Brendan Rodgers

[Fan65]

"Many managers refused to work under a sporting director when they were interviewed by FSG for the job before BR came in "

Blimey what number was BR on the list then ?

If this is all based on fact then BR needs to grow a pair and stand up to the board. Give me control or I go.

[McDermotX]

Absolutely fantastic.

To think that only last season, we were being held up as the example of a progressive, forward-thinking club with the building blocks in place both on the pitch, and in our plans to fortify our business and finances. The suggested playing model for the English national team, players still to come into their prime, exciting young manager tied down with a 5yr deal etc etc


Man.....did we get ahead our ourselves.

What a complete capitulation !

[Roboklopp]

How does that exonerate from the likes of Borini & Allen though? His own choices have been wank too.

[Boogs]

How does that exonerate from the likes of Borini & Allen though? His own choices have been wank too.

Don't think it exonerates him but more explains why Allen is getting game time over some of the new young chaps brought in and why Borini isn't getting being played so that he gets the message and doesn't refuse another transfer in jan should one come in.

[Roboklopp]

Aye, but it's playing a dangerous game cos we're dropping points like a pissed tramps spills cider- plus playing Allen above Can & Lucas is hardly strengthening his case!

[Sarb]

More spin from Rodgers and his mate Pearce.

Can pick of our players v Madrid and Chelsea. Seems to me he understood the style. Then dropped.

Nothing regarding his no.1 targets this summer and last indicates to me he ever considered top class players like Costa.

And frankly we aren't 10th/11th solely because of transfers. His choices and decisions this season regards team and players selected have been abysmal

[chadrtc]

More spin from Rodgers and his mate Pearce.

Can pick of our players v Madrid and Chelsea. Seems to me he understood the style. Then dropped.

Nothing regarding his no.1 targets this summer and last indicates to me he ever considered top class players like Costa.

And frankly we aren't 10th/11th solely because of transfers. His choices and decisions this season regards team and players selected have been abysmal

I would never have guessed you would read it that way.

[NotLikeYou]

I'd replace the transfer committee before I replaced Rodgers.

[Sarb]

They'd all be ditched at the same time in an ideal world

[npinn001]

Its crystal clear in my opinion. FSG have taken too much stock in waht other people have told them that has dissuaded them from their ideal setup.

They wanted a DOF and a manager and to implement that structure. They tried with Commolli and then seem to have been taking advice from Ian Ayre and ex players. For me, Ayre goes, and a proper high calibre footballing man is brought in to run the club.

A DOF is appointed, someone like Cruyff or the like, and a manager brought in or Rodgers kept under the new structure. But if Rodgers is to stay, he needs to change. Cant help but feel he's lost his way, and his new bit of fluff wont be helping keep him focused either!

Something has to give. They just need to put the structure they want in place and move on.

[BigChief]

If true, then BR needed to get his side across specially as it feels near to the end of his tenure with us. If he really wanted Erikson and Bony (could be hindsight b&ll**** considering their respective forms now) then I underestimated his ability to spot a player. Conversely, I feel reluctant to believe it considering he didn't want Sturridge (twice) and continued playing Gerrard in a position he was so ill-suited this season.

In summary I think its too late and Rodgers is preparing excuses to land another decent-ish job asap after he leaves this one.

[Roboklopp]

This was Posted on rawk. Pearce has clearly been briefed by Rodgers. It seems like it's an absolute mess behind the scenes.

Liverpool Echo's James Pearce one of the most trusted persons regarding LFC affairs has come out to suggest that the Transfer Committee (TC) could have made BR's work difficult at Anfield. The sale of senior players on big wages and the signings that BR made this season were not totally his choice, but the committee's. Many managers refused to work under a sporting director when they were interviewed by FSG for the job before BR came in. FSG later set up this committee that is identical, or perhaps wields more power than a sporting director, whilst giving the idea that the manager is totally in charge. Whatever decision the manager makes with regards to signings and contracts, will be voted by 5 people in the committee. Only in the case of a majority vote, BR can sign the players he wants. Otherwise he has to improvise with the players chosen by the TC. Pearce says BR NEVER wanted to sign Balotelli but was forced to settle for him. In other words, it was the TC that ultimately failed to replace Suarez despite getting big money by selling him. Pearce says BR also made it clear that he wanted Michel Vorm and that signing a GK is a priority. But he says the transfer committee refused to pay his value despite only spending over 30mil in net spending this summer. This also had a significant impact on Mignolet's form as LFC didn't try to provide competition for the Belgian. Pearce says paying top bucks for Lovren made perfect sense at that point, as he was not one for the future, but was coming in as a top centre back, based on his form with the Saints and his Premier League experience. He was bought to hit the ground running. However he's had a major dip in form which is disappointing says Pearce. Similar tone has been voiced by Mike Bernard, a former employee of FSG, who said BR failing to see eye-to-eye with some of the TC members and their signings, is getting a little unsavoury. Mike noted that BR wanted Eriksen and Bony but was overruled. This also goes back to previous failures to show the money and securing players early when they had interest to move to LFC. Plenty of dragging negotiations and low-balling saw the failure of securing targets such as Willian, Salah, Mikhtaryan, Konoplyanka and more. Diego Costa was identified by BR as a transfer target when Costa was playing as a wing-forward, long before he became a star in that out-and-out striker position and caught the whole world's attention. TC thought his release clause of 20mil back then was too much. The rest is history. While we drag our feet on targets, other clubs come into the picture, showed the money and swooped them as we watch helplessly. Even for Sanchez, Phil Thompson declared during the world cup that we had Sanchez in the bag. However too much negotiations into details and conditions in payment method allowed Arsenal to sneak in and turn his and his wife's head.

Pearce also does not believe with the popular excuse that BR got founded after Suarez left, and that it was the Uruguayan who made BR look good last season. He says BR's tactical acumen led the team prosper last season, not Suarez alone. The expectations has been raised by last season's football and LFC are struggling with the pressure now he adds. Pearce labels Borini's position as strange and wonders if it could be the club showing frustration against him, for not being able to secure 14mil from Sunderland and another 13mil from QPR. They're certainly making it clear to Borini that he shouldn't reject another deal in January. Another journo Graham Beecroft says Borini could have indicated that he rather sit on the bench and take the wages or run down his contract, than moving to a small club ie Sunderland, QPR who are also refusing to pay more wages than LFC. Could be the reason why he's strangely frozen. Could be the club's decision not the manager's.

The last time Pearce spoke to BR, the manager said Can and some of the new players are still trying to adapt to his philosophy of football and it could be the reason why BR resorts to playing those who know what is expected of them for now. But Pearce says he will speak to BR again about Can to find out more on his position. Pearce says LFC's season could depend on Sturridge coming back to be paired with Balotelli upfront, and then allow the rest of the team to click. Pearce doesn't know if FSG are willing to spend in January but it's a question of can they afford not to. As champions league new TV deal brings in over 40mil next season compared to 25mil before, he opines that LFC must spend. Especially on a top quality striker, taking into account Studge's fitness.

The audio of the interview is here

https://soundcloud.com/anfieldhq/james-pearce-corrected

Let's hope that algorithm takes into account those cycles of birth etc which predicted that Messi would be totally ****e by now.

[Roboklopp]

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[cream]

I've said before, the biggest mistake Rodgers has made is not agreeing to work with a DOF thus ending up with a pretty clueless group of people picking and choosing players for him. This committee is a shambles.

I've seen Hynkes name been mentioned in the new manager thread, I think someone like him would make a good DOF.

[cream]

If true, then BR needed to get his side across specially as it feels near to the end of his tenure with us. If he really wanted Erikson and Bony (could be hindsight b&ll**** considering their respective forms now) then I underestimated his ability to spot a player. Conversely, I feel reluctant to believe it considering he didn't want Sturridge (twice) and continued playing Gerrard in a position he was so ill-suited this season.

In summary I think its too late and Rodgers is preparing excuses to land another decent-ish job asap after he leaves this one.

He also wanted Costa and Turan, not last summer but the summer before, before they went on to have amazing seasons .