What Liverpool Need..

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posted 14-12-2010 00:10


What Liverpool need is a youngish manager, full of drive and energy, with a track record of domestic and european success. Someone who can rebuild the club from top to bottom. Overhaul the entire squad, kick out the bad apples, start from a new beginning. Be brave enough to make the big decisions, operate on a budget that is within the clubs means. Overhaul the club's youth system, and be brave enough to rebuild the squad around young players which will allow the club to concentrate their expenditure on a few key signings that improve the team, while keeping the cost of the squad as low as possible.

They need him to be a good man manager, to be able to throw an arm around a player who is struggling and act as a father figure, or be able to make the player fear for their physical safety if the situation arises, and be able to tell when it's appropriate to hug or punch a player.

They need him to be able to make the occasional signing that can completely transform a team, and they need him to make relatively few mistakes, yet be able to recover from them. They need him to be blindly devoted to the club, see it as an extension to himself, and be prepared to crush anyone and anything to achieve success for the club in an industry populated exclusively by shark-vulture chimeras.

Find a manager like that and I'm sure he could win the league within six or seven years. Now where could they find someone like that?

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Holmgang

posted 14-12-2010 03:32

Quique Sánchez Flores checks all the boxes:

1. Fairly young (45)

2. Good European record with Atléti (and was knocked out by a very good Chelsea side in Quarterfinals of CL with Valencia)

3. Has followed Benitez into a new, so he knows what he'll find there

4. Decent-ish domestic record in Spain, and seems to know how to sacrifice league performance to win cups (could've won Copa del Rey vs. Sevilla, won the Taca da Liga with Benfica, won Supercup vs. Inter)

5. Is used to a hysterical press and a better club in the same city (meaning he won't panic if Liverpool don't beat Everton regularly).

6. Better-looking than pretty much anyone likely to manage LFC in the near future




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