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[Kenny Kan]

thats just another interview where he talks utter sh!te.
borini's best atribute is his physicality his power and aggression      also joe allen has never been found wanting physically  
im sorry but that is just waffle to please his own ignorant ego.
if he continues to come out with bizarre motivation tactics like that he will quickly alienate that dressing room.
allen and borini were just as cack brendan and if your head was out of your own ar$e then you might realise it.

I couldn't believe aspects of that interview. He'll lose credibility a lot lot quicker with inane soundbites like that. I mean, Joe Allen never been found wanting physically - that's one big whopper statement that. And if he persists with defending his friends like that people will eventually take him for a joke.

I support him, but he does himself no favours when  he gobs off like that.

[heimdall]

thats just another interview where he talks utter sh!te.
borini's best atribute is his physicality his power and aggression      also joe allen has never been found wanting physically  
im sorry but that is just waffle to please his own ignorant ego.
if he continues to come out with bizarre motivation tactics like that he will quickly alienate that dressing room.
allen and borini were just as cack brendan and if your head was out of your own ar$e then you might realise it.

I couldn't believe aspects of that interview. He'll lose credibility a lot lot quicker with inane soundbites like that. I mean, Joe Allen never been found wanting physically - that's one big whopper statement that. And if he persists with defending his friends like that people will eventually take him for a joke.

I support him, but he does himself no favours when  he gobs off like that.

As you guys know I've been a strong supporter of Brendan so far but after that bullsh1t interview where he actually praises Joe Allen he can feck right off. He is a complete moron if he genuinly believes what he's saying. I think its time to bring back agent Rafa.

[Kenny Kan]

thats just another interview where he talks utter sh!te.
borini's best atribute is his physicality his power and aggression      also joe allen has never been found wanting physically  
im sorry but that is just waffle to please his own ignorant ego.
if he continues to come out with bizarre motivation tactics like that he will quickly alienate that dressing room.
allen and borini were just as cack brendan and if your head was out of your own ar$e then you might realise it.

I couldn't believe aspects of that interview. He'll lose credibility a lot lot quicker with inane soundbites like that. I mean, Joe Allen never been found wanting physically - that's one big whopper statement that. And if he persists with defending his friends like that people will eventually take him for a joke.

I support him, but he does himself no favours when  he gobs off like that.

As you guys know I've been a strong supporter of Brendan so far but after that bullsh1t interview where he actually praises Joe Allen he can feck right off. He is a complete moron if he genuinly believes what he's saying. I think its time to bring back agent Rafa.

                       
I knew it wouldn't take you that long.                     

[red till i die!!]

thats just another interview where he talks utter sh!te.
borini's best atribute is his physicality his power and aggression      also joe allen has never been found wanting physically  
im sorry but that is just waffle to please his own ignorant ego.
if he continues to come out with bizarre motivation tactics like that he will quickly alienate that dressing room.
allen and borini were just as cack brendan and if your head was out of your own ar$e then you might realise it.

I couldn't believe aspects of that interview. He'll lose credibility a lot lot quicker with inane soundbites like that. I mean, Joe Allen never been found wanting physically - that's one big whopper statement that. And if he persists with defending his friends like that people will eventually take him for a joke.

I support him, but he does himself no favours when  he gobs off like that.

the problem is though he wont shoulder any of the blame himself. he is as much responsible for that debacle as the players and he shouldnt be pasting the team on one hand and praising his 2 signings on the other, especially with silly statements that just aren't true.
its a team game and they stand or fall together and whatever reservations he has about players he should just keep it to himself, we are now hearing reports of skyrtel being dropped and if he is then he's just made another clanger by announcing it to the world. i hold him responsible as much as the rest for inept tactics that the team struggled to implement from the off and thats his job to have them motivated and schooled enough to cope with them, instead it looked like they were sent out to just have a go.
i support him although i will admit i'm somewhat of a pessimist but as long as he has the backing of the players then il continue to give him mine.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

thats just another interview where he talks utter sh!te.
borini's best atribute is his physicality his power and aggression      also joe allen has never been found wanting physically  
im sorry but that is just waffle to please his own ignorant ego.
if he continues to come out with bizarre motivation tactics like that he will quickly alienate that dressing room.
allen and borini were just as cack brendan and if your head was out of your own ar$e then you might realise it.

I couldn't believe aspects of that interview. He'll lose credibility a lot lot quicker with inane soundbites like that. I mean, Joe Allen never been found wanting physically - that's one big whopper statement that. And if he persists with defending his friends like that people will eventually take him for a joke.

I support him, but he does himself no favours when  he gobs off like that.

he`s been talking $h1te since he first arrived (remember the `title challenge starts here` line in his first interview but then a couple of days later saying it`s going to take 4 years before we can even challenge for 4th etc) but if you ignore his press conferences and focus on the overall job he`s done he`s not doing too bad.
okay, the start was disasterous (our worst since the titanic went down) but we have definately improved since then and sturridges arrival in particular has deffo added a new dimension to our play.
i initially had my doubts that this idea of 3 small, mobile forwards interchanging positions would work in a physical league like the prem but the suarez/sturridge axis has given me a bit of hope that i could have been wrong.
a win tonight and we`ll be right in the mix for 4th and if rodgers can finish in the CL places in his first season then he will have done a fantastic job.
especially considering we havent qualified for the CL for 3 years and this is his first season in charge of a big club (and only his second season as a top flight manager)
as i say as long as we are within reach of 4th place he is doing a decent job.

[Kenny Kan]

i initially had my doubts that this idea of 3 small, mobile forwards interchanging positions would work in a physical league like the prem but the suarez/sturridge axis has given me a bit of hope that i could have been wrong.
a win tonight and we`ll be right in the mix for 4th and if rodgers can finish in the CL places in his first season then he will have done a fantastic job.
especially considering we havent qualified for the CL for 3 years and this is his first season in charge of a big club (and only his second season as a top flight manager)
as i say as long as we are within reach of 4th place he is doing a decent job.   

Well, after seeing Luis play at LB tonight I have to ask myself how this Suarez/Sturridge axis is supposed to work.

Fair enough (I don't like it but fair enough    accommodating the prems best player who has been bang on form for Sturridge) that Rodgers wanted him (Suarez) wide-r left in an attacking trio. Yet, as even early as the first half because we'd had already gone one up Luis was doubling up with Johnson on the edge of his own area - Sturridge was isolated - although Henderson did support well from time to time. Instead of Henderson supporting, that HAS to be Luis supporting, with either Gerrard, Henderson or Lucas helping Johnson out, while Downing sits in front of Wisdom. We effectively had a five man midfield (with Downing and Suarez) defending mostly. Instead of 5 players across midfield we should have had 4 Henderson-Gerrard-Lucas-Downing when we don't have the ball. Suarez's energy and tenacity should be used up field further, slowing, frustrating any momentum Arsenal could gain from playing it out at the back. Never mind him with the ball at his feet, Arsenal have an ABSOLUTE s.hit defense (can't believe with a defense that poor they're as high as they are in league), Luis would have given them more to worry and think about and he would have caused them trouble all night.

Luckily, Henderson did a very good job in there and worked his ar.se off and scored too - but out of the two players, Suarez and Jordan, who would you rather have in behind Sturridge? Henderson's energy and tidy passing could serve a purpose helping Johnson out and we could have got more out of Suarez's ability.
Failing that Henderson supporting Suarez with Sturridge benched (he, Sturridge wouldn't have tracked back and done a job like Luis did if he was played out wide-r).

Suarez worked for the cause and it served us well (defensively/disciplined for 45 minutes). But at HT at least Rodgers should have changed it, Arsenal were bombing on a bit down that flank with Walcott and we still had the prems best ATTACKER trying to defend this bombardment. S-H-O-C-K-I-N-G. An absolute waste to see Luis back there. An absolute awful display of tactical nous or lack of (again) from our manager. The change didn't come until the 70th minute, by then it was 2-2  even before Enrique got on Suarez and Henderson should have swapped, as for the Suarez/Sturridge axis - it wasn't even remotely evident tonight.

[Kenny Kan]

So, you just whinge to the the press and this gets you back into the Liverpool team  worked for Downing and it's just worked for the hapless Shelvey.

Why Rodgers started with that awkward formation against WBA only he will know, and in doing so will justify this by bamboozling listeners with philosophical dribble.

Henderson should have started where he has been and Sterling should have got the nod on the wing over fester Shelvey (can we just not flog this kid off).

Rodgers: Another f.uck up. 

[Boocity]

Dead right, I am totally mystified why he went with Shelvey,  he should have replaced him at half time and seen how the game was going before making the second sub

[Reg]

And people were relentless in their criticism of Rafa for tinkering with the line up.......

[metalhead]

So, you just whinge to the the press and this gets you back into the Liverpool team  worked for Downing and it's just worked for the hapless Shelvey.

Why Rodgers started with that awkward formation against WBA only he will know, and in doing so will justify this by bamboozling listeners with philosophical dribble.

Henderson should have started where he has been and Sterling should have got the nod on the wing over fester Shelvey (can we just not flog this kid off).

Rodgers: Another f.uck up. 

The only thing that I can fault BR for is starting Shelvey. How on earth does he merit a place in the starting eleven is beyond me. He was terrible last night as he was a couple of games before. However, the fault lies to the players for their complacency, we've done well against Man City and Arsenal but then we fail to show up against WBA, it's f*cking embarrassing. They haven't won a game in 2013 and they beat us, wtf!

[red till i die!!]

rodgers is at fault as much as the players for me, its his job to prepare them both tactically and mentally and he failed yet again.
it was a poor show from all involved including the manager who has been tactically out done twice by one of the men he replaced.

[SouthCoastShankly]

So, you just whinge to the the press and this gets you back into the Liverpool team  worked for Downing and it's just worked for the hapless Shelvey.

Why Rodgers started with that awkward formation against WBA only he will know, and in doing so will justify this by bamboozling listeners with philosophical dribble.

Henderson should have started where he has been and Sterling should have got the nod on the wing over fester Shelvey (can we just not flog this kid off).

Rodgers: Another f.uck up. 

The only thing that I can fault BR for is starting Shelvey. How on earth does he merit a place in the starting eleven is beyond me. He was terrible last night as he was a couple of games before. However, the fault lies to the players for their complacency, we've done well against Man City and Arsenal but then we fail to show up against WBA, it's f*cking embarrassing. They haven't won a game in 2013 and they beat us, wtf!

However it was the first game back for Mulumbu. He has been the difference to their good and bad performances.

I cannot fault the manager. The setup was correct, however the execution by the players was so poor. I have never seen so many stray passes, no one played well. Lucas, Enrique, Johnson and Shelvey were the worst of the lot. At a push I could absolve Carragher and Suarez.

[ycsatbjywtbiastkamb]

SouthCoastShankly

I cannot fault the manager. The setup was correct, however the execution by the players was so poor. I have never seen so many stray passes, no one played well. Lucas, Enrique, Johnson and Shelvey were the worst of the lot. At a push I could absolve Carragher and Suarez.

rodgers has done okay recently but that line up of his last night was a mistake.
by moving hendo out to the wing (thus breaking up the gerrard/lucas/hendo central midfield axis) he was basically fixing something that wasnt broke.
he should have kept that basic shape that has done so well in recent weeks and just swapped like for like for sturridge, in other words just put borini up top with suarez.
okay borini isnt in the same class as sturridge but at least the basic shape of the team would have been there.
last night rodgers only made 1 change to the starting line up but managed to totally disrupt the balance of the team.
his substitutions were a disaster too, he took off probably our best two players on the night and at the end we had no shape at all, it looked like organised chaos out there.
it just was a bad night.
apparently we now have our lowest points total after 26 games in the premier league era and the scary thing is despite in recent weeks being the form team (with big wins and impressive displays over the last 6 weeks) we find ourselves in 9th!

[Kenny Kan]

I cannot fault the manager. The setup was correct, however the execution by the players was so poor. I have never seen so many stray passes, no one played well. Lucas, Enrique, Johnson and Shelvey were the worst of the lot. At a push I could absolve Carragher and Suarez.

The set-up was wrong.
The team's performance was even worse.

Whether the two coincide I don't know but I know that both the statements I just made were right.

[SouthCoastShankly]

I cannot fault the manager. The setup was correct, however the execution by the players was so poor. I have never seen so many stray passes, no one played well. Lucas, Enrique, Johnson and Shelvey were the worst of the lot. At a push I could absolve Carragher and Suarez.

The set-up was wrong.
The team's performance was even worse.

Whether the two coincide I don't know but I know that both the statements I just made were right.

Whilst I agree that Shelvey looked out of position and that element of the setup was wrong, the remaining setup was correct. That change should not have failed so badly - on a different day in which the players weren't so off form we would have won that game and there'd be no claims the setup was wrong.