Okay, so Martin O Neil and Kenny Dalglish are the names being
thrown into the mix.
Are they really up to it?
Both have the potential right now, but they've yet to win
anything in the past decades with any team, apart from fielding
overperforming average teams. Can these two men work with star
players? Big name players require a different pedigree of a manager
these days.
What Liverpool needs right now is a candidate that is results
oriented. Someone who understands his players' strengths and
weakness, and exploits his opponent's fargilities.
We certainly don't need another throw-caution-to-the-wind
manager like Rijkaard or a park-the-bus Hodgson.
Granted Liverpool's pool of players are largely more defensive
minded than attacking, so a manager in the mould of Jose Mourinho,
Omar Hitzfield and Luiz Felipe Scolari.
BUT more than anything, we need a manager in the
winning-mentality mould of Bob Paisley, who have won numerous
accolades and famously quipped, "Mind you, I wasn't only here for
the good years," before adding, "One year, we came
second.'
That's right, even second is not good enough, and we need a
manager that lets the team know that a draw, a 1-0 or a 2-0 is not
good enough, because quite frankly, we have the personnel to do so
much more.
D*mmit.. Alright, looking at the conditions right now, I'll
settle for a swashbuckling Kenny Dalglish right now.
He's been in the fold for many years, and has been working
closely with Rafa and his team for a while.
If he can bring Blackburn, a team which we won 2-1 last weekend,
from a second place finish to become Premiere League champions,
then why not?
That's right, John Henry, why not?