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I must say on one hand fsg made the right decision and on the other i wonder what could have been if he got another year in charge!
Positives
- played some nice fluent football which was exciting to watch even when we lost!

k as you can see im new to this and i posted this thread without realising so it wasn't finished, and now i cant edit or delete it cause i took too long to figure out how to do that too.. so feel free to ignore it or post up some useful feedback..

i dont think kenny's reign was as bad as it looks.. the fact that he spent so much made it a whole lot worse! i think he couldve done better without the players he brought in this season!

we did play some good football at times but the bad games outdid the good ones thats for sure.

i wouldve loved to see if he could have got it right next year but at the same time i would also be the same guy calling for his head if it started the way we finished last season!

We were 4th from bottom when Kenny got the job and in a complete mess after the H&G debacle and the poor management of Roy Hodgson.

Kenny reduced the size of the wage bill by finally ridding the squad of all kinds of dead wood.

He lowered the average age of the squad and brought in British players who although largely underperformed mostly have age on their side.

Two cup finals.

First silverware in 6 years.

Improved football.

Qualified for European football.

I'll look back on his time in charge as a success. Yes were finished poorly in the league and some signings didn't perform but I honestly believe that given time those factors would have improved next year and time will tell if I'm right or wrong.

I'd like to add that I'm NOT a Kenny devotee, I'm made up we wont have to sit through his press conferences and post match interviews.

A very interesting post Huss... but perhaps in a different way than you intended.

Here's what I mean:

'Hi. We're new to this game. We weren't sure about the incumbent when we came on board but didn't quite know what to do. We thought we'd just wait and see... you know, as rookies we though it best not to rock the boat too much... but unfotunately the guy screwed up.

We didn't really know what to do then either but thought if we made the wrong call the fans would get on our back and our asset value could take a dive. We didn't want that SoS posse coming after us so we thought, hell - let's just give the fans what they want for now.

We couldn't believe our luck when it went so well to start with. But then it crashed - our brokers got involved in some sub-prime deals and we're now left with some highly toxic assets (some would say liabilities even but shhh... lets just keep it to oursleves!).

We're still not sure which one of the guys we've fired was responsible, but hey it's history now and we're reviewing our regulatory systems to try and make sure it don't happen again. In any case, these same guys got us into some other real s*!? earlier in the season too. That was something else we weren't sure what to do about so we let them handle it, but guess what?... yep - they messed up there too.

Guess we all live and learn.

So now we're in the market to replace these guys, who by the way, we can assure you we've stopped following on twitter. The only thing is... er... we're not quite sure what to do?! Maybe you guys can send us a tweet or two?... And we'll add your suggestion to our shortlist.

We got some real good choices at the moment. Just don't know which one to pick. Wow this game is fun don't you think? Reminds us of that Tome Hanks film... have you guys in England seen it? The moral of the story was 'Life is like a box of chocolates - You aint quite sure what you're gonna get'. I bet you all fans know exactly what he means right now don't ya?!

Fingers crossed,(or should I say bum cheeks clenched?!), we won't pick the strawberry cream!! We'll let you know as soon as we find out, but don't you worry.. we're working on it. Yeah, that's right... just like we're working on the stadium plans too. We're not quite sure what to do with that yet either just yet, but guess you all get the drift by now? I hear there's a song you all sing about guys like us? maybe you can sing it yo us when we're next at Anfield stadium? would be a nice touch that.

Shucks, is that the time? Got to head to the ball game now. Will catch up with you all later.'

If only they'd figure things out as quickly as you did

It's just a bit of houmour. I don't think they're that bad (yet)... they are leaving themsleves open to that kind of interpretation though.

Let's see what happens with the new appointment. I'll just say that going back to Rafa would be completely different to going back to Kenny.

Which, to be fair to Huss, brings the thread back on topic. On balance, Kenny failed unfortunately. the league results were so poor that the disappoinment of that outwieghs any other highlights of the season.

We could argue this till the end of time what if's and maybe's.

The brutal truth is if he was any good he would not have been dismissed after one season.

There were high spots but too many low spots, he was very poor with the media, misjudged the Suarez incident and was party to probably the biggest waste of transfer fees in Liverpool's history and possibly of any club.

For that there was only one outcome

We now must get begind the new manager because a club of Liverpool's stature HAS to be competing in the champions league. The alternative does not bear contemplating

I must admit, you and I don't see eye to eye on many things concerning LFC and a new manager, but this is one where I agree with you. I agree 100% that FSG should ignore both the fans and the media and should pick the most qualified manager they can get, who they truly believe will get us back into the top 4 and challenging for the title.

However, I still think Rafa is one of the prime candidates for that job as I believe he is amongst the most qualified. I just can't think of anyone who gives me more confidence that we will be back amongst the top 4.

Kop Prophet entirely agree its the owners club and this time they should make their own decision. Listening to fans is pointless we all think different things.

fans think with their hearts and not their heads nothing wrong with that but its not what is needed right now

You only had to sit through the diabolical football and tactics in the last 10 home games barrin the everton game to truely realise how poo we really have become,and i for one wanted it to end.