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If this is true then we were very lucky indeed to be unsuccessful. I would like to congratulate Barca on the absolute certainty they will win La Liga now as there only real opponents have just placed a divisive influence in their dressing room. They too can look forward to half-time or training ground punch ups. Bad feeling, animosity and the disappearance of quite a lot of their team spirit. He's like a one man trojan horse. Let him thru the gate and you are fucked.

Kenny said that in Monday's press conference and the quotes are in the Dalglish Press conference thread. Here's his more recent quotes on Gerrard Kenny Dalglish says return of Steven Gerrard will add momentum | Football | The Guardian Also - one last thing - (apologies for going OT) Steven Gerrard's best mate and personal manager joined Twitter last week. Paul McGrattan and Gerrard are just about Siamese fucking twins. Kenny Dalglish only follows 16 people. Family, a couple of people involved with the Marina Dalglish Appeal and a few of our players but he added Gratty to the list. Paul McGrattan who it is safe to say, is far more ITK than any chauffeurs or whomever else, and who definitely is on the same page as Gerrard, tweeted this last week "If Kenny had got the job in the summer when he should of we would of had a good chance of CL football next season. Still exciting new era!" It is a certainty that view matches the view of Steven Gerrard. Although it was already pretty obvious that Gerrard would have always backed Kenny because of the relationship he has with him. And I would say that, the people who made up the rumours about Steven Gerrard's role in Roys appointment probably made-up all the rumours they've circulated. Gerrard can be a mardy bastard he does not have the personality or charisma to necessarily be popular or to rub people up the right way when he meets them. So there are plenty who do not like him but that does not make all the 'alleged' bollocks that's been made up true - quite the opposite. I don't mention this because I especially want to start anything. I just think someone needs to put this info out there. It clearly isn't going to be circulated or given the credence the words of supposed ITK’s, who never actually offered any proof that they really were ITK, would be given - but I'll put it out there just the same.

Kenny talking to LFC TV yesterday Dailymotion - Kenny Dalglish Pre Fulham - a Sports & Extreme video

I find myself agreeing with Kenny as usual... Kenny Dalglish say gender is not an issue if you're good at your job | Football | The Guardian Kenny Dalglish say gender is not an issue if you're good at your job • Liverpool manager initially unaware linesman was a woman • Kelly Cates, Dalglish's daughter, is former Sky sports presenter Kenny Dalglish has said he had no idea a female assistant referee had allowed Liverpool's first goal at Molineux on Saturday and, contrary to Richard Keys' pre-match claim, could not care less. The Liverpool manager was unwittingly dragged into the controversy that led to Keys and Andy Gray being suspended by the satellite channel when the Sky Sports presenter alleged that "Kenny will go potty" if Sian Massey were to make a contentious offside decision in the match at Wolverhampton. As it transpired Massey did, correctly allowing Fernando Torres' opening goal to stand after Raul Meireles had just beaten Wolves' offside trap. But Dalglish was unaware there was a female official running the line on the opposite side of the pitch to his position until the second half of the 3-0 win. Dalglish has admitted he needs contact lenses but, more to the point, he insisted he would judge officials only on their competence. "I never even knew it was a woman," the Liverpool manager said. "In the second half I was watching the game and I said to Steve Clarke [first‑team coach], 'Steve, that's a woman over there.' I don't have a problem with the gender of people officiating at a football match. They've got to know the laws of the game, haven't they? "I don't know what Sky's attitude is towards women, but certainly for me if you're good at your job I don't think your gender should be a restraint. If they're there, then fine. As I said, I didn't even realise until the second half that there was a woman running the line. It didn't bother me in any way, shape or form. The most important thing is how they see and interpret the laws of the game. The fact that we never knew tells you something. And, by the way, I never noticed if it was a guy on this side either." Dalglish's daughter, Kelly Cates, is a former Sky Sports News presenter who now works for ESPN, and the Liverpool manager taunted the satellite company during a scheduled press conference today to preview the home game against Fulham. Taking his seat at Melwood training ground, and before a question had been asked, Dalglish asked: "Is it OK for a lady to be here? It doesn't affect Sky?" The televised section of the press conference (Dalglish does a separate conference with written media afterwards) passed without the issue being raised until he said to Sky: "Is that your last question? So you're not even asking me about lady officials? And you want me to answer your questions?" Later, away from the cameras, Dalglish stressed that the controversy over Keys and Gray should not detract from the official's key judgment call at Molineux. "It doesn't matter what your gender is, you're not going to get everything right. But fortunately for her this time, because she's been put under the microscope, they can look back at that [first goal] and justify that she got that one right. That will certainly give her a lot of confidence going into the game."

I've just uploaded a doco called The Season Liverpool 1987 - 88 It has a lot of clips from that season and Aldo talking to ESPN about what it was like and a bit about Kenny as a manager for anyone who is interested here it is [YOUTUBE]1QNy3Fj4a1s[/YOUTUBE]

Thanks for that

The comment to the sky reporter is just unbelievably cool. I'm working on the video but in the meantime here's some more quotes from the press conference, care of the offal, on Gerrard, Johnson, Kelly and Torres

Yes he was the very best of what we all hope to be. He should have had more recognition for his feats from the wider football community but he will always be remembered by those who love Liverpool FC. Happy birthday.

This is very true. Let's be realistic Arsenal are 2nd in the table, they play CL footie, Wenger says if a player is ready then he's old enough and has played 16 year olds and 17 year olds in the first team. They've has two 21 yr old captains in recent memory. If you are a young player who would you choose? It's no reflection on the job anyone at LFC did - just reality.

Kenny Dalglish: I've been knocked out by the changes at Liverpool | Mail Online I've been knocked out by the changes at Liverpool If I've appreciated anything in the past fortnight at Liverpool, it is the unbelievable facilities at the club's Melwood training ground. It is dominated by a state-of-the-art pavilion, complete with video-editing suites, a sport science department and fantastic medical facilities. I remember what used to be there; a supposed all-weather gravel pitch. They called it all-weather because we could use it when it snowed. In actual fact, the only time you could play on it was when it was covered by four inches of snow. The rest of the time, it was too hard. Nowadays, the club has everything it needs, which is how it should be. When you consider the huge investment in players, it is only right to have the best facilities possible to get the best out of them. It was Graeme Souness (manager) and Peter Robinson (club secretary) who moved everything over to Melwood. Before then, all the players used to travel to Anfield, leave our cars and get taken by bus to training. It was a fantastic atmosphere, with a fair amount of banter, as you can imagine with the likes of Ronnie Whelan and Alan Hansen around. After training, we'd all pile back on the bus and eat back at Anfield - a three-course lunch usually polished off with apple pie and custard. Another thing that has changed in this pasta-conscious age! That was then, and this is now. Of course, certain things will have changed from the time I played for Liverpool and later managed them, but I have been knocked out with what I've had to work with. You can video-edit matches to look at tactical issues in detail. The sport science department gives you instant results on how players have trained, down to which blood counts are up or down. It's informative stuff and helpful in preparing players for matches. The medical facilities are fantastic. The quicker you can diagnose a player's injury, the better chance you have of getting him out on the pitch. Nothing is spared. The training pitches have undersoil heating so there is no need to play on the gravel! Melwood is still recognisable of course, just not as we knew it. There used to be an old pavilion with a couple of small dressing rooms for the A and B teams, showers and a basic gym. There wasn't a canteen that you'd recognise, just room to boil a kettle and make a cup of tea. The amount of people who work at the club is enormous compared with what it was, but it is not a sports science department working in isolation from the scouting department working separately from the coaches. Everyone has to work together. The number of players in the firstteam squad is larger as well and, without those bus rides from Anfield to Melwood, team spirit has to be created in a different way. The players eat lunch together after training. The food was excellent 20 years ago, but I'm sure it's better now for professional athletes, with the menus dictated by sports science. The idea in 1990 was to give the players a three-course meal for lunch. Soup maybe for starters, a main course of steak, chicken or Scouse, and then a dessert: apple pie and custard I remember with particular fondness. One of the reasons not to spare the portions was to ensure the single lads in the squad would be guaranteed at least one hearty meal a day. The menu now is fish, chicken, steak, pasta, salads; food to give you energy. I'm sure if you asked quietly for apple pie and custard, the canteen might try to sort it out, but I don't think the sports scientists would like it. The only downside is it is murder for the staff, like me, because you have to eat healthily as well. You don't want to set a bad example! To be serious, though, I have always embraced progress. For me, the important thing is to interpret and use science and technology in the right way - to get the club results on the pitch. That's what all of us are employed for. I've been through a lot of the progress in sports science. But as I said, even though it is all well and good having the information, the important thing is how you interpret it. A wealth of statistics without the nous of how to use them is not much good to anyone. We are all focused on one thing - getting results on the pitch. ------------------------------------------ £24m for Bent? Transfer fees are out of controlThe transfer market is a strange place, as we've seen with Darren Bent's transfer to Aston Villa last week for anything between £18million and £24m, depending on what you read. No disrespect to Bent, who has no say over the fee he commands, but it has been the case for many years that British players seem to cost more than overseas ones. I just find it amazing that although there is a huge concern about the financial well-being of football clubs, there is no end to spiralling transfer fees. It seems football is going against the trend seen in just about every other business in the country. Financially, they seem to be tightening their belts but football clubs continue to spend more on transfer fees and wages. It's just as well clubs have wealthy owners because they are needed to pursue the dream. As soon as one player goes for an extortionate fee, others will follow. Steve Bruce will find as he looks at replacements for Bent that the value of his transfer targets has also gone up. I can't understand why the Premier League do not introduce guidelines so that agents' fees are a set percentage of every transfer fee. If it's 10 per cent of a transfer, or the players' wages, across the board, at least clubs will know where they stand and it won't have to be negotiated separately on every deal. I can't believe it isn't regulated like that. It might not stop the inflated transfer fees that are out of step with the rest of the country, but it may be a starting point to help. ---------------------------------------------------------- It is getting harder to take pledges and promises at face value in modern sport. If FIFA can award a summer World Cup to Qatar and then float the idea of playing it in winter, how can other people be anything but suspicious? Now the London Olympic bid team are under fire because Spurs want to knock down the athletics track at Stratford after the GB bid team made it a vital part of the 'legacy' that won them the Games in the first place. Spurs say they will build a world-class athletics facility in another part of London if they get the Olympic Stadium. OK, but why don't they build it first? It is the only way of knowing it is going to happen. Likewise, the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland FAs are suspicious about fielding players in the Great Britain Olympic team in London, fearing they could lose their identity as separate nations at the World Cup and European Championships. FIFA have indicated that wouldn't happen, but given the world governing body's recent history, could you take them at their word? ----------------------------------------------------- Also here are some HQ pics from yesterday's win. eta: oops forgot my favourite

I'm not sure... but in 2003 all the current managers with 10 years on the job managerial experience were given a special diploma which I think exempted them from having to do the modules to gain a UEFA pro license. Kenny was not managing then so did not receive the diploma but he did have more than 10 years experience so now he is actively managing again he may be eligible for the 'diploma'. I think the idea with the diploma was that managers with more than 10 years experience had sufficient practical not to have to complete the theoretical - I don't know where Kenny will fall under that whole thing. It may be he does have the license by 'default' - not sure.

Gif of the final goal I posted the others earlier in the thread

Gotta love the jazz hands

Thought the lines-lady did well - liked this tweet from Kenny's son

Hope it's OK to post gifs here

Well done lads!

would you mind popping to the loo or something we could use a 3rd

awesome raul! take a bow

Cole played 45 minutes with the ressies during the week. Kenny was in attendance. He may get a run out he's not fully match fit right now. I don't think Kuyt has been as bad as you make out fwiw

Kenny said this after Everton "We've got a couple of senior players who the supporters haven't exactly seen eye to eye with," Dalglish said. "We've got to try to rebuild them. If we can get Christian Poulsen and Paul Konchesky back on side then that makes the squad that bit deeper." So why is anyone surprised. We knew this was the plan.

Good post.

He's showing a rare glimpse of self-awareness there.

Well I was going to start a thread for the whole press conference as I was uploading the entire thing to Youtube [YOUTUBE]nRgIcB8IbD0[/YOUTUBE] But I could see a quote from the press conference had already been posted so I thought creating a separate thread might be unnecessary. I don't really see why we can't talk about the whole press conference and everything Kenny said including what he said about the Academy and Rafa. We have not had separate threads for separate quotes from his previous Press conferences fwiw I think that's a troll and not a supporter so I don't know that I'd say "we're"... but on the other hand this whole thread makes me tired.