This was posted on @TampaBayRowdies today.
“Did you miss the live St. Petersburg Times Q&A with Paul Dalglish? Check out the replay at http://tinyurl.com/2dypyec. http://bit.ly/cRX5mb “
Paul Dalglish had a webchat on a local Florida website, the chat mostly focused on his team The Tampa Bay Rowdies however a couple of questions about Liverpool popped up.
Nothing new, however it is interesting that even Paul confirmed that Kenny wants the job and he does really defend his dad’s impeccable record.
The full interview can be found here
http://blogs.tampabay.com/talk/2010/06/wednesday-chat-with-tampa-bay-rowdies-coach.html
Paul was asked if he would become assistant manager should Kenny become Liverpool’s gaffer, here is Paul’s reply.
“No, he knows me better than that. All joking aside, I just think that hopefully he does get it because I know how much he wants it. To be honest with you it would be an unbelievable story for my dad to be going back. Some people say, well what happens if it doesn’t work. He’s been out of the game for 10 years. My question is, what if it does work? What person loves Liverpool more than my dad? Who would Liverpool fans love to see have success more than my dad. Nothing could make my family more proud. I’d love to see it happen.”
“To go back to the assistant question, they already have Sammy Lee, who is a great coach and very passionate about Liverpool. He’s the best man for that job. I don’t think they’d sleep at night until they would be successful. And I’m very happy here in the sunshine. I like being part of a great journey here.”
When asked about Rafa & Hodgson Paul replied
“I was a big Benitez fan. I thought he was an increidble manager and it shows how highly he’s regarded in European football that he got a job straight away with the European champions. I was personally in In istanbul when we had that miraculous comeback against AC Milan. That was one of the best nights of my life so I thank him for giving me that pleasure.”
“As for Roy Hodgson, he’s a very good man and he did a very good job taking Fulham to the UEFA Cup final. But I’m sure given the opportunity, he would do a tremendous job. But I’m biased. I want by dad. I think my dad is the best person to do the job, I know he wants the job. If you look at my dad’s record, he’s had one bad year as a manager, and that was his second year at Newcastle. And he would admit he made some mistakes. Even in that terrible year, Newcastle still made it to the FA Cup final. He’s a born winner. He’s an inspiration to everyone connected to Liverpool Football Club. No one can inspire the whole club in these difficult times like my father.”
Y.N.W.A.
-Antoine
I think Stevie Nicol would do a fantastic job at Liverpool in some sort of capacity. Another legend who breathes Liverpool and calls a spade a spade. Doesnt seem to be a doing a bad job either-even though it is in the weak MLS
i guess if we were in any doubt about kenny wanting the job this interview clears it up! i, like paul, also hope the king returns and i don’t think any player other than mascherano would remotely think about leaving with kenny at the helm.
on the subject of masch, he should be allowed to leave because, and i don’t mean this in a critical way, he doesn’t have the deep feeling for what Lfc is all about and that’s fine, not everybody has, i have just one condition to his departure….liverpool must insist that lucas and kuyt are part of the deal! £40m for the lot, that’s £39m for masch and £1m for the other two lumps!
roy has been top notch at fulham but what about blackburn he couldn’t keep em,up were as kenny won the league and before you say money forget it liverpool paid 8.5m for stan the dogger collyflower kenny paid 3.6m shearer,5m sutton =8.6 sold them for 25m whem rush went for 3.6m we got aldo,900k before he left barnes,900k and beardsly,1.9m =3.7m not bad hey not to go on about mcmahon,houghton, and sherwood 750k sold for 4m the man is a team maker no one gets a chance at newcastle but he got them top 4 didn’t he and he just cleared up after barnes at celtic kenny you want it we want torres and stevie want so lets avvvvvvv it
King Kenny and Stevie Nicol all the way! These two are legends who eat, breathe and sleep L.F.C. For me Purslow and associates should look no further. Roy Hodgson is a good manager with a relatively good track record in lesser leagues but Kenny is a proven man at the very top who will give all us Liverpool fans what we crave most which is attractive attacking football ‘The Liverpool Way’ and bring a modern style ‘Boot Room’ back to our great club.
As Paul quoted on the above article “He’s the best man for that job. I don’t think they’d sleep at night until they would be successful.” I couldn’t agree more with that statement and I for one think every Liverpool fan should be voicing their opinions on this subject. I’m sure the majority of L.F.C. fans are behind KK’s appointment and the more us fans voice this in public through forums etc the more pressure we put on the likes of Purslow etc to appoint the right man for the job.
Y.N.W.A.
Give the job to Kenny. He deserves a chance up against Ferguson.
Hodgson is ok but to me looks like an English Houllier.
Imagine that King Vs Fergie part 2. I think Fergie will be putting his request for retirement after King Kenny’s arrival. Common H & G what are you two waiting? Give the legend the credit he deserve by stopping all this media nonsense and just give Kenny the job already.
It has to be Kenny. And he’ll capture the one thing he couldn’t do as manager last time around because of the ban against English sides – win a european competition. With Dalglish at the helm there’s no way Stevie or Nando would leave. Can’t see them staying for Roy Hodgson
Antoine Zammit is the man . I didn’t believe it at first when he broke the dalglish story but he was on the money. BIG UP !
I think they will give it to Hodgson though. lets just pray we get some good results and see some attacking football from the first kick of the ball next season whether its Roy or Kenny.
Only KINGS can rule The empire of the kop.,actually,lets call him emperor kenny from now on.
Let’s pray for King Kenny. And I agree: Sammy Lee is the best second man we can get.
We need Kenny at Anfield for life and if he becomes boss the only thing you guarantee is that he will leave at some point, I want him to become Chairman after we are sold. Roy Hodgson is a very good friend of Kenny and would work very easily at Liverpool, he is a throw back to respect for the opposition and is media friendly. I love Kenny but he must be our man on the board as he will always do the right thing for us fans, please consider this lads!!!!!!1
King Kenny please ++
wats wat fans want a back to winning ways with a manager who is liverpool through n through who knows the best way forward for lfc n who would get respect n commitment from his players ie .. kenny ,or a manager who would most propably get us a top ten finish n b happy wiv that ,would u b happy wiv that ..no way kenny got to b manager not a director for gods sake …roy hodgson an average manager not a winning manager ,not good enuff for lfc ,kennys record speaks foritself n friendships dont work wen running football clubs so him n roy in partnership. no way .just give kenny the nod n let him get on wiv rebuilding the club from inside out