Brendan Rodgers

[baitman]

Very interesting and I tend to agree with most of what Brendan says - but I wish he wouldn't blab our tactics to all and sundry

good use of the 'Brendan' smiley

[Arn]

“What I’ve said to our front two is that when we’re defending in our half of the pitch, when we can’t press and we are under pressure I am happy for them both to stay up there.

You can always press if you have the players to do it and if the strikers don't press early all the time then we will get very few counter attacks. The ones we do get will be dangerous but we get fewer counter attacks if the strikers don't track back.

If you want us to be top class then press all over the pitch all the time off the ball is the only option.

The clubs that top the big leagues do it and the pressing off the ball is the big reason to why they are top. Money is of course another reason.

[rudedog]

That form is extraploated to 72 point for a 38 game season.

Not good enough to win the league.

That's assuming his progress has plateaued though. His points per game ratio has steadily increased since January this year and if it continues the total points for this year should be higher that 72.

[dom9]

Very interesting and I tend to agree with most of what Brendan says - but I wish he wouldn't blab our tactics to all and sundry

Haha. I just read that article and I was basically about to write this.

[dom9]

That's assuming his progress has plateaued though. His points per game ratio has steadily increased since January this year and if it continues the total points for this year should be higher that 72.

Then again it could be a peak.

[dom9]

Ok, just caught up with the rest of the thread.

If it's true, so what. It happens all the time to all manner of people. It's not news. It's irrelevant.

[Darkon]

Very interesting and I tend to agree with most of what Brendan says - but I wish he wouldn't blab our tactics to all and sundry

I know what you mean, but honestly don't think it matters much - I'm fairly certain the opposition scouting and tactical team have analyzed to that knowledge already. I don't think there is much that can be said about any teams philosophy and system that isn't already known by the other teams unless it's a completely new face.

It's the little tweaks and individual instructions that are the only possible surprises tactically now a days.

[Darkon]

Deleted all the personal rumour stuff, as it's against site policy.

[Vermilion]

Ah bollocks missed all that.

[Darkon]

You really didn't

[Vermilion]

Ok, i'll take your word for it.

edit: hmmm, i blame the teeth.

[Sarb]

Harry Redknapp: FA bosses 'do not have a clue'
Harry Redknapp says that Football Association senior officials do not have the knowledge required to choose the best England manager.

The QPR boss was overlooked for the role when Roy Hodgson succeeded former coach Fabio Capello in May 2012.

"I wouldn't trust the FA to show me a good manager if their lives depended on it," he wrote in his autobiography, serialised in the Daily Mail.

Redknapp, 66, says he holds no grudge against Hodgson after the decision.

But he insists he was the leading choice with England fans and players, claiming senior players texted him to offer him their support.

Redknapp's managerial career
•1983-1992: Bournemouth
•1994-2001: West Ham
•2002-2004: Portsmouth
•2004-2005: Southampton
•2005-2008: Portsmouth
•2008-2012: Tottenham
•2012-present: QPR
"This isn't about them giving the England job to me or Roy Hodgson, but English football being run by people who really haven't got a clue - and they get to pick the England manager," he said.

"Everyone said I was the people's choice, the only choice. All the senior players seemed to be up for me to get the job.

"I got quite a few text messages at the time from players saying they would love me to manage England: Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry.

"But the FA went for Roy Hodgson to be the England manager - a man who is more their cup of tea."

Redknapp, who was manager of Tottenham when the decision was made, said he wanted Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers - then with Swansea City - to be his assistant.

"My thinking on Brendan was this: if he can do it with players from the lower leagues at Swansea what can he do with Rio and Terry or Rooney and Gerrard?" he added.

"So when Tottenham played Swansea on 1 April, 2012 I pulled Brendan after the game and said that if all the speculation about me and England was true would he consider coming to the European Championships in the summer as my part-time coach?

"I told him I wanted England to play with as much technical ambition as Swansea. He was up for it. "Some Tottenham fans might think I was distracted from my club job, but I can assure you the conversation took five minutes. And we beat Swansea 3-1 that day."

Redknapp's side won just twice in 10 matches following Capello's resignation as Spurs failed to qualify for the Champions League.

He was sacked in June 2012 before taking over at QPR the following November.

He is right on the FA. Clueless

[Fosterbloke]

Check out my false 9.5

[dom9]

April 1, eh?

[Sarb]

April 1, eh?