I don't see why Malky is so hotly-tipped. I appreciate that he's a bit of a legend for you guys on the pitch, but managerially he has shown himself to be solid but unspectacular.
I have more time for Malky than I do for the new Liverpool manager. But looking at it objectively, Brendan Rodgers brought in or improved most of the players that Malky relied on (with the notable exception of John Eustace), and led us to a better finish than Malky ever did. In the month that Malky left to join Cardiff, we sold our top scorer, top assist maker and most creative player for a combined total of £4.5m, and got a further windfall of ~£1.8m from Ashley Young. Sean Dyche spent £1.2m of that on completely rebuilding the squad, and finished in the top half of the table.
And although he deserves credit for a Carling Cup run (beating two lower league clubs, three Championship clubs, and one of the most hapless Premier League clubs of recent years), his league record is worse than Dave Jones' last two years.