ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Jan 28th, '15, 20:59 wrote:Why are you constantly having a go at Rodgers about our transfer policy? Did you miss that piece by James Pearce of the Echo where he explained that Rodgers doesn't have the power of veto and has been frequently over ruled?
Putting that aside for one moment where have you been the past 5 years? Did you miss the part where we nearly went bust, had a Chelsea fan for a chairman, went through a succession of managers and constantly finished halfway down the table?
Brendan has been here 3 years, in that time he has nearly won us our first title in a quarter of a century, got us into the CL for the first time in half a decade and he has us playing some of the best football in our history.
All this when there are at least 4 clubs with excellent managers and vastly more resources than us.
You don't want a manager you want a miracle worker.
Brendan is doing an absolutely fantastic job, we don't spend £60m+ on players but he has put together a side that can compete with teams that do. Last night half of our team was 22 or under and our manager is the same age as Ryan Giggs but there was nothing and I mean nothing between the two sides and considering the opposition are being bankrolled by petro dollars and have Jose Mourinho as manager I think Brendan deserves a hell of a lot of praise for that.
For crying out loud, do you believe everything you read in the Press.
Lol, i'm well aware of what has been going on the last 5 years, except I don't wear rose tinted spec like you!
'Nearly' (is the operative word) won us the title in a quarter of a century, you forgot to mention GH and Rafa, it's all the same, 'nearly'. We have finished 2nd before, it doesn’t mean a thing to finish 2nd. GH and Rafa both got LFC into 2nd second position but they too failed to get a hold of the season which should have seen LFC win the title. You make out that coming 2nd is a fantastic achievement
"Playing some of the best football in LFC history" what happened to the first part of this season, and the first part of last season, can you answer that without rose tinted specs? Do you remember, or conveniently forgot, LFC spent the 1st half of each season BR has been at LFC playing rubbish very slow pace, pass and more, pass football with no end product. Why did he not continue with the team playing like the 2nd part of last season? Because he thought he knew better and decided to revert back to his philosophy style (slow pace, pas, pass football). You could see that it wasn't working right? and yet he continued and continued with it until the second part of the season. Then proceeds to tell the world that he didn't expect the team to challenge for the title after spending over £100m. The Owners I can tell you are not happy with him. He said about Tottenham, "if you spend that kind of money, you should be challenging for the title" mocking them, looks like it’s come back to bite him ah!
"Miracle worker" no mate, I want someone that is capable and has ability to take the team forward, BR is not that man.
We have finished 2nd before, it doesn’t mean a thing to finish 2nd. GH and Rafa both got LFC into 2nd second position but they too failed to get a hold of the season which should have seen LFC win the title. You make out that coming 2nd is a fantastic achievement.
With regards LS, yes he wanted out, BR knew this as I’ve said before and should have planned for his departure, but it is very clear to see that he didn’t, even though he had plenty, plenty time to do so.
Off course, DS’s injuries are an issue, but he’s been injured before, it’s the type of player he is, i.e. explosive, fast pace etc. So a Coach may expect someone like him (with that type of ability) to miss quite a few months of the season because of it. It actually shows that BR has not planned ahead, read between the lines, has he managed the resources available to him appropriately or even adequately to cope with this situation, no he hasn’t.
He is a Coach at the end of the day, but he was hired to Manage which he is clearly not doing. Pascoe and Marsh et al are there to do the coaching. His job, one amongst many things, is to bring the youth players through, which isn’t happening.