If FSG were going to get rid of Kenny then I think they would have done so already. But the post season analysis and self-assessment that Kenny will go through in the next few weeks may see him come to the conclusion that he's not up to going through another season - he's said himself often enough that no person is bigger or more important than the club, and if he feels responsible for some of the failings of this season and that he can't be confident of correcting them for next season then he'll ask to step away. Not that I hope he does, mind - just I think it's a possible outcome.
This last match, great though it was, raises as many questions as it answers. The skill level shown by the players selected in the Anfield game - most of whom were backing up from the final - showed that they have the ability. So if they can play like that then why haven't they more often this year? How was it that a Liverpool team ran out on Saturday in the wrong mindset, or playing the wrong tactics? What did Kenny and Steve and the other coaches say on Tuesday night that they didn't on Saturday?
In fairness to Kenny (and to the players) Liverpool have outplayed the opposition in the vast majority of games this season. It's usually just been a dreadful combination of inexperience, confidence, skill, and luck that has prevented the final shot from going in the net time and time again that has seen us draw or lose as the better side. We played the majority of the season with a brand new midfield - Adam, Downing, Spearing, Henderson had never played together before, and only Spearing had played with any of the forwards before. Our experienced midfielders in Stevie and Lucas were out of the side for much of the season.
So is a letter needed? We've got the 2 best central defenders in the league (when not injured - looking at you Daniel), we've got what will be the best centre forward pairing in the league, we've got a young team with their best years ahead, we've got one of the best youth squads in the world. And we've got one of the most successful managers in the history of the game. Crap though this season has been, I think we're looking okay...
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