Some thoughts after Director of Football, Damien Comolli, leaves Liverpool ‘by mutual consent’…
Comolli departure has got people playing the blame game, debating whether Comolli deserved to go because of ’his failed signings’. This is presuming a few things:
1. That Comolli was sacked. It’s quite possible that he really did have family issues that needed attention. His departure could have nothing to do with his performance in the ‘infamous’ Director of Football role.
2. That Comolli had more of the say in what transfers were made. Kenny has just come out saying that he agreed with all the signingsand his comments suggest that Comolli was more there to capture players after Dalglish had made the decision. Even if some signings were overpriced it must be remembered that we are not in the Champions League (so asking prices naturally rise) and that a lot of money was brought in from sales (Torres) and the wage bill was cut.
3. That the signings have been bad. With such a large overhaul of players, it would be wrong to expect all of them to turn out well. Suarez and Enrique have been, on the whole, very successful and Henderson and Carroll have potential. Downing hasn’t been as amazing as we all hoped for but if it wasn’t Liverpool’s finishing, he would have a handful of assists to accompany some very good performances. Adam’s faults were really exposed when Lucas got injured, taking on more defensive responsibility which is not his strongest area at all.