New manager thread

[Vermilion]

Surely garbage. I mean, he might end up getting it but they clearly haven't spoken to all candidates yet.

I wonder if they did all their homework on AVB a while back, but he went to Chelsea and that was that, as soon as he became available, they wanted him again.

Maybe as everyone says, you don't sack a manager unless you know who you want, or can get, maybe they knew exactly who they wanted, but were keen to make people believe they were going through the 'process', and didn't pre-plan on easing Kenny out to put a certain already known man in.

[Fredo]

Just swoop for Di Matteo.

[BootRoom]

I just can't see what he's done do deserve a shot at this job. One good season with practically no other experience apart from one failed attempt in the premiership doesn't qualify him for what might our most important managerial appointment ever.

Until the next one....

[Big-Red-Ed]

Apparently if Martinez gets to 2% in the est poll he gets the job.

I see he has moved up to 1.71%

[Fredo]

Surely now, Di Matteo would be a good choice - won 2 major trophies in what, 4 months? Young and plenty of promise.

[Leyton388]

Fans' fury as Martinez emerges as front runner for vacant Liverpool job

By Joe Bernstein

PUBLISHED: 22:01, 19 May 2012 | UPDATED: 22:01, 19 May 2012

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Liverpool fans have rounded on the club's decision-makers for considering Wigan's Roberto Martinez as a managerial successor to Kenny Dalglish.

Supporters abused managing director Ian Ayre at a race meeting at Aintree on Friday night and chanted the name of previous Anfield boss Rafael Benitez.

The general response from the club's followers to the prospect of Martinez being appointed has been underwhelming, and that is a concern after Roy Hodgson's ill-fated time at Anfield.
Unpopular choice; Liverpool fans have made their displeasure over Roberto Martinez known

Unpopular choice; Liverpool fans have made their displeasure over Roberto Martinez known

Liverpool fans never accepted Hodgson and his reign was the shortest in the club's history, lasting just 31 games.

The club have been widely criticised for their scattergun approach to replacing the sacked Dalglish.

Anfield owner John W Henry insists they will appoint a young up-and-coming manager to replace the Scot, fired on Wednesday despite reaching two cup finals this season.

That means Martinez, Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers, former Chelsea boss Andre Villas- Boas and Dane Michael Laudrup could be in, but Benitez and former England manager Fabio Capello are out.




Liverpool would have to pay Wigan only £1million compensation for 38-year-old Martinez, who had renegotiated his contract last summer after turning down Aston Villa.

Villas-Boas, sacked by Chelsea in March, is free to take the job. Spaniard Martinez, also coveted by Villa again, has still not spoken formally to Liverpool but is believed to be keen on starting a new challenge after saving Wigan from relegation with seven wins in the club's last nine games.

He relationship with Dave Whelan was one of the closest chairman-manager bonds in the league but it became strained when the owner questioned his manager's team selection following a home defeat by Swansea in early March.
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Liverpool have been rattled by the fans' reaction to Martinez.

They have been left open to ridicule for failing to make a quick appointment after Dalglish was sacked in Boston during a review with his bosses into a Premier League season in which the club finished eighth, 37 points behind champions Manchester City.

By discussing so many possible managers, the club have risked alienating candidates unhappy with having to take part in a 'beauty parade' and risking returning to their current clubs having failed to land the job.

Swansea boss Rodgers has said he does not want to take part in the process and Jurgen Klopp, manager of Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, has also made himself unavailable.


Having felt Dalglish's approach was old-fashioned, the Anfield hierarchy do not view Capello as a serious contender given his difficulties getting the best out of England players at the last World Cup.

Benitez, who took Liverpool to Champions League finals in 2005 and 2007, is hurt he is not being considered given the lack of experience among the other candidates but Henry does not want a manager who is almost a cult figure among the fans, as Dalglish was.

With Henry and chairman Tom Werner in America, under-fire Ayre has had to bear the brunt of the fans' frustrations.


Liverpool have no manager, chief executive or head of sports science, while director of communications Ian Cotton has been replaced by American Jen Chang, who has no experience in football.

They hope, however, to announce a ground naming deal soon to give their next manager much-needed funds in the market.

[Fredo]

Ayre was part of the team who appointed Hodgson right? Enough said.

[Leyton388]

Surely they cannot make the same mistake twice?

[kingfunk]

Surely they cannot make the same mistake twice?

[BootRoom]

Fans' fury as Martinez emerges as front runner for vacant Liverpool job

By Joe Bernstein

PUBLISHED: 22:01, 19 May 2012 | UPDATED: 22:01, 19 May 2012

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Liverpool fans have rounded on the club's decision-makers for considering Wigan's Roberto Martinez as a managerial successor to Kenny Dalglish.

Supporters abused managing director Ian Ayre at a race meeting at Aintree on Friday night and chanted the name of previous Anfield boss Rafael Benitez.

The general response from the club's followers to the prospect of Martinez being appointed has been underwhelming, and that is a concern after Roy Hodgson's ill-fated time at Anfield.
Unpopular choice; Liverpool fans have made their displeasure over Roberto Martinez known

Unpopular choice; Liverpool fans have made their displeasure over Roberto Martinez known

Liverpool fans never accepted Hodgson and his reign was the shortest in the club's history, lasting just 31 games.

The club have been widely criticised for their scattergun approach to replacing the sacked Dalglish.

Anfield owner John W Henry insists they will appoint a young up-and-coming manager to replace the Scot, fired on Wednesday despite reaching two cup finals this season.

That means Martinez, Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers, former Chelsea boss Andre Villas- Boas and Dane Michael Laudrup could be in, but Benitez and former England manager Fabio Capello are out.




Liverpool would have to pay Wigan only £1million compensation for 38-year-old Martinez, who had renegotiated his contract last summer after turning down Aston Villa.

Villas-Boas, sacked by Chelsea in March, is free to take the job. Spaniard Martinez, also coveted by Villa again, has still not spoken formally to Liverpool but is believed to be keen on starting a new challenge after saving Wigan from relegation with seven wins in the club's last nine games.

He relationship with Dave Whelan was one of the closest chairman-manager bonds in the league but it became strained when the owner questioned his manager's team selection following a home defeat by Swansea in early March.
sg

Liverpool have been rattled by the fans' reaction to Martinez.

They have been left open to ridicule for failing to make a quick appointment after Dalglish was sacked in Boston during a review with his bosses into a Premier League season in which the club finished eighth, 37 points behind champions Manchester City.

By discussing so many possible managers, the club have risked alienating candidates unhappy with having to take part in a 'beauty parade' and risking returning to their current clubs having failed to land the job.

Swansea boss Rodgers has said he does not want to take part in the process and Jurgen Klopp, manager of Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund, has also made himself unavailable.


Having felt Dalglish's approach was old-fashioned, the Anfield hierarchy do not view Capello as a serious contender given his difficulties getting the best out of England players at the last World Cup.

Benitez, who took Liverpool to Champions League finals in 2005 and 2007, is hurt he is not being considered given the lack of experience among the other candidates but Henry does not want a manager who is almost a cult figure among the fans, as Dalglish was.

With Henry and chairman Tom Werner in America, under-fire Ayre has had to bear the brunt of the fans' frustrations.


Liverpool have no manager, chief executive or head of sports science, while director of communications Ian Cotton has been replaced by American Jen Chang, who has no experience in football.

They hope, however, to announce a ground naming deal soon to give their next manager much-needed funds in the market.

That sounds like utter bull****, especially the bit at the end regarding naming rights.

[Muddled]

By discussing so many possible managers, the club have risked alienating candidates unhappy with having to take part in a 'beauty parade' and risking returning to their current clubs having failed to land the job.

Fair comment.

The rest of it is just tidying up all the speculation in to one article.

[Leyton388]

That sounds like utter bull****, especially the bit at the end regarding naming rights.

[Fredo]

Kenny has been very dignified in all of this. I reckon we won't see him at Anfield for a long time.

[BigChief]

Kenny has been very dignified in all of this. I reckon we won't see him at Anfield for a long time.

This is the 'New' manager thread Nigel. Take your love to 'Dalglish' thread.

[marcus50bucks]

ANFIELD CHIEFS WILL ASK ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS TO MAKE KOP GREAT AGAIN

Sunday May 20,2012
By John Richardson

ANDRE VILLAS-BOAS will this week be offered the job of succeeding sacked Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish.

Bruised owners John W Henry and Tom Werner, who have come under fire from large sections of Liverpool’s support for their botched handling of Dalglish’s departure, are cutting short their interview process.

An original plan to invite around 10 candidates to state their cases to become the new Liverpool manager has been hastily scrapped.

Now, just a handful of potential Kop bosses will be questioned by the Boston-based Anfield hierarchy.

There is still a fanciful notion that they can persuade Pep Guardiola to end his self-imposed exile with the former Barcelona manager sharing the same agent as Anfield striker Luis Suarez.

Sunday Express Sport understands that former Chelsea boss Villas-Boas heads a more realistic shortlist, while Wigan’s Roberto Martinez has already gained permission from his club to talk to Liverpool. Marseille’s Didier Deschamps is also in the frame but last night it was Villas-Boas who was closest to ticking all the Americans’ boxes.

If everything is agreed between both parties then it will be an amazing return to the Premier League for the 34-year-old Portuguese who was sacked by Chelsea in March after failing to come to grips with the job following his move from Porto.

Villas-Boas is also in Roma’s thoughts after the Italian club dispensed with Luis Enrique’s services. But it’s believed Villas-Boas would prefer the chance to prove his doubters wrong by taking the Anfield job. Villas-Boas was on the Liverpool owners’ radar after Roy Hodgson was sacked but they went down the emotional road and installed Dalglish.

The Scot was stunned by his dismissal, convinced that leading Liverpool to Carling Cup success and reaching the FA Cup final would allow him at least half a season to correct the club’s underwhelming Premier League form.

Written into his contract was a clause which guaranteed the Kop icon another high profile job at the club.

He was so deflated by the decision delivered to him after a face-to-face meeting in the USA on Monday that he negotiated a lucrative severance package in lieu of another Anfield position.

His number two Steve Clarke offered to resign in loyalty to Dalglish but has been persuaded to stay on – almost certainly to work alongside Villas-Boas.

Only a few weeks ago Dalglish talked candidly about his situation, admitting that despite his aura and standing with the Kop one day his time would be up – although he didn’t expect events to move so quickly.

He said: “It’s not about me, it’s about the club. There will come a stage where maybe it’s gone as far as you can go with me. If that happens and there is someone else who can take it to the next stage then so be it.

“We are not here for individual glory. We are not here for individual rewards. We are here for the football club. When your sell-by date is up, it’s up. If somebody else comes in I would have no reservations whatsoever. It’s not me. It’s not about any individual.

“When I was asked to come back I said I would help the club in any way I could. I am sure there will come a time when I am not helping the club.”

Messrs Henry and Werner decided that day had come last week – to Dalglish’s utter disappointment.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/321304