Premier League - Papers savage 'paranoid' Dalglish

Sun, 12 Feb 11:14:00 2012

Sunday's newspapers make depressing reading for Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, widely condemned over his conduct throughout the Luis Suarez affair.

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Dalglish declined to criticise Luis Suarez after the striker refused to shake hands with United's Patrice Evra ahead of Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford.

Observer: Liverpool's Kenny Dalglish plays dumb to leave his dignity in tatters

Daniel Taylor: 'Kenny Dalglish tried to stare down the (post-match interview) questions before coming up with a response that was so outlandishly flawed it made you wonder where he was storing all the qualities which we once associated with him? What Suarez did was callous, premeditated and dimwitted to the point that, if Liverpool had any sense, they would have condemned it on the spot and at least salvaged a semblance of dignity. Instead, they reverted to their default setting whenever Suarez comes under scrutiny: this half-baked conspiracy that everyone is against them and that the only way to combat this is to go on the attack themselves. Outraged by everything, ashamed of nothing.'

Mail on Sunday: Dalglish is reduced to a scowling, sneering bar-room bully

Patrick Collins: 'Undoubtedly, (Suarez) has been encouraged in his idiocy by attitudes struck by manager Kenny Dalglish. Throughout this depressing saga, Dalglish has promoted a sense of paranoia, a feeling that the club have been hard done-by, ill-used, savagely put-upon. He has conjured the notion of a vast conspiracy directed at Liverpool, without ever explaining the logic or the motives behind such a movement. At its most crass, it was the T-shirt worn to support Suarez, a gesture so tasteless that a football manager of even modest intelligence might have rejected it out of hand. Dalglish wore his daft little shirt as if it were a badge of martyrdom, utterly unaware of the ridiculous figure he was cutting.'

Sunday Telegraph: Dalglish walks alone in defence of striker

Henry Winter: 'For those of us gathered here at Old Trafford yesterday for the latest outbreak of hostilities between Manchester United and Liverpool, Suárez’s behaviour was embarrassing to behold. The fires of enmity always burn between these ancient rivals but Suárez inflamed the mood further by refusing to shake the hand of Patrice Evra. Those tuning in across the planet were presented with the picture of Suárez offending further an opponent he had racially abused. For a club that prides itself on its renown around the world, those pictures were a PR disaster.'

Sunday Times: Shaming of football

Jonathan Norcroft: 'When the dust settled, the bile subsided and the straitjackets were put away, Manchester United were left top of the Premier League. Recently, covering English football has felt like sending bulletins live from the asylum. Yet if you looked hard enough, past the handshake, the stupid fan chants, the stewards separating warring players and, hardest of all, beyond the loathsome Luis Suarez, there was a game of football here. United won it, and deservedly, and are leaders for the first time since October 1 to exert pressure on Manchester City before today’s clash with Aston Villa.'

Sunday Mirror: Sinner... not a saint

Anthony Clavane: 'Luis Suarez might have put the ball into the United net at Old Trafford, but his PR own goal will have a lasting effect on his career in England – and quite possibly destabilise Liverpool’s season. What on Earth was he thinking of? Kenny Dalglish indicated earlier in the week that Suarez would shake Evra’s hand. In refusing to do so, he let himself down, let Dalglish down and let the Kop fans down. The Sunday Mirror doesn’t always agree with Sir Alex Ferguson, but on this occasion he was spot on (in calling Suarez 'a disgrace').'

Independent on Sunday: Rooney rises above acrimony to settle score

Steve Tongue: 'There have now been 184 meetings between the two most successful clubs in English football history and it is difficult to believe that any other has been surrounded by quite the acrimony of yesterday's. In the Sixties and Seventies the players would kick or fight each other and supporters would do likewise, but here the backdrop was unique. From the moment that police confiscated every copy of a Manchester United fanzine, through Luis Suarez shockingly snubbing a handshake from Patrice Evra, then a fracas breaking out in the tunnel at half-time and Sir Alex Ferguson declaring the Uruguayan should never play for Liverpool again, it was an extraordinary day all round.'

Sunday Express: Football the loser on a day of shame

John Richardson: 'We had the good, Rooney’s goals, the bad, Liverpool’s failure to impose themselves until too late, and the ugly, the Luis Suarez-Patrice Evra affair which seems to be running longer than The Mousetrap. Just when a tiresome saga which has shamed football was ready to be finally put to bed, oafish behaviour from Suarez reignited the feud. A week of promises that the potential tinderbox situation would be dampened down obviously fell on deaf ears as far as the controversial Uruguayan was concerned.'

The People: Kick him out

Dave Kidd: 'Dalglish will doubtless carry on sneering at outside criticism of his continued insistence that Luis Suarez should never have been banned. But Liverpool's chippy manager knows full well that any such us-against-the-world rhetoric will go down beautifully with most of the Anfield faithful. Dalglish was appointed, not so much because of (owner John W.) Henry's independent will, but by an unstoppable tide of public opinion. The Scot is a canny old politician. And he knows his constituency.'

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  1. Cliford, whether you are white, or black, or whatever,­ if you had racism aimed at you, it was WRONG. However,­ the vast majority of racist filth is aimed at black­ players, simply for being BLACK! There are very very­ few - if any - white players that suffer the way black­ players have done and continue to do.

    This whole­ affair has been a public relations disaster for­ Liverpool FC. But one has to remember that this is not­ surprising at all. Liverpool FC is based in the Walton­ district of Liverpool -and you only have to ask black­ people who were born and bred in Liverpool just what it­ is like down there,in Walton, when trying to support­ the 'Reds'.. Indeed, there were times when­ black supporters used to be CHASED away from the ground­ by gangs of racist thugs for simply being black.

    And­ if anyone wants to take issue with this, then bring it­ on. because I and countless other black, local­ supporters are old enough to remember those days. Days­ that were more akin to living in the Deep South of­ America, or racist South Africa.

    So what I am­ saying is that the area, and Merseyside as a whole, is­ racist to the core, in attitude. The result of this­ is that the racism could not be contained any longer­ and it has poured out. The young black player on loan­ to Norwich City {Tom Adeyemi] who was reduced to tears­ recently, because of the racist scum hurling insults at­ him proves my point. Racism has never gone away from­ both Liverpool or Everton FCs. Yes, it may have been­ 'contained' but it has always been there, as­ vicious, as ugly, and savage as ever. And it shows­ both clubs - both Liverpool and Everton FC, just what­ they really represent.

    Now, in the year 2012, in the­ 21st century,it rears up again, and Liverpool FC - and­ particulary our manager, Kenny Dalglish, should stop­ giving out mixed messages. Either the club and he are­ against racism, in ALL its forms, or he and the club­ are for it. Public relations disaster? Too right.

    From WayneLeon, on Wed 15 Feb 7:37

  2. gin soaked ferguson has a short memory remeber when­ peter schmeichel was tackled by ian wright and he said­ fu## you ni#### did he kick him out of the manure team­ did he fu## rudolph and FA are hypocrites.

    From GordonW, on Tue 14 Feb 4:35

  3. WayneLeon, It is easy enough to explain, all you have­ to do is look at the list of players that Liverpool­ have, it explains a everything, Daglish is inherently­ racist himself.

    From josephine.graham, on Tue 14 Feb 0:08

  4. Clifford: Yes the Cantona incident was bad. Yeah worse­ than the Suarez racsim row too. But rather than blindly­ protect and back their player. United immediately gave­ Cantona the maximum fine they could and they gave him a­ club ban of 5 months and reviewed whether his contract­ should be cancelled. The FA added the other 3 months to­ his ban a month or so later. Cantona was left under no­ illusion to his responsibilities to the club and the­ community and then volenteered to coach children in the­ manchester area until his ban had been served. He came­ back a better man for it, and I'm sure most would­ agree. A better player.

    From John, on Mon 13 Feb 23:38
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    You guys are suarezphobia . He is great and he is good­ . You only hate him cos he is better than other. Suarez­ is good

    From nobility, on Mon 13 Feb 23:27

  6. clifford,cantona was not a racist,yes it was wrong what­ cantona did,but i cant recall him using the n word

    From biafra, on Mon 13 Feb 22:07

  7. "" liverpool is full of f**KING­ RACIST!!!!""

    No spiteful sweeping prejudice­ views there then.

    Tit.

    From Kim, on Mon 13 Feb 20:28
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    I have never seen a reason why players shake hands­ before a game in the first place. it is not necessary­ really. i know all players do not like one another and­ yet they are being forced to shake hands. rio shunned­ suarez hand shaks maybe because of a similar row­ involving john terry and his own brother. what has he­ said about his CAPTAIN........leave LS and KD alone.­ much hollabaloo about nothing all this issue...

    From Dann, on Mon 13 Feb 19:49
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    What a load of nothingness!! Obviously gave the press­ something to write about but really - is it that big a­ deal? There are much worse things going on in the world­ to report other than whether Saurez shook hands or not.

    From ROB, on Mon 13 Feb 19:35

  10. dawn u are very stupid!

    From Adel, on Mon 13 Feb 18:41
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    can the lot of ye just shut up an get on with it now ,,­ Saures an KD apologised thats what ye wanted all­ along.. If SAF an RF had any sense they would apologise­ for theyre after match comments and every one of the­ media reporters too...all of them think they are bigger­ then both clubs Saurez,Dalgleish, Evra ,Sir Alex,Rio­ Ferdinand,,, bunch of overpaid fools is all they are!!!­ seen school boy kids play with more professionalisim­ then the lot of em put together!!!

    From speak up, on Mon 13 Feb 18:17

  12. James from london , what a laughable thing to say .
    All­ big and tough aren't you ?
    Theyve made your club­ look ridiculous you conspiracy theory fool
    I'd love­ for you to sit in a room full of people ( black people­ ) who'd had years of "only being called­ various racist things "
    See how your opinion­ changed .
    This is football , these are real people­ being abused . Forget that he plays for United .
    Think­ bone head think

    From cooperchris32, on Mon 13 Feb 17:07

  13. kenny made himself look like an idiot! he must be­ cringing now. brian clough would of put this whole saga­ to bed as soon as it reared its ugly head! clough­ LEGEND!!! dalglish a legend in his own head!! NFFC!

    From jimbob333, on Mon 13 Feb 15:24

  14. I am a lifelong Liverpool fan. However, I am a fan who­ is mixed race. I know what it is like to face racism­ daily. It was bad enough when John Barnes was having­ bananas thrown at him, not only by opposing­ 'fans' but by our 'own' so-called­ 'fans' during the 1980s. So for Suarez to not­ even acknowledge Evra's hand is a disgrace. Suarez­ should be KICKED OUT of the club without a shadow of­ doubt.

    For a club that prides itself on WORLDWIDE­ SUPPORT, they can do nothing less than that. Or are we,­ as a club now, supporting racism? This is a stain­ that will hurt us deeply, not least because we are such­ a worldwide institution. For one player, and indeed­ even the manager - who seems to be giving mixed­ messages - to drag the club through this is shameful.­ Kenny Dalglish should certainly look at his own­ position too.and the absolutely pathetic t-shirts that­ were worn in support of this player.

    It was­ ill-judged, ill-conceived, and it came across as a­ support for racism. I, for one, being a massive­ supporter of the club find myself, as a none white­ person, having now deep reservations about Dalglish and­ his support for this player. Furthermore, it is curious­ that Dalglish did not speak one word of support for­ John Barnes, who faced horrific racist abuse during his­ time at Liverpool.

    I cannot remember not one word of­ support for him, so why is he supportng Suarez now?­ There are millions of none white supporters of­ Liverpool who now must be looking at this club in a­ negative way now. And, of course, the financial impact­ of this would be significant. The owners of the club­ have to take a stand here, which I believe they have­ done now.

    From WayneLeon, on Mon 13 Feb 15:09

  15. suarez made comments to evra,not because he is a­ racist(i don't know whether he is or not) but to­ try and wind him up and hopefully get him sent off. it­ is the same as waving an imaginary red card.this­ typically south american dirty trick has crept into our­ game with the import of players from that sub­ continent. remember maradonna and now the allegations­ against the world cup winning team of 78.saurez says­ the comments are normal ones that are made in s.a. i­ wonder if they were made against pele

    From spike, on Mon 13 Feb 15:09

  16. Yep! such a holy and virtuous newspapers and their­ their revered & "could do no wrong"­ editors.
    Sounded as though they had caught some­ murderous Nazi general and now they wanted him­ hanged
    high. Why don't you guys put yourselves in­ Dalglish's shoes and look at the whole thing from­ his
    perspective. Naaaaah! guess you guys won't do­ that. After all, you're all high and almighty,­ aren't
    ye? Go on condemning those who, for better­ or worse, stands by their own,............My hat's­ off to
    KD, you're the kind the kind of manager­ I'd die for.

    From Sazali, on Mon 13 Feb 10:43

  17. I am not a Man.U fan but I hate Liverpool and their­ pathetic arrogant and Ignorant manager .

    From The Truth, on Mon 13 Feb 8:34

  18. ppl some of u maybe did not follow the case ,suarez did­ not deny using racial remarks toward evra,but he said­ he just called him what his teammates called him.so he­ thought it was ok for him to do it do maybe he was­ genuine about it but he was genuinely stupid to think­ he would get away with it in this country.This is­ not south america. So the notion that he is not­ guilty is nonsensical at least. T he only one left with­ egg on his face is the manager,who did not show his­ team how to respect authority and created a monster who­ turned around and bit him in the arse. mr dalgish if­ you want respect you must first show it. Teach those­ who are under your care how to respect­ decisions,weather it is the referee's or the F­ A's although they may not always be right. The same­ respect will be shown to you.He showed disrespect to­ you by no adherring to the decisions made beforehand,­ and have to apologize now...............what a shame.

    From Dora Mcknight, on Mon 13 Feb 8:20
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    tha k u n t played fae celtac. nuff sed.

    From Donney, on Mon 13 Feb 8:15

  20. 19 19 19 19 soon to be 20 ­ wack

    From Kennyroe, on Mon 13 Feb 7:17
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