KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Would Kenny make a good Manager?

Nothing on Roy about this, I am honestly on the fence about Roy, part of me thinks he needs time, but from the beginning I did not think he was the right man for the job, a few other options looked worse to me then so Roy fell into the "not ideal, but better than those others" being considered. I am not sure that even with new owners/money Roy would make us interesting again to watch, his strategy is simply boring.

My question is if anyone has an opinion on weather Kenny D would make a good manager? I remember him as a great player and know he's well respected and bleeds red, but could he be a great manager given time and FULL support from new owners/club?

Not for me me much as it is difficult to say no to a Liverpol legend his success came in large part from inheriting a team that new nothing but success and had a great deal of help from paisley. THe circumstances were different in the 80s liverpool were streets ahead of everyone. At the end of his career he also bought some questionable players eg speedie and jimmy carter. Maybe he was under too much pressure at the time. I don't think Mr Hodgson will get us anywhere but it would be a shame for kenny to come back and it not working out. Plus a lot of the playersin the team won't have the same respect for kenny as they would have had in the 80s Most of our squad is newly arrived in Britain and wont understand the aura that surrounds him. I think it would be a bad move even if we have to stick with mr hodgson. I would consider oneill if he wanted the job but not houlier he took lfc a fair bit but wouldnt replicate that

thanks for your thoughts, sounds reasonable.

i'm not sure that redthunder realises that kenny was a very successful manager of the club.but like armitage says it wouldn't be a good move to make him the boss now.he would be fine as a caretaker manager should we ever need a stop-gap but he has been out of the game in that roll for far to long.

hey but then again... kenny build his team at blackburn..
he wasnt so bad..............

look at blackburn at that time

tim flowers, colin hendry, le saux , wilcox , david batty, henchoz , ripely ,
striker = SHEARER and SUTTON

Blackburn at the time are probably what Man City are today though. Not taking anything away from Kenny but he did have an open cheque book.

He spent it wisely though. Mancini is signing anybody who is worth over £20m. Shearer at £3m, Sutton at £3m etc was good business overtime.

What you've got to realise is that the fees paid for those type of players at the time where the equivalent of what Man City are paying today.

Not really, that would mean when we spent £8m on Collymore..we were paying like the fee Barca paid for Ibra. Plus, they sold Sutton for £10m and Shearer for £15m several years after they bought them at a massive profit. Kenny's buys.