Re: Job too big for Rodgers?
Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:17 pm
ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Jan 25, 2015 10:35 am wrote:RedAnt » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:39 am wrote:We may have had an upturn in results recently but I'm still far from convinced that BR is anything other than a good coach. Results of course are hugely important in football but performances and results come from coaching, not management. In his post match interview against Bolton he was again banging on about our "great" performance. Everything he says is designed to cover his own back, or to pat himself on it.
I'm pleased to see us performing and getting results but as RBG has pointed out Brendan is merely putting some (and only some) of his mistakes right.
BR has a lot of work to do yet.
Any manager would have struggled to cope after losing both Suarez and Sturridge and having 9 new players come in, the vast majority of them under 24. Yes he probably stuck with Gerrard as a DM for too long but the decline of our greatest ever player was always going to be a tricky situation for any manager to handle, especially when Gerrard wasn't interested in taking a back seat.
Considering Brendan is the same age as Ryan Giggs I think he is doing a phenominal job.
I guess I just don't like the man. I did, at first, but he seems to lack dignity these days and I feel he'd rather throw his players in the line of fire than take the hit himself.
Look at all the rubbish that surrounded Balotelli's signing. I'm not sure what news was real and what was fake but there was talk of good behaviour payments and bonuses. Is that stuff true? If so if imagine it would destroy a player like Mario. Rooney would never work under such conditions.
Granted losing Suarez and Studge would effect any manager...especially those who haven't prepared for such an eventuality.
If BR drops his ego and the bullsh*t "we played great" approach, it would be a start.