Writing for a Liverpool fan site, there is a fine line between what fans would describe as constructive and destructive criticism. As a person who writes blogs on my favourite club, especially when the write two a day to ensure good site numbers, I could be accused of over analysing situations or being seen as writing blogs that are “knee-jerk reaction” to previous matches.
For this reason it is not always easy to look at matches, with performances and results with the right perspective. We are 5 games into the season with Liverpool on seven points with 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses and already people are getting restless about the direction the club is heading in under Dalglish.
After a summer of big spending with high profile arrivals and departures many fans expect instant results, and those not at all happy with our summer purchases have been quick to vent their anger at the manager. There maybe a lot of people out there who know more about football than me, but I can’t see how we are anywhere the crisis point some people are making out after 5 league games. Attacking the manager in such a way is unhelpful to the team, and is reactionary in the extreme. We must remember it is an entirely new team; one which Kenny Dalglish is still finding about, as his tactical mistakes on Sunday are testament to.
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In the same instance though, I will never been someone who shows blind faith in a manager, either personally or in his methods. When things started to go wrong during Rafa Benitez’s last campaign as manager, I highlighted the problems I felt Rafa hadn’t addressed and fans, who supported Rafa through thick and thin, defended him as they have the right to do. The same goes with Kenny Dalglish, a legend as both player and manager, he also can’t be immune from criticism, and I will call it as I see it if I believe he makes a mistake.
For me this is constructive criticism of an individual I both admire as a manager and a person. To those who want to attack Dalglish so vehemently early on the season because they feel they know better, I have no time for you unless you have something constructive to say.
Equally though, those who say it is knee-jerk or ill-informed to criticise Kenny and we should go and support another team, this is an opinion site after all. We welcome opinions from all points of view, and as we are free to say what we like, I think any manager, no matter how legendary, can be assessed by what he does right and wrong.
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Huge tactical mistakes by Kenny AND his backroom staff. It was pretty obvious early in the Spurs game that Skrtel was going to get roasted. The mistake was not accepting or realising this. Nothing was done and as a result we suffered and Skrtels sending off was inevitable. Hopefully ALL of the coaching staff will realise they made mistakes and work hard NEVER to let them ‘fester’ throughout a game again. YNWA!
It is inevitable a manager of a team and how much rather the manager of Liverpool to be judged and criticized on his own performance and furthermore on the performance of his staff and players. Kenny Dalglish allowed very easily to specific players to escape from their conventional obligations and in his panic he replaced them with the wrong players by overspending on them. Kenny Daliglish has brought in English players of doubtful value when he had the opportunity to bring in world class players as: Kun Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Edinson Roberto CAVANI GOMEZ, Santi Cazorla, M’Via, etc. If Kenny Dalglish feels that he cannot get along with foreign players then for sure is not the right man for the job!
How do you know that Kenny Dalglish brought in british players because he cannot get along with foreign players!?!?
Well, the realisation comes from the time of Purslow and Hodgson’s British policy where we scowled in protest. Now that policy has been emphasised by KD it is clear that he was the one giving them that advise. Buy British. Not saying he doesnt get along with foreigners, just that he prefers british. So sad he’s living in the 80’s when british players reigned supreme. Only MU can buy the best of british nowadays. We tend to get the secong upper tier british players. Times have changed im afraid.
guyz keny favours british players.we all know that.whether he cant get on with foreigners,we dont know.wat we know is that the british players he bought are rubbish and are failing to win us games.why not buy augero,mata,zarate,lavezi.why buy carol,hendo,adam whoare not playing well.is it becoz they are british.who uis better carol or augero?who is better mata or hendo.we will always walk alone if kenny does not wake up in january and buys these,hazard/lucas/eriksen,lavezi/cavani,ramires,the ajax defender.sell carol,hendo,adam.bring back aqua.stupid dalglish,legend who thinks he knows it all but is killing the team.rubbish,nonsense.