Liverpool FC News/Gossip/Rumours Summer '15

Dickerty wrote: »

But he has to know that if the team fails, he will unquestionably pay with his job...

Not if last year is anything to go by.

Dickerty wrote: »

He has the final say about who plays, but not about who signs - every vote on the committee is equal. But yes, it's not ideal when 4 of the 5 committee members can choose to sign a player, and the manager can decide to never use that player.

But that's not the way Rodgers claims it works, he's been adamant since day 1 that he had the final say on whether a player is signed.

corwill wrote: »

But that's not the way Rodgers claims it works, he's been adamant since day 1 that he had the final say on whether a player is signed.

Ok, I didn't realise he had explicitly said that, but I found the article I read recently -

"There have also been times when Rodgers has been left to pick from a shortlist which didn’t include his initial targets. The best example of that was last summer when he was given a choice between Mario Balotelli and Samuel Eto’o at the end of the window."

So yes, he gets final say - a questionable signing or no-one.
Rock and a hard place?

I remembered him saying that too.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/brendan-rodgers-i-have-final-say-on-liverpool-signings-29238126.html
a year later
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-liverpool-fc-transfer-7185770

Whats with these rumours that Sakho, Moreno and Markovic are going to be thrown out the door at the first opportunity. They are annoying me to no end. No problem with Lucas being sold as long as hes replaced with an upgrade like Illaramendi. Tbh Id rather Joe Allen to be sold than Lucas if it was me,

Now fair enough if their not starting because its the managers job to pick the team but Brendan bangs on the whole time about the importance of having a strong squad. At the moment we have some very good strength in depth with these players so I would certainly lose all respect were he to sell any of them, Sakho is our best defender, and its ridiculous to get rid of Markovic after he was played out of position all season and Moreno who needs to be given another chance. If your going to sell anyone after one season then it should be Lovren but because he was Brendans signing he gets another chance which I have no problem with provided theres a bit of fair play across the board. We need a good squad and selling decent players will have us back to square one again. Like who comes in if Lovren has another stinker if Sakho is sold? Likewise with Lallana or if Gomez's inexperience catches up on him because at his age a full season in the Prem would be pretty gruelling.

Kerrigooney wrote: »

How can you type with your head in the sand?



Outstanding. :rolleyes:

You said the abuse he's getting is sickening, what are you talking about? The abuse boards members dish out on here?, the abuse he gets on Twitter? What exactly is so sickening to you? Regardless, I'm sure his reported 80k a week will allow him to cry into 50 quid notes to console himself while the poor lad has to suffer the indignity and humiliation of not training with the squad.

Turtyturd wrote: »

Careful now, you might cause him to pull a Doughboy.

What's a Doughboy?

Dickerty wrote: »

Ok, I didn't realise he had explicitly said that, but I found the article I read recently -

"There have also been times when Rodgers has been left to pick from a shortlist which didn’t include his initial targets. The best example of that was last summer when he was given a choice between Mario Balotelli and Samuel Eto’o at the end of the window."

So yes, he gets final say - a questionable signing or no-one.
Rock and a hard place?

If he doesn't want the player, then he should have the stones to say no and work with what he has. He's then in a position to hang the committee out to dry for not presenting him with suitable transfer options.

But if he's the one who says yay or ney, then they're all his signings. He's a big boy, he doesn't get to feel hard done by in those circumstances.

I honestly honestly keep forgetting about Joe Allen

The Wavi?

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

The single common thread in your observations there is £'s. Players, particularly players who are mid level and won't ever again be paid the sort of wages they are on at LFC simply won't move for less money, why on earth should they. If the club really want them out they either have to pay up their contract and let them leave FOC or provide them with some financial compensation to motivate them to leave e.g. if Borini has 2 years left on his contract and Sunderland are offering him £20,000 a week less then he's on at LFC it's up to LFC to sweeten the deal by giving Borini £2m (the effective drop in wages over the two years) in order for the move to Sunderland to have no financial effect on him. that however assumes he is happy to go to Sunderland (or anywhere else for that matter) in the first place. If his missus doesn't want to leave Liverpool no amount of cajoling by BR will trump his wife's happiness will it?

Whatever about Enrique, if regaining their places in the Italy squad the season of a European Championships isn't motivation enough for Borini and Ballotelli to try and reignite their playing careers, then it just further underlines how unsuitable they are for LFC, and how justified and welcome their eventual departures will be.

rarnes1 wrote: »

The under the bus 3 should sit tight and wait for Brendan to get the bullet!

They'll be waiting a long while, I'd say.

rarnes1 wrote: »

The under the bus 3 should sit tight and wait for Brendan to get the bullet!

Because that's what really matters for the Support the Deadbeat 3 brigade, even if the club has to go under the bus to achieve it.