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Brendan Rodgers is a British football manager born on January 26, 1973. He is known in the football world for his tactical acumen and team management skills.

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“I think I've proven I can build a team that plays a way of football that excites and challenges at the top end of the table.”

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“In football there is very rarely a "typical day" - there are always issues and challenges that arise from nowhere, and as manager you have to be ready to deal with them.”

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“I think football management has obviously changed and evolved in terms of practices and methods, but I would say the values we strive to hold are the same as great men like Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.”

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“I think my history as a coach shows I like players who are gifted technically and have courage when it comes to being in possession of a football. That is a key quality for me.”

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“The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.”

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“They brought on someone who cost more than our stadium.”

Football Cost Stadiums

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“I will leave no stone unturned in my quest - and that quest will be relentless - to try and get Liverpool back on the map again as a successful football club.”

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“When you've got the ball 65-70% of the time, it's a football death for the other team...It's death by football.”

Team Football Balls

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“Liverpool Football Club is the heartland of football folklore”

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“My template for everything is organisation. With the ball you have to know the movement patterns, the rotation, the fluidity and positioning of the team. When we have the football everybody's a player.”

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“If one day I go to a game and I don't feel I can win, maybe I don't go.”

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“I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.”

I Can Football League Liverpool Mario

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“Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.”

Looks Challenges Millions Football Odd League Tottenham

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“They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no.”

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“I know how it goes. Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. But I accept that.”

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“I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something... it took some thought. I didn't just throw them out there.”

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“If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.”

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“I was surprised we were playing in Manchester and have a referee from Greater Manchester.”

Greater Football League Manchester Referee Premier League

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About the Author

Born: January 26, 1973
Known for: Football manager
Quotes: 47

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