When King Kenny Dalglish took over the reigns at Liverpool, a wave of optimism spread through the club. It was heralded by some as the return of the Messiah, the boy from Liverpool’s golden era making his return to the club with which he won so much silverware as a player and later as a player/manager in the 1970s and 80s.
Liverpool needed such a positive appointment; Rafa Benitez, despite having many admirers and winning them the European Cup on THAT night in Istanbul in 2005, had gone as far as he could and things had become stale. Dalglish stepped in at the start of this year on a caretaker basis and signed a three-year contract in May 2011 – with many fans eagerly anticipating the 2011-12 campaign, a fresh start with an old, familiar face. As a mark of the effect Dalglish had on the troops upon his return, Jamie Carragher stated: “He’s brought the club together as one. The players and the supporters are all together. Kenny coming in has galvanised the support behind the team again and obviously his record as a manager in the past is fantastic.”
The Reds were in buoyant mood at the start of this campaign and with every reason to feel so, too. New signings were drafted in this summer, Charlie Adam signed on the dotted line from Blackpool to end months of speculation. Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing also signed from Sunderland and Middlesbrough respectively, adding weight to the midfield. Craig Bellamy made his return to the club and defender Sebastian Coates was drafted in from Uruguayan side Nacional. With the dangerous Luis Suarez leading the attack and the best keeper in the league between the posts in Pepe Reina, hopes were high and the spine of the side looked perfect.
However, despite the optimism reverberating around Anfield at the start of this season, much of Liverpool’s old inconsistencies have crept back to haunt them. Their home form, something which they have always been able to rely on in the past, has eluded them this season – they’ve picked up only a point against teams which you would expect them to normally dispose of. Sunderland, Norwich and Swansea all walked away from Anfield with a point this season.
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i think we are were we are in the table cos of dalglish favouritizm in the club eg picking players cos they are english not on merit shame on you mate
last time i checked, reina, suarez, agger, enrique, skrtel arent english. shame on u for your racist chant. go support the mancs
nah mate we are in this predicament becoz of king kenny.he is the boss and the buck stops with him.he can not compalin of no support from the owners.they gave him over 100m to spend on players.thats massive.we are not perfoming well becoz the players he bought are either not good enough or are still to settle.but he was given lots of money.there are cases where he fields players like stew and carol ahead of bellamy and maxi and we end up losing or drawing matches which we should have won.who is to blame here,the boss.forget for a moment that the boss is the untouchable and hugely popular king kenny.he is boss and when results dont come its the boss’s fault.
Stewart Downing signed from Middlesbrough¿?¿?