“What we believe, and we continue to follow, is you need many people involved in the process. That doesn’t mean somebody else is picking the team for Brendan but Brendan needs to set out with his team of people which positions we want to fill and what the key targets would be for that.
I think everyone knew this? But what worries me is that Rodgers and his team highlighted 2 key areas that we needed to priorities in the summer, CB & Attack mid, positions that we didn't need to waste huge amounts of money on.
“Despite what people think and read, it’s not a whole bunch of guys sitting behind a computer working out who we should buy. It’s a combination of old-school scouting and watching players – and that’s Brendan, his assistants, our scouts – with statistical analysis of players across Europe and the rest of the world.
Old school scouting & watching players eh? More like new school scouting by watching players on YouTube. The whole team needs to be dismantled, we need footballing scouts & manager to make the decisions.
"By bringing those two processes together you get a much more educated view of who you should and shouldn’t be buying and, perhaps as fundamentally, how much you should be paying and the structure to those contracts.
I am not a fan of bringing footballing stats into the equation and for the people involved in it to have a say when we're purchasing a player, especially when it determines their fee and wages. I take stats with a pinch of salt as they neglect so much footballing information. Only useful stats for me is the physical side of things. This process needs to be binned in my opinion.
Brendan Rodgers will likely be focusing on young additions rather than marquee signings in the summer(Getty)
Young additions, how young? We have shown we'll pay 20m+ for 24-27 year olds. As for marquee signings, what exactly do they consider marquee signings? World class players in their peak? If so, no thanks, too expensive and usually too old for my liking, especially when you could get exceptional players that would cost much less and are usually younger.
"When we talk about a financial prudency and managing the football club in the best way we can with what we have got, then that does mean investing in younger players some of the time that will cost less money to buy but give us better long-term value," he told the Liverpool Echo.
Absolutely agree with this, but unfortunately, we have failed in the scouting department.
So basically, Rodgers, like every other manager in the world get's help, be it from scouts, assistant or a committee, nothing we already didn't know. The other process is where Rodgers & committee discuss players from their findings and decide which would be the best option for the team, again, I'm sure all managers consult their findings with their staff. Finally, after which, Rodgers get's the final say, like all managers should?
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