From: Justin Thyme on
On 28/07/2010 08:14, John W.. wrote:
> Let's get the ownership
> sorted, some new money in the club and a top level manager.

How many top level managers would want to go to Liverpool?
Not many i suspect.

From: Mentalguy2k8 on

"Justin Thyme" <hel(a)lo.com> wrote in message
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> On 28/07/2010 08:14, John W.. wrote:
>> Let's get the ownership
>> sorted, some new money in the club and a top level manager.
>
> How many top level managers would want to go to Liverpool?
> Not many i suspect.

Oh I dunno, I expect if Sheikh something-or-other announces he's buying the
club and has 500 million quid to invest in the squad, there will be plenty
sniffing around. They just don't want their shortcomings exposed by not
having money to throw around.... some of them might have to start managing a
squad rather than keep throwing money at it until it works.

From: CJM on

"Mentalguy2k8" <Mentalguy2k8(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Justin Thyme" <hel(a)lo.com> wrote in message
> news:i2pbp5$pg7$1(a)speranza.aioe.org...
>> On 28/07/2010 08:14, John W.. wrote:
>>> Let's get the ownership
>>> sorted, some new money in the club and a top level manager.
>>
>> How many top level managers would want to go to Liverpool?
>> Not many i suspect.
>
> Oh I dunno, I expect if Sheikh something-or-other announces he's buying
> the club and has 500 million quid to invest in the squad, there will be
> plenty sniffing around. They just don't want their shortcomings exposed by
> not having money to throw around.... some of them might have to start
> managing a squad rather than keep throwing money at it until it works.

This is all true, but even a manager who doesn't require wads of cash will
generally be reluctant to come. For example, they would need as a minimum
that they can keep the proceeds of sales to re-invest in the team, which is
an assurance not given to RH. We hope to keep Torres but if a silly-money
bid came in, I reckon the club would sell. Say we got �70m... I reckon we
might get �30m-�40m to plow back into the team. Enough for a Torres
replacement (not that we could convince one to come), but it would be an
opportunity missed. Likewise if Masch goes for �25m, don't expect to see
�25m-worth coming back in...

We don't need a sugar-daddy to entice the best candidates in, we just need
to be rid of these two clowns. If new owners arrived and took out a loan on
the club to build a stadium (thus ensuring we need to keep paying
*something* off), it would be the just about stable enough to re-assure the
best candidates. But no decent manager is going to risk his career under the
current regime.

[Note: I think RH is a decent manager, if no what we hoped for. But he's
come because it might be his last chance to get a top club - he's gambling
the new owners will come to the rescue and leave him in post.]

From: bofh on
On 28 July, 14:44, Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxv...(a)iol.ie> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:38 +0100, Justin Thyme wrote:
> > On 28/07/2010 08:14, John W.. wrote:
> >> Let's get the ownership
> >> sorted, some new money in the club and a top level manager.
>
> > How many top level managers would want to go to Liverpool? Not many i
> > suspect.
>
> But didn't we already try the "top-level manager" stunt six years ago, and
> look where it got us?  

European cup winners, FA Cup Winners, European Cup Final, best ever
league finishes and the only title challenge we have put together in
two decades.

Let it go pope.

From: Pope Pompous XVIII on
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:06:16 -0700, bofh wrote:

> On 28 July, 14:44, Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxv...(a)iol.ie> wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:38 +0100, Justin Thyme wrote:
>> > On 28/07/2010 08:14, John W.. wrote:
>> >> Let's get the ownership
>> >> sorted, some new money in the club and a top level manager.
>>
>> > How many top level managers would want to go to Liverpool? Not many i
>> > suspect.
>>
>> But didn't we already try the "top-level manager" stunt six years ago,
>> and look where it got us?
>
> European cup winners, FA Cup Winners, European Cup Final, best ever
> league finishes and the only title challenge we have put together in two
> decades.
>
> Let it go pope.

I'd certainly let it go if you stopped lying about it. The "only" title
challenge we have put together in two decades indeed! How about 2nd place
in 2002 - was that not a title challenge?



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+ His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII

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