Brendan Rodgers

[danperkins]

I'd say yes if we don't qualify for the next round. Out of Champions League, out of title race, realistically not going to get into top 4. May as well get rid now and give the next manager half a season to get used to the team and league before next season, rather than sacking at the end of the season and next year being a write off while new guy finds his feet

[frank the tank]

I'd say yes if we don't qualify for the next round. Out of Champions League, out of title race, realistically not going to get into top 4. May as well get rid now and give the next manager half a season to get used to the team and league before next season, rather than sacking at the end of the season and next year being a write off while new guy finds his feet

it should all depend on who their preferred replacement would be and if they were confident of getting him..... otherwise we could be in a position where Kenny takes over for a few months again. And what would the point in that be??

In my view, the next 6 months puts a big question mark on the transfer committee structure as much as it does on Brendan Rodgers. If we don't qualify for the champions league as well, then i suspect the excuses given in BRs end of term report will be:
1. Adjusting to the loss of Suarez
2. Adjusting to the loss of Sturridge via injury
3. Integrating all the new players to the liverpool way
4. Getting used to juggling league and champions league football

If those excuses are accepted and they give BR another season, then they could be justified in just allowing one player to be bought (maybe a defensive midfielder) and tell BR to have another go as:

1. We will also have Origi to provide goals
2. Sturridge will hopefully be back fit
3. The new players will have had a season to get used to LFC
4. We don't need any new players because we dont have CL footy

If we lose too many more points - and top 4 becomes a non-starter - then Brendan will have to have his own objectives to keep his job. For me he will have to prove that he can set up a team that can defend properly whilst still maintaining an attacking threat and he will have to prove that the "potential" we bought in the summer - the likes of Moreno, Manquillo, Emre Can, Markovic - all have potential to become class acts - and that he is the man to help realise that. Also if he could get a song out of the "established" turkeys we bought in the summer - Balotelli and the Southampton 3 - then that would help his case too....

A lot of ifs and buts......

[Slinky Skills]

Even if we do lose these games I don't see the point on sacking him as the damage is already done. Any new manager coming in isn't going to make a difference to the season imo.

I'd only contemplate getting rid if we're disastrously placed near the relegation spot otherwise it's wait and see what the season brings.

[meffin]

it should all depend on who their preferred replacement would be and if they were confident of getting him..... otherwise we could be in a position where Kenny takes over for a few months again. And what would the point in that be??

A lot of ifs and buts......

Absolutely, I'd only get rid if we have the actual successor lined up (i.e Klopp) rather than a short term stop gap like we did with Kenny.

[BobTheCharmer]

We don't have any fire power right now, so every game will be a struggle. That's the reality. Until January its muddle through time. The whole of football is about goals, I said this ages ago, the art of defending is gone. Look how close we came with a **** defence. Look at utd now. Messi and ronaldo, its all ****ing goals. They hide the reality that without fantastic strikers the rest of the team would struggle. No point getting on Rodgers back until he gets a chance in January to rectify the situation.

[vlahka]

And it'll probably drag on till the last week of january too. When we really should have a bunch of people to start hammering at come day 1.

[Assassin]

Half way out of the door......

[Kenneth]

Somewhat premature.

[Assassin]

3 envelopes


3 names


Rodgers
Pascoe
Marsh

[JohnDoe]

If we don't win this game, it's on him.

At home, needing a win, he cowardly plays four central midfielders. No Coutinho, no Lallana, only source of creativity coming from Sterling. Abysmal.

[baitman]

fancy buying all those players, then not playing them and using the excuse that you are going to use players you can trust. utter ****ing bollocks.

[spud_gun]

He better have a ****ing heroic half time speech lined up. He's got 45 minutes to save his job.

[alonso14]

He needs to go into the toilet at half time and call rafa Benitez to sort this mess out because he obviously doesn't know.

[ChrisDR1968]

He needs to go into the toilet at half time and call rafa Benitez to sort this mess out because he obviously doesn't know.

Rodgers is giving every indication of being completely confused of how to set this team up.

Not sure I've ever seen this before from a Liverpool manager (even Hodgson)

[baitman]

calling 'interim manager rescue'