"Liverpool's exhaustive interview process invited ridicule on Friday when a post on the club's official Twitter account asked: "Who do you want to replace Kenny Dalglish as #LFC manager? Reply with your suggestions and reasons." The club later said the tweet was "misunderstood - we were simply looking for fan views to include on a fun online feature". It also deterred Rodgers from accepting Liverpool's approach."
Someone once told me the 3 rules for a happy life - 2 were stupid and I can't remember them anymore, but the third one was 'don't ever go back to your old heroes'. After everything that happened with Kenny, I feel tempted to agree - too much heartbreak if things go wrong. =( That's the only reason why I'm afraid of having Rafa back.
Completely agree with you on the lower level EPL club managers - if you start thinking like a mid-table team, you'll become a mid-table team.
Me neither, not at all. It's basically the same principle that made us choose Hodgson, and look how well that worked out... =/ Rafa was brilliant, end of. However, he received quite a bit of criticism before he left (even among Liverpool supporters) because the results inferior to what the fans expected, and he was utterly hated by the English media.
If you're an 'after Benítez' Liverpool supporter, I have a recommendation for you (if you haven't watched it already, of course) -- the 2005 CL final with Milan. It's mandatory viewing, and I can guarantee you won't regret it. ;)
its not like they didnt bend to his philosophy, it just didnt work. you cannot play attacking and a high line defense when you don't have the players suited for it. its stupid, and its the reason we were practically leaking on goals. The defenders obviously werent comfortable. I kind of wish he had slowly built his team while having to work with the players he had. He needed time, but also his problem was that he didnt budge. He was interested in doing things one way, and it didnt work out. and he also lost the dressing room. Still i liked him, however when I think of him as a manager, he was a disaster. He learned a lot though, and he'll learn from it, he was quite dynamic and had a good football philosophy, but seemed utterly clueless on how to implement it with our team. LOL it would be just our luck if he goes to 'pool and is amazing and they are a top 4 team again.
It didn't work because he was never given the time or the support. Kinda hard to make a project work when the core of senior players at your club are basically sabotaging what you're trying to do. AVB handled things very poorly though, from a man-management point of view.
Di Matteo, this sudden and intense improvement in (cup) form - I can be wrong, but I'm convinced it won't last. In my opinion it's basically the result of many players' response to being given their last opportunity to shine. The problem Abramovich wanted to solve when he hired AVB is still there, that's why seems to have no intention of keeping Di Matteo. AVB's project was ultimately what he wants for the future of the club - it was always going to be a transition year, and we all know how transition years are. The problem wasn't solved, merely postponed.
I agree with you on one aspect though, he doesn't suit Chelsea's style of play. They're way more defensive than the teams he creates. Liverpool in that regard suits him a lot better.
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"Liverpool's exhaustive interview process invited ridicule on Friday when a post on the club's official Twitter account asked: "Who do you want to replace Kenny Dalglish as #LFC manager? Reply with your suggestions and reasons." The club later said the tweet was "misunderstood - we were simply looking for fan views to include on a fun online feature". It also deterred Rodgers from accepting Liverpool's approach."
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Completely agree with you on the lower level EPL club managers - if you start thinking like a mid-table team, you'll become a mid-table team.
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Me neither, not at all. It's basically the same principle that made us choose Hodgson, and look how well that worked out... =/
Rafa was brilliant, end of. However, he received quite a bit of criticism before he left (even among Liverpool supporters) because the results inferior to what the fans expected, and he was utterly hated by the English media.
If you're an 'after Benítez' Liverpool supporter, I have a recommendation for you (if you haven't watched it already, of course) -- the 2005 CL final with Milan. It's mandatory viewing, and I can guarantee you won't regret it. ;)
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you cannot play attacking and a high line defense when you don't have the players suited
for it. its stupid, and its the reason we were practically leaking on goals. The defenders
obviously werent comfortable. I kind of wish he had slowly built his team while having to work
with the players he had. He needed time, but also his problem was that he didnt budge. He was interested
in doing things one way, and it didnt work out. and he also lost the dressing room. Still i liked him, however
when I think of him as a manager, he was a disaster. He learned a lot though, and he'll learn from it, he was quite
dynamic and had a good football philosophy, but seemed utterly clueless on how to implement it with our team.
LOL it would be just our luck if he goes to 'pool and is amazing and they are a top 4 team again.
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Di Matteo, this sudden and intense improvement in (cup) form - I can be wrong, but I'm convinced it won't last. In my opinion it's basically the result of many players' response to being given their last opportunity to shine. The problem Abramovich wanted to solve when he hired AVB is still there, that's why seems to have no intention of keeping Di Matteo. AVB's project was ultimately what he wants for the future of the club - it was always going to be a transition year, and we all know how transition years are. The problem wasn't solved, merely postponed.
I agree with you on one aspect though, he doesn't suit Chelsea's style of play. They're way more defensive than the teams he creates. Liverpool in that regard suits him a lot better.
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