Liverpool FC Forum

Ben Patrick » Tue May 29, 2012 7:21 pm wrote:

roberto green » Tue May 29, 2012 6:43 pm wrote:I've heard it could be several weeks yet before we appoint a manager, The more this drags on the more we are falling behind the rest, fcuking farce this, doing my head in.

I've heard Rodgers will be announced by the end of the week mate.

Have to say it doesn't exactly fill me with optimism but who knows.

Have to say it doesn't exactly fill me with optimism but who knows.

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Might not be true, just text i received off a mate who sends the team and is often spot on.

I am open minded.

Obviously i would want a bigger name if possible but he is someone highly regarded and looks like he will get a chance at a bigger club soon enough.

Every manager is a gamble.

There's quite a few rumours and counter rumours going about with regard to Rodgers and Martinez. It will surely be one of them or Klopp as team manager with Van Gaal as DOF.

The DOF bit seems about 90% certain the only shock now would be no announcement this week.

bookies really think it will be rodgers - down to 1/4

Rafa not on the list. potentially because of the 4-5 million/year salary demands?

This guy is touted in football circles as a manager with a big big future ,I'm starting to favour him over Martinez now .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2151835/Brendan-Rodgers-set-Liverpool.html

Swansea fury! Rodgers is set for Anfield as Martinez jets back to UK after talks

Brendan Rodgers is now Liverpool's No 1 choice to be their new manager and could even be installed by the end of the week.
The Swansea boss has usurped Roberto Martinez as favourite to take over from Kenny Dalglish and his chairman Huw Jenkins has admitted he would not stand in Rodgers' way if he expresses a desire to leave the Liberty Stadium.

Wigan manager Martinez, who has also talked to Aston Villa, looked like he was holding all the aces after a meeting with Liverpool's principal owner John W Henry in Miami last Thursday, but it is understood that further negotiations with the Spaniard broke down when it became apparent that Rodgers was Anfield's preferred choice.
Liverpool have conducted a painstaking search to find Dalglish's successor since sacking the legendary Scot two weeks ago.
And their approach has drawn heavy criticism from Jenkins, who insisted he would have gone about his business differently.

There is also an irony that Rodgers has emerged as the outstanding candidate to take over at Anfield, given that he was the first manager to rule himself out of the running when the initial interview process started with a dozen candidates 12 days ago.
Sportsmail understands his stance was partially dictated by a reluctance to undermine his position at Swansea, but it has always been the intention of Fenway Sports Group, Liverpool's American owners, to speak with the Northern Irishman this week.

Rodgers, 39, and Jenkins had a two-hour meeting at the Liberty Stadium when Swansea insist Liverpool's interest was not discussed, but that seems unlikely considering Jenkins' strong feelings on the two-week saga and his desperation to keep one of the hottest young managerial properties in the game.
Jenkins said: 'If I was in charge of Liverpool I would be going about my business differently. 'What they are doing is not how I would do it. I don't want to say what I would do differently but I have not been too happy.

'This is the kind of silly thing that happens at this point of the season. There has not been another approach since the first one and we've had to answer a lot of questions based on speculation.'
Liverpool now want to bring the process to a swift conclusion. Henry and chairman Tom Werner have arrived on Merseyside, with Werner set to attend a Premier League meeting on Thursday.
Provided talks go smoothly, Liverpool may make an official announcement before the weekend.
FSG are determined to implement a new coaching structure at Anfield and former Bayern Munich and Ajax coach Louis van Gaal has also been lined up as sporting director.
Martinez is left facing a 24-hour wait to discover whether his talks with Liverpool have cost him the chance to succeed Alex McLeish at Villa.
Club owner Randy Lerner was informed by the Spaniard's representatives yesterday that the Latics boss would now be prepared to press ahead with his candidacy after talks between the two parties at Villa Park last week.
But Martinez has been informed that Villa have looked elsewhere since the talks, and it is believed Norwich's Paul Lambert is now also under consideration.
Villa want the matter resolved by the weekend and will open talks with the club of their choice in the next two days.
Martinez is in danger of paying the price for a failure to declare his outright determination to land the post.
He was Lerner's first-choice 12 months ago - before the calamitous decision was taken to appoint McLeish - and has only enhanced his reputation since.



Seems Brendan Rodgers meeting with Jenkins didn't  deliver the verdict his chairman had anticipated ....Its now looking a racing certainty that
Rodgers will be the next reds manager .

RED BEERGOGGLES » Tue May 29, 2012 10:17 pm wrote:

This guy is touted in football circles as a manager with a big big future ,I'm starting to favour him over Martinez now .

thing is though mate, he worked at chelsea, was apparently highly thought of there and yet he hasnt been mentioned once as a possible candidate for the managers job there.
and even if he is any good he`s going to have to deal with this management by commitee idea that FSG have got, not one but two DoF`s and a few other suits thrown into the decision making mix as well it`s just a recipe for disaster, especially if van gaal is one of the DoF`s.
they are trying to revolutionize the management of football clubs in this country at a time when they should be steadying the ship.
it`s all too radical and at the wrong time.

I was warming towards Martinez ,but I think I will be genuinely disappointed if we don't get Rodgers ,and its the first manager we have been linked with that
I can genuinely say that ... It will be a bold move by the owners ,but how can they possibly let one of the most talked about futures in the game slip through
their grasp .

Most of the journos think it's going to be Brendan Rodgers

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Tue May 29, 2012 10:42 pm wrote:thing is though mate, he worked at chelsea, was apparently highly thought of there and yet he hasnt been mentioned once as a possible candidate for the managers job there.
and even if he is any good he`s going to have to deal with this management by commitee idea that FSG have got, not one but two DoF`s and a few other suits thrown into the decision making mix as well it`s just a recipe for disaster, especially if van gaal is one of the DoF`s.
they are trying to revolutionize the management of football clubs in this country at a time when they should be steadying the ship.
it`s all too radical and at the wrong time.

Radical may well be the word mate ,but if a young ambitious clearly hugely talented manager steps in and gets the fans genuinely excited again
by playing beautiful football ,then I will gladly wait patiently for that scenario to evolve .

GO ON THE WEE NORN IRON!! 

burjennio » Tue May 29, 2012 11:03 pm wrote:GO ON THE WEE NORN IRON!! 

not biased at all I see

burjennio » Tue May 29, 2012 11:03 pm wrote:GO ON THE WEE NORN IRON!! 

He also speaks Spanish and Italian ,he's fucking Bilingual .

PS , he bears an uncanny resemblance to Dick Advocaat aka The Little General.

RED BEERGOGGLES » Tue May 29, 2012 11:01 pm wrote:

ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Tue May 29, 2012 10:42 pm wrote:thing is though mate, he worked at chelsea, was apparently highly thought of there and yet he hasnt been mentioned once as a possible candidate for the managers job there.
and even if he is any good he`s going to have to deal with this management by commitee idea that FSG have got, not one but two DoF`s and a few other suits thrown into the decision making mix as well it`s just a recipe for disaster, especially if van gaal is one of the DoF`s.
they are trying to revolutionize the management of football clubs in this country at a time when they should be steadying the ship.
it`s all too radical and at the wrong time.

Radical may well be the word mate ,but if a young ambitious clearly hugely talented manager steps in and gets the fans genuinely excited again
by playing beautiful football ,then I will gladly wait patiently for that scenario to evolve .

even if he is any good mate he`s going to struggle because we are not shopping in harrods like all our rivals are. and those rivals arent managed by mugs either they are managed by some of the best managers there has ever been in the english game.
imo we are not going to break into the top 4 with a management by commitee set up and a moneyball `vaue in the market` type of transfer philosophy.
infact i got a bit of a shock when i saw agger is as short as 6/4 to go to barcelona, i thought he`d be about 10-1 or something, dont like the sound of that. i hope this new appointment hasnt underwhelmed a few of our players too.