The King of the Kop is back for Good (well 3 years)!

Tombstone said:
Pretty much yeah, he went above and beyond in the weeks/months following it, making it a point to personally attend as many of the funerals as he could, visiting the families repeatedly and so on. The whole thing drained him and you could clearly see at the time that it was weighing heavily on him.
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There's a piece about it on LFC TV right now. I don't think you can put into words the work he and his wife done in the aftermath of Hillsborough and that coupled with the work he's done for charity make him deserving of the proposed knighthood, even before you look at what he's achieved in football both as a player and manager.
 
He was asked to return to other clubs but he said no.

As for his achievements first time around at Liverpool; while he certainly inherited a great side, he also oversaw the transition of that side and produced arguably the best club side to play in England.
 
The team he left didn't need major work. It needed some work but not much; they won the league the season before he left and the season he left they went on to finish 2nd. Our problems started from Souness believing it needed major work and as he now admits, making those changes were his biggest failing.

As for Blackburn, he won the league which I'm sure their fans are thankful for and I bet Newcastle wish they were finishing 2nd again and getting to FA Cup finals.

As for Celtic, iinm, he only took over temporary after Barnes got the sack.
 
dannyjo22 said:
Only cos your thugs got the country kicked out of europe. So our best players went 'abroad' ;)

Arguably the best team in the 80's I would debate, best club to play in england ever? **** off :D

He did well with the team he inherited in the 80's, did well at blackburn with the money and I think he deserved more time at newcastle. I wouldn't knock him for what he did at blackburn, he's not the last manager to get a sackfull of cash but unlike many others he did get the job done.

Suarez looks like a very good buy, was it already lined up? Is it his choice?

It will be interesting to see how he does but so far he's done well enough and it's not like there are any other big managers interested and he will be cheap.
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Whether it's the greatest side ever to play in England is subjective, hence why I said arguably. It was Liverpool's greatest side (and we are the greatest club in England :p) though. There's been a lot of talk about how great the current Barca side are and people drawing comparisons to other great sides and the only British side I can remember getting a mention (and not just from LFC fans) was the Barnes, Beardsley, Aldridge side.

Just like I don't think Paisley got enough praise for his achievements (because of Shanks), I don't think Dalglish gets the praise for his either. Dalglish didn't just take the same side that had dominated the early 80's and play the same style of football. There was no Neal, Kennedy, Souness, Rush and (to an extent) himself, who along with Hansen were the core of the side that dominated the years previous. And although he kept the pass and move philosophy, Dalglish created a much more attacking/exciting side thanks to bringing in the likes of Barnes and Beardsley.

As for Suarez; the club had been looking at him for a while, in fact it's said that Dalglish's first job when Rafa brought him back was to scout him. Given that it was very early in his caretaker role, I'd be surprised if it was entirely his decision to sign him though. With Comolli around I'd imagine that all transfers will be a joint decision anyway.
 
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