Liverpool FC Forum

[parchpea]

Must admit its not my cup of tea this but lot of teams do this sort of thing these days:

Liverpool have appointed Steve Peters, the sports psychologist credited with helping to transform the fortunes of British cycling, to work with manager Brendan Rodgers and his team.

Peters, whom Bradley Wiggins called "a world expert on common sense", will work one day a week at Liverpool's Melwood training ground in addition to his commitments with UK Athletics.

"As a manager, it can be a lonely business when you are trying to drive the club forward," said Rodgers as he prepared to return to Swansea, where, despite his achievements at the Liberty Stadium, he may not receive a warm reception.

He confirmed that Peters's work would not just be confined to Liverpool's players but extend to his own backroom staff. "It is nice to have a different set of eyes and experiences," Rodgers said. "I do a lot of technical, tactical and physical training and sometimes what gets bypassed is the mental thing for players, especially in the modern game at the top level."

Peters worked with mentally ill patients at Rampton Hospital before turning his attention to sport and has had limited involvement in football, although Craig Bellamy employed him in a personal capacity and credited him with an upswing in form that helped him take Liverpool to last season's League Cup final. Bellamy said that Peters's work stresses becoming not a better footballer but a more rational person, who can think more clearly under pressure.

Rodgers said: "I have always worked with neurologists, who are not just about sport but life, really. Sometimes, having someone independent to support you is good.

"We have brought in someone who is one of the leading guys in the world in what he does – and it is a real coup for us."

[Kenny Kan]

^^ That's a very good idea IMO ^^^

[tubby]

YEa yeah that's all good too.... but they better throw some wonga around for players in the Jan window.

[Boxscarf]

YEa yeah that's all good too.... but they better throw some wonga around for players in the Jan window.

Yes, Tubby, they most certainly do, we could do with a striker and a creative/attacking midfielder.

[alwayslfc]

I am getting more and more sick of FSG as time passes. I have been passionately supporting my beloved LFC for the past 36 years since 1976 and never ever have I seen a Liverpool side so thin and depleted such that the manager have no choice but to field teenage kids in competitive first team games. We even fielded a 16 year old striker in Sinclair in the WBA league cup game.  Ideally kids like Wisdom, Sterling and Suso should be left to mature and only gradually inject them into the first team after 20 years old. That was the mistake we made with M.Owen and by the time he was 24 he was already injury prone and hard to feature in majority of matches. I wouldn't blame Brendan for fielding those teenagers, I would have done the same if I were him but because the owners do not have the funds to back him, he has to resort to this desperate measure. So it is those moron owners' fault that this is happening.

Now back to these useless owners, if by next summer at the latest, they're not going to heavily fund BR to overhaul the squad, they MUST GET OUT of our club before we lag further and further behind cash rich Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City etc etc. I used to think that they generously gave Kenny 120 million to spend in summer 2011. In fact most of that money came from the sale of outgoing players like Torres, Babbel etc etc. If they're going to continue to harp about FIFA financial fair play rules, develop the youth, then we'll be fighting for a bottom 4th place finish every season. I get the impression these Americans are only here to make money for themselves (I am not against that) but their do not have Liverpool's best interest at heart. We need owners who are rich and are Liverpool supporters and want the best for the club. Sadly, FSG don't seem to be the kind of owner.  Liverpool cannot afford to be without CL for another 2 more seasons because all our star names will be snatched by the rich clubs with CL football and yes even the current crop of  teenage stars will be signed by them, all thanks to these FSG morons.

[LFC1990]

This could have been written on September 1st why have you waited until now to right it. How do you know their not going to back Rodgers in January

[alwayslfc]

This could have been written on September 1st why have you waited until now to right it. How do you know their not going to back Rodgers in January

Simply because Rodgers recently told fans not to expect much signings in January. Rodgers will also be looking for cheaper alternative ways of boosting the squad like looking for short term loan players. Now if a manager is saying that, this definitely tells me the owners won't be funding him with much money. I am not saying they won't even fund a single penny but it will be a limited fund. They saved us from administration and I thank them for that but as the day goes by, they are beginning to look like owners who cannot take us up to the next level to compete with Chelsea, Ars, manure, city. And that is a big cause for concern. Look at how their Boston Red Sox is doing now?

[jacdaniel]

Not at all convinced by FSG yet myself although I'm prepared to give them more time. 

They gave us nothing last Jan when they knew Lucas was injured long term and Suarez was facing a lengthy ban.
And God only knows what went on on deadline day this summer gone.

Ill wait and see what happens in the next 2 windows before I moan too much. 
If we continue the way we're going though, it won't be long before the big clubs come in for Agger, Skrtel, Suarez, Sterling etc

Perhaps it could become a case of how we use that money when the inevitable happens?

[The Raven]

Not at all convinced by FSG yet myself although I'm prepared to give them more time. 

They gave us nothing last Jan when they knew Lucas was injured long term and Suarez was facing a lengthy ban.
And God only knows what went on on deadline day this summer gone.

Ill wait and see what happens in the next 2 windows before I moan too much. 
If we continue the way we're going though, it won't be long before the big clubs come in for Agger, Skrtel, Suarez, Sterling etc

Perhaps it could become a case of how we use that money when the inevitable happens?

Agger suarez and sterling being sold?     I would hope the board would take drastic action before it got that bad

[alwayslfc]

Whatever decision the board has, has no effect on whether Suarez will be sold or not. It all depends on Mr.Suarez himself. If some rich club makes a bid and Suarez wants to leave and I wouldn't blame him if I were him(think about it, why would a world class player wants to remain in a mid table PL side where owners have not much funds to invest and a club with only its past history to boast about?). But the good news is, we can fetch a high price for him because he signed a long term contract with us. And so we can use the proceeds to sign 2 or 3 more good players. I would rather have 2 or 3 good players than 1 world class Suarez.

It is not time to judge Rodgers yet though his performance is being brought to question. He can only be objectively judged after he has been given over 100 pounds like Kenny did in summer 2011.

[Basil]

It's no good saying you've got 50 million to spend in January because we'll get ripped off again, let's start being clever with the money and make some good value signings that can improve the squad. We urgently need to strengthen over the next two windows but let's wait and see what happens.

If we could sign one good forward and perhaps another on loan or a younger player with a lot of potential, that would be good for January. We then need another 2 o 3 good signings in the summer.

Just over a month to go until the next window opens, let's hope it's a good one and it will give us the boost we need.

[LFC1990]

In terms of the owners making a staement to Liverpool fans that they are intrested in returning the club to the top they would only have to sign a striker. I think majority of Liverpool fans if we signed just one top quality striker, Im not saying it will happen, but someone like Llorente and that was it most of us would be happy enough.

Ideally i wouldl ike 3 signings a winger Tom ince Theo Walcott would do. A striker someone to bury a chance, I would not be against Bent and a Left back.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

Whatever decision the board has, has no effect on whether Suarez will be sold or not. It all depends on Mr.Suarez himself. If some rich club makes a bid and Suarez wants to leave and I wouldn't blame him if I were him(think about it, why would a world class player wants to remain in a mid table PL side where owners have not much funds to invest and a club with only its past history to boast about?). But the good news is, we can fetch a high price for him because he signed a long term contract with us. And so we can use the proceeds to sign 2 or 3 more good players. I would rather have 2 or 3 good players than 1 world class Suarez.

It is not time to judge Rodgers yet though his performance is being brought to question. He can only be objectively judged after he has been given over 100 pounds like Kenny did in summer 2011.

rodgers hasnt had a £100m to spend but he`s had a third of that - allen, borini, assaidi and yesil add up to about £30m and apparently sahin`s loan deal is going to cost us about £5m as well.
i know he`s a new manager and he needs time to build his own squad and implement his own idea`s but it has to be said he hasnt covered himself in glory since he`s arrived here.
i honestly believe if you gave a experienced manager like harry redknapp, david moyes or even sam allardyce a squad that included the likes of suarez, carroll, gerrard, agger, skrtel, johnson, lucas, reina, sterling, suso, kelly etc and 30 odd million to spend then they`d do better than rodgers has done.
the style of football might not be as good but imo we`d have more points on the board.
imo rodgers hasnt made the most of the resources available to him. he even inherited the top scorer in the league from the previous regime and we cant even get into the top half of the table!
hopefully he`s learning from all his mistakes

[Boxscarf]

Brendan has made mistakes, but it's the players who have made the biggest mistakes, some of them at times cannot even do the basics properly on the pitch. Downing unable to do something as simple as track the run of the player he was man-marking! Jordan Henderson crumbling under pressure and missing an open goal. Suarez shooting straight at the keeper.

Time and time again this season our players have made mistakes which have proven costly, now add the fact that we have had rotten luck with refereeing decisions and you can see where the real problem lies, it lies with the players and the need for an introduction of video technology in football! It's easy to blame Rodgers, he picks the team etc, etc, but it's not his fault that someone like Downing cannot follow his man properly or Jordan Henderson cannot put the ball into an empty net.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

Brendan has made mistakes, but it's the players who have made the biggest mistakes, some of them at times cannot even do the basics properly on the pitch. Downing unable to do something as simple as track the run of the player he was man-marking! Jordan Henderson crumbling under pressure and missing an open goal. Suarez shooting straight at the keeper.

Time and time again this season our players have made mistakes which have proven costly, now add the fact that we have had rotten luck with refereeing decisions and you can see where the real problem lies, it lies with the players and the need for an introduction of video technology in football! It's easy to blame Rodgers, he picks the team etc, etc, but it's not his fault that someone like Downing cannot follow his man properly or Jordan Henderson cannot put the ball into an empty net.

it is the managers fault if he is asking players to perform roles they are not capable of doing.
downing is not a left back and to expect him to cope with someone as sharp as lennon was very optimistic to say the least.
and players miss chances, that happens, the problem is because our laborious style of play allows defences to get back and set in position we create very few clear cut chances so when we miss one it`s seen as a disaster.
look at united, look how many sitters they miss in a game, they miss loads but they just keep on attacking and create more opportunities, they do what it takes to win the game.
we miss a good opportunity and cry about how we should have won the game for about a week afterwards.