By the time Queiroz arrived, Ferguson’s only role was intimidating referees.
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Kidd was the brains there for a long time
Very strange post
Is he not an LFC legend?
It’d be like KK GAA twitter announcing Henry Shefflin as the new Galway manager
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There’s a nawful bang of neediness off it.
His recruitment at Rangers was slightly concerning too. Almost akin to Roy Keane signing former Man Utd/Irish players that he knew at Sunderland. Stevie opted to bring in players like Flanagan, Ejara and Ryan Kent (Kent has been good to be fair) from Liverpool and the likes of Defoe who he’d have played with.
It would be iconic if he became a managerial success at Liverpool like King Kenny in the late 1980’s.
We post what we want
Surely not -from the this means more club?
I wholeheartedly approve of Steven Gerrard’s appointment by Aston Villa for the following reasons.
i) Gerrard was high profile enough to be a success with Rangers in a poor quality league, where being high profile at a big club is enough to secure success, and his departure will mean Celtic will now romp to the Scottish league title.
ii) Gerrard will get Aston Villa relegated. Which I think they deserve after sacking the great Dean Smith.
iii) Failure at Aston Villa will prevent Liverpool from making a Lampard/Solskjaer type appointment, which we all know Gerrard would be.
If I’m proven spectacularly wrong and Gerrard proves a smash hit success at Aston Villa, I’ll be delighted too, as it will mean Liverpool have a proven genius manager in waiting when Kloppo eventually decides to pack it in.
But we all know that won’t happen and that Gerrard will be sacked by this time next year.
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This worries me.
Dean Smith to Norwich
McCarthy is a good Protestant name.
Wow
NEIL LENNON admits “it’s a bit of a mystery” that he is still without a club since departing Celtic NINE months ago.
The 50-year-old former Hoops boss, who headed for the Parkhead exit as the historic quest for a tenth successive title disintegrated in inexplicable fashion, now appears to be out in the cold.
The managerial merry-go-round has been in full spin with his former Glasgow rival Steven Gerrard quitting Ibrox for Aston Villa following the sacking of Dean Smith a week ago.
Ironically, it now looks as though the axed Midlands club’s gaffer will get the nod to take over at Norwich City from Daniel Farke who had been handed his P45 the previous day with the Carrow Road club anchored at the foot of the Premier League.
Eddie Howe, a one-time target for the Hoops as Lennon’s long-term successor, has taken over at Newcastle following his lengthy spell on the sidelines after leaving Bournemouth last summer.
In the midst of hectic dug-out activity, the Northern Irishman, however, has been largely overlooked and hasn’t even had the courtesy of a reply to some job applications.
Lennon, who won 10 honours – including five championships – as Hoops manager, admitted: “It’s frustrating.
“Some people probably assume that I’m not looking for a return to management because of the way it ended at Celtic.
“But nothing could be further from the truth.
“I’m still relatively young, as hungry as ever and believe I would bring something to any club.
“And I’d like to think my track record compares favourably to most.”
The fall-out of a colossally disappointing campaign is following Lennon since the February evening – 48 hours after an unacceptable 1-0 defeat from relegation-threatened Ross County in Dingwall – he walked out of the ground in the east end of Glasgow with John Kennedy handed the responsibility in an interim basis to see the club over the line with 10 games still to play.
Greek-Australian Ange Postecoglou, of course, arrived in June to take charge as the club went through a massive rebuild.
Following the previous summer of so much promise, plus the £13million arrivals of Swiss striker Albian Ajeti (West Ham), Greek goalkeeper Vaslis Barkas (AEK Athens) and Scotland midfielder David Turnbull (Motherwell), the team flopped spectacularly on the domestic and European fronts and completed a wretched term without silverware for the first time in 11 years.
Lennon explained: “Some players just got to the end of the road. The pandemic hit us badly, because once we returned to action, we were never the same again.
“I still look back with immense satisfaction at what I did achieve.
“But one or two people have short memories.”
Lennon, who has also managed Bolton and Hibs as well as two stints in Glasgow, now appears to be the forgotten man.
He said: “It is a bit of a mystery. I think I’ve done a decent job wherever I’ve been.”
However, the ex-Hoops captain takes encouragement from Howe’s recent appointment and St James’s Park and, speaking to the Sunday People, added: “For a long time, everyone talked about Eddie being relegated at Bournemouth and not the huge success he enjoyed previously.
“But Newcastle saw the bigger picture and Eddie’s back in the game now.
“I’d love to think that it will be similar for me.”
He should apply for the Sevco job
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Natural fit a former player for the Orange Order founded club Liverpool going on to manage Rangers.
Maybe they’ll get Danny Murphy next.
Rafa must be on a shaky peg at Everton.
cc @Faldo
Liverpool, Arsenal, Palace and Chelsea up next. I’d be surprised if he sees out the remainder of the year.
They’ll probably beat Liverpool this week