read a report yesterday stating that lovren is the best cb in the prem 

but but.. football is more than just statistics 

Lovren is the best CB in the prem?
Wow, what a stat...

If not mistaken, I remembered someone posted before Allen also has one of highest pass completion stat, so a midfielder pass master, creative midfield? 

CB with the best stat,
Midfielder with high pass completion,

Lovren should be nullify opponent attacker easily, resulted lot of clean sheet for Liv.
Allen should have one of highest assist in EPL, that enable Liv scored many goals.

Rafa has a way to bring in players to play particular roles. They may not be 1st rated players but they were recruited to play roles Rafa thought they could play in.
The academy players that were branded flop etc and got sent away from our academy were all brought in to play Rafa's style from young so as they make the progression into the 1st team they would be able to fit in right away. Rafa had a long term plan in Liverpool but the plan never materialized after his sacking.

Every manager after that played their own tactics while academy also played their own tactics so the young players if not super talented get wasted and released to find their own path.

If Rafa comes back, he would have to build a 1st team with average player wage around 70k a week only since FSG has removed all the top earners in LP squad. FSG doesn't mind throwing big money transfer kitty to buy players but they dont wanna give high wages. However, Rafa could rebuild the academy again. After 2-3 years or so the first batch of academy talents will start to stake their claim in the first team squad, playing Rafa's brand of football. That's when our revival will start.

Rafa has some stuff to do too if he ever comes back to LP. He needs to go get Paco back as his asst manager this time.

On the other hand, RM presents him with the perfect opportunity to build the squad he has in his mind. No need to settle for 2nd best when the club cannot get the player he wants. RM will break the bank to get the players as long as the team can produce results. Rafa will have no time for rebuilding at all. He will be expected to win right from the start.

So it comes down to heart vs head. His heart would say wait for LP but his head is clearly saying wait for RM.

not sure about you but in Rafa's spanish Liverpool to me the player that shone the brightest was actually SG. That's also why he was at 1 time the best midfielder in the world too. SG allowed Alonso the space at the back to do his magic. SG made forward runs mostly coming in from the right and pulls defenders and midfielders to him like a glue, opening up play for others, he also has an eye to find openings and make def splitting passes to whoever in-front to finish the job.

...report it would seem FSG are ready to take a strong approach to making decisions from the setbacks of 2014/15.

Whilst taking into account the sale of Luis Suarez last summer and long-term injury problems to Daniel Sturridge, the owners will want answers as to where last summer’s £117 million spending spree has been justified.

lol true too .. thats the main reason why gerrard cannot reproduce his form for england. he doesn't have the rest of LP with him in the england team. even the spanish supporting cast i.e arbelao made it into RM main team lol

Rafa was bashed by the English media partly because the media loves SAF. When Rafa rotates his players, he's tinkering. When SAF does it, he's a brilliant man management.

Rafa might not be the most exciting coach but certainly he knows how to play his players. Unlike BR. Wingers play wingbacks. Midfielders play RB. I'm amazed Mig didn't play striker when Daniel is out injured. Spending so much for Lov is a crime. Lallana might still come good. Baffles me that Borini and Balo don't get more game time. Lambert was a mistake, but the biggest mistake was trying to turn Stevie into a DM.

I think Rafa would have played Stevie in his natural role but manage him properly; play in big games and important games like CL. And speaking of CL, it totally exposed BR as an inexperienced novice trying to act smart. Totally exposed!

Gerrard played as DM or deep midfielder in England as same as BR, in both occasion, Gerrard become ineffective, as Gerrard is not a DM player or destroyer like Lucas.

There is no coincidence, Gerrard had his best career under Rafa because Rafa played him in more forward position, let him to roam forward.

Gerrard is an attacking player not defensive, has good shooting, eye for goal, superb passing ability (not those sideway passes) that can create opportunity to striker.

You do know right that Lampard was one of the people who doesnt want Rafa as their manager?

Rafa talking sense to the players? Hell no he is not someone who cares about your personal life. Look at how he treated Alonso. His man management skills were terrible but if you are talking about tactics, he might be one of the best in football.

Not strange at all. Rafa has been courted by RM thrice during his time with us as reported.

Furthermore, I think Rafa coached RM B team before so there's always some special affliation between the two of them.

3rd point...he is Spanish so extra brownie points there.

Whats strange is RM did not consider interviewing Wodgers before they make the move on Rafa.....Hmmmmm

Anyway I'm gutted FSG sidelined him in their hunt for candidates but at the same time I'm happy for Rafa because he will be managing one if the best clubs in the world n show what he can do with real galacticos. RM will be beast.

Rodgers “believes Lucas is not dynamic enough and prefers Joe Allen in the midfield holding role” and is therefore willing to listen to offers for the Brazilian.

Perhaps even more worryingly, Anderson claims: “The Anfield boss feels he would have enough central midfield options in [James] Milner, Allen, Jordan Henderson and Emre Can if Lucas went.”

If this is true then credit goes to BR.

http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/osc...47#.VWBCXk-qpBc

he’s confident he’ll keep his job, Rodgers replied, “Yeah, yeah. 150 per cent.

“I think you evolve as a manager. Certainly the experiences of this year will make me better. We have been clear with the identity of how we want to play since I’ve been here and obviously it hasn’t quite worked out this season as I would have liked.

“But going forward, I repeat, I will be a better manager for the experiences and hopefully go on next year to be more consistent and we can win more games than we have.”

no worries boys

soton down 0-2

europa here we come

#rodgers150%

After 3 years of screaming this guy is not Liverpool manager material, We have now see his final game as Liverpool manager end in a horrible defeat, Just a shame that FSG have just wasted £215 million of our finances and 3 years of our history on this guy.

Brendan Rodgers has admitted that he could leave Liverpool if the club’s owners decide to end his tenure.
Fenway Sports Group are set to hold an end of season review with Rodgers to assess a campaign that has seen Liverpool miss out on their aim of Champions League qualification.
And after Liverpool were humiliated 6-1 at Stoke in their final game of the season, Rodgers was asked whether he thought he would remain in charge at Anfield next season.
‘It was embarrassing, and if the owners want me to go, I’ll go,’ he said.
‘But I still feel like I have a lot to offer here.
‘However I take full responsibility for today as manager, we have to go away and fix this.
Rodgers’ quotes mark a substantial departure from his previous insistence that he was ‘150%’ sure he would be Liverpool manager next season, and come after bookmakers
Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2015/05/24/brendan-rodg.../#ixzz3b50ek29X

He's gone i reckon. Normally i say give him one more season to turn it around, which is how i felt about Rafa's last season. Except that manner of the defeat is so shocking and humiliating that i feel it is more likely we could start next season from where we left off.

It's Klopp or Rafa for me.

Henry calling him now

RM sacked their coach already??