Brendan Rodgers

[Vermilion]

I think he's gone because of the availability of a manager with a far better CV.

But for that i think they'd have stuck with him.

[danperkins]

Honestly, when I look back at that season I don't see him, I see Suarez, he was the mad genius, the best we've ever had, the one who dazzled me, inspired the team and made me believe again. I'm not going to remember Rodgers clapping his hands on the sidelines.

[Phoenix07]

I wonder where Brendan will end up next.

He'd be perfect for Newcastle, but there are some exotic names they could consider - Laudrup, Vieira, Bielsa. If Moyes gets booted from Real Sociedad, then he'd be another (don't mean he's exotic, but just another name in the mix).

I think he needs to take a break and do some travelling. He came from Swansea straight to Liverpool. He has to reflect and recognise the things that worked for him, and those that didn't.

[vlahka]

When you get a new job please buy Allen and Lovren off us for 50mill. Thanks.

[Kenneth]

I wonder where Brendan will end up next.

He'd be perfect for Newcastle, but there are some exotic names they could consider - Laudrup, Vieira, Bielsa. If Moyes gets booted from Real Sociedad, then he'd be another.

I think he needs to take a break and do some travelling. He came from Swansea straight to Liverpool. He has to reflect and recognise the things that worked for him, and those that didn't.

Moyes is not an exotic name.

[ronanm]

So I guess our tactics and performance against Chelsea were not Rodgers' fault either?

Well he can hardly be blamed for a slip.

[Fosterbloke]

Well he can hardly be blamed for a slip.

You slip would matter if we were more defensive?

[Phoenix07]

Moyes is not an exotic name.

Just realised what I've done. Edited it now, but you've already quoted it!

[ronanm]

You slip would matter if we were more defensive?

Eh?

[dom9]

I've got a sneaky feeling that Brendan will end up at Spurs one day.

[Fivex]

Villa I reckon

[Maxiedge]

I think he's gone because of the availability of a manager with a far better CV.

But for that i think they'd have stuck with him.

I'm not sure Verm. I 100% believe that we would not have got top 4 this season with him in charge, in fact it would have been 7th or 8th. No cups either. That second half against Everton yesterday was just vomit inducing football. It was nauseating how little creativity or ideas we had in an attacking sense.

Ok, so back to point, I'd say we are better off taking a risk on a new manager (even without the CV), even interim, than keeping him in charge. A nothing to lose situation.

[Mark79]

I think there was quite a bit of revisionism going there. That team had no right to be challenging for the league. It came from nowhere and nobody saw it coming.

To say that all he had to do was to make sure the team didn't let in as many goals in order to win the league was a massive oversimplification to me.

I'm almost interested to see what Ian Wright was saying about us during that season. I'm reasonably sure it wasn't that.

The whole 'it was ALL Suarez' opinion is another massive oversimplification.

Obviously an incredible player and we couldn't have done it without him, but credit to Rodgers for getting way more out of him than his predecessor ever did.

[Maxiedge]

you know some place, some where, Pascoe and Marsh are rubbing their hands in glee

[Fierce]

The thing that makes me doubt how much Rodgers had to do with us finishing second is that he abandoned the style of play that made us so effective. Suarez' pressing and energy was infectious and his mere presence on the pitch lifted everyone around him and as soon as he left everyone's personal performances dipped and we stopped harrying opponents. If the our title challenge had been down to Rodgers coaching then why the terminal decline as soon as Suarez was sold?

Trying to state it was one thing or the other is stupid

We didn't get there despite Rodgers being manager, nor did we get there solely on the exploits of Luis Suarez

Sad he's gone, but glad he's gone