Brendan Rodgers

[Kenneth]

His incredible personal success males him a target?

[Muddled]

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.

Football is littered with cliches and similar sound-bites. We only get bored of hearing about it because of a need to fill 24/7 news channels, blogs, websites, newspapers, forums, etc. The amount of media work required by the manager and the need for certain media related clauses in contracts show how bloated it all is.

I think you've got it right at the end of your post: He could be grumpy and negative or beaming and positive and he's going to get picked up on it.

[Maxiedge]

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."

No that's not quite the word. It's more a word to describe the vocabulary someone uses as always elaborate or grand. There's no modesty

[Alex]

Verbose is the word I think you are looking for. Someone who over explains everything.

[Roboklopp]

Verbose, bombastic, supercilious?

[Roboklopp]

LX. Aye.

[Maxiedge]

I'd say bombastic is closest to what I was trying to say. Mainly due to the fact that the same terms were being used last season even under poor form.

Just to kind of clarify my initial gripe, I'd say with just 3 games in, it's not the time to be using superlatives in a PC yet. We still have so much work to do but it's been a good start.

[Muddled]

Out of curiosity, Maxiedge, what has Rodgers said exactly in this press conference? Is it this:

[ame]https://twitter.com/JamesPearceEcho/status/637183437246496768[/ame]

[The_weatherman]

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.

Me too, but that may not be news I really hope he does well, I just feel that sometimes he can dial it down a notch, like FSG say, promise little but over deliver.

[The_weatherman]

Out of curiosity, Maxiedge, what has Rodgers said exactly in this press conference? Is it this:

https://twitter.com/JamesPearceEcho/...83437246496768

I'll admit, in isolation this is totally fine, but when everything and everyone is outstanding it kind of loses all meaning. And I have to say, even though I chipped in, this is not a big deal IMO.

[dom9]

Me too, but that may not be news I really hope he does well, I just feel that sometimes he can dial it down a notch, like FSG say, promise little but over deliver.

Hodgson wasn't that bad at after all.

[The_weatherman]

Hodgson wasn't that bad at after all.

IMO Hodgson promised little but delivered little though, but I'm not going to argue with you there, you clearly have a different opinion.

[Kenneth]

It's interesting though, every little thing he said, no matter how innocuous, lead to pages of abuse on here. If you don't like someone, everything irks. Ask anyone who's divorsed.

[Maxiedge]

Out of curiosity, Maxiedge, what has Rodgers said exactly in this press conference? Is it this:

https://twitter.com/JamesPearceEcho/...83437246496768

yes it is Mudds. In isolation, I sound like a miser picking up on that but it's to do with previous.

Looking back on it, it's not a big deal and I shouldn't have said anything but I did also mention him blabbering away the game tactics pre-match vs Arsenal which was weird.

[dom9]

Not at all Weatherman. Hodgson delivered less than nothing, despite doing his best to make out that scrapping above the relegation zone was an achievement.