Isn't it? Surely he is as guilty as the owners and Ian Ayre for putting too many eggs in one basket. If our only choices were Daniel Sturridge and Dempsey, surely that is Rodgers' fault, for not having identified any other options? I know he didn't have any scouting network in the transfer window, but he had one at Swansea, and he must have looked at some players, that were deemed too optimistic for South Wales? I just pose the question, because it seems that everyone is accepting as fact that it had nothing to do with him.
I don't suppose anyone knows other than Brendan and the people around him, 1 good purchase in Jan and all sorted.
Not sure it matters. It's been accepted officially by BR as a mistake & that it should never have happened. there's little that can be done about it until January.
Given he was looking at Walcott, Sturridge and Dempsey, it's fair to say he wasn't really looking at any strikers anyway. Doesn't seem to like them in his system. Instead of those 3, we have Shelvey, Sahin, Suso and Sterling (plus Gerrard when he doesn't have to sit back) who should be chipping in with goals but 3/4 of them are just so young to rely upon and put that pressure on. I'd love an out and out striker and play Suarez as a wide forward but I'm not sure Rodgers will go with it. It's partly his fault for not looking at any real strikers, but not so much his fault Sturridge didn't want to join on loan or that Ayre screwed up the Dempsey deal
He signed Borini so he can't use no scouts as an excuse. Borini's young so I think some of the patience should be going to youngsters rather than Brendan. He might not work out or he might take a season but then so might Stewart Downing and nobody laid off him either. Where Brendan in culpable is in being the only manager in the league who claims he can't use Andy Carroll. That's a lack of flexibility, which is nothing to brag about. Of course if he had a DoF he could blame him. But he doesn't because he wanted to be in charge. Well, being in charge means taking responsibility.
DEFINITLY NOT BRs fault, Carroll wouldnt have been wouldnt have been allowed to leave if it was up to BR.Two people on here dont like BR but think the suns shines out of Kenny ar*e after wating an absolute fortune on absolute sh*te when he could have invested on WORLD CLASS talent, the like of Cazorla Mata would ALL have come.If RB or BR where manager then, that who we would have instead of Downing n Hendo, but then YOU are just as f**kin clueless as Kenny
Owners fault? Yes, for simply not coughing up but I respect their stance as they had a plan that they stuck to. I don't think you can say he is blameless since he let Carroll, Bellamy and Kuyt leave without getting a replacement. Only Kuyt was out of his hands. Miving on... Why look for someone to blame? A scapegoat? We shouldn't be looking at the past, we should be looking forward
This What is done is done, the people who were at fault need to learn from it and fix the mistakes in January
He's not signed a contract so far, and he'll only sign if he can play down the middle, which won't happen. Plus we're getting linked to Adrian from Atletico Madrid, so he'd be a logical replacement (and upgrade). And Theo is a liverpool fan, and you're linked to him in all the papers.
Surely it would still depend on cost? Wenger likes to be greedy with expiring contracts and our owners won't pay over odds (about £2.75 & and packet of pork scratchings in this case) so I see a stalement. PS still don't want him!
league. Still hasn;t scored in the league and I dont think he has an assist yet either. Sterling has both.
The reason Downing wasn't afforded much time is because he is in his 'prime' and is already used to Premier League football. He, along with Adam are players who should have come straight into the team and make a difference. Since then, Downing has still not done anything.
Yep Good weekend for us getting 3 points whilst spurs, Everton, Arsenal and Newcastle fail to and we want to talk about this again. It has been admitted that it was a mistake and shouldn't of happened so let's see how we rectify it in January and criticize if we **** that up too.
