Re: NESV - OUR NEW OWNERS - Official Thread
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 3:00 ammaguskwt » Fri Jul 03, 2015 1:35 am wrote:If the type of players we acquire are mandated by the owners, which I do believe so myself, then surely you should have SOME sympathy for the manager?
I don't want to go into details because clearly non of us know the details of what goes behind the player procurement discussions, but there was clearly some kind of disconnect between the manager and the owners and or the rest of the transfer committee committee? How else would one explain the acquisition of certain players which the manager never plays.
I kind of do and I kind of don't.
The reason why I don't have that much sympathy is because Rodgers knew what he was getting into when he was interviewed. Just like any other job the owners would have told him what they wanted and he sold himself on how he could deliver this vision. So it's a bit silly for him to argue why he isn't being successful when actually he would have agreed to these particular terms of his employment.
Spotting talent at an early age and bringing them through the team demands a great amount of ability and experience. Rodgers has ability but he also has a great number of flaws that also impede this. The biggest problem is that he doesn't have a strong influence to stop key players wanting to leave, aka Suarez or Sterling. If they want to leave to win trophies and titles somwhere else, isn't that really undermining him and the owners and what they want to achieve? It's the ultimate way of calling their bs.
