leeroy74 » Tue May 26, 2015 8:18 am wrote:nice little personal attack at the end there, just as your post looked like being a good one. well done you.
kazza » May 26th, '15, 09:01 wrote:Brendan Rodgers warned Liverpool's poor season CANNOT happen again - and that changes are coming
19:41, 25 May 2015
OPINION BY DAVIDMADDOCK
If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down
If Brendan Rodgers has been given firm assurances over his future, then they come with an even firmer caveat.
The Liverpool manager may have received confirmation that the club’s US owners will not hit the panic button, and their backing for him has not changed despite the 6-1 humiliation at Stoke.
Yet, along with that message, came another crucial one that will determine the direction in which the club will head as they contemplate a season of disappointment.
The word from the Americans is clear.
This season cannot happen again, so not only will there be a review, with their manager asked some brutally direct questions about his role in the failure, but there will be no sense of Rodgers being asked to simply continue in the same manner as this year.
There will be major changes, a “beyond robust” examination of the structures and cultures currently in place at Anfield - demanding alteration to ensure there is no repeat.
At present, the mood within the ownership group – made up of chairman Tom Werner, principal shareholder John Henry and director Michael Gordon – is those changes will stop short of the manager.
Gordon will direct the review and ask Rodgers to buy into not only the long-term strategy, but also deliver firm guarantees of rejoining Europe’s elite in the Champions League.
In short, they will gauge if he can meet his targets. It is here the manager’s future will be determined.
If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down.
Likewise, the same message will be offered if he feels he can’t work within the club’s very closely defined transfer and wage policies which emphasise homegrown talent.
So far, all the indications are that the Ulsterman IS prepared to buy into that philosophy.
The review will get underway in earnest by the first week of June, when Rodgers is likely to travel to Boston to meet Gordon face to face, and sit down with him and Henry - and possibly Werner - to thrash out the changes.
Until then, the Americans will keep their powder dry.
They have made NO approach for any other manager, and will not make any enquiries, even if it means losing out on the available Jurgen Klopp.
The plan remains the same – Rodgers will continue into next season unless the review makes his position untenable.
It promises to be a pivotal month for Liverpool.
Analysis: 'Big club' Brendan Rodgers is looking increasingly small-time
leeroy74 » May 26th, '15, 08:57 wrote:I hope he stays. He's learning as he goes, you just don't go from coming 2nd one season to being the sh!ttest manager ever (as some on here rate him) in one season. The loss of key players was crucial to this decline. He signed a boat load last summer thinking that was the correct tactic but he's learnt it isn't, he even said so himself in his Talksport interview not so long since. If he stays on I'd expect one marquee signing hopefully to replace the 20+ goals LS took with him. Then maybe one or two good signing to replace the leavers (Johnson, Gerrard, Sterling etc) then start the rebuild from there. He's not stupid, he's not an idiot , he's just made an error in how he tried to take us forward last summer. Hope he stays. Just my opinion though.
Kopite-Jud » Tue May 26, 2015 9:34 am wrote:Harsh realisation is that we are no longer what we once were.
We need to stop looking backwards and look forward.
Yes we were great
Yes we are the most successful team in England
But at this moment in time we are a mess and in steep decline.
We are a nailed on just above mid table team.
Best players leaving every year, owners that don't seem to know an awful lot about football (but know how to make money) unable to compete with big wages or transfer budgets and a mid table manager with no track record of anything.
How many of our players would get into teams above us ? How many of our starting 11 would get into a Chelsea, City,Arsenal or United team ?
Sturridge ? (half crocked) Sterling (massively overrated)? Coutinho - Yes at a push ?
Gary Neville done an interesting collumn for SkySports last week and maybe he's right. We are stuck in the mud looking over our shoulders at what we once were.
Even when it came to moving grounds many of us turned our noses up at moving away from Anfield. Look at the BIG teams in Europe they have all moved grounds and increased revenue.
We are stuck and failing massively, we need to stop the rot before we can even think about competing again, IMO we are a million miles away from being a good side again.
Who ever comes in this summer whether its Brodge or someone else has their hands tied with the current owners, financially we are a million miles away. Especially with fans high expectations of what we once were. Not even sure Jesus Christ could save us under the current regime. Even he would be nailed to the cross (again).
Return to Liverpool FC - General Discussion
Users browsing this forum: Majestic-12 [Bot] and 84 guests
Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group.