As Liverpool slumped to yet one more defeat, on this, the best wretched of seasons, their fans chanted the name of the man they need to replace Roy Hodgson. None besides Kenny Dalglish. However, the very fans chanting that name should be careful of what they wish for.
There is no denying; Liverpool FC has endured a brutal start to the season. 16 points after 13 games with a goal difference of -4 isn't something that is generally equated with the once great club. Anfield has enjoyed nights where league campaigns were won and lost, it has seen some of the greatest European football nights of all time and has had a few of the games greatest managers pound it's touchlines as they screamed orders to sides brought up on trophies and professionalism of the very best order.
To observe their side struggling so must be painful. It is difficult to bear but it is the price the club must pay for 20 years of bad management at the highest level of the club. Ever since Kenny Dalglish resigned on the 22nd of February 1991 the Reds have stumbled from one manager to the next. While they may have taken pleasure in some memorable cup wins during the last 19 years or so, they have never really come close to replicating the dynasty that was in days gone by.
The emergence of Tom Hicks and George Gillett in early 2007 had many Liverpool fans believing that those halcyon days were going to return. The club had just won the Champions League in 2005 and so the FA Cup in 2006 under Rafael Benitez and was also expected to make its first concerted push for that title in some time. The news that Benitez would be given more funds to continue his early work was greeted with some cheer on the ranks of the Kop. However, just three years later and Benitez would be parting company with the club after years of political in-fighting and seeing LFC drop out of the top four for the first time in years.
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