Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12-Jan 2012 onwards

noodler · 21-02-2012 11:20pm

Mr Alan wrote: »

We did however sack an FA Cup, Uefa Cup, Champions League & La Liga winning manager who 12 months before had brought the club to our highest ever points total in the league, before bringing him in, and therein lay the hilarity of the situation.

After an awful season in fairness.

hefferboi · 21-02-2012 11:24pm

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The boys at the reserve game today

YouTookMyName · 21-02-2012 11:26pm

noodler wrote: »

After an awful season in fairness.

Lack of investment came to a head.

He's still the best man for the job, if Paco Ayestarán was alongside him.

Jesus Wept · 21-02-2012 11:44pm

YouTookMyName wrote: »

Lack of investment came to a head.

He's still the best man for the job, if Paco Ayestarán was alongside him.

Didn't they fall out?
What about Steve Clark?

gafferino · 21-02-2012 11:46pm

Anyone know what they actually fell out about?

Mr Alan · 21-02-2012 11:51pm

noodler wrote: »

After an awful season in fairness.

After a poor season. Yes. Managers should never be sacked after 1 poor season IMO, particularly when they'd dond such good work over a number of years up to that point and all that's totally ignoring the turmoil the club was in at the time too.

Its worth noting, that season we were still only a kick away from the Europa League final that was enough to get The Hodge the job.

The decision to sack Rafa then was a ****ing travesty, he deserved better & we deserved a man like him at the helm. Anyone arguing otherwise should be locked up to be honest.

Bobeagleburger · 21-02-2012 11:51pm

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Mr Alan · 21-02-2012 11:53pm

gafferino wrote: »

Anyone know what they actually fell out about?

Pako flirting with Chelsea. Came to a head when Rafa found him laughing & joking with Jose after a defeat to Chelsea iirc.

K-9 · 22-02-2012 12:13am

Mr Alan wrote: »

After a poor season. Yes. Managers should never be sacked after 1 poor season IMO, particularly when they'd dond such good work over a number of years up to that point and all that's totally ignoring the turmoil the club was in at the time too.

Its worth noting, that season we were still only a kick away from the Europa League final that was enough to get The Hodge the job.

The decision to sack Rafa then was a ****ing travesty, he deserved better & we deserved a man like him at the helm. Anyone arguing otherwise should be locked up to be honest.

The owners knew they had to get rid at all costs or else their bluffing would have come out publically even earlier.

A good few posters could sense something was going on in the background too.

Its a strange one, for his own career and sanity Rafa shouldn't have got soooo involved. For the club, he did Lfc some service!

noodler · 22-02-2012 12:15am

Mr Alan wrote: »

After a poor season. Yes. Managers should never be sacked after 1 poor season IMO, particularly when they'd dond such good work over a number of years up to that point and all that's totally ignoring the turmoil the club was in at the time too.

Its worth noting, that season we were still only a kick away from the Europa League final that was enough to get The Hodge the job.

The decision to sack Rafa then was a ****ing travesty, he deserved better & we deserved a man like him at the helm. Anyone arguing otherwise should be locked up to be honest.

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

mike65 · 22-02-2012 12:15am

Lets not go there.

Mr Alan · 22-02-2012 12:31am

noodler wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

He may well have had us in the championship if he'd have stayed on.

Roy should never have been let near our club, nothing in his loooooooooong career indicated he had what it took to manage a club like Liverpool. It was a hideous few months which is best forgotten.

murpho999 · 22-02-2012 12:31am

noodler wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

He bought Paul Konchesky and Christian Poulsen. End of Discussion.

murpho999 · 22-02-2012 12:34am

Mr Alan wrote: »

He may well have had us in the championship if he'd have stayed on.

Roy should never have been let near our club, nothing in his loooooooooong career indicated he had what it took to manage a club like Liverpool. It was a hideous few months which is best forgotten.

He got the job because English media saw him as a tactical genius for getting Fulham to Europa League Final and Purslow and Co fell for it.

Jesus Wept · 22-02-2012 12:40am

noodler wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

And 100m to sell too.

Perhaps would have shipped off Reina, Skittles, Agger, Kelly, Johnson (Surplus to requirements as Paul Konchesky made the role his own)

Sold Lucas (seeing as Paulson had made him redundant).

amiable · 22-02-2012 12:42am

Supposedly came very close to selling Agger and Lucas

argosy2006 · 22-02-2012 12:43am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbynZPN3clo

That gif is so much funnier with this playing in back ground ha!

Glico Man · 22-02-2012 12:44am

amiable wrote: »

Supposedly came very close to selling Agger and Lucas

Both would've been off to Inter had Rafa been given the funds. Kuyt would probably have joined them too.

jethro081 · 22-02-2012 12:44am

amiable wrote: »

Supposedly came very close to selling Agger and Lucas

my god, that would have been angry mob worthy.

i still hate roy, i think i always will. he tried his level best to make me hate football.

Super-Rush · 22-02-2012 12:52am

noodler wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

I bet he would have bought Adam, Henderson and Downing. Probably Carroll as well.

Jesus Wept · 22-02-2012 1:24am

argosy2006 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbynZPN3clo

That gif is so much funnier with this playing in back ground ha!

My endless love came to mind when I first saw the gif.

argosy2006 · 22-02-2012 1:33am

The-Rigger wrote: »

My endless love came to mind when I first saw the gif.

Naa nothing beats that corny love song

''one thing you can be sure of i'll never ask for more than your love'' ha

K-9 · 22-02-2012 1:40am

noodler wrote: »

It'd be interesting to see what Roy would have done with 100m to spend in a year and whether or not we would be in a better position than now as a result.

Not being critical here or personal, do you ever post anything positive about the club? I mean, were you positive about Hodgson hence being critical about Kenny? Or maybe you were critical about Rafa, Roy and Kenny?

Maybe you just like playing Devil's advocate because you seem to do it in all the match threads and on here.Again, not a personal question or a dig, a genuine question!