Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 MOD POST #1130

Hannibal

Our first Irish manager since 1896

Kess73

Andy Carroll wrote: »

Should have gone for someone foreign, they are class. tut tut.

Anyhow, I shall afford him the benefit of the doubt, good luck Mr Rodgers.

Last time I checked Rodgers was from a different country .

Melion

****ing delighted

Kess73

Someone updated his wiki page pretty quickly.

Turtyturd

Turtyturd wrote: »

On the plus side 3 year contracts only last about a year.

Seems to be the way we roll.

We'll employ you for a year and pay you 2 years compo.

Then we'll pay compo to get another manager.

Repeat until bankrupt.

Sir Gallagher

Leiva wrote: »

Nope . Ben Smith (BBC) is on 5live in a sec to confirm .

Its done .

We are set back .

hope everyone gets behind him and those that wanted Kenny gone are man enough to admit it when Anfield is half full and the owners move him on

really hope I am so wrong but .

Wanting Kenny gone has absolutely nothing to do with this appointment.

slingerz

Leiva wrote: »

Nope . Ben Smith (BBC) is on 5live in a sec to confirm .

Its done .

We are set back .

hope everyone gets behind him and those that wanted Kenny gone are man enough to admit it when Anfield is half full and the owners move him on

really hope I am so wrong but .

Gone on then, amaze us with who you think should have gotten the job. Rafa or keep kenny?

Are you forgetting the turgid rubbish we had to endure last season?

I say give rodgers a chance, he cant be any worse than whats gone before him

mayordenis

I think a good decision has been made today, but we'll have to wait and see, anyone who wants to spout that is a failure of decision already gives their own opinion too much credit.

Chucky the tree

Leiva wrote: »

Arsenal fan in work just punched the air in delight at the news .

Pretty much says it all .

Yea because every rival fan was delighted Kenny was sacked because he was doing so well.

skywalker

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18235961

Brendan Rodgers has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Liverpool Football Club.

The 39-year-old is understood to have signed a three-year contract at Anfield and his appointment is likely to be officially confirmed within 24 hours.

Liverpool will pay Swansea City between £4m and £5m in compensation to secure the Northern Irishman's services.

Liverpool sacked former manager Kenny Dalglish on 16 May after finishing eighth in the Premier League.

The Reds were 17 points away from a Champions League qualification spot, but won the League Cup and reached the FA Cup final.

In contrast, Rodgers guided his Swansea side to an impressive first season in the top flight, including a 1-0 win over Liverpool on the final day of the season.

After parting ways with Dalglish, Liverpool embarked on an extensive search for a new manager.

The Reds were linked not only with Rodgers and Wigan manager Roberto Martinez but also former Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas, ex-England coach Fabio Capello, and Ajax manager Frank de Boer.

The Northern Irishman declined the opportunity to speak to Liverpool about the vacancy 12 days ago, and instead the club's hierarchy sought a meeting with Wigan's Martinez.

But it appears Rodgers was always the preferred candidate, despite Wigan chairman Dave Whelan at one point suggesting his manager had been offered the job at Anfield.

Rodgers's managerial career began at Watford in 2008 after coaching spells at Reading and Chelsea.

There followed an unhappy period in charge of Reading but, after his appointment as Swansea boss in July 2010, Rodgers guided his Welsh side to promotion to the top flight in May 2011, making Swansea the first Welsh team to reach the Premier League.

Hannibal

Kess73 wrote: »

Last time I checked Rodgers was from a different country .

He's from Antrim which last I checked was in Ireland.

He's still only 39, hopefully we can hijack Sigurdsson now aswell

kevohmsford

Brendan Rodgers is now officially the new manager. Wishing him the best of luck.

Devilman40k

Melion wrote: »

****ing delighted

with all thats gone on my sarcasm detector has stopped working.... so I'm not sure if thats genuine delight


From Ballbags twitter feed

Brendan is a top guy, his concepts are very solid.

Relegation scrap so (I'm setting the bar low already!)

redzerdrog

I am going to Liverpool on friday, if there is no DOF in place by then I am going to riot!!!!

NabyLadistheman

Manager - Brendan Rodgers
Director of football - Louis Van Gaal
Technical Director - Pep Segura

BERBA

kevohmsford wrote: »

Brendan Rodgers is now officially the new manager. Wishing him the best of luck.

I bet lots of boardies in here wished it was Buck Rodgers instead of Brendan me thinks?

I am pie

Welcome to Liverpool FC Mr Rogers. YNWA.

Jesus Wept

I had kind of expected the DOF to be announced prior to the manager.

Kess73 wrote: »

Someone updated his wiki page pretty quickly.

Or prematurely, someone posted yesterday or the day before that it had been edited.
I'm still going to be trying to convince google that it's Rafa. :pac:

shamrock55

welcome to the greatest club in the world mr rodgers now let the good time roll:D

D'Agger

Leiva wrote: »

hope everyone gets behind him and those that wanted Kenny gone are man enough to admit it when Anfield is half full and the owners move him on

You're a good poster on this forum imo but talking about backing a manager before painting a bleak picture of the future under said manager is a bit ridiculous imo

If we're to get behind him, get behind him and leave out all the bullshít until we actually have something worth bítching about re: Brendan Rodgers.

This already smacks of the Hodgson appointment.

LuckyLloyd

Melion wrote: »

****ing delighted

lol, you also have the big big brave face

Super-Rush

Sky reporting that the meeting is over and now he's meeting with the Swansea chariman. Nothing concrete yet but the BBC is saying its a done deal.

SlickRic

on the plus side...

see ya Downing; there'll be no need for crossing anymore.

Jesus Wept

Super-Rush wrote: »

Sky reporting that the meeting is over and now he's meeting with the Swansea chariman. Nothing concrete yet but the BBC is saying its a done deal.

Available at 1.01 on Betfair for the brave. Perhaps should lay it for the craic. lol.

SlickRic

SlickRic wrote: »

on the plus side...

see ya Downing; there'll be no need for crossing anymore.

on the downside, we'll only get a fiver for him.

Leiva

slingerz wrote: »

Are you forgetting the turgid rubbish we had to endure last season?

I beg to differ .

I watched some of the best football in years last season been played under Kenny - even with some of the crap we have in the squad .

We threw out the baby with the bath water when we got rid of Kenny.
Another couple of additions in key areas and another hair cut to the squad and we would have been setup nicely for next season.

Yes I can understand why people wanted him out (majority being the younger generation) and things looked bad come the last six games, but some of those players really need to take a hard look at themselves . to which I reply, that we could easily find ourselves in a relegation battle if Rogers cant hit the ground running, and the players don't respond to him. Cause if the wouldn't do it for Kenny then why would they do it for Rogers ??

Jesus Wept

I am going to say it is unlikely that we will sign this Sig guy, would look a bit dodgey, cries of foul play.

Francie Barrett

SlickRic wrote: »

on the plus side...

see ya Downing; there'll be no need for crossing anymore.

That will definitely be one benefit to getting Rodgers in. Our overall crossing must have been one of the worst out of all teams last season.

mayordenis

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

lol, you also have the big big brave face

Don't be so petty, other people are entitled to their opinion without derision, I think you're wrong, normally I want a Liverpool manager to succeed because I love the club but you have made me want Rodgers to triumph so I can whip out my e-peen in the way you have been and waggle it all up in your face.

LuckyLloyd

PaulieC wrote: »

Leiva wrote: »

hope everyone gets behind him and those that wanted Kenny gone are man enough to admit it when Anfield is half full and the owners move him on

You're a good poster on this forum imo but talking about backing a manager before painting a bleak picture of the future under said manager is a bit ridiculous imo

If we're to get behind him, get behind him and leave out all the bullshít until we actually have something worth bítching about re: Brendan Rodgers.

This already smacks of the Hodgson appointment.

Rodgers IS Hodgson 2.0, i.e. a downgrade on his predecessor

I am pie

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

lol, you also have the big big brave face

I genuinely am pleased. Plays a good style of football, is a good man and a hard worker who understands the game very well. He is sincere and won't duck anything.

Not the big time charlie that some of daydreamers on here believed we needed.

Get the team playing an intelligent passing games, pressing the opponenent when we don't have the ball.

NukaCola

Its still a smokescreen....wait for it.....

kevohmsford

daRobot

FFS

mayordenis

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Rodgers IS Hodgson 2.0, i.e. a downgrade on his predecessor

Pure nonsense, there is literally no similarity between Rodgers and Hodgson, the fact you think they are similar actually means that everybody can now completely disregard anything at all that you say henceforth.

Such nonsense it's unbelievable.

LuckyLloyd

mayordenis wrote: »

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

lol, you also have the big big brave face

Don't be so petty, other people are entitled to their opinion without derision, I think you're wrong, normally I want a Liverpool manager to succeed because I love the club but you have made me want Rodgers to triumph so I can whip out my e-peen in the way you have been and waggle it all up in your face.

I genuinely hope you get such an opportunity...

Devilman40k

mayordenis wrote: »

Don't be so petty, other people are entitled to their opinion without derision, I think you're wrong, normally I want a Liverpool manager to succeed because I love the club but you have made me want Rodgers to triumph so I can whip out my e-peen in the way you have been and waggle it all up in your face.

I want him to succeed, I really do...the problem is I don't see it happening and 12 months down the line we end up looking again at the structure within the club, and we're all back here looking at the next flavour of the month manager

Sappy404

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Rodgers IS Hodgson 2.0, i.e. a downgrade on his predecessor

So the type of football they play, their records as managers and their overall football philosophy are irrelevant?

Turtyturd

At least he will look intimidating on the sideline.

NukaCola

I am pie wrote: »

Get the team playing an intelligent passing games, pressing the opponenent when we don't have the ball.

Wow....dynamite stuff and seems so simple.......press the opponent you say? revolutionary....it'll change the way we play forever and ever. Thank you MrRodgers and FSG....keep this wonderful secret to yourselves etc etc etc :rolleyes:

slingerz

Leiva wrote: »

I beg to differ .

I watched some of the best football in years last season been played under Kenny - even with some of the crap we have in the squad .

We threw out the baby with the bath water when we got rid of Kenny.
Another couple of additions in key areas and another hair cut to the squad and we would have been setup nicely for next season.

Yes I can understand why people wanted him out (majority being the younger generation) and things looked bad come the last six games, but some of those players really need to take a hard look at themselves . to which I reply, that we could easily find ourselves in a relegation battle if Rogers cant hit the ground running, and the players don't respond to him. Cause if the wouldn't do it for Kenny then why would they do it for Rogers ??

Ive bolded the main problem above. If that was some of the best football then what went before under RH, RB must have been terrible stuff altogether. KK antics in the media were embarassing including his approach to interviews and press conferences before the Suarez affair is even considered.

i will agree that the players need a long hard look at themselves however. I would expect/hope that Rodgers will bring in a style and player to make liverpool both attractive to watch and challenging at the same time. All the best teams can play the ball which Liverpool have been lacking since Roy Evans time. Even with Benitez, it was all about hard work, endeavour and organisation rather than flair and invention.

Melion

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Melion wrote: »

****ing delighted

lol, you also have the big big brave face

I don't understand

Francie Barrett

mayordenis wrote: »

Pure nonsense, there is literally no similarity between Rodgers and Hodgson, the fact you think they are similar actually means that everybody can now completely disregard anything at all that you say henceforth.

Such nonsense it's unbelievable.

Correct. Hodgson was a journeyman manager who never really achieved anything in a long career. He took a club that was on a solid footing and nearly ran it into the ground.

LuckyLloyd

mayordenis wrote: »

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Rodgers IS Hodgson 2.0, i.e. a downgrade on his predecessor

Pure nonsense, there is literally no similarity between Rodgers and Hodgson, the fact you think they are similar actually means that everybody can now completely disregard anything at all that you say henceforth.

Such nonsense it's unbelievable.

I have to baby step you through this:

Two years ago Hodgson was inferior to Benitez
Today Rodgers is inferior to Dalglish

Super-Rush

One last time.

G.K.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I have to baby step you through this:

Two years ago Hodgson was inferior to Benitez
Today Rodgers is inferior to Dalglish

Which is where people disagree. I, for one.

barone

looks like its rogers so im gonna get over the fact that it wasnt rafa, and wish him the best..

i hope to **** he shuts us all up and makes us look idiots by slating him.

i really do.

I am pie

NukaCola wrote: »

Wow....dynamite stuff and seems so simple.......press the opponent you say? revolutionary....it'll change the way we play forever and ever. Thank you MrRodgers and FSG....keep this wonderful secret to yourselves etc etc etc :rolleyes:

Wow indeed. Somehow you've managed to construe some simple aspirations regarding a style of play into his first team talk or something equally moronic.

Well done you.

Washington Irving

Ok, first things first. His name is Brendan Rodgers, not 'Rogers'

We don't want another one of these Adam/ Adams debacles

I'm waiting for this to appear on the official website..