Denny Crane

It is a private matter but as you are one of the people who rep me the most, I will share. You will be glad to know that one of my internal organs is now fully functional and working.

If it did not happen in England it does not exist. So his 81 goals in 110 games and his 1 in 2 in the South American qualifiers are not allowed as part of the debate.

You can never have enough players who do a job as a wingback...

Everyone has their own views on Suarez and his impact on the team, consider this. If Rodgers has bought 20 odd players blowing 220 odd million and the majority have performed poorer for Rodgers than under other managers. Is there really enough evidence that Rodgers improves players?. Or are people who say Rodgers is an exceptional coach that improves players indulging in confirmation bias or whatever it is.

Be nice if Rodgers could have remembered to help the players he bought finish their dinner this season. No jokes about our Ricky please... Saying Rodgers taught the 81 in 110 games Suarez at Ajax to finish is like saying Benitez taught Xabi how to pass. Also 1 in 2 for country in the toughest qualifying campaign path. Suarez was our 3rd highest ever transfer at the time or something.

Prob not a good day to argue against the impact of Suarez as he helps his rookie manager whose best league finish is 7th on the way to a potential treble.

The treble on for Barca I bet Suarez misses us... Oh that Barca coach who finished 7th with Roma (although he did have Borini) now on for the treble. More evidence that maybe coaches are not as important as we like to make out.

Saying Moyes and Hodgson is like me saying Avram Grant and Di Matteo and Wilkinson as evidence, all could be outliers. If people thought managers made a huge difference they would not constantly be going on about wage bills and transfers right?.

Surely evidence for my view that a) a manager does not make as much difference but the 5-10% he makes is crucial especially in Europe and tight games. :- Why not get a manager with a winning track record who can get the top players in. Rodgers can get the English lads in no problem. He can sell us to Ings and Ashley Williams but he struggles with Sanchez and other big players.

This season speaks for itself in our attacking play and the ideas we have or in Rodgers case don't have.

It seems Rodgers was right Suarez did make him a better manager, if there was any doubts. The ghost of Luis Suarez looms large at Anfield right now This time last year, Liverpool were on fire. They had the league's best player in Luis Suarez, they had the league's most devastating attack - and it looked like they had the league title in the bag. How times change. Fast forward 12 months, and Brendan Rodgers' boys are struggling to even make the top four. The reason is pretty straightforward: they're no longer a devastating attacking force. Everyone knew the departure of Suarez to Barcelona would have an impact on the side. Everyone knew Daniel Sturridge's on going injury problems wouldn't help. But no-one could have expected Liverpool's attacking stats to drop this severely in the space of year. As it stands, Liverpool are on track to score 45 goals FEWER than they did last season: Liverpool's goals per game2013/142014/150.00.51.01.52.02.53.0 They are also having nearly three shots fewer per game: Liverpool's shots per game2013/142014/150246810121416 A Liverpool shot last season was nearly 50% more likely to hit the back of the net: Liverpool's shot conversion rate2013/142014/150510152025 Percentage of shots that are scored And perhaps most damningly of all, their top scorer at this stage last season had scored FOUR TIMES as many goals: http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/liverpool-without-luis-suarez-stats-5516088

Quaresma hat-trick imminent. Anything can happen in Europe you could have a semi-final involving Porto- Monaco/Juventus. This is why you at least try and play against Real Madrid... The English league has good players better resources packed stadia and bottomless pockets but is the poorest coached out of the top 4-5 leagues. I think any manager coaching the top 6 Spanish/Italian and even French maybe even Portuguese teams could easily coach Liverpool/City and improve them.

Closer to the Wirral... http://www.football-italia.net/64890/man-city-eye-benitez-move Manchester City are reportedly considering a swoop for Coach Rafa Benitez, who could depart the Napoli bench this summer. In spite of continually denying exit rumours, the Spaniard may be looking to a Premier League move in order to be closer to his family in Liverpool, as he has yet to sign a renewal of his contract with the Partenopei. The Citizens are the latest club to be linked to Benitez, with the Independent reporting of an interest by sporting director Txiki Begiristain. According to the publication, President Khaldoon al-Mubarak's ideal would be to sign Pep Guardiola, but he may opt for the 54-year-old instead if the Bayern Munich Coach did not become available in the short term. Think you know your Italian football? Share your knowledge, tips and comments to win cash prizes in OLBG's tipster competition - £11,000 to be won monthly!

Outstanding.

Pearce: Flanagan hasn't signed because like Sterling and Henderson, he hasn't been able to reach an agreement with the club over wages. #lfc 33 retweets 11 favorite

I will be pleasantly surprised if we got six points away from the axis of Bruce and Pulis. Think we got 1 point from games against WBA and Hull away last season and if looking at managers 2 points away at Pulis and Bruce. Newcastle at home should be the biggest home banker with that John Carver.

The smart money would be on Benitez to takeover Spain after 2016 I reckon. I'm sure I heard him talking up managing Spain, prob fancies a crack at a World Cup to complete the collection.

Let's be honest there is more chance of Rodgers managing Newcastle than Benitez. The West Ham job is a decent underrated gig for the right candidate. They pay a fortune out in wages and have a fair whack of money to spend. A solid manager and West Ham could kick on maybe.

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I very much doubt anyone who has read my posts would suggest I lack the courage to state my opinion. I don't want to block up the thread with our discussion it's very clear my line of thought. Now you are better than this, behave.

So if John Henry thinks that Benitez and Kenny/Commolli performed poorly in the transfer market which I guess is what he is alluding in that open letter. If the majority are saying Rodgers has performed similar or worse what does that mean for !. What does he make of Rodgers and his mates in the market?.

A reminder of the fours eyes lesbian open letter where he declared erasing the mistakes of past regimes, how's that going... John Henry's open letter to fans3rd Sep 2012 - Latest News Author: Liverpoolfc.com Liverpool Football Club's principal owner John W Henry has written the following open letter to supporters: I am as disappointed as anyone connected with Liverpool Football Club that we were unable to add further to our strike force in this summer transfer window, but that was not through any lack of desire or effort on the part of all of those involved. They pushed hard in the final days of the transfer window on a number of forward targets and it is unfortunate that on this occasion we were unable to conclude acceptable deals to bring those targets in. But a summer window which brought in three young, but significantly talented starters in Joe Allen, Nuri Sahin and Fabio Borini as well as two exciting young potential stars of the future - Samed Yesil and Oussama Assaidi - could hardly be deemed a failure as we build for the future. Nor should anyone minimise the importance of keeping our best players during this window. We successfully retained Daniel Agger, Martin Skrtel and Luis Suarez. We greatly appreciate their faith and belief in the club. And we successfully negotiated new, long-term contracts with Luis and with Martin. No one should doubt our commitment to the club. In Brendan Rodgers we have a talented young manager and we have valued highly his judgement about the make-up of the squad. This is a work in progress. It will take time for Brendan to instill his philosophy into the squad and build exactly what he needs for the long term. The transfer policy was not about cutting costs. It was - and will be in the future - about getting maximum value for what is spent so that we can build quality and depth. We are avowed proponents of UEFA's Financial Fair Play agenda that was this week reiterated by Mr Platini - something we heartily applaud. We must comply with Financial Fair Play guidelines that ensure spending is tied to income. We have been successful in improving the commercial side of the club and the monies generated going forward will give us greater spending power in the coming years. We are still in the process of reversing the errors of previous regimes. It will not happen overnight. It has been compounded by our own mistakes in a difficult first two years of ownership. It has been a harsh education, but make no mistake, the club is healthier today than when we took over. Spending is not merely about buying talent. Our ambitions do not lie in cementing a mid-table place with expensive, short-term quick fixes that will only contribute for a couple of years. Our emphasis will be on developing our own players using the skills of an increasingly impressive coaching team. Much thought and investment already have gone into developing a self-sustaining pool of youngsters imbued in the club's traditions. That ethos is to win. We will invest to succeed. But we will not mortgage the future with risky spending. After almost two years at Anfield, we are close to having the system we need in place. The transfer window may not have been perfect but we are not just looking at the next 16 weeks until we can buy again: we are looking at the next 16 years and beyond. These are the first steps in restoring one of the world's great clubs to its proper status. It will not be easy, it will not be perfect, but there is a clear vision at work. We will build and grow from within, buy prudently and cleverly and never again waste resources on inflated transfer fees and unrealistic wages. We have no fear of spending and competing with the very best but we will not overpay for players. We will never place this club in the precarious position that we found it in when we took over at Anfield. This club should never again run up debts that threaten its existence. Most of all, we want to win. That ambition drives every decision. It is the Liverpool way. We can and will generate the revenues to achieve that aim. There will be short-term setbacks from time to time, but we believe we have the right people in place to bring more glory to Anfield. Finally, I can say with authority that our ownership is not about profit. Contrary to popular opinion, owners rarely get involved in sports in order to generate cash. They generally get involved with a club in order to compete and work for the benefit of their club. It's often difficult. In our case we work every day in order to generate revenues to improve the club. We have only one driving ambition at Liverpool and that is the quest to win the Premier League playing the kind of football our supporters want to see. That will only occur if we do absolutely the right things to build the club in a way that makes sense for supporters, for us and for those who will follow us. We will deliver what every long-term supporter of Liverpool Football Club aches for (Dunkin Donuts and selling our best players).

This one is for you Major Tom from your mate. Frode Myrhol @fmyrhol · 18h 18 hours ago Since Pardew was appointed at Palace, he's only won 3 less points than Rodgers done for Liverpool, just saying. #lfc

Since Rodgers arrived Liverpool have 199 points Spurs have 195 no trophy's but we still have a very strong chance for the FA Cup. I thought there would be a bigger gap points-wise. All the teams ie Chelsea, United, Arsenal and City have won silverware and at least got to the last 16 of the C/l at least twice. I don't really follow what goes on with spurs but I know they have roughly a 25% less spend on wages and I doubt they have as many £15million plus players. If you asked most Liverpool fans and Brendan Rodgers they would say Tottenham have spent poorly and have had 3 different managers in that time also. Not sure what any of this means but seeing as people keeping mentioning City and Arsenal might be worth mentioning the team we are joint on points with at present.

I answered, my answer was only an idiot would sign a 4 year contract on the premise of being a manager when they are not really. Now stop being so mischievous and accept your hypothetical question was redundant.