Brendan Rodgers

[Fredo]

A large percentage of fans where shocked when he got the job and most got behind him,as he talks well. But his weakness are starting to show now,not his fault just out of his depth as a manager.

It was a big risk yes, but now he's there we've got to pull behind him. That kind of reasoning got rid of Rafa. So many people wanted rid of him and now see where we are.

[Alex]

Results haven't been good enough. But I never expected them to be this season. We have a weak squad, and a new way of playing. The thinness is showing. We got beat by physical stoke, we won't be the last team to be done either.

He is not a fraud. The only frauds to be at this club have been Tom Hicks and George Gillet.

[the rev leeroy brown]

But that isn't a basic, different teams have a different approach to such things. You are as bad a Sunday supplement journo.

quite possibly the harshest putdown ive seen on here!!

[Mattshark]

There's no blaming the squad quality or 'rebuilding' phase for that stat; what exactly are we rebuilding? We haven't lost major players from last year, and the Manager has invested in the squad, yet we are doing worse than teams that have recently been in the Championship.

Maxi, Kuyt, Bellamy all would have made a difference right now.

Also last 19 games of last season we got about 18 points I think.

[Mattshark]

Results haven't been good enough. But I never expected them to be this season. We have a weak squad, and a new way of playing. The thinness is showing. We got beat by physical stoke, we won't be the last team to be done either.

He is not a fraud. The only frauds to be at this club have been Tom Hicks and George Gillet.

[the rev leeroy brown]

Results haven't been good enough. But I never expected them to be this season. We have a weak squad, and a new way of playing. The thinness is showing. We got beat by physical stoke, we won't be the last team to be done either.

He is not a fraud. The only frauds to be at this club have been Tom Hicks and George Gillet.

is correct.

look at how thin our squad is and look how average the majority of the players are. its a rebuilding job combined with a steadying of a ship job combined with satisfying the demands of an overambitious fans job.

i dearly wish some fans would stop jumping on the back of the manager over the littlest of things. its plain to see we have made progress in some departments, stood still in others and possibly gone backwards in others (defensively) but all in all to be only 8 pts off CL spot and possible reinforcements to come in january we're nowhere near as badly off as some would like you to beleive on here.

[Imy]

The following is from an Interview the Anfield Wrap conducted with Darren Burgess (the old conditioning coach)

D.G – How do the three managers you worked under compare – Brendan, Kenny Dalglish and Roy Hodgson?

D.B: Roy was an absolute gentleman; he was very structured in his coaching he had a certain idea just like Brendan and Kenny did about how he wanted to play. I have a lot of respect for Roy, he probably didn’t get the credit he deserved at Liverpool and I’m aware of who I’m talking to in this interview and that a lot of Liverpool supporters didn’t warm to Roy but you have to look at the team he had in week one against Arsenal,his first game compared to the team now, it’s a very different team. Kenny, with Steve Clarke and Kevin Kean then came in and provided some great stability and when you work with someone like Kenny Dalglish it’s an absolute pleasure. I hated playing against him in the staff five-a-side’s he was just so competitive and let’s just say some of the refereeing decisions were a little questionable, as he was the referee. But, he was unbelievable, the players immediately respected him. It’s worth mentioning Steve Clarke as well, Steve, most people may forget was Mourinho’s right hand man for however long so Steve was unbelievable on the pitch during the week. He knew everything about every opposition, his drills were terrific the players loved him and warmed to Steve and it’s no surprise to see how well he’s doing at West Brom. Brendan is very similar to Steve in his views on football having been influenced by similar people. Brendan’s very much a coach, he’s on the pitch all the time, he’s doing all the coaching, all the instructing, designing most of the drills and they’re all designed to keep possession and play in a way that players want to play. They’re all different, they all have different traits. I actually signed when Rafa Benitez was the manager, and assumed I’d be working for him and was looking forward to that, but a lot changed in the two and a half years I was there.

D.G: There was no doubt the players were behind Kenny but when Brendan Rodgers came in the fans thought that would bring about an advancement in the way things were done tactically. Has that been the case?

D.B: Yes and no. The analysis of the games was very good under Kenny, Steve and Kevin Kean. They really did spend a lot of time studying videos of upcoming games and opponents and like I said before, Clarkey knew everything about every team. Furthermore, what people don’t realise about Kenny is that he’s watched more football than 98% of people on the planet. I’ll never forget him coming to me once and saying ‘gee that young Jeremy Brockie from the Newcastle Jets (an A-League club) he can play can’t he.’ And I remember thinking how would he know about Jeremy Brockie in Newcastle from Australia, but he was watching the A-League highlights show. So, while he hadn’t coached in a few years he was still watching every player and knew all their strengths and weaknesses. Kenny, Steve and Kevin certainly knew all the players and knew how he wanted the team to play to combat each team. Brendan and his coaching team also scout opposition thoroughly but I guess it’s no secret that Brendan has more of a set style of play regardless of the opposition, he has such belief in his methods and the team that his style will win out in the end and more often than not it has in the past and probably will in the future, so they do approach things differently I guess.

The bit at the end of Rodgers plays the way he think regardless of the opposition is stupid and something that needs to change asap.

[yamiedo]

I feel quite sorry for Rodgers. I think he is the target of blame but we have had seasons and seasons of pointing the finger at the manager and it just ends up in them getting the sack and we go round in circles again. Time for the team to take responsibility for their lack of desire.

[el matador]

The following is from an Interview the Anfield Wrap conducted with Darren Burgess (the old conditioning coach)



The bit at the end of Rodgers plays the way he think regardless of the opposition is stupid and something that needs to change asap.

It's naive.

[TheElephantMan]

If only we had Chelsea's interim manager. *sigh*

[Fredo]

He is stubborn. Rafa was stubborn and people didn't like it. Some were complaining about playing Gerrard on the right, others about our negative style of football, too much pragmatism etc ... Did he give a ****? No.

Think we should stop being so ridiculous.

[yamiedo]

If only we had Chelsea's interim manager. *sigh*

Remember we sacked him. After the fans getting impatient with the results.

[el matador]

I feel quite sorry for Rodgers. I think he is the target of blame but we have had seasons and seasons of pointing the finger at the manager and it just ends up in them getting the sack and we go round in circles again. Time for the team to take responsibility for their lack of desire.

He's the manager so he's the one responsible.

[el matador]

He is stubborn. Rafa was stubborn and people didn't like it. Some were complaining about playing Gerrard on the right, others about our negative style of football, too much pragmatism etc ... Did he give a ****? No.

Think we should stop being so ridiculous.

Difference was rafas stubbornness actually bore fruit. Rodgers' is making us lose games. 25 points from 19 games is beyond ****.

[yamiedo]

He's the manager so he's the one responsible.

Yeah he can take responsibility but doesn't mean its always his fault. Just like if I'm at work and I call a guy a prick on the phone. My manager takes the blame because the guy wants to speak to him but doesn't mean its his fault.