Rafa's management was robotic, which led to his downfall.

Rodgers' management is anything but robotic.

The man has not put one foot wrong, honest, strong, intelligent, plenty of common sense, fresh, young, softly spoken.

When he talks about fighting for his life for the club, its all very Shankly-esk.

I know he's Irish, but my god does he sound like Graeme Souness! Or is that just me?

The more I think about it, the more sense it makes that the signing he wants to wrap up is Clint Dempsey. Okay, he doesn't exactly excite me (although I do think for 6 or 7 million he'd be an excellent signing), but it'd be perfect timing to sign him before the US tour. He'd certainly make a lot of money for the club in shirt sales over there, particularly if he signs for us just before the US tour.