Sean O'Driscoll

1 match, 1 win. O'Driscoll!

I wonder whose idea it was to play more compact and through the middle in the second half. Credit to him.

1 match, 1 win. O'Driscoll!

Did you notice that one time...when he leaned to the left and kind of smirked? The whole game turned right there. Amazing appointment by Brendan!

Did you notice that one time...when he leaned to the left and kind of smirked? The whole game turned right there. Amazing appointment by Brendan!

Good body language eh? Well, that is a very good thing for many on this forum because that means he is obviously great!

(P.S. By the way, I'm actually quite encouraged by what I'm hearing about O Driscoll).

I wonder whose idea it was to play more compact and through the middle in the second half. Credit to him.

Rodgers?

Brendan all suited up, standing there with authority on the sideline and then his assistant O'Driscoll in his training gear standing in the background analysing things.

Amazing managerial performance. A match made in heaven.

Macca with a big smile's as well, all good so far from all new people.

Proper football man who seems to have been lost in the rat race of lower league football. He has the oppertunity here with players of a good enough calibre to help create something good.

2 matches, 2 wins. O'Driscoll!

F*** me this guys a genius!

O Driscollmania!

He was in Brendan's ear all night.

Your dollars are in a fistful
And the maze it is crystal
But the Scousers are buzzing
The Scousers are buzzing
Cos we've got Sean O'Driscoll

By all accounts, O'Driscoll set up the blueprint for what we saw of Bournemouth last night.

Not bad that.

By all accounts, O'Driscoll set up the blueprint for what we saw of Bournemouth last night.

Not bad that.

Lets hope he has more paper and ink because it was rough to watch.

I like how he was in Brendan's ear rather than Brendan 'consulting' with his team like last season. He has to be doing something right.

3 matches, 2 wins. O'Driscoll out!

Dunno what the old SOD is on in terms of wages but he probably deserves a wage rise based on the Gomez recommendation £6m is going to look like the bargain of the century in time.

Dunno what the old SOD is on in terms of wages but he probably deserves a wage rise based on the Gomez recommendation £6m is going to look like the bargain of the century in time.

Yes absolutely, some trolls on here said that assistant's don't make a difference and tried to put all responsibility on the manager.....

Well that is bullshit - Carlos Quieroz made a massive difference to Man Utd, when he arrived, United started making their wingers cut inside and dribble rather than resorting to whipping in crosses. That change helped them win the Champions League in 2008 - without him, United wouldn't have won.

Now that was an example of an attacking minded assistant. We're fine with leaving the attacking ideas to Brendan, but I think O' Driscoll has a more defensive mindset, and he must have ideas about a solid defensive unit if he has picked out this gem that is Joe Gomez.

Likewise with Benteke, I didn't know what the club were doing bringing him in, but I'm happy to be the fool in this and give due regards to Sean as I really think he has helped us with a solid start so far.

Yes absolutely, some trolls on here said that assistant's don't make a difference and tried to put all responsibility on the manager.....

Not everyone who said that is a troll mate.

It all depends on the manager and how much control he has over the coaching and how much he wants to delegate. Quieroz had a lot of influence at the mancs simple because Ferguson isn't a 'coach' and always delegated that role to his number two.

Brendan was  very much a coach and I always maintained that Pascoe and Marsh weren't a problem simply because they were only doing as the manager wanted as he was in full control of the coaching at the club.

The difference we seem to have now is the manager has had a change of heart and has allowed, and wanted, extra help and seems to have given a bigger role to his number two and possible even Gary Mac and Ljinders.

The difference we seem to have now is the manager has had a change of heart andhas allowed, and wanted, extra help and seems to have given a bigger role to his number two and possible even Gary Mac and Ljinders.

Think this is a big step forward for not only the club but for the manager Si....he learned his lesson I think realizes he does not know everything; where at times in the past he came off like he thought he did.

Think this is a big step forward for not only the club but for the manager Si....he learned his lesson I think realizes he does not know everything; where at times in the past he came off like he thought he did.

Yep.

A number two can only have influence if the manager allows him to.

Not everyone who said that is a troll mate.

It all depends on the manager and how much control he has over the coaching and how much he wants to delegate. Quieroz had a lot of influence at the mancs simple because Ferguson isn't a 'coach' and always delegated that role to his number two.

Brendan was  very much a coach and I always maintained that Pascoe and Marsh weren't a problem simply because they were only doing as the manager wanted as he was in full control of the coaching at the club.

The difference we seem to have now is the manager has had a change of heart and has allowed, and wanted, extra help and seems to have given a bigger role to his number two and possible even Gary Mac and Ljinders.

I wasn't having a go at those who said Pascoe and Marsh didn't make a difference - in all honesty, I don't think they had much input either. But there were some who suggested that there has been no assistant manager that has ever made a difference at any club (these were the 'some trolls'!). Well Quieroz certainly did, Mourinho saw the importance of top assistants, and the most famous example of all is Brian Clough's right hand man Peter Taylor.

I think Brendan was too far hands on for Liverpool. It's fine for a smaller club with smaller resources like Swansea, but at a bigger club, the responsibilites and challenges become so varied that a manager needs to delegate. I think Rodgers has come to his senses on this part after last season and I think O' Driscoll is making a difference to be fair to him.