Showing posts with label liverpool fc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label liverpool fc. Show all posts

Friday, January 1, 2010

What's Wrong With Liverpool FC?

Liverpool FC is not just a football team. The day of the legendary Bill Shankly, even Queen at Anfield, Liverpool FC has been unlike any other team in the world. Fans have become accustomed to success in recent years Shankly, play football the way it must play and win the trophy after trophy at home and abroad. Shankly retired after this tradition - often referred to as "the Liverpool way" - continued through the achievements of Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish. Although entry was Dalglish at Anfield as trophies of an unprecedented fifth European Cup, is still twenty years since Kopit see his team lift the league. So what went wrong? Dalglish - Dalglish aftermathKenny is a once in modern football. A man who made the transition from star player, a player / manager of managers easily and led the team to the title after title. Life after Dalglish has been difficult for supporters of Liverpool, Liverpool, but still the reigning champions at the time locked in a battle for the title with Arsenal. Despite an aging team, this is an area that still boasts the likes of John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Jan Molby, Ronnie Whelan and Ian Rush - more than capable of pushing for the title the following year. With Ronnie Moran to head to the end of the season, finished second behind Liverpool after many years, but Arsenal, who seek to preserve "the way of Liverpool, another passionate Scot has been adapted for Souness was leading the side. SounessGraeme icon in Liverpool. He returned to the club that happen to such a glory for a successful season as the head of the Rangers and seemed the natural choice to succeed Dalglish. What seems artificial, however, was quickly dismantled as it was in effect a championship winning side. Mølby, Whelan, Beardsley, Nicol, Staunton, Houghton shows each day with barley 30 years old. He joined Dean Saunders, D. Hutchinson, Mike Marsh et al, all good players in themselves, but failed to win the championship caliber to replace. Liverpool finished 8 years and many fans of this ruthless reform of the biggest championship teams as a turning point in the history of Liverpool FC. Within a year Liverpool has gone from title challenges aside half of the table. The only good thing was the appearance of Steve Redknapp.Back to Macmanaman and Jamie basicsDespite FA Cup win in '92, the fans and the board quickly loses patience with Souness and after suffering a severe heart attack, is now replaced by one of the famous boots - Roy Evans. Under Evans, Liverpool is known for attacking his charm and style expansion. "Go and movement" was the philosophy and playing a 3-5-2 formation saw men pile forward like a young Robbie Fowler terrorized defenses. The Reds, however, also became known for his soft heart and a series of defense procurement has no impact . From the likes of Phil Babb, John Scales, Rob Jones, Stig Inge Bjørnebye and Bjorn Kvarme all have made a good start, but it made little difference to Liverpool's defensive frailties. Some four finishes and appearances in the UEFA Cup has given hope soon, but Evan's team never pushed a revival of Manchester United. In 1998, the Council moved to bring France, the former director Gerrard Houllier to work together as co-manager Evans'. The idea was doomed from the beginning that he and Evans went first French end.The revolutionHoullier season began what he described as a five-year program to rebuild the team since 1999. That summer, Paul Ince, David James, Jason McAteer, Rob Jones, Tony Warner and Steve Harkness were all sold, while Steve McManaman left for Real Madrid in a free country. At the same time, seven new players, Sami Hyypia

Friday, October 16, 2009

Liverpool Or Manchester United?

Liverpool or Manchester United? Forget what you know about any other rivalry in English football, this is the only one. No sectarian divide here, but the pure hatred that comes when these two are not out of place if any. These are the bastions of English football. Even if it is the oldest football league in the world, has only been in operation for one hundred twenty (109 actual seasons because of two world wars) and the two have won almost a third of them - divided into 36 equal parts. Their closest rivals Arsenal 13. I just want to compare the period of domination from Liverpool with the period of domination by Manchester United. A total of 23 different winners of the Football League / FA Premier League on 109 stations in 2008-09. Liverpool and Manchester United are tied on 18 each, Arsenal 13 Everton 9 Aston Villa 7, 6 Sunderland, Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday 4, Wolves, Leeds, Huddersfield, Chelsea and Blackburn 3 each, then Preston North End Spurs, Derby County, Manchester City, Burnley and Portsmouth 2 each, with a win for each of the WBA, Ipswich, Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest. Taking the starting point, purely arbitrary, the 1967-68 season, the home of Manchester United 25 one-year hiatus can see that until the 1991-92 season there were a total of 8 different winners of the first division. Liverpool tops the list with 11, followed by Arsenal, Everton and Leeds with 3 and 2 Derby County and Manchester City, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, with one each. Since the formation of the Premier League in 1992-93 and the return of Manchester United win, a total of 4 winners in a 17-year period (until 2008-09). Manchester United leads the list with 11, Arsenal 3, Blackburn Rovers 2 Chelsea and a single victory. During this period, Manchester United has not finished outside the top four and Arsenal three times only. From 2004-05, when Everton forced rivals Liverpool in fifth place, the four always been Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool. But what are the reasons for this apparent bias? Money is the easy answer, but I'm not entirely convinced that this is the case. Traditionally, the Manchester Untied was the richest of all the clubs in English football. However, this does not help us before 1992-93, and 1967-68, before taking a turn with all the other teams as the winners - after winning in 1966-67, had 7 wins, as it did with Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton, Sunderland and Aston Villa, 6 each. No, I think it's much more down to good management - must be all that money into the wrong hands, Ron Atkinson, Gerard Houllier, to name but two. During the domination of Liverpool, have always had the money to splash, if necessary, but Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Kenny Dalglish win and everyone knew what they were doing, of course, Matt Busby and Alex Ferguson does. Arsène Wenger has kept Arsenal in the hunt at the top of the Premier League has always been the development of young players. Looking back in time, Herbert Chapman, the architect of 3 consecutive wins in 1920, Huddersfield Town and Arsenal 1930 five titles, including 3 in a row, was also an excellent manager. So the answer to the original question? To be honest, the original question is probably rhetorical, because there are 90 teams in the league in England and Wales. Of course, as a football team that support has fallen a lot. People say that geography should be the paramount consideration, and I have much sympathy for that. However, young boys who do not live in Liverpool or Manchester seems to go with the flow and follow the most successful team or the team as his father. Domestically, Arsenal and Chelsea seem to be less popular than the two great - Manchester United and the national team and probably held that position since 1958, Liverpool fan base, probably grew exponentially in 1970 and '80, when they won everything ahead. So, what do you think ...?