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Liverpool vs Southampton
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Yeah but it will cost me a fortune.
And ?
And I am a tit for not sorting it better. I should be in a pub with a decent screen at least. Last time I did this I ended up gegging in on a laptop and jumping around when we scored. It was only then I realised all of them already crowded around it were Mancs.
Understandable, just like Bony you couldn't be bothered to put the effort in.
Buy 27 new players, start with almost exactly the same lineup as last year. If true I'm sad.
A little surprised too but I thought Allen hasn't looked in peak condition so far. There's gonna be a real struggle to get in that midfield when everyone is fit.
No way I see Lucas starting over Can ..... he's hardly had any minutes. I'm assuming this Twitterati are all from RAWK.
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obviously lallana and markovic are injured and we spent big to hopefully add top quality depth to our squad but looking at that lineup it niggles a bit that we haven't really done anything to replace suarez . lets just hope that rodgers is right and the lads all step up so we don't miss him .
Agree. While understanding the need for a larger squad now that we're back (a) challenging for the title and (b) in the CL, I'll admit to some concern at the prospect of integrating quite so many new arrivals and IMO it's a good thing that we haven't felt railroaded into including them all at once.
He sounds like he knows exactly what he's doing:
BRENDAN RODGERS is interested in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), a theory about triggers in communication. His training simulates match pressures: a midfielders’ drill involves passing side-to-side and advancing under pressure from a line of defenders. In all spheres, he looks for the targeted way of doing things. He insists it’s the same with transfers. To some, Liverpool’s summer looks like one big spree. To their manager it has been as considered as surgery, and as necessary.
Once the paperwork is completed, Alberto Moreno will become Rodgers’ eighth signing this window. The £12m paid to Sevilla for the left-back will push gross spending through the £100m barrier and Rodgers still wants at least one more major deal. He’s seeking a proven striker — “someone who can make an impact now” — and has inquired about Radamel Falcao and Edinson Cavani. Samuel Eto’o is on his list — but as a fallback option with others preferred.
“I think we’re nearly on completion,” says Rodgers. “I don’t think there’s any question we’d like to get another striker in and we’ll continue to do that until the very end. We’ve done some great work over the past year in terms of planning for this moment. We knew this was a big summer for us and if you look at the age group of the players and the development they have in them, this will probably be the biggest window we may have for a few seasons. But we knew that we needed it — it was too late to do it in January.”
Liverpool, summer 2014, have been compared to Tottenham, summer 2013. Then, Spurs sold Gareth Bale for £85m to a Spanish giant and blew £107m on seven players. Now, Liverpool’s context is Luis Suarez’s £75m sale — to a Spanish giant. The numbers and themes might be similar but Rodgers is adamant the situations are not comparable: that Liverpool supporters shouldn’t worry about the influx, as at Tottenham, disappointing on the pitch and dissipating spirit in the dressing room. “It’s totally different,” he says. “We’ve gone into the Champions League for the first time since 2009. We had a terrific season but the depth of our squad was frighteningly shallow. So we needed to improve the quality but the net spend is small. It was part of the club’s vision and strategy.”
He said the recruitment drive would have happened, “absolutely,” even had Suarez stayed. “We were able to spend because we’ve arrived into the Champions League, which gives us an extra £30m-£40m. We were the most watched team on television last year, which gave us extra funds, and obviously the sale of Luis. So all in all the net spend means we’re in a really healthy position. We’ve not gone in and thrown it about.”
Moreno is 22. Lazar Markovic, Emre Can and Javier Manquillo (on loan, but for two years and with a purchase option) are 20. Divock Origi is 19 — and is lent back to Lille, for whom he scored on Friday. “It’s not as if we’re bringing [all eight signings] straight into the team,” says Rodgers. “They’re young players, boys we hope will be there for a long time. We’ll distribute quite a few of those into the team but it will be done over the course of a process and over quite a long time. We’ve still got our core. It’s not a new team, it’s an evolving team.”
When you examine the signings’ CVs you see targeting. Markovic, Manquillo and Can, despite their youth, have Champions League experience. Dejan Lovren is a veteran of two Champions League campaigns with Lyons. That he, Lambert and Adam Lallana were cherry-picked from Southampton was no coincidence. “We were after a certain type that fitted the profile and the mould of the way we play. Southampton played in a similar mould to us, so the players understand the pressing, the intensity and possession.”
Does he feel sorry for Saints, to have lost so many players? “No, not at all. They have a choice as a club. They don’t have to sell. Maybe Southampton’s objectives have changed. They were on course, looking to be a Champions League club I believe.”
There’s obvious targeting behind the captures of Lovren and Moreno. Conceding 50 goals stymied last season’s title efforts and Rodgers has addressed weaknesses at centre-half and left-back. The £20m fee for Lovren continued a trend. Eight of Europe’s 25 most expensive transfers this summer are centre-halves or full-backs — the average over the previous four summers was two. Of the six most expensive defenders in Premier League history, three of those transfers took place this summer.
The World Cup suggested coaches are right to speak of a global shortage in pedigree defenders. Good ones cost. For Rodgers, Lovren is a Croatian Jamie Carragher, “a No 1 centre-half who goes and attacks the ball” and organises colleagues. Daniel Agger’s perceived problem at defending set-pieces counts against him. Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho, for all their heft, neither intimidate nor dominate.
If Liverpool concede fewer, they can get away with scoring fewer. How much or how little Suarez is missed will define their season. Yet Rodgers notes that even minus Suarez’s 31 strikes Liverpool scored 70 Premier League goals last season. Only Manchester City (102) and Chelsea (71) scored more than 70. “I don’t think there is one [replacement for Suarez] out there,” says Rodgers. “We’ve had to piece the team together to get goals. It’s a chance for someone else to flourish.”
He believes Raheem Sterling will and confirmed that Liverpool are likely to offer him another vastly improved contract, just 18 months after his last wage rise. Targeting is about the future more than the past. Over the summer, Rodgers wasn’t sobbing on his sun lounger. “I wasn’t away worrying because people in football say [last season] might have been our best chance [for the title]; because this year might be our best chance. We will have more belief. We are stronger as a squad, much stronger, this season.”
BRENDAN RODGERS is interested in NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), a theory about triggers in communication. His training simulates match pressures: a midfielders’ drill involves passing side-to-side and advancing under pressure from a line of defenders. In all spheres, he looks for the targeted way of doing things. He insists it’s the same with transfers. To some, Liverpool’s summer looks like one big spree. To their manager it has been as considered as surgery, and as necessary.
Once the paperwork is completed, Alberto Moreno will become Rodgers’ eighth signing this window. The £12m paid to Sevilla for the left-back will push gross spending through the £100m barrier and Rodgers still wants at least one more major deal. He’s seeking a proven striker — “someone who can make an impact now” — and has inquired about Radamel Falcao and Edinson Cavani. Samuel Eto’o is on his list — but as a fallback option with others preferred.
“I think we’re nearly on completion,” says Rodgers. “I don’t think there’s any question we’d like to get another striker in and we’ll continue to do that until the very end. We’ve done some great work over the past year in terms of planning for this moment. We knew this was a big summer for us and if you look at the age group of the players and the development they have in them, this will probably be the biggest window we may have for a few seasons. But we knew that we needed it — it was too late to do it in January.”
Liverpool, summer 2014, have been compared to Tottenham, summer 2013. Then, Spurs sold Gareth Bale for £85m to a Spanish giant and blew £107m on seven players. Now, Liverpool’s context is Luis Suarez’s £75m sale — to a Spanish giant. The numbers and themes might be similar but Rodgers is adamant the situations are not comparable: that Liverpool supporters shouldn’t worry about the influx, as at Tottenham, disappointing on the pitch and dissipating spirit in the dressing room. “It’s totally different,” he says. “We’ve gone into the Champions League for the first time since 2009. We had a terrific season but the depth of our squad was frighteningly shallow. So we needed to improve the quality but the net spend is small. It was part of the club’s vision and strategy.”
He said the recruitment drive would have happened, “absolutely,” even had Suarez stayed. “We were able to spend because we’ve arrived into the Champions League, which gives us an extra £30m-£40m. We were the most watched team on television last year, which gave us extra funds, and obviously the sale of Luis. So all in all the net spend means we’re in a really healthy position. We’ve not gone in and thrown it about.”
Moreno is 22. Lazar Markovic, Emre Can and Javier Manquillo (on loan, but for two years and with a purchase option) are 20. Divock Origi is 19 — and is lent back to Lille, for whom he scored on Friday. “It’s not as if we’re bringing [all eight signings] straight into the team,” says Rodgers. “They’re young players, boys we hope will be there for a long time. We’ll distribute quite a few of those into the team but it will be done over the course of a process and over quite a long time. We’ve still got our core. It’s not a new team, it’s an evolving team.”
When you examine the signings’ CVs you see targeting. Markovic, Manquillo and Can, despite their youth, have Champions League experience. Dejan Lovren is a veteran of two Champions League campaigns with Lyons. That he, Lambert and Adam Lallana were cherry-picked from Southampton was no coincidence. “We were after a certain type that fitted the profile and the mould of the way we play. Southampton played in a similar mould to us, so the players understand the pressing, the intensity and possession.”
Does he feel sorry for Saints, to have lost so many players? “No, not at all. They have a choice as a club. They don’t have to sell. Maybe Southampton’s objectives have changed. They were on course, looking to be a Champions League club I believe.”
There’s obvious targeting behind the captures of Lovren and Moreno. Conceding 50 goals stymied last season’s title efforts and Rodgers has addressed weaknesses at centre-half and left-back. The £20m fee for Lovren continued a trend. Eight of Europe’s 25 most expensive transfers this summer are centre-halves or full-backs — the average over the previous four summers was two. Of the six most expensive defenders in Premier League history, three of those transfers took place this summer.
The World Cup suggested coaches are right to speak of a global shortage in pedigree defenders. Good ones cost. For Rodgers, Lovren is a Croatian Jamie Carragher, “a No 1 centre-half who goes and attacks the ball” and organises colleagues. Daniel Agger’s perceived problem at defending set-pieces counts against him. Martin Skrtel and Mamadou Sakho, for all their heft, neither intimidate nor dominate.
If Liverpool concede fewer, they can get away with scoring fewer. How much or how little Suarez is missed will define their season. Yet Rodgers notes that even minus Suarez’s 31 strikes Liverpool scored 70 Premier League goals last season. Only Manchester City (102) and Chelsea (71) scored more than 70. “I don’t think there is one [replacement for Suarez] out there,” says Rodgers. “We’ve had to piece the team together to get goals. It’s a chance for someone else to flourish.”
He believes Raheem Sterling will and confirmed that Liverpool are likely to offer him another vastly improved contract, just 18 months after his last wage rise. Targeting is about the future more than the past. Over the summer, Rodgers wasn’t sobbing on his sun lounger. “I wasn’t away worrying because people in football say [last season] might have been our best chance [for the title]; because this year might be our best chance. We will have more belief. We are stronger as a squad, much stronger, this season.”
You get an hour for free.
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Good interview. I particularly like his closing words, dismissing that stuff about last season being "our best chance".
Yes. We all go on about how we've a bunch of improving young players but we've also a young and quickly improving manager.
He cuts an impressive figure nowadays.
He's defo been working out.
It was one of the weirdest couple of days I've had going to a conference on this. Felt a bit David Koreshy, by the second day people were closing their eyes chanting upon the American douchebag's ridiculously corny encouragement. Like faith healing things you see on tv sometimes. If Rodgers has fallen for this we're truly fucked.
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