Brendan Rodgers

[fred_plasticine]

I think it's because he's scared to admit his signings haven't played well so he keeps picking them hoping they'll perform.
I think he's scared to pick and play 'committee' signings (Sakho, Balotelli maybe Can??) in systems that get the best from them in case the committee are proved right and him wrong.
The worst part is he's scared to drop big name players, I don't know a single Liverpool fan who would argue against Gerrard being dropped yet he won't entertain it.

so it's all down to a power struggle, again?
i don't think so, i don't even think there are committee signings and rodgers signings in the squad and even if there were i don't think it would matter one bit. do you think he'd pick players who don't perform over those who do just to get one over the committee? put differently, do you really think he'd rather get the sack than admit he's working with a very good committee? why would he?

[Lecter]

I think he's scared.
He watches the games live, he'll also analyse them again on dvd and he'll have the stats on distance covered, intensity etc....
All that info plus his own eyes means he knows Gerrard, Skrtel, Lovren, Johnson to name but 4 are struggling yet he persists, why?

I think it's because he's scared to admit his signings haven't played well so he keeps picking them hoping they'll perform.
I think he's scared to pick and play 'committee' signings (Sakho, Balotelli maybe Can??) in systems that get the best from them in case the committee are proved right and him wrong.
The worst part is he's scared to drop big name players, I don't know a single Liverpool fan who would argue against Gerrard being dropped yet he won't entertain it.

If I was Pascoe or Marsh or anyone else with access to Rodgers I'd be telling him that he won't get a second chance to manage Liverpool FC and he won't ever get a better club in the PL to manage either, don't lose your job because you're scared to act, be brave, drop the captain, drop your centre backs and actually reward the players playing well.

He might just be surprised, let's face it Rodgers can only win, draw or lose games and at the minute he's losing an awful lot of them.

The daft thing is that arguably his two biggest successes have been when he has changed tact / mind

IE going from his usual 1 up top system to 2 up top & changing his mind about marginalising / selling Henderson

[Lecter]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...s-undoing.html

Rodgers must also take responsibility for Liverpool currently being the easiest team in the country to play against. Just let them knock the ball around in their own half for a few minutes and wait for the forward pass that concedes possession. Better still, press their defenders, watch it go back to Simon Mignolet and bingo.

[Dalglish]

This bit too

We should not be entirely surprised. Liverpool have simply done what they do after every good season. They spend so much time patting themselves on the back and dishing out contracts on the back of finishing second, they overlook the bit where Barcelona or Real Madrid take their best player and their domestic rivals sprint ahead of them

is very apt. You can buy 8 books about last season - 8! A season where we won **** all.

[Lecter]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...s-undoing.html

I dont buy all this foisting off of the transfers as well

Alright maybe the committee have made some ****ing terrible signings but Rodgers himself signed Allen & Borini and wanting Ashley Williams and Vorm are hardly arguments for him to be given total jurisdiction over transfers

The bottomline is in his reign we have signed 2 successes - Coutinho and Sturridge and Sturridge is injury prone

[Dalglish]

And of those two, Rodgers wasn't in favour of signing either of them apparently

[Rich]

Is Coutinho still classed as a success? We no longer play to his strengths, so he's had an absolute nothing season and he was hit-and-miss last year.

[Dalglish]

Is Coutinho still classed as a success? We no longer play to his strengths, so he's had an absolute nothing season and he was hit-and-miss last year.

It's all relative Rich

[Maxiedge]

Is Coutinho still classed as a success? We no longer play to his strengths, so he's had an absolute nothing season and he was hit-and-miss last year.

Coutinho and Rickie Lambert in the same side. Chalk and cheese. What were they thinking?

[Lecter]

And of those two, Rodgers wasn't in favour of signing either of them apparently

Aye its a massive concern

I cant honestly say the committee have impressed me but then nether has Rodgers either

This is why I think this whole system fails there is little or no accountability

The manager can blame the committee for the bad ones whilst lapping up the praise when they sign someone he didnt want who turns out to be a success

[Lecter]

Is Coutinho still classed as a success? We no longer play to his strengths, so he's had an absolute nothing season and he was hit-and-miss last year.

Hes been more of a success than Borini

[Tee]

Hes been more of a success than Borini

I weep when I see that turd coming on and playing for us.

[Yozza]

I dont buy all this foisting off of the transfers as well

Alright maybe the committee have made some ****ing terrible signings but Rodgers himself signed Allen & Borini and wanting Ashley Williams and Vorm are hardly arguments for him to be given total jurisdiction over transfers

The bottomline is in his reign we have signed 2 successes - Coutinho and Sturridge and Sturridge is injury prone

I think the jury is still out on Coutinho - very hit & miss - Moreno hopefully will be considered a success in time (though he has cost us two games already)

That just leaves Sturridge; not a good return on £200m +

[The Birdman]

The daft thing is that arguably his two biggest successes have been when he has changed tact / mind

IE going from his usual 1 up top system to 2 up top & changing his mind about marginalising / selling Henderson

Completely agree, and his biggest (one of) error in not sticking with his original decision to sell Skrtel, he was out the door 18 months ago, now he's undroppable and the cause of some of our problems

[RichC]

Coutinho is a strange one all the talent in the world but the way we play doesn't help him and he's prone to going missing at times as well.

Still think we've got a cracking young player but he's not performing at the level you'd hope we'd be seeing out of him but that goes for a number of players I guess at the moment.