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From Sunderland's RTG forum on the subject of Brenda lecturing Man U's new manager:

"Rodgers is big on sincerity. He has the country's biggest private collection of val doonican records to prove it".
 

From Sunderland's RTG forum on the subject of Brenda lecturing Man U's new manager:

"Rodgers is big on sincerity. He has the country's biggest private collection of val doonican records to prove it".


haha!

He's really not seen well by other clubs. If you look at votes by fans of all clubs of most likeable managers in the Prem he places comfortably bottom-half.

Same with the club itself, this whole myth that they became everyone's second-favourite team was just the kopite-dominated media spreading their smelly cults across the nation's faces yet again.
 
Football in general is really laughing their collective bollocks off at those unlovable idiots now.. From Arsenal's forum...
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What does he mean by "nearly going out of business"? They had rich American owners before their current rich American owner. Were they genuinely close to administration only a couple of years ago?

If not, Brenda is making a horrendous comment.

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Liverpool: Is administration the rational next step?
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Robert Peston | 14:08 UK time, Thursday, 14 October 2010


I'm about to disappear into an edit suite for a bit, to concentrate on matters other than Liverpool FC (yes, there is other stuff happening in the world - although nothing as absurd).

So this is where I think we are.

RBS is beginning to have doubts whether the £200m-plus from Mill Financial will turn up - and my contacts with Mr Hicks's people suggest that may well be a rational fear. No-one seems to believe that the high court will have any effect on the ability of Mr Hicks to frustrate the sale to NESV through the Texas courts.

What does that all mean? Well, I think it means that we're in a bit of the corporate universe characterised by what statisticians would call Knightian uncertainty. To put it another way, I have no bloomin' idea where this will end up.

One plugged-in bloke tells me NESV can't possibly win it now. Another whom I trust tells me NESV will ultimately emerge the victor.

What I think is that Royal Bank of Scotland has a hideous decision later today.

If there's no serious prospect of a clean takeover of Liverpool being effected in the next day or so, can it really justify extending the deadline for repayment of the bank debt?

Or is it now rational for RBS to put Liverpool FC into administration under insolvency procedures, so that it can take direct control of the sale process, strip Messrs Hicks and Gillett of any power to interfere, and pass Liverpool to the most credible new owner with the deepest pockets (which might be NESV, or might still be the Singapore tycoon, Peter Lim)?

Update, 1432: Peter Lim says he is withdrawing his offer to buy Liverpool, because it has become clear to him (he says) that "the board is intent on selling the club to NESV to the exclusion of all other parties, regardless of the merits of their bids".

He says that if the "circumstances" were to change, he might be persuaded to re-enter the fray.

Update 1749: OK, maybe Liverpool is back on course to be bought by NESV.

The high court has ordered Tom Hicks to withdraw the restraining order on the deal which he obtained from a Texas court.

He has until 1600 tomorrow (UK time) to comply.

Liverpool's management seems optimistic that - at last - the ownership uncertainty will be resolved in the way it wants.

But Mr Broughton and his colleagues have thought that before, and been disappointed.


It went right up to the High Court to save LFC from administration, and the customary 10 point deduction that would have followed.
 

That Arsenal mania forum with that thread on RAWK has been quite entertaining to read...
But this particular quote had me in stitches!

arsenal-mania said:
They live in a circle-jerking echochamber where they're constantly fed images of their former glories and plenty of lube to go with it.

If the images aged like women though they're wanking off to granny porn at this rate. Joke of a club. The fact that Brendan Rodgers has already reached deity status says everything you need to know about that club.
 
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And another one. You can't big up yourself by belittling someone like Dalglish. Dalglish Mark II still won a trophy, and only had one season so never got the chance to improve league position.

...and brought in Suarez, who single handedly kept gnashers in a job.

Dalglish will bide his time and plunge the knife in...deep.
 
...and brought in Suarez, who single handedly kept gnashers in a job.

Dalglish will bide his time and plunge the knife in...deep.

I reckon it will be one more trophyless season before the chants of 'Dalglish' come back. If Brendan goes 3 seasons without a trophy surely they wont still revere him like a god. Previous managers have been fired for less. This season is make or break for him and without Suarez to gloss over the gaping quality gap in their squad I think it will be a hilarious car crash. Der best fans in der world will be patient though won't they? They all believe in der filosofee.
 
The dirty Reds sponsorship looks as dodgy as their kit does.

So Liverpool Football Club is in bed with a bunch of money launderers. Obviously that's where all the money is going on these jarg players they're buying.

Liverpool money launderers FC



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28671380

Standard Chartered faces further US fine
Standard Chartered warned it faces more US fines over its money-laundering controls as it reported a 20% fall in half-year profits.

US regulators have identified new problems with the bank's surveillance system, the bank said.

It faces a monetary penalty, remedial action and an extension of a two-year monitoring period.

The bank agreed a $340m fine in 2012 after it was accused of hiding $250bn of transactions with Iran.

Standard Chartered revealed the prospect of further fines as it reported first-half profits that were 20% lower than a year earlier, in line with previous guidance.

Profit before tax fell to $3.3bn (£1.96bn), after income from its financial markets business slumped.

Standard Chartered chairman Sir John Peace said the results were "clearly not as good" as in previous periods.

The bank had warned in June that its half-year results would be "disappointing".

Earlier this year, chief executive Peter Sands was reportedly under pressure from investors to step down, but was backed by the board.
 

I reckon it will be one more trophyless season before the chants of 'Dalglish' come back. If Brendan goes 3 seasons without a trophy surely they wont still revere him like a god. Previous managers have been fired for less. This season is make or break for him and without Suarez to gloss over the gaping quality gap in their squad I think it will be a hilarious car crash. Der best fans in der world will be patient though won't they? They all believe in der filosofee.
He's not going to be able to get away with managing expectations for too much longer. I suspect any stock he's built up will soon fall this season when they struggle - last season will be put down to Suarez's efforts and he'll be struggling badly if they dont get CL qualification. Buttering that lot up can only buy you so much time.
 
He's not going to be able to get away with managing expectations for too much longer. I suspect any stock he's built up will soon fall this season when they struggle - last season will be put down to Suarez's efforts and he'll be struggling badly if they dont get CL qualification. Buttering that lot up can only buy you so much time.
I have said before in this thread I give him a season and a half maybe before the slippy and carralaaa dream team take over,this season he will be covered by Chewy deserting them and fa oil clubs spending money while they count the pennies but I predict 6th place and a loss of goal scoring form from Sturridge will see the Judas effect take hold of the deluded
 
I have said before in this thread I give him a season and a half maybe before the slippy and carralaaa dream team take over,this season he will be covered by Chewy deserting them and fa oil clubs spending money while they count the pennies but I predict 6th place and a loss of goal scoring form from Sturridge will see the Judas effect take hold of the deluded
Rodgers has always looked like a transition manager. Hopeless first season. Even last season when they were doing well you have to separate the wheat from the chaff - great goalscoring (with a player he inherited; Conference class defending). And he talks a good talk about improving players, but goes out and buys practically a new team to replace last season's.

He's all over the place.
 
It's a scattergun approach Davek he knows they can't attract a world class player to replace the one they sold so he's gone for flavour of the month signing in Soton players and a couple of young unknowns in the hope that they hit a golden patch of form he showed last season that he lacks tactical and leadership qualities
 

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