Liverpool's new director of football strategy Damien Comolli has dismissed suggestions that his
appointment has lessened the power of club manager Roy Hodgson.
Last month, Comolli was appointed to his role by new owners New England Sports Ventures (NESV) and
although the details of the post are not specified, his main task will be to scout new players.
Manchester City has a patchy history of rising and falling through the leagues and their past
looks even more disastrous compared to their neighbour United.
But those days looked numbered particularly with Roberto Mancini's side looking the most
equipped to challenge the big three in England.
... it's DAMN cold here in NH!
Now that I've got that off my chest, gotta let you know that WPS has finalized its 2011 schedule
... reducing the number of matches to 18 and taking a break in deference to the Women's World Cup.
(The World Cup runs from June 26-July 17 ... so you might want to pop that into your calendars
now!
Union
Peter Nowak spoke at a press conference shortly after the conclusion of the Re-Entry Draft, the
prime message being have faith, we're building for the long term. Here are some notable
quotables:
- "We have a certain number of players we're looking at right now...if there's someone
interesting who is going to fulfill our requirements in the salary cap, the money we have at our
disposal, then we are going to be interested, but we don't want to tie our hands up right now on
December 15th.
One of the words on the street is that Houllier and Randy
Lerner are meeting today to flesh out finances for player acquisitions. Then again, that
was also one of the words a couple of weeks back, so who knows?
However, it seems self evident that there's plenty to discuss and that they'll be getting
together at some point.
One of the words on the street is that Houllier and Randy
Lerner are meeting today to flesh out finances for player acquisitions. Then again, that
was also one of the words a couple of weeks back, so who knows?
However, it seems self evident that there's plenty to discuss and that they'll be getting
together at some point.
