Liverpool Sack Comolli

DanH84 · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:49

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/9199540/Liverpool-sack-Director-of-Football-Damien-Comolli-as-owners-react-to-failed-transfer-policy-and-desperate-run-of-results.html

Well there had to be a fall guy for this season.

Alpherah · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:53

well, he cites family reasons but I'm not so sure tbh.

spudbynight · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:53

It wasn't going to be Ken was it.

No1newts · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:54

You got the wrong man Liverpool!

But hey keep holding up Kenny as king and finishing down the table

I can understand the fans wanting to stay behind but blind faith from the club is just wrong, luckily we had Cashley who is completely ruthless to get rid of Keegan which was a great thing for us.

Mr-White · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:56

Alpherah said:
well, he cites family reasons but I'm not so sure tbh.

He has to say that to keep his multi-million pound pay off

tbh you're better off putting him in goal this weekend

MW

spudbynight · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:59

No1newts said:
You got the wrong man Liverpool!

But hey keep holding up Kenny as king and finishing down the table I can understand the fans wanting to stay behind but blind faith from the club is just wrong, luckily we had Cashley who is completely ruthless to get rid of Keegan which was a great thing for us.

Yep, they were bonkers to sack Hodgson.

Alpherah · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:59

Or maybe the owners are annoyed that the man they put in charge of the purse strings wasted so much $$$ on Carroll and Downing.
Sure perhaps Kenny has final say on who he wants, but DOF's job is to control in, outs and expenditure and the fees paid for those two were nothing short of epic fail.

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 10:59

Why cause any sort of unsettlememt before Saturday? What an absolutely thick decision.

No idea who had more say on the transfers but there is more than one fall guy here.

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:02

Good to see NESV aren't afraid to take decisions such as this. We've been embarrassing this season and something had to be done before the summer. If it had been Kenny rather than Comolli I don't think he would've had a leg to stand but this decision won't have been taken without good reason. Having said that, I'd still like to see Kenny move aside in the summer and allow a fresher manager to take us forwards.

Edit: Anyway, let the thread wrecking commence.

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:04

Pigeon_Killer said:
Good to see NESV aren't afraid to take decisions such as this. We've been embarrassing this season and something had to be done before the summer. If it had been Kenny rather than Comolli I don't think he would've had a leg to stand but this decision won't have been taken without good reason. Having said that, I'd still like to see Kenny move aside in the summer and allow a fresher manager to take us forwards.

Not think the timing is a bit dumb? Causing unsettlememt and questions before our semi in 2 days.

Alpherah · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:05

Purdy said:
Not think the timing is a bit dumb? Causing unsettlememt and questions before our semi in 2 days.

Maybe Carra .. sorry, the players, are in support.

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:06

Moses said:
They're afraid to push Dalglish out, though, which is just retarded.

And you know this how? As much as I think he's failed this season sacking him before an FA Cup semi and before the end of the season would've been stupid.

Rich_L · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:07

Makes sense if the owners want a new direction but are keeping the DoF/Coach dual position set-up - you may as well get a new DoF guy in now in time for the transfer window to open up but it's pretty pointless binning your manager 6 games before the end of the season with silverware still on the table.

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:08

Alpherah said:
Maybe Carra .. sorry, the players, are in support.

Yeah I doubt we'll see Rafa back whilst he is there, or at least if we do see Rafa he will rightfully be 4th choice.

Alpherah · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:10

Purdy said:
Yeah I doubt we'll see Rafa back whilst he is there, or at least if we do see Rafa he will rightfully be 4th choice.

Carra's clearly just pushing managers out to make space for himself if you ask me

Pigeon_Killer · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:12

The unofficial Comolli Twitter page is amusing

Comolli said:
By the way, I have now learned what mutual consent means, so I'm off to the park to feel all the ladies titties by mutual consent.

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:14

Moses said:
Liverpool have been terrible for ages, it's not as though it's suddenly cropped up just before the semi!

To cause that kind of unsettlememt when we've been decent in cups would be horrendous, if we go out on Saturday Monday could be interesting.

Pigeon_Killer said:
The unofficial Comolli Twitter page is amusing

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:17

Moses said:
I understand the argument, I just can't really agree. The cup performances are vanity, the league performance is sanity, to butcher a phrase.

Still absolutely zero reason to unsettle it and make a hasty decision.

antijoke · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:21

Shocked by this to be honest, but it was either going to be him or Kenny.

I suspect things happening behind closed doors was the ulitmate reason he went.

Purdy · 12 Apr 2012 at 11:21

Kenny just said signings were his choice on SSN apparently?