Re: Brendan Rodgers thread (signs extended contract)
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2015 2:59 pm
Sacking Rodgers is not an option imo.
He's a good manager who had us playing some of the best attacking football I've seen last season. Losing Sturridge and Suarez would hurt any side - that's taking 50+ goals away FFS. Lovren and Balotelli aside I think we actually did decent business in the summer, but it's taken half a season for some of them to adapt. Nobody could have foreseen Sturridge missing so many games and Balotelli being so ineffective. But Rodgers has adapted again and got us playing a fairly innovative system which has found a decent balance between defence and attack, while playing good football and winning games.
He has managed the Mignolet situation well (don't get me wrong the lad isn't good enough and we need to replace him if we want to win serious trophies), his confidence is back and he's playing better. He's also getting the best out of the likes of Lucas and Sakho who at one point both looked to be well out of favour. Rodgers gives players chances, if they do it in training they are back in the team. Look at Hendo who is on the verge of becoming club captain 2 and a half years after he was offered in exchange for Clint Dempsey!
Whether we get top 4 or not won't change my opinion, as long as the football we play continues to improve along with the results, then we are heading in the right direction.
The only people wanting him sacked are the ones who got carried away last season. We were lucky with injuries, got some good momentum, had Suarez who played like a beast, and Rodgers did brilliantly to manage it. But we were always going to struggle to replicate that, let alone without Suarez and Sturridge with over half a dozen new players coming in. Perspective.
The one genuine criticism that could be levelled is the value for money overall of his signings over his tenure. But since nobody really knows how the transfer decisions are made, and who makes them, Rodgers shouldn't be held solely accountable.
He's a good manager who had us playing some of the best attacking football I've seen last season. Losing Sturridge and Suarez would hurt any side - that's taking 50+ goals away FFS. Lovren and Balotelli aside I think we actually did decent business in the summer, but it's taken half a season for some of them to adapt. Nobody could have foreseen Sturridge missing so many games and Balotelli being so ineffective. But Rodgers has adapted again and got us playing a fairly innovative system which has found a decent balance between defence and attack, while playing good football and winning games.
He has managed the Mignolet situation well (don't get me wrong the lad isn't good enough and we need to replace him if we want to win serious trophies), his confidence is back and he's playing better. He's also getting the best out of the likes of Lucas and Sakho who at one point both looked to be well out of favour. Rodgers gives players chances, if they do it in training they are back in the team. Look at Hendo who is on the verge of becoming club captain 2 and a half years after he was offered in exchange for Clint Dempsey!
Whether we get top 4 or not won't change my opinion, as long as the football we play continues to improve along with the results, then we are heading in the right direction.
The only people wanting him sacked are the ones who got carried away last season. We were lucky with injuries, got some good momentum, had Suarez who played like a beast, and Rodgers did brilliantly to manage it. But we were always going to struggle to replicate that, let alone without Suarez and Sturridge with over half a dozen new players coming in. Perspective.
The one genuine criticism that could be levelled is the value for money overall of his signings over his tenure. But since nobody really knows how the transfer decisions are made, and who makes them, Rodgers shouldn't be held solely accountable.