I fully agree that any success/failure will lie at Kenny's door once he's changed the team up, that's to be expected. But to be talking about him getting more time than other managers due to rumours in the media? Time for what?
I just find it astounding that people are talking about him being a success or failure based on 3 weeks of a transfer window and one signing.
It's got nothing to do with giving someone time due to their reputation. It's to do with giving someone respect to know that they've done the job before and done it well. They know how to manage a football club. Dalglish knows perfectly well what kind of players Liverpool need and what the fans want to see. Contrast that to Hodgson who had Liverpool playing abysmal football that was nowhere near what Liverpool are known for, or what the fans want to see.
Those players you mention and go on to say they didn't do a good job as a manager. That's true. But Dalglish actually has done a good job as a manager before and there's no reason whatsoever to think he can't do it now.
It's not asking for time for Dalglish, it's saying that people need to realise he knows Liverpool FC better than any of us. He's been there AND done it. This isn't some second-rate "flavour of the year" manager who's won hardly anything over his 35~ year managerial career. He knows what he's done.
It's shocking that people are so quick to judge Dalglish now. People tried to slate him for being "out of the game" and he wouldn't have a clue about the "modern game". He does a great job. So now people need a new stick to beat him with, so they turn to slating him because of his supposed transfer targets?
If the players that he actually signs underwhelm some people when they sign, that's fine. Be underwhelmed. But at least let them kick a ball for us and see how they fit into our system before judging whether the players are not good enough.
I'm pretty sure that your club, that won't be named, has made signings where you've been underwhelmed but they've turned out well? Every club has done that, every single one.
And to think I had a reputation for moaning on here
I'm actually trying to ask people to stop moaning, calm down, relax and let a proven professional manager get on with his job. Instead, it seems people are falling over in this state of panic and disgust that they think they know better than Kenny Dalglish because they got Stevenage Borough to the Premier League on Football Manager.
Alex Ferguson was after Adam in January, possibly still interested now. Same with Harry Redknapp. Why aren't people so disgusted with them for looking at "Free Kick Adam"? A player who has nothing to his game apart from free kicks, yet has been seriously considered by the Premier League champions and a Champions League team.
Which brings me to another point. We're not in the Champions League. We're not in the Europa League. We're not likely to have the attraction to go out and sign Messi or anyone like that because they want to play on the biggest stage possible, and we can't offer that.
I don't think we'll sign Mata, not unless he is REALLY sold on the club by Kenny and Reina (who's already spoken to him and tried to convince him). He was already a top talent, and is even more on the radar now. There'll be teams who are playing in the CL now that will want him and will pay massive wages to take him. We can't offer him the CL football and we're cutting right back on wages. So why would he choose us? Why would most of these superstars that people expect us to sign choose us?
We're not a massive attraction right now. We've got our name, we've got a great manager, we've got a good project going on. But we're not in Europe, we're not likely to challenge for the title next season. We can only sign players within reason. Like I say, this isn't Football Manager.
/rant over
