Brendan Rodgers

[Rich]

Bit of a confusing paragraph!

Which bit are you confused about? Seemed pretty straightforward to me.

[ronanm]

Which bit are you confused about? Seemed pretty straightforward to me.

He's asked where he'll be in 5 years and immediately speaks of Spain, then says he hopes to be managing Liverpool for 20 years. Seems contrarian to me.

[tsb]

He's asked where he'll be in 5 years and immediately speaks of Spain, then says he hopes to be managing Liverpool for 20 years. Seems contrarian to me.

Yeah, think the first bit might have been some creative licence from AS!

[BigChief]

Clear as glass. Rodgers will be managing LFC for the next 20 years, from Spain.

[McDermotX]

So Brendan's a big admirer of Sergio Ramos....

Massive shock there, as Sergio is, and I'm not being unkind to him, a bit of a headbanger at the back.

[Muddled]

Cheers Yozza.

So Brendan's a big admirer of Sergio Ramos....

Massive shock there, as Sergio is, and I'm not being unkind to him, a bit of a headbanger at the back.

[meffin]

Brendan Rodgers: I want to manage in Spain one day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2799847/brendan-rodgers-want-manage-spain-one-day-m-learning-spanish-liverpool-players.html

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has admitted that his ambition is to manage a club in Spain and revealed that he is already learning Spanish.
Rodgers said in a stunning interview with Spanish newspaper AS that he wants to stay in charge at Anfield for the next 20 years but has already started preparing for a move abroad one day.

The 41-year-old Northern Irishman admitted that he tries to communicate with Liverpool's Spanish players - Jose Enrique, Alberto Moreno, Suso and Javi Manquillo - in their native language, rather than English, in an attempt to boost his language skills.
Brendan Rodgers has given a wide-ranging interview with Spanish newspaper AS, published on Monday - the translation of the quote on the front page says: 'I've not seen a team like this Madrid for a long time'

Asked by AS where Rodgers sees himself in five years' time he said: 'I don’t know, I hope one day to work in Spain.
'I’ve studied Spanish, but I need to improve. I’ll probably improve when I work in the country one day. For most people, when they travel to a country their language becomes better.

'I speak to the Spanish players that we have in Spanish.'
Rodgers is gaining a reputation as one of the game's brightest young bosses but faces the biggest test of his managerial career so far when his Liverpool side host Real Madrid at Anfield in the Champions League on Wednesday night.

The Reds struggled to contain a QPR side featuring the likes of Bobby Zamora and Leroy Fer during Sunday's scrappy 3-2 victory at Loftus Road, but now he must find a way to stop the European champions' feared front line known as the 'BBC' - Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

But Rodgers admits that he speaks to the likes of Jose Enrique in Spanish to boost his language skills

Rodgers, however, is relishing the challenge and views Liverpool's struggles to replicate last-season's stunning form as merely a blip in what he hopes will be a long career at Anfield.
But he is also mapping out a career beyond the Barclays Premier League and already seems to have his heart set on a move to Spain - possibly to his opposition this week or their great rivals at Barcelona.

Barcelona is also another potential destination for Rodgers should he move to Spain as he plans

'I’m only 41 which is very young and there are lots of things I want to achieve here at Liverpool,' he said. 'It's an incredible club and I hope to be managing here for another 20-odd years.
'One day hopefully it can take me to Spain and I can experience a wonderful country, culture and as I said, some wonderful football club.'

[Muddled]

I hate the Daily Mail so much.

[Frenchie]

I hate the Daily Mail so much.

The British press are by far the scummiest in the world.

[Pablo]

Big test of his managerial nous tonight. Can he set us up correctly? If not we could get slaughtered. Will be fascinating to see how we cope.

[Lecter]

Big test of his managerial nous tonight. Can he set us up correctly? If not we could get slaughtered. Will be fascinating to see how we cope.

How would you set us up??

We clearly cant sit back and defend and try and hit them on the break, because we cant defend to save our lives

If we attack them it will leave us wide open for the counter-attack

Difficult decision

[danperkins]

With the current side, injuries and players not 100% fit..... it really is difficult to find a balance with this side. It's been very apparent this season that we have lacked balance and cohesion in all areas of the pitch.

[Pablo]

How would you set us up??

We clearly cant sit back and defend and try and hit them on the break, because we cant defend to save our lives

If we attack them it will leave us wide open for the counter-attack

Difficult decision

Yeah it's a nightmare one. As you say if we try to sit back and stifle them, well we're ill equipped to do that to say the least! It'd backfire.

I also fear if we commit too many men forward we will get horribly exposed on the counter attack. We'd have loads of the ball but lose 1-4.

I think we have to use as high a tempo as possible and hopefully catch them off guard that's our best approach.

I also suspect we have big plans for Moreno tonight. I think he was left out to work on a specific gameplan for tonight. I'm hoping he has a stormer!

I want us to do something that surprises not only Madrid but us as fans, something we didn't plan on seeing, something that throws them off their game a little. We'll see.

[Montana]

Pack the midfield, make it hard for them to play through us and attack on the counter with pace of Sterling and maybe Markovic or Borini later in the game.

I would go ..


Mig
Johnson Skrtel Lovren Moreno
Henderson Gerrard Allen
Lallana Coutinho
Sterling


We need both Henderson's and Allen's pressing plus this is the type of game Lallana and Coutinho will enjoy.

Sterling, just give him licence to roam, get in behind and create space for the midfield runners.

The team needs to be really compact today in midfield and attack or we will get mullered.

No passengers so no Balotelli.

[Lecter]

Pack the midfield, make it hard for them to play through us and attack on the counter with pace of Sterling and maybe Markovic or Borini later in the game.

I would go ..


Mig
Johnson Skrtel Lovren Moreno
Henderson Gerrard Allen
Lallana Coutinho
Sterling


We need both Henderson's and Allen's pressing plus this is the type of game Lallana and Coutinho will enjoy.

Sterling, just give him licence to roam, get in behind and create space for the midfield runners.

The team needs to be really compact today in midfield and attack or we will get mullered.

No passengers so no Balotelli.

I dont think we have the players to pack the midfield in order to stifle teams and we certain dont have the ability to stay compact

I think we have to remember we dont have the players that Houllier & Rafa had to orchestrate good defensive play and hope to hit teams on the break

So packing the midfield becomes just bodies nothing more nothing less

I really wouldnt know how to approach this game bearing in mind the players at our disposal