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Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 11/12 (End of March 2012 onwards)

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  • #9452
    Devilman40k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,073 ✭✭✭Devilman40k


    Leiva wrote: »
    Maybe one positive:
    If Martinez gets the job you can bet you will see a big promotion of players from the academy .

    It could be part of the strategy from FSG as funds might be very limited.

    If funds are that limited then there is no reason for them to think we should challenge for the top 4


  • #9453
    SlickRic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,332 ✭✭✭✭SlickRic


    JimsAlterEgo wrote: »
    that kind of sh!t show why pool fans are so disliked, whoever comes in needs to be given full backing regardless who he is, do you lot not realise that kind f talk actually adds to the already pressure he is under.

    i can't wait for the day when Ferguson goes and huge sections of your fanbase get píssed off when you get linked with names that don't have the CV to take up the reins.

    and Liverpool aren't disliked because of the above, give over.

    we're disliked because we were the biggest and most successful club in England...then fell, were knocked off, whatever...and the fanbase still demands certain standards from their club, and certain sections of rival fans can't handle it and would like us all to shut the fúck up and take whatever is coming to us...be it Hodgson, Martinez, Rodgers, or whatever.

    Utd are disliked because they're successful, you should know. we're just later in the cycle because you've had an extended period of success. once Utd fall off their perch, you'll be in a similar situation as this, and you'll have fans telling you "this is why Utd are so disliked".

    and round and round the muppetry will go.


  • #9454
    Cartman78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,617 ✭✭✭✭Cartman78


    SlickRic wrote: »
    i can't wait for the day when Ferguson goes and huge sections of your fanbase get píssed off when you get linked with names that don't have the CV to take up the reins.

    and Liverpool aren't disliked because of the above, give over.

    we're disliked because we were the biggest and most successful club in England...then fell, were knocked off, whatever...and the fanbase still demands certain standards from their club, and certain sections of rival fans can't handle it and would like us all to shut the fúck up and take whatever is coming to us...be it Hodgson, Martinez, Rogers, or whatever.

    Utd are disliked because they're successful, you should know. we're just later in the cycle because you've had an extended period of success. once Utd fall off their perch, you'll be in a similar situation as this, and you'll have fans telling you "this is why Utd are so disliked".

    and round and round the muppetry will go.

    Well said....I remember growing up thinking how unbelievable it was that ManU hadn't won the league in 27 year or whatever it was.


  • #9455
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    Cartman78 wrote: »
    Well said....I remember growing up thinking how unbelievable it was that ManU hadn't won the league in 27 year or whatever it was.

    You must be as old as me :pac:


  • #9456
    dfx-
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,825 Mod ✭✭✭✭dfx-


    One benefit of Martinez and a back three is seeing Carragher in said back three. :pac:


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  • #9457
    wcarey1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    as many as 12 candidates to be interviewed for vacant LFC manager job.


  • #9458
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    The biggest problem with the internet is that any idiot can and does post on it.


  • #9459
    monkey9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    Brendan Rodgers!!! :rolleyes: Things are getting retarded!!


  • #9460
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    monkey9 wrote: »
    Brendan Rodgers!!! :rolleyes: Things are getting retarded!!

    only now ??

    my tolerance must be so much lower than yours ;)


  • #9461
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,937 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Cartman78 wrote: »
    Well said....I remember growing up thinking how unbelievable it was that ManU hadn't won the league in 27 year or whatever it was.


    Me too...I remember Utd fans reminiscing about their last league win and it was in grainy black and white!

    If someone had told me in 1990 that 22 years later we'd still not won the league I would have laughed at them.

    So despite the success Utd have had since, they above all people should realise how the wheels can come off and long barren spells can be forthcoming.


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  • #9462
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,937 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Handsome Bob wrote: »
    :o

    Dodging a bullet or not, it's still a little embarrassing to think he turned down an approach from us. :pac:

    Don't think so. Maybe he feels he's not ready himself for a big club at this stage of his career or he also feels some loyalty for Swansea for the chance they have given him

    Think it's wrong to assume that he has snubbed LFC because of current position.


  • #9463
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Ardent


    So Brendan Rogers turns us down, doesn't even want to enter discussions. Unreal. I wonder why?


  • #9464
    monkey9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    Melion wrote: »
    I'm on my phone so can someone do me a favour? Just for the people slating Martinez already. Throw up Shanklys management history before Liverpool please.

    I've just seen it on twitter, it's not where you come from, it's where you go!

    Means nothing these days!!! If you're going to compare then to now, well then it that case, Shankley would have been sacked by Liverpool!!!


  • #9465
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Ardent


    monkey9 wrote: »
    Means nothing these days!!! If you're going to compare then to now, well then it that case, Shankley would have been sacked by Liverpool!!!

    Point remains though, Shankly did f*ck all of note prior to joining Liverpool.


  • #9466
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,320 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Ardent wrote: »
    So Brendan Rogers turns us down, doesn't even want to enter discussions. Unreal. I wonder why?


    Probably because he knows he won't get the job.


  • #9467
    Dickerty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,872 ✭✭✭Dickerty


    wcarey1975 wrote: »
    as many as 12 candidates to be interviewed for vacant LFC manager job.

    Is Steve Staunton one of them???


  • #9468
    wcarey1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Ardent wrote: »
    So Brendan Rogers turns us down, doesn't even want to enter discussions. Unreal. I wonder why?

    Im guessing replacing a club legend may have been somewhere in his thinking.


  • #9469
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Brendan Rodgers is smart enough guy to know he is young and talented enough to wait and get Chelsea in four one year. Why risk it now?


  • #9470
    monkey9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,337 ✭✭✭✭monkey9


    I love the headlines today that Guardiola is top of Liverpool's list. Haha!! I'm sure he is. I'd also like to think that Messi is top of the player recruitment list this summer!!


  • #9471
    wcarey1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭wcarey1975


    Dickerty wrote: »
    Is Steve Staunton one of them???

    Possibly mine is on tuesday at 4pm just before Martinez


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  • #9472
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Ardent


    Chucky the tree wrote: »
    Probably because he knows he won't get the job.

    Incredible lack of ambition if true. Maybe he wants to enhance his reputation further at Swansea before moving on to another job. Or there's another club already in for him?


  • #9473
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    My 8-game unbeaten start to the Summer season with Boardeaux sees me installed as 3rd favourite for the job.


  • #9474
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,304 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    Ardent wrote: »
    So Brendan Rogers turns us down, doesn't even want to enter discussions. Unreal. I wonder why?

    Flavour of the month!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #9475
    Ardent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,402 ✭✭✭Ardent


    mike65 wrote: »
    Brendan Rodgers is smart enough guy to know he is young and talented enough to wait and get Chelsea in four one year. Why risk it now?

    I think you may very well be right.


  • #9476
    missingtime
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,942 ✭✭✭missingtime


    Des wrote: »
    My 8-game unbeaten start to the Summer season with Boardeaux sees me installed as 3rd favourite for the job.

    Pfft...never mind that. How are you with the press!


  • #9477
    opr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,267 ✭✭✭opr


    Rogers has been asking the players to stay and develop further at Swansea before moving to a bigger club. He probably wants to do the same himself and realises the Liverpool job is a jump too far at the moment. If that's how he's thinking, fair play to the man and he has gone up hugely in my estimation.

    Opr


  • #9478
    Sappy404
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,256 ✭✭✭Sappy404


    So after saying the club would be taking it's time, considering all of it's options and getting advice from those in the know, it appears to be doing just that. Puts all of the knee-jerking from yesterday into perspective.

    We should all know by now that Dave Whelan loves flapping his gums. Just because he couldn't wait to tell all and sundry that we'd approached Wigan to speak to Martinez doesn't mean he's the number one choice. The worst thing to come out of that approach might be years of Whelan patting himself on the back whenever he's got someone's ear for getting Martinez when he did. 'Liverpool wanted him, you know'. He's insufferable.


  • #9479
    Local_Chap
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Local_Chap


    Ardent wrote: »
    Incredible lack of ambition if true. Maybe he wants to enhance his reputation further at Swansea before moving on to another job. Or there's another club already in for him?

    Did he not say after AVB was sacked that he was not ready to move to a big club yet and wanted to improve as a manager before doing so,or something among them lines!


  • #9480
    LuckyLloyd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,904 ✭✭✭✭LuckyLloyd


    opr wrote: »
    Rogers has been asking the players to stay and develop further at Swansea before moving to a bigger club. He probably wants to do the same himself and realises the Liverpool job is a jump too far at the moment. If that's how he's thinking, fair play to the man and he has gone up hugely in my estimation.

    Opr

    I'd agree with this.


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  • #9481
    Chucky the tree
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,320 ✭✭✭✭Chucky the tree


    Ardent wrote: »
    Incredible lack of ambition if true. Maybe he wants to enhance his reputation further at Swansea before moving on to another job. Or there's another club already in for him?


    A few reasons probably. If he knows he is unlikely to get the job then turning down the interview will look good for him with the board and fans, wouldn't be at all surprised if he signs a new contract in a few weeks. Also probably better for his reputation if he hasn't been rejected already by another club.


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