KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum The case for Dalglish to resign at the end of this season.

I suppose we could get that IF we can offload them all. We've had a lot of problems offloading Aquilani so far, and I have a feeling Joe Cole could end up in a similar saga. Kenny's done the right thing in coming out today and saying that the only expected departure this summer is going to be Fabio Aurelio. There was talk a little while back about Kuyt leaving for £1m, which I'd be fairly disgusted at, even though he's not spring chicken.

I reckon both Jones and Doni will leave, which will mean we'll most likely need to sign another back-up keeper - either that or rely on Gulacsi, but I'd rather sign someone else and see Gulacsi loaned out again to gain more experience.

I wouldn't like to see Johnson leave, although £15m would be a good price for him, and difficult to turn down. Sure, we have Kelly and Flanagan there as back-up, but Kelly is injury prone (as is Johnson, to a lesser extent) and Flanagan is still young and lacking in experience/maturity. So if we sold Johnson, we'd have to buy a replacement and what are we actually going to get for less money than that? I can't see anybody bidding £15m for him anyway.

I don't think Johnson is brilliant at any one thing, but he does most things good.

Similar to if we loose Pepe, prepare to loose others as well. Along with Kuyt, they are "major players" and characters in the dressing room, loose them all, loose most of the morale and buzz.

I don't think Pepe has had a good season, but I don't think he should be sold or let go, it would do more than just damage on the pitch.

Kuyt, if he wants to go, then fine.

I don't think or expect Pepe to leave. I expect Dirk too, although to be honest, I'd rather keep him on for another season, especially if the alternative is losing him for a really small fee.

It depends if we replace him with much better quality. If we can't then he'll be retained.

But if I'm brutally honest, his agent has supposedly been coming out, threatening the management that he will leave. Almost like he some A-GRADE world class winger. Hang about! What has he done when given the chance?

A couple of decent performances in "big games"?

There has been a couple of games where FOR ME, where he has been the worst player on the pitch. I don't see why we should go all out for him to stay, if thats what we are to go by.

If he wants to leave then the decision is already made. Thank you, ta'ra.

The thing is, if there is an overhaul (yet again) this summer, there is only Suarez and Skrtel who would be a real loss. What does that say about our squad???

It's heartbreaking listening to people back Dalglish, just shows how far down we have slipped in expectaions with so many backing such an incompetent manager. I call these people seals who you can just throw fish to and they believe anything the man tells them, Stewart Downing is better than I first thought and anyone who cant see we have progressed this season ( 8th in the league after 115 million pound spent ) does'nt understand football springs to mind....

I'd put Agger and Lucas into that bracket and Pepe & Enrique too (despite the fact that Pepe has just endured his worst season for us and Enrique faded off towards the end of the season). I'd hate to lose any of them, but I take your point.

Exactly. When Keegan left I felt sick and when Rush went to Juventus I thought I was actually going to die. Maybe I'm just too old for this sh*t

In choosing a manager the owners aren't exactly going to be using trial and error to make their decision - the process isn't as easy as buying a mobile phone.

I believe what Kenny has done this year is essentially bought a young squad team, and nobody can argue that without a bench the team will eventually fail so watch out for him to grab some solid starting players to add this summer. Look at how other squads are aligned, they all have great squad players. Think about what European play requires and things make sense.

Step 1 buy a good squad
Step 2 buy some good starters

What you now have is a solid team with depth.

Ha ha ha. how funny - don't give up the day job.