I am no Kops fan, but please permit me to voice my piece.

First and foremost, the management of LFC should stick by KD. Look at what MU did in the late 90s to AF. They gave him the benefit of doubt and he build a strong team in 2 - 3 years.
IMO, KD should make some changes on the players and find the core players that he wanted the whole team to play around. He should use different strategy in confronting different teams. So far I can only see Gerard as being the better players among all the current players in the team.
I do hope to see a better Liverpool team emerge in next season. (see how Arsenal has slowly becoming a strong team even after the sales of their better players this season)

Have a Good Day.

Not yet.
Still some games to go before declaring MU as the league champion.

Yes, I agree on the continuity part.
Not only KD should remain as where he is now, he should spend some $$ on good players to be the core players in the team. Currently, KD's team, despite not getting the points (and losses), they are not playing too shabbily either, hitting the woodwork so many times (not sure any other team also hit the woodwork as many times as LFC). I hope KD will spend wisely and IMO, one or two defender, one midfielder will do it..

So far, I can only see Adam as KD's 'choice' (which unfortunately didnt met expectations), but there are Henderson, Carrol & Downing but apart from Henderson & Downing in midfield position, Carrol is not suitable for the current Liverpool type of game. Individually, these are above average players, but to make them gel as ateam is another issue.

In any team, there is bound to be some "deadwood" players.
Building a better Liverpool team is the order of the day. This is what is facing KD. LFC has been out of the CL for the past 2 or 3 seasons, so the rebuilding / remodelling of the team will be a slow and ardous. But give KD a chance, just like SAF started out with MU in the late 1980s (that time LFC rules the English Football scene)

My analysis :
1) The team style of play have been over-reliant on 1 or 2 players. Nothing wrong with that, as other teams also did that like MU relying on CRonaldo and Rooney, Chelsea relying on Lampard and Terry etc. Whereas KD is trying to instill a system of pass and move, like what Barca or Arsenal is doing and not relying on 1 or 2 players, given time, this system should bear fruit. I hope KD will elevated the youth players from LFC and after 2 or 3 years, the system shold bear fruits. Of course, the current players in the team now like Spearo, Flanagan, Jonjo etc - these are young lads to build the team for the future.

2) LFC used to play (during Houllier and Rafa times) defensive and counter attacking style of football. This type of game is good for fast, pacey strikers (eg. Owen, Torres, Suarez). I believe KD is trying to build a team who plays a controlling type of gam through "pass and move". That's why KD is playing the youngsters even though they may be underperforming in order to built a close knitted team where everyone play to a system. (Like what is happening in Barca who have Iniesta, Xavi, Messi etc.) KD brought in Henderson, Spearo etc to supplement the lack of talent in LFC youth academy....

3) I agree that some of the current buys during KD time is questionable but how much can LFC expect these players after > 6 months with the team from tactical point of view. Adam use to be the "general" in midfield (attacking wise), but here, he support Gerrard and is on a holding role and Carrol came from a team that plays direct football, and with ample supply of good crosses. But is he getting enuf quality crossess at Liverpool?

All in all, this season is definitely gone for LFC in not getting the League Championship except one League Cup trophy and hopefully win it with a FA Cup.

I guess, KD should learn from all the better and more senior people like SAF, AW, Rednapp, Moyes etc.
These people learn the hard way all these years and has plentiful experience of turning mediocre team into match winners.
SAF - no need to elaborate as one can see where MU stood in the English Premier League.
AW - look at how he transform a young Arsenal team after losing key players like Fabregas, Nasri etc.
Rednapp - 2 or 3 seasons ago, Spurs were a mid-table team, but they are chasing the top 4 spot nowadays.
Moyes - my hats off to this guy; after building a quite a good team from a bunch of average players many seasons ago, he lost some players in the transfer market in the next seasons (Eg. Players like Arteta has gone to Arsenal)and Moyes has to build a again and he never stop building and building. Finally he has a team in the top 6 - 8 placing in the Premier League.

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Added on April 10, 2012, 3:03 pmGo figure.
Stability (in faith do Evertonians trust in Moyes) in the coaching and management of the football club.

This post has been edited by pingpang: Apr 10 2012, 03:03 PM

+!

Wit that kind of f$nds, Moyes really can build 2 great teams.

Yes, it has been a very long time since Reds won the league.
This season, Reds can still called it a success by winning the FA Cup against Chelsea.
(Note: League Cup already won)
Next year target - the League and UCL.

Agreed.
But I hope Reds dare to dream; that is why I put it that way.
If KD were to "blood" the academy players, it will be 2-3 years befoer Reds can see the fruits of their hard work.