The FSG model.

[TheHowieLama]

Anyone is better than FSG

[thompsonsnose]

And who takes over?

CHINA!!

[Hades]

Anyone is better than FSG

Exactly, now all we need to find is the Hodgson-equivalent of football owners. 

[TheHowieLama]

Par would be the 5th best owners in the league.

[FanchesterCity]

Anyone is better than FSG

 

Are they really all that bad?

They're not Karl Oyston levels of bad surely?

 

From the outside it seems like they took a punt on Liverpool because there's a lot going for the brand (awful term), but didn't fully appreciate how hard it is to succeed. It's either very costly, or you need to hit the jackpot with an outstanding manager, and the odds were against them on both counts.

 

They don't seem like complete asset strippers, but LFC doesn't appear to be their jewel in the crown (of their current portfolio) and thus it doesn't get their full attention or backing.

 

I think it's harsh to say anyone is better, but I can see how they might be perceived as unable to move Liverpool forwards quicker than the competition are moving (thus moving backwards in effect).

[TownHead]

Par would be the 5th best owners in the league.

We are struggling at around 10 over then.

[TownHead]

Child trafficking or rape?? Tough one to judge

[moof]

Child trafficking or rape?? Tough one to judge

I thought it was money laundering? What on earth are you talking about

[TownHead]

I thought it was money laundering? What on earth are you talking about

Follow the money

 

Money laundering is the art of making dirty money (money made from criminal activity), clean

 

Football clubs have huge money laundering potential so Uber Criminals invest so they can launder they dirty money

[Russ Atmosphere]

So Tom...

 

"We do not expect miracles overnight nor should anyone else. But we firmly believe that the direction the club is heading in will lead to Premier League championships. We will embrace the unconventional, build the right way and together set a bold, exciting course for this historic club."

 

"In Brendan we have acquired a very exciting and talented and young manager," the American said. "He's a forward-thinking coach at the forefront of a generation of young managers and will bring to Liverpool attacking, relentless football."

[Faustus]

Strong CEO, put the manager in full control of transfers.

 

It's not rocket science.

[Nightcat]

Fraudsters Sport Gang

 

OUT

[Ranxerox]

[Boss]

Strong CEO, put the manager in full control of transfers.

 

It's not rocket science.

 

Agreed, bring back Rodolfo Borrell and McPartland as Academy Directors and the scout that found Ibe and Sterling as well. 

[Ranxerox]

"The Model"

 

Deserves a statue after the rebuild. 

 

Submissions?

[alles ist gut]

"The Model"

 

Deserves a statue after the rebuild. 

 

Submissions?

 

A crowd of fans, facing two huge fingers in the shape of a "V" sign.

[bonesman]

Brendan Rodgers warned Liverpool's poor season CANNOT happen again - and that changes are coming

• • 19:41, 25 May 2015
• • OPINION
  • 
  • BY DAVIDMADDOCK

If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the ­appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down

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Dave Thompson

Safe for now: But Rodgers will have to buy in to owners' vision

If Brendan Rodgers has been given firm assurances over his future, then they come with an even firmer caveat.

The Liverpool manager may have received confirmation that the club’s US owners will not hit the panic button, and their backing for him has not changed despite the 6-1 humiliation at Stoke.

Yet, along with that message, came another crucial one that will determine the direction in which the club will head as they contemplate a season of disappointment.

The word from the Americans is clear.

This season cannot happen again, so not only will there be a review, with their manager asked some brutally direct questions about his role in the failure, but there will be no sense of Rodgers being asked to simply continue in the same manner as this year.

There will be major changes, a “beyond robust” examination of the structures and cultures currently in place at Anfield - demanding alteration to ensure there is no repeat.

 

 

 

At present, the mood within the ownership group – made up of chairman Tom Werner, principal shareholder John Henry and director Michael Gordon – is those changes will stop short of the manager.

Gordon will direct the review and ask Rodgers to buy into not only the long-term strategy, but also deliver firm guarantees of rejoining Europe’s elite in the Champions League.

In short, they will gauge if he can meet his targets. It is here the manager’s future will be determined.

If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the ­appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down.

 

Do YOU think Brendan Rodgers should be sacked?

• YES
• NO

 

Likewise, the same message will be offered if he feels he can’t work within the club’s very closely defined transfer and wage policies which emphasise homegrown talent.

So far, all the indications are that the Ulsterman IS prepared to buy into that philosophy.

The review will get underway in earnest by the first week of June, when Rodgers is likely to travel to Boston to meet Gordon face to face, and sit down with him andHenry - and possibly Werner - to thrash out the changes.

Until then, the Americans will keep their powder dry.

They have made NO approach for any other manager, and will not make any enquiries, even if it means losing out on the available Jurgen Klopp.

The plan remains the same – Rodgers will continue into next season unless the review makes his position untenable.

It promises to be a pivotal month for Liverpool.

 

[Grinch]

Lets see if he still refuses to work under a director of football when it'll mean giving up on his multi million pay off from the club.  No chance, this spoofter is quietly walking away from his shambles.

[Ranxerox]

Lets see if he still refuses to work under a director of football when it'll mean giving up on his multi million pay off from the club.  No chance, this spoofter is quietly walking away from his shambles.

 

Bascombe reports that the DOF is not being considered. 

 

 

Danny Ings and James Milner should be the first new arrivals, both seeing out their contracts at Burnley and Manchester City respectively.

 

Despite suggestions that a director of football will be appointed, the club is also ruling that out – as they are major changes to the much-criticised transfer committee. That means the only visible alterations of note could be to Rodgers' backroom team, which in essence would be cosmetic.

[Tony Moanero]

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Brendan Rodgers warned Liverpool's poor season CANNOT happen again - and that changes are coming

• • 19:41, 25 May 2015
• • OPINION
  • 
  • BY DAVIDMADDOCK

If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the ­appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down

• 543 Shares
• Share
• Tweet
• +1

 

Dave Thompson

Safe for now: But Rodgers will have to buy in to owners' vision

If Brendan Rodgers has been given firm assurances over his future, then they come with an even firmer caveat.

The Liverpool manager may have received confirmation that the club’s US owners will not hit the panic button, and their backing for him has not changed despite the 6-1 humiliation at Stoke.

Yet, along with that message, came another crucial one that will determine the direction in which the club will head as they contemplate a season of disappointment.

The word from the Americans is clear.

This season cannot happen again, so not only will there be a review, with their manager asked some brutally direct questions about his role in the failure, but there will be no sense of Rodgers being asked to simply continue in the same manner as this year.

There will be major changes, a “beyond robust” examination of the structures and cultures currently in place at Anfield - demanding alteration to ensure there is no repeat.

 

At present, the mood within the ownership group – made up of chairman Tom Werner, principal shareholder John Henry and director Michael Gordon – is those changes will stop short of the manager.

Gordon will direct the review and ask Rodgers to buy into not only the long-term strategy, but also deliver firm guarantees of rejoining Europe’s elite in the Champions League.

In short, they will gauge if he can meet his targets. It is here the manager’s future will be determined.

If Rodgers can’t accept the changes – and they could yet include the ­appointment of a director of football – he will be asked to quietly step down.

Do YOU think Brendan Rodgers should be sacked?

• YES
• NO

Likewise, the same message will be offered if he feels he can’t work within the club’s very closely defined transfer and wage policies which emphasise homegrown talent.

So far, all the indications are that the Ulsterman IS prepared to buy into that philosophy.

The review will get underway in earnest by the first week of June, when Rodgers is likely to travel to Boston to meet Gordon face to face, and sit down with him andHenry - and possibly Werner - to thrash out the changes.

Until then, the Americans will keep their powder dry.

They have made NO approach for any other manager, and will not make any enquiries, even if it means losing out on the available Jurgen Klopp.

The plan remains the same – Rodgers will continue into next season unless the review makes his position untenable.

It promises to be a pivotal month for Liverpool.

Maddock's hair is shit.

[ratcatcher]

So, if maddock's is right, it looks like to keep his job he has to

 

deliver CL qualification, if that looks out of reach, he'll be sacked

continue to work with a transfer committee or DoF

continue with player recruitment of 25 and under

[Monkeyman66]

The most frightening this about this is to continue with the same recruitment policy. This squad is crying out for a strong core of experienced players that can go straight into the first team. If that doesn't happen how can things change?

 

 

 

 

[TownHead]

The most frightening this about this is to continue with the same recruitment policy. This squad is crying out for a strong core of experienced players that can go straight into the first team. If that doesn't happen how can things change?

What if they don't need to change to fulfil the goals of the owners?

[Ranxerox]

So, if maddock's is right, it looks like to keep his job he has to

 

deliver CL qualification, if that looks out of reach, he'll be sacked

continue to work with a transfer committee or DoF

continue with player recruitment of 25 and under

 

When we fail to reach the CL next year FSG will blame FFP. 

[ben48]

Should be called the Randy Lerner model,as long as the jester hat, Thomas cook gang keep going through the turnstiles to experience the atmosphere, they won't give a fuck.