Top 10 Managers of Liverpool – Part 3
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He came agonisingly close to a league win in 2009 when the finished with 86 points, enough to win most seasons. However in his later years, the Liverpool manager was criticised for being overly negative in his tactics and was blamed for most of the mess
in the Liverpool camp. After the departure of start players http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alonso-c5254, Garcia and Arbeloa, a group stage exit in the Champions League and dismal seventh place finish in the league; Benitez left the club with mutual consent.
5. Joe Fagan - 1983-1985
One of the founding members of the “Boot Room”, Joe Fagan was the most natural candidate for the managerial position at Liverpool after the retirement of the great Bob Paisley. Expectations were high because Fagan had with him the team that was dominating
the European and the Domestic competitions. To his advantage was the fact that he has been with Liverpool for a long time and understood the mechanics of the team. He performed his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 exceeding everyone’s expectations, as he won the European Cup, English
League and the League Cup in 1984. He announced his retirement in 1985 after just two years with the club. Fagan had a major impact on the hearts and minds of Liverpool fans and also on the team.
4. Tom Watson - 1896-1915
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Tom-c35214 Watson arrived at Liverpool from Sunderland after a successful spell with Sunderland, winning the League title thrice. He was to date the most successful manager for the Sunderland football club. Watson was only 37 when he was given control of the club
and he steered the squad through numerous successes and ensured continuous progress. He won the league in 1901 which he had missed out on two years earlier thanks to a last match loss at Aston Villa. He brought in the likes of Sam Hardy, Elisha Scott, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752
Raisbeck and Jack Parkinson to Liverpool. Disaster struck for him when Liverpool was relegated to the second division but they resurfaced in emphatic style by winning the second division in that year and the first division the next year in 1906.
After 19 seasons in charge, he retired in 1915, a feat that is still a club record. Only http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 in more matches than him. He passed away soon after his departure from Liverpool.
3. Kenny Dalglish - 1985-1991 and 2011-Present
After the retirement of Joe Fagan in 1985, the management decided to hand over the helm to Kenny Dalglish. King Kenny as he came to be known had won three league titles in his first reign and took the second place twice. He could not lead the team to European
glory due to the ban on English teams after the Heysel disaster. Dalglish was the first player-manager for Liverpool. He was appointed in his second reign when Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson resigned and the Liverpool faithful voiced the return of King Kenny.
He has since lifted Liverpool out of the mid-table and into contention for a European spot. Dalglish has been offered a contract extension that may see him take the club to their previous heights. He is in fact a Kop legend.
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