BR progress

I'd argue Shankley was the greatest ever servant but fair enough you're entitled to your opinion and your support for a club legend is admirable.

FRED.

Shankly is, of course, a legend. I place KD marginally above him due to his sterling work in the community following Hillsborough.
By the way, we were only beaten three times in the league before Xmas last season. One of those defeats was at Spurs, where we were down to 9 men and had Agger stretchered off. Our results became more inconsistent following Lucas's injury at the beginning of December.

TERM.

FSG stabbed KD in the back over Suarezgate. Or, to be more accurate, they left him to be mauled by the media instead of actually having the guts to back their man.

SL. I would agree that the owners handling of the Suarez affair was poor. They could probably of nipped it in the bud by intervening at an early stage. But we don't actually know the true story behind it. Maybe Kenny and the British members of the board said 'leave it to us' due to their supposed better understanding of how things work over here?? And once Kenny started off down his chosen route of all out defence of Suarez, the owners felt it was too late to intervene, otherwise they'd undermine him...

Now, obviously I have no idea if it did happen that way, but it's not inconceivable, is it? But it's equally, if not more likely than the owners stabbing him in the back...

TERM.
True, no one knows exactly what happened behind closed doors, but clearly the fallout from Suarezgate should've been handled a lot better by the PR department at LFC rather than letting KD seemingly do it all on his own.
I think the atmosphere between KD and Henry was evidently very frosty at The Carling Cup final. Which indicates to me that bridges had already been burnt by that time.
For the record, I think KD was absolutely 100% correct in his 'all-out defense' of Suarez. He knew from day one that it was a stitch-up job by Fergie and his lapdogs in the media. It was his duty to support his player and his club, particularly considering the player in question was innocent.

Just for me, Kenny had been out of the game for a number of years and it certainly showed with his tactics.

Lets also not forget this season we had 1 striker and had to play a 17 year old for the majority of the first half of this season during which we also had no Lucas and we've lost Reina for a number of games this season. We should also be ahead of Everton after Suarez was robbed of a perfectly good winner at The Shack.

People forget that with their Kenny/Brendan comparisons.

comment by Fred Bassett - I like Borini and Allen before it's cool... (U3979)
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Just for me, Kenny had been out of the game for a number of years and it certainly showed with his tactics.
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Dominating possession in pretty much every game played whilst also creating a multitude of chances, regularly beating teams with better players and getting to two cup finals shows that KD had bad tactics?

I'm afraid this has gone past opinion. Your comments simply have no substance.

FRED.

During Kenny's tenure we smashed Utd, City, Chelsea, and Everton at Anfield. We also won at Arsenal and Chelsea. His tactics seemed to work then.
I think you're basing your whole opinion on him on the last three months of last season when results (though not necessarily performances) were poor. It happens commonly to teams after they win The Carling Cup - maybe their focus fades a little. It's happening to Swansea as we speak - do you think Laudrup should be sacked?
You also have to bare in mind the fact that the club almost went under only a year before. I think, baring that in mind, Kenny's 2nd reign as manager was extraordinarily successful. He should've been lauded for his achievements rather than uncerimoniously sacked!

Kenny's tactics were great

The finishing was either dire or the 'woodwork challenge' was an elaborate scheme.

I'm going to leave it after this comment as Kenny is the past but I just feel that as a club we have more direction and cohesion now than any time when Kenny was in charge.

FRED.

What are you using as evidence for the current, as you see it, 'direction and cohesion'?