Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sat Mar 24, 2012 9:14 pm  

If the Premier League had started on January 1st, Liverpool would be 18th with 8 points (19 QPR 8pts, 20 Wolves 5pts).

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sat Mar 24, 2012 11:43 pm  

Arsenal are playing well lately, won 7 on the bounce. Could have been challenging right at the top had they not had the nightmare start they did.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:10 am  

Dalgleish is a joke of a manager. Liverpool were in far better hands with Hodgson in charge. KKK will be out one way or the other by Christmas.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:53 am  

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 10:31 am  

Roddy B.....I fully respect your views, but doesn't your post actually confirm my point about the supporters having too much sway over the board's decisions?

Your fans never wanted Hodgson, so you choose to deride the fellow from the start, until you get what you want, even though what you replace it with is just as mediocre, results-wise??......

I appreciate Dalglish's emotional bond with the Liverpool fans, but as I say in my other post, this 'bond' can become something that blinkers decisions, rather than helps.....Let's be honest here, your league form is mediocre at best, if you looked in the dictionary for the term 'inconsistant', it would simply say Liverpool - Anybody but Kenny would be under pressure from the Liverpool crowd.

For most sides this can be excused, but for a team who have made several big-money signings, including a strike force that cost almost £60 million, it can't just be shrugged off, even with Dalglish in charge.

As I said previously, the Cups have been his saving grace.....As a Liverpool fan, do you think he could have survived without having claimed the League Cup and also making a good fist of the FA Cup?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:20 am  

People still sticking up for KK

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 11:35 am  

César Azpilicueta (Marseille), Lukas Spendlhofer (Inter), Mauro Caballero (Libertad, Paraguay). Three names to look out for.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:20 pm  

Dita's Slot Meter wrote:

Roddy B.....I fully respect your views, but doesn't your post actually confirm my point about the supporters having too much sway over the board's decisions?

Your fans never wanted Hodgson, so you choose to deride the fellow from the start, until you get what you want, even though what you replace it with is just as mediocre, results-wise??......

I appreciate Dalglish's emotional bond with the Liverpool fans, but as I say in my other post, this 'bond' can become something that blinkers decisions, rather than helps.....Let's be honest here, your league form is mediocre at best, if you looked in the dictionary for the term 'inconsistant', it would simply say Liverpool - Anybody but Kenny would be under pressure from the Liverpool crowd.

For most sides this can be excused, but for a team who have made several big-money signings, including a strike force that cost almost £60 million, it can't just be shrugged off, even with Dalglish in charge.

As I said previously, the Cups have been his saving grace.....As a Liverpool fan, do you think he could have survived without having claimed the League Cup and also making a good fist of the FA Cup?

My biggest defence of Dalglish is that we've played very well under him. It's a tricky situation because, as you say, it's a results based business, but performances do go some way into keeping you in the job, as does fan support, which, for Dalglish, is undoubted. In all honesty, I've had my concerns and I've raised huge doubts over the transfer policy, but he's given me enough confidence to give him at least another season in charge. Whether the new ownership will view it like that I don't know, they spoken so much about winning and how they want to compete on all fronts, I imagine they'll be pleased with the cup performances, but the league performances will certainly force them into some sort of decision: either back Dalglish, allow him to get rid of another 4/5 players and replace them, or let him go and start afresh without Comolli, Clarke and Dalglish.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 8:26 pm  

Where is the City fan who said Everton and Stoke away aren't "difficult" away games? Come on, show yourself. Why do they only post when they win (apart from Cibaman). They've become everything that they hate.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Sun Mar 25, 2012 9:26 pm  

Mark Bright prediction in 2011 for this season:

1-Liverpool 2-Man Utd 3-Man City 4-Arsenal

"Liverpool finished 22 points behind United last season but only Sir Alex Ferguson amassed more points than Kenny Dalglish since the 'king' took over from Roy Hodgson.
Why will they win it? The Reds have four players who could grace any team in the Premier League: Pepe Reina, Steven Gerrard, Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll, then add to the mix promising youngsters like John Flanagan, new faces like Charlie Adam and Stewart Downing plus team spirit, desire and 21 years of hurt."