Nice start Rookie. Are we polling when you will be "retired" by Liverpool? ;-)
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Episode Two - The Odds
17th May 2012
Liverpool FC Manager Appointment Odds
Andre Villas-Boas - 9/2
At thirty-four years of age, the Portuguese manager has many years to offer and already has great experience. His first job as a manager was with the British Virgin Islands in 1998 but he resigned a year later looking for a managerial position more worthwile. He spent the next ten years as a part of Mourinho's team of coaches. At the start of 2009-10, AVB took the post as manager of Portuguese Primeira Liga side Academica where he saved them from relegation and reached the Portuguese League Cup semi-final. He hade a huge instant impact and in the summer of 2010 was offered the job at rivals FC Porto which he accepted. He won the Portuguese Super Cup, the Premeire Liga, the Potuguese Cup and the Europa League all in the one season. This attracted the attention of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich who hired AVB for the 2011/2012 season. However, AVB struggled to lead the Chelsea squad and was sacked in March 2012 he was sacked for poor results.
Roberto Martinez - 5/4
The thirty-eight year old Spannish manager has made quite a name for himself in England. He started his managerial career with Swansea City in late 2006/2007 and went the last 11 games with just one defeat, securing a play-off spot in the League One. Next season he won the League One, securing promotion to the Championship. He had a solid 2008/2009 season, finishing mid-table in the Championship before signing for Premier League side Wigan Athletic. 2009/2010 finished with Wigan avoiding relegation but only just. The next two seasons ended with bottom-half finishes.
Rafael Benitez - 7/2
The former Liverpool manager would be a favoured choice by the fans but may not be by the board. The Spaniard became a youth coach for Real Madrid in 1986. He had success and took jobs at Real Valladolid (1995) and Osasuna (1996) but failed to make an impact and was sacked from both jobs. He did, however, make an impact with Tenerife in 2000/2001, where he got them promoted to the Spannish top flight. He made a name for himself with Valencia, whom he joined the following season. It was here that he won La Liga twice and won the UEFA Cup (now Europa League). This attracted the attention of Liverpool who hired him in the summer of '04. He finished fifth in the league that season which was disappointing but he won the Champions League that year after "that game". He won the F.A. Cup in 2006 after another dramatic penalty shoot-out. The next season he reached the Champions League final again but was beaten by A.C. Milan this time. His next big triumph was the signing was Fernando Torres who scored 33 goals in a season where Liverpool reached another Champions League semi-final, where Chelsea were the victors. The 2008-2009 season saw Liverpool play their best football in years and finished second, just four points off of Man Utd in first. The next season was poor, however, as Liverpool finished just seventh and were knocked out of the Champions League Group Stages. He was sacked but was hired by Internazionale that summer. He struggled to find form and was sacked later that season. Ever since, Rafa has stated his desire to manage Liverpool once again.
Michael Laudrup - 11/2
Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all time, Laudrup's first try at managing professionally was with Danish side Brondby in 2002. In a four year spell where Laudrup developed his own style of short-passing football, Brondby won the cup twice and the league once, while finishing runners-up on several occassions. In 2006, he could not agree terms with the Brondby board and left. He joined Getafe in 2007 where he reached the Spannish cup final and UEFA Cup quarter-final. He handed in his resignation at the end of the season and joined Spartak Moscow but was sacked just seven months in after some disappointing perfomrances. He joined Mallorca in 2010 and saved them from relegation but resigned due to conflict with the Director of Football at the club.
Brendan Rodgers - 6-1
Another manager who has made a great name for himself in England. The Northern-Irish man dived in to his managerial career with Watford in 2008/2009 in the Championship . He managed to guide Watford to thirteenth. He joined old club Reading the following season but resigned mid-way through the 2009/2010 season after a string of poor results. He joined Swansea City in June 2010 and the following season saw Swansea gain promotion to the Premier League. Rodger's debut season in the Premier League saw him guide Swansea to a very respectable eleventh position.
I'm trying to do what all good story writers do by finishing each episode on a cliff-hanger. The music will only get better, that I can promise 
