Although Henry doesn’t know it yet, this notion of values of the club being important is crucial to Borrell’s and Segura’s philosophy too. Fortunately then, the restructuring of the Academy back in 2009 has not gone to waste as both NESV and the former Barcelona youth coaches are on the same page. For an organisation to work, everyone in the structure must be singing from the same hymn sheet and have the same goals in mind. Henry has stated that Borrell and Segura’s work will be top priority:
“I’ve been to the academy three times and I’ve met with Jose Segura and Rodolfo Borrell. They are key people for the future of Liverpool. They know their work is now a major priority for us. I’ve made a personal commitment to them. We intend to give them the resources to build LFC for the future. We need “top four” young players. They will not produce a quick fix, but our philosophy in football will be based on the long-term.”
Certainly there are financial motivations behind this emphasis on youth, NESV are not an organisation who have hundreds of millions of pounds to spend on players like Sheikh Mansour does, but this development of local young talent, replicated from their time with Boston Red Sox, is designed to give future success on the pitch without the need for large transfer budgets. A successful, winning club in their eyes is one that is most profitable, and to be financially sustainable in the long term, success on the pitch is required and this can be found through the development of youth. Let’s hope the work pays off.
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I see that Borrell still has the youths using the ridiculous zonal marking system when defending setpieces. This is a huge mistake. This zonal rubbish does not work in England.
So Pepe got 4 golden glove awards from having that system in front of him despite it not working?? Wow Pepe!!!
Learn the game before making such comments!! just makes you look stupid!!!
yeah..zonal marking is good option if we want to get something from the counter attack..and if the players perfectly execute it, instead of opposition got a goal from their set-peices, we who will end up got advantage against them after that..but the problem is, we need a player like ferdinand, terry n vidic type to do that because a player like carragher, they preferred to go for man to man marking (outdated english’s marking system)..
If you read between the lines you can see that what henry is saying is hodgson wont get a dime in january to strenghten since we’re not looking for a quick fix. Funny that a quick fix translates to what is essentially hodgsons transfer policy – signing old, proven players. Meaning he’ll be out in the summer. Minimize the netspending under hodgsons reign – a clever move. At the same time this makes it look like he backs hodgson in public. Smart bloke.
In response to LFCkash and zyufa if zonal marking is such a brilliant system how come Liverpool conceded so many goals from setpieces during Benitez’s 6 seasons in charge. Among these goals conceded are the following examples: Ivanovic’s 2 goals in the Champions League quarterfinal firstleg at Anfield in 2008. Silvestre’s 2 goals for Man Utd at Old Trafford in 2-1 defeat in 2004. Ferdinand’s winner at Old Trafford in 1-0 defeat in 2005. Gallas’s header in 3-0 defeat away to Arsenal in 2005-unmarked from 4 yards out. Adebayor’s header in 2-2 draw at Anfield last season. Bassong’s header in Tottenham’s 2-1 win at White Hart Lane on first day of last season. Hreidarsson’s goal in the 3-2 win at Portsmouth in 2008. Curtis Davies header in the 3-1 defeat to Aston Villa last season at Anfield. Robert Huth’s equalizer for Stoke in 1-1 draw at Stoke last season. Tim Cahill’s equalizer for Everton in 1-1 draw at Anfield in 2008. Tim Cahill’s goal in the 1-1 FA Cup draw at Anfield in 2008. Carlton Cole’s headed goal in the 3-2 win at Upton Park last season.
Yeah man marking is great isnt it, how many have we conceeded so far this season? 17. With the exception of Rafa’s first and last season in charge (04/05 conceded 41, 09/10 – 35) we have conceded less than 30 goals in each EPL season, we’re more than half that tally now and only a third of the season gone. I bet that took you ages to type out and for what, to make yourself look stupid.
I totally agree with bringing in youth, but if you really are going to be successful you must scout the world not just local talent.
The thing is i cannot see Henry spending much at all,you still need to buy ready made talent to fill gaps.
For a big club to be financially successful you need to be playing champions league football.
The other being Hodgson will not be sacked soon NESV do not want to spend money!!!
there’s no point in having young talent if you’ve got a manager that refuses to bring them through (let’s not pretend that the Europa League group stages are any more relevant than the Carling Cup – as soon as it hits the knock out stages, the “B Teams” season will be finished)
Pacheco will probably leave as will many others unless they get a bit of a run which they are not either Roy goes or the youngsters will.
Our young player proved themselves playing against Napoli in Itlay. The must be given more chances!