Why havent Liverpool had a Good manager since the Shankly,Paisley days.
You mean like Fagan and Dalglish? Oh yeah why haven't we had them eh?
In all honesty, Evans wasn't a bad manager. Evans was a F***ing quality manager who had us playing the best football we have done in the Premiership. Evan's problem was a combination of two things - a dodgy back line and keeper which he always tried to sort out by buying defenders instead of a decent keeper in place of James. His other problem was the fact that down the road Ferguson had what I consider to be the best United side I've seen.
Both clubs had quality youngsters coming through, the difference being that United had Bruce and Pallister (not Ruddock and Babb) at the heart of the defence and behind that they had Schmichael (not David "calamity" James). That's why they won everything.
Houllier again was not a bad manager, he took us to a level that most fans of this generation hadn't seen. He took us to a European final, the only manager since Dalglish to win two (or more) domestic cups while at the club and was pushing on to bring the League home. His downfall was his heart problems which he never fully recovered from. He should of left there and then.
Benitez again was not a bad manager, he had some faults like all managers do but he again took us to a new level. He took us to European Cup champions, something that nobody expected us to be with that squad. He took us to second playing the best football we have done since Evans' days.
His problem was he got too wrapped up in the political side of the game. Some think it was boss that he was telling us everything was going on but in the end I think he got too caught up in that, that it took away some of his footballing qualities. Every press conference he was making reference to the politics and while it's good to be kept informed, it's also good to just hear a manager talk football every now and then.
As for Hodgson, of course he's not in the class of Shanks, Bob, Joe, Kenny but that's because the team as a whole isn't in that class.
Shanks had Cally, Bob had Jimmy Case, Joe had Sammy Lee, Kenny had Ray Houghton, Roy has Dirk Kuyt.
Shanks had Peter Thompson, Bob had Heighway, Joe had Craig Johnston, Kenny had Barnes, Roy has Milan Jovanovich.
Shanks had Stevenson/Milne, Bob had Souey/Terry Mc, Joe had Souey/Whelan, Kenny had Molby/McMahon, Roy has Lucas/Poulsen.
Shanks had Byrne, Bob had Joey Jones, Joe had Alan Kennedy, Kenny had Beglin, Roy has Paul Konchesky.
Shanks had Lawler, Bob had Neal, Joe had Neal, Kenny had Steve Nicol, Roy has Glen Johnson
Do you see the difference in quality. What we had under the legends were quality players, what we have now is a fair few average players playing regular first team football.
