What an OP - I doff my cap sir!
Having never been a fan of Astronomy, I not going to start trying to predict the future now, I'll leave
that to others who feel more qualified. I'll just keep plodding along with the whole "walk on with
hope in your heart" side of things. Admittedly not so easy right now.
It's a simple, if bland fact that some things in football never change, while others unexpectedly do.
Don't they Sepp?
I for one am glad that Brendan still holds the reigns, and we didn't opt for change right now. Mostly
because the stuff we played during 2013/14 filled me with football joy almost to bursting point. Also the well
acknowledged fact that when we took on a young promising manager, there would inevitably be some element of learning
on the job. So for me he has at least six months to show that he is learning sufficiently on the job
to bring the right changes on the field, make some inroads into Europe etc. Other reasons too, like stability.
It's not that I don't have serious concerns, of course I do; player acquisitions, a mentality in our players
that allowed such, a frankly embarrasing, capitulation last season, defensive and set piece coaching, formation
tinkering etc, the list goes on. There are, and will remain to be for some few months at least, many unanswered questions.
No matter who was going to be managing LFC going into 2015/16, one side or other of the fanbase was going to be pissed.
But if we start scoring goals and winning games consistantly again, this division will soon be filed under
- "remember when...".
If not, then clearly further change becomes a necessity. But how could this have been avoided? Would a big name manager
and new project have united the fanbase? I'm not so sure. Yes I can see the obvious excitement (especially considering the
still sore feelings abound in last seasons contrails), but also the inevitable "here we go round the roundabout again" attitude.
Weighing it all up, when faced with a decision to start a new project right now or press on with even a small chance
of reliving those beautiful games of the 2013/14 season and, whisper it... a couple from last season - combined with the stability
offered by keeping our manager in a summer when we lose one of our greatest ever players and captains,
plus (most likely) one of our hottest young talents, I think our owners have made the sensible decision, either through luck
or actual reasoning. I could be totally wrong of course, and the decision could have been solely based on the avalability of other
suiters. FSG are still too much of an unknown footballing quantity to do anything other than speculate.
Equally, whether it works or not, I honestly have no clue, really, no clue. I thought Balo would get us a few goals!!!
For now though Brendan's our man, decision made, and until that changes or his position becomes clearly untenable, he get's my
full throated support. While this is (or at least used to be) expected of LFC fans, it is the least we can
do to give our manager, players and club the best possible chance of succeeding. I hope our owners and other club employees
see it the same way.
