I want Kenny

[David Hodgson]

If it's down to a choice between Roy Hodgson and Kenny, I think we've got to take the risk on the King. We all know it could be an unmitigated disaster, but what's to be lost right now? There's just a chance that with a good early start that the Kenny aura could be reborn and the pyschological benefits for the club would be enormous. If he's going to fail I think we'll know about it very quickly and we still give Woy a wing.

 

I like and admire Roy Hodgson but his appointment is too low key a one at a time when everyone needs a lift. We'd all be nervous, but excited by Kenny's appointment. I think it's time for us (the fans) to make ourselves heard on this issue before its too late. It may be one of the few things we can influence at the club right now.

[psl]

If it's down to a choice between Roy Hodgson and Kenny, I think we've got to take the risk on the King. We all know it could be an unmitigated disaster, but what's to be lost right now? There's just a chance that with a good early start that the Kenny aura could be reborn and the pyschological benefits for the club would be enormous. If he's going to fail I think we'll know about it very quickly and we still give Woy a wing.

 

I like and admire Roy Hodgson but his appointment is too low key a one at a time when everyone needs a lift. We'd all be nervous, but excited by Kenny's appointment. I think it's time for us (the fans) to make ourselves heard on this issue before its too late. It may be one of the few things we can influence at the club right now.

 

Genuine question and not loaded in any way but I was wondering if, having seen the options post-Rafa, any of the 'Rafa out' crew now wish that he was still here?

[David Hodgson]

Genuine question and not loaded in any way but I was wondering if, having seen the options post-Rafa, any of the 'Rafa out' crew now wish that he was still here?

 

No, I don't. I do wish the old Rafa was still here, but not the version he had become, but please let's not do this on this thread.

[Leo No.8]

Would have said Hodgson a couple of weeks ago, but now Rafa is actually gone and its happening I'd rather Dalglish. I like Hodgson, he is really nice bloke and a good manager but for some reason whilst the idea of him becoming our manager seemed OK, the reality of it actually happening doesn't seem so appealing.

 

It seems like they want Hodgson because he's a nice guy who won't make waves when they continue to dismantle the club and make his job difficult. Whatever the people who own and run the club want at present is the opposite to what we as supporters want so this doesn't appeal. The reasons for his appointment are wrong.

 

By 'Statesmanlike' figure I presume they mean 'won't make a fuss and kick off when we don't give him any money to spend'. Hodgson might do a really good job for us, but I hate the reasons for him being the top candidate; its nothing against him, but against the f*cking owners and Purslow.

Edited June 10, 2010 by Leo No.8

[Bogman]

If it's a straight choice between the two, would be a couple of steps backwards with Woy, the squad would be obliterated.

With Kenny we stand a better chance of keeping the majority of our better players.

Tough one, although I can see why some don't want Kenny's reputation tarnished, I for one think it's a no brainer to bring him back IF it's between those two.

 

I expect we'll royally feck it up, get in Woy, who'll get my 100% backing, but we'll go nowhere.

Edited June 10, 2010 by Bogman

[Stevie H]

no 'none of the above' option? i would rather neither of them got the job.

[Redray]

Think they have already decided they are going to give it to Kenny.

 

They are just waiting for a bit of clamour from the fans for the move, so they can say they did it as it was the fans choice and not as they are saving some coppers by doing it.

[richwilks]

The last thing I wanted when Rafa went was for Dalglish to take over, the club has become a circus and as far as I was concerned the only thing Kenny could do was fail.

 

I've thought about this since though and I believe that the right manager can still have success here, if talks of Masch and Kuyt going for £33 million are true and that money is there to reinvest then a manager with a bit of an idea can turn this around.

 

Masch is replaceable, Maxi is already here to replace Kuyt and is in my opinion a better version of him. If the new manager can see the right areas we can all see that need replacing (left back, dominant CB, Masch replacement, winger and striker) and we can get £33m in for two players and then also move on the likes of Skrtel, Riera, Degen, Lucas, Ngog, Babel etc we could potentially be a lot stronger next year.

 

I honestly now believe that Dalglish is the man who can do this and I'm actually incredibly excited about his potential appointment. I also believe he is the one person who can convince Gerrard and Torres to stay.

[bobbyboulders]

Neither are ideal, and both would ultimately be stopgaps, but it's got to be Kenny over Roy.

 

Get Kenny in with a really top class coach and everyone starts next season with a bit of a buzz. Which at the moment, would be something of an achievement. On the other hand, if Roy is picked, the next two months will be nonstop struggle to get people behind the new manager, with everyone well and truly f***ed off before the season even starts.

Edited June 10, 2010 by bobbyboulders

[Ramón Benítez Hernández]

no 'none of the above' option? i would rather neither of them got the job.

 

Who else would take this job?

 

I wanted that bloke Inter just signed, Hiddink or at a push Mourinho. Neither of those are available, or affordable.

[kacangpool]

kenny for me too.

[melia]

I believe that the club is f***ed until we get new owners. I don't expect us to win anything in that period and I would see anything above mid-table as a bonus.

In this situation I would rather it be looked after by someone who genuinely cares about it. Kenny fits the bill.

He cares about the club and his knowledge of the set-up and current staff gives him a head-start.

 

I'm not sure that he is the long-term solution but, then again, any other appointment probably wouldn't be either.

[David Hodgson]

The last thing I wanted when Rafa went was for Dalglish to take over, the club has become a circus and as far as I was concerned the only thing Kenny could do was fail.

 

I've thought about this since though and I believe that the right manager can still have success here, if talks of Masch and Kuyt going for £33 million are true and that money is there to reinvest then a manager with a bit of an idea can turn this around.

 

Masch is replaceable, Maxi is already here to replace Kuyt and is in my opinion a better version of him. If the new manager can see the right areas we can all see that need replacing (left back, dominant CB, Masch replacement, winger and striker) and we can get £33m in for two players and then also move on the likes of Skrtel, Riera, Degen, Lucas, Ngog, Babel etc we could potentially be a lot stronger next year.

 

I honestly now believe that Dalglish is the man who can do this and I'm actually incredibly excited about his potential appointment. I also believe he is the one person who can convince Gerrard and Torres to stay.

 

I agree. We all hate the thought of Kenny being tainted by any failure that might ensue, but we and he would get over it, if it happened. There remains a chance, though, that Kenny can still work his magic, and as you say, I can see Torres and Gerrard being talked round (I wouldn't be hugely optimistic about that happening, but there would be a chance).

[Rory Fitzgerald]

no 'none of the above' option? i would rather neither of them got the job.

 

Can I play this game. I would rather we didnt finish last season in 7th.

[Benzo-13]

Kenny for me.

Won't hear a word against him.

 

Thoughts of Woy make me shudder.

[David Hodgson]

Can I play this game. I would rather we didnt finish last season in 7th.

 

Who else would take this job?

 

I wanted that bloke Inter just signed, Hiddink or at a push Mourinho. Neither of those are available, or affordable.

 

We didn't exactly have the football world at our feet in 2005 either, you know. Once it became clear that flavour of the month Mourinho was chasing the Chelsea dollar, it came down to Rafa or Curbishley or O'Neill in most estimations. We were lucky that Rafa had fallen out with his employers at Valencia and there weren't any other mega jobs available in Europe at the time. We were a whisker away from this poll being O'Neill or Curbishley.

 

The truth is that the very best managers are already in good jobs. Look at City - richest club in the world and they have to make do with Mancini, who I don't think many of us would take now.

[smokescreen]

Kenny for me.

 

I was dubious about him taking it on, but that was when I thought the only reason for him doing it would be pressure from above, and him doing it as he felt obliged to for the good of the club.

 

Now he has come and and said he wants it, and he thinks he is the best candidate, then for me thats what I wanted to hear. If the King wants the job, what are we waiting for eh?

[Gomez]

no 'none of the above' option? i would rather neither of them got the job.

 

That's the problem isn't it. Not of the people I want in the have have the remotest chance of coming.

 

All of the people that are linked with the job, and therefore, given the inability of our board to keep anything in house, those that likely to get it , I wouldn't want anywhere near it.

 

Kenny of course is the exception, but it is heart over head.

[Knox_Harrington]

Neither. Keep looking (though what there is to look at is beyond me - there are a finite number of plausible top rank managers. Get a list of them and go from there.)

[Tones]

NOTA

[Nerik]

I'd rather take a gamble on a manager who has won the league 4 times but has been out of the game for a while, than go for someone who never won anything at a major club.

[David Hodgson]

Neither. Keep looking (though what there is to look at is beyond me - there are a finite number of plausible top rank managers. Get a list of them and go from there.)

 

 

I agree, but I think we're at the end game stage where they're going to plump for one of these two. We may as well get the right one.

[Chili Palmer]

Neither. Keep looking (though what there is to look at is beyond me - there are a finite number of plausible top rank managers. Get a list of them and go from there.)

 

 

Under these owners its pointless to go for the top rank managers.

[Knox_Harrington]

I agree, but I think we're at the end game stage where they're going to plump for one of these two. We may as well get the right one.

There's barely a right one. Why are we at the end game stage? Why wasn't this thought through? Have we considered Magath or Pellegrini? Have we broached the matter with either?

 

This is such a f*** up. It's just more of the same from our s***hole football club. No one f***ing thinks. There's never a plan, just endless crisis management and I'm f***ing sick of it. Absolutely disgusted. This isn't hard. You and I could do a better job.

[Stevie H]

Can I play this game. I would rather we didnt finish last season in 7th.

don't be silly.

 

neither of them are good enough to be liverpool manager, whatever f***ed up the a*** situation we're in. kenny's the sentimental appointment and almost an emotional blackmail move by the owners to hoodwink fans into some optimism, when the harsh truth is he is not qualified for the job.