Fenway Sports Group decided to part way with Kenny Dalglish after a disappointing campaign in the Barclay Premier League and we take a look at what motives the management could have had for making the decision.
Before one begins going through the profiles of the various potential candidates for the managerial hot seat at Liverpool, it would only be fitting to briefly analyse Dalglish’s season to get an idea of what FSG, the Merseyside Club’s principal owners will
be looking for from their next manager.
Dalglish was brought in at a time when the club was in tatters. The new owners, Fenway Sports Group had taken over and their first task was to handle the $400-million debt that the previous owners had dumped onto the club.
At the same time, the current http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 manager, Roy Hodgson, was struggling in the league and fans were left unconvinced of the former Fulham manager’s ability to lead the club to Europe.
Kenny Dalglish, at that time, was on vacation. However, the second he got the call from John Henry, he rushed back to Anfield and took over as caretaker manager. At first results did not go his way, with Liverpool losing their FA Cup meeting against Manchester
United.
However, there was a feel good factor around the club and the overall performances improved. FSG decided to give the permanent managerial position to the Dalglish as a result. Even when the club lost, the fans were in dreamland as they saw
their club icon standing in the dugout, trying to instil the same vigour and hunger for success that had made him reach the levels that he did.
The 2011/12 campaign, was Dalglish’s first full campaign back at the helm of the club and it was a rollercoaster ride for everyone associated with the club. The first half of the season was going well enough with the club only losing a total of three matches
in all competitions and were still well in touch with the top four.
During that time Liverpool also dumped current Premier League champions, Manchester City, out of the
Carling Cup in the semi-final stage before going on to lift their first trophy in six years at Wembley.
It was from this point onwards that things started to go wrong for the club as the performances took a nosedive and Liverpool lost more games than they won. However, the Reds’ performances in cup competitions continued to be solid as they reached the final
of the FA Cup for the first time since 2006.
A loss to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 on their third appearance at Wembley for the season meant that Liverpool were to end the season on a bit of a low.
There is no way that FSG made their decision to axe Dalglish based on his performances in the FA and Carling cup. It seems that for the new owners, the
Barclays Premier League has a higher priority and that is something that Dalglish was faltering in.
The next part of this article takes a look at what, in the League, cost Dalglish his http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 and how things could have been so different if the ball had only been a few inches to one side on 33 occasions.
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