As a lifelong Liverpool fan, after this, I think I'm just about done with modern football. It's not the game, and Liverpool aren't the club, that I used to watch and love. What would I be getting behind now, to go and pay 50 quid to stand with the various day trippers and out of towners on the Kop, chanting "easy, easy" and the various other cringe worthy things that get sung at Anfield these days? It's just the badge really.
People who aren't from the city can never understand what Kenny means, he defines Liverpool and 'The Liverpool Way'. He went to the funeral of every person who died at Hilsborough. He's put his life into the club, and the city. For him to be discarded like an old pair of socks by FSG, who seem to be sacking everyone with no real plan for what to do next, is nothing short of a disgrace. If he didn't think he could do the job, he would have stepped down himself, he cares more about the club than anyone. They've ripped the heart out of the club, and as far as I'm concerned, we're back to where we were when Hodgson left. The club could be heading for a long, long spell of mediocrity, barring some miracle and we got someone like Guardiola, which if you ask me, is delusional. Martinez even being considered is a joke. He's a nice guy and he's played a decent brand of football at Wigan, but would he have been considered had this happened in January, would people have been talking about him in the media, when Wigan were rooted to the foot of the table? It's the modern, flavour of the month football fan/pundit at their worst.
The modern football fan seems to find it hard to see the bigger picture; the fact of the matter is, the football Liverpool have played this season has been loads better than under Hodgson; when he was sacked, Kenny came in and galvanised the team and the club, and we only narrowly missed out on European football. This season, two cup finals, one won, yes the league form hasn't been good enough, but the football has been (bar the odd bad performance, which every club has at some point) pretty good. Not had a lot of luck re: hitting the post etc. So I think he should have been given another season, if after that things hadn't improved then fair enough, but if Kenny bloody Dalglish can't be given more than a year in full charge at Liverpool, who will be? I personally think a lot of it is down to the Suarez affair, which could have been handled a lot better, but what I want to know is why was Kenny left to deal with the whole thing? Where were the owners then with their statements, where was the 'director of communications'? They hid, pure and simple.
It's a sad, sad time for the club, and I fear it's just going to turn into a franchise, or Chelsea north without the money. Some fans (particularly the plastic fans since 2005) will happily settle for success by whatever means necessary. Well I can tell you that plenty who live in Liverpool, that go to the match, are outraged by what's happened, and won't, and I doubt I'll ever feel the same about the club after this. Kenny deserved better, and 'The Liverpool Way', is dead.
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