Good managers would normally deliver good results in one season (12 months).
Good results in terms of game results, depth of squad, good football, good signings and developments.

Admit tingly, I haven't been following Frank De Boer's managerial career at all..but been reading some good stuffs about him. Good to see him as one of the potential candidates.

Successful managers often have a close bond with his players. Mourinho at Chelsea and Inter, Fergie, Pep and now possibly Di Matteo. The trust between player and manager seem to somehow bring out the best from the players. That I think should be FSG's priority, Rafa has had a good relationship with most of the players that is still the core of our current team before he was sacked, this should be taken into consideration. While AVB has achieved a lot at Porto, he failed to bond with the players at Chelsea.

??? are you sure?

yeah we do expect alot from Torres, but regardless, look at the Chelsea fans, we cheer him on every time he warms up, even after 1.5 years without making much of an impact. yet almost half you decides to continue to belittle him because he decided to leave.

Meaning Shanks was not a good manager or not 'normal'  

The case of Torres and Owen is pretty similar only that the latter left for free transfer and he made it worse when he snubbed us for Newcastle just because for more $.

Fernando Torres said he expected to be selected in the starting XI for Chelsea's Champions League final against Bayern Munich, and revealed that he urged his team-mates to ditch their defensive tactics in Saturday's famous victory.

Torres had to watch from the bench for 84 minutes as Chelsea were dominated by Bayern at the Allianz Arena. Thomas Muller's late opener proved the cue for the Spaniard's introduction, and Torres said it was a shock not to be picked by Roberto Di Matteo.

"I was expecting to start,'' he said. "It was a big surprise for me, a big disappointment. But, in the final, the main thing is to win - it doesn't matter who plays.''

Torres' introduction alongside Didier Drogba helped drag Chelsea back into the match, with the former winning a corner from which the latter netted the Blues' equaliser. The game was eventually won on penalties.

After 120 minutes of football, Bayern had registered a staggering 43 shots compared to Chelsea's nine as the English side relied on backs-to-the-wall rearguard action. Torres felt the Blues were giving up too much ground, something he tried to change when he was finally introduced into the action.

"We needed to attack,'' Torres said. "We were playing like we had the handbrake on, looking like we couldn't attack, but I think we could, and in extra-time we showed we could play counter-attack as well.''

Torres and Di Matteo appeared to exchange words as the Chelsea boss attempted to select his penalty takers, with the costly striker not appearing among the Blues' five takers. Torres, though, still revelled in the joy of victory and dedicated the win to the club's fans.

"We had good luck at the right time but I think we're the right team to win this Champions League,'' Torres said. "It's for these guys [the fans]. They have been supporting us all season, a very difficult season when no-one believed in us, a lot of ups and downs. At the end, they are the ones who deserve it.''

I have to say I m not one of those who booed him over. I still like him as a player and appreciated what he did to the club but I strongly disagree with your stand, especially the bold part. It's understandable why some of us here continue to belittle him or to certain extent hate him for what he did. You should have look from our prospective, not your own....

The case of Torres and Owen is pretty similar only that the latter left for free transfer and he made it worse when he snubbed us for Newcastle just because for more $.

Torres left us when we needed him most. I m not surprised if some of us here still hates him for that reason. I for one do not hate him for that....Players come, players go... I have seen Mascherano left, Alonso left....Torres leaving is expected. What i hope is, instead of bashing my mates, why not try to look from their prospective. It's easy to put words into other people mouth claiming them this and that. Experience what they experienced and you might just do the same. Tell me you wont feel the same if Lampard/Terry leave Chelsea for ManU or Arsenal...

Hmm? Di Matteo had no confidence in Torres to take a penalty?

The things I couldn't take was .. how he backstabbed the club shortly after joining Chelsea and the lack of effort in his last 6 months. Alonso and Mascherano thought about leaving but they still put 110% in their last season.

Hmm? Di Matteo had no confidence in Torres to take a penalty?

Both Torres and Gerrard lost their form before Rafa left.
They have not recovered until today.

Torres was running like headless chicken for 6 months under Uncle Roy.

because we never had a plan under roy. you see all he did was "aggur, carrager, when the balll commes into defunce, kick it high up the paurk for torre to chase, he will score gurls from there" 
oh my god, he's englund manager now
i don't know how fans still buy into media spun cold relationship between gerrard, carra & bentitez.

If reading into some excerpts of gerrard autobiography, there are lots of things we don't get to see, the lighter moments of him & rafa. no rift, no misunderstanding etc.

Maybe to some forumer excuse, who will comment gerrard is just being diplomatic of rafa. it's his autobiography, juicy tit bits sells. sadly there is no sensationalise bits unlike how media spins the cold row between these 2.   
and you have fans/forumers repeatedly calling on rafa poor man management. 

LIVERPOOL legend Jamie Carragher has spoken out about the club’s first full season under Kenny Dalglish.
In an interview printed in The Sunday Telegraph, the Anfield hero addressed a number of issues and urged critics of Dalglish to “remember where we were when Kenny took over”.
“The club were on their knees. We’d gone through a difficult period and found ourselves in a poor position in the league.”

“Kenny took over and it wasn’t just that he gave everyone a lift in terms of his presence around the club, but most importantly with performances and results.”

On the subject of the Reds poor league form this year, he admits the disappointment in the camp with the recent run of results, but recognises that the current side is a work in progress , and insists that Kenny Dalglish is the only man to lead the Merseyside club to future success.

“We all recognise we’ve come up short in the league compared to where we’d like to be – because we wanted to be closer to the top four…..(but)We were just starting the process again so you can’t just expect it happen immediately.”
Nearing his 700th appearance in a Reds shirt the centre-back is never one to shirk responsibility, and he feels that Liverpool’s senior players ought to take their share of the blame for this seasons shortcomings too, rather than letting the new signings take the blame.

“As a group of players, we need to improve and it’s not fair just talking about the new ones. It’s not easy learning what it means to play for Liverpool. There’s far more additional expectation and pressure here.”

Although he did admit that some new signings would be necessary in the summer, Carra thinks that this season’s new boys will be all the stronger for having a full campaign at the club under their belts.

“Maybe we need a couple of new players next season to push us on, and we hope the players we bought this season will then go on to another level after a year’s experience playing for the club.”

When asked about the Dalglish’s future as manager, Carragher answered unequivocally:
“He’s the one here who knows what it means to win a league title and what we’ve got to do going forward…There isn’t anyone else here with experience of winning a league title. It’s ridiculous anyone would dismiss his experience and achievements in the game when he’s started getting Liverpool winning trophies again already.”