Since Kenny Dalglish took over the managerial hotseat at Anfield there has been great improvements made on the pitch and off the pitch.
We have bought good players with potential and hunger to win trophies. Many people have said recently Kenny has paid inflated prices for players in the two transfer windows since he has been in charge. I can see why they feel this is the case but I have news for the doubters, Liverpool fans don’t care about money. We are back playing the Liverpool way of pass and move. If we are up a couple of goals we still push forward. I can’t explain how happy I am to see this. For too many years under Houllier and Benitez we went one up and sat back the rest of the match hoping to snatch another goal on the counter attack.
Kenny has seen what many LFC fans have for years. We needed width as we played with wingers who weren’t really wingers i.e Benayoun, Kuyt, Cole, Degen etc. These players tried but their instinct was to cut inside the opposing full-back everytime. Kenny bought Downing and finally it looks like we can stretch teams more. Kenny has identified that we needed pace and bought Downing, Enrique, Suarez and Bellamy. He has also played Kuyt as a centre forward not on the right wing where Dirk did a job but was never going to be the answer on the right side of a Liverpool midfield. Enrique has also signed to fill a left-back position that has been a problem since Riise was allowed to leave the club for a nominal fee only to be replaced by Dossena or Insua.
He has cleared out the deadwood and reduced a massive squad full of players who should never have got near wearing a Liverpool shirt. At times last season I was struggling to watch my beloved Reds as they were so poor. Kenny has brought belief back to our players and supporters.
Off the pitch improvements have impressed me especially during the summer.Gone are the days of the last few years where LFC have washed their dirty linen in the press. Kenny’s press conferences are outstanding. He refuses to comment on transfer targets and any other club business that has not been completed. Under Rafa he seemed to use these opportunities to show he wasn’t happy with his transfer budget etc. I can understand his hands were tied to some extent but the great managers of the past knew that club business was done behind closed doors.
Kenny is old school and Liverpool is engrained in him.
Liverpool as usual where linked to hundreds of players in the press this summer. I doubt many people would have guessed all the players we have signed this summer. Everything seems so underwraps. I have noticed people on social networking sites claiming to have sources who tell them LFC are linked to such and such a player. Reading these I laugh as LFC do their business correctly now and the only people who know who we are interested in are Kenny and club officials.
Off-course Kenny has been lucky as he has the support of really good owners who care about our club. Gone are the days were we watched Hicks sitting in front of a fire on Skysports news talking garbage about our club and making promises he had no intention of keeping. Our new owners have not made any brash statements of intent but somehow I am content that they will do what they have to.
With Kenny pulling the club together now we have strength again. Some players have had the audacity to request to leave our club. In years gone by these players were begged to stay for another year etc. Not under Kenny, those who don’t want to be there are sold. Torres and Meireles have gone and I for one am glad they are. If you don’t want to pull on the mighty red jersey on a saturday afternoon and play your heart out then I would rather you left our club.
What a difference a year makes. In King Kenny We Trust! YNWA!
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i find it really quite sad that the brilliant job that rafa did is being swept under the carpet. he had some ridiculous constraints on him. he realised that width was needed along time ago, thats why he pesisted with kewell thats why he bought pennant, riera, gonzalez and the likes, he had no money for proven wide players who are 20 million a go. so he had to take gambles. some paid off, some didn’t thats the way it goes. by all means praise the king he is doing a wonderful job, just remember he is working under different circumstances than rafa and even houllier
Could have sworn I read this a few days ago, in fact I definitely did. What a swizz! You’re getting great mileage out of your badly phrased, written and spelt ‘articles’ aren’t you?
‘Off-course’? Did you mean ‘ Of course’? Of course you did!
Liverpool fans don’t care about money? Money going to interest payments was our problem and one of the main reasons why we haven’t been able to invest in the squad. it’s no coincidence that the net spend on transfers has been roughly the same amount. FSG have said they will not deficit spend and that is exactly what has happened