Operation Hire Pep Guardiola - Liverpool 2012 Offseason Thread

[Stewart Downing]

i can see a stewart downing thriving under avb, just creating soooo many chances, like a million chances dude. afterwards they'd go together to peruse the philosophy sections of local mom and pop bookstores.

left u a present m8

 

[Stewart Downing]

Any system that entices you to spend 20m on Downing is a nonsense

check ur negs breh

 

[Stewart Downing]

Mixed bag for LFC really. My only real problem with them is the lack of visible progress on the stadium issue. It's been 18 months & we're still pretty much stuck at square one; falling further & further behind other teams with our matchday revenues. I think most of their other decisions can be justified, but the next few weeks are huge for them, with the hiring of a new manager & director of football being pivotal for the future of the club. So we'll have to wait & see what they do...

agree with LS



outsiders gonna shyt on this king kenny regime but he stabilized the club after hicks/gillette. thanks to kenny, we can focus on building a quality team


louis van gaal as DoF rumors have gained steam over the past couple days. the lad added Robben and developed Muller and Schweinsteiger at BM. I prefer Txiki (scouse tiki taka ) but Scouse German attack will due



Adding Louis Van Gaal and Villas-Boas hottest of summas indeed

 

[K-O-B]

So the fabled moneyball approach is a load of hogwash

Not hogwash, just a majority of the teams follow the same practices nowadays. The same player's the A's signed cheaply are more expensive now. A new updated moneyball can be related to what the rays are doing now with their drafts/signing talent early. Then when they leave get drafts picks and keep running in a circle. The biggest difference is their farm system is loaded so they never miss a beat, unlike the Marlins who had a similar philosophy.

NBA is getting pretty stat driven also. With the NFL I hear about having almost every single play of the last 10 years on a hard drive.

 

[Stewart Downing]

A spurs fan's perspective m8s

LVG and AVB together. That sounds like a recipe for either bliss or catastrophe.

LVG is an awesome football man in many ways, but by all accounts his interpersonal and political skills leave a lot to be desired and he falls out with people hard. Very head strong, opinionated and abrasive (at least, away from the dressing room, where he is clearly a good motivator). But in the boardroom and around the politics of a club, he can be a temperamental influence.

Considering that AVB's problems at Chelsea were along the same lines - poor communication, too abrasive and inflexible - if those two don't get along, the situation would very, very soon become intolerable.

On the other hand, that's a lot of combined talent there that if they click could do really incredibly well over 4 or 5 years.

 

[dennis roadman]

So the fabled moneyball approach is a load of hogwash

it is now, and i refuse to call what boston did "moneyball" when they were man city to the yankees' united

these fenway brehs got no idea what they're doing in england, r.i.p. liverpool for a decade unless theo epstein is a secret scouse.

left u a present m8

nice pass

 

[Stewart Downing]

 

[Stewart Downing]

Luis Suárez has reopened the controversy surrounding his race row with Patrice Evra by revealing his conscience is "completely calm" over events at Anfield on 15 October last year and accusing the Football Association of wanting "to get rid of a Liverpool player".

the FA picked the wrong lad

 

[Premeditated]

what a joke this franchise has become

 

[MikelArteta]

liverpool is a joke and a half back to the Gerard Houllier days fakkits

 

[L.S.]

what a joke this franchise has become

 

[Stewart Downing]

liverpool is a joke and a half back to the Gerard Houllier days fakkits

 

[MikelArteta]

Is liverpool even Europa league status next year?

 

[Stewart Downing]

Is liverpool even Europa league status next year?

the lads got in through the Carling Cup

 

[MikelArteta]

the lads got in through the Carling Cup

forgot about that although i hear it on the radio every day, buy your tickets for toronto fc v carling cup champions liverpool