The New Manager Thread

[dww]

I think it will be much harder to challenge on all fronts, but we should walk into the last 16 of the Europa league without necessarily focusing on it, shouldn't we? Or do I have to lower my expectations even further?

I think the last 16 or last 8 are realistic achievements. I think when CL teams get into it we will struggle.

You don't think that we should have attacked the lower teams in the league more in recent years, and agreed with playing two defensive midfielders against the likes of Portsmouth? I'm not slating him, on the whole I think he was tactically excellent, but I do think he showed far too much respect to some sides in the league.

I think there were problems but I don't think using two 'defensive' midfielders was the problem. When it was Alonso and Mascherano it was an excellent axis for the team. I think we lacked an added goalscorer (my preference would have been from midfield). Last season at the start of the season Lucas was played higher up the pitch and I think it is hard to describe him as then being a defensive midfielder. From my point of view we had a pretty varied set of tactics especially against the lesser teams and the worst performance last season was against Wigan with Gerrard and Lucas in central midfield.

His tactics were not perfect but in general I don't think there was the systematic tactical flaws that some claim. I do think we needed better quality and consistency in our players. If there is blame it should be on a combination of his inability to bring that in and the fact his methods seem to have a high wear rate on players.

Anyway, he's gone now, so there's no point turning this into a debate about Rafa's approach. I agree with you though that I don't think Hodgson would necessarily be any better in that regard.

[vlahka]

So predictions, we get out manager halfway through july. By then most clubs will have bought who they want and we get stuck with deadwood or sell off good players for much less then they should be.

[Tee]

Journalist at Radio City. (my brothers mate)

WTF?!! I thought you were kidding!

[Neil Young]

You're an Online Guy

Brilliant.

[Craig_H]

wouldn't they have been better placed if they went to heathrow,roy flies out to south africa today?

Like i said, i have no idea why they were there.

What time was his flight? Maybe he was flying out in the afternoon?

Maybe he wasnt even at the training ground, and they were there for something else.

[Cleo]

Fulham's training ground is about 10 mins down the road from me, and i drove past it earlier this morning, there were quite a few press outside.

Did Dunk send you there??

[Craig_H]

[Leyton388]

if we end up with hodgson i will be gutted. not the manger a club like lfc should look twice at! He got blackburn relegated.

[DannyMan2006]

I read last week that if he hadn't been confirmed as boss prior to flying out to South Africa he would turn the job down. Wonder if this is the case?

[calvoboy]

Interesting rumours emerging of a lfc meeting with pellegrini...price slashed to 5-1 with some bookies as a result...

[Shaggy]

Interesting rumours emerging of a lfc meeting with pellegrini...price slashed to 5-1 with some bookies as a result...

*prays*

Where are these rumours coming from? He'd be my number one choice.

[Broner]

Interesting rumours emerging of a lfc meeting with pellegrini...price slashed to 5-1 with some bookies as a result...

**** sake.

[red g]

**** sake.

???good thing surely?

[BrooklynRed]

From Pellegrini's Wikipedia page:

He was sacked by (Real Madrid) on 26 May 2010. Pellegrini is expected to meet with representatives of Liverpool Football Club on June 18th 2010 to discuss the possibility of taking over the vacant managerial post at Anfield. Although he said Hicks is a knob and doesnt want to work for him. [7]

[red g]

From Pellegrini's Wikipedia page:

He was sacked by (Real Madrid) on 26 May 2010. Pellegrini is expected to meet with representatives of Liverpool Football Club on June 18th 2010 to discuss the possibility of taking over the vacant managerial post at Anfield. Although he said Hicks is a knob and doesnt want to work for him. [7]