The man, Brendan Rodgers

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kph103 said:
Bias aside, for me he is the most tactically astute manager in the league. Not having the resources of a city or chavs where they can throw yet another £20 million + player on to try and change things! he manages to use a very small nucleus of players and get the absolute maximum out of them.
He also appears very calm on the touch line and in front of the camera.
Very happy he is ours and I think most of the neutral fans would like to see us win it as that's what we would be doing. Winning it and not buying it.
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This one has surely got to be a pisstake?

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Jimmy Squarefoot said:
Haha oh dear God! I read the first paragraph and daren't go on!

Here's to Luis Suarez - the biggest con man who fooled an entire fan base into thinking Rodgers was quality.
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Yeh you have a habit of getting it wrong. But I applaud your ability to write essays while doing it <laugh>
 
Magic said:
I do wonder if MFG has changed his opinion on the man, it would be interesting to see his take on the transformation of the club this season.
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Well, I didn't want you all to think I was jumping on some kind of bandwagon last season, with "one swallow makes a summer" big talk and heaping praise on the man who could've gone to any top club but chose us. Gifted us his services, really. He refused a DoF and to even interview for a job which was, let's be honest, beneath him after that woeful Dalglish season, when we had the ignominy of winning a stupid Mickey Mouse trophy and scraping to the final of that other meaningless silver thing, while being pathetic in that most glorious of comps, the Europa. Beating the top teams was a fluke we didn't seem able to replicate in Eastern Europe. Kenny even had them all aiming for the woodwork and they lucked out in hitting it over 30 times that season. Maybe if he'd told them to aim for the net instead, eh? Did we need another two seasons of aiming for the woodwork? No, we did not. But that's what would've happened.

So it's to Brendan's immense credit that he was able to get that squad overhauled with some shrewd purchases after one season, then make another shrewd move in getting out of the Disney tournaments and even sacrificing the Europa to concentrate on the league, keeping Sturridge fit wth one game a week. He only needed 13 players most of the season, which is so 70s it was almost like Paisley was in the dugout. Happy days. We'd have won it, too, if that muppet Gerrard had the tactical nous to realise as last man you don't slip. You've got to control that pass and look for the centre backs out wide. It's in the philosophy, FFS!

It's not like any mid-table manager would've had the foresight to know reducing the number of games is the path to success, much less have the chops to make it happen, even with Suarez firing on all six. That is why Brendan's win % has gone from a measly, Sub-Hodgson 44% when he took the job, for which I judged him so harshly, to a historic 45.1%. And in only three seasons, mind, including this, the transition season. Because losing Suarez took six replacements and year three is always the one where you build the first XI, who will obviously need time to gel. Unless they're bad buys like Downing. (How **** is he at WHU, bytheway?) Luckily the Rodgers name and his unique pass-and-move philosophy attracted what we needed to go forward. Lambert + Balotelli = the Future.

It sucks that next year will have to be another transition season now Gerrard's left but Sterling will obviously appreciate the blame Rodgers has placed on his agent to get the lad back onside with the fans. How dare this greedy bastard turn down £100,000. What does he want, medals? If it walks like a greedy duck and it talks like a greedy duck, it's probably a wantaway player. C'mon, lad, take the money and stop this greed nonsense.You know from Suarez's experience that you won't get away until next season, not with two years left to run on your contract. And we can afford transition seasons right up to year seven so you won't be missed, eventually.

So yeah, I stayed off the bandwagon and appreciated in silence but hooboy, my opinion changed like a dog that became a cat. I read the media and I learned my lesson, a lesson which, I have to remind you guys, was given to us when Roy was here and we didn't listen: nice guys make great managers. England's success proves we were wrong about Roy. As wrong as I was about Brendan.

Sorry about that.
 
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Muppetfinder General said:
Well, I didn't want you all to think I was jumping on some kind of bandwagon last season, with "one swallow makes a summer" big talk and heaping praise on the man who could've gone to any top club but chose us. Gifted us his services, really. He refused a DoF and to even interview for a job which was, let's be honest, beneath him after that woeful Dalglish season, when we had the ignominy of winning a stupid Mickey Mouse trophy and scraping to the final of that other meaningless silver thing, while being pathetic in that most glorious of comps, the Europa. Beating the top teams was a fluke we didn't seem able to replicate in Eastern Europe. Kenny even had them all aiming for the woodwork and they lucked out in hitting it over 30 times that season. Maybe if he'd told them to aim for the net instead, eh? Did we need another two seasons of aiming for the woodwork? No, we did not. But that's what would've happened.

So it's to Brendan's immense credit that he was able to get that squad overhauled with some shrewd purchases after one season, then make another shrewd move in getting out of the Disney tournaments and even sacrificing the Europa to concentrate on the league, keeping Sturridge fit wth one game a week. He only needed 13 players most of the season, which is so 70s it was almost like Paisley was in the dugout. Happy days. We'd have won it, too, if that muppet Gerrard had the tactical nous to realise as last man you don't slip. You've got to control that pass and look for the centre backs out wide. It's in the philosophy, FFS!

It's not like any mid-table manager would've had the foresight to know reducing the number of games is the path to success, much less have the chops to make it happen, even with Suarez firing on all six. That is why Brendan's win % has gone from a measly, Sub-Hodgson 44% when he took the job, for which I judged him so harshly, to a historic 45.1%. And in only three seasons, mind, including this, the transition season. Because losing Suarez took six replacements and year three is always the one where you build the first XI, who will obviously need time to gel. Unless they're bad buys like Downing. (How **** is he at WHU, bytheway?) Luckily the Rodgers name and his unique pass-and-move philosophy attracted what we needed to go forward. Lambert + Balotelli = the Future.

It sucks that next year will have to be another transition season now Gerrard's left but Sterling will obviously appreciate the blame Rodgers has placed on his agent to get the lad back onside with the fans. How dare this greedy bastard turn down £100,000. What does he want, medals? If it walks like a greedy duck and it talks like a greedy duck, it's probably a wantaway player. C'mon, lad, take the money and stop this greed nonsense.You know from Suarez's experience that you won't get away until next season, not with two years left to run on your contract. And we can afford transition seasons right up to year seven so you won't be missed, eventually.

So yeah, I stayed off the bandwagon and appreciated in silence but hooboy, my opinion changed like a dog that became a cat. I read the media and I learned my lesson, a lesson which, I have to remind you guys, was given to us when Roy was here and we didn't listen: nice guys make great managers. England's success proves we were wrong about Roy. As wrong as I was about Brendan.

Sorry about that.
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nice to see you muppet!
 
Couldn't resist...

In all seriousness, I think some United posters' comments about LVG will go the same way as this thread has (mine included probably)...
 
ValleyGraduate12 said:
Said all along you should have got Martinez :)
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He's got Everton playing a very entertaining style of football. Good spine to the team as well. Howard is still a good keeper, Stones is superb, Barkley has the potential to be top class and Lukaku frightens the crap out of centre halves (he should score more goals though).
 
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Master Yoda said:
Probably wouldn't have last season... football is a funny game.
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Definitely funny old game. @Tobes was all over martinez back. After the start this season bet he's changed his mind again. Looks like martinez has stopped trying to copy van gaal and is actually going forward! Still think he needs to start naismith more though.

Surprised tobes didnt learn from last time when moyes had an awful second season with everton
 
BobbyD said:
Definitely funny old game. @Tobes was all over martinez back. After the start this season bet he's changed his mind again. Looks like martinez has stopped trying to copy van gaal and is actually going forward! Still think he needs to start naismith more though.

Surprised tobes didnt learn from last time when moyes had an awful second season with everton
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You may have noticed that United went forwards in the second half yesterday. Or did you still have your head in your hands?!
 
Stan said:
You may have noticed that United went forwards in the second half yesterday. Or did you still have your head in your hands?!
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Yup you did but thats like saying mourinho is an attacking manager who plays attacking football because we won 6-3 last season at goodison.
 
Zingy said:
For such a young manager he really is the man. Before he came here, he wasn't a world renowned manager. He gained a lot of respect for the way he had Swansea playing, that's about it really.

Look at him now, he changes tactics that change the game. He's not afraid to be ruthless. He has the respect of the players. The way he dealt with Suarez last summer, Andy Carroll before that. The way he handles the pressure. Yes he's made mistakes, he'll make more. No matter where we finish, I couldn't be happier with/for him.

I honestly believe that for the aforementioned, he could attract some names. I'm sure there are some good players in Europe who would think... 'Brendan Rodgers, I'd like to play for him'.

IRWT
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Who the **** are you, like? <yikes>
 
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