http://youtu.be/gcQvL5Rxoe8
Whats all the Brendan face pulling "love in" with Ancellotti all about ?
Tele tubby big hug stuff.
Scary
Did he work with him at Chelsea ?
Saw that before the game mate, that is one crazy face Brendan pulls, clearly enjoying his first step into a big European game, bet he wasn't smiling so officiously on the post match hand-shake.
Brendan and our lads were given a lesson and he needs to bounce back in the next game against Real and show he's learned something from it. Last season, when we lost to Chelsea, he claimed it was something along the lines of easy to set up a team defensively and restrict chances for the opposition, he might want to try showing us just how easy that is because from my vantage point it looks bloody impossible for our team.
The signings is such an annoying debate because we don't know what restrictions FSG put on the budget, but we do know there are some and in the most crucial area which whether through Brendan or his successor needs to change if we actually want to "compete with anyone".
Since FSG bought us there has been a constant underwhelming nature to our signings, Dalglish/Commoli/Brendan have all come under fire, the money ball-bullshit has been floating around since their glorious takeover. Some have come out in defence of them quoting FFP and how close we're sailing to breaking the rules but you can ignore all that bullshit and simply look where we figure in the richest clubs in the world charts. We maintained our position without CL football, sponsors flocked to us, not because FSG are commercial wizards, because we are a sponsors dream! We get televised as much, if not more, than any club in the Premier League and we have a fan base that can rival anyone, blowing many of the 'richer' clubs out of the water. So it's time FSG changed their policy and pay the wages that can attract players rather than sponsors to our club.
I don't want to be a supporter of a feeder club, watching Suarez leave last season without being properly replaced is an insult to every person that buys anything associated with this club. You were short changed, you weren't respected like a loyal customer you were fleeced in my opinion. When I'm watching Sterling now I know he's a jackpot sign for FSG, he'll get farmed out just like the rest of our potential once they fulfill it. FSG aren't here to win, it's a con, if they were Cavani/Falcao/Reus/Fabregas/Costa would have arrived in the summer, no we got Balotelli and Lambert, they're here to sustain a CL position just like Arsenal. Winning doesn't matter to them, getting in the top 4 matters, they proved that when they sacked Kenny.
Honestly if I wasn't such a passionate and captive supporter I'd have given up on this club until real owners arrived, it feels like we're constantly beating ourselves up with frustration and disappointment.