Perhaps a problem with any temporary managerial appointment is that even when it's made permanent,it doesn't feel as secure as it would if someone had been the sole target,recruiting or headhunting especially for the task. There's always a sense of second choice hanging in the air.
I have never for one moment felt Kenny Dalglish would make a poor Liverpool manager;he understands too much about too many aspects of the job,particularly at a club with extremely large expectations. It's why he was a logical choice when Roy Hodgson was as out of his distance between the dorsal and the ventral points of his body. He just couldn't survive the immense pressure,and so how much more certain names like Roberto Martinez and Brendan Rodgers who are being linked with the job.
But the question has always been just how good can Kenny Dalglish make Liverpool? At first,it was about stabilizing the club,and in general,he did that,first with improved league form,and getting to two cup finals. But it's not quite convincing; with the cup runs has come disappointing league form. Which way will it had gone next season? Will the cup performances be translated to the league next season,or were there problems that extended far downward below the surface? We would've known all these if Dalglish was still in charge.
The fans will always look to any manager's past history and simply expect him to replicate them in the club but what they forget is that,the circumstances are always different between one job and another. Anyone who wants to transplant what Pep Guardiola did,then it had been suicidal,as they will not get the smallest amount of Barcelona's genes but looking back,what Kenny Dalglish did at Liverpool was in many ways akin or related to Pep Guardiola's achievements at Barcelona. So why then was Dalglish not given another year because a year and a few months wasn't enough.
That was his first full season in charge coupled with new players,it's fair to say it had been a satisfactory season for Liverpool,with wildly inconsistent league form together with remarkable results in domestic cup competitions that saw them win the Carling Cup and second best to Chelsea in the FA Cup final.
That was a funny old season for Dalglish and Liverpool,and giving him another year,he could have turned things around.
BY: NANA YAW OLALLA
@FUSSBOL TALKZ
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