KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum 12 candidates to be interviewed! :O

Smartly done, wakka. Of course, at least half those names either won't leave their club or won't join Liverpool, but hey.

i fuuckin hope so.

Agreed,I think that would be close to the 12 names,could be wrong though.

For a club that had apparently reviewed Kenny's performance over a long period and not acted in haste according to Ayer, it seams incredible 12 candidates are on a list for a replacement.

People can be thankful that FSG bought the club on the cheap all they want but they don't exactly inspire me with much confidence. The pattern appears to continue, delay, dilly dally and maybe we'd better act.

Couldn't all these 'experts' they listen to (which is an open admission they know sweet FA about football clubs) have had a shorter list already in place than this?

I'll go for a cheapskate gamble option and back here in 12-18 months, I hope I'm wrong.

Klopp and Raffa 1 of 2.

I actually think they are going about this in the right way. They have a shortlist and they are approaching a few managers instead of just putting all their eggs in one basket or just going on what us fans think.

This implies that they are determined to get this right. I would rather this take a couple of weeks than make a knee-jerk appointment. I hope its not Martinez but if it is we have to give him 100% support.

I think "shortlist" is not an accurate description of what FSG have. They seem to think that if they interview enough people they'll get enough answers to their questions that they will be able to make a more informed choice regarding what skills a manager needs to have. The problem with such a democracy is that one tends to end up with the lowest common denominator rather than the best possible option.

thats a very good and worrying point.

a name that will be linked with us soon is di matteo. he won't get the chelsea job and he won't wanna step too far down. so lfc fits pretty well. you heard it here first

I can imagine the call to Pep....

Ian Ayre: 'Hi Pep would you interested in the Liverpool job ?'

Pep: 'Possibly - tell me more...'

Ian Ayre: 'Well we're gunna interview a few candidates and then pick the best'

Pep: 'Ok, but you do realise I've just built the best team in the world right ?'

Ian Ayre: 'Well yes, but we've gotta follow our process...'

Pep: 'Ok, so who else you speaking to ?'

Ian Ayre: 'Well there's Roberto Martinez'

Pep: 'Who ?'

Ian Ayre: 'You know, he's a fellow Spaniard, did a great job in a relegation fight with Wigan'

Pep: 'Never heard of him...who else ?'

Ian Ayre: 'Brendan Rogers'

Pep: 'Who ?'

Ian Ayre: 'Oh don't worry about him Pep, he's already turned us down...'

Pep: 'Click'

Ian Ayre: 'Pep..'

Ian Ayre: 'PEP...u still there...oh'

No need to worry about Pep, he will not be returning to management next season