From top to bottom.
I have been hyper critical of the manager and even his supporters on here must now have now come round to the view that Manuel is a distinctly average football manager. He lacks all the basic qualities required for the job. He is no leader of men. He can't organize a defence. And the tempo he sets is ridiculously behind what every other manager is demanding of their players. As Souness said Paisley just asked his players to match the intensity of the opponents. Given Liverpool usually had the better players that was enough.
But I reserve my strongest criticism for the men above him. How complacent was Txiki in thinking that hiring a second rate manager was going to get it done. Apart from that some of the signings have been so extremely poor that Garry Cook a man with no previous football experience easily out does him despite the fact that we were not a top four side.
And maybe Khaldoun who is in overall charge should have been looking a bit harder at what the fuck has been going on the last 3 years. OK we now have Pep which is great but what has preceded his arrival has been amateurish and that's being kind.
I have been hyper critical of the manager and even his supporters on here must now have now come round to the view that Manuel is a distinctly average football manager. He lacks all the basic qualities required for the job. He is no leader of men. He can't organize a defence. And the tempo he sets is ridiculously behind what every other manager is demanding of their players. As Souness said Paisley just asked his players to match the intensity of the opponents. Given Liverpool usually had the better players that was enough.
But I reserve my strongest criticism for the men above him. How complacent was Txiki in thinking that hiring a second rate manager was going to get it done. Apart from that some of the signings have been so extremely poor that Garry Cook a man with no previous football experience easily out does him despite the fact that we were not a top four side.
And maybe Khaldoun who is in overall charge should have been looking a bit harder at what the fuck has been going on the last 3 years. OK we now have Pep which is great but what has preceded his arrival has been amateurish and that's being kind.