Brendan Rodgers

[dom9]

He's got to be given at least two seasons. I agree with you about the transfer window, he's got to get the right players in at the right price and hope they hit the ground running. It all depends what transfer funds his given though.

Not if he finishes 10th or lower imo. That'd demonstrate that things have not improved since the beginning of the season.

[Joey Jones]

Not if he finishes 10th or lower imo. That'd demonstrate that things have not improved since the beginning of the season.

You can't be changing manager every season though.

[~LFCHistory~]

He's got to be given at least two seasons. I agree with you about the transfer window, he's got to get the right players in at the right price and hope they hit the ground running. It all depends what transfer funds his given though.

He'll be given funds, whether he uses them properly is a worry for me, IMO the omens are not good. He signed 5 players last summer and not one of them has come close to being a success.

Allen - Looks like he's being found out at this level
Sahin - Massive dissapointment so far
Assaidi - Barely played and it doesn't look like BR rates him
Borini - ****
Yesil - Nowhere near ready

Worrying.

[dom9]

You can't be changing manager every season though.

Agree. It would be horrible yet again. But we need to make progress. At the moment I'm not sure we are.

Let's see where we finish.

[Marina]

He'll be given funds, whether he uses them properly is a worry for me, IMO the omens are not good. He signed 5 players last summer and not one of them has come close to being a success.

Allen - Looks like he's being found out at this level
Sahin - Massive dissapointment so far
Assaidi - Barely played and it doesn't look like BR rates him
Borini - ****
Yesil - Nowhere near ready

Worrying.

Why've you written off Borini? He's been injured for almost two months and he wasn't "****" while he was playing. Maybe not scoring as much as we'd like, but that's a very, very harsh summation.

Don't think Allen is being "found out" at this level, either. He played top-flight football last season and looked brilliant for the first two months of the season. He's been pretty awful in a few performances recently but I reckon he needs dropping for a few matches to give him a chance to return to form and then see what he's all about.

[Gibbo]

He'll be given funds, whether he uses them properly is a worry for me, IMO the omens are not good. He signed 5 players last summer and not one of them has come close to being a success.

Allen - Looks like he's being found out at this level
Sahin - Massive dissapointment so far
Assaidi - Barely played and it doesn't look like BR rates him
Borini - ****
Yesil - Nowhere near ready

Worrying.

No way is Borini ****, bollocks statement.

[BigChief]

Agree. It would be horrible yet again. But we need to make progress. At the moment I'm not sure we are.

Let's see where we finish.

Or let's not as people have already worked him out apparently.

[Tee]

You can't be changing manager every season though.

Unless it is patently clear he is not up to the job.

I think he is and should/will be given the backing his vision for this club deserves. If he is backed and still fails a top 8 finish then serious questions have to be asked. However, I believe with the right players we will finish the second half of the season strong.

[~LFCHistory~]

Why've you written off Borini? He's been injured for almost two months and he wasn't "****" while he was playing. Maybe not scoring as much as we'd like, but that's a very, very harsh summation.

Don't think Allen is being "found out" at this level, either. He played top-flight football last season and looked brilliant for the first two months of the season. He's been pretty awful in a few performances recently but I reckon he needs dropping for a few matches to give him a chance to return to form and then see what he's all about.

I'm not writing anyone off, I was merely giving my opinion on what I've seen so far this season, both Allen and Borini may come good, who knows but so far they have been underwhelming to put it mildly.

For a combined 25 million I'd expect just a tad more.

[~LFCHistory~]

No way is Borini ****, bollocks statement.

Yeah, he was tearing the league up before he got injured, oh, wait IIRC he had been demoted to the bench in favour of a 19 year old from the reserves.

[TheElephantMan]

Borini hasn't done anything convincing so far. His movement is good apparently! Headless chicken. Obviously I hope he's a revelation when he returns, but the early signs are that he's nothing special.

[el matador]

Well that is not true. there midfield did next to nothing all game. To say we couldn't keep them quiet is nonsense. What we had a problem with was Benteke, not their midfield.

their midfield did what we didn't after 20 mins. They battled and competed better than we did. They also won a lot of second halls and plenty of the 50-50s. Lucas is so deep he's playing like a centre back. No wonder were constantly losing the midfield battle if our defensive midfielder is 20 yards from where he should be.

The knock on effect is that our midfield is too far from the action.

[Chris]

Yeah, he was tearing the league up before he got injured, oh, wait IIRC he had been demoted to the bench in favour of a 19 year old from the reserves.

He's only played about 330 minutes in the league! Didn't score in his first 5 Roma games either but finished the season with 9 in 24. Maybe the 21 year old lad will improve?

[el matador]

I don't want to get on his back after a bad defeat but this style of his isn't a winning style. We have a lot of the ball but we don't threaten enough. It looks pretty but isn't effective. It sounds very odd saying this but were playing like a plucky league 1 side that's having a right go at bigger teams and play good football without any penetration. However ultimately our opponents greater class shows on the counter attack and the punish us.

that's all well and good but were Liverpool and so far its been **** from Rodgers.

[Vermilion]

I don't want to get on his back after a bad defeat but this style of his isn't a winning style. We have a lot of the ball but we don't threaten enough. It looks pretty but isn't effective. It sounds very odd saying this but were playing like a plucky league 1 side that's having a right go at bigger teams and play good football without any penetration. However ultimately our opponents greater class shows on the counter attack and the punish us.

that's all well and good but were Liverpool and so far its been **** from Rodgers.

I was just thinking how quickly Laudrup identified the need for a player such as Michu, and increased their goal scoring prowess overnight almost.

However, up untill today i was feeling more confident, i could see us forming into a good side, with January to come and new faces into the squad, that i hoped BR would get right and make a difference, so i won't get all down just yet, next game has added pressure though, we don't want to be completely derailed.