Some transcripts of what he had to say
Some interesting stuff - this and the John Henry letter shows how much the PR side of the club are upping the game.
The only sad thing is that words don't earn us points. Letting 4 goalscorers go this summer and bringing in one potential player - Borini - was a mistake - be it Rodgers, the owners or Ian Ayre's decisions.
I can understand BR needing to keep some fans groups on side, and can understand why he might think he needs to buy himself time, but ultimately he will only buy himself time by picking up points. Good luck BR.
No doubt about it.
Letting Kuyt, Maxi, Bellamy and Carroll go absolutely stinks.
I don't believe for a minute that Brendan would have let them all
go if he wasn't convinced we would have got players in to replace them.
Not forgivable that we heavily weakened the one area we so desperately needed
to strengthen. I'd place the blame more on the owners for that though. It's clear
they've used Brendan's appointment to clear out senior players on high wages.
That's a discussion for another thread though. I have more faith in Brendan than
I do in FSG. His biggest challenge will be getting the results we will all demand with
the thinnest squad I can remember us having.
He has talked up the younger players in that interview and it's pretty clear that this
season we are going to see us blood a lot of them. Maybe, more so than his football
philosophy, the reason FSG appointed Brendan is his ability to work with young players.
He's mentioned Shelvey, Suso, Sterling, Morgan and we've seen Yesil do well yesterday
in the U19s. We've yet to see Assaidi and we all know Coates. What is abundantly clear
is that we will rely on these players for squad depth.
That is where our uncertainty lies. I've a lot of faith in Brendan. My concern is that he has
been given a large task to perform and no fall back. It's not like he has experienced players
to call upon if the youngsters don't work. Keeping Carroll or Kuyt would have given us options.
Getting Dempsey would have given us an option. As it is we are looking to Sterling, Morgan, Assaidi
and Yesil and saying "Go ahead lads fill a void for us".
