Backroom Shake Up.. Marsh & Pascoe gone.. More to come..
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Yep.. Ryan called this month's back..
Rene Maulsteen called it much earlier..
The backroom should of been changed at the beginning of the season just gone, it's clear it lacked experience at the highest level.. Who knows... thing might of ended up differently...
Looking at who we have had in during Rodgers reign, gives you an idea that the board are not entirely clued up in matters.. Listening to the advice of an inexperienced manager?
Hopefully they do get it right here..
Hindsight is 20/20, we were playing some wonderful football last season under the same coaching staff, so it hasn't all been "punching on a par with midtable sides", like you would say.
They should have gone because we've had a poor season and their inexperience and lack of a winners instinct has shown, but you don't half exaggerate to get your point across - "They should have gone at the beginning of last season", on the back of nearly winning the title?
"We're terrible at bringing in staff" - which has now been turned on its head to "looking at who we've had under Rodgers". Make up your mind.
As for sucking it up with Ryan, you're right, no one else on the forum has ever questioned the quality of backroom staff like Mike Marsh or Pascoe, no sir, revolutionary, groundbreaking thinking there. There are threads going back fucking *aeons* from the likes of Macca which questioned the validity of our coaches and not just from "looking at Rodgers sitting on a milk crate", seeing what the rest of the footballing World can blatantly see.
I guess I'm sentimental with the thought of Pako being back at the club.. but you cannot disregard Maulsteens Curriculum Vitae as a coach at the highest level.. Even if it was for the Mancs
We went into the Champion League without anyone at the club with experience of doing so...
The set up was designed for a 1 game a week club.. with the Occasional game thrown in, in midweek..
We had coach and a manager that had never coached within those sort of levels..
I think Rodgers said at the beginning of the season, they where struggling with the demands of 2 games a week..
It is no coincidence after the break with European commitments our form picked up..
Yes all hindsight.. but you do wonder if they did bring that experince in, would things have been different?
With the help of Suarez.. [emoji6]
He doesn't strike me as a trustworthy character. As soon as leaves clubs he's right there on Sky and elsewhere badmouthing the place and the people.
Yep. Dunno about him either. He did very well at United but he's had some quick fire jobs since then. He had a couple of nice digs at Moyes as well IIRC.
Bit of a stretch as a Gerrard replacement
[article=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3117012/Steven-Gerrard-wants-reasons-Liverpool-losing-Colin-Pascoe-Mike-Marsh-close-season-reshuffle.html]Steven Gerrard wants Brendan Rodgers to come clean about what is going on at Liverpool after two of his backroom staff were sacked last week.
The Liverpool manager’s job was severely under threat after a lacklustre season, but, after crunch talks with chairman Tom Werner and Fenway Sports Group president Michael Gordon, Rodgers remained in charge while his long-serving assistant Colin Pascoe and coach Mike Marsh were let go.
Gerrard is now expecting a public explanation from his former boss on why the changes have been made.
‘I am very interested to see who he puts in alongside him and also to hear Brendan speak in a press conference to see why he has decided to make those decisions,’ Gerrard said at the launch of BT Sport Europe, the new home of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
‘I was very surprised. I didn't expect there to be any changes in the staff positions. I think Brendan and the bosses have made those decisions and I'm looking with a keen interest to see who he puts alongside him and how he tries to improve or strengthen his staff moving forward.
‘I don’t have that relationship with Brendan anymore where I might have got a bit of a nudge on it.’
Rene Meulensteen, Sami Hyypia and Pako Ayestaran, who worked with Rafael Benitez at Anfield, are all under consideration for the No 2 role alongside Rodgers.
The 42-year-old will have to choose wisely given his performances throughout next season will be under scrutiny after failing to win a trophy in three years at the club and struggling to seventh in the table last campaign.
But Gerrard believes that the players he signs — after already securing the services of Danny Ings from Burnley and James Milner from Manchester City — will play a more important role.
‘Liverpool are frustrated at the moment with how last season went,’ he said. ‘Now I'm on the outside looking in I hope they strengthen in a few areas and make the team competitive in the league and we can break back into the top four positions. Everyone is hurting and are frustrated at how last season went.’
Gerrard could not rule out the unity of the squad being affected with the staff changes, adding: ‘We will have to wait and see. I think Brendan will obviously feel he needed to make some changes and freshen certain things up in his staff. But for me the key is always how you strengthen your team and squad on the pitch. For me the most important thing is who Liverpool sign to strengthen the team and squad.’
One player who looks certain to leave the club is Raheem Sterling after angering the owners with his wage demands and then his agent Aidy Ward saying his client would not sign any deal Liverpool offered. Sterling is becoming hugely unpopular, not just in Merseyside, and was heavily booed every time he touched the ball in England’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
Gerrard has warned the 20-year-old he risks becoming a bit-part player at another club if he leaves Liverpool. ‘For the player’s sake and for all of us fans out there he needs to make the decision quickly,’ Gerrrard said. ‘I hope he stays, I think for his development as a player he has a fantastic manager to look after him and a great set of team-mates. I think it's important he plays week-in-week-out and keeps trying to learn and strive to become a world class player.
‘The frustrating thing for me would be if he went to a club and became a squad player and just another number and he didn't have that chance to progress. That's the risk. What will be frustrating for me is if he does that.’[/article]
The Liverpool manager’s job was severely under threat after a lacklustre season, but, after crunch talks with chairman Tom Werner and Fenway Sports Group president Michael Gordon, Rodgers remained in charge while his long-serving assistant Colin Pascoe and coach Mike Marsh were let go.
Gerrard is now expecting a public explanation from his former boss on why the changes have been made.
‘I am very interested to see who he puts in alongside him and also to hear Brendan speak in a press conference to see why he has decided to make those decisions,’ Gerrard said at the launch of BT Sport Europe, the new home of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
‘I was very surprised. I didn't expect there to be any changes in the staff positions. I think Brendan and the bosses have made those decisions and I'm looking with a keen interest to see who he puts alongside him and how he tries to improve or strengthen his staff moving forward.
‘I don’t have that relationship with Brendan anymore where I might have got a bit of a nudge on it.’
Rene Meulensteen, Sami Hyypia and Pako Ayestaran, who worked with Rafael Benitez at Anfield, are all under consideration for the No 2 role alongside Rodgers.
The 42-year-old will have to choose wisely given his performances throughout next season will be under scrutiny after failing to win a trophy in three years at the club and struggling to seventh in the table last campaign.
But Gerrard believes that the players he signs — after already securing the services of Danny Ings from Burnley and James Milner from Manchester City — will play a more important role.
‘Liverpool are frustrated at the moment with how last season went,’ he said. ‘Now I'm on the outside looking in I hope they strengthen in a few areas and make the team competitive in the league and we can break back into the top four positions. Everyone is hurting and are frustrated at how last season went.’
Gerrard could not rule out the unity of the squad being affected with the staff changes, adding: ‘We will have to wait and see. I think Brendan will obviously feel he needed to make some changes and freshen certain things up in his staff. But for me the key is always how you strengthen your team and squad on the pitch. For me the most important thing is who Liverpool sign to strengthen the team and squad.’
One player who looks certain to leave the club is Raheem Sterling after angering the owners with his wage demands and then his agent Aidy Ward saying his client would not sign any deal Liverpool offered. Sterling is becoming hugely unpopular, not just in Merseyside, and was heavily booed every time he touched the ball in England’s friendly against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin.
Gerrard has warned the 20-year-old he risks becoming a bit-part player at another club if he leaves Liverpool. ‘For the player’s sake and for all of us fans out there he needs to make the decision quickly,’ Gerrrard said. ‘I hope he stays, I think for his development as a player he has a fantastic manager to look after him and a great set of team-mates. I think it's important he plays week-in-week-out and keeps trying to learn and strive to become a world class player.
‘The frustrating thing for me would be if he went to a club and became a squad player and just another number and he didn't have that chance to progress. That's the risk. What will be frustrating for me is if he does that.’[/article]
It depends on whether Rodgers threw them under the bus.
I doubt he did but if he did then Rodgers will be staying I think.
We do seem to be making it difficult for him though
He must know that this was forced on Rodgers, so his comments are very intriguing. I suppose one theory could be that he wants Rodgers to acknowledge that this was forced on him by FSG, but he also must know that speaking that candidly would probably hasten Rodgers' own exit. There's certainly some political reason for him making these remarks because there's no way he's genuinely in the dark about all of this.
If they'd wanted Rodgers out they would have got him out. He was a sitting duck but they chose not to fire. My hunch remains that Rodgers went into the review expecting heads to roll so he decided to throw Pascoe and Marsh overboard in the hope it would be sufficient to appease the owners. Apologies for the mixed metaphors there.
I don't think Rodgers threw Pascoe under the bus. He's his right hand man, good friend and isn't Rodgers' son engaged to Pascoe's daughter? I think the owners fired Pascoe as they feel our coaching staff isn't good enough and gave Rodgers no choice on the matter. I presume Klopp hasn't fully agreed to manage us yet so Rodgers will be kept on and an assistant will be parachuting in to help out in the short term until we can get Klopp. Just guesswork on my part.
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