Brendan Rodgers

[npinn001]

Not necessarily. They may rate Brendan highly and want to improve the coaching set up as a whole.

Agree. It could be that he was trying to do that much himself he just ran out of steam and couldnt cope. If those around you arent cutting it, then stepping back and replacing them (even if they are a close friend) is the brave and right thing to do. Getting him more support means that the time to prep argument should go out the window, as he could rely on his team to do the groundwork mid week and probably free up some of his time to think strategically. Its what any CEO worth their salt would do, the CEO in this case being akin to Rodgers.

[redmike65]

Playing Emre Can at right back wasn't in essence a bad idea. He was playing well and was arguably one of our most consistent player for a few months, so he thought that he had to stay in the team, so had to accommodate him in the team somewhat. I'm not sure he rates him in central midfield just yet - maybe the plan is to develop his game gradually from the back, which isn't a bad thing considering all his talent.

Playing Can as a right back was one of the stupidest things Rodgers has done! One look at him tells you he is not in any way, shape or form a full back. You can't just throw anyone into that position and expect it to work but curiously people reckon you can. A full back needs to be quick on the turn and alert as to when to step in and when to keep your distance and able to read a run before its even happened. Can, understandably can't do any of that as he is a young box to box midfielder - Rodgers got away with playing him as a right sided central defender as player movement and speed is slower most of the time and there are three of you, whereas a FB can easily get isolated. They have to live on their wits.

So, I just hope that the reshuffle of the backroom team is one being instigated by Rodgers himself, by that I mean that it's his plan and no one else's. A manager cannot win if he is being undermined by his Directors. He should be the one calling the shots, and it didn't look like it with our transfer strategy. Our backroom team of Mike Marsh and Colin Pascoe wouldn't have looked too bad if we'd won the league the season before.

While its only speculation, I think FSG have told Rodgers the score and he is now acquiescent to them. Head coach under a DoF (whether its called that or not) by the late summer.

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Do you think it was FSG who sacked Pascoe and Marsh or Brendan effectively throwing them under the bus?

Either way, it doesn't look good, even though I've wanted Pascoe gone a long time.

Do you think Pascoe and Marsh were good coaches?

Could they have gone on to be head coaches themselves?

[Paddy]

Do you think Pascoe and Marsh were good coaches?

Could they have gone on to be head coaches themselves?

I genuinely don't think they can/ever will.

Seeing some of the decisions from last season makes my mind up completely.

[Reece]

Playing Can as a right back was one of the stupidest things Rodgers has done! One look at him tells you he is not in any way, shape or form a full back. You can't just throw anyone into that position and expect it to work but curiously people reckon you can. A full back needs to be quick on the turn and alert as to when to step in and when to keep your distance and able to read a run before its even happened. Can, understandably can't do any of that as he is a young box to box midfielder - Rodgers got away with playing him as a right sided central defender as player movement and speed is slower most of the time and there are three of you, whereas a FB can easily get isolated. They have to live on their wits.

Didn't he play LB a fair bit at Leverkusen?

[DannyMan2006]

Do you think Pascoe and Marsh were good coaches?

Could they have gone on to be head coaches themselves?

I genuinely don't think they can/ever will.

Seeing some of the decisions from last season makes my mind up completely.

Unless someone is privy to the inner workings of Melwood, I find it hard for anyone to have an opinion on Pascoe or Marsh. They could have been useless or on the other hand full of genius idea that Brendan ignored.

Like Rodgers they were there for the good, the bad and the ugly. Pascoe gets loads of stick, but how do we know he isnt a top class coach?

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

Didn't he play LB a fair bit at Leverkusen?

Same outcome whenever I saw him play there, he did against United and got made to look incredibly ****.

[DannyMan2006]

Didn't he play LB a fair bit at Leverkusen?

Yep. Must say I'm still irked that he played Can at RB though when he clearly wasn't up to the job. Wasn't like we had no other full backs.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Didn't he play LB a fair bit at Leverkusen?

He played full back a few times for them, but never a fair bit.

To put his playing time with Bayer into context, we are now the club side that he has played the most games with and he has probably as many games, if not more, at full back/wing back with us than he has with Bayer and the German under age teams

[redmike65]

Didn't he play LB a fair bit at Leverkusen?

He got torn to ribbons playing against Man Utd as a left back in the Champions League. Obviously I have no idea what he was like in the Bundesliga or how often he played there.

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I genuinely don't think they can/ever will.

Seeing some of the decisions from last season makes my mind up completely.

Then getting rid was the right thing to do, regardless of whether it was an FSG decision or Brendans decision. Don't get this throwing under bus business.

[Paddy]

Unless someone is privy to the inner workings of Melwood, I find it hard for anyone to have an opinion on Pascoe or Marsh. They could have been useless or on the other hand full of genius idea that Brendan ignored.

Like Rodgers they were there for the good, the bad and the ugly. Pascoe gets loads of stick, but how do we know he isnt a top class coach?

Well unless Rodgers had two yes men on board that never questioned him, if they agreed with some of the tactical choices last season, well they are absolute clowns.

[DannyMan2006]

Well unless Rodgers had two yes men on board that never questioned him, if they agreed with some of the tactical choices last season, well they are absolute clowns.

Who can say they did agree? Maybe they argued that certain decisions were wrong? Maybe it was their idea? Who knows?

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Well unless Rodgers had two yes men on board that never questioned him, if they agreed with some of the tactical choices last season, well they are absolute clowns.

Pascoe has a 100% win record as LFC manager

[Paddy]

Who can say they did agree? Maybe they argued that certain decisions were wrong? Maybe it was their idea? Who knows?

Either way, it comes across bad on the manager. There is no hiding behind those choices. I'm fully behind him this season though, just aint holding my breath.