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Neil G

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I know Ayre signs the checks, but am I right in that he's also charged with finding the managers for this 'shortlist' and has essentially taken over the Comolli role? I thought he was just doing the shirt deals and securing other sponsorship opportunities. What's that job got to do with finding managers and players? What experience does he have?

 

Just because he's been given a task by he owners, it doesn't mean that he'lldo it alone. If your boss asks you to do something outside of your role in work, do you just do our best with it or do you speak to experts about it?

 

He said in an interview last week that they are consulting experts in the field, so I don't see an issue with it. Ayre's expertise are numbers and negotiating so it's a good fit n my opinion, as long as football men make the decisions on which players to buy or keep, which I believe will be the case.

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Just because he's been given a task by he owners, it doesn't mean that he'lldo it alone. If your boss asks you to do something outside of your role in work, do you just do our best with it or do you speak to experts about it?

 

He said in an interview last week that they are consulting experts in the field, so I don't see an issue with it. Ayre's expertise are numbers and negotiating so it's a good fit n my opinion, as long as football men make the decisions on which players to buy or keep, which I believe will be the case.

 

The problem is, no-one actually knows with any certainty who the 'experts' are. That's an issue for me and it should be an issue for everyone else. Who are the experts and the advisers consulting on the future of our club? I don't know who Ayre is talking to, or what exactly his role is, or whether it's in his remit now as the MD to source managers and players.

 

Ayre's expertise might be negotiating deals with tyre manufacturers. I'm not sure how that skill is transferable to signing footballers and the next manager. If Ayre could have done the job that Comolli did (which I'm lead to believe he's doing now) then why did we have Comolli in the first place? I don't share your beliefs in the abilities of Ayre and the unnamed 'footballing men' making the decisions on our players, current and future.

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Van Gaal and Martinez might just work, I don't think Martinez would have much of a problem being subordinate to him.

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Swansea City's announcement that Brendan Rodgers had declined the offer of an interview followed preliminary discussions about high-profile Dalglish signings he would want moved out of Liverpool, according to a friend of the Northern Irishman.

 

If true reeks of a little too much editorial control. Shades of Purslow.

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Swansea City's announcement that Brendan Rodgers had declined the offer of an interview followed preliminary discussions about high-profile Dalglish signings he would want moved out of Liverpool, according to a friend of the Northern Irishman.

 

If true reeks of a little too much editorial control. Shades of Purslow.

 

Rogers will be a top manager one day.

Knows his shit.

Knows "people".

 

If true, its ironic that the one thing Fenway proclaim as their ideal, is the one thing that stops him getting the job.

"Yes yes Brendan, you can build a new team around a vision, full of new, undiscovered, talent, but you have to keep these 3 overpriced disasters on the books too".

I would say Martinez has similar ability, but the problem there is, he goes to dinner with Ferguson.

 

I conclude Fenway are full of confused shit and don't know what they are doing.

Cant believe they hoiked Kenny without a viable plan in place.

Criminal.

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I really do yearn for the days when we just found out what the club was doing on the day they announce a press conference and we never analysed it or sent letters demanding them to outline their entire strategy for us all to digest.

 

Just so fed up of all the hysteria regarding us and what is happening. FSG sacked a manager based on "performances" (and more than likely a little to do with how poorly our image came across during the Evra being a cunt situation) and they are now in the process of shortlisting and interviewing a bunch of candidates for the job on a long term basis.

 

If we had just gotten rid of anyone other than Kenny, then no one would be too fussed about sacking the manager, considering we came 8th and won the least amount of games at home than I can remember.

 

Could it have been handled differently? Sure. Personally, even though it was just awesome to see the great man back in charge, I would rather they have gone after a permanent manager, of the likes they are going for now after they sacked Hodgson and let Kenny just do the job as caretaker till they get whoever in. Mainly for the reason that this hysteria was always going to happen when Kenny went.

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I really do yearn for the days when we just found out what the club was doing on the day they announce a press conference and we never analysed it or sent letters demanding them to outline their entire strategy for us all to digest.

 

Just so fed up of all the hysteria regarding us and what is happening. FSG sacked a manager based on "performances" (and more than likely a little to do with how poorly our image came across during the Evra being a cunt situation) and they are now in the process of shortlisting and interviewing a bunch of candidates for the job on a long term basis.

 

If we had just gotten rid of anyone other than Kenny, then no one would be too fussed about sacking the manager, considering we came 8th and won the least amount of games at home than I can remember.

 

Could it have been handled differently? Sure. Personally, even though it was just awesome to see the great man back in charge, I would rather they have gone after a permanent manager, of the likes they are going for now after they sacked Hodgson and let Kenny just do the job as caretaker till they get whoever in. Mainly for the reason that this hysteria was always going to happen when Kenny went.

 

Kenny should have been brought in after Rafa, instead of the Owl.

To help the club. To be happy to step aside after stabilising things.

Nobody would have got hurt.

A bit like Brooking has done twice at West Ham.

All history now.

 

Its now time for Rafa to come back to the cloob.

No?

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Kenny should have been brought in after Rafa, instead of the Owl.

To help the club. To be happy to step aside after stabilising things.

Nobody would have got hurt.

A bit like Brooking has done twice at West Ham.

All history now.

 

Its now time for Rafa to come back to the cloob.

No?

 

The owl should never have been anywhere near the club, I agree. However, from the point of view of a club owner, who is more qualified? The current manager of the year, a guy who inexplicably has all the support and confidence of the majority of the footballing universe (yeah, I know) or the former legend who hasn't been a manager for 20 years.

 

On paper, it was a simple decision, wrong, but simple. It is also, as you said, in the past. But we don't tend to let stuff drop at this club sometimes.

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Kenny should have been brought in after Rafa, instead of the Owl.

To help the club. To be happy to step aside after stabilising things.

Nobody would have got hurt.

A bit like Brooking has done twice at West Ham.

All history now.

 

Its now time for Rafa to come back to the cloob.

No?

 

There is no point in bringing back Rafa if FSG are going to try to tell him which players he can keep or not.

 

If that's how they plan to roll, there's no point even interviewing Rafa.

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There is no point in bringing back Rafa if FSG are going to try to tell him which players he can keep or not.

 

If that's how they plan to roll, there's no point even interviewing Rafa.

 

No point in even interviewing any manager if that's how they are rolling. Just get the fans to text in the club and choose the team.

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The owl should never have been anywhere near the club, I agree. However, from the point of view of a club owner, who is more qualified? The current manager of the year, a guy who inexplicably has all the support and confidence of the majority of the footballing universe (yeah, I know) or the former legend who hasn't been a manager for 20 years.

 

On paper, it was a simple decision, wrong, but simple. It is also, as you said, in the past. But we don't tend to let stuff drop at this club sometimes.

 

Woy was appointed because the existing board didn't want KK to come back as it would mean the same sort of problems off field as they had experienced with Rafa

 

Woy - as we have seen with the England job - is a 'yes' man

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Van Gaal and Martinez might just work, I don't think Martinez would have much of a problem being subordinate to him.

 

LVG doesn't seem the type to be diplomatic at all & I'm not sure Martinez will just want to be a coach in effect, so if we want LVG we might as well just make him manager.

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LVG doesn't seem the type to be diplomatic at all & I'm not sure Martinez will just want to be a coach in effect, so if we want LVG we might as well just make him manager.

 

i agree that if LVG is a serious candidate he should just be made manager without any DoF (or whatever they want to call that role)

 

only person i would want to see working under a DoF in the Barca stylee is AVB

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If the whispers im hearing are true,a lot of people are going to be eating humble pie pretty soon.

 

Is what you're hearing that there has been a mix up with a Tesco order or humble pie. They wanted 1000, not 1000 truck loads. Free humble pie for all?

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If the whispers im hearing are true,a lot of people are going to be eating humble pie pretty soon.

 

Can also be written as :- I've heard something but I'm too shithouse to say because it might not turn out to be true but I hope it does because gloating over shite people have got wrong on the internet means a lot to me.

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Can also be written as :- I've heard something but I'm too shithouse to say because it might not turn out to be true but I hope it does because gloating over shite people have got wrong on the internet means a lot to me.

You could write it like that if you were a total bellend.

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