Liverpool FC Team Talk/Gossip/Rumours Thread 2014 - Mod Warning in OP, 10/12

Harry Palmr · 11-11-2014 11:56AM

So its 1-0 to the committee so far then.

Worrying.

brevity · 11-11-2014 11:58AM

If he wanted Lallana, why doesn't he play him more often?

Turtyturd · 11-11-2014 12:01PM

WTF is going on with Lallana then?

And Markovic strikes me more as a committee signing.

Charlie19 · 11-11-2014 12:03PM

brevity wrote: »

If he wanted Lallana, why doesn't he play him more often?

I'd say Tony Barrett is full of *****.

Harry Palmr · 11-11-2014 12:16PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

I'd say Tony Barrett is full of *****.

Why? There are only two journalists who are pretty trustworthy as far as I can see Barrett and James Pearce

JohnDaniels · 11-11-2014 12:25PM

He's hardly saying anything earth shattering? I'd say most fans if asked which signings had the most input from the manager and which from the committee would have came up with those groupings bar Markovic who I would have thought was more committee.

noodler · 11-11-2014 12:35PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I was listening to Tony Barrett on a podcast this morning and he said these are the players Rodgers wanted this Summer!!

Lovren.
Lallana.
Lambert.
Markovic.

These are the players he did not want that were signed by the transfer committee.

Can.
Moreno.
Manquillo.

All they could find with time left in the transfer window.

Balotelli.

Myabe the Committee should make all our signings then!

kevohmsford · 11-11-2014 12:48PM

What transfer committee is Rodgers referring to ?. I thought he had full say in the players he was bringing in. Sounds like excuses on Rodgers part.

Harry Palmr · 11-11-2014 12:51PM

kevohmsford wrote: »

What transfer committee is Rodgers referring to ?. I thought he had full say in the players he was bringing in. Sounds like excuses on Rodgers part.

The transfer committee that has been in place since summer 2013

Ayre explained in an interview with Sports Illustrated magazine earlier this year:

“We have a head of analysis, a head of recruitment, a first-team manager, myself. All of those people are all inputting into a process that delivers what a director of football would deliver.”

Quite simply, Ayre describes the committee and the process as “a combination of old-school scouting and watching players — and that’s Brendan, his assistants, our scouts — with statistical analysis of players across Europe and the rest of the world.”

“By bringing those two processes together, you get a much more educated view of who you should and shouldn’t be buying.”

“What we believe, and we continue to follow, is you need many people involved in the process.”

The panel is Rogers, Ian Ayre, Dave Fallows and Michael Edwards.

Sheepy99 · 11-11-2014 12:53PM

Bandana boy wrote: »

I am reminded of a saying

If you can keep your head while all those around you are loising theirs ,then you probably do not understand the severity of the situation

:pac:

Charlie19 · 11-11-2014 01:03PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Why? There are only two journalists who are pretty trustworthy as far as I can see Barrett and James Pearce

Because out of the four he supposedly wanted he only persists in playing Loveren.

Anyways we all know journalists do their fair share of bluffing.

Pilsbury Doughboy · 11-11-2014 01:09PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Oddly enough, when managers have won league titles and / or European trophies and are club legends you might be tempted to give them the benefit of the doubt for longer. Funny eh?

This is bad posting(your normal words), seriously though your point is probably valid but why the need to be so condescending? Far too many of these types of replies on here imo, not just from you, hell I'm probably guilty of it myself but that's usually in retaliation to someone being a smart arse to me.

Even if people think someones post is complete bollox there's still a nice/polite way of telling them you disagree, no need for all the mitchiness.

Let's all be nice to each other from now on, everyone agreed? Nice one!

MD1990 · 11-11-2014 01:14PM

Agent Coulson wrote: »

I was listening to Tony Barrett on a podcast this morning and he said these are the players Rodgers wanted this Summer!!

Lovren.
Lallana.
Lambert.
Markovic.

These are the players he did not want that were signed by the transfer committee.

Can.
Moreno.
Manquillo.

All they could find with time left in the transfer window.

Balotelli.

The 3 commitee signings all look good signings too. Rodgers signings apart from Lallana who has done okay but overpriced look very poor.
Also Tony Barrett is very reliable & doesn't have an aganda against Rodgers like Evans does. Rodgers likes to get British players.

Strongbow10 · 11-11-2014 01:28PM

MD1990 wrote: »

The 3 commitee signings all look good signings too. Rodgers signings apart from Lallana who has done okay but overpriced look very poor.
Also Tony Barrett is very reliable & doesn't have an aganda against Rodgers like Evans does. Rodgers likes to get British players.

Wasn't there rumblings that Rodgers veteoed the signing of Sturridge the summer before he arrived in January?

Technically he can be called a committee signing aswell.

I personally have no problem with signings being a decision of a majority. Giving one man all the power to decide usually results in squandered millions.

When a manager leaves you then need to clear it all out as a new guy will insist its not his team.

noodler · 11-11-2014 01:44PM

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Wasn't there rumblings that Rodgers veteoed the signing of Sturridge the summer before he arrived in January?

Technically he can be called a committee signing aswell.

Well, no, he can't "technically" be called a committe signing unless there are more than just "rumblings" that Rodgers tried to veto it!

djPSB · 11-11-2014 01:46PM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Oddly enough, when managers have won league titles and / or European trophies and are club legends you might be tempted to give them the benefit of the doubt for longer. Funny eh?

A manger who finishes 7th and wins a League Cup shouldn't get any more patience than a manager who finishes 2nd and provides CL football for the first time in 5 years.

Utopia Parkway · 11-11-2014 01:54PM

Strongbow10 wrote: »

Wasn't there rumblings that Rodgers veteoed the signing of Sturridge the summer before he arrived in January?

The only place I've ever heard this is from Tony Evans. It may or may not be true but Evans has had the hump ever since Kenny was let go and he hasn't been a fan of either FSG or Rodgers since.

Turtyturd · 11-11-2014 01:59PM

djPSB wrote: »

A manger who finishes 7th and wins a League Cup .

This is what we are on course for this year.....maybe without the league cup.

ike · 11-11-2014 02:05PM

I lol'd...

https://vine.co/v/OiOjpY9Y676

willowthewisp · 11-11-2014 02:35PM

Utopia Parkway wrote: »

The only place I've ever heard this is from Tony Evans. It may or may not be true but Evans has had the hump ever since Kenny was let go and he hasn't been a fan of either FSG or Rodgers since.

He's had the hump at LFC ever since he lost all journalistic credibility with his front page exclusive on "China buys Liverpool".

Knex* · 11-11-2014 02:43PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Why? There are only two journalists who are pretty trustworthy as far as I can see Barrett and James Pearce

Barrett has been grasping at straws for a while now, tbh.

willowthewisp · 11-11-2014 02:54PM

MD1990 wrote: »

The 3 commitee signings all look good signings too. Rodgers signings apart from Lallana who has done okay but overpriced look very poor.
Also Tony Barrett is very reliable & doesn't have an aganda against Rodgers like Evans does. Rodgers likes to get British players.

I wouldnt be so sure of that. Lately his personal tweets and opinions he posts seem to be playing the, "I'm not saying he is to blame but blahblablah".

He seems to have taken the fact that Reina was cast aside as a personal insult and his tweet on Mignolet at the weekend was just the latest example of that.
Personally I think he is amongst a growing number of people bubbling under against the current regime.

Agent Coulson · 11-11-2014 04:08PM

And so it begins.........

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling good enough to play for Barcelona, says Xavi.

Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling has what it takes to play for Barcelona in the future, according to the midfielder Xavi, who has won three Champions Leagues and seven La Liga titles with the Catalan giants.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/11/liverpool-raheem-sterling-barcelona-xavi

googled eyes · 11-11-2014 04:21PM

Apparently Sterlings new contract will have a 60M buy out clause to try and stop this type of crap.

Agent Coulson · 11-11-2014 04:29PM

It should be £60m just to open negotiations about a transfer.

mosstin · 11-11-2014 04:30PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Apparently Sterlings new contract will have a 60M buy out clause to try and stop this type of crap.

Right. And do we have a figure for how much his other leg will cost?

Charlie19 · 11-11-2014 04:30PM

Hopefully the club sign him up for as long as possible.

googled eyes · 11-11-2014 04:33PM

Hopefully its a 60M and we ask what their smoking clause

googled eyes · 11-11-2014 04:36PM

Charlie19 wrote: »

Hopefully the club sign him up for as long as possible.

Let's be honest, contracts ain't worth **** these days

greendom · 11-11-2014 05:03PM

googled eyes wrote: »

Let's be honest, contracts ain't worth **** these days

Especially when you can lie about their contents

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