Sean O'Driscoll

What do people think the assistant manager does and why would we need the appointment of the role to be exciting? He is going to work under and implement the managers wishes on the training field, he's not there to implement a new way of thinking. He's there to do what the manager tells him to do and the manager needs to trust him and know him.
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This. I mean people can look at his management record and criticise but good coaches don't always make good managers. Look at Rene Meulensteen for example.

comment by The Welsh Xavi (U15412)
posted 10 minutes ago
What do people think the assistant manager does and why would we need the appointment of the role to be exciting? He is going to work under and implement the managers wishes on the training field, he's not there to implement a new way of thinking. He's there to do what the manager tells him to do and the manager needs to trust him and know him.
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This. I mean people can look at his management record and criticise but good coaches don't always make good managers. Look at Rene Meulensteen for example.
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Nobody is asking for a new way of thinking but when our defensive record has been poor in the 3 Rodgers years what we don't need is some like who KLS described as a yes man. Rodgers like all managers is not a jack of all trades and he clearly needs help to improve the defensive side while still having the attacking threat that he loves. Is the type of number 2 that KLS describes likely to bring this? I doubt it.

People talk about Steve Clarke role under KK in that sole season and we only conceded 40 goals that season. There were other things wrong that season but KK number 2 had a decent impact in the defence.

Kash I agree with you that a coach with a better defensive set up would be good but the manager will only work with an assistant that he wants to, Rodgers will be the one appointing O'Driscoll.

I wouldn't have suggested him and I'm not particularly thrilled with him because I don't know much about him. Rodgers obviously does and that's why he's got the job.

You say Rodgers had no control over sacking Pascoe and Marsh and no control over who comes in.

That's just bullshît.

Managers always give the assistant job to a met, someone they know through football or someone they've played with and that's the way it is. I'm not saying its right but it's what happens. If the owners wanted a different approach they should have changed the manager because that's the only way.

Kash has obviously never been to a training session in his life.

I don't care what he did as a manager. I care whether he puts on innovative high intensity fun training sessions.

Hyypia's team when he was solely in charge of Leverkusen let in lots of goals. Brighton let in lots of goals.

With regards to ARE saying I shouldn't be 'nasty' and shortlight saying he should be allowed his opinion here is the news fúcknuts.

If you are continually negative about something that I care deeply about you're going to get an acrimonious response.

Never heard of him, don't know his CV, good or bad, don't care either. What I do care, is that he or whoever gets the job hits the deck running and does their level best to get our club back up to the top.

Looking briefly at the above posts, trying substituting the name O'Driscoll with the name Shankly. Yes, there are clearly differences, but, was The Shanks that highly thought of before his appointment with our club?

JimmyTheRed

O'Driscoll was harshly sacked at Forest and a lot of the fans would have had him back. He played decent stuff to be fair but as said it's not his management I'm worried about but rather the sessions he puts on.

Looking at the Forrest board they don't know why he was sacked when he was and thought he was doing ok.

Can only see how we get on!

I live in Nottingham and the fans were not happy. He played nice stuff tbh. Got sacked after a 4-2 win as well but the away form was pretty rammal to use some local dialect. They then went and brought in bitter Billy Davies again and he was awful. Then Pearce who was again awful.

Hopefully Dougie will get them back to the prem as it'll be great for the city.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3144459/Sean-O-Driscoll-scouting-report-need-know-Brendan-Rodgers-new-assistant-manager-Liverpool.html

There's an article about him.

O'Driscoll did a fantastic job at Doncaster and looked destined for the top.

Since then his managerial career went backwards, for whatever reason.

Interesting appointment, not exactly what I was hoping for but intriguing.