BITW Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Just come across this http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/587670/Sean-O-Driscoll-Liverpool-Brendan-Rodgers-assistant-manager Can't see it posted elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 It'd be worth it for the amusing possibility of him stepping in as caretaker should King Brenny get binned if they struggle next season. Would trump Millen at Palace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11707183/Liverpool-to-appoint-England-Under-19-coach-as-Brendan-Rodgers-assistant-manager.html Two of the most boring men in football together at one club. Rodgers will be gone by Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Wow! I wonder what the scousers will make of his after match interviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 What with the England Women doing well and the job he did at Bristol Academy, I half expected Mark Sampson to get the assistant manager's job there. Think he used to be the Academy director at Swansea when Rodgers was there. Given that he is only 32, I bet he gets a decent managers job in men's football fairly soon - especially if they win the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Wow! I wonder what the scousers will make of his after match interviews? Working under the spotlight and away from the media suits SOD. Best of luck to him, he did well off the pitch here, made good signings and was beginning to turn things around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Fair play to him. Hope he does well. I don't hold any resentment towards him like many on here. I still respect him as a coach and forward thinking football man but I just don't think he's really suited to managing, being the main man at a club. He just doesn't have the personality and it didn't work out here at all. I've thought for a while that he'd be better off as someone's assistant and he's obviously got a chance at Liverpool now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southstandoriginal Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 So Rodgers reckons SODs teams "were expressive, had movement and were technical". I can't speak about the other teams he has managed, but hells teeth, he couldn't have been watching us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 So Rodgers reckons SODs teams "were expressive, had movement and were technical". I can't speak about the other teams he has managed, but hells teeth, he couldn't have been watching us! Wasn't that an old interview from BR during the time that SOD was actually our manager..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 HA is it April 1st? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy bird Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Dumped on by lansdowne imo, did well everywhere else but here, awful media relations though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheatus59 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Working under the spotlight and away from the media suits SOD. Best of luck to him, he did well off the pitch here, made good signings and was beginning to turn things around. Ive never heard such a load of bo*****s in my life , what planet are you on ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Ive never heard such a load of bo*****s in my life , what planet are you on ? But do you share his opinion or not? Stop sitting on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Working under the spotlight and away from the media suits SOD. Best of luck to him, he did well off the pitch here, made good signings and was beginning to turn things around. Yeah he did wonders off the pitch.. Luckily for him matters didn't matter on the pitch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Ive never heard such a load of bo*****s in my life , what planet are you on ? I don't think there's any doubting SOD's efforts off the pitch. He left us with just the one loss in seven games - many were annoyed by the decision (which actually proved to be the correct one in the end) because he was starting to turn things around. He introduced the 3-5-2 system that we continued to use under Cotterill to much success. Signed Fielding, Flint, Williams, JET and gave Joe Bryan the game time he needed as a youngster. He certainly gave Cotterill a good foundation to build on. Turning the momentum around immediately after a relegation is a tough ask. SOD always said the first season was a rebuild and the second we should be looking to get promoted, no excuses. The board made the right decision bringing Cotts in, but I think SOD did a lot of good here during his short time - although, admittedly, this was mostly off the pitch. Up until the Wolves game, gave us a fighting chance of staying up - which looked impossible towards the end of the McInnes reign. We were just drawing too many games at the start of 13/14, but I believe that things were turning around (as shown by the 1 loss in 7). Whether we would have done as well in 14/15 - I very much doubt - so, as said previously, getting rid was the correct decision, but SOD wasn't all bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bs3 Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Working under the spotlight and away from the media suits SOD. Best of luck to him, he did well off the pitch here, made good signings and was beginning to turn things around. No he never. Lets not rewrite history. SoD wad an abject failure at this club. Him and Rogers are suited together, they are a pair of footballing pseudo intellects, Rodgers in particular thinks that by talking slowly and in a media trained way gives him an air of superiority. Him and Sod are footballing fraudsters who have taken in gullible fans who read the broadsheets and think they are a cut above other fans and yet these fans have probably never kicked a ball in their lives and no absolute nothing about the game, yet they can write a blog and they convince themselves that they some sort of footballing oracle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Jordan Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Yeah he did wonders off the pitch.. Luckily for him matters didn't matter on the pitch.. Our success under Cotterill has made people forget that many were upset at his sacking because they felt things were turning around. He provided Cotts with a great foundation to build upon and I can see why SOD managed to help Cotts out when he was struggling at Forest - their styles complimented each-other well. SOD was never cut out for the media spotlight, but was a good coach. Cotts is a good coach, but also a great motivator. I guess Pemberton has a similar role with us currently, to what SOD did with Cotts at Forest. Here's the reaction to SOD's sacking on here (http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/159267-sod-gone/) - I'm not just making this all up. He was turning it around, but wouldn't have turned it around to the extent Cotterill has. - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITW Posted June 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 HA is it April 1st? Stupid question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Our success under Cotterill has made people forget that many were upset at his sacking because they felt things were turning around. He provided Cotts with a great foundation to build upon and I can see why SOD managed to help Cotts out when he was struggling at Forest - their styles complimented each-other well. SOD was never cut out for the media spotlight, but was a good coach. Cotts is a good coach, but also a great motivator. I guess Pemberton has a similar role with us currently, to what SOD did with Cotts at Forest. Here's the reaction to SOD's sacking on here (http://www.otib.co.uk/index.php?/topic/159267-sod-gone/) - I'm not just making this all up. He was turning it around, but wouldn't have turned it around to the extent Cotterill has. - People were annoyed by his sacking because we went down the route of sacking managers in the past and it didn't work. Do you actually remember the period of when he was manager? It was literally a drag to get up on a Saturday and go to the gate. His boring, dull depressing personality literally bought everyone down and Steve Lansdown pretty much confirmed this in one of the fan meetings, saying something along the lines of saying SOD was delighted we were drawing 0-0 at home with Leyton Orient, he knew something had to change. Do you also remember his comments about Flint? On the basis of stats in his last 10 odd games you could make a case that he was slowly turning it around, the year 2013 has to go down as one of the worst years for City since the early 80's, and SOD was at the heart of that. But at the end of the day he's in a much better job. So fair play to him he does have a good reputation of being a solid coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East End Old Boy Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 No he never. Lets not rewrite history. SoD wad an abject failure at this club.But, you can't knock the facts: Signed Fielding, Flint, Williams, JET and gave Joe Bryan the game time!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 ok I give upwheres beadle?ps I know........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Like Brendan Rodgers, SOD is one of football's philosophers. Unfortunately, philosophy is an endless quest. Football supporters want results, not constant theories. I do laugh at Liverpool. Their best ever decision was Bill Shankly and he understood that the people of Liverpool wanted results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Dumped on by lansdowne imo, did well everywhere else but here That's not strictly true is it. Doncaster sacked, Forest sacked, here sacked, Crawley walked out on before playing a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 That's not strictly true is it. Doncaster sacked, Forest sacked, here sacked, Crawley walked out on before playing a game. I recall plenty of people here saying that the way his Doncaster side played was something they'd love to see more of at Ashton Gate. Granted that was some years ago but surely he was a success over the length of his time there. Don't most managerial appointments end in a sacking? The good times can't last forever. I might be wrong about Forest but I'm sure he had them near the playoffs around Christmas time and I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought it was a bizarre sacking. He did do some good things here, mostly in some of the players he brought in but, barring a handful of exceptions, on the pitch it was a continuation of uninspiring football and results. I find it quite bizarre that Liverpool are interested though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Well, we need a new academy manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 No he never. Lets not rewrite history. SoD wad an abject failure at this club. Him and Rogers are suited together, they are a pair of footballing pseudo intellects, Rodgers in particular thinks that by talking slowly and in a media trained way gives him an air of superiority. Him and Sod are footballing fraudsters who have taken in gullible fans who read the broadsheets and think they are a cut above other fans and yet these fans have probably never kicked a ball in their lives and no absolute nothing about the game, yet they can write a blog and they convince themselves that they some sort of footballing oracle. Agreed, sod tried to convince everyone that football was some kind of science, and if you criticised him, it was because you did have the brains to understand how football works. When we were relegated we showed no attempt at fighting our way out of it whatsoever, and when he was at doncaster and they were relegated, their league record was pathetic. How he has a job in football still is a mystery to me, maybe he sells his employers a dan brown story line, pseudo intellectual which makes you feel good avout yourself if you can understand the plot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 And the history rewrite continues Sod was a failure as a manager he may be a good coach but as a manager he was the worst in this clubs entire history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 But, you can't knock the facts: Signed Fielding, Flint, Williams, JET and gave Joe Bryan the game time!!!!!Absolutely true he signed some good players and already had some good players at the club, but he couldn't translate player ability into good team performance. What I can remember is the City back four very slowly passing the ball to each other for an age, then running out of options, so just resorting to an aimless long ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rag Posted June 30, 2015 Report Share Posted June 30, 2015 Sods reign was simply the worst period I have witnessed watching City in over 50 years. Nuff said on this chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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