The Brendan Rodgers / Replacement thread

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Do you want new manager

  • Yes

    Votes: 14 51.9%

  • No

    Votes: 13 48.1%
  • Total voters
    27
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PJS - BACK AND BOSSING IT said:
Koop would be the one guy I would advise against. He is a proven winner and turned round a club in more o a mess than Liverpool. Stick with Rodgers, he is the man for me
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All he's proven this season is that he can take a team down the table and then quit as soon as the going gets tough <ok>
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jaffakop said:
We are turning into a club in stature similar to Tottenham. I believe the owners have no choice but to let Rodgers go, just hope we can get Klopp
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Your club has been of the same stature as Tottenham for a few years now but they do look to be on the up <ok>
 
Diego said:
Your club has been of the same stature as Tottenham for a few years now but they do look to be on the up <ok>
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And you've moved into our spot :bandit:
200m spent and you are only looking at CL footy cos we blew it, otherwise you'd be 5th matey and you know it, even after being so ****, our last two games are what blew it. Puts your season into perspective
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Sisu said:
And you've moved into our spot :bandit:
200m spent and you are only looking at CL footy cos we blew it, otherwise you'd be 5th matey and you know it, even after being so ****, our last two games are what blew it. Puts your season into perspective
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Yep, £200m and we are looking at CL, where as you lot spent £120m and are clinging on to EL :grin:
 
Lets not forget you are also part time FC and out of all cups nice and early plus 200m and still required us to really blow it badly <ok>
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This is Anfield said:
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'Brendan Rodgers' season at Liverpool is a failure'
Liverpool's defeat at Hull City erased any lingering hope that the cracks that have emerged at Anfield this season would be papered over by the consolation of Champions League qualification.
It was a year ago that captain Steven Gerrard's fateful slip against Chelsea put the skids on what was looking like a thrilling, and completely unexpected, Premier League title triumph.
And it is also the 25th anniversary of Liverpool's last title win, a galling statistic for a club that almost regarded that domestic crown as its personal property.
Coming hard on the heels of a dismal performance in defeat by Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, another late season collapse has left manager Brendan Rodgers facing serious questions.
Can Rodgers manage the big names?
He proved he could handle Luis Suarez, coaxing the best season of his career from the combustible Uruguayan as Liverpool almost won the league after getting tough with him when he wanted to leave in pre-season.
Rodgers also helped Daniel Sturridge to deliver the finest form of his career when he was fit after unfulfilling spells at Manchester City and Chelsea.
Steven Gerrard's departure was always going to be a hospital pass for one Liverpool manager and it landed at the feet of Rodgers.
The debate about whether he was offered a contract early enough continues and is more of a question for Liverpool's hierarchy but the brutal truth is Gerrard's form this season proves the time is right for club and player to part ways.


Gerrard's fading influence
"Liverpool have won seven of their eight Premier League games without Steven Gerrard this season (88%), compared to 40% with him (10 of 25).
Rodgers is also in a no-win situation about when to play Gerrard. The 34-year-old was heavily criticised for his display against Aston Villa at Wembley and yet Rodgers was then questioned for leaving him out at Hull City. It is a delicate balancing act.
As for Raheem Sterling, it is hard to see how Rodgers could have handled him better. He even allowed him a break in Jamaica at the turn of the year to recharge his batteries.
It is clear Sterling's relationship with the club itself is now fragile but it is tough to see how the blame could be pinned on Rodgers, who has been nothing but supportive. The idea that Sterling has become disaffected by being played out of position is also a myth.
Is Rodgers good enough tactically?
How quickly the game can change. Only a few weeks ago, on the back of a 13-game unbeaten run stretching three months, Rodgers was being hailed as a tactical visionary.
After a Champions League loss in Basel, Rodgers switched to an unfamiliar 3-4-3 formation with summer signing Emre Can looking accomplished in an unfamiliar defensive role. It worked superbly as Liverpool moved up the Premier League and towards the FA Cup semi-final.
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Liverpool lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley
It all came tumbling down at Wembley as Rodgers was outmanoeuvred by Aston Villa (Liverpool were "bamboozled" according to Villa manager Tim Sherwood) and lost.
The back three was ditched for a back four after 20 minutes, then at half-time Mario Balotelli was introduced and Steven Gerrard removed from an advanced role. For someone regarded as so creative tactically, it was a mess and a mess at a very bad time.
Rodgers may argue that the failings of his players forced him to switch tactics and he will have a point - but he currently seems to be struggling to identify his best team and best formation.
What about Liverpool's signings?
The scale of the debacle that is Liverpool's transfer policy can be underlined by a Rodgers quote that has been revisited in recent times.
Commenting on Spurs' rebuilding after the sale of Gareth Bale to Real Madrid, Rodgers said: "If you spend over 100-odd million you'd expect to be challenging for the league."
Rodgers (or perhaps in view of the existence of the infamous 'transfer committee' at Liverpool, the club) did spend that sort of cash. And they did not win the league.
The work in the transfer market has been the biggest failure of all. Liverpool's recruitment under Rodgers and the committee has been abysmal. Large sums of money have been squandered on rank inadequacy.
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Mario Balotelli has scored just twice for Liverpool this season
Twenty three players have arrived under Rodgers and the committee. Very few, such as Philippe Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge when fit, can be regarded as unqualified successes.
Mario Balotelli's signing is causing the club to be regarded as a laughing stock while it might be tough to locate the person who regarded spending £20m on former Southampton defender Dejan Lovren as a good idea.
Balotelli came stamped with warnings from all quarters, yet Liverpool ignored those and somehow believed Rodgers would succeed where Jose Mourinho and Roberto Mancini gave up. Not a chance.
And what about Rickie Lambert? If he initially regarded a switch to his boyhood club as a dream move he will hope he soon wakes up from what has been a nightmare. Barely used and looking utterly unsuited when he was, what has been the point?


Liverpool's failing strike-force
Their specialist strikers (Daniel Sturridge, Mario Balotelli, Rickie Lambert and Fabio Borini) have scored eight Premier League goals between them this season. Everton's back four (Leighton Baines, Seamus Coleman, Phil Jagielka and John Stones) have scored nine.
Liverpool simply failed to address the departure of Luis Suarez. It needed a replacement of the highest class, whatever it cost, not cheap punts and failed gambles on Lambert and Balotelli.
And does anyone at Anfield even remember the likes of Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas?
Liverpool's transfer policy and committee seem to be attempting to circumnavigate a system that cannot be circumnavigated.
At least if Rodgers was given more responsibility here, which he should be, owners Fenway Sports Group would know exactly where to pin the blame.
A shambles - and one that FSG will want answers about.
Are the fans behind Rodgers?
Rodgers, rightly, has a reservoir of goodwill among Liverpool's fans after last season but that will run dry if improvements are not made - and quickly.
They admire Rodgers as someone who has bought into the history and tradition of Liverpool and likes to play football in a way they admire.
There are others, however, who point to how Liverpool have faltered when it mattered and the more fickle - or critical - have been casting envious glances in the direction of Borussia Dortmund's Jurgen Klopp, who is available at the end of the season.
If this was an election, Rodgers would just hold the majority but any further signs of deterioration between now and the end of the season might bring a hung parliament at Anfield.
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Jurgen Klopp led Borussia Dortmund to two Bundesliga titles and the 2013 Champions League final
Has this season been a failure?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32515766
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Read that earlier. Claim that all the signing are flops and lays the blame on the committee and that BR should have control over transfers <yikes>
Thats when I knew the article was worthless. Think we all know the committee is hit and miss, whereas Rodgers is all miss. Allen, Borini, Lovren, Lallana all Rodgers buys, all expensive, all average beyond belief.
 
Sisu said:
Lets not forget you are also part time FC and out of all cups nice and early plus 200m and still required us to really blow it badly <ok>
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You haven`t blown it, you have just gone back to your normal form after one wonder season (as most people outside Liverpool predicted) <ok>
 
Diego said:
Nope, in reallity we have relied on Southamptons two dips in the season <ok>
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All banter aside, you really think van Gaal and your players were good enough this season? You have been ****, we've been worse, the only reason you're there, your Southampton point is banter I hope <laugh>

We gave you a ten point gap at one stage and clawed it back, we then gave you 6 more and you blew that too, we just failed epicly, it is embarrassing that we'll finish behind you lot this season, that's how **** you lot have been <ok>

Your football has been utterly dire apart from 4 or 5 games all season.

I hope van Gaal stays for a long long time
 
Sisu said:
And you've moved into our spot :bandit:
200m spent and you are only looking at CL footy cos we blew it, otherwise you'd be 5th matey and you know it, even after being so ****, our last two games are what blew it. Puts your season into perspective
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Rodgers spent £200m and all he got was the KO stages of the CL
 
Sisu said:
All banter aside, you really think van Gaal and your players were good enough this season? You have been ****, we've been worse, the only reason you're there, your Southampton point is banter I hope <laugh>

We gave you a ten point gap at one stage and clawed it back, we then gave you 6 more and you blew that too, we just failed epicly, it is embarrassing that we'll finish behind you lot this season, that's how **** you lot have been <ok>

Your football has been utterly dire apart from 4 or 5 games all season.

I hope van Gaal stays for a long long time
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Nope, we have not been anywhere near good enough for 2/3rds of the season. A bit like you lot, too much fuking about with the system and playing people out of position but, i think there was method in this for van Gaal. In his first season he knew not much was expected of him so used the first part of the season to see where his squad was at and where each player would fit best for his requirements. Then he started to use those players as he wanted and things have looked much better.
 
Diego said:
You haven`t blown it, you have just gone back to your normal form after one wonder season (as most people outside Liverpool predicted) <ok>
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And Van Gaal has spent almost £200m to valiantly lead Utd to their 2nd worst finish in 10yrs.

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Sisu said:
We have had a complete disaster of a season and we're still 14 points ahead of you lot <laugh>

and we didn't get to the KO stages fyi<ok>

Ah well, at least you won the Liverpool didnt win anything cup, all you gotta look forward to every year like

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Yeah, he only made the KO stages of the EL by not reaching the KO stages of the CL......and he flucked that up.
 
Sisu said:
We have had a complete disaster of a season and we're still 14 points ahead of you lot <laugh>

and we didn't get to the KO stages fyi<ok>

Ah well, at least you won the Liverpool didnt win anything cup, all you gotta look forward to every year like

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Rodgers adds the "finish above Everton" to his massive collection of worthless trophies.
 
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