Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 (End of March 2012 onwards)

djPSB

opr wrote: »

Any rumours who the DOF is that Duncan Jenkins is talking about?

Opr

Txiki Begiristain?

flanzer

Joseph Musker ‏@Musker_LFC
Former Barcelona Technical Director Txiki Begiristain has been named as the new Director of Football at Liverpool. #LFC

Happy days. The revolution begins. Good news and shows we're aiming high

mike65

Tixta Somethingunprouncable is the new DoF probably.

edit Tixta Somethingunprouncable Txiki Begiristain is the new DOF , apparently.

Christ things move so quickly.

Strongbow10

opr wrote: »

Any rumours who the DOF is that Duncan Jenkins is talking about?

Opr

Txiki Begiristain

daithijjj

opr wrote: »

Any rumours who the DOF is that Duncan Jenkins is talking about?

Opr

Begiristain (sp?).

Leiva

flanzer wrote: »

Happy days. The revolution begins. Good news and shows we're aiming high

That is fücking great news !

tibor

opr wrote: »

Any rumours who the DOF is that Duncan Jenkins is talking about?

Haven't seen anyone reliable say anything yet, but Txiki is the name doing the rounds on twitter.

Jesus Wept

March 2010

Jen Chang wrote:

However, the bigger question for Liverpool fans is whether there is really anybody who could do a better job under the present circumstances. Given the severe financial restraints in place, and the almost unrealistic expectations under which any Liverpool manager operates, it's hard to see any elite managers (i.e. Jose Mourinho) being interested. Which leaves the Liverpool owners with the choice of retaining Benitez, opting for a recycled "big name" or gambling with a lesser-known up-and-comer such as Roberto Martinez.
When examined in that light, you could argue that Liverpool might be best served giving Benitez one more season to see if he can get his house in order. For now, Benitez's virtues probably still outweigh his flaws, but the biggest question remains his willingness to change and adopt a more daring approach.


Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/jen_chang/03/22/mls.liverpool/index.html#ixzz1v9iOytW0

whatawaster

If Txiki is our new DOF and he wants Martinez or Rogers who whoever, then we should listen to him.

djPSB

If were to go for the Barcelona style of things, then Martinez, Rogers or AVB wouldn't be bad candidates to implement that style of play.

Can't really imagine Rafa working under a DOF.

G.K.

I've chatted to Chang before, great guy.

And if Txiki is in too, that's another great move.

opr

FSG I take it all back you ****ing legends!

Opr

Jesus Wept

What do people know of Txiki Begiristain? What did he do as DOF at Barca?

mike65

Imagine if we lived in a dial up internet.....

missingtime

I wonder are they trying to get Martinez to work as something like an assistant manager alongside, for arguments sake, rafa or even avb.

Avb is actually 4 years younger than martinez....hmmm

mayordenis

opr wrote: »

FSG I take it all back you ****ing legends!

Opr

Opr I would love to see a graph of your emotions, you are all over the place.

Jesus Wept

mike65 wrote: »

Imagine if we lived in a dial up internet.....

I thought you do?

CL7

whatawaster wrote: »

If Txiki is our new DOF and he wants Martinez or Rogers who whoever, then we should listen to him.

Yeah I'm ok with that. As long as some that knows what they're doing is calling the shots I'm happy.

Dr Galen

Andy Carroll wrote: »

What do people know of Txiki Begiristain? What did he do as DOF at Barca?

Pretty much everything. Had help of course but huge part of today's success

Jesus Wept

I can't see Martinez wanting to be an assistant manager at this stage in his career, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not as if we are the top team in the league with an already successful manager ready to hand over the reins soon.

opr wrote: »

FSG I take it all back you ****ing legends!

Opr

This is good then? What will this Taxi dude be doing?

tibor

Paul Tomkins now saying that the policy of buying Premiership proven talent last summer was down to Comolli and Kenny only got to choose off his shortlist.

Spread over a few tweets.
http://twitter.com/#!/paul_tomkins

djPSB

So how many Stewart Downing's can we buy with Kenny's compensation??

opr

mayordenis wrote: »

Opr I would love to see a graph of your emotions, you are all over the place.

If FSG have gotten Txiki on board then I am completely safe in the knowledge we're in great hands.

Opr

Tusky

flanzer wrote: »

Happy days. The revolution begins. Good news and shows we're aiming high

w00t! Great news. Never doubted FSG!

Jesus Wept

Well my prediction that things would move very quickly is proving accurate.

whatawaster

Andy Carroll wrote: »

This is good then? What will this Taxi dude be doing?

Buying players. Sacking managers. Overseeing things. This and that.

kingshankly

djPSB wrote: »

Liam Tomkins ‏@liam_tomkins
Kenny Dalglish is supposed to have refused compensation after being sacked, telling FSG to put the money towards transfers.

Strange this he took Celtic to court over compensation
And I believe kenny is a tight git

mayordenis

Andy Carroll wrote: »

Well my prediction that things would move very quickly is proving accurate.

You soothsayer, you.

Thrill

Joseph Musker ‏@Musker_LFC
Former Barcelona Technical Director Txiki Begiristain has been named as the new Director of Football at Liverpool. #LFC

Who's this Musker guy?

I'm not seeing this being reported by a single journo yet.

barone

is it for defo the dof ? confirmed anywhere?

Blatter

missingtime wrote: »

I wonder are they trying to get Martinez to work as something like an assistant manager alongside, for arguments sake, rafa or even avb.

Avb is actually 4 years younger than martinez....hmmm

No, the Wigan job is bigger than the Liverpool assistant manager job. If Martinez goes to Liverpool it'll be as the manager.

I doubt Rafa would work with a DOF and I reckon Begiristain would chose Martinez ahead of the likes of Lambert and Rodgers because of his nationality and style. He'd probably fancy working with a fellow Spaniard and I'm sure he's been consulted as to who he'd like to see as manager, and Martinez has been approached.

opr

Andy Carroll wrote: »

This is good then? What will this Taxi dude be doing?

The man knows his football. He was instrumental in the reshaping of Barcelona. He features in a really great BBC documentary which follows them in that first year he was appointed. It's on youtube I think.

I posted these earlier which will give you some idea the extent to which he was involved with decision making at Barca. Proper football man who knows the game.

If this news is true then it's stellar work from FSG!







Opr

DDC1990

Fúck me.

Its been a weird few days!

Hope they drive forward and get a good manger to complament Txiki(sp?)

I must say I had very little knowledge of him up to now, but i've read great things about him today, which is good.

The more and more that comes out about Kenny, the more a Ledgend he seems.
He appears to have dealt with the sacking quite gracefully, and still loves the club it seems.

Still disappointed he's gone, but hopeful that we get a fitting replacement.

donfers

Andy Carroll wrote: »

What do people know of Txiki Begiristain? What did he do as DOF at Barca?

paid a shedload plus Etoo for Ibrahamovich when Etoo was already the better player

paid a shedload for a ukranian centre half that hardly played a game


he'll fit right in:D

(he did some good stuff too)

missingtime

Andy Carroll wrote: »

I can't see Martinez wanting to be an assistant manager at this stage in his career, doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not as if we are the top team in the league with an already successful manager ready to hand over the reins soon.

What I'm thinking is they are trying to build a kind of Barcelona system or even Porto. Or even old Liverpool for that matter.

A system of successive managers.

mike65

First 30 million quid signing cock up and it'll be Taxi for Txiki headlines.

Strongbow10

txiki begiristain- DOF

Rodolfo Borrell- Manager/Coach

whatawaster

opr wrote: »

The man knows his football. He was instrumental in the reshaping of Barcelona. He features in a really great BBC documentary which follows them in that first year he was appointed. It's on youtube I think.


Opr

Let's all settle down and watch this for the next hour

djPSB

Wouldn't be totally off the wall for Guardiola to be interested now.

opr

duncan jenkins ‏@duncanjenkinsFC
okay my source has not got back to me. the person i was told is the new D.O.F of #lfc is txixi berigistain. only other possibility is L.V.G

Opr

G.K.

Jen Chang ‏@JenChang88

I'm very curious to see what Roberto Martinez could do with better players and a much higher quality lineup.

This tweet was on April 16.

Ferris_Bueller

First things first, how do you pronounce his name?

daRobot

donfers wrote: »

paid a shedload plus Etoo for Ibrahamovich when Etoo was already the better player

paid a shedload for a ukranian centre half that hardly played a game


he'll fit right in:D

(he did some good stuff too)

Yep, that Ibra deal was absolutely bonkers.

daithijjj

opr wrote: »

FSG I take it all back you ****ing legends!

Opr

I really should have taken a Guardiola from the interwebz today. At least some serious question's look like getting addressed.

For anyone who doesnt know Chang you can read his facebook chat for the last year here, theres a fair bit of pool related stuff.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jen-Chang/219204821442320

djPSB

missingtime wrote: »

What I'm thinking is they are trying to build a kind of Barcelona system or even Porto. Or even old Liverpool for that matter.

A system of successive managers.

I don't think the owners place much emphasis on the old Liverpool and the last few days clearly indicate that.

markie29

anyone want a beer...its been another long day of rumours for LFC!! im tired of this already

daithijjj

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

First things first, how do you pronounce his name?

Taxi Beer Stain.

whatawaster

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

First things first, how do you pronounce his name?

cheeky, I think

tok9

djPSB wrote: »

Wouldn't be totally off the wall for Guardiola to be interested now.

Oh jesus stop, I'd need a new pair of pants!

Luckycharms_74

opr wrote: »

The man knows his football. He was instrumental in the reshaping of Barcelona. He features in a really great BBC documentary which follows them in that first year he was appointed. It's on youtube I think.

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