Having already looked at Liverpool’s performances in cup competitions and ruling them out as the reason for Kenny Dalglish’s removal as the Reds’ manager, it is now time to look at what did cost him his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684.
Liverpool finished eighth in the Barclays Premier League and had their worse points tally in over fifty years. One cannot deny that the club’s performances in the league were horrendous at times.
Anfield’s fortress status was put to the test and it did not hold true as, despite being unbeaten at home for a majority of the season, clubs came to the stadium and more often than not went away with a point.
It was the home form that ultimately disappointed and left http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in mid-table mediocrity. Yet, the entire season could have turned out so different had the ball just been two inches lower on some occasions or two inches to the left or the right on others and maybe even two inches further down the line.
Liverpool hit the post 33 times during the course of the 2011/12 Barclays Premier League season, more than any other club and one is left to wonder that if even half of those efforts had gone in, what a different story it would have been.
The Reds played some good football during the season but that inability to take their chances put an increasing amount of pressure on the manager and ultimately was one of the reasons that Dalglish did lose his job.
Players such as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stewart-Downing-c34221 who went 72 shots without a goal or a single assist in the league need to stand up and be counted and admit that they did not perform despite being given ample opportunity by the manager.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jordan-Henderson-c19102 and Andy Carroll had a tough start to their Anfield careers yet it seems that Dalglish’s persistence was rubbing off on the pair and both put in a number of solid performances by the end of the campaign. That being said, it was too little too late.
Yet even all of that could have been forgiven, as Liverpool had added to their trophy cabinet and displayed plenty of positives throughout the season.
In a way, it seems that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Hicks and George Gillett’s legacy lives on at Anfield as, in a way, their poor management at the club was a factor in FSG’s decision. That is not to say that the manager and the players could not have helped the situation.
Basically, FSG has done nothing but spend money since they come into the club; writing off a 300-miilion debt left by the previous owners, as well as an additional 45-million this year, coupled with the 100-million spent on players at the same time.
In return, the club would have needed to qualify for the Champions League in order to attract the best players and keep the club financially competitive. That did not happen and with the amount of money FSG invested, it seems that they could not risk another season of hoping that performances pick up.
Yet, had the ball rebounded off the post and into the goal on a few occasions it would have been a completely different story.
So it seems that a number of factors, ranging from bad luck, to poor individual performances, a lack of ruthlessness in front of goal and the need for the club to see a return on its heavy investments, ultimately led to Dalglish being shown the door.
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