There are some managers who can really only play successfully one or two ways and need exactly the right players. There are some managers who can play successfully several ways, but need the right players. And then there are some managers who can do it several ways and they can use the existing players they inherit and improve the team immensely by just adding one or two here and there. For me, Rogers fitted into the first category. Tactically inconsistent in his successful translation off the board onto the pitch. Fell down immediately the odd key player became injured or suspended. In being one of the highly rated new breed of coaches, I thought he fell well below the hype. I also think the Liverpool job was too much for him at this stage in his career. Should have stayed at Swansea for a lot longer. Luckily for Gary Monk, he didn't. I suspect he might pop into Europe for his next job, a la Moyes.
It would do him a world of good but would he embrace the culture? When David Platt moved to Italy back in the 1990s, he fully embraced the culture and language, and was able to telephone for a plumber as well as engage in the dressing-room conversation.
