'Pool have had a season of failure by their standards, which is not the sole fault of Rogers. Rogers is not the only person at 'Pool that contributed to the planning of this season, to the decision to dispose of Suarez, or to the decisions that led to the players they acquired. There are money people involved in these sorts of decisions as well as big picture sports people and small picture sports people. I would class Rogers as being in the small picture sports category (i.e. season to season) unless he also plays a role in longer term planning at the club. No club moves a player like Suarez in or out without a considerable amount of consideration by many people.
The season so far is a classic parallel of our season after we lost Scotland / Gomez / Bodde .... 40 goals walk out, you either replace them (extraordinarily tough to do), or you toughen your defense and drastically lower your goals-against to match your goals-for capability. 'Pool have failed to do any of these to date. The fact that they lost Suarez and have "lost" Sturridge for a significant part of the season so far is a huge goals-for loss. It's a simplistic analysis but it really models the situation pretty well. We had Sousa to lower the goals-against - if you want to pin something on Rogers it is that he hasn't been able to meet that objective. Ironically, Sousa has now disposed of Rogers in the Champions League (I am amazed by the externalities of our Club - Martinez, Sousa, Rogers etc).
Rogers is responsible for executing on the season's plan with respect to the squad's performance on the field; but not necessarily for the squad he has had to deal with. Now, there may very well be "people", both inside and outside the club, who will look at the season so far and point a finger at Rogers and place the blame on his shoulders. Insiders will do it to cover their own behinds, or there may be some justification if there has been a manifest failure to extract value out of the squad on hand. Outsiders will not understand the inside operations of that club and will therefore cast blame on the manager because he's the only person in the public eye.
As I said in the first paragraph, with the absence of Suarez and Sturridge and the goals-for deficit compared to the previous season, if you have to fault Rogers it is that he as not devised and coached a plan to lower goals-against. You can pick nits on a game by game basis, but on the overall season picture 'Pool are conceding more goals than they are scoring and conceding at more or less the same rate they did last season - that's never going to have a good outcome. It's as simple as that.
Questions: How does 'Pool management (executives etc) view the execution on this season's plan. How do they view the performance of Rogers given the constraints on the squad.
Answers: Will determine whether Rogers stays or goes.
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