Brendan Rodgers

[badpiggy]

I bet if we looked back at the money spent having to trade as we had cancerous owners and little money beforehand, compared to the ones that have backed the current incumbent, that we made a profit from Rafa's dealings. Plus, when he left, he left a far superior squad to the one that we have now.

Case in point, 293m spent by Brendan and the transfer committee, I'd say we'd be lucky to get even, being kind a huge financial loss. The money wasted is beyond belief.....

However, not sure why Rafa was brought up in a Brendan thread........

Fabio Borini Roma £10,400,000 13 July 2012
Joe Allen Swansea City £15,000,000 10 August 2012
Oussama Assaidi Heerenveen £3,000,000 17 August 2012
Nuri Sahin Real Madrid On Loan 25 August 2012
Samed Yesil Bayer Leverkusen £1,000,000 30 August 2012
Daniel Sturridge Chelsea £12,000,000 2 January 2013
Philippe Coutinho Inter Milan £8,500,000 30 January 2013
Luis Alberto Sevilla £6,800,000 22 June 2013
Iago Aspas Celta Vigo £7,000,000 23 June 2013
Simon Mignolet Sunderland £9,000,000 25 June 2013
Kolo Touré Free Transfer Free 2 July 2013
Aly Cissokho Valencia On Loan * 20 August 2013
Mamadou Sakho Paris St Germain £15,000,000 2 September 2013
Tiago Ilori Sporting Lisbon £7,000,000 2 September 2013
Victor Moses Chelsea On Loan * 2 September 2013
Rickie Lambert Southampton £4,500,000 2 June 2014
Adam Lallana Southampton £25,000,000 * 1 July 2014
Emre Can Bayer Leverkusen £9,750,000 3 July 2014
Lazar Markovic Benfica £19,800,000 15 July 2014
Dejan Lovren Southampton £20,000,000 * 27 July 2014
Divick Origi Lille £9,800,000 * 29 July 2014
Javier Manquillo Atletico Madrid On Loan 6 August 2014
Alberto Moreno Sevilla £12,000,000 * 16 August 2014
Mario Balotelli AC Milan £16,000,000 25 August 2014
Joe Gomez Charlton Athletic £6,000,000 * 20 June 2015
Adam Bogdan Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015
Danny Ings Free Transfer Unknown * 1 July 2015
James Milner Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015
Nathaniel Clyne Southampton £12,500,000 1 July 2015
Roberto Firmino Hoffenheim £29,000,000 * 6 July 2015
Christian Benteke Aston Villa £32,500,000 22 July 2015

And that's before we get onto, which of these were his and which were the transfer committees.

Not getting into a Rodgers vs Rafa thing but no matter what way you dress that up, overall that is some catalogue of mediocrity

[Irishnev]

He's actually gone crazy!

@TheTeleFootball: Brendan Rodgers backs Lovren and believes he can compete with the likes of Thiago Silva in the future. #LFC http://t.co/PlVJHfkOno

[Chazza]

Whoosh

[Leyton388]

[danperkins]

Yeah you have to take into account money vs productivity. What did they actually do for the club in their time here. Going through that list there is only a handful of players you could pick out that could be considered a success.

[Saveloy]

Yeah you have to take into account money vs productivity. What did they actually do for the club in their time here. Going through that list there is only a handful of players you could pick out that could be considered a success.

If you laid most clubs' transfers out like that they'd look similarly ****.

[danperkins]

If you laid most clubs' transfers out like that they'd look similarly ****.

True but our is pretty hideous

[dom9]

However, not sure why Rafa was brought up in a Brendan thread........

To give some context to the tweet you quoted. The turnover of players is nothing new to the club, nor is it actually unusual in the right league now. Just look at how many players Chelsea have on loan. How many players are leaving United?

Of course, the point you went on to make was an entirely different one. That of quality, rather than quantity.

[frank the tank]

He's actually gone crazy!

@TheTeleFootball: Brendan Rodgers backs Lovren and believes he can compete with the likes of Thiago Silva in the future. #LFC http://t.co/PlVJHfkOno

Every time I see something like that, it makes me want to see the back of Brendan a little but more.... I want him to succeed, it's just my belief that it is possible takes a spanking every time Brendan opens his mouth.

He's going all houllier on it with comparisons like that....

[Chazza]

It's also complete bollocks as in made up **** from a fake account on twitter.

[calvoboy]

Just to list it, we have:

Fabio Borini Roma £10,400,000 13 July 2012
Joe Allen Swansea City £15,000,000 10 August 2012
Oussama Assaidi Heerenveen £3,000,000 17 August 2012
Nuri Sahin Real Madrid On Loan 25 August 2012
Samed Yesil Bayer Leverkusen £1,000,000 30 August 2012
Daniel Sturridge Chelsea £12,000,000 2 January 2013
Philippe Coutinho Inter Milan £8,500,000 30 January 2013
Luis Alberto Sevilla £6,800,000 22 June 2013
Iago Aspas Celta Vigo £7,000,000 23 June 2013
Simon Mignolet Sunderland £9,000,000 25 June 2013
Kolo Touré Free Transfer Free 2 July 2013
Aly Cissokho Valencia On Loan * 20 August 2013
Mamadou Sakho Paris St Germain £15,000,000 2 September 2013
Tiago Ilori Sporting Lisbon £7,000,000 2 September 2013
Victor Moses Chelsea On Loan * 2 September 2013
Rickie Lambert Southampton £4,500,000 2 June 2014
Adam Lallana Southampton £25,000,000 * 1 July 2014
Emre Can Bayer Leverkusen £9,750,000 3 July 2014
Lazar Markovic Benfica £19,800,000 15 July 2014
Dejan Lovren Southampton £20,000,000 * 27 July 2014
Divick Origi Lille £9,800,000 * 29 July 2014
Javier Manquillo Atletico Madrid On Loan 6 August 2014
Alberto Moreno Sevilla £12,000,000 * 16 August 2014
Mario Balotelli AC Milan £16,000,000 25 August 2014
Joe Gomez Charlton Athletic £6,000,000 * 20 June 2015
Adam Bogdan Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015
Danny Ings Free Transfer Unknown * 1 July 2015
James Milner Free Transfer Free 1 July 2015
Nathaniel Clyne Southampton £12,500,000 1 July 2015
Roberto Firmino Hoffenheim £29,000,000 * 6 July 2015
Christian Benteke Aston Villa £32,500,000 22 July 2015
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vs

Josemi Rey Malaga £2,000,000 26.07.2004
Antonio Nunez Real Madrid £1,500,000 17.08.2004
Luis Garcia Barcelona £6,000,000 20.08.2004
Xabi Alonso Real Sociedad £10,700,000 20.08.2004
Mauricio Pellegrino Valencia Free 05.01.2005
Fernando Morientes Real Madrid £6,300,000 13.01.2005
Scott Carson Leeds United £1,000,000 21.01.2005
Antonio Barragan Sevilla £240,000 04.07.2005
Boudewijn Zenden Free Transfer Free 04.07.2005
Jose Reina Villareal £6,000,000 04.07.2005
Mohamed Sissoko Valencia £5,600,000 14.07.2005
Peter Crouch Southampton £7,000,000 20.07.2005
Godwin Antwi Real Zaragoza Unknown 15.08.2005
Miki Roque Lleida Unknown 15.08.2005
Jack Hobbs Lincoln City £150,000 18.08.2005
Besian Idrizaj LASK Linz £190,000 22.08.2005
Mark Gonzalez Albacete £1,500,000 20.10.2005
Paul Anderson Hull City Player Exchange 01.01.2006
Jan Kromkamp Villareal Player Exchange 04.01.2006
Daniel Agger Brøndby £5,800,000 12.01.2006
David Martin MK Dons £250,000 12.01.2006
Robbie Fowler Man City Free 27.01.2006
Craig Bellamy Blackburn £6,000,000 01.07.2006
Gabriel Paletta Club Atlético Banfield £2,000,000 04.07.2006
Fábio Aurélio Valencia Free 05.07.2006
Jermaine Pennant Birmingham £6,700,000 26.07.2006
Dirk Kuyt Feyenoord £9,000,000 18.08.2006
Nabil El Zhar St Etienne £200,000 21.08.2006
Astrit Ajdarevic Falkenberg £750,000 11.01.2007
Daniele Padelli Sampdoria On Loan 12.01.2007
Jordy Brouwer Ajax Undisclosed 24.01.2007
Francisco Durán Malaga £66,000* 30.01.2007
Ronald Huth Tacuary FC Undisclosed 31.01.2007
Álvaro Arbeloa Deportivo £2,500,000 31.01.2007
Javier Mascherano West Ham On Loan 20.02.2007
Lucas Leiva Gremio £5,000,000 11.05.2007
Mikel San José Domínguez Athletic Bilbao £270,000 28.06.2007
Sebastian Leto Club Atlético Lanús £1,800,000 01.07.2007
Fernando Torres Atletico Madrid £20,200,000 04.07.2007
Andriy Voronin Leverkusen Free 06.07.2007
Yossi Benayoun West Ham £5,000,000 12.07.2007
Ryan Babel Ajax £11,500,000 13.07.2007
Charles Itandje Lens Undisclosed 09.08.2007
Emiliano Insúa Boca Juniors £1,300,000 26.08.2007
Martin Skrtel Zenit St Petersburg £6,500,000 11.01.2008
Javier Mascherano Media Sports Investment £17,000,000 29.02.2008
Philipp Degen Dortmund Free 03.07.2008
Andrea Dossena Udinese £7,000,000 04.07.2008
Diego Cavalieri Palmeiras £3,500,000 11.07.2008
David Ngog Paris St Germain £1,500,000 24.07.2008
Robbie Keane Tottenham £19,000,000 28.07.2008
Albert Riera Espanyol £8,000,000 31.08.2008
Victor Palsson AGF Aarhus undisc 02.01.2009

53 players in 5 seasons.

I'm a huge Rafa fan. But signing lots of players, many of whom don't work out, isn't a new phenomenon. By and large it comes from not being top dog, so you're constantly looking for the next big thing rather than being able to sign proven quality in every position. Some great signings in that Rafa list though, and most of the failures were at least cheap (bar Dossena, Riera, Keane and Babel - and we recouped a fair amount on a couple of those).

The two key differences between then (Rafa) and now in my opinion are a) We now have owners looking to invest for the long term rather than a quick boost and asset strip, even if they haven't quite worked out how best to go about it yet, and b) whereas in Rafa's day he had control over who we signed and it was all done to suit his system, the lines are blurred now which means we seem to be wasting money on players that are decent but are never likely to fit into the way we're currently playing (e.g. Markovic).

We need a clear strategy IMO - if we spend big it should be on proven quality, and if we sign young lads they should be players that are suited to both the premiership and the long-term philosophy of the club (i.e. to put it simply they should be able to pass a ball and not be weak as a day old baby).

[Cormack74]

Blimey, I'd completely forgotten that Scott Carson played for us.

[Roboklopp]

Vs juve no less.

[Red_Polo]

Besian Idrizaj RIP

[Vermilion]

It's also complete bollocks as in made up **** from a fake account on twitter.