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Sir_Red said:
1) last season was the best I have ever seen us play. Ever.

2) he's young, in manager terms, just like young players should be given time so should Rodgers. He's showed his potential last year.

3) we are kopites, we show more loyalty than fickle plastic armchair fans
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Sorry mate but that's total ****e and you know it. He's being outed as what he is now. An ok manager that may or may not be suited to the job, who lacks experience and is incredibly stubborn. Sounds like most of the players he's signed doesn't it that. Last season was all about Suarez's influence, nothing to do with Rodgers. Suarez dragged a load of mediocrity up to levels they had no right to be attaining. I can't emphasise that enough. Think the other players were wanting to prove to Luis that they had the right to play in the same team as someone with that amount of talent. Without him they've dropped back to their mean level of ability or below.
 
LFC_45 said:
Imagine if we got koeman <laugh>
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I know he's flavour of the month atm, but I saw Valencia during his time there and it was pretty bloody poor. I know they had their financial problems but there is a very good chance he's having a degree of luck...or at least everything conveniently falling into place and coming together at Southampton.
 
Gerrez said:
I'm afraid you're going to have to put proper sentences if you want me to understand what you're trying to say <laugh>

I'm guessing you are suggesting Liverpool are equal to Sunderland or something :huh:
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by attendance and current standing, you decide

or would he go to anybody else above either of us or just liverpool, sorry, i'll re-phrase that "the mighty liverpool"
 
Jurgen Kop. The perfect match. Has to happen

Can I just say that I love Brendan Rodgers and think he is a top top manager with a real eye for a player.
 
Treble said:
I know he's flavour of the month atm, but I saw Valencia during his time there and it was pretty bloody poor. I know they had their financial problems but there is a very good chance he's having a degree of luck...or at least everything conveniently falling into place and coming together at Southampton.
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Koeman does seem to know how to set up a defense very well.

From his Wiki page it looks like he usually starts well at a club but starts a steady decline half way through the season.
 
BR will stay and rightfully so. This little blip in form will be nothing in hindsight in a few years. We are not the scum, we support our managers. BR will change things.
 
Klopps career has been similar to Rafa's before he joined us and he is about the same age as Rafa was to, so he fits with what I said earlier about a young and experience manager.
 
LFC_45 said:
BR will stay and rightfully so. This little blip in form will be nothing in hindsight in a few years. We are not the scum, we support our managers. BR will change things.
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Usually I'd agree but there is some thing about the mistakes he is making with his team selection that just seems so obviously wrong. Even the average conference manager doesnt favour out of form players over players who have performed well when given a (rare in our case) chance.

The Real Madrid game showed us a lot. We have some quality fighters in our squad but Rodgers is ignoring them in favour of out of form players who are high profile.
 
Flappy Flanagan (JK) said:
Koeman does seem to know how to set up a defense very well.

From his Wiki page it looks like he usually starts well at a club but starts a steady decline half way through the season.
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Should fit right in at anfield then :bandit:

At Valencia he lost the dressing room (alienated and shunted long standing performers for Valencia - wrongly), pissed off the fans and ended up falling out with the board. I have serious doubts about him long term, even at Southampton.
 
This is the Wiki page for my fav, I'm not a huge fan of Klopp.........

Managerial career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Simeone ended his playing career for Racing, playing his last match on 17 February 2006, and then became manager for the same team. After a rough start, the team made an impressive finish in the 2006 Clausura. When a new club president was elected, Simeone left Racing in May 2006 and was replaced by Reinaldo Merlo.

On 18 May, he became head coach of Estudiantes de La Plata and soon led them to their first league title in 23 years after defeating Boca Juniors 2–1 in a final match played on 13 December 2006. In an October 2006 poll in the sports daily Ole, Simeone was voted as the best manager in the Argentine league.[9] He was also praised as a "born manager" by former Argentine international Roberto Perfumo.[10] Simeone left Estudiantes after the end of the 2007 Apertura, where Estudiantes was not a contender after a bad start, but had a strong finish of nine games without defeat. On 15 December 2007, Simeone was unveiled as the new River Plate coach, succeeding Daniel Passarella. The contract was reported to be a year long, starting on 3 January 2008.[11] After an early elimination in the Copa Libertadores losing to San Lorenzo in the second round, Simeone and River Plate went on to win the 2008 Clausura championship after beating Olimpo 2–1 in the Monumental.[12] On 7 November 2008, Simeone announced his resignation as coach of River Plate after their elimination at the quarter-final stage of Copa Sudamericana 2008 by the Mexican team Chivas and a poor run of form of 11 domestic games without a win which left them bottom of the Primera División Argentina with only six games remaining.[13][14] On 15 April 2009, Simeone joined San Lorenzo to replace Miguel Angel Russo, following the club's exit in the first round of Copa Libertadores 2009.[15] On 3 April 2010, the coach quit San Lorenzo due to poor results and mounting criticism.[16]

Catania/Racing[edit]
On 19 January 2011, Simeone flew to Sicily to join Serie A side, Catania, replacing Marco Giampaolo who left the club just hours earlier.[17][18] On 1 June 2011, he left his post after helping Catania stave off relegation.[19] On 21 June 2011, Simeone was named as the new coach of Racing Club for a second spell in charge, replacing Miguel Ángel Russo who had resigned the prior week.[20]

Atlético Madrid[edit]
First years[edit]

Atlético Madrid captain Gabi celebrates after Simeone's team won the 2013 Copa del Rey Final
On 23 December 2011, Simeone was unveiled as the new Atlético Madrid coach, succeeding Gregorio Manzano who had been dismissed the day before following defeat to third-tier Albacete Balompié in the Copa del Rey. His first season ended with the team winning the UEFA Europa League by beating Athletic Bilbao 3–0 in the final in Bucharest.[21]

On 31 August 2012 he won the UEFA Super Cup, beating Chelsea 4–1 at the Stade Louis II in Monaco. On 17 May 2013, he won the Copa del Rey with Atlético beating rivals Real Madrid 2–1 at their Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Simeone led the team to a third place finish in 2012–13 La Liga, the club's best finish in the competition since winning it in 1996.

2013–14 season[edit]
Main article: 2013–14 Atlético Madrid season
Atlético began the 2013-14 season with a similar squad to last season, despite selling star player Radamel Falcao to AS Monaco for a reported €60 million fee, and acquiring David Villa from FC Barcelona on a free transfer. While the season began with defeat to Barcelona in the 2013 Supercopa de España, the team recorded eight straight victories in the Liga, the best league start in its history. This included a 1–0 away win at the Santiago Bernabeu against Real Madrid, making Simeone the first Atlético manager since Claudio Ranieri in 1999 to record a league victory there. Atlético finished the first half of the season on first place in La Liga, on the same points as Barcelona, 47. In the last round of the season on 17 May, Atlético needed at least a draw in the Camp Nou against Barcelona to be crowned champions for the first time since 1996, while a loss would give the title to Barcelona. A Diego Godín header from a corner kick in the 48th minute gave Atlético an equaliser and the draw that they needed to win their 10th league title, and first since 1996 when Simeone himself was an Atlético player then. Simeone became the second Argentinian manager after Helenio Herrera to hand Atlético a Spanish championship, and the second manager after Luis Aragonés to win it both as a player and as a coach of the team. Under Simeone, Atlético collected 90 points in La Liga, surpassing its 1996 record of 87, making the 2013-14 season the most successful in the club's history.[22]

Atlético finished top of their Champions League group and qualified for the quarter-finals with a 5–1 aggregate win over A.C. Milan in the last 16. This was the first time that they had reached the Champions League quarter-finals since 1996-97, when Simeone played for the team. In the quarter-finals, Atlético played against fellow La Liga team FC Barcelona, and won 2–1 on aggregate from Simeone's tactic of cutting the swift-passing midfield of Barcelona in two, thus denying them space and isolating Xavi and Andres Iniesta from Lionel Messi and Neymar. In the semi-finals, Atlético beat José Mourinho's Chelsea 3–1 at Stamford Bridge, following a goalless draw at home, to reach the Champions League Final for only the second time in the club's history, the first being in 1974.[23] Atlético was the only undefeated team in the Champions League before the final, counting 9 wins and 3 draws, and had the best defence in the competition, conceding only 6 goals in 12 matches. In the final on 24 May, Atlético faced city rivals Real Madrid in the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. Despite leading from Diego Godín's header and heroically holding that lead against a team with five times their budget, the side conceded a late equaliser in the 93rd minute of the match. That goal crashed Atlético's morale and the team ended up losing 4–1 after extra time. Thus, Simeone lost the opportunity to be the third Argentine coach to win the Champions League, after Luis Carniglia and Helenio Herrera. After the last goal, Real Madrid's Raphaël Varane kicked the ball towards Simeone, causing him to run onto the pitch in anger. He was sent to the stands and Varane booked for the incident. Reflecting, Simeone said "I also made a mistake with my reaction. He's a young guy with a bright future".[24] Simeone also admitted a mistake in selecting striker Diego Costa to start the match, as he had been recently injured and went off after eight minutes.
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Still early in his career but I just feel we would be getting the right manager on the up, he sets up difficult to beat but is still aggressive in attack I would love him to come to us if Rodgers was to go.
 
LFC_45 said:
BR will stay and rightfully so. This little blip in form will be nothing in hindsight in a few years. We are not the scum, we support our managers. BR will change things.
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Have we got enough money in the biscuit tin for an entire new first XI?? That's the ****ing quandary.
 
I saw you post Billy thanks for replying. I too would like Klopp but honestly, I dont think there is a chance. Also no chance of Simeone

BR has to go first, are we all agreed that our owners will sack him?
 
Flappy Flanagan (JK) said:
Klopps career has been similar to Rafa's before he joined us and he is about the same age as Rafa was to, so he fits with what I said earlier about a young and experience manager.
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Yep, similar size name too so would be capable of attracting high calibre players like Rafa did.
 
The DR says said:
BR has to go first, are we all agreed that our owners will sack him?
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Hard to tell, they're not the most hands on owners around in fact when was the last time we heard from FSG or had John W at a game? I get the feeling the owners don't really care about the club that much, we're just an investment.

They've sacked Woy mid season, but that was because he was pretty much hated by all and was taking the clubs to a real low. Kenny was given a full season and was sacked for the final position.

Like I say its hard to tell.
 
luvgonzo said:
This is the Wiki page for my fav, I'm not a huge fan of Klopp.........



Still early in his career but I just feel we would be getting the right manager on the up, he sets up difficult to beat but is still aggressive in attack I would love him to come to us if Rodgers was to go.
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The football he got Atletico playing when ever I saw them made Mourinho's Chelsea of last year look exciting :huh:
 
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