KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum It get's worse each day....

I was ridiculed earlier in the season for suggesting we get rid of Kenny around February. My point was 3 fold:

1) if we finished lower down the table than expected we'd struggle to attract decent managers/players
2) if we waited until the end of the season when other clubs would be changing their management we might be the 2nd or 3rd choice for top managers (chelsea is the preferred job for anyone looking at the prem now)
3) if we waited until the summer to replace kenny, the new manager wouldn't have enough time to prepare, train, clear-out, sign new players etc as the euros, olympics, holidays would get in the way. Unless the new manager had a good 4-6 months to assess the squad, implement his tactics, bring in his staff and buy/sell players...then we could right next season off already.
A realistic expectation for our next manager's first season must be to simply avoid dropping any further down the table. Even if he arrives tomorrow there won't be enough time to get ready for the coming season.

Sadly, all of the above is happening right before our eyes and the club is looking more ridiculous as each day goes by. This might sound like an "i told you so" thread......well good, because it fvcking well is!

Remember last year everyone laughing at Villa because all those managers wanted to distance themselves from the job? That's us now. How embarassing. My anger at Kenny dissolved the second his sacking was announced - I'm sure he was relieved to be honest. He must have known that today's premier league managers were on a different level to him but probably felt that he couldn't walk away from us twice, so had to stick it out until the inevitable happened. I'm just angry with FSG. If they had acted quicker we wouldn't be in this mess.

Disagree. They had to let the season run it's course. It wasn't bad enough for them to sack Kenny so early (February) into a 3 year contract. There was even a case for giving him another season.

They do seem to be learning the hard way though about how to recruit a football manager (or maybe how not to)... let's see what happens.

Not really. We got worse and worse as the season unfolded - it should have been nipped in the bud a many months ago. He can think himself very lucky to have survived as long as he did.
Regarding the managerial situation though, FSG have made it much harder for themselves by waiting until now to start looking elsewhere. As we've seen, not many people want to take on a club that only finished 8th when there is such a huge expectation, especially knowing how interfering the fans can be.

Oh calm down man, you will give yourself an ulcer.

who's that aimed at?

What am I, a sniper.

The author of this post.

If we have to wait a few days to get the right man them so be it.

Why does there always have to be a big negative undertone.

Whoever comes in has got a big job on their hands, whenever they start.

i think maybe you could wait until the position is filled and see how we are at the beginning of next season before you write us off.

i dont quite see how we look ridiculous, although i know some people are of the same opinion. i just dont get it.

I made no mention of how long FSG were taking. But thanks for reading.

Don't take this the wrong way..it's not intended as an insult but merely an explanation to your question above.... - you've always come across as someone with a very positive, almost blinkered view of the club which prevents you from seeing how things really are. That's why you don't get it but others do.

I'm just angry with FSG. If they had acted quicker we wouldn't be in this mess.

Fairly certain this refers to FSG and how long they have taken to act.