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Seems to be the normal time limit's that Liverpool Supporters now give people coming into the Club, Tactical Director's, Manager of the Club and Players they are all given the same two minutes to succeed or they are hounded out.

agreed. it was his job to identify those players but it was the managers job to make them fit in the team. so you can say it was the manager who failed to get the best out of the players.

Comolli's deals:

OUTS Ins

Kanoute to Sevilla - 4.4m Jenas from Newcastle - 7m
Sean Davis to Pompey - Und Murphy from Fulham - 2m
Mendes to Pompey - Und Zokora from St Etienne - 8.2m
Pamarot to Pompey - Und Yong-Pyo from PSV - Und
Rasiak to Southampton - 2m Berbatov from Leverkusen - 11m
Kelly to Birmingham - 750k Mido from Roma - 4m
Carrick to Scum - 19m Malbranque from Fulham - Und
Marney to Hull - free Chimbonda from Wigan - 6m
Fulop to Sunderland - 500k Andy Reid from Charlton - 3m
Davenport to West Ham - free Rocha from Benfica - free
Davids to Ajax - free Kaboul from Auxerre - Und
Mido to Boro - 6m Bent from Charlton - 16.5m
Murphy to Fulham - loan Boateng from Hertha - Und
Defoe to Pompey - loan Bale from South'ton - 5m
Tainio to Sunderland - Und Hutton from Rangers - 9m
Robinson to Blackburn - 3.5m Gilberto from Hertha - Und
Chimbonda to Sunderland - Und Danny Rose from Leeds - Und
Keane to LFC - 20m Gunter from Cardiff - Und
Malbranque to Sunderland - Und Pavlyuchenko from Spartak - 14m
Berbatov to scum - 31m Cesar from Zaragoza - free
Yong-Pyo - released Gomes from PSV - Und
Corluka from Shitty - 8.5m
Modric from Zagreb - 16m
Bentley from Blackburn - 15m
Dos Santos from Barca - 4.7m

Total: (approx) 86m 125m

7 of Comolli's signings played for Spurs against Inter Milan on Tuesday. Gomes, Hutton, Jenas and Kaboul are not worth much more than they were signed for, however, Bale's value has risen astronomically, and Modric is sought after by Europe's top clubs. LFC have been linked with a move for Pavlyuchenko.

Darren Bent is one of the most consistently prolific strikers in the Premier League, so he must take credit for giving him the platform to develop.

Comolli has also been credited by Arsene Wenger for assisting in the signings of Henry and Pires and ultimately fell-out with Spurs' chairman Daniel Levy over his 'failure' to bring Sergio Garcia from Zaragoza, and Kevin Doyle to the club.

I am not so sure about this appointment, regardless of his achievements. This kind of hierarchy is very rare in UK clubs and more common in Europe. I don't think LFC have ever had anyone but the manager and his scouts to recruit players. If our Manager was from the continent and used to this system, then I wouldn't be so worried.
But I haven't seen this used to good effect in any UK club yet....remember Spurs dismantled this system after a few years. And look at the outrage, when Dennis Wise was in a similar 'Director of Football' position and the 'Cockney Mafia' protests.

Roy, being the nice guy he is, will have told us that he welcomes this appointment etc, but in reality, I am afraid we will see another soap opera unfold in the Management and supervision of the club....