree with that the owners need to show something.

Plus Kenny really needs to change his tactics too! LFC should not be defending at home against these teams!

Agreed!

Where are they actually? It's been a long time since I saw something on lfc.tv regarding the owners and their whereabouts.

Plans, ideas, views on anything regarding the club.

It's almost as if we didn't have a chairman and a board.

I know it's the CEO's job to be the daily leader of the enterprise, but at certain occasions you usually see and/or hear something from the board and the chairman. But not from FSG!

Worrying to say the least.

Are they actually trying to sell the club atm?

Fsg started very well but have fallen away badly, stadium etc. However its not the lack of talk that's annoying (thats fine that's the lfc way) bit lack of decisive action...
However, what do I know I'm ever hopeful its all in hand.behind the scenes.......

I have settled for that up to now but its really getting beyond a joke now. Going to eastlands a couple of weeks ago brought it home Man City have a plan the whole set up is going somewhere. What are we doing ? The only thing I have heard is our target this season is fourth place. Well I would not put your mortgage on that one.

Have they or have they not said that they are looking into all available options regarding a new stadium/renovation?

Leaning toward renovation*

The most important thing to me is that the team is deserving and fitting of that. At the moment we are not performing to anything like our best. We still need a few QUALITY week in, week out productive players. For me this is more important than the stadium.

For instance I live in Wolverhampton, and Wolves have spent a couple mill on a new stand. A stand that in all honesty is not needed, at all. A team that is slugging it out down the bottom, could do with a few players. But a new stand was built.

That stand will still be there, when/if they get relegated.

They will be ruing it if they go down. When the funds could have been put into a few players who could keep them up another 3 years.

I am not on about the ground which is a subject in its own right. No the vison for the club what is it?

A newspaper interview with Henry or something would help. I just feel the club is heading nowhere and the big worry is we have been bought for a short term sell on. That would kill the club we can't afford indefinate stand still

Fenway have been conspicuous by their absense lately. Even if they come out and give Kenny the dreaded vote of confidence, at least we'll know they still exist.

On the pitch I don't see many problems. Apart from up front. Comolli has tried doing here what Spurs are reaping from now. Young signings in together to peak together. The likes of Dawson, Lennon, Bale, Assou Ekotto, Huddlestone brought in and none were regular players to start with.

At least we have the back 4 and their replacements pretty well established now. The signing of Enrique on a par with that of Hernandes at Man U or Van der Vaart, Parker and Adebayor at Spurs. Beyond the current first choice back 4 we have Coates, Carragher, Kelly, Flanagan and Robinson. Johnson plays as well at LB if not better than he does at RB. So no problems here for a couple of years.

Teams have been improving past us notably City and Spurs. Chelsea will drop away very soon I am sure. The age of their squad is very high with Lampard Terry Drogba all getting on a bit. We need to replace two of our forwards with younger players very very soon. Bellamy can't play regularly and Kuyt is way way past his best. In midfield Lucas got injured, Spearing came in did OK and got injured. Adam I'm afraid is poor as is Downing. So although the back line is sound too many changes and the absence of Gerrard have really not helped our front line.

Likewise off the pitch too many things have happened at once and this time all bad. I still think the players and the manager were right to support their colleague because YNWA comes first. It has become policy. The rest of the rubbish that has happened has been left to the manager to deal with and there is not a lot of visible support for him coming from the higher echelons of the club. There is a lot of silence though. A similar thing is happening at Blackburn between the owners the manager and the fans although our YNWA ethic gives a huge layer of protection to KK.

Certain players have not performed well so an indication of what the future holds for KK will be in this transfer window. Another injection of funds may suggest he is to be trusted with the future but a lack of funds to me would indicate that he is back on trial regarding spending big. It would also signal that the owners may look to their number one targets in the summer rather than secondary ones now. A cup win would be good but a top 4 finish would not exactly be welcome. Spurs were outside top 4 last season and look at them now that they only have FA Cup and Prem to concentrate on.

If we got top 4 this season it could possibly be more harm than good in terms of interrupting the building process.

off the record, LFC is for sale at the right price and certain people in ASIA, have offered henry his purchase price, for the sale of the club.

at the moment, he has turned it down, cuzz he wants to make a massive profit on the sale of the club, he is a business man, not a football fan.

the economy, decides the value of the club, (this is one of the reasons).

wat is Mr Henrys/KD net spend on selling and buying players, since he took over???

Henry and his investors have not got the money, to invest in the team, stadium, expand the brand abroad, into more countries or the patient to wait years for their returns.