Daniel Agger

[SB]

Ah well that's sport for you. You'll be back punching above your weight again before too long.

Team GB are doing a good job of that ATM.

[Vermilion]

Team GB are doing a good job of that ATM.

Thanks to 65% of the funding coming from the national lottery.

[Muddled]

I'm holding on to a thin veil of hope that this is a step back to take two forward; taking us back to brick (so to speak) and then build from there, create a solid infrastructure, write off 'x' amount of years and look to the future.

It's very, *very* thin, mind.

[SB]

Thanks to 65% of the funding coming from the national lottery.

Bloody hell. I hope it gets more fat buggers off their lardarses.

[Mostar]

I keep saying it but I dont think you can under-estimate the pay-offs we have made in sacking Kenny, Comolli & staff and bring in Rodgers and his staff

We've also just shelled out £4-5 million to get rid of Aquilani and we've signed Borini also

That said I would have expected the increased revenue from Warrior, 3K Battery & Chevrolet to have increased our budget somewhat

You're right that sacking Kenny, Comolli and bringing Rodgers in cost some money but our budget still should be fair, given our existing and new sponsorship deals.

Given what Rodgers is doing to Agger and Carroll I am not so sure that we have anything that is worth mentioning.

I don't get that as they (FSG) have to know that we must qualify for CL as if we don't it would be a disaster.

We are in final year of our Standard Chartered contract and I am not sure anybody will pay nearly as high if we don't have CL football to offer.

Still early to tell as we have almost a month to go with the transfer window but the signs are very discouraging.

[Chris]

His interview on the offish is nowhere near as bad as the ****ty little tweets make it sound.

http://www.liverpoolfc.com/video/press-conf/12174-brendan-s-pre-gomel-press-conf

[Doc_antonio]

If memory serves me right, Kenny didnt take any money when he left, he said 'stick it to the transfer kitty' no?

[Alex]

http://www.transferleague.co.uk/premiership-transfers/liverpool-transfers.html

Check this out. We have made money recently out of transfers.

[Mattshark]

If memory serves me right, Kenny didnt take any money when he left, he said 'stick it to the transfer kitty' no?

He did take the money, that was a myth.

[Icon]

Typical jock...

[Alex]

He would have been owed near on £3million. Show me anyone that would give that money away after being sacked.

[Lecter]

You're right that sacking Kenny, Comolli and bringing Rodgers in cost some money but our budget still should be fair, given our existing and new sponsorship deals.

Given what Rodgers is doing to Agger and Carroll I am not so sure that we have anything that is worth mentioning.

I don't get that as they (FSG) have to know that we must qualify for CL as if we don't it would be a disaster.

We are in final year of our Standard Chartered contract and I am not sure anybody will pay nearly as high if we don't have CL football to offer.

Still early to tell as we have almost a month to go with the transfer window but the signs are very discouraging.

Standard Chartered added circa £12-13 million per annum over and above Carlsberg
Warrior added circa £12-13 million per annum over and above the Adidas deal
3K Battery deal was £1 or 2 million per annum
Chevrolet is reportedly £3 million per annum

I'd really be interested to see where the increased revenue has been spent

Going back to the pay offs/compensation for Kenny, Brendan etc.. I reckon conservatively it could be £15 million and maybe even as high as £20 million

Throw in the Aquilani pay offs and its upto £20-25 million spent right there in pay-offs alone - thats pretty much counts for all of the gains in revenue

As for the Standard Chartered deal think it ends in 2014 and I wouldnt be too certain that the owners wont find a better deal. They surprised the **** out of everyone with the Warrior deal (including adidas) so I wouldnt put it past them

[Lecter]

He would have been owed near on £3million. Show me anyone that would give that money away after being sacked.

It was way more than that if you believe the reports

[Vermilion]

Bloody hell. I hope it gets more fat buggers off their lardarses.

haha, just noticed the in your reply to my 'punching above your weight' post.

I did mean that as a genuine compliment btw.

i'm not wrong though am i, for the size of the population and the amount of winning sportsmen and women you have/ or had ?

I've always thought like that anyway, but in a good way as i say, that you did better than you should compared to other countries and their size.

[chadrtc]

I'm going to try and remain positive from now on until at least when the window shuts. I'm a fan of Rodgers and think he was a shrewd appointment.

There are a number of moves out of the club which when added together look a bit concerning... hopefully we'll bring in the right sort of replacements before the window slams shut. If it means we're getting them at better prices than the bonkers amounts paid out last summer, then I can understand that.

I think we're playing a long game here... we all know how crucial getting off to a good start in the league is, but we seem to be willing to take a gamble on that in order to secure better deals this time around.

There's no real point stressing about football at this time of year - if the last few seasons are anything to go by, we'll have plenty opportunities to freak out over the coming 9 months!