points, but a very pessimistic evaluation of FSG. There is balance to be had here -- they've stabalised the clubs finances, brought the club more in line with the FFP rules, improve the nationality make-up of the club to come more in line with home grown player rules. Yes, they don't have a clue about football culture, Yes they are making some pretty piss poor mistakes, in some cases over promising and under-delivering, making some seemingly bold decisions as to management and player selection, but when you see past the short term problems we have, the long term outlook looks significantly better than 24 months ago (OK, it could scarcely be MUCH WORSE... ) -- they've done a good job from a strategic point of view. Rodgers is 39 years old, Fergie was 46 when he took over Utd and could hardly be classed as 'significantly experienced' in terms of management. Wenger, 44 when he took Arsenal, again no significant management experience, particularly relating to English football. Mourinho -- 37 when he started management with Benfica, &gt;&gt;39&lt;&lt; when he managed Porto. All of these managers had the same thing in common back then, as they still do today -- they have a clear picture of the strategic style and direction that they want their management organisations to go in, namely -- Fergie (youth system), Wenger (youth & shrewd spending to accumulate), Mouriniho (emphasis on solid defensive play, technical player acquisition and micro-man management). Rodgers was appointed because he has the