Ed, you've lost me. The quote you appear to be attributing to me is not mine. Or were you just telling me exclusively what your opinion of it was?
Heck no, you stated up front that it was from some other forum (and that you were quoting
it to stir up some debate). Besides, its not your style to go over the top with stuff like that.
What pissed me above about the quote was that it's completely ridiculous on 2 fronts:
1.) Mancini, had the brief to get 4th last season after spending somewhere in the region of
£150/£200 million & to his credit he delivered. This season they've cracked on and built on the
work from last season. It's fair and realistic. Similarly, if Kenny at the end of the season, after
a year and a half in the job and a fair amount of money spent, hasn't delivered 4th, it's right and
fair that questions are asked. Some people may argue that the Carling cup is enough (what club takes
that competition seriously?....Birmingham, maybe). But 4th is a vital strategic landmark in terms of
the short-term development of the club. So a review of the management set up would be necessary.
There are no excuses, my understanding is that United have a first 11 out injured at the moment.
But, it's not going to be easy, because Chelsea are certainly not going to hand over 4th (and will spend
whatever in January to secure it) and Spurs are a good bit ahead (and a big club like Arsenal in the mix).
Still, at a big club like ours, we don't expect it to be easy and given our history, the whole ethos is geared toward triumphing in adversity. Kenny knows better than anyone that he has to match those Standards.
At the moment there is a problem with results and it's up to the management, Clarke, Comolli & Kenny
to address that. No problem! (that's what they're paid for).
2.) The other point is, I don't have any problem with anyone grumbling about the manager (Dude and Martin
do it all the time). But nobody ever forgets that we are LFC and stick together. Kenny has earned the right
to be respected and I think that article was out of order and way off the mark attempting to lecture a
football man like Kenny about anything. FFS, Kenny knows what's expected at our club better than anyone.