Kenny Dalglish warns Liverpool after defeat at Bolton http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16669329.stm Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish had a stern warning for his players after their 3-1 defeat at Bolton. The Reds were 2-0 down after 29 minutes and Dalglish said: "I don't think the approach was correct. I don't think the way we went about our work was correct. "If that's the level they expect this football club to play at, they won't be here long. "The most disappointing thing for me was I don't think they were ready to play the game." Liverpool had won their last 10 matches against Bolton but succumbed to a heavy defeat thanks to what Dalglish labelled "the worst performance since I came back." "If they think they can just turn up and get a result and not be competitive and not match the opposition for effort, then they have had a lesson today," he added. "If we have learned from it then fine but we have to look at ourselves - without taking anything away from Owen Coyle and the way Bolton played - and what we can do and try to prevent it happening in the future." Dalglish, who returned to the Anfield helm in January 2011 has been part of eight of Liverpool's 18 league titles as a player and manager, the last of which came in 1990. "The foundations the football club have always been built on is respect for other people," said the 60-year-old Scot. "It is built on the philosophy that the next game is the most important one, not the one that is two or three down the line. "If they needed a lesson to be taught to them then this was it." ----------------------------------------------------------------- Strong words from the gaffer, let's hope this is indeed a lesson to them and they start pulling there weight!
Kenny is clear as glass to me, I see right through him. I know that smiling and laughing in training doesn't win you games. With these comments it is a sign of pressure now that the top 4 is slipping away when we had an opportunity to close the gap. Against Stoke it was 'lack of creativity' and this weekend it was 'the players'. Well you prepared and put them out there Kenny, so the least you can do is take responsibility and admit the mistakes you make.
nah..... I've watched this for 20 odd years, evans, houllier, rafa... the cult of the star and the big club mentality. Do you think mr dalglish can change that in a year when its so ingrained in players? how on earth Charlie Adam thinks he can play the big time Charlie is beyond me. Downing is as bad. Utd nuder ferguson refuse point blank to accept it ever.... under anchelotti and mourinho for a while frank and "jt" and drogba park the egos and play but it always resurfaces and they get the manager the push. Utd will always be there or there about cos ferguson won't tolerate messing....... He may need rooney and has use for evans but guess what happened to the guy he didn't need? yup gibson went out with those two and was promptly sold. example made. You can bet that evans is on his list as well. No coindicence he played better than he did all year was it v arsenal... If kenny's threatened them like this which is him effectively breaking out of the protective speak without going too far and naming individuals the dressing room should be in no doubt what the next step is. For me the very best next thing we could do is ship out someone as an example.
