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Where's all the posters who claim that BR is the proof that giving manager time works out?

Fact is, he has been ****, Saurez as the in form striker in the world carried them for a season .. nothing more .. right back to **** Pool
 
Very gallant

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has accepted full responsibility for his team's stuttering run of form
 
“The principle idea when I first came in was that like any manager you will have the first call on a player and the last call.

“That’s the call on whether he’s good enough to continue to look at and try to organise a deal and the last call to say yes or no.

“There is a big part that goes on in between. In modern football you need to trust other people to do the work. That’s something we do here and that’s why we have had the success we’ve had.

“The finer details of that are left to Ian who does a terrific job and our other guys in that field who will go through the contracts. I am aware of where the situation is at right the way through the process.

“We will never bring in a player here who the manager doesn’t want in. That’s a great credit to the owners and the other people at the club

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-liverpool-fc-transfer-7185770

Lot of talk on RAWK about their failure in the transfer market and whether the "committee" is to blame.
 
Huddy said:
“When Tottenham sold Bale they just panicked and thought, ‘we’ll buy five or six players at £25-30million and it will all come right in the wash’. It doesn’t work like that though, you have to do your homework.

“If you spend £100m, you should be competing for the title.”

Eating your words now Brendan.
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How come no journalist / interviewer has quoted this back to him yet ? I want to see the look on his face when they do.
 
Huddy said:
“When Tottenham sold Bale they just panicked and thought, ‘we’ll buy five or six players at £25-30million and it will all come right in the wash’. It doesn’t work like that though, you have to do your homework.

“If you spend £100m, you should be competing for the title.”

Eating your words now Brendan.
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Brendan Rodgers never said this to be fair. That was Neil Warnock on Talksport.
 
That makes more sense Diego, Rodgers must have been mis quoted on a few of these as no one in management at the time has the right to speak of rival clubs as dismissively as he's being quoted as doing.
 
Don't think he said the first quote, but he definitely said the second quote:

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/b...-after-spending-100-million-on-players-video/

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/302665.html

And asked if it would be considered a failure if Liverpool failed to finish top now, the manager said: "No. No chance. I don't think anyone can say there's pressure. I think the pressure is if you're Emirates Marketing Project or Chelsea, and you've spent that money and you expect to win the league.

"That's probably pressure. I don't think there's pressure on us, other than what we have from within.

"Look at Tottenham. If you spend more than £100 million, you expect to be challenging for the league.

Read more at http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/302665.html#qp3wU04jrtoKTdmb.99"
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Hope you're enjoying the taste of those words, Brenton
 
Liverpool will not waste Luis Suarez cash on buying star names, says manager Brendan Rodgers

Players must have the right profile for the club, with £100m transfer spree expected to bring minimum of eight new recruits to Anfield by next month

Brendan Rodgers says he will continue to snub stellar names unless they fit the ‘right profile’ for Liverpool as he continues the £100 million reshaping of his side in the wake of Luis Suárez’s exit.

While some of the world’s biggest clubs pursue their obsession with marquee purchases, Rodgers says he would rather save funds than waste his money on vanity products.

Liverpool are flush with the largest transfer kitty in their history and are likely to have a minimum of eight new recruits by August, the next of which Rodgers hopes will be the Southampton centre-half Dejan Lovren and Chelsea left-back Ryan Bertrand. The London club are resisting an £8 million bid for Bertrand, which Liverpool believe demonstrates how much more of a title threat they are now perceived as being.

Loïc Rémy is with the Liverpool squad in Boston to become the fifth summer signing, following Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, Lazar Markovic and Emre Can.

Liverpool have been conspicuous by their absence in auctions for some of the stars of the World Cup, but Rodgers says his recruits were long-term targets, subject to diligent scouting and referencing rather than being assessed for their ‘name’.

“They are all big signings for us because they will all make a big contribution,” Rodgers said. “Maybe for the media there is guessing how we spend the money but you only spend the money if the players are there. What we can’t do is spend for the sake of it. The players we’ve brought in are players we wanted anyway.

“Our signings are strategic. They are not just names. They all fit into the purpose of the team, but of course we want them to make a contribution. If that means we do not spend all the money or the net spend is the same, then so be it.

“There is a responsibility [to spend well]. I have always said at every club I’ve been at, the club’s money is my money. I work for the club. I’m there to serve the club and run it the best I can on the field and work with the owners off it. They know I push for the best players to come in and they trust how we work. I would not pay more than a value. If clubs sense there is an opportunity to get more out of us it won’t happen. We are very unified in how we work in that way.

“There is money available but we know spending money does not guarantee success. Last January everyone was crying out that we needed more signings. We never signed anyone. OK, we might have done one or two but it was not a major factor in us not winning [the title].”

Lallana is the most expensive deal so far at £25 million, but Rodgers rejects the idea Liverpool paid too much for the midfielder.

“We paid what we thought he was worth,” he said. “I spoke to enough people about him and have seen enough of him, and know enough people who had seen him and played with him to know he would be a great signing for us. I have no qualms about it. The value of British players is always pushed up. We would not go higher than we thought he was worth.

“He is a great boy. The types of players we bring in have the profile we want so the transition should be smooth. Of course it is strange for them coming into a new team, but you see it with Adam straight away, he presses for the ball when he does not have it and he has beautiful balance. He can score goals and create goals. He is a wonderful footballer. I have been impressed by his mentality and character.

“The character is important. It is not just about the player, but the right type of person. I want players that are committed to the cause to make Liverpool the best we can be. I want players resting when they should be resting, training hard and working hard and focusing on their life as footballers. We have brought in those types. It is footballing qualities and human qualities we want.”

It remains to be seen if he can add long-term target Bertrand. Rodgers thought he had an £8 million deal in January, only for Chelsea to block the sale. The London club were unhappy at how little game time Victor Moses received at Anfield while on loan last season and that has made negotiations problematic.

Liverpool are also discussing a loan move for the Atlético Madrid right-back Javi Manquillo.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10986443/Liverpool-will-not-waste-Luis-Suarez-cash-on-buying-star-names-says-manager-Brendan-Rodgers.html
 
Also this:

Brenton said:
Obviously Luis going gives us the clout to go and spend more and we are getting the right type of player in. [...] We are looking for several players who can add to what we have and improve us again.
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Raziel said:
Where's all the posters who claim that BR is the proof that giving manager time works out?

Fact is, he has been ****, Saurez as the in form striker in the world carried them for a season .. nothing more .. right back to **** Pool
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I don't think anyone who watched Liverpool play last season can say he carried them and genuinely believe it - they were a fantastic attacking unit, although tbf their attack did hide their shoddy defense at times. No doubt they are suffering from losing Suarez but they have also been without Sturridge as well so that's doubling their problems for a start - they're also suffering from bringing in too many new faces, similar to us last season, which they have brought on themselves in fairness which makes Rodgers 'not doing a Tottenham' quote all the sweeter. Im sure if they ride out the storm they'll be back in and around the top 4.
 
billyiddo said:
I don't think anyone who watched Liverpool play last season can say he carried them and genuinely believe it - they were a fantastic attacking unit, although tbf their attack did hide their shoddy defense at times. No doubt they are suffering from losing Suarez but they have also been without Sturridge as well so that's doubling their problems for a start - they're also suffering from bringing in too many new faces, similar to us last season, which they have brought on themselves in fairness which makes Rodgers 'not doing a Tottenham' quote all the sweeter. Im sure if they ride out the storm they'll be back in and around the top 4.
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Yep. They managed fine without Suarez for the first 6 games or so last season as Sturrdidge started the season on fire and it continued all season.
 
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