Kenny Dalglish: I respect refs no more.....

[05 Milan]

Any journalist who writes a bad word about Liverpool or Kenny, whether it's his own opinion or not, needs to be hunted down and killed.

 

People need to chill. Dalglish is under the same scrutiny as all other top flight managers, and he will have to deal with it. I'm sure he'll do just fine.

[dalglish2rush]

Any journalist who writes a bad word about Liverpool or Kenny, whether it's his own opinion or not, needs to be hunted down and killed.

 

People need to chill. Dalglish is under the same scrutiny as all other top flight managers, and he will have to deal with it. I'm sure he'll do just fine.

 

so u agree with all the snide comments in the press today and yesterday?

do u think fergie gets the same response?

we know kenny will get criticised,but surely u must agree a few of them were out of order this weekend?

[Skidfingers McGonical]

Any journalist who writes a bad word about Liverpool or Kenny, whether it's his own opinion or not, needs to be hunted down and killed.

 

People need to chill. Dalglish is under the same scrutiny as all other top flight managers, and he will have to deal with it. I'm sure he'll do just fine.

 

Your right that Kenny is under the same scrutiny, but the articles are not objective, are not balanced and carry a snide undertone that Kenny has lost it 4 games in, while not acknowledging the massive turnaround he has performed since coming in. Shoddy at it's best.

 

That Saccharine article from a so called red is a disgrace, making out that Kenny can't handle the pressure again second time round, when the two situations are so far apart it is unreal.

 

I'm all for good journalism, both positive and negative, but when it's as poor as it has been it should be questioned.

[dalglish2rush]

Your right that Kenny is under the same scrutiny, but the articles are not objective, are not balanced and carry a snide undertone that Kenny has lost it 4 games in, while not acknowledging the massive turnaround he has performed since coming in. Shoddy at it's best.

 

That Saccharine article from a so called red is a disgrace, making out that Kenny can't handle the pressure again second time round, when the two situations are so far apart it is unreal.

 

I'm all for good journalism, both positive and negative, but when it's as poor as it has been it should be questioned.

totally agree

[navbasi]

It's time for some perspective on Liverpool's first defeat

 

Do you remember Liverpool in the final, tortured days of the Roy Hodgson reign? The vacant-eyed shuffling of those two robotic banks of four, the wet thump of wellied balls into channels, the audible sound of Fernando Torres dying inside? Nine months on and it seems that the first casualty of Kenny Dalglish’s reign has been perspective. This loosened grip on reality has affected the vocal fringe of fans who expected a title challenge as profoundly as it has the broadsheet journalists who raced to put the boot in this week after a single defeat.

 

On Monday, The Independent gravely announced that Liverpool’s 0-1 reverse at Stoke on Saturday was Dalglish’s “eighth loss in 28 matches.”

 

Fair enough, but as Paul Tomkins points out on his website, the Liverpool manager has won 14 of the others, which gives him a perfectly acceptable win ratio of 50 percent.

 

The Guardian took a rather more alarming line, with their reporter suggesting that Dalglish’s annoyance with last weekend’s officials might mean that, “for the second time in two decades, the task of managing Liverpool is proving too great a responsibility.” A perfectly logical conclusion, provided that you can equate losing to Stoke with the burden of carrying a grief-stricken city upon your back for 18 months while desperately trying not to be the man who brings 20 years of runaway success to an end.

 

Dalglish was unwise to question the standard of refereeing in Liverpool’s games and there will certainly have been wry smiles at The Emirates at his claim that his team have suffered bad decisions in every game. Bad decisions happen in football, but they happen to everyone and every team in England could provide a catalogue of contention to rival the one claimed by Dalglish. Instead of moaning at the officials, he would be better served moaning at his players. According to Opta, Liverpool had 24 chances to Stoke’s three, completed more than three times as many passes and enjoyed a whopping 72.7 percent of the possession. If he’s looking for scapegoats, he’ll find them in his own dressing room.

 

But there really shouldn’t be any need for scapegoats, should there? For starters, Stoke are hardly minnows, especially at the Britannia Stadium. Last season, only five teams won more home games than the Potters. Secondly, the concept of a team playing well and losing is hardly a novel one. As with those bad decisions, these things happen in football.

 

The truth, unpalatable as it was to the more excitable Liverpool supporters when it was suggested in the summer, is that the damage caused by the previous owners was never going to be swept away in two transfer windows. Liverpool are still only a indistinct blob in the wing mirror of the Manchester clubs. They have spent heavily, albeit with money deposited at the bank in January amid howls of laughter, but change will not be swift and they will go on to lose more games this season.

 

Dalglish’s primary objective upon his return was not to win the Premier League, it was to secure the right to play in it again this season. That’s how bad it was under Hodgson. By reinvigorating the club so quickly, perhaps he has raised expectations too soon. His target this season is to qualify for the Champions League and one defeat in four games is not yet enough to suggest that he’s going to fall short. Last season, Arsenal lost eight of them and finished fouth. The season before that, Tottenham took the final Champions League place after losing 10.

 

Liverpool are playing patient, intelligent football, they’re at the right end of the table and they’re still a decent bet for that Champions League place. Nine months on from the gloom of the Hodgson era, that should be more than enough for fans and journalists alike.

 

It's time for some perspective on Liverpool's first defeat | Life's A Pitch

[JohnnyH]

Simply put, but fairly spot on.

 

This line brought a smile to my face. "They have spent heavily, albeit with money deposited at the bank in January amid howls of laughter,"

[navbasi]

Kenny meets with refs chief

 

Liverpool Manager Kenny Dalglish yesterday met with Mike Riley, General Manager of Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, at the Club's Melwood training ground.

 

Following the meeting, the Reds boss said: "It was good to see Mike and we had an extremely informative and amicable discussion, which has given us all a better understanding of how things operate.

 

"It's our job to best represent the Club and protect its interests, but we have the utmost respect for the job referees do and have never wanted or asked for any form of preferential treatment, simply a level playing field for everyone.

 

"We will continue to conduct ourselves in a dignified and respectful manner at all times.

 

"From our perspective it was certainly worthwhile sitting down together and maybe it's something that should happen more often."

 

Kenny meets with refs chief - Liverpool FC

[JagSquared]

How big a bribe did mike riley ask for then?

[waiting game]

How big a bribe did mike riley ask for then?

 

ole Bacon face won't be happy his bitch is making new friends.

[JagSquared]

Im fully expecting Ferguson to come out with a comment to referees reminding them to listen to him. Im guessing a "refs have a difficult job" line any day.