Brendan Rodgers

[Dalglish]

Forgot about Vlaar, yep he looks better than Lovren from what I have seen of him

I'd have Sherwood over Allen

[Lecter]

I'd have Sherwood over Allen

[danperkins]

Except they can't really as they have all been pretty ****e when played out of their preferred position.

[Fan65]

Didn't Rodgers go for Costa, Sanchez & Bony only losing out to bigger spenders and the lure of the lights.

Rodgers cannot be blamed for that.

I'm sure he knows who he needs it's just getting them is the problem

[Lecter]

Didn't Rodgers go for Costa, Sanchez & Bony only losing out to bigger spenders and the lure of the lights.

Rodgers cannot be blamed for that.

I'm sure he knows who he needs it's just getting them is the problem

Nobody knows whether it was Rodgers or the committee going for those players

To me the only players that are definitely Rodgers signings are Allen & Borini because they happened immediately after his arrival and before the scouts etc that make up the transfer committee had arrived

The rest is open to debate / argument and its probably difficult to draw the line at who did what

[MrMichael]

Nobody knows whether it was Rodgers or the committee going for those players

To me the only players that are definitely Rodgers signings are Allen & Borini because they happened immediately after his arrival and before the scouts etc that make up the transfer committee had arrived

The rest is open to debate / argument and its probably difficult to draw the line at who did what

Absolutely it is, which is why your opening line isn't worth considering really imo. Rodgers AND the committee (which he is part of so even that distinction is rather pointless) are responsible for all the players brought in imo, and also for the targets identified that we didn't get.

[Daniel 7]

This lack of clarity over who does what doesn't seem to do anyone any favours, especially if its as undefined behind closed doors as it appears to us, trying to look in.

Without being all ****ty speculative, it seems like this committee is a wishy washy compromise for Brendan after he put his foot down when he apparently refused to work under a DoF. I think they should just be decisive, now that they (FSG) have more theoretical power and say that they make the signings. Be the bosses.

If there's debate about Ashley Williams or the next Joe ****ing Allen, tough ****. The scouts scout the players, the business people do the contracts and you Brendan, you concentrate on coaching the team!

[Boogs]

The constant need to proportion blame and hang people out to dry is ridiculous IMO. mistakes have been made and hopefully the club has learnt from them. People moan when things get leaked saying we should be doing things behind close doors yet when things are kept behind closed doors you want clarity
Fickle world.

[loki]

Biggest mistake was not calling Alonso. Can only wonder how different our season would have been. Watching him now play for Bayern... Sigh

[DannyMan2006]

Bottom line is that Rodgers and the committee have to agree on the signings. Rodgers can't sign whoever he likes, but neither can he have players he doesn't want forced on him. But what id like to know is the options Rodgers had presented to him, now that would be interesting.

[Daniel 7]

Bottom line is that Rodgers and the committee have to agree on the signings. Rodgers can't sign whoever he likes, but neither can he have players he doesn't want forced on him. But what id like to know is the options Rodgers had presented to him, now that would be interesting.

Balotelli

[MrMichael]

This lack of clarity over who does what doesn't seem to do anyone any favours, especially if its as undefined behind closed doors as it appears to us, trying to look in.

I thought it was relatively clear who did what on the committee, Ayre has given interviews explaining exactly who is in it and what they do. Perhaps that in itself is the problem, we actually know too much. I bet loads of other teams have heads of "recruitment" or "technical performance" like we do in Fallows & Edwards who do almost exactly the same things, no top clubs just let the manager (or a DOF) make purchasing decisions alone these days, we just formalised it and talked too much about it. We football fans seem to like binary, one or the other, he's great or he's ****, his fault or not, they shouldn't have confused us

If there's debate about Ashley Williams or the next Joe ****ing Allen, tough ****. The scouts scout the players, the business people do the contracts and you Brendan, you concentrate on coaching the team!

Suggesting the manager (well he'd just be first team head coach in your scenario) should have no input on player signings is a pretty significant depart from how people usually want it done - is that Rodgers specific or how it should be generally? Are their many real examples of clubs operating like that with sustained success?

Bottom line is that Rodgers and the committee have to agree on the signings. Rodgers can't sign whoever he likes, but neither can he have players he doesn't want forced on him. But what id like to know is the options Rodgers had presented to him, now that would be interesting.

Absolutely

Balotelli

[Leyton388]

From what I've heard is that The club give Rodgers a list of preselected players to sign that he must choose from.

[Marvel]

McAteer, molby and co have raised some issues on their podcast about us only buying youth but lovren, lallana, Lambert and balotelli aren't young players.

Theyre proven international footballers so some of the criticism of fsg is off. However, theyre not without blame. Far from it.

In Rodgers defence its probably a valid assumption that after losing Luis Suarez he didn't ask for players like Can and markovic who aren't yet the real deal. There's an element of us and them in terms of Rodgers signings. Rodgers treatment of sakho, markovic and Moreno at times does suggest that either theyre not his cup of tea or that they're not ready to play.

[Bender]

McAteer, molby and co have raised some issues on their podcast about us only buying youth but lovren, lallana, Lambert and balotelli aren't young players.

Theyre proven international footballers so some of the criticism of fsg is off. However, theyre not without blame. Far from it.

I wouldn't go as far as calling them proven International Footballers