Another home game, still more points lost. Liverpool are now cut adrift from the top 4 and but for the consolation of the League Cup, would now be struggling to qualify for the Europa League. Dalglish was brought in to return Liverpool to greatness, but instead is leading them deeper into mediocrity.
There will be Scousers who will claim, of course, that the glory days are back because of that penalty shoot out victory over the might of Cardiff City, but they have no sense of what Liverpool FC stands for. Once upon a time, not so long ago, the club regarded the Carling Cup with the contempt it deserves - and that was before it was used to blood kids and rest key players. As for beating Cardiff - well that would have been taken for granted. To be taken to penalties was humiliating.
Today was the opportunity to make a statement, to build upon winning a trophy, using it as a springboard for the pursuit of a Champions League place; instead Liverpool FC proved once again just how far they have fallen behind the teams at the top of the division. Arsenal are poor this season and so are Chelsea, yet even with their decline, Liverpool are still struggling. Never mind that they are seven points behind Chelsea and ten behind Arsenal (with the Manchester clubs out of sight!), what must really hurt is to find Stoke just three points behind and, worst of all, Woy Hodgson's West Brom just a further point back! How ironic would it be if, come the end of the season, Woy's Baggies topped King Kenny's Weds?
How much has Dalglish spent and what have Liverpool got in return? A cup competed for by Premiership reserve teams and won last season by relegated Birmingham City. As silverware goes, it is a piss pot and not even an antique one at that! Liverpool are now down with the also rans, a hugely expensive team of mediocrities not even within touching distance of Man Utd's shadow!
Hodgson was hated and reviled yet Dalglish is still treated as a god because the poor Scousers are forever living in the past. King Kenny belongs in a different era, an era when Liverpool won trophies by a divine footballing right. But dynasties mean nothing in the Prem, and Liverpool FC and her fans would do well to listen to the Beatles lament about Yesterday. Dalglish needs to go and go now, not when he is 64!
Is it a massive success for this historic club to just securing the carling cup and not be able being competitive in the premier league? Is it just enough securing the FA cup and not qualifying to the champions league? I said it many times, I will repeat it for once more and I just hope that John W. Henry, Thomas Werner, Ian Ayre, and Damien Comolli will finally after the today defeat to take it seriously: Kenny Dalglish cannot turn the fortunes of this club and transmit it to a title contender! Is it just enough all the time to be emphasizing, "if you want to gauge it on performance then I think we were fantastic?" But fantastic performances and points drop do not bring any success! We need Jose Mourinho who has the ability to transmit practically and not theoretically the players into real winners. We need moving up to the next level and it is the right time for all of us that we love this club to finally understand how we can achieve that. If not, every season we will be experiencing the same frustrating emotions!
ReplyDeleteridiculous article. Liverpool did not win the Carling Cup only by beating Cardiff City, they won away matches against Stoke City, Chelsea, and Manchester City. They are in the last eight of the FA cup. With any justice they will make 4th, if not so be it, but they are superior to Chelsea, Arsenal and Newcastle, which gives them still a chance. Todays result was a travesty, they outclassed Arsenal throughout, and as Wenger and van Persie said were far the better team
ReplyDeleteCarling Cup only won by Birmingham last year - yes. But the previous six winners were Man United (3 times), Chelsea (twice) and Spurs. Nobody takes it seriously though, do they!
ReplyDeletewhy not worry about your own club.
ReplyDeleteThis has nothing. I repeat. Nothing to do with you.
You clearly know nothing about the path Dalglish has set out on and incorporating 6 new players into a team with new ideas takes some doing.
Now go away and worry about your own 'brilliant' manager and keep your nose out of our business.
Chicken. Posts must be approved!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the writer... And as a LIVERPOOL LOVER... Dalglish was a GREAT PLAYER - He's a RUBBISH COACH in this era. He's not learnt the new scientific way of football, almost pig headed on playing the wrong players week in and week out. His post match commentary has proven a man so far out of touch with what the other managers are seeing in games and he's almost embarrassing in his assessments at time. We need a PROVEN TOP CLASS COACH... forget what KK done back in the 80's as a player... It's 30years on...
ReplyDeleteTo those who blindly support KD for his mistakes. I am lfc supporter for 43 years. It is pain to see Liverpool struggle to score even from spot kick.He is not only killing the club ambition also killing carrier of Hendrson and Bellamy.Why play Hendo every game and RW. What is Bellamy fault to be on the bench for most of the game Why make change in 87th minutes. Why sell the proven players for so called British craps.If the British players are so good all British teams will be in world cup semifinals but some of them struggle to enter EC. Those who say MU and Chelsea also won Carling cup agree but they won this toy for their kids(reserves) where Liverpool were lucky to win on last missed penalty to beat championship side with there. How they will fare in case miracle happen and they qualify for CL.Even under Rafa it was thrill to watch till last second when goal down because they always come back.Now it is heart break when they cant even score at home and manager defend that as we are kids. He blame goal post,luck and others but not himself.KD should stop proving that he bought right players and make the right selection. Everyone make mistakes. His ego will not do good for the the club and players.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree HF. I've got a life long LFC supporter as a friend and the is complete blindness to the issues of Dalglish in the 21st century. The shameful Suarez debacle, whether guilty or not, dragged LFC's name through the mud and was handled with great ineptitude by Dalglish, but for me the fact that he has spent nigh on £100m (35m Carroll, 20m Henderson, 16m Downing, 25m Suarez (ok he's good.....but), 10m Adam, 10m Enrique) on a team that clearly can't keep pace with the other "big" teams. The blind Scouse faithful will shout about the £50m he got for Torres, but he came courtesy of Benitziz, and he blew the lot on the miss firing Carroll and Henderson. Any other club with such expectations and any other manager, would be finding a new manager not revelling in the glory of a penalty shoot out against a Championship club!
ReplyDeletePS and yesterday he said in post match interview that it was clear to everyone they did enough to win! Since when was scoring one goal less than the other team good enough! Maybe there should be different rules for Kenny, I.e. 3pts if they look good or award LFC a goal rather than penalty as with 8 misses this year it's clearly not fair at the moment
ReplyDeleteTo be fair mate, Liverpool did play Arsenal off the pitch in the first 45 minutes. The trouble is, of course, that Dalglish spent big on forwards and Liverpool's goals per game ratio is dire. So Dalglish has to take responsibility I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteI thought we had reached rock bottom under Benitez but Dalglish has given new meaning to the word..Coupled with his incredible arrogance is an ineptitude that is almost staggering. It is clear to all but the most deluded, that the man hasn't the ability to form a coherent strategy to move the club forward...We should dispense of his services asap.
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