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by **In and Out** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:13 pm

Ciggy wrote:
Judge wrote:

fake alert

What has this jarge shirt got to do with the new manager?

No more than arguing over Rafa's net spend, that's for sure :laugh:

by **Judge** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:27 pm

In and Out wrote:It says judge 'Your will never work alone' on the first snippet.

by **Ciggy** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:29 pm

In and Out wrote:No more than arguing over Rafa's net spend, that's for sure

Redman in Wales brought that one up. And its been done to death so lets not go back there hey.

by **Owzat** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:34 pm

In and Out wrote:No more than arguing over Rafa's net spend, that's for sure

Be neck spend from now on!

by **maypaxvobiscum** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:35 pm

Liverpool are on the brink of finalising the appointment of Roy Hodgson as the club's new manager and Sven Goran Eriksson is the favourite to replace him at Fulham.

Hodgson will return to England from South Africa, where he has been working as a World Cup pundit for the BBC, on Friday and will enter into final negotiations with Anfield officials.

The make-up of Hodgson's backroom staff is one of the key issues still to be resolved, with the former Inter manager eager to take Fulham assistant manager, Mike Kelly, with him.

Hodgson beat several other candidates, including former Real Madrid and Villarreal coach Manuel Pellegrini and Anfield legend Kenny Dalglish, to replace Rafael Benitez, who left Liverpool last month.

Former England manager Eriksson is top of Fulham's shortlist to replace Hodgson at Craven Cottage, with Mark Hughes and Tony Mowbray also reportedly on the hit-list.

by **Fauxy** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:49 pm

Skysports.com understands Liverpool have lined up a move for Galatasaray boss Frank Rijkaard as they search for a new manager.

The Reds are still hunting a replacement for Rafa Benitez following the Spaniard's departure from Anfield earlier this month.

A number of names have been linked with the Anfield hot-seat, including Fulham boss Roy Hodgson and former Real Madrid coach Manuel Pellegrini and now Rijkaard has come under consideration from the Liverpool board.

Former Holland international Rijkaard is regarded as one of the best coaches in Europe following his success at Barcelona, where he won two Spanish titles and the UEFA Champions League during his tenure at Camp Nou.

Compensation
Sources in Turkey claim Liverpool have approached Galatasaray twice in the last week to seek permission to talk to Rijkaard, but that the Turkish club have rejected their overtures.

Rijkaard, who took over at Galatasaray in June 2009, has just a year to run on his current deal, meaning Liverpool may not have to fork out a high compensation fee if they can agree a deal with Galatasaray for the 47-year-old.

by **Benny The Noon** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:50 pm

Mid Table manager so expectations should be reduced and can expect us to be mid table and it will stay that way until new owners arrive and we get a world class manager. This is not the appointment that screams progress that the fans and players want and this is step two on the stair case downwards . Step three will be the sale of Masher and Benny , step 4 will be the sale of Gerrard and Torres . When a club is looking to progress then when they replace the manager , the replacement has to be a step up from previous manager and we haven't done that . Hodgson will get the support of the Liverpool fans as that's the way we work and I will support him and back him , but my expectations have been reduced greatly . Good luck Woy - your going to need a lot off it .

Thequestion is - how long until we see the Woy out brigade a

by **Judge** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:52 pm

From Rawk

Just come across this on a rumour site. I know .. I know... but it does seem well written and thought provoking. Could there be a masterplan??
Any views??
I've been given some insight regarding the future employment of key personnel at Liverpool Football club and why the situation appears to be in a state of flux, despite a clear direction actually having been resolved a few weeks ago. Please absorb the following and use your brains to digest the following, calculate its merits and don't let any existing passionate bias for OR against Liverpool dictate your reaction – instead just think about it with a clear head
1. 8 members of the background team staff have been released to work elsewhere and replacements have been interviewed with offers pending.
2. A radical change in policy for youth team structure and development is being resolved currently with an exchange system being negotiated with a specific overseas country (haven't been told which one).
3. The ownership of the club has been resolved in terms of an offer that HAS been accepted on behalf of the existing shareholders, the deal has yet to be formally concluded in terms of exchange of money for stock – so no announcement will be publicly made until the deal is officially sealed and maximum positive publicity can be achieved.
4. Tom Hicks had been trying to influence the buyer to work with him in future projects in the buyer's native homeland and surrounding countries – totally unrelated field to that of football but he has been trying to use Liverpool as a bargaining chip to get himself into the alternative commercial environment in an alternative niche.
5. Tom Hicks holds no existing interest in building the new stadium for LFC – any suggestion otherwise is purely speculative. The original design is to be redrawn by the new bidder and a resubmission to the Council will be made by March 2011. No additional onsite work will become effective until then.
6. The manager identified by the new owner is one that some of the KEY 1st team personnel already know – non–disclosure clauses have been distributed to all personnel that know his identity and they all have been contacted to explain the sensitivity of the situation and will not be drawn on commenting in the press, to family members or members of the public!
7. The manager elect has carefully deflected attention from his position and it will NOT be Kenny Dalglish or Roy Hodgson. The debate is a convenient public distraction being played out to divert attention from the identity of the soon to be new owner and his chosen number one.
8. The club is gearing up for an announcement in July and not before and will not do so until the World Cup is concluded. It is imperative to both the commercial value of the announcement and in particular the selected manager – that the team he is currently involved with is not distracted by press questions or club business. Success in the World Cup under this manager will greatly increase the attraction of new players to LFC and significantly increase the commercial revenue stream. Carefully engineered distractions are already in place to handle identities of both buyer and manager until mid July.
9. At least 16 first team members are certain to be leaving. All player sales NET income generated will be made available to the new team along with an initial cash injection (advance allocation of commercial revenue) to build a squad now for the next 4–5 years under the new manager.
10. The 1st team will be permanently reduced from their present numbers to allow an increase in wage levels for the main squad, allowing a competitive level of salary for high gross revenue earning players to be maintained at a sustainable level. This will assist in attracting foreign players to the UK, despite the higher tax band and wages offered elsewhere, without dramatically increasing the outgoings of the club.
It has to be stressed that all of the negotiations to purchase the club and the appointment of the target manager has been done through representatives of all parties and you will NOT have seen or will see LFC board members at a hotel/bank/airport/stadia etc with identifiable individuals!! It is too sensitive a time; the process has not been and will continue NOT to be played out in any public areas.
Please note that only the select few within the club know the intimate details of the owners elect and the manager elect – this does NOT include ground staff, reserve team, youth team players or most of the first team. They have NOT been informed of any of the developments other than all will be announced mid July.

So. to summarise:
Significant non–player staff changes – Yes
New owners agreed – Yes
New Owners installed – Less than 40 days away.
New Manager Identified – Yes
New Manager installed – Only after the World Cup – actively engaged
Cash for transfers – Yes
Amount for transfers – I don't know – no point in guessing!!
Sustainable Business Model Identified – Yes
Stadium plans – To be revised and resubmitted to council next year.
Players informed – Select few only!
Media informed – OBVIOUSLY NOT UNTIL MID JULY!

I really hope the editor can find space for this post as it may help the disillusioned (both for and against LFC!) to engage in some sensible rumours or preferably facts rather than outlandished guesswork and rude criticism (this is directed at those that only come on here only to say "You have no money so it won't happen!" as that position is soon going to change so save your keyboard from unnecessary work!).

Michael Easterbrook.

(some may have it read it already - sorry if reposted)

by **In and Out** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:53 pm

Thequestion is - how long until we see the Woy out brigade a

I think we've seen that brigade voice their contempt even before the bloke has signed. :laugh:

by **Benny The Noon** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:56 pm

Yeah it's been floating around for a while - some people have changed it to read that Hiddink is new manager - I'm guessing someone is having a right giggle or just dreaming

by **Benny The Noon** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 12:58 pm

In and Out wrote:
Thequestion is - how long until we see the Woy out brigade a

I think we've seen that brigade voice their contempt even before the bloke has signed.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say those people will still support him even if they don't rate him - I'm also going to be confident in sayin IMO the first people who want the new manager out will be the same people who were calling for the previous manager to go

by **In and Out** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:01 pm

Benny The Noon wrote:
In and Out wrote:
Thequestion is - how long until we see the Woy out brigade a

I think we've seen that brigade voice their contempt even before the bloke has signed.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say those people will still support him even if they don't rate him - I'm also going to be confident in sayin IMO the first people who want the new manager out will be the same people who were calling for the previous manager to go

We'll see, do you think Hodgeson will be allowed six years?

by **Benny The Noon** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:04 pm

In and Out wrote:
Benny The Noon wrote:
In and Out wrote:
Thequestion is - how long until we see the Woy out brigade a

I think we've seen that brigade voice their contempt even before the bloke has signed.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say those people will still support him even if they don't rate him - I'm also going to be confident in sayin IMO the first people who want the new manager out will be the same people who were calling for the previous manager to go

We'll see, do you think Hodgeson will be allowed six years?

Depends on what he wins - but I don't expect he will last more than two seasons

by **Redman in wales** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:06 pm

Ciggy wrote:
In and Out wrote:No more than arguing over Rafa's net spend, that's for sure

Redman in Wales brought that one up. And its been done to death so lets not go back there hey.

I didnt, Reg/jac daniel did. - I just countered their statements with facts to the contrary. Then I answered Benny's questions that he asked me.

Not that it matters of course, but just clearing my name.

by **SeaofRed** » Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:11 pm

I hear Mr Spitting Cobra is being seeked out, I do hope so I think he is a decent manager.

I just wish we had Rafa here, it's just not the same without him.

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