Brendan Rodgers - The Revival

[Milleg9]

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"Here We have the exclusive pictures of the former Liverpool Manager touching down in Marseille Provence Airport before he later went onto sign a rolling 12 month contract with the French giants Olympique De Marseille."

Club Owner Margarita Louis-Dreyfus has stated that she wanted to bring in a Manager who can take Marseille back to the former glory days and Bring a halt to the PSG Ownership of the Ligue 1 title.

Official Club Statement
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"We are delighted to announce that Mr Rodgers has accepted the role as head coach of our famous football team , Brendan Rodgers brings the type of attacking football that is associated and ingrained in our history, We believe that this is an opportunity to step out of the shadow we had created for ourselves and rise back to the top of European football , Brendan has the full support of the board and we know the fans will be with us on our new Journey."​

 

[Milleg9]

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Full name	Olympique de Marseille
Nickname(s)	Les Phocéens, L'OM, Les Olympiens
Founded	31 August 1899; 116 years ago
Ground	Stade Vélodrome
Capacity	67,000
Owner	Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Chairman	Vincent Labrune
Manager	Brendan Rodgers
League	Ligue 1
2014–15	4th
Website	Club home page

Marseille's home ground is the 67,000-person-capacity Stade Vélodrome located in the southern part of the city, where they have played since 1937. The Stade Vélodrome is renowned for its lively atmosphere. The club has a large fan-base, having regularly averaged the highest all-time attendance in French football.

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Current Squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Javier Manquillo (on loan from Atlético Madrid) 3 DF Nicolas Nkoulou 4 DF Karim Rekik 5 MF Abou Diaby 6 DF Rolando 7 FW Lucas Ocampos 8 MF Lucas Silva (on loan from Real Madrid) 9 FW Steven Fletcher (on loan from Sunderland) 10 MF Lassana Diarra 11 MF Romain Alessandrini 13 MF Rémy Cabella 14 MF Georges-Kévin N'Koudou 15 DF Stéphane Sparagna 16 GK Yohann Pelé 17 MF Bouna Sarr

No. Position Player 18 MF Mauricio Isla (on loan from Juventus) 19 MF Abdelaziz Barrada 20 MF Alaixys Romao 22 FW Michy Batshuayi 23 DF Benjamin Mendy 24 FW Florian Thauvin (on loan from Newcastle United) 25 DF Paolo De Ceglie (on loan from Juventus) 26 DF Brice Dja Djédjé 27 MF Maxime Lopez 28 FW Antoine Rabillard 29 MF André-Frank Zambo Anguissa 30 GK Steve Mandanda (captain) 33 FW Billel Omrani 38 FW Jérémie Porsan-Clemente

Key Players :

Michy Batshuayi

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Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†​	(Gls)†​
2011–2014	Standard Liège	97	(39)
2014–	Marseille	51	(22)
National team‡​
2012–2014	Belgium U21	13	(7)
2015–	Belgium	2	(2)

" Michy is someone who I think can make it to the top of the game , I see a lot of characteristics and similarities Between Michy and Luis Suarez clinical finisher , tricky , strong , pace - it's about us coming up with the right formula to help Michy and if we can do that the player and the club will benefit."


Nicolas Nkoulou

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Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†​	(Gls)†​
2008–2011	Monaco	78	(0)
2011–	Marseille	154	(5)
National team‡​
2008	Cameroon U23	3	(0)
2008–	Cameroon	68	(0)

"Nicolas is our rock at the back , he is a leader and has played a lot of games at a high level over 200 games in Ligue 1 , He shows intelligence and strength and a desire to fight for every blade of grass and I know we will have a fight to keep Nicolas here."


Steve Mandanda

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Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†​	(Gls)†​
2005–2008	Le Havre	67	(0)
2007–2008	→Marseille (loan)	34	(0)
2008–	Marseille	291	(0)
National team‡​
2003–2006	France U21	17	(0)
2008	France B	2	(0)
2008–	France	21	(0)

"Steve is a Fantastic goalkeeper and someone I am really looking forward to working with , He has been a great servant to this club and is someone that I can see being part of the history of this club for years to come"

 

[coolmcool]

Marseille have actually got a few decent players there, but passing PSG will be a tough ask! good luck

 

[Milleg9]

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The system of Rodgers predominantly based on:-

• Possession (i.e. attacking with the ball and then resting with the ball)
• Moving the ball from side-to-side to open up spaces
• Defending in zones rather than in a fixed formation

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"I have spent the last few weeks trying to get the players to understand the importance of Pitch geography, We need to understand how to play with the ball and without the ball."

"we have to be able to keep the ball and be patient but also have the ability to be clinical when we need to be"

"We have the players that are able to be the difference on all levels and area's of the pitch"

"I want us to score goals , entertain the fans and challenge for the title"​

 

[Milleg9]

Marseille have actually got a few decent players there, but passing PSG will be a tough ask! good luck

Thank you mate!! Aim is to push PSG as much as I can this year and build from that!

 

[PatrickLFC]

One of your goals needs to be to sign Joe Allen for twice his value

Good luck though mate!

 

[Milleg9]

One of your goals needs to be to sign Joe Allen for twice his value

Good luck though mate!

Hahaha I did look at bringing Colin Pascoe with me but he turned it down!

 

[xJamieWilliams]

Good start mate!

 

[Milleg9]

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Brendan Rodgers takes charge of Marseille for the first time at home to stade malherbe caen , A game that they are expected to win at home.

"The boys have worked well and have taken to the idea's and philosophy I am trying to deliver to this great club"

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"This is a massive club , With some fantastic fans and I can't put into words how excited I am to get the season underway"

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"Fantastic win for the boys , we played some good football , we passed the ball well and retained possession and worked our chances well especially considering we have only been working together for about 4 weeks"

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"Our ball retention was really good , the players played with intelligence and understood the importance of keeping the ball and how that impacts the ability to win"

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"Florian was outstanding today , He was very tricky and showed how dangerous he can be with his pace , His move to Newcastle maybe didn't work out the way he wanted but I believe I can help Florian show that he has the quality to play at the top"

 

[Milleg9]

Good start mate!

Thank you mate!