KING KENNY A YEAR ON.
We all fell in love with Dalglish as a player and manager being the last manager to win us our last league title in 1989-90. With much romance and optimism he took over officially as Liverpool's manager again in January of 2011 with Kopite's world wide rejoicing at the appointment.
Do we still feel the same a year on?
There's no doubting Kenny's credentials as a footballing mastermind but has he done enough to ensure Liverpool are moving forward, i think so. Let's look at what he has and hasn't done as King of our great club to date.
We as fans often forget about how bad it got for our great club with Hicks and Gillette owning the club. With out a strong level of support, courage and business sense we were able to turn it around. When Kenny took over we were relegation fodder with all the problems off the pitch effecting every aspect of the club and i think that any other club in the same circumstances would of folded, we didn't a testament to our strength, passion and desire for our club.
Once the horror of Gillette and Hicks had gone the mood had shifted in the camp. It takes allot of balls to take over a once successful powerhouse of a club with no money but Kenny stepped up.
So how has Kenny done now that the dust has settled and we are all concentrating on football again. If i had to grade him i would give him a C- and here's why:
Signings: Kenny has been hit and miss with transfers in the last 12 months. Hits being Suarez, Enrique, Adam and Bellamy. Only Suarez being considered as world class from that group.
The misses being Carroll, Coates and Downing. There's no secret that the when we spent 35 million pounds on Andy Carroll there was much frowning and rubbing of chins. But us Liverpool fans are a patient lot so we would always back our managers choices, and support the lads, but in this case time is running out for Andy. More on that in another Kopinion.
On the pitch Liverpool have improved. Our first season for some time with out European football has been a double edged sword. On the one hand, we can concentrate on rebuilding the squad and getting back into the top 4 for champions league and on the other we can't attract a higher quality of player to help us achieve greater things.
Kenny's team sheets and tactics have been pretty good for the most part with a couple of howlers recently to add to the pressure of playing at home. That's one place i think Kenny needs to improve as a manager, at home. For the most part over the last 12 months we have been awful at home and i think our patience is wearing thin.Our Cup form has been pleasing too. I am a big fan of the domestic competitions. Having one foot in the league cup final and a 4th round FA Cup tie against Man Utd on the horizon there's nothing like beating them and winning trophies! a great bonus.
This January he will need to bring in some fresh faces. Without Suarez we are as blunt as a badgers ass going forward so an attacking creative midfielder and striker are needed. let's hope we can bring the right players in.
So overall i think that considering the resources Kenny has he has done a pretty good job at slowly turning our club around. This season for me was never about winning the league, trophies of champions league qualification but to play winning football week in week out, if we do that the above will happen. The old add-age goes that Rome wasn't built in a day, and so a football club isn't built in a year. Those calling for Kenny's head already aren't seeing the bigger picture and sacking him now would be disastrous.
Here's to many successes and triumphs for Liverpool FC and Kenny Dalglish over the next 12 month's and beyond!
YNWA
Stu - FTK
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