We woke up today to learn that Kenny Dalglish has replaced Roy Hodgson as Liverpool manager. As far as United are concerned, this could be a disaster.
How often do we see clubs galvanised in the first game since the manager was sacked, particularly when their first game is one they would never be expected to win.
The fact that it’s Dalglish who has come in, King Kenny, the delusional scouse equivalent to Alan Shearer/Kevin Keegan for the barmy Geordies, makes it all the more dangerous for United.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think for a second that Dalglish is going to come in and save Liverpool’s season. Whilst he might be able to stop them from going down, just like Hodgson probably would have been able to, I’m not worried about a resurgence. But we’re not talking about Liverpool’s whole season here, we’re talking about one game, when their fans and players won’t be able to avoid the buzz of excitement and expectation, which is a feeling they haven’t enjoyed for a while.
The Liverpool fans can’t get enough. “Kenny Daglish” and “Roy Hodgeson” are currently trending on Twitter (not that I’m poking fun at literacy levels in Liverpool) and the pessimism which surrounded them in the week leading up to this game will have vanished.
The ridiculous music that usually plays as our players walk on to the pitch, akin to what the Gladiators and lions would have heard walking out in to the Colosseum, will be turned down so the crowd can get the atmosphere going. It is up to us to make sure we outsing those 9000 travelling scousers.
On the upside, Liverpool having their legendary Dalglish as the manager in May, if United go on to make it 19, would make victory even sweeter.
Man Utd News 24/7
History is about to be made for sure
Liverpool ended when Dalglish left.
Now he’s back only to see what United will do to them
Once and for all it’s time to knock them off there fucking perch TM SAF
first appointment John Barnes as they have proved themselves a devastating partnership in management. do you think?
Maybe for this one game, he can get this lot of for it, but in the long term, football has moved on and just like Keegan, King Kenny will find it difficult to cope with the modern game.
When the cunt was last in charge, United were on 7. It’d be nice to see him in charge when United make it 19!
I think for the season, its great news, a man who hasn’t been in football management for over 10 years is supposed to save Liverpool? He left Liverpool on the brink of decline and as we know, they have never recovered since. He bought the title with Blackburn before leaving them in the shit, then did nothing with Newcastle, I wouldn’t be surprised if they go down, how good would that be? King Kenny leading them down to the championship!
This could lift the spirits in the scum half of Liverpool, but if we beat them I don’t see Liverpool turn everything around. Why, you ask? Their squad isn’t getting any better with Daglish coming in, unless they make some huge signings in the next couple of weeks.
At the end of the season, wouldn’t it be just perfect seeing Liverpool relegated with “King” Kenny as manager? One can only dream.
The squad won’t have a clue what dalglish is telling them to do.
This will make title 19 even sweeter
The press conferences should be enlightening,mibbes aye mibbes naw. think he’ll have them in a supporters club like he did with Celtic?He’s an absolute dumpling.
This article echoes some of my worries about tomorrow’s game. Traditionally, I hate playing against clubs when they’ve just underwent a change in management. The team will have to be completely alert and the fans will have to be up for it.
Hehe they’ve gone for the legendary Dalglish, eh? The same legend that walked out on them in 1991 needing a break from footy…
…and turned up eight months later at Jack Walker’s Blackburn. Guess he knew which way the squad was heading then but has deluded himself into thinking that it doesnt matter now.
samartalex made a point about hodgson being sir alex’s friend,might just galvanize the gaffer to field a strong side and stick it to “king kenny” and the dippers.
Super Caley go ballistic Celtic are atrocious remember that headline.Wasn’t he and Barnes in charge of Celtic then and left them in the shit,relegation for pool looms.
fifa have named wenger the greatest manager of the last ten years. http://tribalfootball.com/articles/fifa-backed-website-names-arsenal-boss-wenger-manager-decade-1371341
could not agree more, scott. ….
think it will be a different game now – a lot closer – united still winning, of course.
Liverpool Preview: Magnify Their Misery
http://www.theunitedreligion.com/2011/01/liverpool-preview-magnify-their-misery.html
I am reposting these here, called the wrong number.
Another friend sacked. This should ensure SAF’s full attention to the matter at hand.
At 4:0 he’ll be bringing on strikers. A parting shot for his buddy.
Hot revenge is also great.
Liverpool’s owners have removed the monkey.
The one that would have been on their back until they appointed Kenny.
If he succeeds, they’ll be happy. If not, they can do things their way.
Unfortunately for them, they have overestimated Liverpool fans IQ.
Even before Dalgleish has fallen, ‘Benitez’ will be the cry.
It isn’t as if he is sweeping in from out of the cold with a fresh perspective and new ideas. He has been there since summer 2009 in a couple of different roles, Benitez brought him back and Hodgson promoted him I believe.
One thing is certain though, Liverpool can’t really lose unless we hammer them. A slight defeat will be expected and anything more will be a sign of their “resurgence”.
Costas
We are our worst enemy if we lose tomorrow
Kenny Dalglish was on a cruise on holiday when he got the news – he has been transferred from his holiday to the God seat at Liverpool – where his disciples foolishly believe he will bring a change – admittedly he may fare better than Hodgson but let’s put it into perspective:
If the Liverpool board do not back Dalglish in the transfer market then that just leaves Liverpool exactly where they were with Hodgson – so then one might argue Hodgson only got sacked because the greatest fans in the world TM could not be arsed to back the manager that they had – so much for fucking loyalty and the rubbish that comes out of Anfield.
Of course one looks at Liverpool right now and says would one take that situation with ones own team ? – to be honest maybe not – maybe a 63 year old was then the wrong appointment in the first place – but on a flip side he was the appointment made and therefore as fans – them lot should be hanging their heads in fucking shame for not backing him at least from the start.
When they lecture us – they should look at themselves – from the Chelsea clapping and arse licking at Anfield last season to the way they have disgracefully treated their manager at their club one should assume that they deserve everything they get.
Glen Johnson (@glen_johnson) acting the cunt on Twitter because Paul Merson dared to question his ability…
“Comments from alcoholic drug abusers are not really gonna upset me and who is Paul Merson to jugde players, he was average at the best of times.”
“He was average at the best of times, the only reason he’s on that show is coz he gambled all his money away. The clown!”
What a tosser.
I see that at the Emirates there is a Schmeical in goal
Wrong club wrong time but be on the watch out Arsenal
Like father like son…
@MG
There’s a different dimension to this game too. It’s like if you are a rival manager and you are wondering how you can neutralize Ji Sung Park. It’s not easy, because he pops up all over the pitch. Likewise, we don’t know what to expect from Liverpool tomorrow. Apart from Torres diving and Gerrard clatching the badge everytime the camera is on him…
I agree with you about Hodgson’s treatment. And once you hear the Greatest Fans in the World (TM) make fun of their team’s manager by chanting “Hodgson for England”, you know that there’s now way back for him. Disgraceful, but then again, it was fitting. As you said, we ae talking about the same bunch of morons that held “Neville or Chelsea” banners before celebating Lampard’s 2nd. Word has it Webster’s dictionary will use this example in the future next to the word slut.
Either way, lets be completely focused tomorrow and we should do well.
@Slabs
That cunt better be careful because he is looking at his future there. I am not a Merson fan, but have some respect ffs.
Costas
I agree – focus focus focus
On another note I also see at the Emirates there is a Bruce on the pitch
Wrong club wrong time but be on the watch out Arsenal
Like father like son…
@costas: well said, but let’s be honest, there is absolutely no respect with the modern-day player. there are only a handful, which chicharito a breath of fresh air….. glen johnson is a thug, who has the ability to play football.
@MG
Is Ben Parker also Paul Parker’s son?
Leeds think that they can emulate us by using sons of our greats?
@hammons
Sad, but true. Plus, Johnson hasn’t exactly been the league’s best RB this season…
I say ban twitter, for footballers anyway. Some player from the lower league, apparently twitted, he hoped all his own fans died. He must have been getting some abuse, to tweet something like that.
First the Rafalution, then the Hodgoncaust. Now what? Doomsda(l)gish?
Hello I am a liverpool fan I have commented on here a few times – usually when you take it upon yourself to write about the club I support but Im not a wind up merchant or anything 9or i try not to be). I actually only have a couple of things to defend here – you calling Kenny our “Alan Shearer”? This is not only the clubs greatest ever player, but someone who won three european cups with us, and both captained and managed us to many league titles. Its hardly stinks of piss is it with his loyalty to newcastle and hardly ever winning anything?
And to the guy who said Dalglish walked out because he needed a “break from footy”? Im not even going to justify that. Surely some of the people who actually care and read about football in general on here understand why Kenny left Liverpool. Something to do with attending 96 funerals over a period of months. I would never ever start spouting off about united, a team whom i grudgingly respect without at least trying to get my facts right, no matter wether it did or did not fit with my agenda.
I actually think this will give you more incentive to win tomorrow – and not a SINGLE ONE of us are deluded enough to think that this will have a major impact on our season, your a far better team for the last however many years (or even now decades) – but before you start comparing Kenny with players who did nothing for their club but show blind loyalty, just try to get your facts right. Your actually usually very good at that on here its something you pride yourself on and something your readers appreciate I am sure.
Obviously ill get ripped apart for making these comments but sometimes its hard to sit on your hands. Que se ra se ra.
MG – Spot on mate. Lets focus on what we do, and not what the dippers are up to. If United play opposition and not the occasion, we’ll win the game.
Fuck that, this is perfect.
Liverpool fans are now full of expectation because their own personal messiah is back in charge.
Surely this is the best time to take a giant pin and POP that bubble of expectation that Liverpool fans are just starting to have.
Lets remind them that faces can change but this year the song will remain the same.
stu – Yeah, that’s right. He found it difficult to cope with the Hillsborough disaster, as anyone would. I disagree, It’ll give United more incentive, surely Liverpool will also receive a boast in a new manager coming in, not that Liverpool’s players should need any incentive for this game.
Dalglish denies that he is out of touch with football and says he is confident he can knock Nottingham Forest off their perch
@stu liverpool’s treatment of hodgson is atrocious,the fsw left the club in disarray and a very ave squad,hodgson was never given a chance.by all accounts dalglish wanted the job in the summer and now after 20 odd games he gets it,wonder how much shit he was stirring to get hodgson out,also to me shows that the new owners are weak by caving in to the fans.the parallels to newcastle are there hope sir alex fields a full strength side and sticks it to “king kenny” after last years display against chelsea when you fuckers were cheering chelsea on and fucking gerrard lays the ball on the plate to make sure that happened,you can all go fuck yourselves and like newcastle hope you go down,thats what the club and fans deserve.
cockney cunts 0 yorkshire bastards 1.
gerrydaly4
very funny!
I hope the home crowd show up unlike last year vs leads. Its pathetic how the dippers have sacked Hodgson and replaced him Dalglish who bottled it big time and since then have been shit. I would love for us to thump them and put to bed this myth of how great Dalglish supposedly is, he was a great manager back in the day when you could play it back to the keeper and he could pick it up and Beta Max was the old school equivalent of Blu Ray. Fergie and Dalglish have a rivalry as well it must piss Dalglish off that despite being the better player he was a Rangers boy wearing the hoops of Celtic whereas Sir Alex got to play for Rangers and is heavens and shoulders above Dalglish in terms of management skills. So with that in mind don’t think motivation should be a problem and if it is the players should be slapped several times after last years debacle. This is a chance to destroy the dippers season and take them to an all time low with their god in charge. Come on United and those who are going Sing your Fucking hearts out and don’t let me hear the dippers and get those who are quiet to get singing as well. Damn I wish I could afford to be there.
Leeds scum score against guuner scum.
A draw at the emirates would be ideal.
Fuck me, Leeds near scored again.
I want leads to win and us to beat dippers and get leads away in 4th round. At least if we play them at Elland Road our support will show up.
NRD – Quite a rant lol.
king kenny’s return is the final nail to liverpool’s coffin when we knock them off their fucking perch come may. How appropriate. Glen Johnson, fucking prick, way below the belt. Fucking useless cunt. Go fuck yourself you shitface fucker.
It’s the same as when Curbishley replaced Pardew before we played West Ham at Upton Park during the 2006/07 season. They were in disarray then, but still managed to beat us 1-0 from a goal from that dreadful Reo-Coker – new manager = improved performance.
What is it with ex-United players sons playing for leads. I hope the fathers are ashamed and have disowned them. Still want a leads win though.
@willierednut – Didn’t mean to rant just typed away and out came an essay. Dalglish returning has opened up Pandoras box for me a lot of painful childhood memories and now we have a chance to settle the score once and for all.
If Arsenal lose it will allow them to focus on the Carling Cup.
for me gents they’re form prior to this game, i felt would’nt have had much relevance to it anyhow,given the intensity and rivarly to these games.
i think both sides want to beat each other wether it be tiddlewinks, or thumbsey’s etc,etc for me with daglish being at the helm it spices things up a bit more. mr manchester united against mr liverpool great sceptical. how mr daglish would love his return to his beloved liverpool to and get beat by UNITED.
smartalex – I bet they celebrate the mickey mouse cup like they would have won the CL.
I think this is bad news for United tomorrow, although I’d be very surprised if it will be in the long run. The Liverpool supporter spelling out Kenny’s achievements and the tragic reasons for why he left the game is absolutely correct, and we should take heed of what he says. Dalglish was one of the best players in Liverpool’s history, one of the reasons we were so jealous of their success for so many years, in short, why we needed to ‘knock them off their fucking perch’, as a certain man with Rabbie Burns’ eloquence once put it. I have the highest respect for him, and was relieved that he didn’t quite manage to overcome Denis Law’s goalscoring record for Scotland. I fear Kenny’s mere presence will lift players like Torres and Gerrard, which no doubt is exactly why Hodgson was dumped so cruelly, and so close to the match itself. I must say I’m very sad for Roy, a palpably decent man, one who tried to play good constructive football wherever he went as a manager. It may be he was out of his depth in the short term at Anfield, but he should have been given time, in my view. As for United, I hope this gives the players a real incentive to knock the dippers even further off their perch right down into the bird-shit piling up at the bottom of their cage.
NRD – Oh I agree mate, It does give it an extra edge. Penalty for Arsesnood.
1 1.
Liverpool are the new castle.
King kenny will de-moat.
Won’t be there long,
don’t take off your coat.
Schmeical with a brilliant save!
Memories!
Funny that penalty. Will we see a penalty every time there is a foul like that. Will we fuck. In fact a certain Portuguese player who played for us was coined a diver, cheater, cunt when he went down like that. Fucking l’arsenood that ref was gagging to give them a penalty towards the end.
Im glad that slaglish has gone back to the tip…
When theres pressure Kenny gets going….
Remember the end last time????
Jimmy Carter,David Speedie…And Buying Glenn Hysen…(We got Pally!!!!!!!!!!!)
The rot was started by him…Carried on by Souness,Evans,Houllier,Benitez…….
@notorious lets face penalty decisions are the biggest joke in football,fucking refs get away with whatever they feel like calling.good thing is another game the gunners didn’t need
Bobby Manc was voted coach of the month. WTF? LOL
@Zelh, the fact that he was able to control his own team from actually killing each other is a pretty good reason to be voted coach of the month….
on second thoughts, he could get nominated for the nobel peace prize…..
I agree scott, I think the fantastic vision of christian poulsen in midfield will totally murder Anderson and Darren fletcher. The In-form Fernando torres will find liverpool the goals and that rock Paul Konchesky won’t let Nani out of his sight!
We’re fucking doomed
COME ON UNITED!
I honestly dont see Kenny making any difference what so ever. The fact is that the squad is Rafa’s and its shockingly bad and that is a fact!! Kenny has had little success the last couple of times he’s taken a managers job. If anything I honestly think this could be a more devastating decision than keeping Hodgson, Kenny comes in and they get relegated lol brilliant!!
KILL THEM FERGIE
1) Galvanize they may be, so are United,and we have Fergie and experienced heads in our
Manutd team to understand the situation and do something about it.
2)Yes ,completely agree if Fergie guides Manutd to the 19th this season it wud be exceptional for all
of us in the current situation.
3)arses have made sure they play 2 games a week now,it will take its toll on them,it might also
make them go for new players this month.Thats the danger.
4)Until the transfer window closes,lets watch how Fergie arranges the team for the final push ,
if he signs someone ,brings back players from loans,sends players on loan like Macheda.
Manchester United winning the battle today Sunday.
Scott the Red ,your article cud also say Daglish cud be a disaster for liverpool.
We may be stronger than the current liverpool side now, but we still have to take this cautiously. Whatever it is, how much we hate them, gerrard and torres are players that can change a game. torres has had torrid goalscoring form, but you’d have to notice that he got 2 against chelsea admist all this.Cos in these games, as I’d always say, form goes flying out of the window. And come on, we’re bitter rivals, so they’d be even more pumped up to get one against us, especially looking at their recent spate of results. And a change of manager, and Kenny that is, will pump them up further. And seriously, this is the only competition they are playing for besides the Europa League. So these are all the reasons why they’d be extra pumped to win us at Old Trafford. And these are precisely the exact reasons why we should keep pressing the ball tomorrow and go all out.
It certainly makes tomorrow’s match a lot more difficult for us. How many times recently do we seem to be the first opposition to a team with a newly appointed manager?!
This can be really dangerous. First their squad is not as bad as people claim it to be. They are not title winners, but they can be top 6-7 for sure. What effect this appointment will have is anyone’s guess, what is important is that our guys show up in full force and make sure that we bit them.
@bchilds
don’t know exactly…3-0 win vs Chelsea is Avram Grant’s first game with Chelsea, rigth?
SmartAlex @ 12:50: “Another friend sacked. This should ensure SAF’s full attention to the matter at hand.”
And here I was thinking that SAF’s “strongest team” was going to to:
Kuszczak in goal,
RedNev, Wesley, Jonny Evans and Ritchie De Laet across the back four;
Darron Gibson and John O’Shea playing as defensive midfielders;
Gabriel Obertan and Tom Cleverley on the wings,
LittleMikey and Josh King playing up top.
I presume that the actual team-sheet will look a bit different.
they’ve got no chance they will be camped in their own half resorted to lumping balls out of defense hoping to escape with a share of the spoils and if they venture up their left they run into Raphael and Rio,dead end. come up their right Evra and Vidic,same result.Think you’ll see a comfortable United win tomorrow no sweat.no gifting of a couple of goals to them this game.
SmartAlex @ 12:50: :Even before Dalgleish has fallen, ‘Benitez’ will be the cry.”
My gawd, man, why stop with that ? That’s just brilliant. Please continue with AnFailedTowers – you were on a hot streak.
SmartAlex @ 14:08: ” draw at the emirates would be ideal.”
And so it has come to pass – TheArse have to play two games a week on a continuing basis. Can anyone say “injuries” and “burnout”.
some expect the dalgleish bump, the return of king kenny,had the role of club ambassadar before this no idea what that is but good chance he would know all the players.its not someone new coming in like a breath of fresh air,depending on how well he’s thought of among the players will determine if there is a different attitude.the top players who see no chance of cl maybe not even europa next year may have already mailed it in, just waiting to get out. top players want cl football i’m guessing europa league probably embarrassing to some of them.think liverpool are going to have a hard time keeping or signing top players.if this is the attitude running through the club,torres imo looks like he’s mailed it in,doesn’t matter who the new manager is liverpool are fucked.
Denton
I can see clearly now that Roy has gone. Remember this Dalglish pearl.
“Liverpool and Chelsea are close when they play each other, apart from the 4-1 at Anfield earlier this season, although they lost 2-0 down here.”
What really worries me is his tactical influence.
“What do I say to them in the dressing-room? Nothing really. Most of the time I don’t even know what they are going to do myself.”
Glory days beckon yet again. No abdication this time. Off with his head!
Denton
Wenger will play a strong team, they need silverware. Patrice’s words echo in his mind.
Their squad can’t handle the test. It won’t take much to derail them.
SmartAlex @ 21:39: ” No abdication this time. Off with his head!”
Actually, it would be rather better if he were to be kept in charge for a long, long while. The so-called best fans in the world have demanded that.
Denton
I wonder how long before they change their tune. I don’t think Kenny suits the championship.
Generally,there is resurgence when a new manager takes over a team,a breath of fresh air and all that crap;Villa rode the wave of resurgence,this season when Gérard Houllier took over and if memory serves well in 2006,West Ham did one over us when Curbishley took over.I just hope that the scousers are so deep in their malaise that the Daglish Effect would be minimal.
@Denton … “Actually, it would be rather better if he were to be kept in charge for a long, long while. The so-called best fans in the world have demanded that.” I couldn’t agree more. They deserve everything they get. Actually, I would have preferred them to keep the Fat Spanish Waiter, which is something else they appeared to want; but sadly, it was not to be. To a limited extent, I have sympathized with the dippers over their ownership and financial woes, but they’re a pack of silly bastards, aren’t they?
One of them actually wrote an article in one of the papers today, that”
1. Started off by criticizing Hodgson for his lack of judgment in literature (I’m not kidding).
2. Somehow shoe-horned lack of literary judgment into “proof” that he also lacked football judgment (still not kidding; I’m not saying that Hodgson does have football judgment, I just can’t see the connection between the two).
3. Then admitted that Hodgson’s task had been well-nigh impossible anyway.
4. Made it all Hodgson’s fault that Stevie Me was moved to the middle (despite admitting that the “deluded” idea was all Stevie Me’s).
5. Finished off by saying that Liverpool fans are “not stupid” (now there’s an oxymoron), but that even if Liverpool are relegated under Dalglish, he would “never walk alone” (unlike Hodgson) because he “understands” the club and that’s “all the fans want”.
What a pile a drivel. They deserve everything that happens to them. Hopefully, starting tomorrow…
I’m worried about this match too, liverpool have this habit of turning up when they play united and tomorrow won’t be an exception, they’ll play like its a cup final but we’ll just have to match there effort and commitment to gain anything from the match, definitely a potential banana skin but hopefully we can get a scrappy win.
@NotoriousRedDevil – what are you on about? Schmeichel (Peter) also played for Man City so why would he chastise his son for playing for City and Leeds?
Is there any truth in the rumour that the dippers are changeing their “anthem” from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “you’ll never walk alone” to Jethro Tull’s “Living in the past”?
What do you get if you cross Liverpool with a car?………………
Robbed.
Scott – thanks for the edit but you really should acknowledge that you changed the original article.
I know Souness gets blamed by the scousers for ‘ruining’ Liverpool but I’ve always thought it was Daglish. He got the last scraps out of his team, letting them get too old. Souness was left with the rebuilding (and didn’t succeed.) Previously Liverpool had always seamlessly replaced players but that stopped under Daglish and is the major contributed to their fall from being a ‘big club’.
I meant to say this the other day but you have got to love the “You’ll never walk alone” singing closely followed by The “Hodgeson out”/ “Dalglish”/ “you’re getting sacked in the morning”/ general booing. Greatest fans in the world TM. Not a fucking brain cell between them!
ha – have you lot seen this yet? Me scouse mate sent it over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=FxOMtfcTosg
@stu – fuck u u dipper cunt