I think even if he wins the next 3 games, a bad loss vs. Everton will see him gone.
A case of the international break coming at the wrong time for him.
Brendan Rodgers was once the manager of Liverpool Football Club...
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A case of the international break coming at the wrong time for him.
titles? a cup maybe, but never the title, unless he stumbles across a top 5 in the world player again, supported by 2 attacking players dovetailing amazingly for a one season wonder...
I was just joking
He is finished.As i said in Liverpool discussion thread i can't see him being sacked anytime soon. Yes they have a bad squad and their general play is not good but to think that he will be sacked at this stage is just a wishful thinking from Liverpool supporters.
He is now quite a long time a manager of Liverpool and current squad is really his creation. The owners backed him with a lot of money every summer and they did the same last summer. If his sacking would be even a little possibility i think the owners wouldn't backed him with this much money as they did last summer.
Now he spend around 300m pounds, this is a lot of money, and their owners will give him as much time as possible if he can turn things around with this squad. They know that if they sack him the next manager will want to completely rebuild their squad once again which would cost a lot of money. The similar rebuilding job like we had is strong possibility if they decide to bring new manager. I don't think they are prepared to do that after how much money Rodgers already spend, it is not like us when we didn't spend a lot for a long time and Glazers knew that sooner rather than later they will need to show the money, Liverpool owners had already showed the money and another rebuilding job is the last thing the would want.
As for Rodgers he looks like a parody of himself and is totally lost. He clearly don't know how he wants to play with changing the formation everytime they play badly and he don't really know what players fit his style of play, their squad is one of the worst Liverpool teams i have ever seen and this squad is his creation.
He is now quite a long time a manager of Liverpool and current squad is really his creation. The owners backed him with a lot of money every summer and they did the same last summer. If his sacking would be even a little possibility i think the owners wouldn't backed him with this much money as they did last summer.
Now he spend around 300m pounds, this is a lot of money, and their owners will give him as much time as possible if he can turn things around with this squad. They know that if they sack him the next manager will want to completely rebuild their squad once again which would cost a lot of money. The similar rebuilding job like we had is strong possibility if they decide to bring new manager. I don't think they are prepared to do that after how much money Rodgers already spend, it is not like us when we didn't spend a lot for a long time and Glazers knew that sooner rather than later they will need to show the money, Liverpool owners had already showed the money and another rebuilding job is the last thing the would want.
As for Rodgers he looks like a parody of himself and is totally lost. He clearly don't know how he wants to play with changing the formation everytime they play badly and he don't really know what players fit his style of play, their squad is one of the worst Liverpool teams i have ever seen and this squad is his creation.
They need to lose just enough points to keep them out of the title race and possibly UCl race, but not too much to get him sacked.
I just want to be safe..this is a special year for them..its the year they break our record of 26 years..So, until its mathematically impossible, no celebrations just yet.
Don't think anyone will link them with the title race!
He should pull one of those weird faces he does. Those usually get a good reception.
I am really torn on this. He is undeniably an annoying little git and it's very difficult to like him or even sympathize with him but on the other hand, I can't understand the argument that he bought badly simply because who could he really have bought? Liverpool are not attractive for the best players, they do not offer a good chance for competing and they don't pay the best wages. He bought what he could get his hands on with the money he had, it's not working out but it's a vicious cycle for clubs like Liverpool now. They feel entitled to compete but the reality is that they can't attract the best talent. Their only chance is to have a great season and build on it but even then when they actually did that, they lost their players within 2 years. It's really hard for me to see what he could have done to improve their 5th to 7th finishes as that's simply their level.
The players like Ings, Lambert and Lovren will never be good enough for the standard they want so why he brought them in the first place. Spending 15m pounds on Balotelli is not the smartest thing either. Then there are players like Markovic, Origi and even Moreno.
Who could he bought? More players like Clyne basically, Cabaye would be perfect for them for a start, Delph maybe. Wide players like Mane or Payet would make a big diference, a better striker - maybe they should take a gamble on Lacazette and a defender - i don't know who was available. Fact is he bought very badly, a young players who don't really have that big potential and a players who will be always a level bellow of what they want.
Fair enough. I do however think that buying unproven players is always risky like that. Clyne is a good example in the sense that if we or Chelsea wanted him, Liverpool would have ended up with someone inferior and we will be criticizing Rogers for a bad purchase when it would have been his only option. Mane and Payet are not too dissimilar to Lallana or Markovic in terms of reputation before they arrived. I am judging more generally here mind you; for the resources they have and the type of players they can realistically attract, they cannot expect to finish higher than Chelsea, City, Arsenal or ourselves. That's where they have finished under him so for me he is not doing anything special, nor is he really underachieving.
The money he spent on Lallana was scandalous when you look at what was available on the continent. Buy Markovic then play him as a RWB? Spend 40m+ on Lovren and Sakho? Sure they couldn't sign Sanchez or Di Maria but he's brought in some complete muck.
If he end 5th with this squad he will overachieve definetly. But Liverpool supporters will never admit that. But i believe that he should have much much better squad as he have with the money he spend...
The question is could he have bought players that would help him finish ahead of us, Arsenal, Chelsea or City? I really don't think he could. Their level is 5th or 6th which is where they usually finish and where I think they will finish this year which why I think it's irrelevant to look at the buys or money spent, a club of their resources and status at the moment is simply behind the other four no matter how you look at it. It's a bit like Atlético Madrid, they have no right to finish ahead of the big two in Spain and no amount of analysis of who they bought and why they failed is going to change that fact. Football is unfortunately not that unpredictable.
that is just nonsense. With decent scouting Liverpool should be able to find attainable upgrades for almost all positions. Furthermore it is not just about quality but about getting player who fit into his system. The problem with Rodgers is, that he is talking a good game, but he can´t back it up. On the pitch Liverpool are a bloody mess. Finishing outside the top4 isn´t the end of the world for them, but their performance is truly atrocious. He has no system and his decision making seems to be trial and error. He switches between different tactics and line-ups randomly.
Great victory tonight. I'm certain he would've been sacked if they lost at home against fecking Carlisle. KRAP!
the commentator on talksport say the board are split down the middle and looking at alternatives
T'was like Istanbul tonight.
I can't predict anything with Liverpool recently. Didn't see their meltdown coming last season and I thought Rodgers would last the season before getting sacked this time around but clearly I'm about to be proven wrong again.
I can't predict anything with Liverpool recently. Didn't see their meltdown coming last season and I thought Rodgers would last the season before getting sacked this time around but clearly I'm about to be proven wrong again.
Epic hard-won victory in the great Liverpool tradition, at a vibrant Anfield.
KRAP!
KRAP!
Wasn't too long ago they were waving a banner that said "The Carefully Chosen One". How times change.
How the hell can they be split down the middle?
not at the presser
unreliable twitter source suggests he's gone by mutual consent
unreliable twitter source suggests he's gone by mutual consent
Reliable twitter source says it's nothing alarming, and that Gary Mac did the pre-game one too.
Shame
Not believing it, but if remotely true, he can be gone by fire squad for all I care.
If he gets another transfer window it really would extraordinary, and hilarious.
ah, the parody club a/c tweeted that 10mins ago
it's a rumour that seems to have started yesterday, that FSG were trying to negotiate that kind of exit
probably complete horse-shit then
it's a rumour that seems to have started yesterday, that FSG were trying to negotiate that kind of exit
probably complete horse-shit then
He's off. Just a matter of when.
Keep Rodgers At Pool.
Pleaze!!!
Pleaze!!!
Can a win be a loss?
Party pooperReliable twitter source says it's nothing alarming, and that Gary Mac did the pre-game one too.
Shame
My heart literally skipped a beat reading montpelier's post!If he goes then they need to get King Kenny back to finish what he started.
Okay? Okay...
No idea what rodgers is doing, he best sort it out quick.
Otherwise he's boned. Cmon rodgers, get a run of wins going now.
Otherwise he's boned. Cmon rodgers, get a run of wins going now.
He's gone isn't he..
Don't think he'll be around for long now..
Don't think he'll be around for long now..
The only thing that would cheer me up once they sack this idiot is if they replace him with Graeme Souness.
or Kenny Dalglish
With Gerrard involved as assistant.
They'll have somebody decent lined up. No Gary Monk-style appointments this time.
Should Liverpool move Rodgers on, I feel it's Klopp's job if he wants it.