Brendan Rodgers

[Fredo]

No. I struggle listening to him now - after initially being impressed. And also...that's TAW isn't it? No ****ing thanks.

Yep, TAW. Why though?

[Phoenix07]

http://tomkinstimes.com/2012/12/is-brendan-rodgers-good-enough/

"FSG’s vision seemed to be to pair a young manager with an experienced Director of Football (or similar kind of title).

One of the problems I have with Rodgers and FSG over the whole issue is that Rodgers torpedoed it, and FSG went belly-up on it. Rodgers had a right to not want to work with a DoF – I fully understand his desire for autonomy – but it was also within FSG’s right to say “well, in that case you’re not for me”.

God-knows how it all played out, but it meant that rather than have the old, wise head to act as a bridge between the manager and the owners (who are still neophytes as far as football is concerned), we’re now in the situation where Liverpool have a young team, a young manager, an inexperienced Managing Director and owners who haven’t been around the sport long enough to understand it."

And this bit:

Assaidi – rumoured to not even be a Rodgers preference but that of the scouting team –

And perhaps what some are fearing:

When feeling edgy, I keep coming back to Rodgers’ CV, as it can be the comfort blanket for any fan when their manager is struggling; we can look at it and say “well, look at what he did before!”. And with Rodgers, there isn’t too much to assuage the fears. As most of what a manager does is hard to pin down – it’s behind the scenes: at the training ground, in the video suite, in the dressing room – then his CV becomes something to grasp onto.

But future managerial geniuses have to start somewhere; and as with players, it’s best to get them before the queue is too long and an auction ensues (see Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United).

Having said that, can a big club afford an extended period of apprenticeship? Also, with a manager, you’re stuck with him while he blossoms, all the while having to accept that he may fail to live up to any perceived potential. I think what worries a lot of Liverpool fans right now is having to be patient with a largely unproven manager; if it was Guus Hiddink, for example, things might be different.

You can’t loan a young manager to another club for a year or two to gain more experience and smooth out his rough edges. If you worked with the mantra that you must stick by potential until it blossomed, Liverpool would still be playing Anthony Le Tallec, whom Gérard Houllier cited as the reason he passed on a £4m offer of the aforementioned Ronaldo. (D’oh!)

[el matador]

New Tomkins article about Rodgers but can paste anything with this new windows phone.

[Vermilion]

It's ok fans being prepared to wait and give the man time, so long as players like Suarez are prepared to do the same.

[G]

It's worth reading tomkins article in full.

It a fair assessment

[Neil Young]

It's a telling metaphor he uses. Babies need comfort blankets, adults need to live with their fears and not let them cloud their judgment or dominate their actions.

Fans can choose which they want to be.

[Vermilion]

Fair enough.

I’ll plead for patience for Brendan Rodgers – but not at the expense of fair, honest analysis … which hopefully this qualifies as.

[Fredo]

Rodgers does talk too much though. He's revealing too much about the club at interviews. Maybe it makes the job harder.

[Gazmo1]

For me, it comes down to whether the owners want to back him. Rightly they've not given him the 100 million budget that Kenny had and have given him a season to trim the wage bill and assess what he can do with what he's got.

We are only a couple of players away from playing consistent football.

For me it is back him or sack him in the summer. I say that because it is unfair on BR to continue as he is and expect results.

[Fredo]

For me it is back him or sack him in the summer. I say that because it is unfair on BR to continue as he is and expect results.

What will it change? Another manager will either be backed or not. I think Rodgers will get results but over time and FSG will have to back him but Rodgers will have to deliver the right players.

[el matador]

It's worth reading tomkins article in full.

It a fair assessment

it is a very good article but slanted slightly against Rodgers.

[el matador]

Rodgers does talk too much though. He's revealing too much about the club at interviews. Maybe it makes the job harder.

I just think he's very confident in his methods. Its sort of this is how we play and try and stop us.

[Fredo]

I just think he's very confident in his methods. Its sort of this is how we play and try and stop us.

Well most managers are confident in their methods, if not what's the point? He's just too eager to talk.

[RichC]

Agree about the talking side of things, tries to hard to sound knowledgable. Keep it short and sweet and say the minimum

[Shaggy]

I'm not quite sure where Rodgers gets such unflappable self-confidence though. He talks about us not having two bad games in a row - in a 56 game Premier League career, he's won back-to-back games just twice. Twice!