Haha, credit where credit is due. That's only fair mate.
Don't get me wrong Devaney there is a still a truck load that Rodgers needs to do to convince most of us he is the right man for the job. And that starts with getting us 4th, I really won't care what unbeaten streak we go if we miss out on CL this season. As a poster has already mentioned he was the one that dug a massive hole at the start of this season which he has slowly managed to dig his way out of. Let's not kid ourselves despite all of this if we miss out on the CL next season, it will be a financial catastrophe for this club and will set us back no matter how much you want to sugar-coat this with our league form after December. Which I'm sure will be the first thing the apologists start leaning towards if we miss out.
I am willing to concede that we were never going to challenge in Europe. Not after all the players we brought in and the fact that this was our first season in a number of years we were mixing it up with the big boys again. I never expected anything beyond a Round 2 exit, not even that fussed we missed out on qualifying from our group, as we were never going to go deep into the CL.
As you mentioned my stance on where I stand with our owners, manager and transfer committee in the past, hasn't changed. The major concern I still have is our player acquisitions. Of our recent transfers Can looks like a genuine quality purchase. The jury is still out on Lovren, Lallana, Balotelli and Moreno. They need another season. While Markovic and Lambert have been poor. Manquillo has hardly been seen since the early months of this season. We can't afford another summer like this, and that is why I still feel justified that our owners, manager and transfer committee still have a lot of work to do to make us a force again. Sterling, Countinho and Sturridge still give me hope and so does this Ibe kid. Other than that we still have massive holes to fill at back with our goal-keeper, Gerrard retiring and another quality striker that will bang in goals for us. Based on the last 3-4 seasons we have definitely been more miss than hit. And I can't see us changing our strategy of buying kids anytime soon.
So don't think that I have done a 180 yet, you're the one that's getting ahead of yourself