Brendan Rodgers

[Lecter]

Not too dissimilar to how Mourinho would laud his players though. He gets asked a question and he gives an assessment. Bill Shankly used expletives as well, remember Ron Yeats?

Mourinho is a total cunt though

[Maxiedge]

Not too dissimilar to how Mourinho would laud his players though. He gets asked a question and he gives an assessment. Bill Shankly used expletives as well, remember Ron Yeats?

Yeah but his assessment is usually 'outstanding'. He did actually use it again to describe Clyne.

[Rich]

I think people are allowed to support the club, enjoy the good performances and not like the manager. I'd count myself as one of those people.

[Fredo]

But he's been outstanding in his 3 games, which is an accurate assessment of Clyne.

[Chris]

It's absolutely heartbreaking to see him praising a player who's been brilliant for us in every game since he signed. What a cunt eh?

[Muddled]

Rodgers is not wrong though - Clyne is currently England's best right-back.

Anyway, it's a day of press conferences for the upcoming league fixtures where Rodgers will be asked questions and quite frankly, it would be rude not to reply. No doubt he will have been asked about how we are yet to concede a league goal and he will have talked about our defence. It's not as if he's gone around Liverpool looking to shout out positives from the top of the tallest building to anybody that is willing to listen.

Also, Rodgers will know what makes Clyne tick; Clyne may respond positively to a stroke of the ego just like some players will respond to a kick up the arse. At the end of the day, it reads like you're having a pop at Rodgers over nothing.

[Chris]

Rodgers is not wrong though - Clyne is currently England's best right-back.

Yep, lets not forget that Hodgson preferred Phil Jones to Clyne at RB in England's last game so another reason a bit of public support isn't a bad thing. But yeah, lacks humility, cunt, arrogant, outstanding etc etc.

Some bellends on here will still be whining about what he said in his interview when we win the ****ing league!

[Assassin]

It's absolutely heartbreaking to see him praising a player who's been brilliant for us in every game since he signed. What a cunt eh?

This

[Lee]

Hope he gets sacked and we can move on. Man can do no right eh.

Rodgers is not wrong though - Clyne is currently England's best right-back.

Anyway, it's a day of press conferences for the upcoming league fixtures where Rodgers will be asked questions and quite frankly, it would be rude not to reply. No doubt he will have been asked about how we are yet to concede a league goal and he will have talked about our defence. It's not as if he's gone around Liverpool looking to shout out positives from the top of the tallest building to anybody that is willing to listen.

Also, Rodgers will know what makes Clyne tick; Clyne may respond positively to a stroke of the ego just like some players will respond to a kick up the arse. At the end of the day, it reads like you're having a pop at Rodgers over nothing.

Maxiedge, it's a bit of a strange remark that you've made innit?! It's ****ing brilliant having two excellent fullbacks in the team. They've both been excellent signings and Rodgers has said nothing wrong or untrue.

[Vermilion]

I'm not sure it's always about what he says, i rather think it's sometimes about how he says it for some fans ?

The usual sound bites, phrases and words, but often without any real football explanation ?

I could be wrong though.

Often am.

edit: Could just be that some people don't like him, so anything he does is gonna irk.

[Shaggy]

He can say what the **** he likes so long as we keep winning.

[BigChief]

He can say what the **** he likes so long as we keep winning.

Over 50% of the forum disagrees with you.

[Maxiedge]

I'm not sure it's always about what he says, i rather think it's sometimes about how he says it for some fans ?

The usual sound bites, phrases and words, but often without any real football explanation ?

I could be wrong though.

Often am.

edit: Could just be that some people don't like him, so anything he does is gonna irk.

I just think we're a work in progress and no-one should be 'outstanding' or 'best' until we show some real consistency and form.

[Fosterbloke]

exactly, well said

I'm not going to lie Nige, I find his lack of humility quite annoying when things are going well.

The word I'm looking for escapes me now, but he does over-state any positives to the point where it gets nauseating.

Hubris? If he was in the States, people would love him. People from the UK and Australia are more reserved and suffer from tall poppy syndrome, at least from the Australia understanding of the phrase -

"The tallest flowers in the field will be cut down to the same size as all the others. This is sometimes misunderstood...It isn't success that offends Australians. It's the affront committed by anyone who starts to put on superior airs."

[Alex]

I think people are allowed to support the club, enjoy the good performances and not like the manager. I'd count myself as one of those people.

Yep. Support is not a binary proposition. Its never been a case of Zero support or 'All the support' for me.

I wish Rodgers would stop the hubris sometimes, but its hard to muster up caring enough to mention it with those last 3 results.

That said, Clyne probably is the best English left back. But that's damning with faint praise in itself