Sir Kenny Dalglish: A ruthless business, recently taken to a whole new level

Last Sunday, Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Leicester City, the club he unexpectedly left Celtic for four years ago.

Soon, Graham Potter was also shown the door by Chelsea.

And David Moyes admitted he wouldn’t be surprised if West Ham relieved him of his duties after the 5-1 defeat against Newcastle United in midweek.

So now more than half of the EPL clubs have changed managers since the start of the season.

Leeds United, Wolves, Everton, Crystal Palace, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Spurs, Brighton and Southampton (twice) have all brought in new faces at the helm.

Such are the financial rewards for getting into the top four, or avoiding relegation, owners feel the need to act when results are going against them.

It’s been a similar situation up here with Motherwell (twice) Dundee United (twice), Rangers and Aberdeen all firing and hiring.

We shouldn’t be too surprised at why some bosses have been sacked. It’s a ruthless business, and has been for a few years.

But this season has been on another level.

It’s not been pleasant to watch manager after manager lose his job. However, that’s the way it is and I don’t see it changing any time soon.

In fact, we probably should get used to there being a casualty figure of more than 10 per division every season.

You tend to find that the same guys will turn up in jobs elsewhere. There seems to be a circle that goes round every year.

Frank Lampard lost his job at Everton a few months ago, but is now back in at Chelsea until the end of the season.

He is a very capable young manager, and did well to keep the Goodison club in the top flight last season.

Let’s see how well he does in his second spell at Stamford Bridge. I like Frank, and he is a really good person.

Chelsea have fallen short of their owners’ expectations. They have invested hundreds of millions of pounds on new players in the past two transfer windows, and want to see success.

But they are well away from the top-four right now. Better was expected of Graham, and that’s why he was dismissed.

As The Blues struggle, the likes of Brighton and Brentford have really excelled. They have been superb, and are pushing to finish in the top six.

Aston Villa have also improved under Unai Emery, and are now well into the top-half of the table.

Unai has made an outstanding impact, as has Roberto de Zerbi at The Seagulls. Thomas Franck has also been brilliant at Brentford.

And let’s not forget Eddie Howe, and some of the results he has had in the past nine months at Newcastle United.

Mikel Arteta has led the way with Arsenal for most of the season. They are doing superbly well, and look set to win the title.

That is a bit of a surprise as they didn’t look like potential champions last season. So credit to Mikel, his staff and his players.

Well some clubs have been thriving and others sacking, there have been questions about Jurgen Klopp’s future at Liverpool.

Yes, this campaign has been disappointing – but I see it as a blip.

It was always going to be hard to emulate last season when the team was in the hunt for four major trophies.

To win the two domestic trophies, get to the Champions League Final and go all the way to the last day in the league was right up there.

It was a pleasant surprise and had put huge demands on the manager, his staff, the players and everyone else involved.

Jurgen and his players will be ready to go again next season. The fans know that, and have given Jurgen their full backing.

But investment is required to improve the squad, as there are quite a few players in the twilight of their careers.

That doesn’t mean they are bad players, just that Jurgen can’t use them as often as he’d like to.

There are a few good youngsters coming through – young Scots Ben Doak and Calvin Ramsay to name but two.

But certain areas of the team need to be strengthened in the summer, and when that happens, Liverpool will be back in the hunt again next season.