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I don't get the "deserves another season" argument. Nobody deserves a job if a change is better for the club. Even Kenny is not more important than LFC. If you really believe he will turn it around and be a success then, yes, he should stay. Not because he deserves it. I love Kenny to bits and he is the man who has given my many of my life's best moments, but I think that he just not posess what is needed to get this club back to winning ways. He deserves the utmost respect for everything he has done for the club, but he does not deserve to stay just because he is Kenny. I hope he moves on to another important role in the club and hands the manager job to someone else.

But we still have two other defensive ones in Henderson and Spearing. should be enough...

Rafa discovered years ago that Gerrard is not a defensive midfielder. why do we play him there? The midfield is far too deep.

Rumours un Spain that Guardiola will leave Barca after this season...if true, can anyone see him coming to England?

THE SWEEPER TIDYING UP ALL THE LOOSE STORIES IN FOOTBALL THIS WEEK COMOLLI FRUSTRATED BY 'BUY BRITISH' TRANSFER POLICY Damien Comolli lost his job as Liverpool’s director of football last week as the club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group, held him responsible for the failure of high profile, big-money signings such as Andy Carroll. While Comolli publicly accepted his dismissal with good grace, saying he was “grateful” to have worked for Liverpool, friends of the Frenchman have told The Sweeper that he is privately “bitter and upset” about his departure. Comolli feels the American owners and manager Kenny Dalglish pushed him towards a transfer policy of targeting young British players even though he advised them that there was more value for money abroad. For example, Comolli is believed to have been extremely interested in signing Juan Mata last summer from Valencia and received encouragement from the Spaniard’s representatives. Dalglish was not so keen and the Reds instead signed an expensive compromise in Stewart Downing from Aston Villa for £20 million. The England winger is yet to score or provide an assist in the Premier League so far this season. While Comolli accepts he was happy to buy Downing, he believes the restrictions placed upon him led to Liverpool signing average players who have underperformed this season as Dalglish’s side sit eighth in the league table. There were a couple of success stories in Luis Suarez (£22.8m) and Jose Enrique (£6m) but Comolli was ultimately held accountable for the poor return from Carroll (£35m), Downing (£20m), Jordan Henderson (£16m) and Charlie Adam (£7m). The 49-year-old has now returned to France to spend time with his family - who never moved to Merseyside - and is keen for his next job to be with a Ligue 1 club due to the “family reasons” cited in the statement announcing his departure from Anfield. - Greg Stobart http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2012/04/21/3050454/the-sweeper-sacked-comolli-frustrated-by-liverpools-buy?

If this is true you are definately Good News Bear (if Rafa comes that is....)

The new DoF will probably be given some power when it comes to deciding on manager for next season.

http://www.nesn.com/2012/04/damien-comollis-departure-leaves-kenny-dalglish-holding-liverpools-deck-of-cards.html? The NESN webpage seems quite sure that Kenny will now be in total charge over all football matters...

Tomkins is a big Rafa-fan, no?

Great pass from Flanagan....

Frustrating that we rely so much of our attacking play on crosses as Spurs are very good at defending them and we are s*** in delivering them.

Apparently it's his friend, not a fotballer.

Downing....you make Istvan Kozma a good memory in comparison.

To be honest we have been s*** in the first half. Need some serious improvement in the second.

f***! We asked for it

We are far too deep in my opinion....

Yes!!!!

Wrong thread...

Hope we can score a goal tonight from open play as well. Been I while since we last did

Any streams:)?

We need to buy winners, not someone who has drifted around in a mid-table team for years...

Gerrard was furious when Carroll's poor touch f***ed up his attempt in the last two minutes of the game.

We haven't been close to a goal after we went 3 down. Bolton is closer to a fourth. This is shocking stuff.

You could hear the crowd laughing after his last mistake...

Carroll is losing the physical battle against most defenders. Does he have any strenghts?