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      They Really Can't Wait To See Kenny Fail Can They?

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      They Really Can't Wait To See Kenny Fail Can They?
      Jan 13, 2011 10:14:32 am
       >:( Saw this turd of an article on the Eurosport website and thought I should post it here for the benefit of any who still think the media bias against Liverpool is something imaginary and that LFC could benefit in any way from listening to pundits.

      http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/early-doors/article/306661/

      Let's face it - the return of King Kenny just hasn't worked out, has it?
      His first game back in charge of the Reds after almost 20 years ended in a disastrous FA Cup exit at Old Trafford, and last night's 2-1 defeat at Blackpool must be the final straw, leaving them as it does 13th in the table and just four points off relegation.

      Much was made of Roy Hodgson's awful away record across his three Premier League jobs, but Dalglish has now failed to win any of his last six away league matches as Liverpool boss.

      Dalglish was brought in to give the whole club a lift following the sacking of Hodgson, but perhaps the club should act just as decisively once more, before it's too late.

      What they need is another former boss who has not been out of the game for so long: Gerard Houllier might well be available soon.

      Perhaps they need another ex-manager who can link the struggling players to the club's history: isn't Roy Evans on the lookout for a job after leaving the Wales set-up?

      But what about another man who is all these things and more, a man who can slap the labouring Reds into shape (perhaps literally) in time to avoid the drop? Step forward Graeme Souness.

      Clearly, Early Doors is not serious - even the happily retired Souey himself would scoff at such a suggestion - but Dalglish's brief tenure is looking no less absurd at the moment.

      Fernando Torres's early opener offered a teasing glimpse of what Liverpool fans hoped was the Kenny effect, but after that it was all downhill.

      If it had been Hodgson putting out a side which included Christian Poulsen, Milan Jovanovic and with Glen Johnson at left-back, or waited until his team were a goal down with 14 minutes to go before making his first change - swapping the ever-industrious Dirk Kuyt for the inexperienced Jonjo Shelvey - he would have been crucified, derided as a man out of his depth, paralysed by indecision.

      Those are accusations that could never be levelled at Dalglish, a multiple title-winner and a true giant of his era who has admirably stepped into the breach to help the club and the people who mean so much to him, and he to them.

      Dalglish was brought in to give the players a lift, to remind the squad of experienced but jaded international players about the club's glorious past and the effort and passion that is required, nay, demanded of them every time they pull on the famous red shirt.

      Instead, after two more sub-par performances at their biggest rivals and a side who were in the old Division Four last time Dalglish was in the Anfield dugout, they are now left with a man who hasn't managed anywhere for over a decade at the helm, for a while yet at least.

      His failure to lift the players by sheer gravitas alone shows just how deep the problems are. It's like an old, much-loved character returning to an ailing soap opera to try and boost ratings - it will inevitably end in tragedy, or farce, or both.

      Even his first press conference, held in the Anfield trophy room as a reminder of how key he is to the club's illustrious past, only served to highlight the fact that it is just that - the past.

      Was it ever really going to work? Surely the supposed galvanising influence over the players Dalglish was supposed to bring to the table could have been felt just as easily from his previous role within the club.

      His former team-mate and close friend Alan Hansen waxed lyrical on the effect of having such a former great player in the dressing room, but it doesn't seem to have had any effect on a multi-national group of men in their mid-20s.

      If the bounce Dalglish's appointment was expected to bring has not materialised, then what now?

      Club owner John W Henry is set to take in Sunday's Merseyside derby as part of his 10-day visit to the region, and he knows there is a great deal of work to do, much more than just regaining confidence within the squad.

      Many facts relating to the club's malaise refer back to the last time they were relegated in the 1950s, but this defeat breaks an even older record - Blackpool secured their first league double over them in 64 years. The club which Henry got dragged through the courts in order to buy is going through one of the worst patches in its history to date.

      Everton boss "The Chosen One" was a guest at Bloomfield Road last night and he will have no new cause for concern ahead of his team's short derby trip to Anfield on Sunday, no matter how little his stoical expression gave away.

      Sat behind him was Mark Lawrenson, whose expression said it all. He had a face like thunder.

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      That's right, 4 days and 2 games into Kenny's tenure, it apparently "hasn't worked out" and he is being compared to that nice old Hodgson-whom-we-treated-so-disgracefully, never mind that he had 6 months and Kenny has had all of 4 days.  :mad:
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      Re: They Really Can't Wait To See Kenny Fail Can They?
      Reply #1: Jan 13, 2011 10:19:17 am
      A Yahoo Eurosport blog written by someone without a name?

      Is this seriously what we now consider the 'media'?

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