NAMING RIGHTS THREAD: Liverpool really won't win the Premiership 2010-2011

Everyone always mentions West Ham in 2003, which was something like 43. Don't know if that was the highest (since 38 games a season).

Late substitutions and Spearing on the right wing apart, Kenny's done a good job. It's going to be an interesting summer.

Just checked - they were highest (since 3 points for a win and 38 games) and it was 42.

By the way, Reina to Arsenal's gotta be on right.

you'd think that

hodgson did a better job pickin up after rafa than kenny's done picking up after hodgson.

that is way too fucking good to be true. so it can't be. wenger obv sees chesney and fabianski as the way forward, and if we can leave almunia in the woods and bring back mannone or bring in a dece third choice, then we'll be alright <<< is what i think wenger is thinking. wd personally hump his leg if he bought reina this summer.

n'est pas?

no

So rule out Arsenal and that leaves Utd. And adopted Scouser Reina would never go to them so.

I will never stop disliking the two-footed Rooney lunge that someone deemed suitable for the Match of the Day intro.

I will never stop disliking the MOTD intro. It's so shoddy

or ac? or roma? back to barca?

Wenger would love it, just love it etc etc

Wenger said: "There's a lot of things going on that I don't want to talk about. I've been here for 15 years and I know how things work so I want to be completely neutral like I have to be because I am not involved in any decision.

"I don't decide the schedule. You should ask people who make the schedule. If you look, when do we play? We play every game (at the weekend) from now until the end of the season on a Sunday.

"I don't want to speak about anything else that makes it look like we are looking for an excuse for our performance.

"We have not been good enough, that's the main information of the day and we have to look to be better in the next game.

"Despite all of the fixtures, I have no influence on the fixtures, nor on the decisions of the referees and not on anything else here."

more of a rafa gradgrind speech moment

The conspiracy talk at the beginning is a bit Paul Burrell too.

thats pure rafa too tbf

to be fair it is a bit of a conspiracy to be made to play sunderland, west brom and blackburn in a row.

he doesn't want to talk about it, but if you look you will see that all those games were played on a Saturday

why's sunday such a big deal anyway

It's the only day his waitress can get off work at Les Deux Magots.

the sunday thing always annoys me as a fan, or monday nights. it does put a bit more pressure on your team, esp if you're battling to stay in the top half.

To be fair, other than the Blackburn game all Man Utd's games either have a European match a few days afterwards or are on a Sunday too.

lets you know what you have to do imo.

maybe we're all reading this wrong and Wenger's dropping dark hints that the EPL's controlled by TV scheduling and money

would LFC fans really be happy with Klinsmann?

WHY WERENT WE TOLD GODDAMMIT

I don't think so, pinefox xp, the kop has cast its vote for Kenny. I wouldn't ever claim to speak for the main body here.

it would probably be held against him that his was the main name in the frame during the hicks/gilette whispering campaign against benitez

oh, that's nice assonance that is.

The Jam : Classic or, wait for it................

young Weller in interview sounds just like Steve Claridge

Though his was the main name in the frame during the shameful campaign, can he be blamed? (xp)

The same names remain in the frame once the main blame game starts.

it only remains to designate blame for the shame over what the name game became. All the same it may be reclaimed from its current framework for the betterment of the game.

For all that Liverpool fans like to think we don't look back, the number of times I've heard the words 'Boot Room' and 'Liverpool Way' since Kenny's come back has done my head in to be honest. If Kenny's the right man for the job and he's a success then fine, but there is a part of me that thinks we've had our fun, now let's really start again with a fresh pair of eyes. I don't know how prevalent this attitude is, but I get the feeling that a lot of fans like the good old days vibe that Kenny's brought, that he should be grooming Carragher to take over in a few years, that we should keep everything in-house, and while I can see the sense in maintaining a sense of continuity, the unwillingness of some fans to just move on is, well, fuck it, just move on.

Putting Carragher in charge seems like the worst possible option this side of giving it to Tony Adams.

out of spurs/lfc mourinho would choose which? Can't decide myself, or even decide if he'd bother with either

man city

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01385/alan_shearer_1385283c.jpg

xps

Liverpool - much more prestigious job, much more money to spend assuming Carroll hasn't/won't put Henry & co off, brand name to match Jose's own

more money to spend? V much remains to be seen.

Ps spurs are a 'big club' too.

The thought of wiping rafa's slate clean after the latter could only balls up jose's inter side must appeal.

Spurs have much the better ?and prob younger? side?

Carragher can coach the players at defending, passing, goalscoring, etc.

My last post probably sounds like I'm not grateful for what Kenny's done, which isn't the case at all. Results have improved and the football pre-Carroll has been decent. It's the memory lane attitude among some fans that bugs me, but I guess you get that at every club, and it's probably impossible to shake off. Carragher won't get the job so there's no point me getting worked up about it. Looking forward to seeing how it all pans out. Makes a change from talking about leveraged buyouts!

Watching MOTD, my (American) dad remarked on the caption given to Dalglish: "Caretaker Manager". This title doesn't exist in American sports. I suppose its meaning is clear enough, but why is it necessary to mention the "Caretaker" angle? Don't pretty much all managers live on borrowed time? And if he does a terrific job, wouldn't they want him to stay?

Only hired on a short term contract (till the end of the season iirc)? Most managers get about a 3 year contract, unless its Pardew.

the gig's the gig.

I think they'd have offered him the job fulltime a couple of weeks ago, now he's very much 'caretaker manager' again.

holding out for the england job

it's arry's and becks's to lose

american equivalent to 'caretaker' is 'interim' most of the time ime

caretaker manager sounds like a player manager except instead of playing you lock the gate after every night