7_Kewell » Thu May 17, 2012 7:03 pm wrote:RedAnt » Thu May 17, 2012 7:01 pm wrote:7_Kewell » Thu May 17, 2012 6:47 pm wrote:i fail to understand why everyone think's our board are a bunch fo hire/fire merchants. Kenny should never have been given the long term job in the first place, hence he's gone.
Roy was doomed before he started, and the board had little choice to axe him after the fan backlash.
The next appointment will be a...
Sorry mate, couldn't help but chuckle. That's exactly why people see them as hire/fire merchants.
I hear what you're saying, but Roy was a dead man walking, so i discount him. The reasons for Kenny's sacking stretches far beyond what's happened on the pitch.
I more or less said that Kenny would be gone right after the FA Cup. I didn't want him to leave, but stated i'd not be suprised (actually I said i'd not be suprised, or particulary gutted; turns out I really am gutted afterall) if that was that. I fully understand why FSG have fired him, but I as a fan wanted Kenny to stay, as did many. We've fallen well short this season, but what I think is a major factor is that this season had to be THE season to at least make an impact in the league. Let's be honest...we all but whimpered our way back rather than say "Hey, look out, we're back in business!". Granted we had some great results against great sides and our performances really weren't all that far away from being a force again, and I think had results been the only issue then Kenny would still have his job. What concerned me most was the way glaring problems on the field were ignored, or sometimes even praised. That was Kenny's biggest flaw and probably why some recently accused him of arrogance. His public praising of what everyone else saw as a failure, or seeing progress where others saw none would have been considered fine managment had the performances improved but they didn't, and so many negative records were broken, and so many good results were followed by poor ones.
This year was a chance. Many teams underperformed, like Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham. During the seaon I said "We aren't losing the race for 4th, we're giving it away". And I stand by that. It was there for the taking and i'm sure this was taken into account. Remember how many games we lost to lower opposition only to see that Chelsea had lost too? Or Chelsk would play before us and lose, and we could never push on and take advantage.
But roll on next season. I for one will mourn Kenny's depature, but I will also do what he will do and look forwards with hope to a new campaign. Things look grim now, but soon it's time to walk on, together as Liverpool FC
