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Matt Hughes from The Times

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Can you take this man seriously?

 

 

 

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Dalglish needs to learn some manners

 

Matt Hughes

 

 

Kenny Dalglish has been rightly credited with restoring the Liverpool way and reviving the Boot Room ethos since his return to Anfield, but some of his old school attitudes are less welcome. The Liverpool manager’s increasingly and condescending approach to the media does not become him or the great club who employ him.

 

Two examples spring readily to mind from the start of this season, and no doubt countless others could be provided by those who follow the club more closely. Following a magnificent away win at Arsenal last month Dalglish was asked by a respected newspaper reporter if he wanted Raul Meireles, who had made a major impact as a substitute, to stay at the club, to which he responded with a surprising level of disdain, “smell your fish and chips.” Little over a week later Meireles had been sold to Chelsea, demonstrating that Dalglish’s disregard for the reporter in question and the accuracy of newspapers in general was undeserved.

 

An even ruder and more unnecessary exchange followed yesterday’s 4-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. Dalglish responded to an innocuous question from a Sky Sports reporter about whether Steven Gerrard would return from injury against Brighton in the Carling Cup this week with barely concealed contempt and the words, “I don’t know, I’m not a psychic.” That’s right Kenny, but you still probably have a better idea than Sky’s production team, Liverpool fans and the millions watching live on television.

 

Such smart-arsed put-downs have not been seen in the Premier League since Gordon Strachan, who had a habit of humiliating unsuspecting interviewers with what he probably regarded as a unique form of wit. Dalglish is undoubtedly a better manager than his fellow Scot, but at the moment is failing to demonstrate that he is a better man.

Epic Swindle

Epic Swindle

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Dalglish needs to learn some manners

 

Matt Hughes

 

Kenny Dalglish has been rightly credited with restoring the Liverpool way and reviving the Boot Room ethos since his return to Anfield, but some of his old school attitudes are less welcome. The Liverpool manager's increasingly and condescending approach to the media does not become him or the great club who employ him.

 

Two examples spring readily to mind from the start of this season, and no doubt countless others could be provided by those who follow the club more closely. Following a magnificent away win at Arsenal last month Dalglish was asked by a respected newspaper reporter if he wanted Raul Meireles, who had made a major impact as a substitute, to stay at the club, to which he responded with a surprising level of disdain, "smell your fish and chips." Little over a week later Meireles had been sold to Chelsea, demonstrating that Dalglish's disregard for the reporter in question and the accuracy of newspapers in general was undeserved.

 

An even ruder and more unnecessary exchange followed yesterday's 4-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. Dalglish responded to an innocuous question from a Sky Sports reporter about whether Steven Gerrard would return from injury against Brighton in the Carling Cup this week with barely concealed contempt and the words, "I don't know, I'm not a psychic." That's right Kenny, but you still probably have a better idea than Sky's production team, Liverpool fans and the millions watching live on television.

 

Such smart-arsed put-downs have not been seen in the Premier League since Gordon Strachan, who had a habit of humiliating unsuspecting interviewers with what he probably regarded as a unique form of wit. Dalglish is undoubtedly a better manager than his fellow Scot, but at the moment is failing to demonstrate that he is a better man.

 

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Gunga Din

Gunga Din

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poor respected newspapers :rolleyes:

 

they must feel so hurt

 

 

i didnt know we had any respected newspapers in this country.

 

Why the f*** should Kenny be discussing his team selection anyway?

Falconhoof

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i didnt know we had any respected newspapers in this country.

 

Why the f*** should Kenny be discussing his team selection anyway?

 

Its Matt Smith of The Times, and a quote about insulting a Sky Sports News Reporter. As if any of News International is respected, the guttersnipes.

 

To be fair Kenny has tormented them, and Vinny O Connor, but only with legitimate reason, re the 'women in football' or the lights going out and him saying they have tapped the lights.

 

If they were going to have a go back i'd expect it to at least be humorous, but this is like some kid whining that the big boys won't let him have a game at play time.

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