Quote: DAG "Let’s face it. Powell is more Roy Hodgson than Jurgen Klopp.
And there were subtle changes to the way Liverpool played early on in Klopp’s tenure. Yes it took him time to get them to the exceptional level they’re at now, but even in his first game in charge you could see the blueprint of how he wanted his team to play and how he wanted to evolve the style and attitude of the players. Let’s not forget they got to two cup finals in his first six months in charge too.
A good manager either needs to be feared or respected and it’s looking like Powell is neither amongst this group. We’re a rudderless ship, lacking any sort of direction or improvement and it’s hard to see where the next win comes from at the moment. It’s a sign of the times and a sign of how far this club and the standards have dropped given how many seem content with this rubbish were currently being dished up.
It’s simply not good enough. Not good enough from the players and not good enough from Powell either.'"
As I've already pointed out in my initial post to which you responded: Powell isn't just changing the playing style, he is trying to fundamentally change the culture. Liverpool and Manchester Utd are 1 and 2 in terms of overall achievement, so a major cultural overhaul wasn't required. Despite being arguably the best resourced team over c.20 years, we still haven't cracked it.
Also, with this in mind, you or any other fan can't expect Powell or anyone to come in and have things fixed or partially fixed at this stage knowing what needs to be done if you expect us to complete long-term for all honours.
Powell has identified the problems that many of us fans have been witnessing and has the balls to do something about. I can guarantee, if we get a coach in who is happy to keep this rotten bunch of underperformers, then nothing will change ie. we'll be spending more than anyone to a achieve first round knockouts in playoffs.
These players threw Smith under the bus at the end of his tenure, couldn't be d for the majority of Price's rein, and are happy to throw Powell under the bus as well.The problem is staring most of us Wire fans in the face.
Powell has a proven record of improving players and teams, over a long time, playing attractive rl.
This bunch of players have a consistent record of underachieving under 3 different coaches.
Give him chance to remove the major problem and judge him then. If you don't, mark my words, we ain't going anywhere good. For those that don't have the patience and can't see the bigger picture then make some suggestions for more coaches - there are loads out there. We could give them 6 months and then if that doesn't work, let's get another one for 6 months and keep doing that - we might get lucky.