Liverpool FC News/Gossip/Rumours Summer '15

whatawaster wrote: »

This appears to be your thought process:

1) Do I like the player?

+

2) Is he not in our first 11?

=

3) Frozen out. Rodgers bad.

or reading what James Pearce is saying?

ricero wrote: »

Was reading about this this morning. If true the man is a gob****e. He also decided to turn around in a training game and score an own goal and start laughing about it. He's a clown.

Thats the thing You wouldn't know how much of it is true.

One thing for sure, as Super Fury pointed out. Balotelli has been poison on the pitch and thats what really matters.

Charlie19 wrote: »

I dont see Balotelli there, sure he probably doesn't know any of their names.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/from-failing-to-learn-team-mates-names-to-parties-before-the-champions-league-how-mario-balotellis-a2488126.html

Probably all shyte talk as there is not one quote in the article.

There is way, way too much flipping blabbering to journalists from inside the club, at all levels, and there has been for years.

Charlie19 wrote: »

I dont see Balotelli there, sure he probably doesn't know any of their names.

http://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/from-failing-to-learn-team-mates-names-to-parties-before-the-champions-league-how-mario-balotellis-a2488126.html

Probably all shyte talk as there is not one quote in the article.

It would have been too obvious if Pearce had of wrote this article

So when things are leaked that reflect badly on Rodgers and the club we shouldn't take them serious it's just the press.

When things are leaked on behalf of the Rodgers and the club they are the word of God.



Hmm.


One thing for sure since Rodgers became manager the club has been leaking like a sieve whether it is crap like this or team line ups or who the manger didn't sign etc etc.

This sh1te needs to stop.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So when things are leaked that reflect badly on Rodgers and the club we shouldn't take them serious it's just the press.

When things are leaked on behalf of the Rodgers and the club they are the word of God.



Hmm.


One thing for sure since Rodgers became manager the club has been leaking like a sieve whether it is crap like this or team line ups or who the manger didn't sign etc etc.

This sh1te needs to stop.

Lol. The leaking of tean line ups is Brendans fault.

Lol

I don't have a problem with an unwanted player being left to train on their own, particularly if they've gone the 'Joe Cole' route and packed it in mentally for the club for whatever reason. It is the manager's prerogative.

That said, I don't think it's clear that any of the three players concerned are no longer in it and willing to fight for the club on the pitch if selected. It may not be possible to offload them before August 31st on terms acceptable to the club. And in that scenario, with a pile of games ahead, who knows whether they might seem more attractive in the manager's mind come October if we have injuries / suspensions / players performing poorly? You would also wonder if it strengthens our bargaining position if the likes of a Seria A club do come sniffing around?

Ultimately though, this is a pointless angle of debate given the entrenchment of the 'pro' and 'anti' Rodgers camps. Whatever the rights and wrongs, if we win lots of games this year these decisions will be held up as examples of Rodger's decisiveness when provided with greater control and his ability to breathe confidence into his preferred players. If we don't win enough games and the players fail to be offloaded for good fees, the decisions will be held against him.

People really need to chill out on all this stuff. The data is coming. Before that data comes you aren't going to turn anyone's initial opinions on our transfer moves / squad management / tactics / etc around.

brevity wrote: »

Some nice leaks by the club today. Classy.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

So when things are leaked that reflect badly on Rodgers and the club we shouldn't take them serious it's just the press.

When things are leaked on behalf of the Rodgers and the club they are the word of God.



Hmm.


One thing for sure since Rodgers became manager the club has been leaking like a sieve whether it is crap like this or team line ups or who the manger didn't sign etc etc.

This sh1te needs to stop.

If the manager is leaking things to the press (and I would reach that conclusion) it's clearly unedifying behaviour. But again, no doubt 'pro' Rodgers people will tell you that's modern management and how the game needs to be played, etc. You wouldn't have seen Kenny doing it, that's for sure.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

If the manager is leaking things to the press (and I would reach that conclusion) it's clearly unedifying behaviour. But again, no doubt 'pro' Rodgers people will tell you that's modern management and how the game needs to be played, etc. You wouldn't have seen Kenny doing it, that's for sure.

I'm pro-Rodgers on some topics, anti- on others, including this one. But the club has had rubbish media/pr management for the last 25 years, it didn't start with Rodgers by any means.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I was.

Fair play then.

I wouldn't be so sure Kenny didn't use the media in this way too by the way. Just because he's doesn't give much away in interviews, doesn't mean he doesn't play the game when he needs to.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

If the manager is leaking things to the press (and I would reach that conclusion) it's clearly unedifying behaviour. But again, no doubt 'pro' Rodgers people will tell you that's modern management and how the game needs to be played, etc. You wouldn't have seen Kenny doing it, that's for sure.

Sweet Jesus this place. So now its Rodgers leaking the info?

Absolute embarrassment this place with some of the ****e posted. We never leaked anything before Rodgers came in....Purslow? Rafa? Kenny?

Yeah we were media savvy back then. :rolleyes:

If the article was defending Balotelli, Rodgers would be ****ing destroyed on here. When an article gives examples of Balotellis bad behaviour....Rodgers still gets flack.

Anyone remember Gerrard on ITV last season? It was clear as day he was not impressed with Balotelli. Theres obviously more than Rodgers at the club who are not impressed by some of the stuff he gets up to.

Our fans are genuine LOL at times.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Was it this bad under Houllier? I don't remember it being tbh.

And you cannot compare leaks nowadays to back then. Social media didnt exist.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

If anyone has an example of Kenny leaking stuff from the training pitch to the media I guess I'm all ears!

You have no idea if Rodgers is leaking anything. It could be other players or coaches, it could be a disgruntled security guard at Melwood.

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

If the manager is leaking things to the press (and I would reach that conclusion) it's clearly unedifying behaviour. But again, no doubt 'pro' Rodgers people will tell you that's modern management and how the game needs to be played, etc. You wouldn't have seen Kenny doing it, that's for sure.

To be fair, "leaks" have become more common place since twitter blew up. Rafa's time didn't have twitter blowing everything out of proportion (although the media did a good enough job of that).

Also, plenty of managers have bombed player out that they either fell out with or for some other reason. Ferguson fell out with beckham, stam ,van nistlerooy, heinze, rooney and i'm sure lots more. we just notice it a lot more when its a Liverpool based. These players need to be moved on (although i personally think Enrique has a lot to offer) and need to be shown that if they stick around, they won't be getting game time. I don't particularly like it, but unfortunately its a cut throat business. Rodgers needs to do what he thinks is best, because his job depends on it.

Moreno to be thrown under a bus in tomorrows papers I'm guessing :pac: for speaking out in defence of Mario. :P


Moreno: Liverpool FC striker Balotelli has been harshly treated by his critics

“I think he’s unfairly maligned,” Moreno said.

“He’s a very relaxed guy. He never bothers anyone. He could be a great striker. He’s got the tools.

“Things haven’t gone well for him here. He’s really struggled to score goals. ‘This had never happened to me before,’ he told me

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/moreno-liverpool-fc-striker-balotelli-9847506