25 May 2016 17:00:23
Ed : Our new assistant manager is Chris Davies.
Thoughts anyone?

1.) 25 May 2016
25 May 2016 22:52:29
My only thoughts are that he has worked with Brendan Rodgers with two of his previous clubs . That's good enough for me, if we don't trust B R in his appointments of people he has worked with, how can we have any faith in him signing players who presumably haven't played for him .
I trust him entirely.

2.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 00:24:36
I'm with OldBhoy. He looks to have made quite a quick rise in coaching. Rodgers could have went for experience. But Davies is obviously somebody he trusts, somebody who knows his methods and drills and should make the transition easier. And that's good enough for me.

3.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 02:03:30
Most of us want Rodgers to have final say on recruitment so whatever he chooses will do me fine. Let him live or die by his own sword. In Rodgers we trust hail hail!

{Ed007's Note - I was reading this earlier:

www.tomkinstimes.com/2014/09/interview-with-lfcs-head-of-opposition-analysis/

4.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 02:26:02
It's late n that's a long article but had a quick look, al read the rest tomorrow. Sounds good ed, it's what everyone was wanting Rd to do, change the system to accommodate the players we have and to counter the opposition. Sounds like he'll do a valuable job

{Ed007's Note - I've not finished it either but he certainly talks the talk from what I have read.}

5.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 05:19:31
Good article that. I wonder who was doing this previously if at all; I know RD brought over a Head of Performance but that was probably more focused on us than the opposition. CD has come in as assistant manager though hasn't he? With BR being unfamiliar with Scottish football CD might continue this role too.

{Ed001's Note - opposition analysis is the area Rodgers was weakest. Craig Bellamy tells a very good story about Liverpool facing Basel in the Europa League, while he was with the club working on coaching badges. Rodgers and his staff could not figure out how Basel were playing, let alone how to beat them, after doing their analysis and then playing them once, leading to us being embarrassed by them twice in the Europa League. They needed to analyse the games afterwards to figure out what the Swiss side were doing! I can't understand how it took them so long, they could have called me and I could have told them before kick off in the first match. How a bunch of highly paid professionals could not figure it out is beyond me.}

6.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 05:57:18
Ach Ed you keep coming up with nuggets like this! Lol. That is a bad one.

{Ed001's Note - sorry mate, but it is with good reason he fails to convince me. He is very good at talking the talk, but he is so focused on telling everyone how great he is that he seems to forget about actually doing it.}

7.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 09:51:42
Seem to remember LFC playing a 3-5-2 with Can and Stirling as LWB's? So ITS not a given he will play the formation according to the players and not the other way around. RD did visit Rodgers in his study trips, so the football may not be that different from RD's. Going to be a hell of a ride though. I hope he gets it right even it makes RD look like a failure.

8.) 26 May 2016
26 May 2016 13:13:11
Brendan Rodgers will no doubt want want to be a success at Celtic . He has had plenty of time to self analysis what went well at Liverpool and what needed to improve. I would have little doubt that a Professional like Rodgers has also sought professional advice on how to illuminate his weaknesses . There are not too many managers around who don't have weaknesses but most of them become adept at minimising them.