Borussia Dortmund

[The_weatherman]

It is a tricky one.

I have serious reservations about Rodgers, his personality will never win me over, I wouldn't say I dislike him but find him pretty annoying. Perhaps his biggest problem for me though is that he ain't Rafa and he always falls short when I compare him. Not his fault, clearly mine(!), and really Rafa's time was ages ago now so I should get over it. But Benitez just got the club, its unique spirit and the majority of fans in a way few have. The jury is also out of his defensive set up, his eye for a player in the transfer market and his woeful European form/experience.

However, Rodgers has plenty of plus points, not least his ability and adaptability are seriously impressive and he wants to his teams to play football.

Clearly FSG have their own way of running the club which is seemingly countering against modern football, and so he's a good fit for them.

Things change fast in football so I'd give him at least another season to see how we progress before deciding whether we need a change - he'll have been at LFC 4 years then, which is a decent length of time to assess him. No doubt there'll be a number of big name managers available next summer, there always is...

Just how I feel, I just think Rodgers will ultimately not lead us to success. His transfer record is poor, but there are a number of signings who could yet turn out very well. If offered the option today though, I think I'd consider replacing him with Klopp or Rafa tbh. If next season goes poorly, who do we replace him with then? De Boer maybe but he might be on the move this summer too.

[ChrisDR1968]

Just how I feel, I just think Rodgers will ultimately not lead us to success.

That's my suspicion too. Hope I'm wrong though... starting with this season's FA Cup

[The_weatherman]

That's my suspicion too. Hope I'm wrong though... starting with this season's FA Cup

I'll be very impressed if he wins it, Aston Villa will be purely focused ans motivated for it and Arsenal are a big team, playing well. The Gooners have to be favourites. If Rodgers wins the cup I think he'll get another season for sure.

[Helios Creed]

I think Rafa would suit Germany better than any country - discipline, organisation and preparation, they were made for each other.

I'd hate to see him at Citeh unless it was interim and that seems to be the rumour, until they get their long term target.

[McDermotX]

Bump

[john316]

[Tee]

If we offer him the job I have absolutely no doubts he'll would want it. Remember him standing on the centre spot in the friends at the start of the season? He wants it.

[Keyser Soze]

[Tee]

Get him, give him £70 or £80m to bring the likes of Hummels, Reus and Lewandowski (I know he is at Munich), and watch us take off. I know it's not that easy but it's a nice thought!

[Keyser Soze]

Get him, give him £70 or £80m to bring the likes of Hummels, Reus and Lewandowski (I know he is at Munich), and watch us take off. I know it's not that easy but it's a nice thought!

Remember when we had over £100m and we bought Lovren, Moreno, Markovic, Lallana, Lambert and Balotelli - great times

[ChrisDR1968]

Does Klopp work with a director of football at Dortmund?

The transfer commitee needs to go imo

[ChesterDave]

Remember when we had over £100m and we bought Lovren, Moreno, Markovic, Lallana, Lambert and Balotelli - great times

Even more recently does anyone remember when Klopp had Dortmund at the lofty heights of bottom of the league?

[G]

Does Klopp work with a director of football at Dortmund?

The transfer commitee needs to go imo

Yes he does. He had very limited input on player purchases.

[red g]

Even more recently does anyone remember when Klopp had Dortmund at the lofty heights of bottom of the league?

I would take bottom of the league after 7 years if it meant he gave us 2 league titles after 5 seasons.

[Phoenix07]

Does Klopp work with a director of football at Dortmund?

The transfer commitee needs to go imo

Michael Zorc is their Sporting Director, and this is how he runs their set-up (thanks to PhaseofPlay on RAWK). Quite different to how we seemingly do things.

Michael Zorc, The sporting director set up the sporting structure: A strong academy and a sophisticated scouting system. Many clubs have a good academy but not many have a scouting system like BVB. That is Dortmund’s comparative advantage.

Dortmund have 10 full time scouts – who earn between 7,500 to 15,000 euros per month each. They use every bit of information they get to find a suitable player for the club. When they find a good candidate, three or four of them follow him in training and matches for a few weeks and gather as much information as they can about him as a player and as a person.

Basically, Dortmund’s transfer market strategy is about investing relatively a lot in scouts so they can find relatively cheap world class players. This system gave Zorc and his crew an advantage over richer clubs, which just didn’t look for players where Dortmund had.

- http://www.soccerissue.com/2013/04/2...ive-advantage/