by alwayslfc » Mon Feb 28, 2011 2:22 am
Many of you criticise the players for the awful performance. Yes, I agree the players didn't play well and if they continue to play like this vs Man U next week, we will be thrashed, period, I absolutely guarantee it and can even put my house to bet on this one.
I don't know whether KK is also to blame for all these PL woes since the Wigan match and whether he deserves to be given an extension to his contract in the summer for the sake of his legendary status which took 14 years to earn. His appointment as caretaker boss for the 2nd half of the season was the perfect one to replace inept RH who could have got us relegated and now under KK we're in 6th place and at one time was aiming for 4th spot finish.
We've played 8 PL games under KK now with 4 wins, 2 defeats and 2 draws. Yes we've improved in our results but our play on the pitch were pititful even with the ones we won where most of the possession were given away and so demoralising to watch. That's why I won't be watching the Man U game because I know most of the ball possession again will be taken by them, I'm not saying we will get beat (personally IMHO this is likely). KK has only improved the results but not our style of play, Lvp on the pitch lack confidence and do not seem to be hungry for goals and I am not sure what went wrong and who are the ones responsible.
I'd put it down to these reasons.
1. All the players who have played this season except for Suarez are either Rafa's or RH's signings and many of them are duds.
2. The tail end of Rafa's and RH's first half management were terrible and took its' toll on the confidence of the players.
3. Maybe, just maybe KK has lost his edge and doesn't have what it takes to be champions again like he was 20 years ago. Nevertheless, I'd love to see him continue on for a few more seasons with big funds from the owners and let him bring in the players he want to work with and see whether he can rebuild another championship side again. However, if the owners can replace him with a better guy (this will be a tough one), I'll be happy with this outcome as well as I love him too much to see his legendary status being tarnished.