Brendan Rodgers

[Nicey]

Every time Rodgers opens his mouth he impresses me.

Something for the weekend sir

[little dave hedgehog]

Every time Rodgers opens his mouth he impresses me.

it's good you never see him eat.

[G]

Something for the weekend sir

Impressive tonsils

[Nicey]

We live to Serve, Serve to live Sir

[yamiedo]

Let Aquilani come back and who knows if he stays injury-free it could be like a new signing.

[Daffy Duck]

I think I recognized Adrojan, Sama and Toni Silva in those training pictures, they haven't previously trained with the senior team have they?

[Slinky Skills]

Yay, another jigsaw.

Iceland ... Germany .... whats the difference

Impressive tonsils

[Alex]

I dont know if its been said before, but I liked how Rodgers conveyed that Sigurdsson missed out on an opportunity not playing for us, rather than we missed out on him.

[saj]

I dont know if its been said before, but I liked how Rodgers conveyed that Sigurdsson missed out on an opportunity not playing for us, rather than we missed out on him.

And t was quite refreshing for him to say HE was not willing to pay more than what Swansea had intially offered. If that was Kenny and Commoli, they would have overpaid whatever amount to sign him.

[baitman]

And t was quite refreshing for him to say HE was not willing to pay more than what Swansea had intially offered. If that was Kenny and Commoli, they would have overpaid whatever amount to sign him.

i can fully understand Brendans public dismissal of gylfi's wage demands, but it may not have n=been Brendan who ended the hunt for gylfi. maybe the extra money was blocked from above, and Brendan is just towing the party line. who knows for sure, eh.
if it was a player that he felt would add to the squad, as must have been the case, then the financing [or not] of the purchase would have been the decision of the board.

[SB]

i can fully understand Brendans public dismissal of gylfi's wage demands, but it may not have n=been Brendan who ended the hunt for gylfi. maybe the extra money was blocked from above, and Brendan is just towing the party line. who knows for sure, eh.
if it was a player that he felt would add to the squad, as must have been the case, then the financing [or not] of the purchase would have been the decision of the board.

Or Brendan didn't think he was worth that much ? Who knows.

[saj]

i can fully understand Brendans public dismissal of gylfi's wage demands, but it may not have n=been Brendan who ended the hunt for gylfi. maybe the extra money was blocked from above, and Brendan is just towing the party line. who knows for sure, eh.
if it was a player that he felt would add to the squad, as must have been the case, then the financing [or not] of the purchase would have been the decision of the board.

The quote below indicates Brendan had the final say. This was an interview he did on talksport and it's on the official website:

One player who will not be making his way to Anfield is midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, who featured for Rodgers at Swansea during the second half of last season and completed a move to Tottenham Hotspur earlier this week.

"Gylfi did fantastic for me at Swansea last season," said the boss. "He wasn't playing at Hoffenheim, I brought him to Swansea and he did very well for me there, scored seven goals in 19 games and was very, very good.

"He and I both sat and spoke and believed that playing football was going to be the most important aspect for him. But obviously it was important financially so we agreed a deal for him to go to Swansea and that was wrapped up.

"I then became the Liverpool manager, and that then wasn't something that was going to happen at Swansea. So he then had a choice of where he wanted to go. I knew what the market was and I wasn't prepared to pay anything over what I had known was agreed before".

"Liverpool would have provided Gylfi with a wonderful opportunity to perform with a manager that he knows and at a club which is a real footballing institution.

"But he's decided to go to Tottenham, for whatever reason. I wish him the best, he's a good kid and there's no ill feeling. We've got other targets and we'll move on."

[Nicey]

When you see the interview he comes across as very straight down the line, I like the player, he did well for me and I had a wonderful opportunity for him, Spurs came in, offered him more money and I was not prepared to pay a premium just because I was now at Liverpool

[BigChief]

And here endeth the brief career of Gylfi Sigurdsson, as narrated by Reverand Buck Rodgers.

[Bender]

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