New manager thread

[Reece]

There will be no lvg or any dof......rodgers made this clear to the owners who ok'd this.

Not by the name "Director of Football" perhaps, and it certainly won't be LVG. But I still think there will be some structure of Directorship put in place.

My guess is that whilst Martinez was not happy to work under that kind of structure at all, Rodgers was more welcoming to it, but made it clear that LVG specifically was a no no.

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Muddled]

thanks dave as soon as i get in from work am scanning the internet

Save your time Bender, leave the internets alone and read the thread. Leaves you more time for your tins of cider.

[Bender]

Save your time Bender, leave the internets alone and read the thread. Leaves you more time for your tins of cider.

sat morning i'll have a few cans captain

[Fredo]

sat morning i'll have a few cans captain

Captain?

[Lecter]

Bellamy warns Rodgers of tough task ahead at Liverpool


Fri, 01 Jun 06:19:00 2012


Liverpool forward Craig Bellamy has welcomed the expected managerial appointment of Brendan Rodgers, but warned the Northern Irishman he faces a massive challenge at the five-times European champions.

Liverpool are scheduled to hold a news conference later on Friday (0900 GMT) where they will unveil the 39-year-old former Swansea City boss as the man to revive the fortunes of the 18-times English champions.

While Swansea impressed in their debut Premier League season under Rodgers with an attractive, ball-retaining style, Liverpool supporters have voiced concerns whether he has the stature for one of England's most illustrious sides.

While fans may have yearned for a high profile appointment such as Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho or departing Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola, Bellamy believes they should be pleased with their new coach.

"I think they have made a very good appointment in Brendan Rodgers, I really do," Bellamy told reporters in Singapore on Friday as he unveiled the team's new kit for the coming season.

"He is very good guy as well, speaks well, knows his football, and he has proven himself."

Having had his playing career end prematurely through injury, Rodgers went into coaching and was made youth team coach at Reading before Mourinho brought him to Chelsea in 2004 as a member of his backroom staff.

He left Stamford Bridge to take over as manager at Championship (second division) Watford, where he finished mid-table, before a brief and disappointing spell at Reading and then his successful move to South Wales.


Having won promotion to the Premier League in his first season with Swansea and with his links to Mourinho, still adored in England for his successes with Chelsea and bullish persona, Rodgers received many plaudits and was regard as one of the brightest young managers plying their trade in England.

But that does not always translate to guaranteed success.

"Liverpool is a huge, huge challenge. No disrespect to Swansea but this is Liverpool football club it certainly isn't Swansea," Bellamy, 32, warned Rodgers.

"So it is going to be a big test for him, but to me, if you know football, you know football, it doesn't matter what club you go to."

Rodgers also faces the tricky task of succeeding Kenny Dalglish, one of the club's most revered talents, having won league titles as a manger and player at Anfield.

However, his second spell lasting just 18 months and ending in May, was an opinion splitting one.

He won praise for ending the club's six-year wait for a trophy when they won the League Cup in February, but sixth and then eighth place league finishes as great rivals Manchester United overtook them to win a record 19th title were heavily criticised.

Expensive signings such as Andy Carroll, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing failed to deliver, while his tactics were criticised in the FA Cup final loss to Chelsea. But despite the issues, Bellamy was disappointed Dalglish departed.

"What he means to Liverpool Football Club is just indescribable and to be signed by him and to play for Liverpool Football Club under Kenny Dalglish was probably, truly, the greatest honour I have ever had in football.

"Usually you get what you deserve in football, if you finish eighth you deserve to finish eighth but I thought there was a lot of games this season where we were very, very unfortunate."

[Fosterbloke]

thanks dave as soon as i get in from work am scanning the internet

I hear it's better if you eat a chicken sandwich too.

[Bender]

Captain?

it's friday ......off the weekend hey Guvnor

[Bender]

I hear it's better if you eat a chicken sandwich too.

hhmmm interesting theory

[Fredo]

it's friday ......off the weekend hey Guvnor

Guv'nor

[Fosterbloke]

hhmmm interesting theory

I hear it's the latest thing.

[Bender]

I hear it's the latest thing.

might give it a try indian style

[Fredo]

hhmmm interesting theory

You heard about captain jenkins right?

[malg]

Maybe I don't have the footballing brain that most have on here,and I might just work on my head alone, but I just don't get this confidence in Rodgers. I hope I'm so wrong I yearn a manager who will be with us for 20 years and win trophies, and yes Rodgers could be that man. But my head says he will fail and quickly. He defiantly is NOT a Hodgson type manager and that is a massive positive, but I feel he is also not a Rafa either. Good luck Rodgers and I hope I'm so wrong in my initial opinion of your appointment.

[little dave hedgehog]

captain horacio magellan jenkins, of her majesty's sea dog navy?

good heavens, dear boy, who hasn't heard of him?

[Reece]

Maybe I don't have the footballing brain that most have on here,and I might just work on my head alone, but I just don't get this confidence in Rodgers. I hope I'm so wrong I yearn a manager who will be with us for 20 years and win trophies, and yes Rodgers could be that man. But my head says he will fail and quickly. He defiantly is NOT a Hodgson type manager and that is a massive positive, but I feel he is also not a Rafa either. Good luck Rodgers and I hope I'm so wrong in my initial opinion of your appointment.

I think it's more a feeling of excitement and intrigue than confidence mate.

Have you taken the time to read some of the many articles that have been posted on him over the last few days, both of him as person and in regards his footballing philosophies? I very much got the feel of Rafa about him after that, with his attention to minute detail, the way he has taken the time to study the methodologies of other clubs and managers etc.

I can completely understand people not thinking he is the right/best choice, but as I've said previously there seems to be a lot of positive things about the guy, and I think people are picking up on that and buzzing off it a little.