THE WALLS are closing on Brendan Rodgers. Most bookies make him 6-4 favourite to be the first Premier League manager sacked and, however you pitch it, Liverpool’s recent performances and results simply haven’t been good enough. The Reds’ record since losing at Anfield to Manchester United in March is P18 W5 D5 L8. And those wins were chalked up against Newcastle, QPR, Stoke, Bournemouth and Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup. Further, 18 times in the past 20 matches Liverpool have failed to score more than one goal. Should Rodgers have been sacked in the summer? Should he be sacked now? Can he turn it all around? We asked Anfield Wrap regulars for their verdict.
ROY HENDERSON — @royhendo
1. Should Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers in the summer?
I think so, yeah. I thought so at the time and I still think so now — people were always gonna be baying for blood at the first hint of things not going well, let alone a genuinely poor spell of form.
2. Should Brendan Rodgers be sacked now?
Probably, yeah. Although there’s an argument that, given the leeway he’s supposedly been given to sign players and direct operations that he should be given time to bed those things in. That’s all fine in theory, but the momentum of fan opinions is past its tipping point, I think, and once that happens, it tends to be a fait accompli. What’s clear now is that Liverpool, to implement a long term plan in a joined up way, need a strong talented Director Of Football in place, and managers who consistently fit the template set from there. We’ll churn managers and I think we have to if we’re gonna retain the kind of ideas above our station that keep the club in any way special.
3. Are you confident Brendan Rodgers can turn things around at Liverpool?
No, I’m not. I think he’s a good manager but he’s reacting now, and I can’t see how he can project the kind of authority he needs to turn things around and consistently win games. If he does manage it, it will be maybe the biggest achievement of his career, because it’s a task that’s proven impossible for more illustrious managers than he. Regardless, it’s not a popular view, but he will go on to have a very good career in the game — he’s young and this experience will stand him in good stead.
KARL COPPACK — @thecenci
1. Should Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers in the summer?
Yes. Not for the league position as such but just for the lack of planning. The refusal to play strikers, Wembley, the inability to see that Swansea (and therefore others) had worked out the 3-4-3 and punished us, and, of course, the absolute lack of direction at the 6-1. What’s more Brendan clearly felt that Stoke was the final straw and would accept his fate. The owners sacking the backroom staff was frankly ludicrous. Stoke was the perfect time for a clean break and they’ve all missed it.
2. Should Brendan Rodgers be sacked now?
I think that ship has sailed. It should have been Stoke and now we’ve spent the money and are six games in I can’t see why they’d sack them. You could say that if things get worse he’d have to go but the owners thought 6-1 wasn’t bad enough so there are two answers here. Should he be sacked – yes, I think so. Will he be? I doubt it. FSG are only interested in May, not September.
3. Are you confident Brendan Rodgers can turn things around at Liverpool?
No, I’m afraid not. I don’t mean this maliciously but there is still no cohesive plan on the pitch. We seem to be chopping and changing until something works and once that’s found out we undergo another period of finding the next new answer.
I think the manager has talent but I’d rather he wasn’t learning with our money and the confidence of our players. Again, nothing malicious but I don’t thiink this is going anywhere.
STEVE GRAVES — @steve_graves
1. Should Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers in the summer?
There was a call to be made, but on balance I didn’t think so. It wasn’t a sentimental or soft argument, but a pragmatic one based on what Liverpool needed — a massive points and goals swing. The club had a man in place who’d presided over exactly that. Many fans seem to underestimate, perhaps deliberately, how extraordinary 2013-14 was.
2. Should Brendan Rodgers be sacked now?
This season’s results alone constitute a slow start rather than a sacking offence, but stretched across the end of last season things have not been good enough. There’s basically been no fun, and when the fun stops what else is there? I think we’re in wait-and-see territory.
3. Are you confident Brendan Rodgers can turn things around at Liverpool?
Unlike a lot of people I really want him to. It’s mainly down to the habit of wanting Liverpool to win at football, which I find quite hard to kick. Against Norwich it felt like a little bit of creativity had come back and it looked plausible that Liverpool might score more than one goal in a game at some point in the future. He also probably deserves a run of games with a fit Daniel Sturridge, but ‘deserve’ is a basically a meaningless word in football.
IAN SALMON — @IanRSalmon
1. Should Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers in the summer?
Yes. Simple as. End of. Want more? Okay. I sat in a studio at the top of the tower on the Monday morning after the Stoke game and demanded answers — demanded to know how we we’re nearly 24 hours on and Brendan Rodgers hadn’t been sacked yet, demanded to know how and why a loss of that magnitude with that little fight on the shoulders of the run that had started with the loss to Manchester United at home was not deemed to be gross misconduct.
Obviously no answers were forthcoming. I’m okay with that, I get the fact that I’m a customer and have no right to answers on how owners run their businesses and as the summer progressed, I calmed. The new signings appeared to be of Brendan’s making, the coaching changes seemed to make sense. It seemed clear that FSG had accepted the extenuating circumstances argument from last season; that the loss of Luis Suarez, followed by the injury to Daniel Sturridge, compounded by the wrong signings, the wrong policy on transfers were an insurmountable issue. They were giving Rodgers another chance, I might as well, mightn’t I?
The two unconvincing 1-0 wins didn’t persuade me either way. The draw with Arsenal showed me that there was the possibility that we may be able to combine attacking invention with defensive fortitude.
Then the wheels fell off.
2. Should Brendan Rodgers be sacked now?
Yes. Simple as. End of. Yes, a million times yes. The Arsenal performance starts to look as though the first half was more about their failings than our invention, the second more about survival than resilience. The loss to West Ham was embarrassing, the reliance on the 4-2-3-1 that failed so badly last season before changing to three at the back looked limited in its thinking; the fact that it wasn’t changed looked like a man who had run out of ideas.
The performance at Old Trafford was humiliating. That they were as bad as us is neither here nor there; United were there for the taking and we made no attempt to take them.
The Norwich game is actually an improvement on both of those, the 3-4-1-2 much more fluid, the desire to move forward more evident but the refusal to recognise the fact that James Milner was having a thoroughly abject game and instead substitute the much more effective Lucas is poor judgement at best.
The loss of Benteke at half time is unfortunate, the loss of Henderson for two months could not be forecast; Brendan is having moments of ill fortune but he no longer looks like a man who can solve those moments. Our inability to convert chances on the day may not be his fault, our continued failure to deal with corners has to lie — partially at least — at his door.
3. Are you confident Brendan Rodgers can turn things around at Liverpool?
No. He looks to have run out of solutions. He no longer appears to have the wherewithal to provoke passion in his players; that Danny Ings’ appetite and attitude stands out so much from everybody else on the pitch speaks volumes about Ings’ own desire and highlights the fact that such passion has been missing so often this season.
DAVE MARTINEZ — @DMARTINEZ_85
1. Should Liverpool have sacked Brendan Rodgers in the summer?
Yes. I believed at the time that he should have gone in the summer. Not necessarily because I thought it was impossible for him to bounce back from last season or that I think he’s a ‘fraud’, but because I felt that there were superior replacements available and not many other top clubs were seeking a new manager at the time.
It’s not often that managers with CVs as impressive as Carlo Ancelotti’s and Jurgen Klopp’s are on the market with so few realistic options for their next port of call. Usually when a top coach leaves one big club his next move is already lined up well in advance, but that wasn’t the case with several highly-rated managers this summer and I felt we should have taken advantage of that unique situation and acquired a more proven leader while we had the opportunity to do so.
It may have been a little harsh on Brendan to get rid just 12 months after he nearly won the league for us but Liverpool Football Club should always be moving forward and if a better option is available on or off the pitch we should always be looking to take it.
2. Should Brendan Rodgers be sacked now?
Yes.
Seasons can get away from you quickly and this one is already threatening to do so. While I still held out some hope that Brendan could make a decent fist of the season when it began, what has been served up thus far has seen what little confidence I had left evaporate.
The manager was backed well in the summer in terms of money and acquiring his preferred transfer targets, but we’re nearly a sixth of the way through the league campaign and the absence of a clear plan for success is alarmingly evident.
Despite getting the players he wanted Rodgers is still scratching around for a system that works and it feels like he’s already been reduced to throwing shit at a wall and just hoping something sticks. Players are in and out of the team, playing out of position, formations are changing several times per game and the lack of clarity is startlingly reminiscent of the dreadful last few months of 2014-15.
My fear going into this season was that we would struggle early on, the fan base would turn against Rodgers completely and we would have to make a change midway through because his position had become untenable. If we’re honest, that’s happened already.
Ninety per cent of the fans want him gone, we’re stumbling from system to system, game to game and dropping points all over the shop. If this continues for another six weeks or so then any chance of a top-four finish will be gone and the season will be a write off before Santa has come down the chimney.
Why not make the change now when it seems almost certain that we will have to do it later on anyway? Why delay the inevitable?
3. Are you confident Brendan Rodgers can turn things around at Liverpool?
No.
I imagine that the counter argument people who want the manager to stay will use is that Rodgers has to be given more time because he was backed by FSG with such conviction in the summer.
The problem with that line of thinking is that, despite that significant backing, he’s getting next to nothing out of a pretty talented group of players. The Premier League is almost uniformly dreadful at the moment in terms of quality and no one will convince me that a top manager couldn’t turn this Liverpool squad into something more than it currently is and take advantage of that fact. Have you seen the state of Manchester United? They’re second in the table! SECOND!
Before I end this I should add that, from a personal point of view, I’m hoping a new manager comes in soon for more selfish reasons than those listed above.
Frankly I’m tired of football right now. I’m absolutely, positively fucking bored of this season already. I’m fed up of watching us play crap football. I’ve had enough of seeing (and participating in) the constant bickering on social media about the manager.
I’m bored of the over the top personal attacks on him and his teeth or his love life. I’m bored of it all and just want the club to be managed by someone who has the backing of almost everyone again so we can just get back to concentrating on the football.
Even if we win our next five or six games you know that as soon as Liverpool lose again the knives will be out. The furore around his overuse of the word ‘outstanding’ will resurface. So too the digs about his new girlfriend.
A large portion of the fanbase basically despise Brendan Rodgers and the only way you come back from that if you’re him is by achieving a minor miracle on the pitch.
Sadly, the chances of that happening seem remote.
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If Rodgers had won the league in 13/14 this question would be laughable. The fact that he lost it on such tiny margins doesn’t change that imho.
If he goes now then we start all over again. A new “project”. More transition. I just can’t face it. We’ve been there too many times before.
It doesn’t matter who we get in. We’ll finish between 4th and 8th. The same as with Rodgers. Caving in to all the snides and twitter idiots who love it every time we lose would accomplish nothing.
We are in transition every season with Brendan Rodgers. New players and new tactics all the time. Open your eyes.
Ask yourself why.
For me, there would be even more reason to ask the question.
Like it or not, league win or narrow second-place, he has managed a decline in squad quality, worth, confidence, leadership and achievement.
We are where we are, and a Stevie G slip doesn’t change that – but would only serve to highlight the point, and the decline.
Wow,Dave Martinez was spot on. I couldn’t agree more. He wasn’t an apologist or screaming for Rafa to come back (Thank God ).
Yeah who wants that guy Rafa, who loves the club and gave it some of its greatest ever nights of football?
All the fans who hated him and called him a ‘fat Spanish waiter’ probably don’t. Have you forgotten the circumstances in which he left? Atletico Madrid at home was poisonous. Neil nailed it earlier in the year: http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2015/05/rafa-benitez-returning-to-liverpool-would-be-a-big-mistake/
Reading that article, I think Neil is probably right. Defending Rafa would be a chore lol.
I do believe he would get us back into the top four; whether or not he wins us the league with consistent funding not selling to buy I’m not sure. I know he had a bit of a scatter gun approach but he did buy some truly great players. Under Rodgers you are really only looking at continho and sturridge. Some players this year look good but it’s perhaps a little early to judge them.
Also I think Rafa would have a good shot at getting us champions league via the Europa league.
Though let’s be honest he isn’t coming back, at least not under the current owners. Perhaps its just nostalgic thinking.
If I could see a plan with Rodgers if I could see he was working towards something I would have some to cling to. However he; as was written elsewhere, just seems to be throwing things at the wall and hoping some sticks. When it eventually slides off, he just repeats the process. More trial and error than logical conclusions.
Anyway thanks for the reply
1. No
2. No
3. Yes
Everybody wants too much, too soon. This is a new team that needs time to bed in after losing the play of Sterling and the character of Gerrard after last season. Changing the manager now (or at the end of Nov) after we have played all our tricky away’s will only disguise the issues and artificially inflate any uplift a new manager can bring in. Brendon should have the whole season and then assess after that, four years seems long enough for a fair shot and pre-2013/14 would have been an expected time frame for top 4 regularity going forward. We are 1 point ahead of chelsea and only 2 behind arsenal and yes he does deserve a chance with a fully fit sturridge (he did sign him after all!)
There is too much need for too much copy these days
Great article idea, good relevant questions and good timing so we can see all TAW contributor’s views.
I’d be astonished if anyone answered yes to question 3, so I look forward to parts 2, 3, 4, etc, especially given that not even Steve did.
if he is sacked he walks off with big pay day for failure.He will probably blag a job in punditry telling everyone who will listen how he nearly won the title and other hard luck storiesLet him clean up his mistakes and dont leave them for the next guy
The chances of Rodgers turning this around on a long term basis are slim and none.
Slim already left town.
Get. Rid. Now.
Another good article. Our owners really are in a quandary now.
He probably should have gone in the summer but they were patient and supportive of him. But, as noted above, i just can’t see how he can turn this around. The atmosphere towards Brendan is poisonous, more so on social media admittedly.
I’ve mentioned before that i quite like him, i hope he succeeds because it means the team is doing well. I don’t care about his post match comments, his love life or whether he has pearly whites or teeth like sugar puffs, i just want a team that wins matches (not all the time just more often than not).
He’s got no excuses left now. This is his 4th season- we should be seeing a set system, style of play and progression. It all feels shambolic and has done for a good while.
Mitigating circumstances aside, he’s had 7 transfer windows and approx £250m to fashion a team in his image and yet we seem no closer to seeing a Brendan Rodgers team- he looks lost and the constant chopping and changing players and systems just looks like a man searching for answers to a question he doesn’t know.
Look at UTD- they’re in their 2nd season with Van Gaal, now they are serving up shit on a stick football but nevertheless they are getting results. He’s identified weak areas and addressed them. They still have weak areas in their team yet he is still finding a way to get the necessary results. They have a style and system which is effective for them and going forward you’d expect them to add additional players to improve that system and style.
We, on the other hand, are now supposedly in another rebuild. If Brendan gets to next summer and stays on and we spunk another £50-60m are we then on another rebuild?
At what point do the owners say “enough’s enough”?
I’d say get rid now but that is dependent on his replacement. If it’s likely to be Monk or Howe then we may as well stick with Rodgers.
Its hard not to be in transition when the best players leave the club each year. Do we know who is responsible for that or do we just assume its the manager? It seems to me that the manager was irrelevent to Suarez and Stirling leaving, and The trasition to a Stevie free Liverpool was handled as well as anyone else would have handles it. Injuries havent helped, and its part of a managers lot to deal with that so by now have a squad that the manager can trust in depth, but we dont know how much of that is him and how much the “committee”.
Looking at the positives we seem to have a decent group of what everyone seems to forget are very young players. I dont see how bringing another manager in at this point is going make everything gel together any faster,
We were disappointing last year after the hugely surprising season before, but with hind-site when we lose our world class strikers, and cant recruit replacements that suit our style; and when we now have to carry our iconic midfielder on his lap of honour, and when our best young prospect is unsettled by his want of a move, its hardly surprising that performances dipped.
Should Rogers he have been fired at the end of last season. I can see it both ways, but overall it would have been harsh without the added hindsight of the slow start to this year. He exceeded expectation the year before and I think deserved a chance to carry on given the problems up front with Sturridge out long term and Balotelli never fitting in (a player Rogers was never in favour of). There should however have been consequences for the transfer committee, which seems to have been largely uncountable for recruiting a very mixed bag of incoming players with the Suarez payout. Hopefully some will come good over time as often happens.
Should they ditch him now? No, I dont see what would it achieve other than more transition, Lets see where we are in a few months and if things are bleak plan for a smooth change. The mangers performance should be judged looking at the bigger picture of results across UEFA league, premiership and cup performances closer to the next transfer window when if a new manager is needed they will have a chance to impose their vision via the transfer window.
Can he turn things around? I think so, with good players coming back from injury and others adapting to the premiership, and young player maturing absolutely he can. We have had poor spells followed by runs of good football and good results with Rodgers in the past so we know he can do it. If he does the question is then if we end up top 4 or win a pot, will the fanbase come back on his side!
My worry is will we be able to retain the good young players that we have, or will there be more transition again next year, and the year after? Liverpools lack of Champions League means we lack top table clout in the transfer market regardless of finances. Im afraid that Gary Neville is right, we have to operate by finding and developing players that have potential to be world class, we can no longer count on recruiting the finished article. It seems to me likely that until we can get reestablished as a regular in the Champions League the good players that we do discover and develop in leu of buying top priced ready made replacements are going to want to leave for better things regardless of who the manager is.
We have good players coming back from injury, incoming players are adjusting to the unique requirements of the premier league and the young kids are only going to get better, but “You’ll never walk alone” really should be more that just a song.
From the time Sturridge arrived to the end of 13/14, Rodgers had a record of 36-12-9. When Sturridge was available last season, Rodgers had a record of 12-2-4. Put them together and you have a record of 48-14-13.
With Suarez absent, but Sturridge in the side, Rodgers still has a record of 19-4-5. During the 10 game ban alone, Sturridge scored 11 goals.
If you look at our poor form last season, I would put it down to Rodgers not having the type of striker suited to the squad he had assembled. Howlin’ Wolf once sang, “I asked her for water, and she gave me gasoline.” Rodgers asked for Sanchez or Bony and FSG gave him Balotelli or Eto’o.
Now, Rodgers has Sturridge back, as well as Benteke with 49 in 100 games and Firmino with 49 in 153 games. I think that however dreadful it has been (and it has), it would be absurd to sack the guy who only 16 months ago deservedly won Manager of the Year just as he is getting Sturridge back and the other players are just bedding in.
I’m not saying to give him a lifetime contract, but at least let him see it out to December. There was a reason that folks were lining the streets to greet the bus, and I would hate to let the Twitterati keep us from taking a chance on the guy who was at the helm (not literally) getting us back to such great heights (to mix a metaphor beyond recognition).
Rafa wouldn’t be my first or second choice, but he is a world-class boss. That’s why he’s worked at great clubs since leaving us and now finds himself at the greatest of them all.
If he were a boxer, he would have been Larry Holmes. Brilliant and successful, but not always easy on the eye. Rafa would get the squad of players we have into the top 4, although there would be no shortage of attritional games for fans to get wound-up about.
We’ve had only 2 top-class managers in the last 30 years – Kenny and Rafa. Both quit with plenty more to offer. Kenny went on to win a Premier League title and Rafa is still managing at the highest level.
Virtually all of the world-class players we have sold, in the last 30 years (those who weren’t a spent force), went on to better things. Rodgers next job will be at a club like Villa, Fulham, West Ham or QPR – the sort of clubs where most of our cast-off players end up. It’s just where they belong.
We should only get rid of Rodgers if there is somebody significantly better to take on the job. Somebody proven at the highest level. We are going to look ridiculous if we end up sacking Rodgers when there is no elite manager to recruit.
Given how much money we squander, who wouldn’t be happy to wake up tomorrow and read that we had just made Klopp or Ancelotti the highest-paid manager in the game?
That was outstanding, Ian.
You hit a very true point. We get lost in how rich City, Man U and Chelsea. Get a bit lost in the talent and potential at Arsenal. The reality is that this league is Man United writ large. It’s crap. Everyone has found the middle. Thank God for Sunderland and Newcastle or we could be in a relegation scrap. I wasn’t horribly surprised by drawing to Norfolk. They’ve found the middle as well. I practically dread playing Leicester.
My problem more than the missed opportunity of a chaotic season where we could lurch uncontrollably back into the Champions League by default is the long term damage being done to the club. We have lost Suarez. That was going to happen at some point. But Sterling and soon Coutinho. Those are not galacticos, but they’re the best we had.
I can’t imagine a player with promise interested in anything beyond money would want to come here and play for Rodgers. The likelihood of being discarded if you’re lucky, misused if you’re not is so great. The treatment of Markovic and Ilori purely because they were not his choice players. The irresponsible over reliance on kids like Ibe and Gomez. Every coach has their favourites. It’s never good to be in a dog house, but the coaches who don’t manage that with an eye for talent and ability are not long for the job. It works both ways. With Rodgers, he lacks that eye for talent or the ability to curb his own petulance.
I seriously fear for the long term of this club. We talk about making a statement of intent with players, but have a manager who was fired by Reading and has no CV to speak of. Now we hear that he has Gerrard making calls to players we have no chance of signing and he wonders why the transfer committee ends up not getting his players?
I agree that he’s probably a very good bloke. People who work with him seem to like him. He’s definitely in over his head. He can’t admit it. He never will. If we have a chance to sign Klopp, it needs to be done. Now. If we lose that chance and end up with Garry Monk, nothing will change. We’ll be battling with Tottenham and Southampton year in and year out for a Europa slot.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0333vrj
Not sure what Motty is on there. If there’s a media conspiracy, there’s an even bigger fan conspiracy! Perhaps Motty is not familiar with Twitter :-D
Should we have sacked him? No
My feeling is that Rodgers had enough credit in the bank from 13/14 and for turning things around mid-season last time around but the capitulation in the final third of the season was abysmal and worrying. As always we don’t see what’s going on behind the scenes to cause this but we were gutless and Rodgers was, in my mind, wholly to blame for that.
Should we sack him now? Still unsure.
Having said that I thought the pre-season decision to dispense with Lucas and to start Lovren over Sakho WAS a sackable offence! He appears to have done a U-turn on both of those but bar a half at Arsenal and a more positive display against Norwich we’ve been the same as the tail end of last season.
Can he turn it around? Sure!
A more pertinent question should be WILL he turn it around. My guess is that no he won’t but my gawd I want him to because if he succeeds, LFC succeed and why wouldn’t I want the team I love to do well? Anyone who claims to be a supporter that wants the team to lose is a fool, plain and simple!
Most of us wanted Liverpool to lose in Hodgson’s final month to get rid of him because it was for the greater good. We weren’t fools as time proved us right.
Im amazed how anyone thinks the ‘its a new team,needs time to settle in’ line is in any way still appropriate. Its the same every season with Rogers it will be the same next. Players that arent good enough or players he doesnt inspire to make any better. More tens of millions worth loaned out. For all the credit Rogers took the season we finished second we all see now what that season was. He won the lottery. Dont tell me it was his mastermind tactics that had us winning 4-3, 5-3. And if so dont say it wasnt his naivety that didn’t see it through.
Even if we go on a 6 game unbeaten run Do we really expect anything to come from it? Do we really expect it now to drop into another hole for weeks/months on end. This is a man who still thinks Simon Mignolet should be his number 1 FFS. Its getting to the ‘so what’ stage. We wing a game, so what, we know whats round the corner and he never fails us. He lost many people the second he went to Madrid and rolled over never mind Stoke.
For the sake of his time and that season at Liverpool I hope this doesnt get nasty as I like the guy. But lets face if we dont win both of the next 2 game MINIMUM, as you guys said on the show, we are approaching Hodgson territory. Theres no coming back from this now. Lets get someone else in while we are still in all competitions. We dont know whats going on behind the scenes but if 2 solid managers like Ancelotti and Klopp are jobless and we havent even approached them that says all you need to know, as if we didnt all ready, about FSG ambition.
Dave Martinez, that’s about where I land, sadly.
The only issue I have is that I don’t know who comes in next. If it’s Klopp – like we all want it to be – great, but there is no evidence he would be offered the job or would accept it if offered (and yes, I’m discounting all the silly internet rumors as just that). So, does that mean we make a change for the sake of change alone? Who would be a fit for the job? I’m scared out of my mind that they sack Rodgers and appoint O’Driscoll as caretaker. I think that would be an utter disaster, but it sort of feels like what FSG would do.
Whatever I feel about sacking him after Stoke, Rodgers cant be sacked now……we’ve only had 6 league games…..its still september !!
WOW. comments are much longer than the article itself. lots of passion, especially on BR out.
BUT wouldnt it be really really great and lots of positive energy for the Players, if we all just stop criticizing the manager for the next few matches, and show our full support as Liverpool fans usually do (except Roy H era)…… i strongly believe the results and performance will improve drastically.
For the sake of our great football.family, i think we should really support the team, and tone.down a bit of our negative thoughts abt the manager at the moment.
This is a ludicrous article. Im ashamed that im even pating for this. You show me any manager that could manage a team like Liverpool and could cope with the loss of 3 of their biggest stars in suarez, gerrard and sterling, and still expect him to be hitting the highs that he reached in that fantastic 13/14 season, that manager does not exsist.
I think he’s had a summer transfer period where hes assembled a better squad than we’ve had in years in terms of strength in depth. Its all about finding that formula and getting everyone fully fit again. Now hes got sturridge back in contention, he’s well equipped to have another pop at the top four, and see where that takes us.
An injury to a team captain hits every team, especially at CM when he was planned to work in tandem with milner, which has now had to be adapted to play with lucas (who didnt know if he was to stay at lpool or not), or the impressive but inexperienced can at CM
Get this full strength team playing like we did against Norwich, creating chances and playing some football. Get behind your manager for once, not supporting Liverpool only when they are winning. If you cant follow us when we’re losing, dont turn up when we’re winning. Get back in the real world and support your team or take a hike across stanley park and support the blue shite
When all said and done the blame lies with FSG for employing a rookie instead of a proven high profile manager that could still attract top players to play for him and the club even without champions league football to offer them. It’s always difficult with no champions league to lure top players to the club but virtually impossible to get them whilst having a manager nobody has heard of outside the English football league
Liverpool needs a great good international level manager . Rodgers has failed n needs to be sacked n changed immediately . Liverpool fans r fed up of him .