Next Permanent Liverpool Manager

[Phoenix]

So Ralf Rangnick has resigned today...Another contender perhaps?

[Durango]

It would have to be Ian Holloway for me. Everything the man says is just spot on.

 

 

The only thing right about that post,

 

Is your username

[Pidge]

The only thing right about that post,

 

Is your username

 

That's not how you spell "Spooky"

[Arl arse]

Said it all along give it to Kenny, hopefully 'they' are finally listening.

[Durango]

That's not how you spell "Spooky"

 

Is blert,

 

blert or blurt?

[Red Nick]

'Football Is Always the Future' (Hoffenheim Coach Ralf Rangnick, Spieg Online)

 

This guy seems a bit special but nor sure his view that the team manager should always make more money than any of the players will go down well with the owners

 

He is of course right that the managers job is the most important at the club and more important than any one player be it Messi, Torres or Ronaldo

[Pidge]

Is blert,

 

blert or blurt?

 

Often the answer is held within the question. Look within, young Durango.

[Durango]

Often the answer is held within the question. Look within, young Durango.

 

Like wank on, wank off, young Daniel?

[Pidge]

Like wank on, wank off, young Daniel?

 

Good idea. Back in ten* minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

*five

[dennis tooth]

AFP: Van Gaal eyes his last contract before retirement

 

BERLIN — Bayern Munich's coach Louis van Gaal said on Friday that the next contract he signs will be his last before he retires, and that he won't necessarily stay with the German giants.

"After 2012 I will only sign one more contract, either extending with Bayern, with a national team or at Ajax Amsterdam as general manager," the Dutchman told the Bild daily in an interview.

And Van Gaal made clear that he won't be swayed by any juicy pay offers.

"I'm not working for the money any more," he said.

"I am just doing it for fun."

He added: "I have a very nice life. A lovely wife, two beautiful children -- and I have won lots of titles."

Defending Bundesliga champions Bayern are currently languishing sixth in the table, a massive 17 points behind leaders Dortmund, after an indifferent season so far plagued by injuries.

Bayern face strugglers Stuttgart on Saturday hoping to end their 2010 Bundesliga campaign on a high.

After Christmas they are set to welcome back injured stars Arjen Robben, Germany veteran Miroslav Klose and striker Ivica Olic.

 

 

Jeez they are dropping out the running like flies.

[The Chef]

Anyone notice that Phil Thompson was at the game instead of being on the panel of Gillette Soccer Sat. I wonder if he might come in with Kenny

[Red-Ed]

By Rory Smith of The Telegraph:

 

Liverpool set to delay search for Roy Hodgson successor as prospect looms of Kenny Dalglish return - Telegraph

 

"Despite Saturday’s last-gasp win against Bolton, Hodgson’s persistent failure to elicit consistent results and performances from his team, as well as the breakdown of his relationship with the club’s fans, has convinced Fenway Sports Group to bring forward their initial plan to review his position in the summer.

 

Even after deciding they must act swiftly to replace the 63 year-old, the group’s principal backers, John W Henry and Tom Werner, had hoped to make the first managerial appointment of their reign a permanent one. They are believed to have examined the credentials of a number of candidates, including the Porto manager Andre Villas Boas and Marseille’s Didier Deschamps.

 

The difficulty and cost associated with enticing the right long-term appointment midway through the season, however, has now forced FSG to rethink their strategy, with the group now thought to favour introducing an interim manager before installing their preferred candidate in June.

 

Liverpool’s fans made clear their belief that Dalglish should be handed the position, in the short-term at least, during Wednesday night’s defeat to Wolves, offering ironic chants of “Hodgson for England” and singing the Scot’s name. That Anfield yesterday recorded its lowest Premier League attendance since 2004 — just 35,400 watched the game — is an equally telling statistic.

 

Dalglish had hoped to be offered the manager’s job, which he occupied between 1985 and 1991, after the dismissal of Rafael Benitez last summer, informing the club’s then hierarchy that he would happily take charge until owners to replace the despised regime of Tom Hicks and George Gillett could be found.

 

It is likely that, with Liverpool marooned in mid-table despite beating Owen Coyle’s side, Dalglish would be prepared to take the post on a similarly temporary basis. Certainly, should FSG decide to install a caretaker other than the Scot, they are likely to face a backlash from an already unsettled fan-base.

 

Hodgson, for his part, remains committed to fighting for his post and yesterday indicated he felt he retained the ongoing support of Henry and Werner, though his remarks were anything but conclusive.

 

“I guess so,” replied the Liverpool manager when asked whether he believed he retained the faith of the club’s owners. “I spoke to the owners before the game. They wished me well for the game and sympathised with the frustration I felt after the defeat to Wolves.

 

“I do not know if this was a game we had to win, but we certainly had to play well. I know about all of the negativity but it does not affect me. If we had won on Wednesday night we would be right up there and I would be being asked about the Champions League. Because we did not, I am being asked about the negativity.” The 63-year-old is rather more adamant on the subject of his relationship with his players, with FSG believed to be concerned at his apparent failure to coax better form out of the likes of Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard.

 

“I know when players are behind a club and behind their manager,” he said.

 

“And I know when they are not. Anyone who seriously suggests after watching us play in these six months that there are any problems on the front is being dishonest. I am satisfied that the team gave the performance they want, I want and the fans want.” "

[king7]

I actually had a dream tonight that Joachim Löw was appointed as manager...

[J-V]

Anyone notice that Phil Thompson was at the game instead of being on the panel of Gillette Soccer Sat. I wonder if he might come in with Kenny

He probably had time off. Looked like most of the panel were off yesterday.

[StevieH]

Ralf Rangnick is an interesting character.

 

Ralf Rangnick - Motivational Speaker

 

He is 11/2 with Sky Bet, 6/1 with Victor Chandler and 8/1 with Paddy Power to become the next LFC manager.

[StevieH]

Rangnick: I'm not a good loser. When I was a child, I once threw a toy fire truck at my great grandfather after he beat me at a board game. Even today, it's not a good idea to approach me if we've lost a match because we made a few mistakes.

 

Rangnick: That was precisely why I was so furious -- because the guys were spellbound by it. I stormed into the locker room after the final whistle, but nobody else came in for 10 minutes. Then, the first guy came in with Diego's jersey, the second one with Naldo's and the third with Pizarro's. I yelled: "So, do you all have your trophies now?" Then I hurled three plastic bottles through the locker room and gave the players a stiff talking-to. In Munich, there was no reason to do that.

 

Interview with Hoffenheim Coach Ralf Rangnick: 'Football Is Always the Future' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

[redsfan]

Rangnick: I'm not a good loser. When I was a child, I once threw a toy fire truck at my great grandfather after he beat me at a board game. Even today, it's not a good idea to approach me if we've lost a match because we made a few mistakes.

 

Rangnick: That was precisely why I was so furious -- because the guys were spellbound by it. I stormed into the locker room after the final whistle, but nobody else came in for 10 minutes. Then, the first guy came in with Diego's jersey, the second one with Naldo's and the third with Pizarro's. I yelled: "So, do you all have your trophies now?" Then I hurled three plastic bottles through the locker room and gave the players a stiff talking-to. In Munich, there was no reason to do that.

 

Interview with Hoffenheim Coach Ralf Rangnick: 'Football Is Always the Future' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

 

Exactly the type of manager you would hate to go into the dressing room with after being beaten...exactly what we need! But the articles today, think Kenny is for the fans, number 1 they want.

[Torvald Utne]

That's fine as long as you don't have players that think they're more important than the manager...

[StevieH]

Rangnick: In one of our first conversations, he told us that he desperately wanted to be part of our team. Our response was: "Let's see if you still feel that way when we start talking numbers." If Timo had insisted on anything even close to the sums he was paid in Valencia or to what he was offered by two other clubs, we certainly would not have signed him.

[Phoenix]

Hoffenheim are proving success is not always down to money - Times Online

 

“My football ideal is Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan,” Ralf Rangnick, their manager, said. “Be aggressive in the press, never pass the ball backwards, be quick and direct in possession, move in unison.”

[18-5]

Pretty interesting quotes from Rangnick. Don't know much about him and so will do some research about what he is all about.

[Paco]

Exactly the type of manager you would hate to go into the dressing room with after being beaten...exactly what we need! But the articles today, think Kenny is for the fans, number 1 they want.

 

I really hope the owners aren't just doing what they think the fans want because I don't think we're unanimous in wanting kenny. As much as I love the man I'd prefer we got in our next permanent manager instead of putting someone in temporary charge. I know that's difficult at this time of year but if we're after someone we should just go for them now and pay whatever it takes.

 

If the owners put kenny in charge and it doesn't work then they can just say "well you said you wanted kenny".

 

I think this is a crucial time for the owners very early on in their stewardship because if they get this decision wrong then they're gonna find it difficult to persuade us they know what they're doing. we know very little about them and this is their first first venture into sport outside america (isn't it?) so I really hope they're not just trying to second guess what they think we want and implement their own long term plan.

[cochcaer]

Rangnick seems like a Wengereque punt; has dropped to a lower level but a studious thinker about the game.

[Benitaur]

Hoffenheim are proving success is not always down to money - Times Online

 

“My football ideal is Arrigo Sacchi’s Milan,” Ralf Rangnick, their manager, said. “Be aggressive in the press, never pass the ball backwards, be quick and direct in possession, move in unison.”

 

The more I read about him, the more I like him. Sounds like a nutter though and probably won't work with a director of football

 

Another of Sacchi's students. I liked the last one too

[waddy78]

Was Rangnick with hoffenhiem from the start when they were in the lower leagues? or has he been brought in recently? i read an article in 442 bout 3 years back they were saying then that hoffenhiem were building a young squad to challenge for years to come they wouldn't blow money(because they have a fair bit of it)on "over the hill" big names just because they can the manager whoever at the time had brought in alot of 19-21 year olds who were setting the german league alight at the time,kind if fits around what fsg wanted for us (not sure if Rangnick was in charge then though).