25 Mar 2015 10:54:14
A little bit of hostility the other day when I suggested Brendan "has failed badly"
This is why in simple terms why I think this:
He is badly underachieving with the players he has at his disposal, a manager can be deemed a success if he is getting his players and team to play to their ability, a manager can be deemed a massive success if he manages to get them playing beyond their abilities.
He promised the league and a champions league run, he's failed miserably in both.
He's taken the team backwards and out of the champions league spots despite having the funds in the summer to at least maintain the team at the near top, losing Suarez is nothing more than an excuse, failing to replace him after having literally years to plan for life after him is criminal.
His transfer dealings have been far below acceptable and wasteful.
I like some of the football we played under Brendan and we have had some good times but the head says we need to replace him and the transfer commitee tho summer.
25 Mar 2015 11:32:59
Brilliant post Mikey. Lots of truth and facts in your post unlike all the rubbish stats and fantasies being bandied around by Brendan's fan boys. Its time for the club to take the next step forward by bringing in a manager or head coach who can meet the club's ambitions.
25 Mar 2015 12:24:47
Give Sterling a good contract i don't understand why people are saying he is gready?
Most off us work for a wage, 99% off us would leave our jobs if we could double our salary.
he will get the money somewhere else if we don't pay.
Age got NOTHING to do with it?he is ours, he is young and playing well.and will only get better.
We need to keep what is good, what do we want sell sterling?we might sell him and buy another Borini for 10 mil + wages.
Keeping sterling is cheaper.
Our competitors will make an offer and pay him close too what he wants.
Same goes for coutinho/henderson/ibe let's keep and build.
Malta
25 Mar 2015 12:43:28
Problem is5th place is about right in league can you honestly say our squad / first 11 is better that those above us???
{Ed001's Note - yes.}
25 Mar 2015 12:48:18
I agree. I think with the squad we have we should be pushing for the title at this point. When you spend what we have spent 5th place just isn't good enough, especially given one of the worst United sides I have ever seen will likely pip us for 4th. I would like him to stay if he agrees to work under a DOF and with specialist coaches, similar to what fergie had at united. If he won't agree then we need to find somebody who will. Either way the owners have a huge decision to make this off season.
25 Mar 2015 16:14:24
Indian Buzzer, new manager and ambitions will not change much, Br talks a bit too much but we have played some great football lately.
We don't know how much power the transfer commitee has?
Fsg have all the time in the world bringing in a top manager is not what they want.
Top managers will ask more money than brendan has spend, and look at the net spend last summer.
FSG know that liverpool is the best buy they will ever make.
Man u is worth 2 billion, after the ground is done and they attracted more sponsers we be worth much more than they paid.
Here in Malta we have 2 groups of football fans, italian mostly juve and milan and some roma/inter supporters.
English 40% manu 40% us and some tottenham/arsenal.
We are so big in the world and FSG know it, and they know how to get the club in order worldwide.
Fsg have time, get more revenue first and spend after, once the ground is ready and revenue is up they will own a billion pound club.
We have millions of supporters worldwide that will never leave, no matter what.
Malta
25 Mar 2015 17:05:29
supermario, ill say yes to that
25 Mar 2015 20:41:10
Indian Buzzer, wind your neck in lad.
25 Mar 2015 21:33:59
Good post Mickey.
I don't agree but I understand where your coming from.
All I would say is that if you go into work and say you are going to perform worse than what you did last week then your boss won't be happy.
Where do you go from 2nd?
He had to say he'd win the league or challenge for it otherwise it would be called regression or stagnation.
The money spent is a bone of contention.
There can be no argument that we spent 100 million.
We also sold Suarez.
And Suarez's do not grow on trees.
I honestly think that we should have just bought 4 Brazilian attacking midfielders with the 100 million.
Bound to be brilliant them Brazilians.
25 Mar 2015 23:29:14
We are a much better team than we have shown overall this year and this shows why we have been able to claw our way back from 12th to 5th. Had BR just did what we all know should have been done, we would be in a much better position.
25 Mar 2015 21:32:52
Ed001. Which teams would you say have a worse team/ squad out of the current top 4 then compared to Liverpool?
I think Liverpool are about where they should be for the squad on paper.
{Ed001's Note - Man Utd, Arsenal both have a worse squad. United are still rebuilding, Arsenal are unbalanced. If the team had not started off so badly, you woulld expect Liverpool to be ahead of both. On paper.}
26 Mar 2015 08:48:38
Jonny I don't think my boss would believe me if I said I am going to perform worse, he would say I'm not sure that's actually possible mikey haha
26 Mar 2015 12:27:01
Brilliant Mickey.
Like it.
26 Mar 2015 17:13:34
Ouch!