6. Lack of Player Knowledge – After buying Raul Meireles, he started to play him on the right hand side while trying to find his best position. Since, he has discovered that his best position is in central midfield, a role he has played almost his entire career. He has also yet to realise that Milan Jovanovic can also play as a striker.
7. Issue with Benitez – Roy’s criticism of the players he was left by Rafa Benitez was met by a robust response by the Inter manager. Not knowing what a storm he had provoked after pedalling the view held by the British media, Roy apologised but did his reputation no end of damage with Reds fans.
8. Ancien Regime – Many wanted Kenny as Reds manager after Rafa’s departure and the appointment of Roy instead of him rankled with some. Considering Roy was an appointment of the last regime, many believe it would be good for everybody if a new start was made with the manager too.
9. Ferguson Friendship – His desire to keep his friendship with Alex Ferguson led him to not comment when Fergie accused Fernando Torres of diving. A Liverpool manager’s priority should be to the player and the club first before any personal friendships, especially with a rival manager.
10. Attacking his own players – Hodgson may have provoked a reaction out of Glen Johnson but criticising players in public is not a good way of endearing you to your own fans. There of course worries of alienating players if you keep making such remarks in public.
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i’ll agree to all the points except point 3. the old weak medical team was inadequate which resulted in the long adsence of gerrard and torres and we ended with 7th. now both of them are back (having played world cup), we have to condition gerrard and torres carefully. a great example of not listening to our medical team was gerrard getting injured beyond the recommended time in the recent and pointless international friendly.
You forgot to mention that he is a crap manager and has proven that by only winning a Danish league title during his 35 years of dedication to football.
Clueless, inept, arrogant, ignorant, out of depth,out of touch, boring, negative…..the list goes on.
F*** off Roy!
I don’t understand how Roy can let the “Sports Science People” influence his decisions so much. They are brought in to help the players on injuries and fitness levels, not to help Roy select his team.
He obviously doesn’t know the players’ best positions and attributes. He decided to loan out Insua when we had no fit left back. He played Meireles on the right wing when he’s obviously a quality central midfielder. He stated that we only have three strikers (Torres, Ngog and Babel) when we also have Jovanovic and Kuyt who can play up front as well as out wide.
He criticised Rafa and said that he inherited a poor squad when we had something like 14 internationals (second only to Barcelona with the most players at the World Cup).
Instead of standing up to Ferguscum, he kept his friendship with the guy and let him accuse Torres of diving. Rafa would have hit back at the guy immediately and defend our players and club.
He criticised Glen Johnson in public. Yes, we all know that his form has been poor this season but as a manager you should never criticise your own players in front of the media.
This kind of tripe serves no useful purpose.
It serves to humor some LFCforum.co My only concern is you stopped @ 10 & why didn’t you condense it into 10 sentences instead of 10 paragraphs like this (1) = PLAYING DOWN EXPECTATION the opposition were SO & we were SO, SO so we were twice as good as them!!! (2) = PASSING THE BUCK the amount of bucks he’s passed he should have plenty in the transfer kitty!!! (3) = WEAK LEADERSHIP I’m the king of the castle when the missus isn’t here!!! (4) = PROMISES PASS & MOVE ATTACKING FOOTBALL I’ve seen some old footage & the pause button is great!!! (5) = OVERLY PRAISED by FLEET STREET my mates have a hospitality box @ Craven Cottage!!! (6) = LACK OF PLAYER KNOWLEDGE Sorry Paul…., Joe….., Chris….., oh the other guy? I was reading the formation sheet upside down & back the front BLOODY FLIPPER BOARDS!!! (7) = ISSUE WITH BENITEZ Rafa who??? (8) = ANCIENT REGIME Stop chanting my name’s WOY not KENNY!!! (9) = FERGUSON FRIENDSHIP hey Alex got my bottle??? & my favorite (10) = ATTACKING HIS OWN PLAYERS I’ve never come out & said bad things about my own players!!! just ask P.Konchesky, J.Cole, C.Poulsen & Raul.M. so there!!! TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS, HUMOR, NOTHING MORE. ENJOY!!!
I do not give a toss what happens off the park there performances this year have lacked inspiration creativity and is drab to watch.
This is by far the main reason why Roy should f… off.