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hahaha....i know about that...me just trying to mention some of the players that play on both side of merseyside....

definitely..i know he did not move for greed..and when i see him played for newcastle during the later stage of his career.. i say 'wow! this fella is still darn good'...

souness is definitely one of the worse manager (though he was a decent player) i ever seen..

his career CV..is so colourful..including the planting of 'dunno what flag' during one of the Turkish match when he manage Galasataray...

And is he the one who bought Titus Bramble and Boumsong for Newcastle...hahhahahaha

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May I humbly ask what was LFC's status just prior to Souness' appointment as the manager?? Yes, the very predecessor who chose to walk out of the club ... you guys dun remember at all??
You mean you guys dun remember his predecessor squeezing the last ounces from the retiring Barnes & Aldridge etc, without preparing the next wave of youngsters to even take over at all??
Sure, Souness may not be the best manager around ... but dun put the full blame on him when he was doing his best to clean up the mess left behind by this other biggest name in Anfield history!!!

PS: This same prick did the same to Blackburn ... sign big names on big money to win a title, before walking out of the club when he felt his chances were not that good anymore.

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I have also had a grudge against Kenny for leaving so abruptly. Recall stress was the reason. Great player he was, but a manager...jury's still out on that even though he brought the Double in that one season (if my failing memory serves me right).

bro...i know and understand where u coming from..to be frank...i was not there during the era of kenny and definitely..it will be unfair for me to make any comment about him..but what i do know..is he walk out of Pool..when he was doing resonably well...

Souness was signed with reputation of being a good player..and leading Rangers (if I m correct) to 3 scottish titles..surely..there must be huge expectation from every single fans for him to do well... instead..he was remember for being the manager who started the drought of the 17 years winless streak for the domestic league title.. thus eventually becoming the scapegoat of the failure..comparing his performance with all his preceding managers..off course it will be tempting for all Pool fans to draw comparison (Which to a certain extent, maybe an unfair comparison )...

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Heheh, I knew you'd wade in. Fair enough, Pool was reaching the end of an era anyway under Kenny. But I don't think anyone other than Souness would have made the transition any harder. He signed some really poor players and has been discussed, sold off others. But I think his greatest failure was the inability to win the backing of everyone in footie - fans, players and senior management.

From Wikipedia: John Charles Bryan Barnes (born November 7, 1963 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a hugely successful and well known Jamaican-born English football player of the 1980s and 1990s with both Watford and Liverpool, and was once the manager of Celtic.

If you are taking about Kenny Dalglish, I don't agree with your comments on the retiring Barnes. Barnes was at his prime years when Dalglish was manager. Dalglish did prepare for the next wave of youngsters. He signed Jamie Redknapp.

The problem then was Liverpool likes to promote one of their own to be the manager. Must be family member then can be Liverpool manager. Think Paisley, Evans, Dalglish, Souness, Thompson. Dalglish was probably too young to be manager. Without any previous coaching experience, he will surely feel stressed taking over the No 1 club then in England.

I don't think Kenny quit because of stress resulting from any inexperience. He was, as the source said, "hugely successful".

I'm not sure how far Kenny prepared for the next lap. Barnes had lost his pace and while he had an excellent spell in central midfield afterwards, there is no denying a lot of positions had greying players. Redders, as you know, was a central midfielder as well.

I'm not well-read on the Kenny resignation issue but it's possible he was fine as long as he could steer the ship in a fixed direction. With the players he had, Pool was on a cruise. Not to take away his motivational ability as a manager of course. But when he had to renew the team for the 90s, that was a totally different and much greater challenge. That might have been the trigger.

Yes boss, of course we remember. But the dramatic reversal of fortune when Souness took over. Although not his own doing (some of the things were Kenny's), Some of his signings to replace the tired old warhorses were a disaster...

He really had disastrous seasons, with a FA Cup his only trophy. He was then succeeded by Roy Evans.

The only good to come out of Souness was GOD, and Evans was Carra (who was a Attacking Midfielder/Striker and Owen.

Just my humble opnion.

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Stress was the reason ... or was it the excuse??
He certainly wasn't stressed that much as to stay out of football management ever again, right?? Think Blackburn, Newcastle ...
Why would anyone walk out of his well-paid job ... especially when he was loved by all in the "company" & he was doing reasonably well?? Perhaps becoz he saw it coming ... that the "more good years" were running out soon??
One other thing which I have issue against him ... he likes to pull strings, abusing his own likeability. Anybody remember a certain Paul Dalglish (his son) who's only played pro football at the clubs where Kenny himself was the manger at the same time?? As if that was not enough, he also got a certain Marina Dalglish (his daughter) a job as a sports commentator ... as sad as the day when I saw our own Istana prata-man went up to Manure to get a football signed, in the name of his grandson.

Uncle ... signing a youngster means preparing for the next wave?? So, I supposed you consider Rafa is doing a lot for the next wave with his signings of Palleta, Roque & Insua?? When do you expect them to be ready for regular first team actions, huh?? Before or after Hyypia or Finnan retire or leave the club, huh??
For the record, Redders did not even make it to the first team until Souness took over ... & did not start making a name for himself via consistently good performances until Evan's reign.

Dangerous ground you treading on leh ... the telepathy between may raise doubts that we may the one & same person hor.
But seriously, you knew ... simply becoz we've been there before: this is one topic which I really feel very strongly about & just cannot let it rest without my 2 pennies' worth.

Well, it's all about personalities lah ... as a player, he's already the boss on & off the field - not unlike McMahon who is strongly opinionated as a sports commentator. On the other hand, Dalglish has very good PR with the people around him & remains well-liked to this very day.
I'll draw a parallel nearer to home ... compare Fandi & Sundram, who's the better player?? Without a doubt, it has to be Sundram ... but only Fandi is remembered by all to be the "favourite footballing son". Going a step further, both have biographies written - while Fandi's was ghost-written by one of the island's most respected sports journalist while Sundram's was full of typo errors.

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No doubt about it, people politics are real important. And all the stuff in the papers about Sundram being hot-headed and inconsistent, blowing hot and cold. Sometimes these labels have become so cliched that we forget we are talking about full-blooded people and not just living things who play football well.

In my memory, when Stevie was just breaking out in the Pool first XI, it had seemed to me that David Thompson was the better youngster. Yet who can remember him now?

That's why I always go shake his hands & tell him he's the better footballer, compared to Fandi ... whenever I run into Sundram.

Yes, I remember David Thompson alright ... the reason he's not doing as well as Gerrard is his size, rather the lack of it. So, he has to fight doubly hard to maintain possession ... creativity & ability, I think he's as good as any midfielder playing in the EPL.
Along the same lines, do you remember a certain Don Hutchison?? The lad made it to the Scottish captaincy ... not a big deal since a certain lame Darren Fletcher is the current captain. Anyway, the lad was also a good midfielder in my eyes ... but he got caught by the paparazzi during a party with nothing more than a beer label covering his family jewels - so he was offloaded.

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Seems Rafa's enquiries have hit a 14m pound price tag for Bent.

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Redknapp was an example I use to show that Dalglish did prepare for the next wave. I didn't say Redknapp was the only player Dalglish signed for 'the next wave'. Unfortunately, Dalglish resigned soon after signing Redknapp.