Author Topic: Brendan Rodgers: An Insight (Read 176929 times)

felix. · « **Reply #680 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:35:11 am »

sort of bummed about us replacing king kenny with brendan rodgers, but besides that i'm positive about this, i think it's a risk worth taking. he seems to be a good manager. heard him speak for the first time just now and i like his accent. that said, if we don't bring in van gaal i'll be disappointed.

good luck to him.

rusty-la · « **Reply #681 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:39:50 am »

Quote from: felix. on May 31, 2012, 01:35:11 am

sort of bummed about us replacing king kenny with brendan rodgers,

good luck to him.

Holy Mother of God, if 'Mouth' reads that we're all doomed.

Andy82lfc · « **Reply #682 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:43:10 am »

This is not a communist dictatorship no matter how much you want it to be. How sad.

didi shamone · « **Reply #683 on:** May 31, 2012, 01:59:34 am »

Thanks for the info maximus. Have to say i'm a little more positive about this gamble than Martinez. He is a one season wonder in the premiership but at least he has massively overachieved in that season. Also Swansea were good all season not just for one month.
He hasn't got that inward thinking British football mentality and seems to value possession and pressing off the ball equally. Has even taken the time to learn languages.
One thing I hate is when I listen to managers and think to myself ''christ I'm more insightful about football than this guy''. That's when I know they're shite. But this guy is obviously a deep thinker about football. He comes accross as confident but not arrogant. Signings will be key and getting the dressing room on board. Hes heading into a dressing room with big name players and big egos and if he doesnt get hold of it quick things could go pear shaped fast. He doesn't have a big name as a player or manager to garner instant respect.
But fuck it, he's our manager now and theres no reason for us not to support him so welcome to liverpool

.

P.S. We've had two Roys so why not a Rodgers[ probably not the first to say that].

Smug Cassandra · « **Reply #684 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:01:20 am »

Gong out to buy some more Redsox gear now. Seriously delighted with this. Martinez achieved less with the same or more. Love Kenny but happy with a non trophy appointment. Love the step change FSG are making. First time in about 15 years I am happy with the owners.

SangPutride · « **Reply #685 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:04:14 am »

It's a shame some are already writing the new manager off before he even did anything. That's not what Liverpool FC and it's supporters stand for. I hope most of us will be behind Rodgers and support him any way they can. Seems to play good football.

Good luck Brendan, and welcome to Liverpool FC.

reds7 · « **Reply #686 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:10:42 am »

Welcome news for me. Brendan will be full of confidence in his philosophy after the fantastic season he has just had. Well worth the 'gamble' on him I feel. Can't wait for the new season!

kdorg · « **Reply #687 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am »

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

1. We lose a couple,

2. We lose at home to someone I thought we should beat

3. You don't bring on the subs when I want

4. You don't pick the team I thought you should have

5. You play a player I don't fucking like

6. You don't play a player that I do like and he is undoubtedly the holy grail of all things good and you must be some kinda numpty not to play him

7. I don't agree with your formation, even though the formation I claimed you played is not the one you actually did

8. etc

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

CorKopite · « **Reply #688 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:19:32 am »

Best of luck to him.

smegger56 · « **Reply #689 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:22:11 am »

Quote from: kdorg on May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

1. We lose a couple,

2. We lose at home to someone I thought we should beat

3. You don't bring on the subs when I want

4. You don't pick the team I thought you should have

5. You play a player I don't fucking like

6. You don't play a player that I do like and he is undoubtedly the holy grail of all things good and you must be some kinda numpty not to play him

7. I don't agree with your formation, even though the formation I claimed you played is not the one you actually did

8. etc

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

So I take it KK lost your support in the second half of last season then? You wanted KK gone then?

Me, as long as the guy fights for the fans, gives it back to managers who are arses (ala Fergie) and shows that his football is still right, he'll get time from me, just like KK did (besides him being a legend - and no, he sould have had another season at least IMO).

This is why everyone wanted Hodgson out. He showed no ambition, didn't show support for certain players, was too friendly with other managers and said teams like Northampton Town where a very good team yada yada yada.

Rodgers, like I said, must show everything KK and Rafa showed during their time here. That will give him as much support as he needs from me.

careful on these streets, I've heard stories · « **Reply #690 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:23:20 am »

Quote from: smegger56 on May 31, 2012, 02:22:11 am

So I take it KK lost your support in the second half of last season then? You wanted KK gone then?

Me, as long as the guy fights for the fans, gives it back to managers who are arses (ala Mr Alex Ferguson) and shows that his football is still right, he'll get time from me, just like KK did (besides him being a legend - and no, he sould have had another season at least IMO).

This is why everyone wanted Hodgson out. He showed no ambition, didn't show support for certain players, was too friendly with other managers and said teams like Northampton Town where a very good team yada yada yada.

Rodgers, like I said, must show everything KK and Rafa showed during their time here. That will give him as much support as he needs from me.

I think that was a joke

Zeb · « **Reply #691 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:24:07 am »

Quote from: smegger56 on May 31, 2012, 02:22:11 am

So I take it KK lost your support in the second half of last season then? You wanted KK gone then?

I'm guessing you don't do sarcasm?

Brave appointment. Will be interesting to see what else is in the works to support Rodgers.

RI-Red · « **Reply #692 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:26:01 am »

Quote from: hugoboss on May 31, 2012, 02:23:20 am

I think that was a joke

Lol - definitely tongue in cheek

Dash Snow · « **Reply #693 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:27:53 am »

We're all disappointed that Kenny was sacked, but it could turn out to be the right move. I like Rodgers a lot more than Martinez, and I hope we give him time. No Champions League in his first season? Fine by me, as long as we really invest in this long term project. A good run for fourth place would do fine, as long as there's progress in both results and tactics. He won't be a miracle worker, but this could be the beginning of a new dynasty, a new era for Liverpool Football Club.

smegger56 · « **Reply #694 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:28:05 am »

Quote from: hugoboss on May 31, 2012, 02:23:20 am

I think that was a joke

Yeah, I'm starting to read it now in the post.

Yikes. Awkward

RI-Red · « **Reply #695 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:30:23 am »

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/05/30/article-2152397-135FAF92000005DC-64_468x387_popup.jpg

Can't upload file from iPad - I know it from Daily Mail but we all like graphics

RI-Red · « **Reply #696 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:31:10 am »

Quote from: smegger56 on May 31, 2012, 02:28:05 am

Yeah, I'm starting to read it now in the post.

Yikes. Awkward

Get ye coat - lol

ferris05 · « **Reply #697 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:41:00 am »

Quote from: kdorg on May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

1. We lose a couple,

2. We lose at home to someone I thought we should beat

3. You don't bring on the subs when I want

4. You don't pick the team I thought you should have

5. You play a player I don't fucking like

6. You don't play a player that I do like and he is undoubtedly the holy grail of all things good and you must be some kinda numpty not to play him

7. I don't agree with your formation, even though the formation I claimed you played is not the one you actually did

8. etc

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

Haha, superb! Very true

aliverbirduponmychest · « **Reply #698 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:44:56 am »

Quote from: kdorg on May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

1. We lose a couple,

2. We lose at home to someone I thought we should beat

3. You don't bring on the subs when I want

4. You don't pick the team I thought you should have

5. You play a player I don't fucking like

6. You don't play a player that I do like and he is undoubtedly the holy grail of all things good and you must be some kinda numpty not to play him

7. I don't agree with your formation, even though the formation I claimed you played is not the one you actually did

8. etc

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

Slight touch of sarcasm there if i'm not mistaken.

Juan Loco · « **Reply #699 on:** May 31, 2012, 02:58:35 am »

Quote from: Hayer on May 31, 2012, 01:06:19 am

he made need to recruit a specialist ‘controller’ to do the selfless job Leon Britton did for him at Swansea

If only we had a boss Brazilian international perfectly suited to that role.

aoaaron · « **Reply #700 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:01:41 am »

i think hodgson lost a lot of us when he started sucking ferguson's dick.

otherwise i think we're all pretty supportive of our managers.

mullerbugs · « **Reply #701 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:09:02 am »

I have to admit to being sceptical about the thought of someone with such little experience taking over and probably due to King Kenny being sacked even though i do think we were seriously woeful this year but part frustration at perhaps falling even further behind the top four clubs who seem to spend money without thought.

We've always erred on the side of caution, understandably in many ways but even throughout our whole Rafa "net spend" media vendetta we were never the biggest spending team and have never been afforded the situation of not having to sell to buy certainly a situation the likes of Mr Alex Ferguson, Maureen and now Mancini have never had to accept. My biggest fear is that Brendan Rodgers needs to be backed in the transfer market, Newcastle and Everton ( yes i know the enemy) have shown there are certainly budget buys out there Dejemba Ba, Cisse and Jelevic have been instant success and without a doubt Rodger's Swansea side also is evidence of that. However I do believe we should no doubt be in contention for European glory in the Europa league and we need to invest in a squad to encourage competition which i do feel has been lacking.

With Rodgers mantra on football certainly the position of technically gifted outcasts like Aqua and Cole could be interesting, both have the ability and seeing whats happened with Allen and Britton at Swansea could they be forge themselves as key players if they increase their work rate and become valuable members to the squad whilst it seems that their transfer value has plummeted.

I truely hope that the squad's ego doesnt hamper our progress and that Rodgers is able to win the dressing room over quickly, I'd hate to see an Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas situation and that i guess is the biggest challenge. With big characters its going to be a battle to win respect but it would seem Rodgers is confident of overcoming such situations.

Reading and listening to him in interviews, he's certainly impressive and talks the talk, hopefully he walks the walk and more importantly we as fans get behind him from the start even if things don't quite go as we hope and ensure that he'll never walk alone.

gloves · « **Reply #702 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:10:08 am »

Hodgson lost a lot of support when it was clear he was just doing the job as a 'job'. He didn't really buy into the club at all and distanced himself from the fans and of course kissing up to Fergie was just a physical manifestation of that philosophy. On top of that, it was pretty clear his style of play was backwards for us and that he had a strong tendency to blame everyone but himself. Not to mention the fact that he set our sights so low!

I'm disappointed it's not Rafa (I know it was never going to be) but from all I've read about Brendan Rodgers (thanks to this thread) it sounds positive and of course we will get behind the new manager.

NHRed · « **Reply #703 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:11:47 am »

Not to go all conspiracy theory on everyone, but I just read the matchday thread for the Liverpool v Swansea match and JWH was in attendance that day. Does anyone recall if there was a particular reason given for him being there that day?

aoaaron · « **Reply #704 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:12:36 am »

Quote from: mullerbugs on May 31, 2012, 03:09:02 am

I have to admit to being sceptical about the thought of someone with such little experience taking over and probably due to King Kenny being sacked even though i do think we were seriously woeful this year but part frustration at perhaps falling even further behind the top four clubs who seem to spend money without thought.

We've always erred on the side of caution, understandably in many ways but even throughout our whole Rafa "net spend" media vendetta we were never the biggest spending team and have never been afforded the situation of not having to sell to buy certainly a situation the likes of Mr Alex Ferguson, Maureen and now Mancini have never had to accept. My biggest fear is that Brendan Rodgers needs to be backed in the transfer market, Newcastle and Everton ( yes i know the enemy) have shown there are certainly budget buys out there Dejemba Ba, Cisse and Jelevic have been instant success and without a doubt Rodger's Swansea side also is evidence of that. However I do believe we should no doubt be in contention for European glory in the Europa league and we need to invest in a squad to encourage competition which i do feel has been lacking.

With Rodgers mantra on football certainly the position of technically gifted outcasts like Aqua and Cole could be interesting, both have the ability and seeing whats happened with Allen and Britton at Swansea could they be forge themselves as key players if they increase their work rate and become valuable members to the squad whilst it seems that their transfer value has plummeted.

I truely hope that the squad's ego doesnt hamper our progress and that Rodgers is able to win the dressing room over quickly, I'd hate to see an Luís André de Pina Cabral e Villas-Boas situation and that i guess is the biggest challenge. With big characters its going to be a battle to win respect but it would seem Rodgers is confident of overcoming such situations.

Reading and listening to him in interviews, he's certainly impressive and talks the talk, hopefully he walks the walk and at more importantly we as fans get behind him from the start and ensure he doesn't walk alone.

The difference is Chelsea players have a reason for their big characters. They win trophies. Their team practically drives itself to winning competitions and competing since Mourinho did his magic on Terry, Lampard and co. Even this season, AVB went and they won the two trophies on offer. They have a reason to be who they are.

Our players do not hold the same resumes and allocades which their players do so the thought of our team who are consistently on the decline in the league having big egos is not very likely (unless the players are very dumb and deluded). Our big boys put the knife in for Rafa and since then, we have been on the decline. They must have learnt from their mistakes.

Mohammad Shahrul · « **Reply #705 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:15:33 am »

Haaihh... I will support him.

+ Good style of football
+ Young
+ Hungry

-- Hye everybody --

Big Dirk · « **Reply #706 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:17:36 am »

Quote from: NHRed on May 31, 2012, 03:11:47 am

Not to go all conspiracy theory on everyone, but I just read the matchday thread for the Liverpool v Swansea match and JWH was in attendance that day. Does anyone recall if there was a particular reason given for him being there that day?

Probably just because he is the owner

alvaro · « **Reply #707 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:18:10 am »

Quote from: kdorg on May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

1. We lose a couple,

2. We lose at home to someone I thought we should beat

3. You don't bring on the subs when I want

4. You don't pick the team I thought you should have

5. You play a player I don't fucking like

6. You don't play a player that I do like and he is undoubtedly the holy grail of all things good and you must be some kinda numpty not to play him

7. I don't agree with your formation, even though the formation I claimed you played is not the one you actually did

8. etc

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

lol

kcbworth · « **Reply #708 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:40:08 am »

Quote from: slimbo on May 31, 2012, 01:25:37 am

I also see a similarity here with my own home team here in OZ, Brisbane Roar. A few years back they had some established International players, Craig Moore, Danny Tiato (remember him?). It was a bit of a boys club with solid football but struggling to win a title. The club sacked the manager and brought in Ange Postecoglou. Ange had mixed results coaching our Youth National Team, but he had a strong philosophy on how the game should be played. The first thing he did was change the culture at the club. It became one based on respect and adherence to the main objectives of the team. He got rid of a lot of the established players who had some sort of control in the team and brought in players that were a specific fit to his philosophy.

The result... initially many fans revolted. They sighted his average coaching record, the players he let go etc The started to call him Ange Poste..no..clue. Some of it was due to the fact he had replaced a Socceroo legend in Frank Farina. But Ange persisted and the result was nothing short of astounding. Roar won their first premiership and Grand Final, and then followed it up with another Grand Final the next season. They set a sporting record in Australia of 36 consecutive matches undefeated. Their possession based style of play set a new benchmark for the A-league, something that was widely acknowledged by other managers and has raised the standard of the game here.

Their record would have been longer except they conceded a goal against Melbourne victory at the start of their run by someone turning over possession from the back under pressure. Postecoglou was asked if he was annoyed at his players for conceding such a sloppy goal. His response was "why would I be annoyed? They were doing what I asked them to do. I asked them to play out from the back and they did what I asked". Sound familiar.

I know there is a vast difference between the A-league and the EPL, but I could not escape the similarities between our own situation here two years ago and Liverpool now. Will Brendan Rodgers be the answer for us? I don't know. Maybe not. But from what I've seen in an overperforming Swansea side given their budget, and from what I've read about him, he may just be the type of manager we need.

I hope he gets the support from everyone at LFC to make it happen. It would be really sad if it was a lack of support from the fans which caused the mission to fail.

pool~~Roar~~celona

American_Kopite · « **Reply #709 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:46:46 am »

When does .tv plan on making an announcement?

iamrobk · « **Reply #710 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:47:51 am »

Quote from: American_Kopite on May 31, 2012, 03:46:46 am

When does .tv plan on making an announcement?

Almost certainly tomorrow or Friday, just need to let the details be sorted out by the clubs.

American_Kopite · « **Reply #711 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:51:57 am »

Quote from: Legendary_Nines on May 31, 2012, 03:48:52 am

Looking forward to the next couple of months, will be interesting to see what he does with the team and what his policy on youth is.

Give Sterling, Suso, Coady, and Pelosi a fuckload of time in the preseason. And give them time when we're up by three or four goals.

Yabazza · « **Reply #712 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:52:35 am »

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/jim-white/rodgers-may-rise-challenge-122812494.html

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RODGERS MAY RISE TO THE CHALLENGE - Jim White

After losing down there in their last game of the season, Liverpool appear to have developed something of a Swansea obsession.

It seems the clever dudes who run Anfield out of Boston have decided to give the job of manager either to Brendan Rodgers, the man who steered the Swans through a successful Premier League survival campaign, or Roberto Martinez, the man who effectively built the side Rodgers so efficiently guided. And to think, at one time Liverpool recruited from the very elite of European football.

Rodgers is the favourite to sign on the Americans' dotted line. Martinez, despite his chairman's insistence that he has been offered the job, appears to have faded from view. And when the Ulsterman does so, the owners will finally have got what they want: a young, dynamic, articulate, organised manager who has the intellectual capacity to take charge of a complex modern business.

What's more, he is unlikely to put the parent company into embarrassing situations with his handling of any crisis that comes his way. Rodgers does not do confrontational, prickly or grumpy. He is an emollient media figure — friendly, helpful, dignified.

As a PR presence he is more or less the antithesis, in fact, of the previous incumbent, whose attitude to those who delivered the company's communications message at times bordered on the comically obstructive. The age of the dinosaur is about to come to an end at Anfield.

Plus, and this is what will matter to the faithful in the Kop, when it comes to football, Rodgers's instincts are entirely in the right place. Swansea survived not through the long ball, through chucking it in the mixer, through the insistent application of elbow and stud, but through pass and move.

Their ability to keep possession was exemplary. The ball was shifted about their midfield with pace and purpose. The noise emanating from the stands at the Liberty Stadium last season was often very close to purring. Of course, when your midfield consists of Jordan Henderson, Charlie Adam and Stuart Downing, it will not be easy to coax out such qualities. But Rodgers excels on the training field: he will create a training culture in which possession is king.

Yet, for all his manifest qualities, there is a big question hanging over Rodgers: he has never been close to an organisation on the scale of Liverpool. This is not Swansea times ten, this is on another planet entirely. In terms of attention, intensity and focus it is way off the scale of anything he will have experienced. And remember, his experience is limited to the Chelsea reserves, Watford and Swansea, with a brief failure at Reading in between.

As Roy Hodgson - a man who had been round the block so often he knew its every intricacy - discovered, Liverpool is not a place forgiving in its scrutiny. Sure, Bill Shankly's experience before arriving on Merseyside was limited to Grimsby, Workington and Huddersfield. But that was then. Nowadays - thanks to a trajectory Shankly started - Liverpool are the second biggest sporting institution in the country. Not a place, you might think, for a beginner. Not a place for someone whose experience of managing a team in a European campaign is exactly on a par with my own. Or yours.

And yet, John Henry and his selection panel will have seen something in Rodgers that they felt fitted with their vision for their property: an unerring ambition. Like his mentor Jose Mourinho, he grew up a football obsessive without the requisite skill to channel his competitiveness into a successful playing career.

He worked out as young as 20 that he wasn't good enough to make it as a player. If he wanted to taste success it would have to be as a coach. Thus he studied, trained, learned. Like Mourinho he marries an intellectual understanding of what is required to win with a visceral need to make it happen. Something he shares not just with Mourinho but with Mr. Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, not to mention two men who didn't do too badly in the Anfield dugout, Gerard Houllier and Rafael Benitez.

Given that the obstacle of his own lack of a playing career has never been something that worried him as he made his way in the game, he will not regard a lack of relevant experience as a huge hurdle. He will approach the new challenge as he has all his previous ones: methodically, carefully and with confidence in his own ability to thrive.

Of course it is a gamble. Of course Rodgers — if he is the man - is not exactly from the top drawer of international management. But it has the possibility of being an exciting appointment. Which, for Henry and the rest of the Fenway Sports Group, will count as the first they have made since they arrived on Merseyside.

Is Jim White a bitter? Because he sure seems to have it in for Kenny. "The previous incumbent" really.

Abrak · « **Reply #713 on:** May 31, 2012, 03:56:27 am »

http://thepathismadebywalking.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/682/

GaelicSoul · « **Reply #714 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:00:25 am »

I like this man, and think he will prove himself to us, as LFC fans, and also a lot of doubters, that he is a shrewd, tactful, and a calculating manager. I'm behind this guy 100%, as a fellow Irishman/Northern Irishman, and wish him nothing but the best.

Time to write a new chapter for our club.

SportBilly · « **Reply #715 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:06:39 am »

Quote from: Abrak on May 31, 2012, 03:56:27 am

http://thepathismadebywalking.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/682/

Good article that. And I'm NOT drawing any comparisons but that line of Rodgers': "It doesn’t matter how big or small you are, if you don’t have the ball you can’t score" could have come straight from the mouths from any of our esteemed Managers.

I'm quietly looking forward to this.

Michigan Red · « **Reply #716 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:13:36 am »

Quote from: Abrak on May 31, 2012, 03:56:27 am

http://thepathismadebywalking.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/682/

Good article. I can see a quite a few of our players fitting in nicely. For some reason I get the feeling Glen Johnson will do quite well in this since he should be allowed to get forward a bit more.

yslee · « **Reply #717 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:15:31 am »

Quote from: kdorg on May 31, 2012, 02:16:34 am

No no standing by managers is what LFC supporters are all about.

I want to say welcome Brendan you will have my 100% support until

<snip>

We'll see you on the post-match threads brendan, do drop by! They'll be the 10 page ones if we win and the 60 page ones if we lose.

Totally behind you lad, totally.

There needs to be a like button here for posts like these. Well said. Still laughing here.

iamrobk · « **Reply #718 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:16:47 am »

Quote from: Michigan Red on May 31, 2012, 04:13:36 am

Good article. I can see a quite a few of our players fitting in nicely. For some reason I get the feeling Glen Johnson will do quite well in this since he should be allowed to get forward a bit more.

Assuming some of our players can stay healthy and live up to their potential, we really only need 2 or 3 new players to complete our squad. A lot of our players are definitely made for his system. Of course, on the other hand, we clearly have some obvious outliers, and it'll be key to get rid of them or use them sparingly.

Michigan Red · « **Reply #719 on:** May 31, 2012, 04:20:20 am »

Quote from: iamrobk on May 31, 2012, 04:16:47 am

Assuming some of our players can stay healthy and live up to their potential, we really only need 2 or 3 new players to complete our squad. A lot of our players are definitely made for his system. Of course, on the other hand, we clearly have some obvious outliers, and it'll be key to get rid of them or use them sparingly.

Oh yeah, more stood out to me than just Johnson, I just think he'll be pretty good in this. Lucas obviously fits in front of the center backs, Agger and Skrtel should do fine at the back. Suarez as one of those wider creative players. I can't help but wonder if Gerrard couldn't play that role as well opposite Suarez. I'm not sure how he'd fit in the other 2 CM roles. I think Henderson could do well there, he can run all day and recycled possession well. Enrique as the other wing/left back too if he doesn't make inexplicable runs to nowhere with the ball.