Liverpool Banter Archive June 01 2012

 

Use our rumours form to send us liverpool transfer rumours.

01 Jun 2012 23:29:37
Ed's? why do you continue to insist that Saurez is leaving despite him saying he's staying on countless occasions and Ian Ayre saying no top players will leave?

post on rumours page please, not banter {Ed001's Note - for heaven's sake, you have had the answer to this question a thousand times, move on.}

Suarez's opinion is by and large irrelevant. If a big enough club comes in with a big enough offer he will be sold subject to personal terms being agreed whether he wants that or not. Professional footballers are commodities and that is all - don't look at them as anything else then the transfer system becomes easy to understand. {Ed016's Note - Saurez will probably depart this summer}

If it is true Kenny and FSG fell out over Suarez in the Boston meeting, it seems logical, then, to conclude that Suarez will be leaving.

And given that Juventus coaching staff went to the trouble of watching him play, it also seems logical to conclude that he will likely leave for Juventus.

Sometimes the writing is on that proverbial wall.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 23:10:56
any interest in Jaaskelainen. On a free decent competition for Pepe {Ed016's Note - Already have Doni as back up.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:53:25
welcome to anfield mr b rodgers.and to all fans lets give him and owners a chance we might not get cl or prem but for these guys to drag us out of the s**t when we could of ended up like leeds utd rangers and so (no disrespect to u guys) we atleast are still challenging so support the club not your own ego,s lets start afresh and be liverpool once again YNWA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:51:43
Liverpool will look to sign Jordy Clasie from Feyenoord.

Leonkopite

He looks a classy young player

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:36:17
I remember joe fagan winning the league and European cup is that failure? Just because his first name began with the letter j unreal.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:50:34
watching the end of the interview with tom werner, i cant help but notice that smile and how confident he looks when he says he cant wait for the season to start. sort of get the feeling we may all get surprised this summer. could just be me though. i do think good times are ahead of us YNWA

Hope your right pal.
Skurks

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:43:44
Great appointment ,

I wasn't too overwhelmed when I first found out that Rodgers was going to be privileged enough to take over from King Kenny.

However after doing a bit of research on what he's done/been through his life and witnessing that astounding press conference , It has filled me with immense sense of optimism.

The amount of respect he showed to Kenny , Shanks and co was utter class and I truly believe this guy realises the true values of our beloved Liverpool , his grandfather , father supported Liverpool which gave Rodgers a great insight into how we played how we passed teams to death , how we became a bastion of invincibility , and am truly overjoyed and cannot wait to witness the fast pace slick and move we will all be witnessing at the holy grail of football (ANFIELD) next season.

We say this year in year out but I truly am ecstatic for the future of our club Rodgers seems a top bloke , fulfilled with dignity , respect and amiration for the club and us as fans.

May Rodgers reign be an almighty glorious one!

When you walk through a storm,
Hold your head up high,
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm,
There's a golden sky,
And a sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown....

Walk On! Walk On! With hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone....

You'll never walk alone

Walk On! Walk On! With hope in your heart,
And you'll never walk alone....

You'll never walk alone.

JFT96

Tom.

P.s Sorry for long post Ed.

''Outstanding'',well said that man !! B {Ed016's Note - there is another interview of him somewhere, he is talking about N. Ireland football and what he looks at in a player. Its an older interview but it also instills faith in the new man. Seems very confident. Understands his place and the job that is expected at Liverpool. Exciting times, lets hope he gets the transfers right, I am sure he will.}

Get a grip

G.Baker

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:38:25
Rogers likes to play a passing game, and i'm not sure Carroll will fit his style, so is there any chance he'll leave and is there any interest in him. Also will Suarez leave??

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:29:00
Welcome to the family Brendan, once in, you can never leave.

So where is uncle woy then!
G.Baker {Ed016's Note - rubbed his face too much and vanished}

''We know where he lives''.!! B

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:26:31
There's a few people on here who seem not to like ian ayre he seems ok to me must played a big part in standed charter / warrior deals plus seems to have Liverpool best interest at heart I'm not wrong I'm I eds / macca if so please could you explain don't think I am
YNWA lfc linc

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:42:06
Ed, you say that LB may be a position Rodgers would look to strengthen in.
If that's the case, what does that mean for Jose Enrique?

Thanks,
Jord the Kopite

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:15:03
I know it's not a good or reliable source but caughtoffside reporting Rodgers is after Marouane Fellaini, anything in this eds or just carp they made up?

Cheers
Big red g

Coughtoffside also reported we were in talks with dzeko.
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:14:40
Roy Hodgson on Hazard:

"I also went to watch Hazard as a potential signing when I was coaching Liverpool so I know how good he is," he told reporters.

"It was a game between Lille and Monaco and he had one of those days where he electrified the stadium.

"Every time he got the ball it seemed the crowd jumped to attention because they expected something to happen."

SLURed

Sounds like me when i watch suarez

And we are willing to just roll over and give the man up. (LFC Board Room)why don't you just scrap the youth academy while you at it.

So why didnt you buy him woy got the board to break the bank to land him you would maybe still be at LFC there again

 

 

01 Jun 2012 22:02:04
Still gutted that Kenny has gone but have to say great appointment. There is something about this guy and love his footballing philosophy. Now it's down to the owners to back their man with money and time and us fans to show patience and throw our full support to our club! Best site around, well done eds you do a fantastic job and top man Macca always the first page i read. YNWA

Greaty

Spot on
getting b Rogers was a very good move,there is definantly some thing specail about him.

happy red

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:52:23
Just messing around with Brendan Rodger(s) name and and an anagram of his name is..........

Danger Born Red(s)............

Watch out everyone.........we mean business!!



CaptainClacker {Ed022's Note - Do you have a lot of free time by any chance?}

Thought that if I spent a bit of time on it we might just get rid of a bit of that negativity that is floating about........

Can anyone come up with a better one?

CaptainClacker

Haha eds! some of your answers are class!

Bore off !

Londonred86

Also, Ron's Badger Nerd

Jolly Red

Redds anger born
TSB

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:47:48
The thing about the rodgers appointment is the compensation 5m for a young inexperienced manager.

Now i get the fact why the owners wanted someone like rodgers but are we really suggesting that rodgers is worth it?

lets not forget Chelsea hired AVB for around 13m compensation who are arguably the bigger club at the time hired who they thought was the best manager in the world that they could get which is what 95% of all managers and now we had a chance of getting him for free (along with several other quality free candidates)

if it doesnt work out a 3 year contract its going to be so expensive Dont get me wrong i think rodgers is gd but 5m with a contract risk might end up being another expensive waste
TheJoshster
Sorry for the rant!

You should be it was fairly pointless!

Inexperianced?

He retired from football at 20, began coaching immediately at Reading; moved into Jose Mourinho's coaching team and then had great success at watford, and even more at Swansea. He has been a coach for well over 18 years and a manager for about 8 of those years. He has built his style from many many teams and has a bulk of experiance. He seemed very passionate, 5m is nothing in this day and age of football. Negativity will get us nowhere but believing will. Shame you don't seem to be up for that.

PS Chelsea paid 13m for AVB then paid another 11m to get rid of him, difference is that Chelsea have had more managers in 30 years than we have in 120. Get behind him and the team and don't worry for the finances as you do not fork out that £5m

Ben

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:45:33
Just a quick one ed's.....are there anyone other know men considered for the Sporting Directors role other then Van Gaal and Tixiki? If so who that you know of?

Thanks for your time,
Ozred {Ed022's Note - Nope not really mate.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:43:17
{Ed022's note - brand new player profile on Crewe Alexandra's Nick Powell, linked with pretty much every English club in recent times. www.player-profiles.co.uk - thanks all.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:39:31
I am an older liverpool fan and think that rodgers will be good given time ...there is an aura about the man almost steely lookin , it takes me back to the day were shanks picked up the reins ,self assured positive, die for the cause and so on !

kopace

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:31:05
hi eds do you think joe cole will be given a chance under rogers? he played well for lille and would also play well under rogers style of play {Ed005's Note - No I can't see it mate.}

God, I hope not

cozinoz

I hope he does. Still got something to offer
FowlerisGod

You shouldn't ov watched the euro star interview it gave you a subliminal message.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:29:58
lol EDS whats this about rogers not liking carrol or is just a load of rubbish again.

Scouse Ben {Ed005's Note - Heard nothing but who knows. He does like playing passing football so maybe Carroll may not fit into his philosophy? Not saying that's the case, but just putting it out there.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:27:24
G'day Eds & Reds!
I'm surprised to see the negative comments about Brendan Rodgers appointment. I was gutted to see Kenny sacked but it's now time to move on. We've got a bright young manager who's gonna get the lads playing attractive football. This could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship. I'm looking forward to a new (hopefully successful) chapter in the LFC story. Feeling very optimistic (but realistic) about the future & can't wait to go to Anfield next season :)

Coxy82 @CoxyRoxy

Only bad news today: Yodel didn't deliver my new shirt. Gutted

Hi. I never got my shirt either,so,very dissappointed. The added bad news is,they have 4 days hols now,so our shirts will hopefully be delivered on Wednesday. Bbaahhh
Tafred

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:26:41
What do you guys think of all the players released today? I doubt Henry will give us much money since Kenny wasted over 100m on henderson, downing, coates, adam and carroll.

Kalou, Bosingwa, Andy Johnson, Owen, Hargreaves, Danny Murphy, Julian Faubert, Ryan Nelsen, Ledley King, Greitar Steinnson, Carlos Cuellar, Hugo Rodellage, Danny Guthrie, Mo Diame, Ronaldinho, Clarence Seedorf, Ivan Klasnic, Junior Hoillett, Louis Saha.

They are all top quality players and could easily improve our squad if the likes of Reina, Skrtel and Suarez get there moves away.

And there all FREE. Graham.

Diame and Hoilett are the only ones that are seriously worth going for...

Stone YNWA.

I'd add Kalou to that but more as a squad player... enough quality.

Saha's also a class act.Plenty of football left in him !! B

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:24:08
As most of you may know I am, and always will be a great supporter of Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish. He epitomises EVERYTHING I love about our famous club.

I totally disagreed with him being fired as he was, I was hurt and genuinely considered not going to a game again and personally I felt Rafa was the only option to replace Kenny.

I have been abroad for the last few days and missed all the manager speculation, but I have to say I am VERY surprised at what I have just seen on LFC TV.

Brendan Rogers has been named our manager and his interview was flawless. I trust him as a person.

His grandfather and father were both LFC supporters and he has been brought up to understand all the history, traditions and sorrow that our club has undergone. Our club has helped make him the man he is.

He is a respectful and decent man who has already shown me that he is a perfect fit to replace Kenny. He clearly loves our King as a person and stated that he will always be welcome at LFC. For that I thank him, he obviously understands the love we have for Kenny, and he treats him with the utmost of respect.

Brendan is a man who can lead this club back to greatness, with dignity and professionalism.

Some of his comments:

'I am honoured and blessed to be named LFC manager today'

'I want to help improve the players'

'You train dogs, I like to educate the players, not train them'

'I will leave no stone unturned to help the club and that quest will be relentless'

'I will fight for my life to make LFC great again'

This man is the real deal as far as Im concerned. He has my 100% support as our new manager.

Congratulations to FSG for finding this man.

Good luck Brendan and thank you for showing that you care about the history and traditions of our great club. Our supporters will come to love and respect you as they love and respect the man you replaced.

In many ways you remind me of Bill Shankly, what more can I say ?

Tel 1949

One minute you're never going going to another game. Next minute we are on the way back to greatness.

Get a grip.

I think the same tel 1949 , i also get the feeling this man will break our premership title duck , given time , i think br will have us playing the most attacking way possible , but mixed in with steel and a mental strenght that is needed to land the title , really think we have got the best man for the long term , a great choice for me................lfc

My sentiments entirely Tel 1949.

Ozone

Well said Tel 1949. Mr Rodgers needs time and overwhelming support from everyone and he has the chance to do something special at Liverpool FC

cozinoz

 

 

01 Jun 2012 21:07:20
What I really love about a manager is his passion, workload and dedication to his job as a manager.

I do not like managers who come in and thinks football is a 9 to 5 job.

So how is Brendan Rodgers, is he really a dedicated manager who works his socks of to create sucsess?

Hopefully answers from Eds/Macca/fellow fans will be discussed and written down by the end of this evening, hopefully in the rumours or banter section.

Thanks YNWA

Dunno

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:54:58
it's obvious why liverpool chose brendan rodgers.

Bill Shankly
Bob Paisley
Brendan Rodgers

It appears that if your first name begins with 'B', you have every chance of becoming a successful LFC manager. i'm sure fsg thought of this during the process.

Fagan, Souness, Evans, Houllier, Benitez, Hodgson and Dalglish were all relative failures. Crucially noone of their first names began with 'B'

Benitez and Dalglish a failure ? Get a life man or stop smoking those mushrooms

Tel 1949

Benitez, Dalglish...Failures? Hmmm, Double, Champions League...Is it me or can I smell garbage?? Rome 77

Worst post ever some of them managers won treble ,European cup and leauge more than once can't c how they would b classed as relitive failures

Is bill short for William and Bob short for Robert

get a grip pal, definitely the worst post evvvvvveeeeeerrrrrr

Joe Fagan won a league title, European cup and League Cup in one season .... EPIC FAIL!

Fagan, benitez, dalglish failures? As a manager, dalglish's name goes alongside paisley and shanklys.
AnfieldUSA {Ed016's Note - So does Fagan and IMO so does Benitez for Istanbul and the defensive records he broke.}

Why are you even bothering to reply to this crap {Ed016's Note - Boredom}

Benitez was good ed16, but not one of the bests. Fagan was a close second but the greatest has to be shanks followed by paisley and dalglish tied. With fagan, and then Benitez.
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:54:30
I will admit that i was not filled with the utmost joy with Bredan Rodgers getting the job, or the sacking of Kenny after one full season in charge.Yet that is where we are! I hope Henry can keep his mouth shut this time with his top 4 expectations in the first season. Rodgers will be under enough pressure without any unhelpful statements like that.

Saying all that, i want him so badly to be a success and bring us the trophies we crave. Plus the guy is an Ulster man, so that is an added bonus for me and like all Ulster men he is very smart and articulate. I just hope he isnt too good or the IFA might come calling with their £500,000 a year job. Good luck Bredan,it will certainly be needed.

The Irish Rover

I think we finished tooo fare away from 4th 8th i mean come on if it were 5th or 6th that would be understandable.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:42:27
Last season was a terrible year press wise! Everybody hated Liverpool.lets hope this is the start to Liverpool being a lot of fans 2nd club again,good luck for the new season BR can't wait!!
Kp

BR does seem like somebody who can deal with the media very well. Watched his press conference and I got to say, impressed.

AG

I couldn't care less what other fans think of us
FowlerisGod

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:42:22
Absolutely made up with the appointment of Brendan Rodgers and I think with the right signings and providing the likes of Pepe,Luis,and Skytl stay I believe we could make top 4 next season.

alan50

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:41:42
‎'Offensive, creative football...but with tactical discipline'. Brendan Rodgers - What's not to admire!? YWNA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:39:33
hey ed jsut wondering who swansea are interested manager wise. i heard gus poyet. who would not be a bad appointment for them.... but i feel for them they are in nowheres land at the moment and hope they get to stay in the PL thanks JLFC {Ed022's Note - Ian Holloway is one of their top candidates believe it or not.}

Although i admire halloway i think swans would not be a good fit for him i must say JLFC

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:34:07
This may not be entirely accurate but my source has just translated a dead sea scroll and I think it has uncanny relevance to our situation

Loose translation

Lo so did the red people emerge wailing and rending their garments and called for a saviour from the Tuxians. Thus the JH did appear and lead the red people from the shadows and ruinous interest payments and the red people were glad for a time.

The red people now soon started to wail and moan and called for him to smite the false god Roy in a frankly ageist way

This he did and the red people were glad then they called for him to appoint a previous god Ken and sang songs in his praise. JH had a jolly good think as Ken had he not been near a football club for an eon but gave it a shot.

Lo Ken did well and JH was pleased however Ken went to the market and spent JH money on more apostles. The money flowed out the door and in walked some apostles who where baffled by the whole ball kicking concept.

Then an Apostle called one of the followers of Lucifer a wrong name in his own tongue. Lucifers follower then cried to the heavens and the Apostle was laid low.

Some of the red men began to turn on Ken and wail and moan and rend their garments while some still sang songs about Ken. Ken was greatly loved but not even bringing home shiney bauble was not enough . JH was angry and lo
then started smiting every body in the temple. He smote Director's of football Communication person , Lawyers, Tea ladies and then lo he did then smite Ken

The red people began to wail and rend their garments again. JH decided look hard for another god and not consult the red people as he now knew moaning was their new religion. Lo this time he thought one that was young and spoke with tongues and followed the way of the ole and ticky tacky. While the great one did peruse the list of gods the red people began to grow impatient and wail and moan, some wailed for old gods to return again, some did wail and rend their garments at the thought of someone who was not the dark god beeneatiz, others just moaned for gods with foreign names

JH did select a smooth man who spoke well and and understood the ways of the red people and would live among them and bring them great victories over their enemies.

The red people where a bit flumoxed by this there didn't seem much to moan about really. However the followers of beaneatizz had a good old grumble and bided their time.

Just a great post mate , you should leave a name , to be continued i hope lol................lfc

Outstanding

And lo, it was bestowed upon this poster, the title of post of the year. If only we knew where to send the cheque.

Mrpjd

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:33:49
knowing that BR has strong links with spain is there any chance that we could pinch players like Tello, Isaac Cuenca, Thiago Alcântara and maybe even pedro after not playing much last season he may fill that he is better off playing else where

One of Cuenca or Tello would be awesome

Eds what do you think {Ed016's Note - I don't think he has strong links with the entire country of Spain. Tello was linked previously, but he got a few games for Barca so he may stay. I think Pedro's wages are too much and sorry but not heard anything on the other two players.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:28:09
Just spoke to JH and the whole rogers thing is def a smokescreen. AVB will be in place by the start of the season.

JH has a sense of humour; he has been walking round the office with his c*ck out all day. {Ed022's Note - I posted this as it made me laugh, sorry all.}

, good stuff
Ultra red

Lol I laughed myself to death.

Too good ha

Thats agood one {Ed016's Note - lol @ ed022.}

Wonder if johns any big
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:18:18
With the approach Brendan Rogers will take toward playing style, ie players who can play!, could you see J Cole getting another shot? With all do respect to the lad he's still a class act...superb touch and control and an eye for a pass. If used appropriately he can still help Lfc push on, even it be Europa League and Cup games, or back up in the Premiere...? Thoughts appreciated Ed(s). Beast site too, addicting as hell...! {Ed022's Note - I am not sure yet, but I feel that he will probably move on.}

But, slow and tactically poor in my opinion.

AG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 20:02:16
Why is 4th place out of the question next season? I thought the squad had potential to achieve it last season and until the Evra incident, we were right up there.
Ok, city and chelsea have big squads with plenty of quality. Chelsea underachieved last season. But united, spurs, arsenal and newcastle, are their squads really that much stronger than ours? I don't think they are. I think there's no reason why we can't compete with them. We have a great youth set up at the moment, the future is exciting. We are not that far off in terms of first team squad. Get behind the lads. Focus on the present, don't dwell on the past.
The Quaggar

Wise words!

Totally agree Quaggar, it wont be easy but it certainly will be within reach! I have a good feeling about BR too. Come on you reds

I kind of agree but with the way Chelsea are strengthening with Marin, Hazard and possibly Hulk it looks like one place gone. Leaving ourselves Arsenal and Spurs gonna be tough.

GuvTOB

I agree it's possible ,but why put that pressure on our club and new manager ,everyone will write us off by Xmas ,but it will take the first half of season to click .so let's sit back and watch ,and if were there or there about we will have last laugh .chillaxe cheers psv

I to was one of the fans who were really gutted when kk went i to thought we were going to get a big name to be are manager but when i heard the press confence by the way did anyone see it at 10 oclock there was no sound and poeple were walking around with cups of tea and buttys and then they all came in and when wenger said thank you to kk i was maid up then when br started talking i liked what he was saying and i hope and i know everyone is saying we havent got a hope lets wait and see and king kenny will allways be king get behind our team stop the s**t people talk that as been the problem sorry ed im going on but some people just dont get it

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:58:26
Thank god social media and the internet were not around in years gone by otherwise we'd have had the following

Liverpool Rumours circa 1974. What are the board playing at appointing Bill Shankly's assistant? We're sure to be relegated they should have gone all out to get great managers like Brian Clough or Don Revie.

Liverpool Rumours circa 1985 - Kenny's been a great player for the reds but it's too soon for him he's got no experience of management it smacks of desperation and we're going to struggle next season.

Liverpool Rumours circa 1999 - Sami Whoppia? We should be breaking the bank on high quality players not settling for useless centre halves that I've never heard of! We're Liverpool not a second division team!

Makes you think doesn't it?

Quite brilliant!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:55:38
Come on Brendan, hurry up lad, you've been in the job since 9 o'clock this morning and you haven't signed anyone yet. Get a wriggle on!! {Ed022's Note - Hahaha good post.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:54:49
Adam, Downing and Henderson will be given till January to prove themselves. If they don't improve they will be sold.

Henderson given until January
Sort yourself out
Idiot!!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:35:44
eds how long do you think it will be until rodgers buys or sells someone? also do you think we will do any buisness before the euro's?

thanks {Ed022's Note - Unlikely mate.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:34:57
Just watched the new gaffers 1st LFC press-conference. Have to say, I was very impressed. He said all the right things but more impressively, he let us, the media and Ian Ayre know who was in charged.

Good start for the new boss, long may it continue.

YNWA, Brendan.

Blair Mayne YNWA JFT96

I agree mate. The worry about the younger coaches was they'd struggle beneath a DoF. BR scotched that one well and truly. Good start.

I cringe every time I hear Ian Ayre speak

GuvTOB {Ed022's Note - Same.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:31:53
what is everyones obsession with adam johnson?
he is totally overated
he scores the odd glory goal, yes he always beats his man but yes he always fails to lift his head to find a team mate having beaten his man.
he s all legs and no brain
i dont want headless chicken players at anfield, we had one jermaine pennant and he was s**te, and adam johnson is equally s**te
someone please tell me what everyone sees in him apart from the odd abilty to score the odd solo goal

I completely disagree, I think the kid is England's most talented footballer.

Chris in Tamworth

I disagree with you Chris mate. I think that Wilshere is Englands most talented footballer. I do think that Johnson is a good player though.

Blair Mayne YNWA JFT96

Our obsession is that he is a very good player!
Bazzaa

I also completely disagree, and can't for the life of me fathom why downing, Milner and Henderson are all in the england squad ahead of him. I would of thought the fact he hasn't always been first choice as a bonus. Isn't one of England's standard excuses tiredness.

Blair, I've got to be honest, I'd completely forgotten about Wilshere! He is a huge talent but I just like Johnson a lot. There's something about him that I just get the feeling that if someone put a little faith in him and managed him correctly he could be something really special.
He is the one player I have hoped we would sign for ages. I hope he's a realistic option

Chris in Tamworth

Well Chris and Blair you are both wrong.

Wilshere?
Johnson?

You are both forgetting Hendo... He's like a young Vinny Samways (and he played in Spain).

Dirks Engine Room

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:30:47
after watching BR news conference , one thing hit me and that was he looked like he was made for the liverpool manager , he did not look out of place and he just seemed to fit in , his interview was spot on , i dont know about others but he left me with a smile on my face after what he said , its going to be his way or the highway , no more favourites , and he will bring some fast players for the wing , as he said he has a plan and he will bring players in to fit that plan if needed , that is some shout :)) ,,,,,,,,,,,,mickey b

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:29:21
any news on david dein? was hoping we would persuade him to take a role with us!
scousedel {Ed022's Note - No update yet.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:29:07
can we please stop with the BR please.. AVB and RDM are enough.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:27:45
alright macca time for you to get to work now that the manager is in place , who is he gonna be bringing in, i am sure i wont be alone in hoping for bits of juicy gossip to fuel our champions league fantasies in the coming weeks

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:27:09
'He's a good goal scorer but he doesn't really offer the team much else.' (Soldado) what else would you want from a striker? (not saying we will but him) just thought it was a bit of a wierd comment. And eds do you expect alot of transfer activity this summer like last summer or not?



Cheers JJ {Ed022's Note - I expect an average amount. 4 or 5 signings.}

Who said that about soldado JJ?
Josh

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:25:57
Any one have any ideas on what the new away kit will look like?

Regards
~El {Ed022's Note - Look at the Liverpool Photo's on this site, it may give you an indication.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:23:58
hey eds,

just wanted to say site is amazing as usual bringing us early news such as FT departure to starting lineups and managerial appointments. Special thanks to macca you have proven yourself reliable as usual! i am behing BR to carry the club forward and 100% behind our owners.. i do believe KK did well up to this point (stability) and we had been playing some fantastic free flowing football its just we weren't getting results...so hopefully BR could build on this and get us back to where we belong amongst the elite in world football!

btw hope we bring in sigurdsson, dempsey (creative midfielders, interchangeable)

de jong(replaces kuyt)

lars bender(replaces spearing)


so we could have something like

---------reina----------
gjohnson skrtel agger enrique

lucas gerrard

sigurdsson suarez dempsey
carroll

bench de jong, bender, downing, hendo, carra,bellers
Trini Red
Marcus

Utter nonsense this post!

BR will instill tiki taka football and will play with a four three three sytem.

Carrol will go unless because he won't have a target man and I don't think a further season of LFC trying to get him to adapt to yet another system of pass and move on the ground will work.

Jon LFC

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:21:46
Bas Dost to Wolfsburg for just £8m !! 38 goals in 39 games for Heerenven.
Braila

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:20:42
Ed should we be worried about Reina's comments about rafa? if the squad and some of the fans arent happy and dont give him time could be an issue or is it media bs? {Ed022's Note - If he doesn't like it, he can leave and stop being a whiney man-child.}

Agree totally with the eds comment, reina is proving to be too big for his boots, he should shut up and concentrate on getting his form back, cutting out silly mistakes and leaving the managers job to the man, quit undermining the new boss before he has even begun

personally i d sell him to barca for 20 million, always thought he was overated

Yea but what about agger,lucas and whoever else u think theres a chance of a mass exodus?

Maybe if Pepe had a good season he could be forgiven for having a bit of a whine. But instead of whining he should be looking at himself and focusing on getting back to his best.

Blair Mayne YNWA JFT96 {Ed022's Note - Exactly.}

Reina's comments in his autobiography shed a bit more light regarding his feelings about Rafa's time at Liverpool.

I like that comment Ed022, no one bigger than the club!

Reina commented prior to Rodgers appointment mates!

AG

You know what get behind your players stop slaging them off you dont have to they do it on every other banter page

If Reina was to go then I am certain a great goalkeeper will replace him, think of great players like:
Bernd Leno (19 and fantastic)
Marc-Andre ter Stegen (19 again and even better; will be pushing Neuer for 1st team footy for germany soon)
Hugo Lloris (France's Captain and a world class shot stopper, younger than Pepe also)
Steve Mandanda (Very smiliar age and skill to Lloris, both play in France and would relish PL moves)

However I love Pepe and I am just assuring you that if he does leave we have options.

Ben

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:19:20
eds do you think rodgers will try and sign sigurdsson and what is your opinion on him? {Ed022's Note - I have covered this dramatically. He is a good player.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:18:20
Hi eds,

Im not saying this is going to happen, today i was speaking to a person who said that Aqualani is going to meet up with brendan rodgers soon and discuss his future as he may fit in with his game of football,

but overall what i have been told he is quite certain he wants to stay in italy

Have you heard anything on this at all?

LFCHero ;)! {Ed022's Note - This is utter BS. Sorry about that.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:08:44
Hi Eds.
On the stadium matter.
If a new stadium was to cost upwards of £300m, and that woild be for 60K capacity (which is crazy for only a 15K increase in capacity.
Any idea what the 'redevelopment' of Anfield cost, to achieve the same result/capacity.
Thanks.
Shankly's Red Army. {Ed022's Note - No idea on the cost as of yet.}

Its not just seating, its about the boxes and other stuff as well

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:03:22
Drogba, kalou, Hoilett, bosingwa, Rodallega, Mohamad Diame, David pizzaro, drenthe, Pogrebnyak, Pogba, steinsson, diego, Kjaer, Chivu, Maxi Lopez, Pranjic,Del piero,Ricardo carvalho, Rene Adler, Jeffesen farfan,Mladen petric, mark van bommel, Ivica olic, Sotiris ninis,
All free transfers this summer!
Some big names in there!
Wicked site eds

Big names? Former big names and some names that never were and never will be big is a more apt description.

J.Cole was 'free' and look how much he is costing the club! We've been stung by this type of signing before. No such thing as a free lunch....

Wow! Diego, Farfan, Kjaer and Hoilett would do me fine! Then put all efforts/money into a quality goal scorer and we're top four material. We'd then have two good quality wingers, centre back cover, a brazilian attacking midfielder (nuff' said) and a goal scorer!

RDR

Rubish post. Most of them would not join us, are over the hill, or not good enough, others have joined other clubs.

Drogba - heading to China
Kalou - FC Schalke are favourites
Hoillet - Probably Tottenham
Bosingwa - I don't care, he is CRAP
Rodellega - Attitude issues
Diame - Not good enough
Pizzaro - has joined FC Bayern
Drenthe - has a contract with Madrid and anyway is CRAP
Pogrebnyak - Is on LOAN, which is why they say he is out of contract (He is out of contarct with FULHAM)
Pogba - Juventus
Steinsson - Seriously?
Diego - was on loan with Atletico, will head back to Wolfsburg, where he HAS a contract
Kjaer - again WAS on LOAn, will head back to Wolfsburg from Roma
Chiva - CRAP
MAxi Lopez - Again WAS on loan at Milan, will head back to Catania, though may get sold
Pranjic - CRAP
Del Piero - Havn't you heard our owners repeatedly hinting the importance of buying youth?
Carvalho - over the hill
Petric - Ok player
van Bommel - has already joined PSV
Olic - joined Wolfsburg
Ninis - joined Parma

So, apart from Petric, all the other names you mentioned are unrealistic in my opinion. Sorry for the downer.

AG

Oh and Farfan signed an extension to his contract at FC Schalke.

AG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 19:03:17
i cant see suarez leaving his shirt sales have broken all records today

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:55:44
just a bit worried that buck rogers hasnt mentioned suarezs name hes talked about gerrard carra bellamy riena and others hope it dont mean suarez is leaving

He didnt mention the other 28 odd members of our first team either, does it mean they are all going to leave?

AG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:53:30
So bologna have stamped 20mill for G Ramirez, cannot see this deal going through.

I wonder if Aquilani would have any interest in Bologna, doubtful I know but maybe try and use him as a bit of a makeweight or are his wages too dear Eds?
Merseygreen {Ed022's Note - I doubt it very much mate, he seems to have his eye of Fiorentina.}

Because Man City have become interested, and Bologna know they will get the money they want for him because of wide spread interest in Ramirez.

AG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:51:04
Hope this gets posted...how about you so called liverpool fans stop bragging about brenden rodgers that he aint good enough or liverpool is a big club and he wont manage to get them anywhere...Well when you were all calling for KD everyone was saying hes the man that will get liverpool back to the club it was and bring back the glory....well guess what it was exactly the opposite. Ivan Jovanović of APOEL cyprus took a team worth just over 10mil to the last 8 of the CL. Why cant BR do the same with a team worth 20x that. Get behind the manager and the owners and only then liverpool will take steps forward. Im sure they will do a great job in bringing in the right players and take steps forward to bring back liverpool the football club we all love

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:50:24
I'm excited to have BR on board and wish him well! Swansea were an exciting team to watch and much has been talked about their possession and passing, and 11th position in he league is clearly respectable.However, I'm not sure how successful they were in the final third. And they scored 42 goals last season ... Fewer than other teams (like Norwich). This was clearly Liverpool's challenge last scored .... Woodwork notwithstanding!). Eds ...Do you see this as a concern for BR/Liverpool going forward?
Or was the lack of goal scoring for Swansea, in spite of high possession and overall
passes completed, more to do with the
quality of their strikers?
Faro08
PS great site! {Ed022's Note - Suarez > Graham.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:49:23
Not a rumour, just a thought -

Sigurdsson, I'd like him for £7M
I think a holding midfielder... Diamé? Maybe even Hargreaves, he is free at the moment, as is Reo-Coker, but I'd love Javi Martinez, the only downside to Javi is that we would need to bench either Lucas, Adam or Javi himself... If we don't sell Adam, I'd also think Gaston Ramirez would be a great signing but he may be off to Juve... But I wouldn't mind Krasic either...

So I'd say
Sigurdsson - £7M
Diamé - ? £4M, if that
Ramirez/Krasic £10-15M

Thanks EDs, great site you got here, big fan.
- Steven J

Hargreaves??????
Your having a giraffe m8.
AL

I would rather a giraffe.

Square tomato

I will take the giraffe over Hargreaves all day long :)

AG

Thought hargreaves was an actual "giraffe"

Diame = free??

Why pay 4m?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:45:39
I think that the transfers coming in (between 2 - 4 according to BR) will not change much from scouted players, we all know De Jong as a striker is on our radar and would be surprised if we don't move for him. Carra is getting on, but we have Coates for cover and in keeping Skrtel and Agger we are good. Wingbacks we have some talent in our club already and Kelly can do both CB and WB covered I think. Midfield center and wingers need improvement, Adams was a sorry player for us and did nothing to be honest and I am a positive supporter!
Outs Spearing, Adam, Kuyt, Maxi and Doni. My choice.
Carroll and Hendo are good, but will be great this season, Hendo is a CM by trade but can play wing.
I would like a DM as Lucas can play attaching mid as can Hendo as backup to Gerrard, M'Vila would be perfect but wishful thinking.
De Jong along with Carroll and Suarez says it all.
Wingers, bring out the sterling! Oxlade Chamberlin is not too young at 18! It's time. I also think if A Johnson becomes available we should buy, wingers sorted and give Downing one season to prove himself under BR.
A young and experienced mix and this would take us forward, also need Suso and Coady to come through in cup games.

Just my ideas and want to know what Eds and Reds think, not afraid of criticism either, is this feasible to push for top 4?
Thanks Eds for all your hard work, not over as now it's transfer time!
Bazzaa

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:39:46
I've just worked out who BB (Big Bren) reminds me of- actor Christopher Eccleston.
Have YOU ever seen them in the same room?
Or has the fact that my weekend started at two ish kicked in?

Redjinal

Or the mammoth from the cartoon, ice age

Didnt christopher eccleston play a crazy liverpool fan in some film too? l i v e r p ool liverpool fc... weird... scratched lfc into his head ....
blindsyde

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:38:38
A new era for LFC. We should all get behind Rodgers and support him. The way he sets his teams up to play is very attacking and in the Liverpool way. I just hope the owners give him similar backing they gave KK. His ability to speak Spanish and Italian should help attract players. Finally let's not forget Guardiola was a young and inexperienced manager with similar principles as Rodgers and I hear he didn't do too badly. I'm not expecting to win the league but we will be serious contenders for the top 4.

Raz 1892

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:33:02
After being a bit hesitant over the last few days over the appointment of Rodgers. I am now somewhat pleased of FSG choice. A bright intelligent coach who can grow with the team and mould it the way he wants. Although we have seen a similar model fail with AVB at Chelsea, Although i don't think our Chairmen will Panic like Roman.
Too early to draw comparisons but he didnt seem overawed by the occasion and knows he as job to do, as did Shankly.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:31:47
Out:

Pepe - 20m
Suarez - 35m
Kuyt - 4m
Maxi - 3m
Cole - 3m
Aquilani - 5m
Coates - Loan
Doni - 1m

Recuperated: 71m

In:

Sigurdsson - 7m
Muniain - 25m
A.Johnson - 10m
Rene Adler - 10m
Del Piero - Free
Craig Gordon - Free
Martin Olsson - 3m

Spent: 55m

Gained: 16m

Is that an improvement on the team?

GK: Replacing Reina is tricky, yeah he hasn't had a great season this year but he is still a world class keeper. It is well known, via his body language and what he has recently said that he is unsettled and would probably like to move elsewhere. Rene Adler is from Bayern Leverkusen who aren't in the Champions League this year and he would only cost around 10 million if that and would be a great option to replace Reina in my opinion.

LB: Enrique had a fine start to the season but he didn't continue that on past the January transfer window. I believe if we get a secure back up option in who is comfortable on the ball and will put pressure on Jose it will make him perform better to keep his spot in the team.

Wingers: With Kenny gone I don't think Suarez will stay personally. I believe FSG will want him out for ruining the reputation of the club and I believe Brendan Rodgers will play a 4-5-1 formation with 3 central midfielders and Carroll up front allowing people to run off of him. I think that if we get rid of Suarez and buy a winger in his place it will definitely improve the squad, especially since Suarez isn't a winger. I would buy Muniain with the money we recuperate from the Suarez deal because he is young, fast and plays in a team who have a similar play style to what we are trying to achieve.
On the other flank we will have Adam Johnson who will cost around 10m. The reason I don't think it is higher is because Man City will be getting a winger anyway and they will prefer him to be sold as soon as they can.

CM: For the central midfield position I would buy Sigurdsson. Apparently there is already a deal done with Hoffenheim and Swansea where the club have accepted a 6.8 million pound bid. If we match that we can easily capture him by offering him more wages and I am sure he would like to be reunited with his old boss.

Striker: Whilst Del Piero is free, his wages will probably be a problem. I think we should go for him simply because he will offer something different to the team. He may be old but he can still put a good shift in and he can score goals from anywhere. It is a gamble with the wages but I think he is worth that gamble and even if it doesn't work out it is only [guessing that his wages are 100,000] around 5 million that we are paying him.

Back-up GK: I think that Doni is most likely to leave and either go back to Italy or Brazil. I think that we need a keeper who can still offer us a lot if we need a back-up keeper and also someone who is reliable. Now Craig Gordon isn't the best keeper but he is still a hell of a lot better than Doni and Jones and with him not having a price tag, it seems a very wise decision to snap him up.

Profit: With the 16m that we have left we could buy some youngsters such as Nick Powell and Marco Bueno or just simply take the profit and use it for the next year.

I believe that this should be the squad next year:

--------------Adler--------------
---Json--Skrtel---Agger---Enrique
--------------Lucas--------------
-------Gerrard-----Sigurdsson-----
--A.Json------Carroll------Muniain-

Secondary team: [Keeping the same formation to create fluidity in the team]

--------------Gordon--------------
--Kelly---Coates---Carra---Olsson--
--------------Coady---------------
------Henderson----Adam----------
--Downing------Piero------Bellamy--

[Obviously we need to create stars from our youth team and Coady is the closest to CDM that we can hope for so far so we should embed him into the team next year]

BthekingB

Ter Stegen instead of Adler (approx 8m i believe) and we have to keep Suarez firstly, in the year he's been here he's become the heart of the team and selling him is dangerous to our progress. No to Del Piero would rather spend 10-15 on De Jong....

If Suarez does leave, levazzi please? We were in talks before, and Napoli have Europe, same as us
AnfieldUSA

You cant replace Suarez with Del Piero, who must be about 57 by now

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:29:29
Hey guys,

Just want to know if you or any South African fans know where in South Africa I can get the new kit.

Thanks,
REDMatt

Order it online from the official website. That way the club gets more money too.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:22:16
not really a rumour just a wish

i fully feel lucas should be made vice captain this year in place of carra, for his attitude and importance to the team for the leadership he has shown and his strength in adversity, a more than capable vice captain to gerrard for this season with a view to him being given the long term captaincy

When carra isnt there reina is vice captain

Skrtel for me if anyone

Lucas all the way for me. He has more future with Liverpool if he doesn't decide enough is enough let me go and get in a champions league side.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:21:41
BR was interested in Giovanni Dos Santos just before he left Swansea, and although he should doctor his transfer targets with the change in club and expectation, Dos Santos is a player I personally rate. Every time I have seen him play at international level he has been frightening and I never understood why he got so little playing time, but then again, Redknapp knows a lot more about football than me.

He just seems the type of creative player Liverpool lacked last season and would fit into BR's philosophy. I'm not saying he will even be interested anymore, I would just like to see him given a chance at Anfield. Personal opinion! (I'm also delighted with the managerial appointment).

Warm16

The type of player that loves to go out and party?

AG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 18:00:55
Just a few points for those being negative about BR before he has had the chance. When lfc appointed one Bill Shankly as manager he had guided Huddersfield to 12th, 9th and 14th in the old second division on a tight budget and being forced to sell his best players....Denis Law comes to mind. His win rate was 38%. We gave an ambitious, forward thinking manager a chance to lift us back to the top and look what happened.......let's give BR the same chance?

Igypop

Kenny also won the league many years ago and he comes back and does this. Football changes over time, what may have worked all those years back may not be a sucessful in the modern game.

But he knows the modern game

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:59:52
what is all of this STUPID talk about suarez leaving? He has said multiple times that he wants to stay with Liverpool so stop worrying about him!!

Yea but owners want him out

Its not just about luis wanting to stay though is it

i suspect the owners would be open to offers for him

Another example of the Eds spewing rubbish and people taking it as fact.

Suarez is going nowhere. If we are so hellbent on getting rid of him why would he be so prominent in all of our recent advertising campaigns? It makes no sense.

If they are planning on selling him why would they waste time and money splashing his face all over the world on advertsing for our new kit etc? Its illogical and makes no sense.

The Eds talk nonsense people should realise this by now and not hang on their every word.

To the last poster alonso was in all the advertising campaigns he was still gone a month later im not saying saurez is going but just mentioning it made no difference with alonso why would it be any different with saurez

The owner have removed pretty much all the people concerned with Suarez/Evra issue. Like, the Lawyer, Communications head, Kenny to some extent. What makes you think that Suarez will stay? I want him to stay, but I think he will be pushed out of the door. The owners are ruthless and no nonsense people.

AG

Alonso was a totally different situation and so was Torres. We had no intention of selling them so when it came round to advertising the new kits we included Torres and Alonso because we didnt know they would be leaving.

The Eds are saying the owners want to get rid of Suarez so im saying if this is the case then it makes no sense putting him in all our advertising campaigns, its dumb if theyre planning on selling him.

And doesn't the players get more money from those advertisements {Ed016's Note - We never say to follow our every word! People ask our opinions and so we give them. My opinion is Suarez is going to leave this summer not only for that incident but he is a proven liability, It is an extreme pitty things went the way they did. you have a different opinion and thats the great thing about life everyones got one. But nowhere do we tell people to follow our every word.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:59:12
Hello eds and fellow reds.

Just a few remarks I would like to make about Liverpool under BR and the way I think he will play and players who will have a major role under the new man.

I think he will play a variation of a 4-2-3-1, with the RAM and LAM acting as wingers in attack and midfielders when pressing the opposition to win the ball back from the opposition. I think he will feel confident with the back line as a unit, perhaps with the need to look for an attacking LB as he likes his fullbacks to bomb on up the field whilst the CBs split and the CDM (Lucas) drops into anchor the midfield.

The other midfielder I imagine will be a dynamic passer/ a deep-lying play-maker in the mould of Gerrard/Shelvey/Adam - I can see Stevie being eased out and perhaps Adam leaving allowing this to be a position that could be strengthened. The middle of the 3 more advanced midfielders being a CAM who can be patient in looking for that final ball either out to the wingers, or to the lone striker to finish the move. This will be a fluid movement of the two CAM and the more central deep-lying playmaker allowing the box-to-box aspect of players in that role to be present (we all know Gerrard is capable of making dynamic runs from deep, as are Shelvey and Adam). For this CAM role we have Henderson and perhaps this could also be a role to strengthen in order to have competition for places (maybe Sigurdsson/Ramirez). In Hendersona and Lucas though, we have players who can keep the ball at will and frustrate the opposition by starving them of possession (something Mr. Rodgers is renowned for loving) and as such could be a dream duo for the new man.

Either side of the CAM we have wingers and one of the trio who will be the first line of defence when the opposition have the ball. These players will need to be a rare breed, players who can be creative on the ball and deliver a cross for the onrushing midfielders and forward to garner a chance to score and also be disciplined in defending. At the moment we lack any quality wingers, we do however have Sterling (might be a season too early for him but we will see) and Downing (a man who can certainly do the defensive duties, but lacks the cutting edge we may need. He, like Henderson needs confidence in his ability, but Downing may be let go if there are players out there who fit the bill. This is an area that desperately needs addressing. My choices would be Munian or Afellay, but other options may be more affordable and realistic.

Up front will be the figurehead of our attack, comfortable on the ball and clinical in finishing. He will, in essence need to be the complete package. We have a man with all the ability in the world in Suarez, although he may be on his way out, we still need another player even with him and Carroll still at the club. A player in the mould of De Jong or Soldado wouldn't go amiss. Perhaps there could be room for both if Suarez and or Carroll were to leave as, as much as I like the lad and would love him to stay, I can't see Carroll as a Rodgers type player. I hope to be proved wrong as he was phenomenal towards the end of the season, but could see a situation where he is moved on and perhaps the whole attacking third is reupholstered.

Sorry for the length, but have been mulling this over for a few days now and thought I would share. What do you think guys and Eds?

Thanks
Glov3z the Red {Ed022's Note - I believe BR has an idea of what formation could work, but it's too early to tell. It'll take a little bit of 'trying out' before BR decides on his preferred formation for LFC.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:51:19
Hope we sign Borja Valero he would be a top signing who would fit in perfectly..


Springer

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:49:31
The appointment of Brendan Rodgers is going to be one of extremes. He will be either an absolute disaster or he will be absolutely brilliant. There isn't going to be an 'in between'. Football-wise he is of the Shankly/Paisley/Fagan style - get hold of the ball, keep hold of the ball, attack from the back. For younger fans this will be something they aren't used to and they may find long periods of the game quite boring as his tactics is literally possesion and pass it to death. That's what the Liverpool of old were built on and that's how they conquered the world. He's ours now, like him or loathe him is not important. Give him the benefit of the doubt and get behind him. RED LENIN

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:43:59
Eds do you reckon Swansea demanded more compensation as they think we might hijack sigurdsson deal? {Ed022's Note - Possibly I suppose.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:43:33
mutton dressed up as lamb

Just seen the bbc sports website, what a joke Brendan Rodgers. This is going to be an expensive mistake.

Eds why do you all such ridiculous comments to litter an otherwise excellent site? {Ed022's Note - I have no good answer to this.}

Who's this Mutton dressing up as a lamb?
Seem like a strange thing to do.
Are they male or female?
EJ

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:33:59
I think Darren Bent would be a good buy..I know what people will say but he scores goals and very good at playing of the shoulder or a center back..What do you think??

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:33:32
Shankly's last game as manager of Huddersfield before joining Liverpool was Huddersfield 1-0 Liverpool.

Rodgers' last game before joining Liverpool?----Lo And behold:

Swansea 1-0 Liverpool!!


Jack D.

Comparing Rodgers to Shankly... are u drunk?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:27:43
The right man for the job! Not at all worried about whose's coming or leaving - Rodgers and his team will take care of that.

Now to look forward to Euro 2012 and a whole month of football! Singred

I agree only one thing to add,we have the backbone of a very good side and believe the problem was coaching or lack of last season, fingers crossed rogers will take us forward and I believe we will finish in the top ten Im betting a thousand on us doing so.(godin)

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:27:19
Downing scored against us to win 1-0 at anfield last season we then signed him then brendan rogers Swansea beat us 1=0 also at anfield last game of this season?
omen?

Downing always played well against Liverpool, just a shame he always plays sh*te for us.
cobra

If it is it's not a good omen look how Downing turned out.

Downings a player rodgers is a manager so hy would you compare him to a player the last manager that happened with was shankly makes more sense to compare a manager to another manager rather than a player and downing still has time to make himself great for us

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:22:36
i just got my new liverpool jersey through the post today and im wearing it with pride and honour brendon rogers will have my full backing just like kenny,rafa,houleir(spelling)evans and all the players past and present and they will never walk alone my heart ever for as long as i live.....we will be up there again one day i can feel it in my blood

paul

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:28:18
ED's,how to use put up with the whining and garbage said half the time especially you edd001 and the rafa and aquailani talk.hats off mate'.

Ed,On a serious note again,will the likes of Adam and downing be given a second chance by Rodgers or may be looked at at selling' I feel carrol and Henderson will stay as both are young as have great potential'

Melbourne' {Ed022's Note - I'm not sure why everyone is discussing a Downing departure, as he looks unlikely to leave. Adam on the other hand could possibly go, but I feel next January is more likely for him to depart if things don't pick up.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:26:47
CALL ME CRAZZY

CM; Aquilani - bring back
Wing; Sterling bring to the squad
AM/FWD; Suso bring to the squad
AM/FWD; Pacheco bring to the squad
FWD/AM; Giovani dos Santos £7m
ST; Luuk de Jong £13m
AM/LWF; Ronaldinho, Free(£5m Comp)


===================Reina==================
=Johnson========Skrtel=====Agger========Enrique==
============Lucas========Aquilani============
===Giovani===========Gerrard=========Ronaldinho=
===================Suarez=================

===============Doni================
==Kelly======Sama====Coates=====Robinson=
=========Henderson===Shelvey===========
====Pacheco======Suso=========Sterling==
=============Luuk de Jong=============
{Ed022's Note - Crazy would be a compliment.}

Ronaldinho?..

You're CRAZZY.
Happy now?

Redjinal

Your crazy. Very crazy.
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:24:37
People on here make me laugh asking th Ed's if there is interest in certain players. How can they possibly know with a new manager being appointed literally hours ago.

Give the guys a break. They work hard all year round to give us the info we want to hear. I love coming to this site, but patience is key. If the Eds don't tell you what want to hear, get over it. No point moaning about what isnt going to happen. It isnt their fault.

Eds, I look forward to an exciting Summer, and have no doubt you will keep up the good work.

Cheers

CSE9

P.S. Any interest in Cavani? ;) {Ed022's Note - Don't go there.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:19:04
Honestly feel that we would not be very active in the transfer market, maybe 1 or 2 signings as our currnt bunch of players are supposedly able to play with roger's brand of foootball.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:55:24
Ed's any interest I'm Adam maher from any teams. I know he plays in the Dutch league but not sure for what team. Watched him play in a friendly for holland and t just 18 the kids got talent.
On another front.... Buzzing after watching Brendan Rodgers interview today. There is something about the guy and I have a gut feeling he is going to be very special. I think there are good times ahead for all involved at LFC. YNWA {Ed022's Note - I will find out for you.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:13:08
does anyone else think pepe reina should be sold, already undermining the new manager by publicly declaring that the locker room wanted rafa

too big for his boots and doesnt have the performances to match. always believed him to be overated, even the season we finished second in the league, he s too weak under crosses and fails to dominate his six yard box.
lets face it the english game has lots of crosses and pepe s been know to flap at a fair few and is prone to the odd error also

Mate it was an old interview its news papers having a dig as usual. Get your facts right before you start slagging off one of the best keepers in the league. Idiot

You are talking about one of the most consistant and efficient goalies in the Prem over the last 6-7 years. RED LENIN

Leave it out Brendan Rodgers, u joka

I agree we need a new keeper.
kopfiend 1978 ynwa

Dear me. get a grip mate. you swallow a fridge.

READ PREVIOUS COMMENTS!

Wind your neck in and
read my post at 12.57 today, instead of getting hung up on tabloid nonsense.

BigBadBen

Amazes me how some liverpool fans believe every thing in the media even after everything theve done against liverpool .take the time to read everything he said not just what the media picks out to try and cause strife in the club
soul man

That interview was before br was appointed and it was used out of context

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:10:11
Hello Stevie, I get your posts on facebook.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:09:28
Macca is Stevie Gerrard.

Ha ha, you got found out !

I thought it was steve mcmanaman {Ed022's Note - I thought it was Bob Ross.}

Is this true. {Ed022's Note - Yes, he is Bob Ross.}

Of course it isn't.

I'd love to know why you thought that though - I could do with a laugh.

What? How?

BthekingB

How has this been found out? am i missing something? {Ed022's Note - How has it been found out that Macca is Bob Ross? I'm not sure mate.}

How u know

Macca is gerrard I am sure of it

Is this true? Why are people thinking this?

Zero

Please tell us why you think this- and post a name!

Mrpjd

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:08:26
Duncan Oldham is genuinely ITK {Ed005's Note - No he's not. He's only ITK on food.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 17:03:20
Liverpool's last 3 managers have been an Englishman, an Irishman and a Scottishman. Any Jokes {Ed005's Note - Does Mr.Rodgers not reside from Northern Ireland? Which makes him a Northern Irishman.}

Well done ed you just had to ruin the joke

It makes him an Ulsterman.

Kop on ed he is irish. He played gaelic football. Ask him and he will say which side of the tracks he is from. {Ed022's Note - Ok let me just drop him a text.}

Careful now Ed 5 ! :)

No ed he is Irish.

No just Irish.

Jeez Ed005.

Please leave it alone and show some sense. I don't want years of sectarian arguments with Rodgers in charge.

Who cares what his passport says etc.

I'm delighted he's in charge - I don't care where he's from.

BJH YNWA (From Ireland - and sick of this divisive cr*p. Don't say you were correcting the guy either ed because, your assertions are very wrong. Identity is a sensitive subject in Ireland - leave it well alone and keep the focus on LFC. There's enough bile on the Celtic & Rangers pages cheers.)

ps - Keep up the good work. {Ed016's Note - Does it matter where he is from at all? no only where he is now}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:59:16
I think Rodgers and the Owners will do well but I think its going to be AGES before we get anywhere even into the top 4
I think the owners are good for the club long term but i feel were going to be dissapointed for a few years yet no champions league and no trophies boring season but football should be good but I cant imagine were going to see any major transfers in sigh

Ages? Are you crazy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:59:03
Interesting insight to BR from Duncan White, The Telegraph


"In the simplest terms, Rodgers wants his team to get hold of the ball as quickly as possible and then keep it. I spent a couple of hours in his office at the Liberty Stadium last season when he talked me through the logic behind his tactics, derived from various sources but especially inflected with the Barcelona way. When going forward, the best way to move the ball up the field is to create angles of diagonal pass. If you have two banks of four across defence and midfield there are no diagonal passes on. The system needs to be more fluid. So Rodgers seeks to create as many 'lines' across the field as possible. In his system you have a minimum of seven lines. He wants his goalkeeper to be part of the play, then the centre-backs, then what he calls the 'controller' (a deep-lying playmaker), then the full-backs pushed on, the two attacking midfielders, the wingers and then the centre-forward. That allows you to draw seven horizontal lines across the pitch. Through coaching, Rodgers ensures that every player knows his place in this system. When a player receives the ball he should always have at least two options for an 'out' pass. He gives the players confidence to make those passes by taking the blame on himself when it does not come off."

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:53:32
If there is an agreement in place that Rodgers cannot raid Swansea, that does not mean we cannot go for Sigurdsson, I may be reading into that what I wish, but also, £7m compensation to Swansea isnt that the designated fee for Sigurdsson?
I would have him here, good link up player, but Joe Allen would be great, although we will not be moving for him for atleast 12 months by the looks of it.

Anfield Andy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:52:05
on 4th place For me, and it's not going to be straight away because that's not realistic at least another two years without champions league gr8...

I m not sure on this, i think with a couple of astute signings we have a great chance at getting fourth next season, arsenal spurs or newcastle werent that much better than us last season, with a bit of luck we could and should have been a lot closer to fourth spot than 17 points

Since it was lear we weren't getting forth kenny decided to blood the younger players more often. we were a lot closer to forththan we think
derryred

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:42:43
Hi Eds. Anyone else think that Adam Johnson has a high 'potential David Bentley' factor - i.e. expensive flop with a poor attitude to graft?

JimK {Ed005's Note - I think Johnson is a far far far better player than Bentley personally - I think his attitude has been questioned but maybe if he got regular first-team football and was more appreciated it would make a difference? Who knows. I'd happily have him at Liverpool.}

Not on 100k a week

Quite right Ed, he's massively talented

Chris in Tamworth

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:41:50
Does anyone think we should be in for Robert Lewandowski of Borussia Dortmund?

Seems like a perfect fit, he is a goal poacher (what we need) who has a great work ethic for the team. Attribute-wise he's a bit like a young Torres with a similar playing style.

Anyone one else got an opinion on him?

Jolly Red

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:41:44
Is it true that rodgers can't sign any swansea player for 12 months?

Not being funny fella, I want barcelona players, not Swansea ones.

Craig

Good! I dont want any of them too be honest.

E.H LFC

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:39:37
Stone,unfortunately agree with your post'. Suarez is a fantastic footballer but has brought alought of bad publicity and damaged the brand of the club, though I believe that even though his lawyer made a hash of things in the evra case he still should have shaked evras hand.
For footballing reasons then,psg and juventus are sniffing around and could offer us near 30 or more million. This is for a player who is not a potent goalscorer thats gets us twenty five goals a season an certainly isnt a winger' yes Suarez is magic at times but as weve seen with this season,lfc need consistency and with that sort of funds we could but two top class players. Opinions welcome'

Melbourne'

To be honest i think brendan was told not to mention suarez becaue even the owners themselves dont know whether he will be sold or not, i think he could be quite easily if the right offer comes in, i hope not though, he has the same type of winning mentality as tevez and every club needs players with that desire to win

Suarez produces magic every game he plays in i hope he isnt sold

Get rid of the one player we have with a spark of unpredictability - no chance. The whole Evra debacle was manipulated by people with an anti Liverpool agenda and would not have stood up in any Court of Law. Why would we want to sell one of the most exciting players in the world?
ND

You want to sell suarez over a handshake. wise up. he is a quality player and he is a good finisher. look at his ajax days. one does not all of a sudden lose his goalscoring touch. he is probobly the mst creative player in the premiership, along with silva, and shouldn't go for less than 35 million or nearly 40. evra is a sneak and that is now behind us.
derryred

He is the only player going forward that can really produce magic, he has some pace, trickery, flair and star quality. If he doesn't play, our most skillful player becomes our right back (johnson). We dont want/need to replace him, we need to add more players like him to add to our attack, we cant rely on him solely to produce the magic we need atleast another winger who has the ability to frighten defenders, because i'm sorry but if i was a right back i would have little fear of downing running at me.

John

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:39:20
apparantly, demolision orders have been in place for a while for houses around the ground.
many residents not happy of the handling of this by LFC. they would have preffered to hear the news directly from the club, rather than the council planners.
Now, either way space is being made around anfield for re-development/ re-use of existing area.

Lothair Road, Walton Breck Road, skerries Road and Anfield Road is the area in question.

Walton Breck will have to stay as is, main trunk road and 50 yard away from a church, meaning Kopend if developed will have to go upwards. This is now at the "right to light" stage with residents along Walton Breck.
compulsory purchase has been mentioned for Lothair & Skerries, with an insentive 10% added onto value of house ( backdated to time or original plans ), allowing the centenary and main stand to go both back and up to cater for corporate and concourse improvements.Anfield road end since having its second tier added has reportedly had structural movement which has been fixed (1999-2000), this could also go back and up.
Internally a total revamp, dressing rooms, restaurants, museum,shops etc etc.
Externally a whole new shell, to address the light issue glazed fronts will be on show, doubling as ad boards & televisions.
Transport links to be improved for the whole area.
rough estimate probably £150-£200m (transport work not included)
New stadium identity = new stadium name?

or....................
knock anfield down and develop our land commercially hotels, retail , casino etc etc create local jobs. this alone roughly £200-£300m, then build an new ground another £200-£300m.

any one else see why redevelopment will be the way FSG go?
Admitingly stadium design is not my thing, but my role is similar to the type of initial discussions that would have to take place, which the choices on offer, call it making the very best of what you already have, not always as cheaply as possible, but commercially rewarding.
More people, more corporate, more shops, etc it aint a no brainer by all means and there will be a lot of uprooting and attendance will have to be dropped access and movement around ground, all this will have been factored in for development time.

Now people will disagree, but FSG could afford this without naming rights, backed by Billionaires already on board with FSG using their own name to increase there monopoly, think "Anfield Fenway Sports Arena"

FSG see this as their showpiece, their intent and personally i see them pulling this one off.
just think how much old identity they have already wiped from the club...........New is the way forward, it has to be!
Nothing from any source or ITK.
Piddy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:10:12
Hello Eds,
so who and when will be the next LFC manager...? Joking. I hope BR will be big. Let's keep our fingers crossed. This club have had some problems with managers in recent two years. Is it known how much recompensation LFC paid Swansea? thanks {Ed005's Note - About £5m mate.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:01:30
To all of those people who are starting to have a go at Reina,s comments. Read other posts first. It was part of a statement to Spanish journalists made before Brendan Rodgers was interviewed. Picked up and edited by lazy English journalists in order to have another pop at us. Don,t let them get away with it, don,t believe everything that the papers print. God knows, if we have,nt learned yet we will never learn.
Robbie

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:01:03
Yes I picked up on that ( there s money but no over spill remark ) very impressed by the way seems like the right man I hope he gets backing to put his mark on the team ( buying and selling ) eds / macca is there any thing to read into the remark would you say 40/50 million is off the mark or more like 25 million thanks
YNWA kk lfc linc {Ed005's Note - I think deals will be dealt with on an individual basis.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:00:29
Hey, I would like to remind everyone that this site is called Liverpool RUMOURS, not Liverpool Football Club Economics. Fsg have worked hard for they're money and i they want to spend over the odds for players, let them, it isn't my money, so i couldn't give less of a deal of it. I trust the owners, simply because they are prooved succesful buisness men, and best of all in the domain of sports. I like the look of Brendan Rodgers, and i truely believe that he will one day be parading the UEFA Champions league around. YNWA, somepeople forget that those letters aren't just a pretty face, and actually mean something, YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE. #jft96

Actually, this bit's the BANTER page.

Redjinal

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:16:33
I think everyone needs to realize that Brendan Rogers, although he had targets for Swansea he was realistic in his approach... he targeted players that would play for and could probably improve a recently promoted championship team.... he is well aware of who liverpool are, the spending power and attractiveness we possess as a club and will no doubt be aiming a little bit higher than when he was at Swansea.... i'm sure having worked in the lowers leagues he is constantly thinking about the type of player he would sign if he had the chance and who he would like to work with and now he has his chance... he loves the spanish philosophy so don't be surprised to see some spanish/south american players arrive who are raised playing the pass and move football he loves so much!!

very excited about the time ahead!

Danski

The part about him being interested in spanish and south american football excites me indeed. I believe if he does target players of the correct quality, he will be a big sucess, my only concern when he signed was that he may just continue to pursue swansea standard players - hopefully your right and he wont!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:16:08
Anyone else think that Carra's days are numbered if BR wants to play a high defensive line when trying to regain possession? Also Maxi might stay (high wages I know) 'cause he's tidy on the ball. Adam has half of what BR seems to look for - pass bit is fine / move bit is never gonna be great for him.

Got to pray for winning start to the season, but pretty possitive for next season with 2/3 first team signings.

JimK

Carra will be gradually taken into the `boot room` and become part of the training staff.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:15:22
WE ARE DOOMED !!

Rodgers is yet another awful choice by FSG. He was a terrible manager while at Watford, He got sacked by Reading and he took over a Wigan side who were put together to play the Swansea way by Martinez. Rodgers didnt add anything to that swansea team, They were already playing that way when he took over. If Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish couldnt get the best out of our players then what sort of hope does Rodgers have?

We are in trouble, I have no confidence in Rodgers, John Henry or FSG.

Rodgers out by Christmas.

Noel {Ed001's Note - you also have no idea.}

Worst post of the day! Ha ha...

Agree 100%, Really didnt want brendan rogers as manager. No wonder reina skrtel and suarez are been linked with moves away, cant see them playing for rogers. not looking forward to next season, but everyone else on here seems to think rogers is some sort of legend. hes far from it. he'll be gone in 6 months, hopefully im wrong, cant see it happening though, ludo.p.

Well then you'll probably be happy that the world is suppose to end this december so you can run with that for a while since we are doomed anyways. Seriously give the guy a chance, try judging him after he has actually done something for Liverpool.

Red Rat

Christmas ? That long ! I give him 12 games max. Wake up you lot. {Ed022's Note - 12 games takes him roughly to Christmas.}

For God sake give the guy a chance,what kind of supporter are you?
We all need to get behind him and the team next season,its the start of a new era and pulling together is the way forward.
His style of football is just what we need,we have a good squad of players who have underperformed but a new approach with a tactically aware new manager may well bring out the best in them.
The King has gone long live the king!
Derek

Noel,
The first Noel you will hear by Xmas is Liverpool doing exploits within the top 5 on the table. You better don't applaud the coach when he's doing well, cos I'm going to antagonize you like crazy.

And Ludo or whatever your name is, could you please print out your name boldly so when we review the first 5 months by end of December, we will remember to give you the thrashing you deserve, you whiner.

O'seunfunmi (Anfield Red)

Christmas ? That long !
12 games max. This will be exactly like Chelsea and Villas-Boas.
Wake up you lot.

Will someone tell all the Man u fans to feck oof and go back to their own fan sites.
Loser.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:11:28
The 12 month ban on signing players from Swansea could be a blessing.

Defo mate none of them are good enough for us.

They were good enough to beat us 2-0 in one match and draw 0-0 in the other last season.
All the while having more possession and making us look like we didn't know what a football was let alone how to keep it.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 16:08:38
I AM SICK OF THIS $h1T

Eds, why don't Liverpool win all the time, I want them to sign all the best players in the world to ensure we never loose, I'm a liverpool fan and this gives me the right to whinge and moan about everything the club do that I don't like, I'm an expert because I have been playing footy manager and fifa since I was 10, I'm now 16 and have won everything, buy players who are amazing because that is how we will be great, brendan rodgers is not mouriniho so sack him already before he has even played a match, all our players are going to leave because they are like me, make me happy now liverpool, you're not doing it the way i would because when I play computer games I always get my own way, football is easy stop making it hard, Americans don't know football like me so they should ask my opinion on everything. I am brilliant!!

Samson Rasher

****SARCASM*****

PS. On a light note Brendan Rogers is a man who knows his tropical fish, a passion he shares with all the Uruguayan national team, so if he get the likes of Cavani and Ramierez over to his gaff to check out his aquarium there's a good chance they'll be signing for us!

I like you Samson Rasher. A man who can utilise sarcasm to that extent should post more.

Simon *Rashes*

Please quit whining. Real life football aint football manager. Fantasy football is manageable when you can spend like no man's business. I play footie mgr too but unlike you I am matured enough to know the difference between footie and realie.

O'seunfunmi (Anfield Red)

Samson Rasher you should be an Ed! Gone from the worst post to the best post in one fell swoop!some people on here need to understand what it means to be a supporter, just moaning all the fu*%ing time, sometime times I wish we'd get relegated to weed out all these knobs! Get behind the manager full stop. Rogers will be a great manager if given 100% support!
YNWA

Cant believe someone actually took this post seriously, obviously didn't read all of it

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:46:34
my spider sense is telling me....

wingers.
Dos santos, dempsey, hoilet, walcott, Johnson

Att.
De jong or martinez

Cm. Diame or sissoko

Suarez - replacement zarate is the only player like for like i can think of apart from lavezzi

You ain't no spiderman mate

Isnt that a double negative, so he is spiderman

He is just a spider with wired sense..

Live-On-Pool

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:45:23
Ibrahim Affellay, David Villa would both be worth a gamble from Barca.
I know they have both had long term injuries and have both still not fully recovered yet but they are both top quality and with some medical care or rehab from us they would both eventually be top drawer.
15M would secure both of them and to me that would be good business, especially Affellay who if he played well for a few seasons would easily have a big re-sale value.

YOZLFC {Ed022's Note - If you think 15m is enough for them both I worry about you mate.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:43:30
"All I'll ever do is all I've ever done in any job, and that's promise to fight for my life for the supporters and the people of the city."

If I heard that quote alone, with no links to anyone with it, I'd of said: "That's a Quote from Shanks."

Very happy with Brendan Rodgers. He is a very nice man, and his philosophy that he will implement might just see the comparisons between him and Shanks ever more the norm.

Redheart.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:38:54
Eds : Are we still looking to bring in Van Gaal as DOF or indeed any other DOF with a touch of pedigree, as with only BR at the helm I cant see where the quality players we need are coming from ?
YOZLFC {Ed022's Note - Right, I'll try my best to explain the situation. There will be no DoF, but there will be a few 'other' positions similar to that role. From what I gather, it'll just be the DoF role split into 2. Pep Segura will probably take one, and Txiki will probably take the other. Therefore, you then have a team.}

B. Nora, if we get those two fellas on board and get the re-development issue sorted, I can finally start sleeping at nights again !
The Real KB

I take it rodgers has a fairly large say in targets within this team still?

Any players we attract will come to play first for LFC with the management team being onle a secondary factor

Redpath

I think (don't know for sure, but my opinion) is that the biggest change is more the reporting structure rather than the positions. Think one of the other Ed's alluded to this as well earlier, but my guess is Rodger's sticking point was he didn't want to report directly to a DoF-type position, but to the owners/board directly, so more of a 'peer' of the Sporting Director/Technical Director rather than a 'subordinate'. Least that's my guess.

RDL

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:36:42
I've just seen on Sky sports that Liverpool will have to play 2 qualifying rounds for the Europa league starting on August 2. I had believed that as runners-up in the FA cup we were going to get the automatic group spot set aside for the winners, especially as Chelsea are in the Champions League. Obviously I was wrong, but was wondering if it went to the higher league finish instead. Thanks.

BTW I really have to say that Brendan Rodgers expressed himself absolutely brilliantly at his press conference. I can't wait for the new season to start to see if he can get us playing as Swansea did, especially with some of the quality we already have.

It was stated quite a while ago now, that when Chelsea won the ECL and retained a place there that their entry would go to the 5th place who would miss out on europe, seeing as we had alread got qualification via the League Cup and only positioned 8th in the league behind Tottenham, Newcastle, Chelsea and Everton. So the three teams in the Europa League from the EPL are us, Tottenham and Newcastle.

Jack in the Box

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:59:42
Who ever does not give Rodgers 100% backing 4 at least a year is pathetic come on redmen let's all get behind him and I just have a fantastic feeling he's the one to make us progress regardless if we have a slow start this appointment will b nothing like woy Rodgers is the new bread of managers t shake football to its grassroots good times ahead and fsg I have total faith in they deserve our trust after them pulling us out of the dung

Beers

Redmanj4t96ynwa

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:57:15
just a thought but in all of br's interviews he mentions the great players at the club and says gerrard carragher and reina, no suarez
does he know something??
just a thought
theanfieldcat

This is getting boring now, already discussed... in short, he's planning to sell at least 25 others then yeah??

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:56:22
Now we have Brendan Rodgers I would love to see Cole and Aquilani stay. They both thrive on the passing game and could come into their own this season. I also think he might be able to get the best out of Henderson and Spearing, who actually had a very good pass record last season. I can only really see us bringing in 3 new players this season; A defence-minded midfielder as backup for Lucas (very likely Diame), a winger with Boudebouz and Adam Johnson both being touted about and a striker. Expect plenty of movement this summer though as we look to shrink the wage bill.

Sean The Red

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:55:46
I'm certain I will get slaughtered for this. But here it goes...

I have a hunch that Luis Suarez will be leaving this summer, regardless of him saying he's happy here...

1. It's well known FSG are unhappy with his behaviour, and in particular the whole racism row.

2. As far as I'm aware, Brendan Rodgers likes to set his teams up with 3 in midfield and two wingers. Luis Suarez is not a winger, is not a midfielder and is not a lone striker.

3. The money LFC would likely receive from the sale of him is a lot, could be enough to cover the cost of 2 high quality players.

4. Take with a pinch of salt, of course. But, in the press conference this morning, when Brendan Rodgers was asked about the standard of the current squad. He mentioned Gerrard, Carra, Pepe & Bellers. No Suarez? Now, when you think of the best players in the squad, there's no doubt he comes to mind...


Constructive opinions welcome...

Cheers,

Stone YNWA.

For me, my guess would be that it depends on offers. If someone were to table an offer that was hard to turn down (say in the range of £30m), Suarez goes. If not, he stays.

At a complete guess, I think the owners would be satisfied with either but certainly wouldn't lose sleep over him going.

Really have no idea though, just a lot of guesswork and think we'll have to wait and see what happens.

RDL

No he mentioned club/league legends! nothing to do with quality!

Suarez is exactly the type of player BR would want to keep!!

Danski

Hi Stone,

Just a point on 2.
Buck (should be our name for him) has the knowledge to work any system, given he has the players to implement it.He has his staff, and i can imagine a new improved approach to our pass and move game. Dont think of it as positions or formations for players, think more of areas they cover.Also squad on hand will be a bigger issue, effectively he has 2 squads with all players available.
The pleasing thing i noticed about Swansea play season gone was how they all work in packs of 3-4-5 players, always availability for a pass. Not pass & move as such, pass & support & have options.
To me Luis is ideally suited for this, and will turn himself into an even better player.
Piddy

Hey Piddy,

You're right, the philosophy is much more important than positions/formations etc.

I was just looking at it, as if Buck was to implement his Swansea system, because I can't see how Suarez would fit in to it. But maybe he will tweak it to fit him in? Time will tell...

Stone YNWA.

He wont sell Suarez is this window because frankly this window there is no player he could obtain that is good as him in terms of overall technically ability and high pressing (particularly for a forward) and Rodgers demands pressing its parto of his mantra and when you add flair and passion Suarez is exaclty the kind of player he would go for. The Sponsors can do one the media hype has moved on from that affiar and Luis is loved by the fans.

Surez sells more shirts than half the team put together, although FSG may be pleased for him to go the sponsors wouldn't
Bobbinred

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:54:08
Did I just read that ledley king, saha and klasnic are all free transfers on sky sports?

I know surprised that ledley is free?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:53:36
Let's face it when a manager and club start talking about long term plans to win the league players at their peak will not be interested, unless the wages are huge. When your 25,26,27 your looking for the big move and chance of winning. We will only get kids in or surprise signings that no one thought of.
Like him or not globaly rafa is rated and gives you a chance of success quickly because he attracts grat players, the downside like all managers like this is there expensive in the short term.
Reina and suarez are right to leave, we will not be in with a chance at the league or champions league for 3 to 4 seasons min by which time the peak of there careers will be over. They are not Liverpool lads and will get better chances of winning major trophies away. It hurts like hell but secant ignore the truth, this is as they said in the press conference a long term project, and there is a lot more pain to come, but hopefully it will be worth it?
RNred

The past is a poor predictor of the future, but I think many people fail to realize Swansea had revenues of ~£12m and a wage bill of ~£17m last season, the lowest in the league for both I think. With that, they achieved 11th place and were only 5 points behind us.

Again, maybe BR got completely lucky with results and signings, but I hope with a bit more budget than he had previously, albeit without the 'big name' signings and hundred of millions to throw around on transfer like City and Chelsea are capable of, he's able to do a lot of damage to the league table.

Time will tell, but for me this approach is the right one for LFC as quite simply the owners I don't think are likely to purchase players like Hazard who want £200k+ per week on £30m+ transfers.

RDL

I wonder what the Inter Milan fans would make of your post?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:53:12
Afternoon eds fellow reds , just watch Rodgers interview on lfc tv , got something about him , shankley like ,in speech and oproach .not saying will be like shanks but I'm starting getting intriged.cheers psv

I thought the same... it's almost like a growl. I'm delighted, albeit I was unhappy with how KD left the owners have conducted themselves very well with his appointment. I also think he has a touch of Rafa about him in his learning curve and experience (up to Valencia). People who have worked with rodgers praise his man-management though... something he learned from Mourinho I feel.
I was also encouraged by Werner, I believe their understanding of LFC is far better and Rodgers could be exactly what we need....

It is a new dawn, a new era.... there will be some difficult periods but if we can support the club throughout it will go on to bigger and better things.

Richards

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:49:58
I like the man.

No BS... up front, honest, has a plan and is so well schooled if we give him the tools he will build us up again to the top of the ladder.

He has a week to sign players before the Euros start and no doubt a few players will be called in to say they are surplus to requirements.

Looking forward to more late nights staying up / early morning rises here Down Under but these are the sacrifices we make for bleeding RED!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:48:53
From what I heard, Benitez was Reina's preferred choice because he was the one who brought him to Liverpool, but apparently he said he is excited to get started under Rodgers. That's what I have been told anyway..
DublinRed.

I think we need to know what the context was for Reina's comments on Rafa were. I have a feeling that they were probably mutilated by the media to sound more disraspectful to BR than he intended.

Jack in the Box.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:35:13
this club can not move forward till rafa is given a 2nd go.
he will always be in the back ground and will always be the 1st name shouted from fans when things dont go right with rodgers

School holidays have started...
Leave the cider alone lad!

Phooey

Your a fool invisible poster, stop living in the past.....CM68

Your living in the past mate

*Sigh* You'd think fans would have learnt by now. Let's not do it again. And let's try and be the fans we really are. Ones that are red through and through. Ones that are part of a big society. Ones that support the manager through thick and thin, through good times and bad. Because we know that nobody at LFC will ever walk alone. When Rodgers is at the helm and our team loses a game in the coming season let's not be the thick skulled muppets that call for his head. Give him time. Give him support. And shout his name not Rafa's.
The future I believe is bright.
YNWA

Jack in the Box.

We can do without your negativity thank you. Pity you are not so courageous in your convictions that you can bring yourself to sign your post.

KJS

Not by this fan. Don't presume to speak for me. Stuck in the past.

The club cannot move forward until peOple like you remove your head from your arse. It's time to show Brendan Rodgers our full support

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:34:47
Apolgy's Ed's I have just seen one of my earlier posts, jumping the gun again! Sorry

Waro

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:30:37
Hi All,
Wanted to say congrats to Rogers. He is going to be a great manager for LFC. He is 2 conferences old and I like him already.

Are the people who doubt him really Liverpool fans? I think not.
Though I was gutted by the sacking of King Kenny, I am very excited by Rogers being our manager.

I request all the fans to please support Rogers for at least 3 years. Please remember that we are not competing with the likes of Man City and Man Utd just yet. I sincerely hope that the fans of LFC who have been the most supportive in the past don't turn into glory hunters calling for heads after only one bad performance.

Ignore the negative paper talk. These are the people who made Suarez and Kenny look like murderers.

We are staring a new era at LFC and it is everybody's responsibility including the fans to make it a successful one.

And Mecca, you are the best.

oldmonk - in high spirits and under the influence of large amounts of alcohol

Well said man

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:29:47
Carling are not going to sponsor the league cup anymore, it's now going to be called the COC cup (capital one cup). So liverpool are the holders of the COC.

Are you the COC?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:23:33
Eds I believe we won't be able to get top players I.e lavezzi & cavani but we still will be able to attract good value promising players:

St - Mario Mandzukic (more mobile centre forward than Carroll)
CAM - Adem Maher (loan back for a year to az alkmaar)
Lm - Matt Jarvis (constant gets the ball into the box)
Rm - ryad Boudebouz
Cm - Rasmus Elm (better version of Adam)
Lb - someone to give more competition to Enrique who coasted at the end of the season

What do you think eds?
welshpride
{Ed001's Note - I hope we aren't getting Jarvis.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:20:46
If i was Brendan Rodgers;

-----------------Reina------------------
---------Skrtel-----------Agger---------
Johnson-------------------------Enrique
-----------------Lucas-----------------
-----------Gerrard--Sigurdsson---------
-------Muniain---Suarez---G.Ramirez----

JM95.

Gaston Ramirez is not a winger. Lacks pace anyway...

Stone YNWA.

That's some team but I wouldn't play sigardson mine would be
Reina
Gj. Da. Ms. Je

Lucus. Gerrard
Munian. Ramirez
Suarez
Carrol

I think Munian Ramirez and Suarez movement would be electric
My only worry would be such a lack of width as Munian and Ramirez like to roam and obviously carrol needs service

However city play nasri and silva and didn't do half bad this year and I'm sure Johnson and Enrique would drive forward with lucus as cover and gerrard been slightly more disciplined than he's use to bee

That team would be deadly

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:19:44
To the ED's. I have quite a differn't opinion to most of the posters on here with regard to FSG and there choice of manager and I have posted it but you seem not to be putting them on, is this because it's spoiling everybodys FSG love in? If you are not going to put my posts on that's fine but could you let me know so I can stop wasting my time. Thank you!!

Waro {Ed001's Note - oh stop whining, you have posted loads of crap about yanks out etc over the last few days and enough of it has gone up to show you are whining about nothing.}

Breaking News............................

Waro whines again, didn't see that coming.

Shut up. Please never post on here again.

Haha fair play Ed!

Waro stop moaning we have seen enough of your posts,
Skurks

Waro - shouldn't you be at a branch meeting or something?

Puzzled

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:18:47
Will Brendan Rodgers still be going to the Spanish training camp? I know he was going to be spending time with the Spain set up during the Euros.

RedSG

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:17:51
Brendan Rodgers was not my 1st choice. But reading his background and watching him today i am very impressed with him. The season just gone Swansea played us off the park both home and away. Getting a standing avatation after the home game and also Swansea had 63% of the play on the final day against us. So i don't think it was a fluke in our home game.

If brendan can get swansea playing that way imagine what he can do with better players and i include most of the players we already have. If brendan can install confidence in those players then it could save us a lot of money. I think we only need tweaking and maybe 3 4 new players in certain positions.

Over all i think we can look to a very bright future with brendan rodgers and i really think we can break into the top 4 next season to and prove all the doubters on this site wrong. A NEW dawn for LFC

PS. Big thanks goes to all the Eds on this site you do a great job, and can't wait for the new season.

Andy kophead.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:14:58
i for one would like to welcome brenden rogers and i really do hope he can pull it off and get us back to the top. if any of the players dont like the new manger then get shot of them. its time for big changes at lfc. they get paid to play football and are very lucky to play for a club like lfc. know one really gives a f**k what they think and say for that matter. they should do the talking with there skill.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:13:53
Hello eds, macca and posters,
Really looking forward to next season now. I think a couple of players may feel their place at the club has altered since the appointment of BR, however. I think that both Aquilani and Cole will have a chance to prove themselves under BR, as they both seem to be players who would fit in well with his playing philosophy. I think Jay Spearing however, is one of the most likely to leave, even if only on loan. I don't see him as a BR style player and I can't really see him adapting. I think that Jose Enrique and Stewart Downing will have a bit of adjusting to do as well as sometimes they struggle to just take a touch and pass the ball on and feel the need to keep the ball and work themselves into trouble. I think that Downing however will fit into the BR formation and Enrique was generally solid with the odd mistake, last season and so I am not suggesting at all that either will leave. Eds, thoughts? {Ed001's Note - I think that Rodgers will have his own ideas, but I certainly don't see why you think Downing would not fit in.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 15:13:44
Hey eds, is there anywhere I can watch the press cOnfrence online? {Ed001's Note - try the official site mate.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:53:11
I love the way Rodgers talked about Liverpool FC being up there with the biggest clubs WITHOUT mentioning Man U.
This guy knows his stuff!
Props!

And very intentional, I reckon

cozinoz

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:52:24
And for those that held there breath on rafa,he was the past' something that we have held onto for too long, Rodgers is the present and future. If lfc are to succeed we must look forward'

Melbourne'

Agreed, only look back to remember the good times, rafa will always be a club legend for Istanbul but we have a new manager now.
I personally think he will be a very good manager as well.

MIKEY

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:25:12
Anybody else think Charlie Adam will flourish under BR?
If we play a 433 with Adam on the left of the middle 3.
He is great at finding that killer pass, an BR is all about short sharp passes and keeping possession.
A midfield of Lucas, Adam and gerrard all keeping possession and playing these short passes then Adam gets the ball and whips it into the path of one of our wingers or strikers and were through on goal.
Maybe it's me getting excited but gerrard can also pick out a half decent pass and Lucas is another I think will have his best season in a red shirt under Rodgers.
We will need to spend either big or very wisely on a decent pacey right winger and a goal poacher this summer still.
I was also going to say I wouldn't buy any swansea players because I believe they have such fantastic stats and they look so good because of Rodgers and the way they play and not so much because they are world class players, good players but we probably still have better already. That was before I saw we can't sign them anyway.

This would be my line Up before all the ins and outs.

--------------------reina-------------------
Kelly----skrtle-------agger------Enrique
-------gerrard-----Lucas-------Adam-----
---downing----Suarez/Carroll---Bellamy---

But I would expect downing to move to the left and Bellamy to make way for the new winger.

We could also play in a 442 to accommodate both Suarez and Carroll.

-----------------reina---------------
Kelly----skrtle------agger----Enrique
---------------Lucas----------------
Downing-----gerrard-------Bellamy
------------Carroll---Suarez--------

I don't know why but I get the feeling BR could use Carroll like how mourinho used drogba at Chelsea in some games.
I am sure the owners want him to do well after shelling out so much and have said as much to BR.

Sorry for the long post, feel free to comment.
If I'm not making much sense it's because I was up for work at 3am :(

MIKEY

I think that's a great line up and don't see the need to buy loads of players would rather have 3 real quality additions but back to your line up i dont see why saurez cant play wide left in a 433 but good line up would cause most teams problems
riley

Think you may see the true Adam.
Unless he gets into serious shape, he will be blowing out his ass 20mins into a game under Buck.
True sweet left foot, can deliver as well.
Impact sub for me, just cant see him shaping up.
Piddy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:22:56
Eds,

Why dont' we attach a mic to BR's chest pocket so we know what players he and the board are interested in the second their names come out of his mouth!! Jesus give the man a day to get to know the current staff of LFC, Anfield, Melwood etc.! Such a rush to know what players might be comin/going and the manager is only in place officially 4 hours!
BTW, any idea who the team of DOF's currently involved in the selection of potential targets are?
YNWA
D16Red

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:22:00
Ed just wanted to hear your view on Andy Caroll. Do you think in your opinion he will stay on at Liverpool with Rogers in charge?

I hope so because this guy will be ruthless for us. In my opinion he had red, slow twitch muscle fibers, but is working hard on sprinting and high intensity running to gain the fast twitch, or white muscle fibers needed to be a good striker.
{Ed001's Note - I think he will give Carroll a chance to prove himself.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:22:23
what a day ,new manager ,fresh start,few signings to come and my new shirt lol looking promising good luck mr rogers .allfc

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:21:08
Just a question, am watching sky sports and it said in august we have a 3rd round qualifier in the europa league, I thought we go straight into the group stages as Chelski were in the champions league?
Please don't bollock me if I don't understand the Europa league but I just need some clarification {Ed002's Note - Two qualifying rounds first.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:17:13
Hi there Eds,great site and keep up the great work.
To all of us connected one way or other to our GREAT Club,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We have just got our hands on the brightest young manager around.
He has new ideas,his OWN ideas from researching since an early age yet based on the classic styles of play that made us the team we once were and shall surely be again.
This is the Shanks era re-born from the ashes of our torn down past.
Even if you had never saw a team of either of these great men play you would recognise something different about them from their demeanour and manner in which they hold themselves in conversation.That is a vital key to the man.Who he is : is reflected through what he says.
We have a chance to rebuild our stature as a footall club and our standing in the world again.
We have lost many friends along the way but now we have a real chance to win back these old friends and also bring in new ones.
I honestly,fervently believe that he is the man for the job.
It will however be a couple of years before other teams truly fear coming to play us.
After that though the sky is the limit.

Be patient and respectful as we are/have been known the world over and learn to trust again and fight with the team for the team.
It is the philosophy we built our empire upon.
YNWA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:14:35
Rodgers was looking at Michael Mancienne, and Matt Jarvis for Swansea before he became Liverpool manager. It may be possible that he could still be interested in those players.

Red-Swan

God no {Ed001's Note - he also wanted Sterling.}

That was with a beer budget, he's got baby sham now

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:10:24
Afternoon eds fellow reds , any idea who these people coming in are going to be , because Ian Ayer has said we will be very excited. Cheers psv {Ed002's Note - No idea right now.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:48:45
Uncertainty causes error. Believe and support Rodgers,do not be put off by media flops such as lawro and mobly' I believe Rodgers will return us to greatness again if fully supported. A charasmatic man,he will bring an estute style of play back to anfield that will give us a real chance to succeed. Remeber we are the team that have been outplayed by stoke and Wigan at anfield. Rodgers will strive to ensure we are a force again. He is not a klopp or guardiola,he is Brendan Rodgers an has the potential to better the latter. SUPPORT'

Melbourne's

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:43:40
I think reinas comments were made a few weeks ago when nobody really knew what was going on and the mirror have thought today it was the perfect time to print them.
LFC and the mirror don't exactly have the greatest relationship right now.

MIKEY

Mirror starting to remind me of a certain other tabloid

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:40:40
I personally think if we have any chance of getting back into top 4 and stay there for years to come i think we should sign the following players.
Adam Maher for 5-6 million terrific young player sign him now and dont wait 2 seasons when it will be 20 million. Ryad Boudabouz for 7 million again young and extremly skillful and has an end product. Joe Allen for 5 million i think would be a good addition to the squad very good on the ball and knows the premiership. Roberto Soldado 20 million simply because he knows how 2 finish. Two free transfers in junior hoilett and Victor Moses would be terrific. 6 young but very good players for just 38 million we dont need to break the bank. Also we need to give Joe Cole a chance was terrific for Lille last season. Players who need 2 move on
Jay spearing 3 million
Dirk Kuyt 3 million
Maxi Rodriguez 4 million
Alberto Aquilani 5 million but would like if he was given a chance.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:40:04
Just picked up my new shirt and I don't know if it's just because it's on me but.. It looks REALLY good!

Myk

Lol.

Made me laugh.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:35:32

How excited are you by the owners' plans and visions for the future?

I suppose I first of all want to mention Kenny Dalglish, who is an incredible man. He's obviously the best player in the history of this football club and he's someone who adored Liverpool. He has nursed the club through some horrific times and also brought a lot of joy to the supporters here both as a player and a manager. He is someone I want to pay a great respect to because he's a wonderful ambassador for this football club.

This is Dalglish esk don't you think?

What does Liverpool Football Club mean to you personally?

For me it means an awful lot. There is a real emotional attachment. I've had a number of opportunities to leave Swansea and I wasn't going to leave Swansea for any club, because of my life both professional and personal. But the attraction of the history here, and also the attraction of the frustrations - to feel the club are still striving for that league title. Hopefully over the coming years that's something we can look to challenge for. Certainly not immediately, there are still a lot of improvements to be made. This is an iconic football club. It's a club that's up there with the world's great. When you talk Liverpool Football Club you're talking Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, AC Milan. It's an enormous club. The challenge and the motivation is for me to do the best I possibly can and I will always fight for my life for Liverpool, and that will be on and off the field.

Made the hairs on my neck stand up this one!

The above two quotes are taken from Brendan Rogers interview earlier today with LFC TV.

I was disappointed when KK was dismissed and couldn't for the life of me understand why he wasn't given a second season. Yet having read the interview and seen how FSG have dealt with situations they deem not right for us/them then I am beginning to understand more what they are about - winners, simple as.

For me now it's a new dawn at LFC, something we have craved for years. Yes we have our magnificant and wonderful history to be proud of and that will never stop, but we now need to move forward. Until I read his interview, plus comments from other managers, I was not really overly keen on BR becomming our next manager, I like many wanted a "top" name to take us on. Now I feel excited again, I feel the club is beginning to sow the seeds of a long term plan that may well lead us back to the top again. However, this won't be without it's disappointments and this as fans we need to bear in mind.

Brendan Rogers is not, by his own admission, going win the league next season. What he will do is work to deliver a footballing team to be proud of providing US as fans give him that opportunity and back him all the way. Sure he will make mistakes, we all do. Sure he may well he'd done things differently over the course of a season, but don't we all with hindsight?

The media are no doubt waiting for BR to slip up and for us to jump over him so they can print a story. Well lets not do that, instead lets get behind him, back him, support him.

As I mentioned in an earlier post this week I felt Swansea were the only team to out pass us at Anfield this season and were a joy to watch. Now, given BR is at a bigger club, with better players (some!) and with a bigger budget lets hope his philosophy is taken on board by the players and it's they who change and want to succeed as much as he does.

I still believe we have the nucleus of a good side, albiet a young one and that if BR can purchase the right 3 or 4 players we just may be in th emelting pot for a top 4 place come the end of next season. Roll on next season redmen, roll on - TMac

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:30:23
A new era, come on KING BRENNY !

Haha, love that !
The Real KB

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:05:49
Slowly slowly catchy monkey - Brendan Rodgers needs time. We are the best fans in the world so lets show him that we are with patience. Very very excited at his appointment. ~ YNWA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:10:46
When will Rodgers meet the entire LFC team? {Ed002's Note - Yes, eventually. Unless some of the players take to hiding from him.}

Like degan did with most of the managers he played under until he was eventually found last year and removed from the club but he is still the undisputed hide and seek champion of lfc

 

 

01 Jun 2012 14:04:23
"I always have a close relationship with players. I speak very openly and honestly with them so they know where they stand. I like to educate players. You train dogs, I like to educate players both on and off the field."
Brendan Rodgers.

Love this. Very excited for Brendan. the players, the hierarchy and us fans. Let's give the man our full support. We need our big guns healthy and available for selection. Less woodwork and a designated peno taker (gerrard).Mix in a 3/4 new signings and get behind some of the English lads coming back from the Euros. That alone should be worth a fighting chance at the top 4.

Chi-Paul

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:49:30
Rodgers did not mention the EDS, does this mean you will be all having a free transfer kraptalk.

Ian Childwall

Post of the Month!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:55:50
Just a tought on pepe raina is the bloke that irreplaceable .yes I know half of you's with red goggles on will be up in arms just like when the king and the club parted company but here me out the club were right to let kenny go cos our form just wasn't good enough and the same go's fir pepe since he came out and question'd the clubs ambition 2years ago the bloke has been medicore just look at how many howlers he's made since Chelsea arsenal a couple of times to mention just some big games and when is the last time you seen him pull off a save that you say wow or even feel safe when a cross comes in there's no time for sentiment in football if we want to get the glory days we have to be ruthless and if the lad dos'nt want to be there from wot in hearing let him go put some money to wot we get from him and buy a world class keeper like loris and let's get our great club back to where it belongs top if the pile nit just champions league

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:53:54
These are the guys we need to get back into the top 4:
Sinclair - 9m
Sigurdsson - 7m
Affelay - 6m
and a striker and i will be very confident come the beginning of next season...

Listen to the presser plz. No Swans for 12 months. Affelay is looking like a cross between Jimmy Bullard and Kieron Dyer.

Do you actually read the news and other posts???

Not sinclair

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:52:59
Liverpools last 3 managers. An English man, and Scottish man and now an Irish man. No wonder they're a joke

Someone follows @footballjokes.
Did make me chuckle. However I think this appointment is a great one. Get behind BR. YNWA!

Jack in the Box

Crude , but clever!

The Englishman fell at half time.
The Scotsman fell towards the end.
The Irishman might lead us all the way?

Phooey

So from Spanish to English then Scotish and Irish. Mey be that what is FSG plan young brithish talent :)

This joke was taken directly from this mornings daily mirror.....well copied that man.

What a crap joke. Soft lad

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:51:08
hi eds id like to say sorry in advance if you have already answered this but with BR's assistant joining liverpool do you think there is any place for steve clarke he is a brilliant coach and i think majority of fans and players would be disappointed to see him leave. thanks {Ed001's Note - I am sure a place could be found for him if he wants to stay.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:28:30
Hi Ed's, a little confused on the DOF/Sporting Director stuff, just wondered whether you guys could offer any clarity on that? On the LFC website it states this ......"At Liverpool, Rodgers' primary focus will be the first team but he'll also work extensively in collaboration with the new football operations structure as the team adheres to the continental football Sporting Director model. Further details on this structure will be provided in due course".............Yet in a snippet of an interview I heard on the radio, Rodgers stated that he didn't want to work under a sporting director and that was basically one of the key factors when agreeing to take the job. What are your thoughts on this? {Ed001's Note - it is a different type of sporting director that he works with, with not under for starters. With the DoF model, the coach is working for a DoF.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:23:11
Ronaldinho 32 - free, on a 2 year deal with view to one year extension. Gerrard would argue that he would still provide something at 32 as he is that age and signed an extension in January.

Muniain 19 - £26m
Gio Dos Santos 23 - £6m
Luuk de jong 21 - £13m

= £45m

Aquilani comes back {Ed001's Note - Ronaldinho? That is a ludicrous suggestion, don't go on the name, actually try and find out what has been happening with him. He is not the player he once was.}

Ed001 makes yet another good point - Ronadinho is not even a quarter of the player he once was.... Like many Brazilians, He peaked in his mid 20's and then it all went down hill. {Ed001's Note - he is too busy clubbing to play football these days, unfortunately.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:14:20
Hi (Eds) and fellow Reds.

I've got a really good feeling about BR is interview for the media was truly impressive and his subsequent interview with L.F.C. TV. was even better.
It's been a long time since manager of any football club has put himself across so intelligently and eloquently as Brendan Rodgers did this morning. I felt inspired and proud he is our manager and the owners must be totally delighted how he conducted himself during the interviews. never wavered once whilst be bombarded with questions in actual fact he was in total control.And that guys is something that should give everybody encouragement ,BR is in control of what he is doing and I truly believe the players will look up to this man and respond positively to how he projects himself and his football philosophy.

I believe FSG have made a very shrewd appointment and I truly believe they will do their very best to make a force again.
There is lots of hard work going on in the background and FSG have a game plan that has been well thought out and they are determined it will workout.
these guys are no fools, very pro-active and analytical and perceptive of what the fans want and they expect, which is winning the premier league and being great again. FSG want that as much as we want that maybe for different reasons but they share the same goals as us.
What we have to do is give them a chance and let them use their knowledge, skills and resources to make us a force.
BR and FSG will make L,F.C. GREAT.

Take care and believe Guys.
Red. Robin.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:13:28
just watched lfc tv interview in the dressing room rodgers was asked if he had money to spend i wasnt convinced, he said there's money but no overspill, suggests he's gettin 25mil max for summer targets but overall impressed by the way he spoke lets get behind him now an see what happens and if players want to leave sell them this is a new start.

How you have come to the conclusion of 25m from him saying there is no over spill is baffling! . oliverpool

Why do people like you insist on plucking a number out of this air then try to pass it off as information.... LFC have not had a transfer budget since FSG took over, Its not how they work! Get over it and get used to it!

Why does that suggest 25mil and no more?

Silly oliverpool, everyone knows one can only fit £25M into a wheel barrow without it spilling over. Have you never tried it? ;-)

RDL

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:09:03
Disgusted by mark Lawrenson. Not that I have a huge amount of respect for him ,other than the fact that he was a good liverpool player, but his comments show him be a complete person with 'notions of upperosity'

Dara D

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:07:52
FFS he wasnt my 1st choice,but like cutve fella.Regardless!!,dont you all see-the devicevness arguing creates? Anyone new to any job is nervous,and has to settle.Existing employees take time to accept! The media does have an anti LFC agenda.a)Manc bias,b)London media generally.DONT LET THEM divide us,theyve succeeded of late.IF we use seige mentality as uniting force for us,and back Mr.Rodgers and co,We have a chance.Carry on as we are,we have non!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:06:37
Macca's a top class bloke and he was dead on again. Gerrards just said that he was in the loop the entire process and that he knew Rodgers was the first choice the entire time. Believe Macca said that the players thought Rodgers would get it?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:02:45
Liverpools last 3 managers. An English man, and Scottish man and now an Irish man. No wonder they're a joke

That's actually pretty good. Sad and demented, but pretty good. Now, back to the ward, it's time for your meds.
Milamber

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:02:35
So Reina said many players wanted Rafa back. This is a great start! I can see there being big disruptions in the camp. Bad times ahead. I personally think it is a bad appointment. He only had one average season in the premiership, that to me is not good enough. Hope I'm wrong.

You really have to take these tabloid stories with more than a pinch of salt , do some research and see the truth. its an old stories re-hashed to cause trouble. why would they do that? to sell papers. Even if Reina was gutted by this appointment , do you think he's the type to go public with it?

An average season compared to who? He took a newly promoted team with just a couple of new players and finished midtable, that's pretty good season in my books. We were a couple of points ahead and spent a fortune....... Cut him some slack judge him when he has had the backing and worked with the players we have, then compare.

JRFRed

 

 

01 Jun 2012 13:00:36
Finally,,, after a year and a half,, a Liverpool Manager handling a simple press conference and a few easy questions from the media

Wicklow Red

Why don't you support your local team insted of having a sly dig at Dalglish, must be a team in wicklow you can rubbish!

Waro

Waro is that you telling some1 else to support another team with all the negatiive bile you spout you have a go at sum1 else dont know where you get the nerve maybe you should practice what you preach

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:59:52
Love Rodgers comment he'll fight with all he s got to bring success to club and the City

Also love that his dad and grandad supported LFC. It means his heart is well and truly in it.

cozinoz

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:59:16
just have to say, i just got my new kit and it looks stunning

Must be the diet and the gym sessions

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:57:41
Please note: regarding Reinas 'comments' about Benitez - The mirror lifted the comments from a spanish interview, given PRIOR to any apointment being made. They also forgot to mention that Reina also said the players would get behind whoever was the new manager.

Sloppy journalism. or scare mongering. Or both.

YNWA Rogers red revolution.

BigBadBen.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:57:32
Now to all those who have been slagging Brendan Rodgers off over the last few days, if that interview hasnt got you on his side, i dont know what more he could do.

Our manager doesnt have to be Jose Carlos Dominguez from Argentina who looks good on the eye with his tan and duffelcoat. No, i think having a top, young Brittish manager who clearly knows so much about our club and expectations is key to our future success.

Brendan breathes and lives football and speaks very much from the heart. He is a very honest analyist and lets remember, this is a huge project he is undertaking which WILL take time. The problem with possibly some of the other managers maybe? They have seemingly promised the owners and supporters more than what we could acheive. theirs a fine line between ambition and realism. Promising instant success and only kidding yourself, the fans and the board only builds false hope and always ends in tears.

He states that we wont win the league this season but the process towards winning a league title in the forseeable future starts today. Some people may look at that and say "why cant we win the league? why do we have to wait? why is he being so negative?" Its called being honest, making the people of Liverpool aware of whats achievable and setting realistic goals. The champions league will be a hard enough challenge with the likes of City, Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham, maybe Newcastle? then ourselves. I do believe, with the right approach installed we will be right up there.

In the appointment of Brendan Rodgers, a man who had a project and succesfully achieved the unachievable in some respects. All the hype in Welsh footabll (being welsh) was always on Cardiff to be promoted. Swansea quietly went on about their business and are now playing football beyond their wildest dreams. He shares the same dream as all us Liverpool fans and step by step my fellow reds we will get there together. He is for ME the perfect man for Liverpool Football Club, has a low key profile with no egotistical approach, dedicated to the cause and with that we as fans can help Brendan make this project HAPPEN.

YNWA

Sam Adzii JFT96

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:55:20
Good start
Seems to be a my way or the highway type of manager..
If the superstars don't like it then thank you and goodbye, bring on the players who want to die for the shirt.
Support the manager and the team.
Stadium news please
PistolPete

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:53:08
Things are looking up,Rodgers did well if understandably a bit nervous at press conference.If we get Anfield expanded,and suitably- heavily sponsored,even if renamed.(As we all know it has home anyhow)Get cracking with quality signings for squad and 1st team,things at last may change form wise in the Leauge.Steady progress would be order of next season,building there after.Lets hope all comes together quickly now,to push on with those plans.COME ON LFC! YNWA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:53:06
mind gmaes, i really hope its old news about reina!

billynwa

Dont believe the papers,if you remember when benitez was linked again some papers were saying that some of the players had a fall out with benitez,now he hasnt got the job there saying the players wanted him.Papers are there for 1 reason and thats to stir things up so people buy more papers,they speak crap and thats the reason i stop buying them even the echo.Terry

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:52:12
Just a question for macca.
Since your source is some players whats the general feel with them about the new manager.
Cheers
wayne.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:49:16
Hes only just been appointed, so players previous targets and rumours will all have to be reviewed which will take time, BR has said he wants to impose his philosophy which most will agree with, so let's just back him, see what happens transfer wise, look forward to the new season and bring fortress anfield back and make the best attempt possible at a first season for a new young manager

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:42:59
Like some people on here, I had my misgivings about the appointment of Rogers, but having taken time to read up about the guys football philosophy and watched him in the presser this morning, Ive got to say I am genuinely excited about our future. Its not like he's bringing a brand of football thats alien to us is it? Just a more modern style of the type of football we like to play anyway. With the addition of 3-4 decent players, we'll be good enough to take anyone on, and providing we get a goalscorer in, we'll start to convert more of the chances we squandered last season. I say give the guy a break, he could be the best thing that's happened to us in a long time.

Red Heart

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:42:34
Will the divs and glory hunters go and take a powder,look at Shankly when he came to the club,you have to start from somewhere Rogers came across passionate willing to give his life for the club he knows what LFC is about he was a young Red he knows where it needs to be,I was sick over Hodgson getting the job but supported him and gave him a chance support your team club and manager that's why we are different and unique we all stand together through the wind and rain even through the storm we hold our head high we are Liverpool FC an institution,a collective family unified with one thing The Liver Bird Upon My Chest Brendan will be the boy bless ya loads keep the faith Liam

Footballs changed since Shanks darling, spout ye cliches all ye want FSG have poured more petrol on the fire with this appointment and the amount set aside for transfers and no matter what sound bytes they used in that propaganda spiel this morning I know it's all smoke and mirrors too manipulate gullible fans such as yourself! I will support Rogers because he has done absolutely nothing wrong, I have never booed a player or a manager at the match so I don't intend to start now but as for FSG I have no time no respect and no intrest! Yonks go home

Waro

Geez, Waro, your unrepentant hostility at Americans is quite irritating. Is it at all possible you could perhaps give the owners a chance already? You seem to think they're not spending enough money. I suppose your preference would have been a billionaire who was just willing to dump money into the club with no thought of ever getting a return? Give it a rest already or perhaps go find a club that fits your preference.

RDL

Geez, what do you want from them Waro?

Waro mate you are one sad individual !!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:41:12
Hi Eds,
Does anyone know if Maxi has actually gone yet or if it would be possible for BR to keep him?
If BR will be playing a 4-3-3, as we all suspect, Maxi would be perfect for the left sided winger role with Suarez on the right and Carroll up top.
Also, Aqualani would suit the 2nd attacking midfielder role alongside Gerrard but not sure how possible it is that he'd be convinced to stay, not keen on England from what I've heard! {Ed001's Note - as far as I am aware he has not left yet, I was told all the players were waiting to speak with the new man before decisions were made on their future.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:47:00
Hi Eds, fellow reds. firstly congrats to Brendan Rogers from a fellow N Irishman.
Wondering does anyone share the view that Rienna wants away judging by his immature comments in the papers this morning. That will really be a nice welcome to the new manager!! Also congrats to Mervue Utd under 15 side who won the league and cup double this week. A few good players there for Brendan to check out. Mervue banjo man

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:46:29
Just read Reina said this to 'The Mirror'

He reportedly said...

"For many of my colleagues and me, Rafa Benitez would be the ideal candidate,"

quoted by the Daily Mirror.

"It's that I'm not objective about it, but he is the coach who shaped me most. He is the best."

You know what, I don't think that this helpful right now!

That's the same Daily Mirror that has an anti LFC agenda and probably recycled a quote from Reins from weeks ago to spoil Brendan's first day. The depths some papers are willing to plunge is,breathtaking. My advice boycott the Mirror like we all boycott the Sun and then you won't have to read made up anti LFC nonsense.

Maybe BR shuld show some players the door.ynwa

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:45:15
Just a quick point i wanted to make. Bill Shankly Huddersfield - Liverpool, Bob Paisley no manigerial experience, Joe Fagan Nelson. These three greats had little or no success prior to taking the Liverpool job. Brendan Rodgers has had 20 years coaching experience and obviously gets the best out of his players. I think he will be a shrewd bit of business by FSG, after all people are motivated by people. You can offer all the money in the world to a player but if they are not motivated by anything else they will struggle to acheive anything other than a large bank balance. So lets give Mr Rodgers a huge welcome and offer him our unwaivering support!

Cheers
Big Al

1 other thing big al if you believe in omens shankly's last match before taking over lfc was a victory over lfc rodgers last match in charge victory over lfc hope this is a good omen
riley

Hope so mate, just really think his attitude is perfect for us

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:44:31
Txiki Beguiristain will be one of the members of the new look footballing directors committee at Liverpool

Bit worried about this committee I just hope it doesn't become a talking shop that delays decision making and results in us missing out on targe.

I agree, but let's cross that bridge when we come to it... lets hope never!

Phooey

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:40:27
ED,is it true about reinas 'rafa' comments. If so we shud get him out,for too long the club has been ruled an dictated by players' and players who arent performing. ED? {Ed002's Note - See other posts please.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:37:22
I'm very impressed with Rodgers, and despite a lot of criticism in the media over the past few weeks, I believe the club will be praised on this appointment. One of his main assets at Swansea was to get more out of the players than other managers had. If he is able to do the same at Liverpool, especially with the likes of Downing and Henderson, we may find that we are not as far behind the top 4 as some would have us believe. Add a few astute signings and Liverpool might surprise a few next season. As far as Saurez is concerned, if FSG feel he damages the LFC brand, he will be sold.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:36:27
Theres sumthing special about Rodgers' I believe very strongly in this man'

Melbourne'

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:35:59
ill eat my hat, gutted! very dissapointed reina has come out and said that!
do we need people in the squad saying things like this. he should be backing rodgers not undermining him at the first oppertuinity!

billynwa

Ha ha now im reading there old comments, wuldnt suprise me form the tabloids,

no idea whats going on!

billynwa

It was an interview that was give a few days ago before BR was approached.

It was an interview with the Spanish media.

I think he has been miss-quoted.

More media sh*t stirring no doubt.

GGK

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:35:18
eds is brendan rodgers in full control like he wanted or are responsibilities divided like the owners said the roles would be. Also do expect aqualani {Ed002's Note - There will be no DoF right away but others will arrive. Aquilani will be sold if possible.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:32:51
tom werner just said that the names of the people who are going to be apointed for the sporting directer type team are going to excite the liverpool supporters. from lfc tv

I have a slight suspicion that Laudrup will be one.

Beguiristain, Laudrup and Segura - my guess.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:25:34
Ive been told from a close friend of steve clark that he is gunna stay on and keep his role at liverpool. cheers Robbo

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:22:31
Really proud of Brendan and over the moon for LFC.
He is a determined man an honourable man and a passionate coach.

His values are like Shankly not only in terms of football but in life.

As a GAA man and Irishman he will be straight honest and forthright.

Also any bigtime charlies beware Brendan will not accept your silly antics NO ONE BIGGER THAN THE CLUB.

He will be a superb ambasador for the club and city.

Well done Brendan and congratulations LFC.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:19:47
So Pepe Reina has said that lots of the players wanted Rafa back. This is a great start. There are going to be rumblings in the dressing room. Bad times ahead. Bad appointment.

If they are not happy the first rule of management is ship them out. If they do not support the manager they are nowhere. Players do not run LFC.

Iggypop

Riena is not manager or DOF. Riena did not offer to buy the club or remove the debt. Riena is a player. As a player his duty is to perform on the field for the club. If he performs well and commits to the club he will be remembered forever. If he wants to air his views to the media he can piss off and be a nobody.

Any player who does not follow Brendan and FSG should and will be shown the door.

Brendan is LFC MANAGER and he will NEVER WALK ALONE.

Wasn't it Stevie and Jamie wanted Rafa out?

The players who wanted Rafa and unwilling to work under Rodgers will be shown the door. We are no Chelsea!

Jack D.

I have an idea, maybe any player that doesn't want to work with BR we should get shut off instantly!! I'm sick to the back teeth players thinking they have a say who they want to work for. I want to work for a boss that gives me a two hour dinner ten brew breaks and only want me from 10 till 2 but guess what it won't bloody happen.

Mike

The same players who let Kenny down? Get rid of them then and perhaps we'll finally start to improve.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:17:10
ed. is it true we can't get players from swansea? because of of the reporters during the interview asked him, and he didn't answer by saying yes or no... {Ed002's Note - Itis true.}

Only for 12 months though probably. Which is perfect actually, means we won't be signing any one-season wonders, we'll have another year to see which of their players can really cut it in the league

Red Ollie

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:15:36
ALL the best BIG MAN from a fellow northern irish man heres hoping you put those manc in there rightfull place below the MIGHTY REDS YNWA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:10:31
Hi eds,
I have to admit the reaction of some liverpool fans on this page is disgraceful. These are obviously the same fans who questioned Carroll after xmas and look what he did to change his season around? Almost certasin to lead the line for England at the Euros. I posted here before about CArroll to give him time. People didnt want Martinez. I for one diodnt want him. Rodgers hasnt even been at the club a day and fans are questioning him. He knows the type of football he wants to play and mark my words Liverpool will be a better team next year. He is gonna be given time and I for one think he will bring back the glory days. He knows what areas he needs to strengthen and anyone worrying about attracting players, Liverpool as a club are still a great club. Heres to a bright future under Brendan, Best of Luck. And greta site eds
IrishRed YNWA!!!

Great post mate, people dont know what ynwa means, but still post it after slaging off everyone at the club, its mind boggling!

billynwa

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:08:34
Ed, Im confused

Liverpool FC:

"At Liverpool, Rodgers' primary focus will be the first team but he'll also work extensively in collaboration with the new football operations structure as the team adheres to the continental football Sporting Director model. Further details on this structure will be provided in due course."

Brendan Rodgers:

"That was one of the issues that I brought up when I was speaking with the club, that I wouldn't work directly with someone in that role," "Of course there has to be leadership but, for me, if it was a sporting director or director of football, that was something I made quite clear that I couldn't work with"

So which is it?

{Ed002's Note - Structure but no DoF.}

I suspect refusal to work with someone in that role (DoF or SD) was more to do with lines of reporting. In company terms you wouldn't expect the CEO to report to the FD, the Marketing Director AND the HR Director. It's the other way around. The other 'collaborators' on the football side may or may not report to Brendan, but he certainly won't be reporting to them. Check out his set up at Swansea for clues. He has already mentioned 'fusion' of English and continental ways. He'll take the most effective from both worlds to create something new and better. The man's an innovator. Hope it works! Very exciting.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:06:26
Well the owners really pulled this one out of the bag. While being linked with the less well known managers like Mourinho, Guardiola etc. etc. we go and get the top name of all Brendan Rodgers who even refused to speak us us two weeks earlier. WOW!

Get a grip idiot, pep and jose were never going to join, rodgers is a great signing

T**t, get behind him i believe he will get the players playing good football

For gods sake give the guy a chance you clown! Get behind him and you may be surprised what will happen. If you dont support him go and support Man City from your armchair!

Have you ever been through a headhunters process of interview? It is based upon strategy developed by CIA/FBI for interogation. BR played it quite right. The first "attack" is you are not really qualified for this job are you? Unless they "defend" themselves adequatley they are out of the door. BR said not interested unless I am number 1 candidate. He won. A good start in my book. Good on him.

For a brief insight into interview techniques read Headhunters by Jo Nesbo?


Iggypop

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:05:07
eds now what about dof?? is it gonna happen... {Ed002's Note - Not at this time.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:03:46
Rodgers looked well in his first press conference. He really inspired belief in me anyway. He has also said he will be signing between 2-4 players so exciting times ahead.
redl4fe

When did he mention 2-4 players?
He recognised the fact we need to improve the squad, but did not mention number of players. The only significant thing he said about transfers was "there's not a big wheel barrow full of money".
He actually laughed a little when asked: have you discussed a transfer budget? As I said he laughed and quoted the above.
So it would appear 20 plus million players are out of the question for this season at least.
E.J.

I watched the press conference live and don't remember him saying he will be signing 2-4 players did i miss that ed's also i thought brendan came across very well in the interview a class act in fact good luck all true liverpool fans are behind you 100%

RED KENNY {Ed001's Note - some people just make things up in their head.}

All managers will play down their transfer budget, if he came out and said 'we can spend anything' then anyone he went for would have an extra 5m added on to their price. Not saying we will have a massive transfer budget, just don't read too much into it if the budget is played down by the club

Red Ollie

If the board have given him 30 he could quite easily get 20 mill from player sales if saurez was to leave and he is given the the full fee that would be nearly 80 million on player funds that is quite substantial and shpuld deffinately get us back near the top 4 without a doubt

To be fair, he did say this: " There is a fantastic squad here, some terrific players, but there is no doubt I'll need to make maybe two, three or four additions to try and get that flow - and it will take time to put that in place."

Read into it what you will.

RDL

He mentioned 2-4 players in his interview with Claire O'Rourke, but never said anything definate

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:03:39
if we play in the same style as swaansea did, i know he's not stuck on that style but if he is andy carroll will be warming that bench alot. no skin off BR nose he didn't pay 35million for him... what you think ed if has a good euro's could he be sold??

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:03:05
Huw Jenkins (Swansea Chairman) has already told Talksport this morning that there is an agreement not to buy Swansea players for 12 months, so everybody can stop posting the rumours about them until this time next year.

PJH

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:01:41
Juat watching the Rodgers interview on lfctv but missed some parts, the parts I have seen I noticed he has not mentioned Suarez when speaking about big players at the club, maybe I am looking into it much but I personally think he could be moving on this summer
Lpoolkris

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:01:00
Excellent to see that Fenway are being realistic in their expectations of Rodgers, he is going to need time to get this right and for me it proves that we have the right owners. As for us fans we all HAVE to be patient with this guy, us getting on his back this season will make it impossible for him to do his job. He has to know that we're on his side so lets show him what great fans he has guys. This COULD be brilliant.
Jud.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 12:00:07
i really think br will do the job for us at liverpool cant wait to see who he will buy and hopefully he can get liverpool to play how they used to

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:57:53
Done some calculations and if you divide the amount spent by a team on it's usual first XI last year by the amount of points the team finished with..

Liverpool top the table with £3,500,000 per point

Swansea come bottom with £140,000 per point

I believe this is very shrewd business by FSG and support Mr Rodgers in everything he chooses to do! Lets not expect miracles right away but we know the long-term manager model works from those 'other red' teams.

Personally would love to see 3 of Siguardson, Allen, Ramierez, Soldado and Cabaye at Liverpool next year as well as bringing in some youngsters such as Sterling and Coates more.

Either way promises to be an interesting season and lets all be optimistic :D

Swansea fight for servive in EPL and Liverpool fight for top 4 and trophy. difrent things.

"Liverpool fight for top 4"

Someone forgot to tell the previous regime. We finished closer to the bottom 3 than the top 4

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:54:36
Rodgers interviews are so motivating that the hairs on the back of my neck are standing up
I salute you rodgers

Wazaldinho7

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:54:27
I really enjoyed the BR interview. Seems like a man who knows what he wants. He has my backing 100%. Not my 1st choice for a manager but that interview really won me over.
Capetownred

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:54:23
Take from LFC site

"At Liverpool, Rodgers' primary focus will be the first team but he'll also work extensively in collaboration with the new football operations structure as the team adheres to the continental football Sporting Director model. Further details on this structure will be provided in due course"
This clears lots of things and its good news that he will have support.

Red indian

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:54:05
Maybe we can become the Athletico Bilbao of the uk, young, hungry class players, working for each other - even using Liverpool as a stepping stone for the next few years.

Lol.
The Real KB

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:53:54
I think Carroll will benefit from Rodgers getting the post he likes the big lone striker

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:52:19
I think Rodgers can be a great long term manager for us, he just needs some time, im hating comments on yahoo etc, people so negative about it, just because he's not a big name doesn't mean he cant be a big manager in BR we trust, lets all get behind the fella, looking forward to summer now to see what players we get in.. oh and I just got the new shirt lol love it, thought i needed to add that, great work eds love this website keep it up!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:51:10
Brendan Rodgers meeting with Liverpool's scouts this afternoon to look through potential transfer targets.


NT

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:49:50
I have FAITH in FSG, I have HOPE in Brendan Rodgers but please no more CHARITY for other teams next season, we need Fortress Anfield back.
KernowRed

Bang on,embarrassing at home,which should be your foundation

Or Fortress Air China

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:48:09
Pepe Reina has dropped a bombshell declaring Liverpool's locker room wanted Rafa Benitez - not Brendan Rodgers - as new manager.

The goalkeeper rates Benitez as the best, and the likes of Maxi Rodriguez, Lucas and Daniel Agger would also have welcomed him back.

Reina told the Mirror: For many of my colleagues and me, Rafa Benitez would be the ideal candidate.

It's that I'm not objective about it, but he is the coach who shaped me most. He is the best.

Thats an old comment from Riena. Typical media nonsense trying to stir things up, I read that about two days after Kenny was sacked.
Jud.

What a load of carp

If we start winning, no-one will care.

If Reina is still unhappy, he can leave.

Even Slysports tried to make out Jenkins anger of methods by LFc.But when you heard Jenkins interview he barely mentioned.Rodgers and a lotve our fans must learn quickly there is an agenda against LFC to divide us,US that to unite us,and we may gey back up there quicker than expected

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:42:51
BR, said liverpool is a club of history and tradition, but he has to sign two, three or even four players. wonder who he is talking about.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:41:49
personally i think we might play 433 next year with fast pacey wingers as rodgers played that way for swansea

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:37:43
This may sound like a strange question but with the appointment of Brendan Rodgers is it more likely that we will look to sign more technically gifted players.

I only ask because i know Rodgers likes to adopt a flowing and passing style of football. But I look at our team and we are quite short on those sorts of players (Minus Gerrard, Suarez etc)

Could we look to bring in players such as Ryad Boudebouz, Iker Munain etc players of those qualities.

Great appointment in my eyes but I only hope Liverpool's will give the man a fair chance because i think we struck gold with him.

LFC'S MANGO

btw who are the 3 backroom staff members joining from Swansea City?

Agger
Lucas
Gerrard
Suarez
Reina

and Skrtel, Johnson, Enrique, Coates isn't bad either. Johnson just lacks defensively and Enrique suffered from fatigue.

I think you missed out Henderson there, he can pick some very good passes, just needs a little tweaking and he wil come good.
Bazzaa

I think the two you mentioned will be on the watch list, they seem to fit the bill nicely. Add someone like Soldado and maybe the CL is a realistic goal for next year. Improvement in the chances taken ratio would help!

I agree mate, i think the owners have done there homework. Ive looked at his hiostory, also check on liverpoolfc.tv and read what all the other managers have to say about him, they cant all be wrong. i thinl we need to stop seeing swansea as martinez team, with more resources at wigan look at the difference of achievment this year! im gona be behind hima all the way just like we all should!

billynwa

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:37:02
Some of you are muppets, honestly!
He is our new manager, get over it. I am happy with the choice and if he gets our team playing like Swansea, other teams will fear us because we have better quality players across the park.
Your being so British (I am British), not happy unless your moaning!
Looked out of his depth? Rubbish, he has just been named as manager of one of the biggest clubs in the world and has the most trophies in English football, of course he is going to be bloody nervous!!
Good god, what is wrong with people?
Bazzaa

Could not agree more mate, my rose tinted glasses are locked away. im juts genuinely excited about next seson, do some back ground reading on the fella, looks a good addition!

thoughts edd001?
billynwa {Ed001's Note - I think he is a man going places, he plays the right type of football, he is single minded, players love working with him. You have every reason to be excited.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:35:42
Nooo I'm gutted i missed the press conference :( what did everyone think of him?

JLP

Class act...

I look forward to next season and got a very good feeling from him, to upset you further I just watched his interview with LFC TV! He is humble with confidence, his father and grandfather support LFC, wants possibly 2 - 4 players and has money to spend, he did not say how much! He is very proud to be manager and determined, but admits it will take time to bring the success he wants.
Hope that helps.
Bazzaa

He was very impressive, nervous at first but with an underlying strength that started to show through as he relaxed, he is undoubtedly hugely committed to this project mentioned meotional ties with his grandad and dad being lfc fans. to me he seemed very secure in his own mind with a clear vision of the future and how he wants us to play. also very evident was his huge enthusiasm and eagerness to get work, to be honest i think he already has ideas about who he wants to bring into the club and mentioned bringing 2,3 maybe even 4 new faces to implement his footballing style

A media handling God! I'm very optimistic about the future, he may only be 39 but he's been coaching for 20 years. A fact I found out today!

Top class, an impressive man is mr Rodgers

Top bloke really. Spoke well, said the right things about the club and supporters, also about the style of play. Seemed very sincere... sincere and blunt. No f*****g 'round with this lad by the sounds of it, if he says he doesn't want a director of football, well he f*****g well means it yeh!
But all in all, very impressed, as by the sounds of it the owners are giving him the time he'll need to implement the style of play he wants. Which speaks well for the owners in their own right, that they understand what it takes to move forwards.
Stoked!

Red7.

He was superb! Makes me really excited for the future.

Jack in the Box

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:35:18
As a Swansea supporter I wish Brendan all the best at Liverpool. Now the truth - the total one touch football he played was as boring as hell! Passing around at the back does nothing for me and you might as well sell Andy Carroll now because he will get no service whatsoever. Note this is only my point of view and I do sincerely wish him well.

Rodgers played with width at Swansea, did he not? If there's width in his Liverpool team, surely that would mean service for whoever is in the centre, especially if the wide men can cross well.

Mr Benn

Sounds like a bit of jealousy and resentment to me

So the first poster thinks watching barcelona is boring

I suspect your not really a swansea fan but more likely a rafa fan who still cant get his head round the fact its rodgers not rafa so off you go back to your bedroom to spend some quality man time with your rafa posters and a box of kleenex tissues

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:31:43
Hope he does well but this is one hell of a gamble. We really did need a big name to attract top class players.

More a big club than big name, Guardiola was able to attract big names for Barca as an unknown! It's all about the club, not the big name!

Totaly Agreed

And about salaries and contracts too,sadly

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:30:23
I never missed a home game last season and I can honestly say, the only team who played us off the park and deserved to win at Anfield were Swansea.

I missed the away game at their place but if Rodgers brings the style of play I saw at Anfield, here's to happy days.

Ozone

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:30:19
Will someone please refresh my memory … Brendan who?

Give it a rest idiot!

Get a life obviously not a lfc fan

Try Google.
Iggypop

The man who managed a team who outplayed us home and away last season, the man who is very highly regarded by one of the best managers in the world (Mourinho), and the man who deserves a chance to work with top players and have a more comfortable budget. I'm sorry, but Mr Shankly wasn't available for the job.

Rafa's Purple Goatie

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:27:37
Liked the presser - Rodgers definitely in charge and a good communicator

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:26:02
YNWA Brendan Rodgers, genuinly excited!

A rumour that is doing the rounds is that Rodgers wanted Sterling on loan at Swansea last season. Is this true ed's? We could get to see a lot more of sterling this season!

JanBorman {Ed002's Note - I understand he enquired.}

Eds, wouldn't Sterling would have/still is to young to go out on loan? {Ed001's Note - he was too young then, I very much doubt he would want to let him go out now, considering how highly he rates the lad. And yes, it is definite he was interested in taking him on loan if he could last season.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:25:07
to the bloke who was asking if rodgers will still spend 4 days with the spanish team, it appears he already has.

"A fiercely confident individual, with a refreshing and relentless thirst for learning and self-improvement - he spent four days studying the work of Spanish national coach Vicente Del Bosque earlier this month, for example - Rodgers has earned plenty of admirers during two hugely successful seasons with Swansea. His coaching style, based loosely on the model of the Spanish national team but truly refined at Swansea, where he found a chairman willing to back him and supporters willing to support him, is exciting, dynamic, progressive. His teams run hard, they pass the ball with confidence and imagination, they defend from the front and attack from the back. They also know how to set, and up, the tempo in games, especially on home soil."
Neil Jones, Liverpool Echo

big red g

 

 

01 Jun 2012 11:01:04
I must say, Brendan Rodgers came accross very well. Humble but authoratative. He actualy dug Ian Ayre out when he was struggling to explain the whole 'sports commitee' explanation.

Ian Ayre looks completely out of his depth by the looks of it. Doesnt inspire confidence that he is the 'leader' of the club as a Chief Exec should be.

Anyway, as far as the manager is conerned.... very happy!

Red G

I agree with what you say about both Rodgers and Ayre mate.

Ozone

I sort of agree. I think Ayre has been fantastic on the commercial side. Some of the deals he has pulled off have been brilliant. Much better than Parry ever was. But he is not the most comfortable in front of camera. Scouser Tommy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:53:25
Ok here goes, you all know me as a moaner and a critic of past managers and players at our club but starting from today i will state that im very willing to give brendan rodgers a chance to prove the doubters wrong and show us he is capable of making liverpool atleast compete for top 4. Im not gona say we shouldnt of appointed him or we could of got better. I hope he can do well here because i cant go through another year of having to replace managers and players. RedTurk

Poor old red turk...a fool in cretins clothing

Eds, can you confirm its really him?!

Dara D

Now you are back with you pessimism. I wish you would just change your name to blue Turk or noisy Turk and save us the stress of running you out of this page. For once get behind the Boss.

You seem to forget that before Mourinho and AVB respectively coached FC Porto no one really knew them. Remember Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley as well?

I wish there was a bet out on how successful Brendo will be and I sure will bet that his era will be successful (MArk that down ED). Next season we will challenge for CL spot with a WCS place of 5th. (Mark that down again Ed).

And honestly, a 4th or 5th position for starters from a 'rookie' coach is definitely a good job.

Get behind the Coach, Silly Turk.

O'seunfunmi (Anfield Red)

Oh thank you RedBurk I'm sure that Brendan is so thankful you are prepared to give him a chance.

Hey everyone, stop making those Rodgers out flags, RedTurk said he will give him a chance phew.

JRG

Tommorows tabloid headlines
redturk rodgers is all right with me
brendan rodgers redturk
brendan rodgers he's my hero says redturk

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:50:48
really impressed with rodgers first interview, he looks really determined to succeed and you could tell he meant it when he said he couldnt wait to get started

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:47:56
hey eds just watched the press conference, near the end im sure that ian ayre sed that they wont be looking for an individual to take the DoF position, does this mean we might still get someone like txiki or LVG but they will work in a team?

would love your opinion eds

thanks :) {Ed002's Note - I vey much doubt it.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:46:37
It might be just me but i get the impression some of the old LFC stalwarts dont like us moving in a new modern direction........Well we needed to, were falling behind and a new man with new modern ideas is just what we need instead of staring into our trophy cabinet till the end of time,
He comes across well, he has good ideas and all this talk from so called fans about not being a big enough manager is nonsense, give the man a chance, you might be surprised!...........
The Guv 81-9 YNWA JFT96

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:50:10
ed or macca is it true that rodgers has a 12 month agreement not to sign anyone from swansea?

wafa {Ed022's Note - I am not entirely sure, but it is something I will look into.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:50:07

Shortly before facing the world's media at Anfield today, Brendan Rodgers gave his first interview as the new Liverpool manager exclusively to Liverpoolfc.tv.

How do you feel to be the new manager of this famous football club?

As you can imagine, I am very proud and feel very blessed to be appointed today. It's obviously a club with an incredible tradition and history and I'm very, very proud and honoured to be appointed manager.

How excited are you by the owners' plans and visions for the future?

I suppose I first of all want to mention Kenny Dalglish, who is an incredible man. He's obviously the best player in the history of this football club and he's someone who adored Liverpool. He has nursed the club through some horrific times and also brought a lot of joy to the supporters here both as a player and a manager. He is someone I want to pay a great respect to because he's a wonderful ambassador for this football club. But I'm a different tactician, a different man. The owners are very excited and looking forward, and obviously they wanted to bring someone in who could keep with the traditions of Liverpool Football Club, which is to play offensive and attacking football, and also someone to represent the values of the club off the field, and that's something I will defend for my life.

How difficult was it to leave Swansea?

It was very difficult. I always said I'd leave Swansea City one day but I felt it was only going to be for a top club. I had a fantastic relationship with the chairman and the supporters and also we created history - we were the first Welsh club into the Barclays Premier League. But the attraction of coming to Liverpool is phenomenal. You only need to look at the fact they're five times European Cup winners. Some of the great players who've played for this club. I genuinely think Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore. If you look back through the years, at the players and managers. You go back to Toshack and Keegan, Rush and Dalglish, Hansen and Lawrenson, Shankly and Paisley. Then you have the modern day in terms of Gerrard and Carragher. It's a club that's so full of history and tradition and passion.

How would you describe your own football philosophy?

The philosophy is very much based on the attacking side of the game. People ask me that question and I always say it's about being offensive and creative, but also with tactical discipline. If you look at the Swansea team in the last couple of years they've been lauded for their offensive approach but defensively we've kept many clean sheets and we're up there with the top defensive records. That's the principles of this club. This is a club that's based on fast, attacking, offensive football. But I'll repeat - it's very important to have tactical discipline within that. Your philosophy and your principles will always be governed by the players. There is a fantastic squad here, some terrific players, but there is no doubt I'll need to make maybe two, three or four additions to try and get that flow - and it will take time to put that in place.

Who are the influences on your managerial career?

I have been a student of the game. I've been coaching and managing for 20 years and travelled a lot as a coach. I've been very clear in my philosophy and had a clear vision in that since I was very young. My grandfather was a big supporter of Liverpool, along with my father, so I watched the late 70s and early 80s football. Obviously the Cruyff philosophy was very prominent because my dad was a big lover of Cruyff. As you move into the coaching, my philosophy has been a fusion between the British and the European. The single biggest influence would be Jose Mourinho, purely because he gave me the opportunity. I learned many things from Jose. He is a great man and the biggest thing he did for me is give me an opportunity and show belief in me, and give me that chance to work with top players.

The style you had at Swansea - would you hope to deploy a similar one here at Liverpool or does that depend on the players?

The principles of your game depend on the players but certainly that's a vision that I would hopefully over the next few years (implement). It certainly won't happen in game one because there are different types of players here. But over time, that's the ideology - to play that way. One, it's my belief, and two, it's the belief of the supporters. They enjoy watching it, and that's one of the biggest attractions coming here. Liverpool supporters are very educated in the game. We were here with Swansea earlier in the season and their style of football got a round of applause at the end of the game. That doesn't happen very often at away grounds.

Do you need time to build that philosophy here?

You do. There is no doubt about that. I'm very much a realist. It's certainly going to be a few years in relation to where the team is at now. It will need some investment and it will need time for me to work. But of course we're in the business of winning and winning games is important. But it's a philosophy and a style that's very much in the DNA of me and the club and hopefully we can roll that out over the years to come.

What does Liverpool Football Club mean to you personally?

For me it means an awful lot. There is a real emotional attachment. I've had a number of opportunities to leave Swansea and I wasn't going to leave Swansea for any club, because of my life both professional and personal. But the attraction of the history here, but also the attraction of the frustrations - to feel the club are still striving for that league title. Hopefully over the coming years that's something we can look to challenge for. Certainly not immediately, there are still a lot of improvements to be made. This is an iconic football club. It's a club that's up there with the world's great. When you talk Liverpool Football Club you're talking Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, AC Milan. It's an enormous club. The challenge and the motivation is for me to do the best I possibly can and I will always fight for my life for Liverpool, and that will be on and off the field.

How excited are you about some of the players you will be working with here?

I'm really looking forward to it. I spoke to Steven Gerrard last night. That was fantastic, I had a nice chat with him. I have always worked well with people. To me, it's doesn't matter whether they're big stars or not, the club's success is the most important and every player I work with will have to be a part of the team. There are some wonderful talents. If you look at the likes of Steven; Jamie Carragher has been a wonderful player for this football club; you've got Pepe Reina, who's a top, world-class goalkeeper, and many other talents within the group. I always have a close relationship with players. I speak very openly and honestly with them so they know where they stand. I like to educate players. You train dogs, I like to educate players both on and off the field.

Early days, of course, but have you identified transfer targets?

Again, it's important to assess the group, but having watched Liverpool I've certainly got an idea what could improve., that's for sure?

And have you spoken to the owners about a transfer budget?

Yes. There is money to spend. We haven't got the wheelbarrow overflowing. It's not falling out over the edges but there is money to spend. There are some terrific players here and big talents and I want to help improve them as players and as people. There will be some additions to improve and improve our way of playing as well.

Supporters here are desperate to get back in the Champions League - is that your own aim?

It's an aim for every manager at a top club. That's the holy grail, but also, in time, we want to be challenging for the title. For me, and it's not going to be straight away because that's not realistic, winning the title is something we want to achieve. It's not just aiming for fourth place. The Champions League is fantastic and that's where this club wants to be. It's going to be a process and ultimately, hopefully, that will take us up towards the top of the league and challenging. That's where this club belongs.

Finally, what would your message to Liverpool supporters be?

I'd just like to say, I'm honoured and blessed to be your manager. All I can promise is I'll fight for my life for the club. My family will move to the area and we're really excited about moving to the city of Liverpool, getting to know the football club and the people of Liverpool. I will leave no stone unturned in my quest - and that quest will be relentless - to try and get Liverpool back on the map again as a successful football club.


Happy days ahead

Slow poke

I can't see how any Liverpool supporter would not appreciate those words.
10/10 for that Brendan.
The Real KB

This was on sky and lfctv, he hasnt done the official one with claire rourke in lfctv yet, that is still to come

Thank you for that post I'm at work and it's driving me mad how the interview went, that was a great update.
Cheers
Des

He never say about Suarez.

Thanks Slow Poke. I hope that BR can deliver. Regarding representing the values of the club off the pitch, I think that Luis Suarez will leave. If Suarez goes then that is a backward step for the club.
Scouse_Pride

He never say about Spearing

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:40:52
having watched the press conference i m actually feeling quite excited and i do expect there to be a few playing personel changes

More than new players, we need new tactics.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:40:51
Right then manager sorted, let's get some quality signings. John Henry be prepared to get that cheque book out!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:39:08
If the likes of Man U, Man City, Arsenal or Chelsea wanted a manager do you think they would even consider Brendan Rodgers, I dont think so.

Spot on!

Fergie was the brendan rodgers of his day

What a pointless post by yet another anonymous buffoon. By this time next season every club in Europe will be looking at BR with envious eyes. This guy is a genuine class act and I for one am over the moon we've got him as Reds boss
Milamber

Stop being a tool and get behind him. This is his first day as our manager.

Probably not. Those clubs have egos far too big (not unlike yourself) to consider the realistic nature of our position and make a positive risk towards the progression of the club.

Brian from Birmigham

No they would have all considered AVB and look how that turned out.

Kopping a feel

Man City don't have the brains to find somebody like Rodgers, they jump at the big names. I'd like to think we're smarter than those 2, but the others... Alex, as much of a knob as he is, was the Brendan Rodgers of his time, as was Arsene Wenger. Those 2 clubs stuck with these somewhat unrefined managers at the time, and they've won them a lot of honours between the two clubs. So think about what you're saying before you say it OP. It's now our turn to build a club around one man, and to eventually win many more honours ourselves.

Red7.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:09:07
Stuck in work with no access to telly, any news of a D.O.F being announced at the press conference???


A liverbird upon my chest {Ed002's Note - For now there is no plan to add a DoF.}

But jon henry's statement said brendans comprehensive football philosophy is perfectly aligned with those at the club and those soon to be joining the club ED002 who do you think he might be reffering to
riley {Ed002's Note - Having read the transcript I did not read any secret messages to what was said by Tom Werner. I suspect he is referring to the revised structure which of course includes roles which have yet to be filled. Chelsea, for example, use advisors to support the recruitment process - perhaps Liverpool will continue with the advisors continuing to assist.}

Cheers ED002
riley

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:02:12
LFC website has just crashed!

NS

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:57:01
You've got to give FSG a bit of credit for their audacious attempts at spin doctoring, they'd give our Tory government a good run for their money.

The Daglish appointment:- "we listened to the fans", interpreted as they wanted AVB but wouldn't stump the £30 mill and got Kenny on a free who on the face of it to them seemed to be turning things around.

The Rodgers appointment:-"he was our first choice", interpreted as there was no interest from any experienced winning manager as the financial package is a far cry from what it should be.

Don't get me wrong I still think Rodgers is a good appointment and I am optimistic for the future but please FSG don't flannel us with nonsense. There's only one reason why Rodgers may have been the number one target and that's because they established he was the cheapest contract to buy out.

Ozone

Or maybe he was actually their first choice and you're just being negative....again.

Yes like I say, he may have been their first choice but only on the basis that he was the cheapest. As I say I'm not going to complain as in fact this time the owners may have unearthed a hidden gem. I do think Rodgers fits the bill and the most attractive part of his appointment for me is the greater synergy he will bring between the first team and the Acadamy. This should give the Acadamy lads a better chance of first team football.

Ozone

Negativity. Please dont comment on this site again. Thank you

Calm down Omoan, you are up there with Red Burk as the whiniest child on here

Why the obsession with money? Were you complaining when the owners splashed 35 million on Carroll?

And if we had appointed Guardiola, you would be complaining that we did it because he was free.

You are one confused individual. What is the point of your posts?

They may have been able to get Gurdiola on a free but they would have to pay a salary 4 times to that of Rodgers. I'm pointing out to you anonymous critics that these owners are cost cutting maniacs with an brief to maximise profit. No doubt you idiots will be the same guys whining and wondering why we haven't signed the likes of Munian, Lavezzi and Cavani come the end of the summer.

As I've said, I do think Rodgers is the right man but if the owners had allowed Kenny another season to see out his contract and in the meantime Swansea finish fourth and Rodgers popularity increases and there's a bidding war, do you think we'd get him then? I think not.

This is the first positive I've seen come out of the owners business strategy to date, thank god Whelan blew the wheels off the Martinez bus. That would've been a disaster.

Ozone

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:34:55
With Rodgers opening the door to a sporting director and Louis van gaal looking ever more likely, do you think we could get Ronaldiniho because he has just quit Corinthians and used to play under Van Gaal! {Ed022's Note - Ronaldinho didn't play for Corinthians.}

Van gaal isn't coming

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:30:17
Hi Everyone, Just watched the press conference. I was really impressed with the way he speaks, but one thing concerned me. When he spoke about the great players we had at the club, he mentioned Carra and Gerrard, Reina but never mentioned suarez, our best player. Is this a sign for the future! One to think about. Overall, I think this is a great appointment and I can see us challengin for top 4 this season.

Lincoln Red {Ed022's Note - I'd say you're looking into this too much. There are many great players at Liverpool Football Club.}

I did notice that he didnt mention suarez or lucas

I agree no mention of suarez in the press confrence seems alittle strange, however he had enough press last season so maybe it was abit of clever management by our new boss. I was very impressed with what he had to say

He didn't mention agger or skertl either...get a grip

Or spearing.......

Oh my god, get a grip.

Bye bye spearing me thinks

He did not mention souness ,fowler and owen means they cant come to watch us.
Saurez is not a legend for LFC he is a great player , these two have been there for 20+ years and have been LFC through and through. Seriously already analysing too deep

I think Suarez has had enough press. Time for him to concentrate on football or leave.

Or adam ;(

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:29:11
BR is an intelligent man who clearly understands what our great club is all about. I wish him all the luck in the world. I'm really excited about the new season already.

JVDub

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:28:56
Thought BR spoke very well at the press conference, very impressed, more than I was expecting.
YNWA Brendan Rodgers.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:28:09
Rodgers now officially unveiled, hopefully can bring the good playing style at Swansea to the team. Eds, any guesses on transfers he might do? He's hinted that he's going to modify the squad around to fit that style of attractive play, possibly meaning a loss of players like Kuyt?

77chris

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:27:25
i must say i like BR way of thinking

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:25:53
I wanted BR and now we have him so I for 1 look forward to barca style attacking football created by BR.

Welcome BR
YNWA

BTM

Interesting note about barca style attacking football, Fonaldinho 32 has walked out on Flamengo (who didn't pay his wages or something) and is now available on a FREE. i think BR will try to get him. and i think Ronaldinho would take the chance to come to Liverpool.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:24:49
"The realism is that we might not be ready for the title now. But the process begins now." Rodgers LFC manager 01/06/2012

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:23:13
Brendan's comprehensive football philosophy is perfectly aligned with those at the club and those soon to join the club. He was the first choice unanimously among them

Dein? begiristain?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:19:04
I've heard that Brendan Rodgers is in Swansea selling his house. Apparently he is going to be our new manager!!

BboyBusinessMan

Yeah he definitely wasn't in the middle of a press conference being announced as our manager on sky sports...

B*llocks, he's turned down the position, it said so in the press!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:16:40
I still cant believe that we have managed to prize away Brendan Rodgers from Swansea after he even refused to even talk to us. I'm having to pinch myself. We must really mean business. Why would he leave the mighty Swansea for us? THIS APPOINTMENT IS VERY POOR INDEED FOR A CLUB OF LIVERPOOLS STATURE.

I agree with you 100 per cent.

Why? keep taking the tablets ffs

Thank god your petty, ignorant view of footballing matters is in the minority today. Good luck BR, you spoke well today.

dd

Stature you say, cop on i say, 8th in the league last year, enough said!

And you sir, are a very poor liverpool fan. Give him a chance and get behind him.

Get real you idiot,i for one never saw any queue of managers lining up outside anfield.BR will be a good manager for us,stop living in the past and get behind him and you'll be surprised by him

You need some help there mate. Seek it immediately

 

 

01 Jun 2012 10:12:48
Now we can all forget about signing any of Swansea's players as Juw Henkins has stated that Liverpool won't be able to sign anyone of Swansea players as part of the compensation package agreed.I'd really like us to move for Ibrahim Affelay,Matias Suarez,Ryad Boudebouz n Gaston Ramirez. I say sell Joe Cole+Dirk Kuyt+Maxi,which i think wouldn't fetch us more than 7m,use it and get Affelay. Use Aquilani + 10m for Gaston Ramirez cos its clear Aquilani doesn't wanna stay. Mattias Suarez+Ryad Boudebouz shld cost 20m combined or thereabout. There we go,four players with creativity,flair,pace,skill and goalscoring ability at a net spend of 30m.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:46:27
It's probably not new news to many of you but....... The compensation package agreed with Swansea includes 3 of Rodgers' backroom staff.....Assistant Manager Colin Pascoe, Performance Analyst Chris Davies and Head of Sports Science and Medicine Glen Driscoll. This is taken from the Swansea FC website.
Mike in Leeds

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:42:42
Just heard Swansea chairman on radio say they have agreement LFC will not go back for any players for one year.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:40:51
I will support Rodgers 100% but hope that we don't just have excuses for the next 3 years, we want top four immediately and I thought Benitez and 50 million to spend could have achieved that. Fingers crossed anyway because it is a massive gamble by the owners. Hopefully also this doesn't mean we are going to buy Swansea's average players who where all playing in the championship last season.

Herein lies the problem, "we want top four immediately" This is why managers get hounded out without having a chance to fully implement a new system. We are trying to look to a long term future, come along for the ride too, it might be fun.

You say you support rodgers 100% then demand immediate top 4 this year. Get real. This is a long term project. Your reference to benetiz and 50 million gives away your true thoughts on this appointment.

And were you demanding Kenny get another year, while now is "top four immediately"?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:28:16
Hi there,

I feel this summer Brendan will make sensible signings and not these ludicrous ones like Kenny made. We will also probably see some star players leave, which could be due to a) Not wanting to stay or b) Rodgers not needing them.

I've been hearing Carroll will be one of our stars departing Anfield. Another will be one of Joe Cole or Alberto Aquilani. Expect Kuyt to stay. Maxi will be going.

Brendan may look to bring in a new CB at LFC. As well as a full-back. Hoilett is on the list for a new winger. With De Jong being aimed as Carroll's replacement.

The guys been in the job 12 minutes yet he's kind enough to tell you all this ? I think your telling a little porky !

G BOX

If anything maxi is more suited to BR style of football than Kuyt.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:26:45
Just like I said, Martinez will never be Liverpool boss, and the new one would have Iberian connections. New news regarding Reina is he is not happy, again. I say sell him, let's see if he can catch his pay off. Only 1 Swansea player will come here. Cheers Wacc?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:26:13
Point one.....Dave Whelan is a plum of the highest order and his now bitter comments about Martinez being number one choice but didnt want a dof in place seem to be nonsense due to Rodgers looking like having full control...also hes probably sour after not getting his 3 million compo for Roberto........
Point two.............The man hasnt even walked through the door yet, no-one knows what there is to spend let alone whose going to play etc, give it a rest, the press conference isnt till 10 a.m cant we just wait till then before we start with all the negativity about transfer targets and budgets........get a grip we should be looking forward not back and if people like Reina wanted Rafa back then tough, you werent that good last season pep or the one before so maybe get behind the new man and concentrate on your own job a little bit eh?........
The Guv 81-9 YNWA JFT96

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:21:41
Would love it if we now hijacked the Sigurðsson deal to Swansea
Bean

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:20:15
With Rodgers style of pass and move football similar to borel (my opinion) I think the transition from reserves to first team will be easier for the youngsters and I hope to see some of them given a decent chance next season. Adorjan. Morgan. Silva. Suso. Stirling and Coady being the main ones I think could make an impression. The cups would be a good place to give them a chance if we're concentrating on the league position next season.

Eric the red

Yes I agree Eric.. Looks good.

Ozone

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:14:04
Fellow Reds and Eds,

I'm a lifelong fan and would appreciate some honest opinions on our current players from fans who are lucky enough to see our team 'live' rather than some of us unlucky ones who have to rely on tv.

Is Kuyt really as bad as some people say as he always appears to make quite a difference to me? Is Enrique as good as you say and did he just tail off towards the end of the season? Do you think Hendo will flourish in CM and can Adam come good under new management or can he really not track back and tackle? That sort of stuff.

I'm genuinely interested as I know it will be different seeing players live rather than tv and pls no slating for those of us whose circumstances do not allow us to attend.

Cheers

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:06:59
Expect announcement today from Dave Whelan regarding the new stadium, apparently Air China weren't our first choice. He's also releasing his new book... "Confessions of a media whore", next week.

The book will be followed by a Hollywood motion picture trilogy.

That title is already a copyright for Eden Hazards book

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:04:53
Chelsea = Hazard, Marin and Hulk.

Liverpool = Allen, Sinclair and mid-table!

This saddens me that Chelsea will have a Barcelona-esque attack
But we won't sign anyone from Swansea so you can look forward to (fingers crossed) some better players :)

54D13R

You = halfwit, person and clueless

We havent signed anyone yet!!

FSG is not Roman AB.

Allen would be useful.

Ozone

Chelsea have more money and are champions league winners, deal with it and just support the team.

Hazard is about half as good as he thinks he is, Hulk will struggle in the Premier League. Marin is a cracking player though, good enough for any side. We'll get a couple of quality players in, suited to the Prem and suited to BR's style. Top 4 a possibility now, but we'll see. Chelsea won't be too far ahead of Liverpool next season, if at all.
Milamber

Chelsea = Lose at Anfield, Lose at Stamford Bridge against Liverpool

Liverpool = League double over Chels**tty..

Live-On-Pool

 

 

01 Jun 2012 09:04:48
Hi Eds & Reds,

I cant believe that Brendan Rogers hasnt drawn up a short list ofplayers he wants yet. I mean he must DEMAND at a £500 million transfer budget at very minimum and sign at least 15 players. I mean the cheek of him, he hasnt been unveiled yet as boss and done none of these things.


Rebel_Red

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:59:21
David Dein has just been spotted at melwood!!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:54:20
Hi eds or reds
The press conference is on at 10 this morn and it says everywhere that it's on lfc tv,but I checked the station and all that's listed at 10 is the 100 most exciting games? Has been rescheduled or is it still on .thanks again for the help.
Fagan81 {Ed002's Note - Perhaps the listing has not been updated.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:53:06
i really like the new home kit

I don't see any creativty in the kits. I am sorry but look at few jersy France have a fantastic one this year.

Love the new kit, our best home shirt for a long long time

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:47:37
No Van Gaal!
Thank god, possible beguiristain and certainly segura to move to a more prominent position. Sounds good to me.
ALLEZ LES ROUGES

Fowlerisgod

Van Gaal can bring some good talent but Rodgers ? not many player may heard his name .

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:42:44
Question to Ed's or anyone else for that matter,
Do you think there will be any surprises at the press conference i.e D.O.F e.t.c
I have a feeling that the owners have something else planned apart from the new Manager and his 3 new staff, Just feel there's something big waiting to happen,
Don't know what, Only thing i could imagine was the new stadium.
Thanks, Bobby.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:35:09
A lot of clubs play with a target man type striker and dont just lump it up to them, so why cant we do the same. Clubs like Milan with Ibra, Chelsea with Drogba and Tottenham with Ade play progressive, possession football. Although Carroll may not have the same attributes as these, he's a lot better with the ball at his feet than people realise.

Obviously Carroll is a hand full to defenders and plays physically, which I feel works well giving space to Suarez and Gerrard to exploit. He's a good passer in my opinion, picking his head up to switch it wide and lay it off. He's not got a great turn of pace, but can shift when he gets going. he is good in the air and was unlucky not to score more with his head last season. He's also got a bullet of a shot, which granted we haven't seen much of. But if BR can bring some composure into his and Suarez's play then their and our goal return should improve straight away.

Yes we need another striker, which top club doesn't need 3 or 4. But I still see a big place for AC next season.

Papa G

Agree with everything you have said in this post, andy actually surprised me with how intelligent some of his link up play was last season

I cant see us signing a top striker this summer, unless andy has a storming euros and the owners decide to cash in and buy a more mobiel forward. however i would expect a younger striker/winger or an older one who would be content not to expect a starting berth week in week out

Also swansea played with two quick wingers andy laying the ball wide and getting into the box would fit right into a system with two good wingers

I feel the same. atleast we can have options too if we get another dribbling forward.

Kaizer

There are quite a few dribblers here on the site...red turk etc

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:32:08
looks like chelsea have signed hulk

hulk-mata-hazard
----torres

pretty impressive front four i have to admit

how can we compete with this

With players who want to play for the club and not the money, that's how

NextGenRed

I still fancy our chances if it is going to be 4 v 11. :)

DownUnderRed.

None of them particularly known for there defensive play though

We can only hope they don't adjust to premier league...

In hope...

Myk

Gerrard-Suarez-Muniain
Soldado/Carroll

That should be able to compete!

They'll still miss the main man drogba

People said that about city last season, and we took them apart at Anfield.
Hulk isn't as good as people think
Hazard is so much up his own A**e hell spend the season posing
Torres is still miss-firing......for now.
Mata is knackered after last season.

See no problem...

Sooty

They will sign another striker too plus they have have de Byrne and Marin

Chelsea are building and people don't realise it

It looks like it will be city and Chelsea in years to come

3 out of 4 last season...?

Who says they are going to gel and play well? Especially if they keep Di Matteo on and his "all men behind the ball" style. Hulk and Mata are the only threats to me there

Plus Marin on the bench, how can we compete with this? Well my friend Brendan Rodgers has a tactic "The opposition cannot score if they don't have the ball". Thats how we can compete with them, play better football.
KR

Torres is no better than Kevin Doyle. Hulk cuts in to much and will be easy to defend, hazard is too weak to take on premier league fullbacks who are just as quick as him and far stronger.
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:29:17
Ed,do you think Rodgers knows enough about our current players? Or will he have to watch DVDs and make up his own mind about our team cheers psv {Ed002's Note - I am sorry, it is impossible for me to answer such a question.}

Yeah he will have to watch DVD's ..pretty sure he has never seen some random guy like suarez or a gerrard playing football :P

 

 

01 Jun 2012 08:27:38
I see in the papers that Pepe has stated that most Ayers wanted benitez back yet again it seems as tbe foreign players don't know how to keep thigs in house soshutup and get behind the Pointment if nog you know where John Lennon airport is .getgone

Impossible to comprehend...

Richards

Eh? What? What? Eh? Ablo Anglais??

 

 

01 Jun 2012 07:48:57
carroll will hardly get much playing time as he will not like the way you have to play route 1 footballwith him on the pitch

pato108

Dont neccesarily think having carrol on the field means route one football unless you have cbs like carra that insist on lumping it to him, he s actually quite good on the deck and has shown more intelligence in his link up play and abilty to lay the ball off to oncoming midfielders than i actually thought him capable of

I have a feeling Caroll will be a key player under Rodgers.

I don't think Danny Graham is that mobile do you?

Having someone like Caroll and two technical wide players might suit us perfectly, since the opposition centrebacks cannot gamble on the position between themselves and the fullbacks for fearing of crosses coming in. Ultimately leaving more space for our wide players to run into and attack the fullback.

Just sayin...

 

 

01 Jun 2012 07:46:13
hi eds, a reds fan from india. was wondering where one can watch the press conference at 10? {Ed002's Note - Maybe someone else can confirm but I would expect a feed through Sky and the club channel - at least one should be available via the internet.}

Its open to everyone on lfctv

LFC channel on sky,
434, also on liverpoolfc.tv

Badge

 

 

01 Jun 2012 06:24:51
Just like to start off today with dave whealan is a b#nkhead pure and simple.

Rigg10

That's ment 2 b d#ck head dam you predictive toxt
rigg10

What's a toxt?

Dave is a toxt

 

 

01 Jun 2012 07:24:20
Ok guys enough with the Manager rumors..! And enough with the rumors linking us with mid table players. I we want to regain our past glory again we have to think like the top teams of modern times. We need top players. Not the Ba and Allens. We need Kaka and Affelays.. But easier said than done. Owners should show their intent by going for few big names and signing playets which really fill the minds of opposition with fear.

Totally behind Rogers. Seems like a good manager and tactician. Hopefully he will be given time and supported by the best fans in the world.

Musicnation

Kaka is past it and Affelays crocked

I would not have kaka

Myk

Get of it Kaka is not past it.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 05:22:25
Hello Eds,
do we know how much compensation Liverpool will pay Swansea for Rogers? thanks {Ed016's Note - I have heard around the 5 million mark}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 05:18:11
so now it looks like the transfer budgets will be cut and rodgers wont be getting too much money

unfair to expect champions league football with such a meagre budget
unlikely to expect players like suarez to stay with little chance of champions league football

i understand they wish to run a tight ship and make the books balance but you need to spend money to make the champions league places. i m hoping we will then make some smart signings this summer
milos krasic on loan rasmus elm 8 million

unfotunately there will be no big name signings {Ed016's Note - Where does this info come from? has anyone officially mentioned anything about the transfer budget? don't be silly to announce that it's been cut when you have no clue and no one else does}

Where on earth do you get this from? How can you possibly know what the transfer budget is? Unless of course you're Dave Whelan
AD

General noises from the press suggest 25 million summer budget

Nearly every newspaper is suggesting a summer budget around the 25 million mark enough for one top class player

Every newspaper and source you're getting the set transfer budgets from are trying to make their money's worth. Seems to me like they've got in a few peoples heads and it's working...
JS Signing out YNWA!

You don't broadcast to the world your spending power before you start making purchases otherwise the fees involved rise dramatically.
Better to let clubs thinks all you are going to spend is £25m.

Separate to that statement is the fact the press have no idea what is going on and have plucked a figure out of the air, because they don't have a clue and don't much to write about.

We shall see i guess, i m hoping they will really back their man rodgers with enough funds to ship out and bring in players that embody his footballing ideals and can implement his style of play

Someone above said that 25 million was enough for one first class player...think Pardew got a few for that much

Puzzled

 

 

01 Jun 2012 04:50:36
DoF: Txiki Begiristain
Manager: Brendan Rodgers

4-3-3 philosophy

Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard ?
? ? Suarez

?: new CAM, RW, ST - candidates being gaston ramirez, luuk de jong, roberto soldado, ramsus elm, younes belhanda, ryad boudebouz, jackson martinez, ibrahim afellay, milos krasic, eljero elia, glyfi sigurdsson

Expect of the four signings Carroll, Henderson, Downing all to stay but Adam could very well leave depending on available options in his position.

On a personal note: I'd love to see Jackson Martinez, Roberto Soldado/Luuk de Jong, Gaston Ramirez, Belhanda and Elm at the club. Yes that means 2 strikers (Roberto Soldado or Luuk de Jong would both be primarily strikers whereas jackson martinez can also play wide), a winger (gaston ramirez can also play attacking central role), a creative attacking midfielder (younes belhanda can also play wide) and a creative holding midfielder (elm can also be pushed further up in a central attacking role or pulled back into a more defensive one).

All in all, seems reasonable, respectable and realistic. Giving it three ticks into putting the club back to the best direction it should be headed.

JS Signing out YNWA!

Uhh, why not Carroll up front and Henderson CM?

Because that is the team we had last year and it is quite painfully clear that if we want to get into the top 4 we need a better CM than Henderson. Sigurdsson would be a good choice.

BthekingB

To the poster who asked about Carroll.. I personally have all my faith in the lad to come good but that team will be selected by form. Would you play soldado (for exmaple) if hes been playing horrible and if carroll's been scoring? Obviously not. Same goes for Henderson and whoever we get in the same role. Appreciate your opinion though mate! As for Sigurdsson, he's a good player but come on, we can do better... Cheers
JS Signing out YNWA!

I forgot to add, but the likes of Adam Maher may be a more realistic chance then Belhanda at the moment. Montpellier will want big money for Belhand and Maher is a very talented player and probably a bit cheaper too. We'll have to wait and see! Cheers
JS Signing out YNWA

Maher suits the getting top class players before they make it big strategy also

How can you say we failed cos Henderson was in CM, he hardly played there, mostly on the right, when he did play in the centre he done pretty good.

Sooty

Reina
Johnson Skrtel Agger Enrique
Lucas
Gerrard Aquilani*
G.Dos Santos* Suarez Muniain*

doni, coates, kelly, henderson, ronaldinho*, sterling, luuk de jong*

 

 

01 Jun 2012 04:08:31
Brendan Rodgers if nailed on to become Liveprool manager would be a very smart move by FSG. Yes he hasn't managed a "big club" but:
-Managers have to start from somewhere, Klopp came from Mainz so Dortmund took a punt on him...

- Rodgers has been coaching since 20
- Mourinho picked him to be the youth coach at Chelsea (highly rated by Jose)
- He spent time travelling Europe and studying football of Barcelona and Ajax
- He speaks Spanish which is extremely important at Liverpool because of the high number of Spanish speaking fellas and the potential for more. (It's an attractive quality for Spanish speaking players).
- He shares very similar philosophies as Pep in terms of tactics.

I think LFC fans should do a bit more research. We need to be the club that gets the next great manager before they become a great manager.
We need to be a club that gets the next great player before they become a great player.
Otherwise we can't compete with City and Chelski.

Sidos. {Ed016's Note - I know this has already been posted. But I think it has some good valuable info about Rogers that a lot of people have missed.}

Adam maher 18yr old dutch midfielder, wll be the new erikson

Well benitez got sicologist title, he wasnt a briliant manager, but wif the sicologist study, and thats help him allot on his carer, thats way he is wery succesfull in managerial carear,vthis is wot we need, even if we dont, deserve it, no champs, no good manager, and 4 sure benitez iys champ winer manager

Wonder if BR speaks whatever language the last poster used. Klingon? Anyone?

 

 

01 Jun 2012 03:49:00
Hey ed.. seen Rodgers let Steve Clarke go, fair enough as he wants to bring in his own "boot room" Just want to wish Clarke good luck, top bloke, met him earlier this year. All the best & thanks for your work with the reds.. Won't be out of a job too long... {Ed016's Note - Of course, hope he finds what he is looking for and all the luck in the world. I think he should be at the point where he should take full control somewhere. Perhaps Swansea would be good for him.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 03:14:19
eds
a question... is rogers likely to get the same financial backing as dalglish? or willl we see a paltry summer budget

if he isnt backed to the same level as dalglish then surely expectations will have to be lesser also ,... no? {Ed016's Note - Well Dalglish wouldn't have anything because he left the club, so can not answer that question. I can't see them not investing this summer. But we're not City or Chelsea so just understand that.}

I understand this but last season the substantially backed dalglish with the expectation of a top four spot
can they realistically set rodgers the same goal without the same level of investment {Ed016's Note - I see your point. I am sure there are funds. There will be a few goodbyes in the summer that could add up to about 20 million in transfer fees and almost the same in wages/py}

I do suspect that FSG and Rodgers discussed expectations and investment in the interviews. I would suggest that Rodgers is confident that he can meet the expectations with the type of investment FSG are willing to make otherwise he would not have taken the job.

LIVERPRES

I m sure of this but from a fans point of view , we shouldnt be too harsh on rodgers if he is not to receive the same level of financial backing as dalglish did

This was another question , if the summer transfer budget is to be approx 25 , would players sales maybe up to 20 million or so be added to this

from what i have seen so far fsg haven t put a whole load of their own money into the squad when you consider what we received for torres meireles and babel. i understand we arent chelsea or city and cannot go spending 100s of millions but a good outlay of about fifty million this summer i would be hoping for to give mr rodgers the chance to bring in and ship out players that will and wont fit his style of football

I d love to see us sign someone like krasic or affelay for right wing, give sterling the time to emerge and in affelays case especially he has the abilty to perform more centrally which he has done for the national team

 

 

01 Jun 2012 02:00:10
So...

So, when LFC come 6th in 2013, but don't get to two Cup Finals and fans and owners realise that Reading and Blackpool looked impressive in one season too - what happens then?

May 2013, BR will be off to his next career 'project' - an Aston Villa, a West Ham, a Fulham, a Celtic. Media will say 'it all came too soon' and unfortunately, sad to say, the talk will be about another 'Rogers not up to it' / 'top to bottom changes' / 'bringing in a European DOF' / 'this isn't baseball'/ 'stadium promises not let's / 'FSG looking to sell to Arab consortium' / 'approaching Kenny Dalglish for Club President'...

Sorry. Just how I see it. Does not make me happy.

I always will love LFC but I'm being a realist.

AP {Ed016's Note - You have absolutely no way of predicting how the season goes. Why don't you at least give him a chance before you start pooring out negativity.}

How about "we are liverpool"/ "The best club and best fans in the world" /''lets back everyone at the club 100%"/"Thanks rodgers for taking us to where we belong"/"Thanks FSG for not being ignorant & foolish like most internet fans"..
we all know how difficult it is now to break into the top 4 with chelsea and city's spending so the last thing we need now is our own fans barking against the manager even b4 he starts..so why don't you be a realist for a second and think BR was the best available option & he deserves a chance..
i'm pretty sure if we finish top4 next season most of these fans would come out and say BR was all along my first choice,such beautiful footy he plays,such good eye for talent,only if FSG would have given him another 50 million we would be back on our perch again..

...or perhaps AP stands for A Pratt

 

 

01 Jun 2012 01:56:29
Regarding all this talk about Rodgers not attracting decent players. What a load of s**t! For starters, we're still LFC. But more importantly, footballers don't see things how some negative punters see things. They understand that managers are MADE, as are players, just because he's from Swansea it doesn't mean the players see him as a lesser manager as some fans do and will judge him on ability alone. Footballers understand that the difference between MOST players in england, in all leagues and indeed other leagues around the world, is consistency and opportunity. Managers are no different, once the players meet him, and learn his philosophy and knowledge of the game, they'll be happy.

The FIFA12 brigade have not only ruined things by sprouting stupid rumours about players they're never actually watched, but the FIFA disease has stretched even further. People actually think that players have a "OVR rating" in real life and that the players rated 49, compared to players that rate at 83 are really 34 points different. This is not how things work, ok!
Managers are the same, just because BR manages a 2 and a half to 3 star team on FIFA and Massimiliano Allegri manages a 4 and a half to 5 star team, does not mean a thing!
Players abilities are closer than people think, and have certain attributes that managers and scouts look for. Managers are no different, and we've found one that suits, and given the help and opportunity that he deserves, will more than likely be an amazing manager.

Thank christ the people in the footballing world are smarter than some of the negative idiots we see 'round the place.

Red7.

I think loads of players would want to play under Rodgers as every team he's managed has spoken highly of his man management and the amount of effort he puts into preparing the team for every match

Red7 you took the words out of my mouth.

Siggle

 

 

01 Jun 2012 01:52:14
Shame about Lampard (I'm an England fan and proud) but wow what an experience for Henderson! This could be great for him

Red Ollie {Ed016's Note - More pies for the fans. He can't play along side Gerrard anyway. Roy has to build a young team around Stevie this year otherwise we have no chance for me Lamps would have been a bit part player if that.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 01:40:30
Why we should get Joe Allen;

1. He's used to Rodgers style and would make the transition for Liverpool into it much easier.

2. He fits well together with Lucas and Gerrard because he works hard, passes good and run a lot. Having that midfield would be good offensive and deffensive, compared to today when we have to chose between those two. Adam who can pass or spearing who can tackle.

3. Rodgers has said this after the Chelsea game wher Swansea lost, "I always look at players, my own players and others, who have not experienced life at the top level and I wonder if any of them could play for a club like Chelseal. And certainly, I looked at Joe last Saturday and felt he was someone who could play at that level. There's no question about it for me he has got those qualities with the ball that you need. You could see he loved being there — he felt comfortable on the ball and technically he was exceptional in the game."

4. He is young(Born 1990) and scores some goals(4 last season).

5. Finally, it looks like he has the right attitude to play for a big team like Liverpool, and is used to play in the PL. Of course for a smaller side, but a side that play like we want to do next season so it should work out.

So in my opinion if the price is not too high this could be a great start of the transfer summer.

I like him a lot and think he's a good player, but do we really need another CM? Gerrard, Adam, Henderson, Lucas, Spearing, Coady, Shelvey... Seems like a position we have pretty well covered?

RDL

Adam , shelvey and others can go .

I would like to sell both Adam and Spearing. and buy Allen.

I think the team needs an 'engine' in the midfield that Stevie cannot provide anymore. The original choice would have been Moussa Sissoko (sp) however I think Coady has all the attributes to really push on and make it this year. It's all about compromise, i.e. instant success vs. building for the future. Only Gerrard, Carra, Bellers, Kuyt and Maxi are the players over 30 and when you consider that most of those will either leave or be bit part players, it's time to look forward. But let's also be patient.

NextGenRed

Dead right adam spearing coady and gerrard can go, gerrard is looking like an injury liability now get some cash for him while we can, don't want passengers like carragher gerrard or reina, new broom sweeps clean get shut, don't want the same as happened to avb at chelsea to happen to Brendan Rodgers they did it to roy!!

 

 

01 Jun 2012 01:40:11
Winning the Carling Cup was sublime this season, however I hope we don't win it next season.
I've just read that the Football League have agreed a new deal with Capital One for the next four season, so the new tournament will be known as the Capital One Cup, or C.O.C. for short.

Redjinal

Sheesh, tough crowd.

Redjinal

I'll grab yer coat mate

 

 

01 Jun 2012 03:05:22
I don't know about other areas but I have feeling our midfield will be class under Rodgers style of play. With Lucas-Henderson sitting deep and Gerrard venturing forward to break through defenses!

That's only with the players available. And if we get another world class player with Shelvey also covering, it'd be great. I am not sure if Adam would fit in though. I like him, and we should keep him because we have a whole lot of matches to play this season with the Europa league back.

Can't wait!!

Jack D.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 02:22:01
Ed22 said Liverpool HAD interest in M. Suarez but not sure how strong it is now. If he were to become available, which clubs would put in a bid for him? And would Liverpool?
AnfieldUSA {Ed005's Note - Possibly, but perhaps Rodgers has a different idea.}

Would any other club put in a bid for him?
AnfieldUSA

 

 

01 Jun 2012 02:12:43
Hey Eds just wondering is their any news on Lucas , will he be fit for the start of next season or even pre-season? and also how much money do you think brendan rodgers will be given for transfers?

Cheers, Zincho {Ed005's Note - I think he'll play a part in pre-season but he'll need time to get back to his best. He doesn't have a budget - deals are dealt with on an individual basis.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 01:13:41
I for one am veeeery excited for this season. After the sadness of last season this is a relief.
Firstly , because the new kit has been posted and is on the way to me in Australia :) .....get in
secondly, because of the appointment of BR. I love the way he gets his team to play which is the way we want Liverpool to play. He is the new age manager who has all the technology to improve the team tactically, physically and importantly playing style.
Lastly, its always exciting about who we are going to sign and this season will be no different. At least we know that BR will try to sign players that can pass and move I just hope he can sign someone that can score goals...lots of them.
Alot of fans want the greedy top players like Hazard or players that will cost 40m + but I would like us to get the scouting right to get players that will become the 40m+ player after playing for us. Yes I know thats what every one is trying to do but BR seems to be the type of manager that is not affraid to play youngsters providing they are good enough.
Exciting times
support the team support the manager
YNWA

Speedy

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:59:45
Seems Reina is implying in Mirror online that he would have much preferred Rafa and says others - Kuyt Maxi Lucas and Agger too - are with him.
Seems to confirm my gut feeling that all was not well under Kennys rule during the final few months.
Reina was very suspect and we now know Kuyt was unhappy.
Suspect Lucas and Agger will enjoy working with new manager but we may need a new man between the sticks.
Hope Brendan sorts these prima donnas out pdq

Doesn't matter who the players want. If they wanna make these type of decisions they should buy a football club. You can't just listen to players all the time.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:56:59
Hey eds, just wondering when will the away and 3rd kits be revealed? is it in the conference today?

Thanks
Kindest Regards {Ed005's Note - No idea mate, with Warrior being shown tomorrow and shirts going on sale perhaps.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:24:25
ed's, I feel this manager appointment is a real positive move by the owners. Do you feel Reina and others senior players, will feel uninspired by this move and put in a transfer requests? {Ed016's Note - No one can predict that.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:21:49
Hi eds, do you know of any chance that Joe Cole could stay on at Liverpool? Always impressed by him, but dont think he was given enough chance while here. If not, is there any interest for him? Thanks {Ed016's Note - Should be playing sunday league, still trying to get a move to Lille}

We are now playing sunday league as well so is your message in code.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:14:10
Has anybody thought of the possibility of signing Ronaldinho since he's left Flamengo on a free? -Craig

Tried to sign him for my indoor comp over here in Oz, but he wanted first team assurances, which we couldn't provide so it fell through.

LIVERPRES {Ed016's Note - He is getting on. Still more talent in his hair than in that whole comp}

Ed is the 'comp' you're talking about? i think neymar will have something to say about that lol {Ed016's Note - Neymar has to come prove himself in Europe}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:13:43
I am really routing for Henderson next year, but really, is he good enough to play for England? Here's hoping that he seizes the reins! At his age, the more football the better.

It will be nice to see him play CM rather than RM. he looked good against Chesea so hopefully he can bring that form and promise to both England and Liverpool

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:08:57
Friday's BBC gossip column


Swansea midfielder Joe Allen, 22, is also being lined up for a move to Anfield - although the youngster, who came through the ranks at the Welsh club, has three years left on his contract and would cost Liverpool £10m.
***Daily Mail***

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is backing his former Chelsea colleague Brendan Rodgers to bring the glory days back to Liverpool.

Not entirely sure what to make of the Rodgers appointment, I'll be a lot more optimistic of Van Gaal is named D.O.F
I'll back him no matter what, so fingers crossed eh?

54D13R {Ed016's Note -Are you having a laugh posting stories from the s*n. Don't consider that news, don't put it through this site It will never be posted}

Joe Allen really c'mon people we need better quality.

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:05:50
EDs With the press conference tomorrow being booked for a while it cant be just about the appointment of Rodgers. What do you reckon else will be announced? Just the deal with Warrior coming in to affect? or something bigger maybe new stadium details

TIBS YNWA thanks keep the great work up {Ed016's Note - The new kit was released. I didn't realize it had been booked for so long. How long ago was it scheduled? Remember the new Kit has been released too and the stadium as such changed to fit the Warrior logo so it could have been just a standard one welcoming the new partnership.}

 

 

01 Jun 2012 00:26:10
Pepe will leave this summer.
I'm almost sure of it hence his woeful end to the season.
If this is the case, the one Swansea player i'd like to see is their Dutch keeper who was outstanding all season & great with distribution also.
We could get as much as £20m for Pepe if we play hard ball while Worm might only cost £5 - 8m which would add to any kitty we already have.
This is my hope anyway.
Good luck Brendan, hopefully you will get time to do the job.

I don't know if your sell/buy numbers are quite right, but I do think Vorm is quite good as well. Imagine wages would be a lot less as well.

RDL

 

 

31 May 2012 23:55:28
chelsea are close to signing hulk after already signing hazard and marin,
arsenal have signed podolski,
manu are close to completing kawaga signing and possibly powell,
does anyone else feel we are slipping further behind the big spenders we need big bold talented players willing to play in the europa league Brendan needs to be a miracle worker with the squad and in the transfer markets.

Smithy {Ed005's Note - Transfer window isn't open yet, what's the panic? People need to stop over-reacting.}

 

 

31 May 2012 23:24:04
ED,Ramirez, Phillips an soldado I feel would make us into a quailty team an feel In the weakspots in the team. Coady and shelvy breakin thru next season woth the return of Lucas gives us a good midfield. Ed,what to you make of the players I have mentioned to buy? {Ed005's Note - I would like Soldado and Ramirez however not seen much of Phillips although I've heard loads.}

 

 

31 May 2012 23:21:35
Is it true, FSG are giving Rodgers 3 years to get Us back into champions league?? If this is true why the @&$& did they fire Kenny?

Ronillz {Ed005's Note - I'd imagine his poor handling of the media, his poor handling of the racism row, his delusion in regards to the poor performances of the team, the poor league form and the poor signings play a part. FSG are very much PR men and in all honesty I found it hard to deal with media jibes and the embarassing press conferences myself.}

Spot on, I think, Ed005. I think it was an aggregate of issues, not just lack of CL. I get the distinct impression FSG is trying to 'rebrand' LFC (thus the new badge on the kit, the new kit sponsors, new website, etc) and felt for this to be successful a new face was needed as well. FSG may not know football (although at this point I think that is an unfair assessment as well) but they do know marketing.

RDL

We still played our best Football in many many years under Kenny though and I fail to see how Kennys press conferences were embarrassing, bar one. I think Kenny got far too much stick when perhaps the players needed to look at themselves. And not just the ones he bought, players like Reina, Carragher, Johnson, Gerrard, Kuyt all were very poor last season. I didn't want Kenny to go, however I am very very excited about Brendan Rodgers.
Lets show Kenny some respect.
KR

 

 

31 May 2012 23:12:50
Does anyone know if we are going to appoint a DoF now or not? There seems to be mixed reports on this.

Thanks

 

 

31 May 2012 23:35:08
Eds, is it most likely FSG sacked Kenny and hired Rodgers to get a more modern approach to football? I'm sure that that is what they did for their baseball team.

BthekingB {Ed016's Note - Not really sure. But it would make sense}

Out of interest Ed - do you know which system Rodgers prefers for defending set-pieces?

I can't remember us looking so vulnerable from corners and free-kicks as we did last season.

JRG {Ed016's Note - Swans man mark. You're right though. Last season we let in too many goals from set pieces and looked out of shape}

You are obviously not familiar with the Glen Hysen era when defending corners was dreadful.......

 

 

31 May 2012 23:33:38
Team id like to see under brendon rodgers
.......................reina.....................
Johnson...kelly...agger...enrique
..............gerrard..lucas................
Affelay............suarez.............elia
......................carroll.....................
2 new ins and moving kelly into centre back were he should in my opinion

{Ed016's Note - Affelay is unlikely}

You forgot to mention that Elia is crap there ed016.

I think Coates is better

 

 

31 May 2012 23:28:04
Wishing BR the very best of luck, hopefully he will lift us to where we belong. My only concern is will he get these overpaid primma donnas playing for the shirt. Lets hope these guys believe in him and his philosophies and return us to the top!!
LFC forever..... YNWA

Tony

If they dont wish to give their all for the club and manager, then show them the door, noone is bigger than LFC

Red4Ever

 

 

31 May 2012 23:27:46
{Ed001's Note - I think he has the makings of a future great manager, I can see why they picked him, he was the best outside of the club that was available. He plays the right style of football, he inspires players with his training and they all love him. While he wasn't my personal choice, I think he is head and shoulders above Martinez.}

Great words Ed001 could not put it any better.

 

 

31 May 2012 23:27:24
Eds or macca could you tell me honestly if Liverpool players have a really good team bond and there no bad eggs who diss like each other in the group etc many thanks YNWA lfc linc {Ed016's Note - Not sure, I will call up Stevie and ask.......I don't think anyone out of the club knows about that stuff.}

 

 

31 May 2012 23:21:46
The guardian says we are going to expand anfield and not build a new stadium.i love anfield but I think it's time we moved on and built a super stadium like bayerns {Ed016's Note - Its difficult in Liverpool}

Redevelopment is great i think.

 

 

31 May 2012 23:14:39
What's happened to Steve Clarke? {Ed016's Note - Looks like he will move on. Perhaps its time he took full charge somewhere.}

 

 

31 May 2012 23:14:30
Just wanted to post some thoughts on BR becoming new manager and to address some of the points some doubters keep raising.

BR's Swansea team (whilst foundations were laid by Martinez and Sousa) was perfected by his management style. He will look at players that will fit into the team rather than "star" name - and he will coach a system of being comfortable on the ball with good technique and passing.

His Swansea team possessed a strong work ethic and pressed high up the pitch - which ties in with recent articles on statistic's of purchasing players who win possession back in opposition third. An ideal example of this is Suarez who regularly chases ball down and robs full backs of ball.

If the players are receptive then they will enjoy the training - articles about BR state that he is as thorough as Rafa used to be with extensive plays and training notes for each player and regurlarly scouted opposition to work out their weaknesses.

For a promoted team they had an enviable home record .. just 4 defeats .. Man U, Everton, Norwich and Newcastle and in Man U and Newcastle games were arguably best teams. They also beat Man City, Arsenal and ourselves at Liberty Stadium last season.

If there is a steady stream of academy players to step up... Sterling, Coady, Morgan, Adorjan, Robinsion, Flanagan, Wisdom, Suso... and 3 or 4 well thought out purchases and we retain the bulk of squadthen we can be very successful. A winger, forward and centre half/full back prob needed.

Some players will definitley excel in this system.. Lucas getting chance to make creative pasess, Henderson given responsibility and defined role, Suarez and Gerrard linking up, Agger and Skrtel and Coates bringin ball out.

Bigest question marks for me are Downing and Adam and how Carroll adapts though I think we would be crazy to let him leave.

I think it would be difficult to finish 4th (but not impossible) next season but would expect progress in a much better points return and higher placings.

So all you nameless doom and gloom merchants get over it. BR is our manager let's support him and see how high we can get.

D 2308

 

 

31 May 2012 23:11:09
Hi Eds & Reds,

Just a thought, I wonder will Brendan Rodgers deploy Glen Johnson as a Right sided midfielder with Martin Kelly at right back. Instead of paying 10-15 million for a right winger, use what we have.

your thoughts?

Rebel_Red {Ed016's Note - I think Johnson may look for Champions league football this summer}

Don't we all wish johnson would.

RB; van der Wiel 10m euros, one year left on his contract. 24yo

LW/FWD; Elia 9m euros, worth it. 25yo

RW/FWD; T.Walcott £12m, one year left on his contract. 23yo

ST; Luuk de Jong £13m, worth it. 21yo

LB; Nicolai Boilesen 20yo, (Ajax) has a few International caps for Denmark (Daniel Agger's Team) and also progressed in the same team Brondby. £6m

van der Wiel and Elia are close

£46.5m

sell
cole - £5m
kuyt - £4m
spearing - £3m
adam - £5m
maxi - £2m
downing - £10m

£29m

£46.5m - £29m = £17.5 spent on 5 players

in/out

Elia / Maxi
van der Wiel / Johnson
Walcott / Downing
Luuk de Jong / Kuyt
Nicolai Boilesen / Aurelio
Aquilani / Adam

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,P.Reina,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
van der Wiel,,,,,Skrtel,,,,Agger,,,,,,,Enrique
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Gerrard,,,,,,Lucas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
,,,Walcott,,,,,,,,,,,,,Aquilani,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Elia,,,
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Suarez,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Doni, Kelly, Coates, N.Boilesen, Henderson, Luuk de Jong, Carroll

The way Rodgers played his teams at Swansea I doubt Johnson has a role here. I can't see him playing right wing as Rodgers wingers have to be versatile attackers. Also his fullbacks played somewhat reserved, not bombing forward all that much. {Ed016's Note - Which will be perfect for Enrique. He is a world class full back, but he can't push forward and should never have been told to last season. He played brilliant until he started pushing forward}

 

 

31 May 2012 23:09:51
Do the sigurdson and Allen rumours have any legs ?because personally I think Brendan Rodgers Would prefer Lucas and gerrard in the middle of midfield

Thanks

 

 

31 May 2012 23:06:53
Liverpool will be staying at anfield And expanding maybe funded by naming rigths ? The Guardian has a more detail story on the plans

 

 

31 May 2012 23:02:56
People slated Lucas for years but the one thing he always had was heart and now hes backing that up with his play. He will be like having a new player for me come August. Conversely the thing Ive noticed about Downing this season, is his complete lack of heart! Plently of techincal ability but rarely has the wit to use it and always pulls out of the tackle, even when its 60/40 in his favour. Dont think this guy is ever gona do it for us he just hasnt got that winning mentality and is happy with the status quo. Thing is BR values the importance of wingers in his team and I would imagine he will add to our strength, or lack thereof, in this department during the summer.

He hasn't got an attacking bone in his body. he doesn't run at defenders, has done so once when you made a good run hit the cross bar. he as Henderson played it too safe. they didn't step forward and offer anything like suarez, skrtel, agger, enrique(first half of the season), shelvey has and Carroll in the last 6 weeks.

 

 

31 May 2012 22:58:35
I have looked online, but I cannot see apart from the known Reading onwards etc, where BR did his coaching training, I understand he is a keen follower of the Barcelona blueprint, but I would like more info if anyone out there could furnish it to me it would be appreciated. Also, the old LFC way has not worked for some time, hence why we have not had any league titles for over 20 years. I am quite pleased that the owners are looking to a new system, and hope that it ultimately proves successful, and I will reserve any complaints I may have for a time that they will be valid (i.e. at least half way through the season) Welcome to Anfield BR and you carry the majority of real fans hopes with you.

Red4Ever

 

 

31 May 2012 22:55:39
do you think there is still a possibility of signing ba on a 7 mill release clause? thanks eds {Ed016's Note - Can only be triggered by a team in the Champions League}

 

 

31 May 2012 22:54:06
ed post this on the rumours page please.
Why do you refer to Sky Sports as Sly Sports. Clearly their information is more accurate and reliable of all the EDS put together. It seems to me as though you are jealous of their realiable sources in comparison to your soucres

Jim White. N {Ed016's Note - LOL Sly Sports get all their info off of Twitter, we do not b.s you guys. Macca had Rogers down a week before he signed. I told everyone over and over that Klopp wouldn't sign. Martinez was very close to signing but due to the management structure he didn't take the job. Sly sports are also part of Newscorp a vertically integrated media company founded by Rupert Murdoch...Know the name Liverpool fans? There is a reason I don't buy the s*n and a reason I call it Sly Sports...}

This is not a football matter. The above Company mentioned above, yes we know who they are, are the most unprofessional organisation in the country. I agree with Ed016. I've had nothing but problems with them on more than 1 occasion, many in fact. Have just made a quick call to Mr Branson's mob if you get my drift.

 

 

31 May 2012 22:48:22
I can see Aquilani being kept now Brendan's the manager:

...................Reina..................
Johnson. Skrtel. Agger. Enrique.
..........Aquilani. Lucas..............
G. Ramirez..Gerrard.....Muniaín.
.................Suarez...................
Bench:
Doni, Kelly, Coates, Henderson, Sigurdsson, Bellamy, De Jong (or Carroll, if Rodgers thinks he can adapt to the style of football) {Ed016's Note - Psh has nothing to do with Rogers. Aquilani stated very clear last season he never wished to play for Liverpool. He has been quoted numerous times proving how much a wimp he is saying the English game is to physical...he should gain some muscle mass and stop complaining. I am sure he will just end up on another crooked loan to an Italian team. No one wants to pay his wages and he refuses to take a pay drop. I really doubt you will ever see him play for us again. It is a pitty, I thought he could have done well for himself. Never the replacement for Alonso we were promised and Aquilani sticking around has caused us to struggle to free up wages for a REAL replacement. Hence why Aquilani IMO has been one of the biggest thorns in the teams side now for a few seasons. Rant on Aquilani over. Sorry to hiijack your post. Also I thought Rogers played 4-3-3 and I think Munian and Ramirez are unlikely. More likely to see Elm and De Jong, unless Rogers has a different idea on what players he would like.}

Ed, on the formation thing. I think people get too hung up on that. A 4-3-3 and a 4-2-3-1 can be very similar. Seems to me that as far as front 6 go, Rodgers plays 2 holding midfielders (although not true holders, have to be skilled passers), 2 wingers/wide forwards, a striker and then one more central player who has to be dynamic and move between helping keep possession in midfield and surging ahead to join the attack. It can look like a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1 depending exactly on how he deploys his wingers and the playmaker in any game. {Ed016's Note - Fair enough. Thanks for the insight}

Aquilani is now more open to staying at Anfield, according to his interview. He will meet with the new coach to discuss about his future with the club.

That shows he might finally want to give his LFC career another go.

 

 

31 May 2012 22:43:20
does anyone else think that charlie adam will fit right in brendan rodgers team becuz the style is very similar to blackpools when they were in the prem. i think he could be just as good as allen,he just needs some confidence but i guess yo can say that for most liverpool players. i hope brendan will install confidence in the side. {Ed016's Note - He may fit right in the formation but it doesn't matter. Any midfielder needs to track back eventually and you can not deny that any time Charlie went into a tackle he looked a massive liability, a massive one. If he were to work on that aspect of his game he would be a much better player}

Hold on guys didnt someone say Charlie Adam is appearing on the next show of The Biggest Loser... He is trying to lose weight fast lol
Slow Poke

Ed016 - yes I can deny that. When we played Chelsea in the league Adam was superb, tackling high up the pitch and doing brilliantly. He may not have been consistent last season but we knew he wouldn't, he came from Blackpool. He's only 26, I think he's got a lot of time to improve and can be a great squad player

Red Ollie {Ed016's Note - One good game in a sea of terrible games. I agree he should be given another season. But I every time I watched him play last year, he gave the ball away and he tackled from behind in the box, in dangerous positions.}

 

 

 
Change Consent