RED BEERGOGGLES » Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:02 am wrote:I don't think any fan can refute the fact how obstinate Rodgers was regarding the failure of our midfield when placing Gerrard in front of our back four or the inexcusable
amount of time we as supporters had to endure his inability to accept that Lucas was if only 'temporary' an immediate solution to our paucity in midfield.
I also firmly believe he frittered away an inordinate amount of time restricting our play by placing Balotelli and then Lambert in the role of lone striker ,whilst seemingly content with watching us slip down the table.....Add to that our first half complete and utter capitulation in a Champions League game we only had to win to progress !
It seems to me our progress hasn't been inspired by some divine intervention but in a manager who has been painstakingly slow in coming to terms and rectifying his
mistakes finally arriving at somewhere between common sense and a deflated ego ...I mean the same personnel were available for the Basel game, surely the manager
could have formulated a side comparative to the one we see now ,and if the same intensity and passion had been applied we would be now awaiting Porto ?
These are all pertinent questions that however hard we try to put them to the back of our respective minds they still manage to surface when he makes decisions like
dropping Mignolet for possibly the worst (but expertly coiffeured ) stand in keeper in the Premiership
I like the football we're currently playing and when Sturridge finally returns it will see a marked improvement in our potency in front of goal ,but for long periods of this
completely forgettable season the team has been absolutely hapless ,and watching the team and listening to Rodgers excuse his ineptitude has left a bitter taste in the
mouth.
When all is said and done we lost Sturridge through injury and replacing the Uruguayan was always going to be an unenviable task ,but this is why managers are paid
such salaries to cushion such blows and apply the tactics not only to alter our style of play but to change our formation to be adaptable to the rigours of this league.
It simply beggars belief how he changed practically fuck all and persisted with players so clearly not comfortable with the positions he designated them with.
Simply not good enough for a manager who professes in practically every sound bite he makes how he has the best interests of the club and it fans as priority.
The fans have been clamouring for Markovic to be thrown into the team ,the same applies for Can who still manages to be overlooked after a playing his
best game in a red shirt against Chelsea ....The truth is sometimes not kind ,but we've been screaming for the high intensity pressing football we now see
Rodgers apparently inspiring and then we're treated to ridiculous statements such as after the Bournemouth game such as those expressed below.
“The other night at Bournemouth, in an attempt to find a solution, we were playing 3-4-3. A British coach playing 3-4-3? He must have fallen on to that system by luck,” . “It might not have been that I was awake until the early hours of the morning thinking how we might do it?
“A foreign coach would be a tactical genius – playing Markovic wide, using Raheem Sterling as a free number nine, moving with penetration, playing with a box midfield and a back three – I must have just dreamt that and thrown it out there"
Still has a great deal of learning still to do in my opinion ,and a modicum of humility now that we finally look like rescuing the dwindling embers from a once dying
flame wouldn't go amiss ,I'd say our revitalisation is born more of the manager realising he is here first and foremost to put the fans first ,and to have his teams play
in the style keeping with a Liverpool manager rather than just attempting to sound like one.
Excellent post RBG, absolutely hits the nail on the head. He grabs the glory when things go right and try's to pass the buck when things go wrong. Yes we are playing some good football going forward but our defence is still a mess and I am struggling big time with the way he surrendered our CL campaign.
