Re: The Football Chat Thread : Mon Mar 12, 2012 12:56 pm
Dita's Slot Meter wrote:
I'd be inclined to be believe he's refering to Dalglish's transfer policy of bizarrely believing that signing British players is the way forward, similar to what he did 25 years ago when he signed Barnes/Beardsley/Houghton/Aldridge.
It worked then, but won't now, because football has moved on, and this is probably what the poster meant by Kenny being out of date.
As for Tuesday's derby, would an Everton win finally get even Kenny's loyalist followers questioning his future at the club??......(Not that I see it happening - It has a draw written all over it).
It worked then, but won't now, because football has moved on, and this is probably what the poster meant by Kenny being out of date.
As for Tuesday's derby, would an Everton win finally get even Kenny's loyalist followers questioning his future at the club??......(Not that I see it happening - It has a draw written all over it).
Seen as Saddened can't defend his hopeless point, I may as well reply to this.
The main criticism of Dalglish, from fans and media alike, is the signing of English-based players. However, I was completely under the impression that Comolli was the man behind all of our transfers, much like he was when he was at Spurs. I've been one of the biggest critics of our signings, I was particularly disappointed at the lack of 'bargains' from Comolli, every player (bar Bellamy, obviously, Enrique and probably Suarez) we overpaid for. For somebody whose chief role is to scout and sign players, he seems to have done a job that any Football Manager fan could have done better.
However, for the record, signing PL-based players isn't old fashioned, many sides do it. Where do you think United got Jones and Young from? Where did Citeh sign Milner, Lescott, Bridge, Barry, Adebayor, Kolo Toure and Adam Johnson from? It isn't behind the times to sign PL-based players, what's behind the times is to overspend on mediocre players when there are many better foreign players available for less.
