Great post Craney.
Its easy to play the negative card
A bit more difficult to come up with a feasible alternative.
People have mentioned Mourinho and Low as if they are waiting by their phones for a call to come and manage an under-performing former giant of English football.
Change for the sake of it, has Chelsea in the mess they are in today. If Dalglish is to go after having won our first trophy for 6 years because some want success yesterday, then who is to relace him?
If Dalglish went tomorrow his biggest detractors would be on here in a heartbeat calling for his replacement to go once they deemed him to be underperforming.
It took ferguson 4 years to win his first trophy with United and yet Dalglish does it in his first full season back and gets slaughtered on here on a daily basis by fickle, self important experts who have the nerve to call themselves fans.
Many of the people on here will never be happy with what the club achieves because that is their nature.
As fans we can either accept them and continue to let them destroy our site with their multiple identities and own personal agendas or challenge them.
I know what I intend to do.
and me
I understand that people should be allowed to voice there opinion, if they want Dalglish out....or in.
For me, I'm in the middle with it all. I don't want Dalglish out (even though eventually I'll think he'll hand the reigns over *shock horror!*...because of the baggage that comes with being a football manager now, particularly the media)
I think a lot of it is down to players under-performing and not putting the ball in the back of the net. I'm hearing a lot of "the strikers aren't scoring enough" Yes correct, but neither are our midfielders, who should be chipping in. To many players have come in, and gotten to comfortable.
If Dalglish doesn't take a step back in the summer, I'd have to say, I'd be surprised. I wouldn't want him back in the position he was when Benitez was here. But more involved in and around the team. With a young manager growing into the position, under the guidance of all the important people at the club.
We support our managers like no other team (Scum fans have wanted Fergie out after 1 bad result, numerous times, believe me!) Even Hodgson received massive support, until things turned a little bit sour for a little bit to long. But you must remember, it was players who ultimately failed Hodgson.....and while yes, we've come a long way and even won silverware, some players are failing Dalglish and there is no denying that....and it's players that have been brought in and given more faith and time than anybody else.
I'm putting my neck on the line with this. But I've got a strong feeling Dalglish has already made it clear, quietly to the owners, that he doesn't need this modern day nonsense anymore. He'll take a SMALL step back sometime in the summer. He's done his job, he's got us back on track. His aim, when he came back, was to do just that. "And help the club any way he can" words that have stopped in my head to this day.
Even when I look at Fergie, I see the same tired face now. Tired because of all of this media and outside of football effecting the inside game. Difference is, United are winning and we are just starting to win again.
I can see Dalglish playing a massive part this time around, with his eventual replacement.
Villas-Boas.
