Kenny Dalglish dilemma

[joeluke]

On Saturday 14th April he's not sure whether to play Andy Carroll in the FA Cup semi final........................................
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...............or run him in the Grand National

[Fanriffic]

I don't think they let donkeys run in the Grand National.

[solvitquick]

Kenny Dalglsh is a great Liverpool Manager. The only mistake he has made has been buying Andy Carroll. In an interview I saw with Carrol, he did not express what a privelege to play for one of our greatest teams. If I were Kenny I would tell Carroll to get a man's close hair-cut and double his work rate. Kenny also in danger of making the mistake of selling or just losing Dirk Kuyt. Compared with Carroll Kuyt is head-and-shoulders above him and should play 90min every game, letting Carroll lie on the bench.
Previous sale of John Arne Riise was a bad 'Pool mistake.
Grand National for Carroll? Nope, he would pull-up at first fence, pmsl.
Perhaps he could play for Liverpool Ladies Team? His hair is right if not talent or guts.

[joeluke]

'Kenny Dalglish is a great Liverpool Manager'

Past tense needed here I'm afraid Solvit, he WAS a great Liverpool manager but he's yesterdays man now, he's spent millions on average players (Carroll, Henderson, Downing) and has just led his team through their worst run of league results for over 50 years

[VHG]

The problem is Carroll is not being played to his strengths.

While not the most skillfull player in the world he is a big bustling centre forward who should be playing FACING the goal and running onto crosses from Downing and other wingers. Doing that he would strike fear into most defenders.

But Liverpool are playing him with his BACK to goal, alongside Suarez, and trying to make him play like Suarez, laying balls off and running into spaces.

I saw Liverpool at Fulham earlier in the season and Carroll and Suarez were playing in a 4-3-3 formation, with 3 up front.

Suarez and Carroll were switching positions with Suarez sometimes going into the middle and Carroll going out on the wing. As balls were played up to Carroll on the wing with his back to goal he was trying to lay them off and he looked awful.

Put him in the middle as a cenrtre forward, let him FACE the goal and run on to crosses, and you may get the best out of him.

Keep trying to make him another Suarez or Dalgliesh and you are never going to get the best out of him.

p.s. Having said that he was never worth 35 million in the first place. Liverpool just panicked when Chelsea offered 50 million for Torres.

[Duncer]

I don't see any dilemma at all, unless there is a chronic injury situation at Anfield. Carroll is vastly over priced and over rated, although a spell out on loan might just be his salvation. As for Henderson; is he Dalglish's other "only mistake".

It would perhaps be in Liverpool's long-term favour if they lost the semi-final as a cup win would only paper over Dalglish's inadequacies further. They are far away from a title challenge now as they were under Hodgson. Still, most of the folks I grew up with in Blfast are Liverpool fans, so I'm having a field day.

[Arksided]

OP, He should field himself, he's that good.

I grew up with loads of 'cling-ons' (Liverpool fans) it is funny to see them squirm nowadays, and try desperately hard to put SAF down.

[solvitquick]

See that Newcastle are thriving without Carroll. He and 'Pool need to learn the technique of playing the ball into danger defence area SPACES and Carroll/other strikers run into them. One-striker up all alone is kiss-of-death to any team. Even Man U tried it with Rooney and he ended up playing mid-field just to get touch of ball. 4-4-2 minimum structure. Lionel Messi does not exist in Englsh football so forget playing to strkers with back to goal. Defence-wise one man on each post essential in dead-ball situations. Liverpool still clinging to pre-Dalglish zonal marking and failing at that. Oh come back Alan Hanson PLEASE!