Brendan Rodgers

[Shaggy]

Its not just xenophobia though is it? Brendan gives copy and stories to the media first hand, just like 'Arry used to (lets not forget just how much money he squandered bankrupting Portsmouth, Southampton, Spurs and relegating West Ham with half of England's "golden generation").

If the manager is willing to do the TalkSport interviews, do the equivalent of the winding down of the window to Sky reporters and no doubt drip feed them stories to bolster their own positions, then the press aren't likely to bite the hand that feeds.

Benitez couldn't be ****ed with them and they hated him for it. I preferred his model.

Yes, definitely that as well.

[rodo]

John Motson`s opinion on football

[Bender]

I think they have a perfectly valid point. Foreign managers coming into the English leagues and preventing British managers from getting top flight jobs? Why wouldn't they be aggrieved?
Same situation as with tradesmen in the UK, you have all these bloody foreigners coming in and whilst they might well do a better job, that's not really the point is it?

[el matador]

Another stat... Apologies if it has been posted already

Post second world war on 10 occasions we have had 8 points or less after 6 league games. Houllier is on the list once, souness once. Brendan Rodgers is on that list three times.

So out of our 10 worst starts in the league after 6 games, Rodgers has been in charge of 3 of them.

Again, I haven't checked to see if its true, but if it is that's **** by anyone's standards.

[Cormack74]

I thought FSG were all about stats. It's a shame they aren't paying attention to some of yours El Mat

[Exiled_red]

I really, *really* don't want to post this but I can't help myself. It's not really about Rodgers so it's probably a waste of time but it bothers me.

There is a clear xenophobia / misguided sense of patriotic loyalty in the football media in this country, it's crystal clear. Not on this forum, not among the fans (mostly)...but the media. There's not an ounce of pressure on Rodgers from the press. It's all coming from the fans - and rightly so. I didn't want to bring this up cos, of course, my foreign example is Benitez. Rodgers has spent and squandered a **** load more money than Benitez did, and his results are worse. Everything is worse. Yet Benitez got absolutely slaughtered from all quarters in the media. I don't need to go on about it (but remember Keys, Gray, Redknapp, Ronnie Whelan, Houghton etc - all of them FFS).....we all know what it was like. He got ****ing ruined. Those same people are preaching "give him time" about Rodgers. It's senseless, illogical and I can only conclude they're all xenophobes.

[topscorer]

I really, *really* don't want to post this but I can't help myself. It's not really about Rodgers so it's probably a waste of time but it bothers me.

There is a clear xenophobia / misguided sense of patriotic loyalty in the football media in this country, it's crystal clear. Not on this forum, not among the fans (mostly)...but the media. There's not an ounce of pressure on Rodgers from the press. It's all coming from the fans - and rightly so. I didn't want to bring this up cos, of course, my foreign example is Benitez. Rodgers has spent and squandered a **** load more money than Benitez did, and his results are worse. Everything is worse. Yet Benitez got absolutely slaughtered from all quarters in the media. I don't need to go on about it (but remember Keys, Gray, Redknapp, Ronnie Whelan, Houghton etc - all of them FFS).....we all know what it was like. He got ****ing ruined. Those same people are preaching "give him time" about Rodgers. It's senseless, illogical and I can only conclude they're all xenophobes.

Good point well made.

Benitez got slated for rotation, Rodgers doesn't just change players every game, he changes formation every 10 minutes in a game.

Same happened with Hodgson of course. Old white English guy, give him time because he's one of us.

[Slinky Skills]

I really, *really* don't want to post this but I can't help myself. It's not really about Rodgers so it's probably a waste of time but it bothers me.

There is a clear xenophobia / misguided sense of patriotic loyalty in the football media in this country, it's crystal clear. Not on this forum, not among the fans (mostly)...but the media. There's not an ounce of pressure on Rodgers from the press. It's all coming from the fans - and rightly so. I didn't want to bring this up cos, of course, my foreign example is Benitez. Rodgers has spent and squandered a **** load more money than Benitez did, and his results are worse. Everything is worse. Yet Benitez got absolutely slaughtered from all quarters in the media. I don't need to go on about it (but remember Keys, Gray, Redknapp, Ronnie Whelan, Houghton etc - all of them FFS).....we all know what it was like. He got ****ing ruined. Those same people are preaching "give him time" about Rodgers. It's senseless, illogical and I can only conclude they're all xenophobes.

Good post.

As ridiculous as this may sound, I think a lot of it is down to wanting to see a British coach succeed in a big role.

Let's be honest, we're still a huge club regardless of what's happening at the moment and our recent history, we're one of the great successes of this country in football terms and I believe that is the reason why so much of the British press want home nation coaches to succeed.

[ChrisDR1968]

Rodgers doesn't just change players every game, he changes formation every 10 minutes in a game.

That's all part of the genius that is Brendan Rodgers. Flexibility of thought and confusing the opposition. That's the philosophy at work here

[badpiggy]

Another stat... Apologies if it has been posted already

Post second world war on 10 occasions we have had 8 points or less after 6 league games. Houllier is on the list once, souness once. Brendan Rodgers is on that list three times.

So out of our 10 worst starts in the league after 6 games, Rodgers has been in charge of 3 of them.

Again, I haven't checked to see if its true, but if it is that's **** by anyone's standards.

Reverse trailblazing literally record breaking ****ness

[red g]

Good post.

As ridiculous as this may sound, I think a lot of it is down to wanting to see a British coach succeed in a big role.

Let's be honest, we're still a huge club regardless of what's happening at the moment and our recent history, we're one of the great successes of this country in football terms and I believe that is the reason why so much of the British press want home nation coaches to succeed.

Or the press is full of Manc and Southern ****s who are loving the fact that he is taking this club to new lows.

[Fan65]

I'm not sure that's the case, I think we've slipped so far down the pecking order since the demise of the bootroom legacy with ferguson's dominance and the emergence of the sugar daddy style bank rolled teams that we are no longer a real threat to the top four, yes we could scrape a second place but let's be honest that was a flash in the pan. It's a sad truth that to succeed at the highest level today means you need silly money to buy the best. We no longer have the dosh to compete.

The resigned chatter on here regarding Coutinho's future emphasises the point, we can apparently no longer hold onto our best players from the lure of the super rich.

The game has changed so much since our glory days and it seems we've now lost our way.

For me just give us good football week in week out, make us proud of our team win or lose.

And maybe one day another messiah will come and we will rise again.

[spud_gun]

John Motson`s opinion on football

This

He should have been put out to pasture years ago.

[Buzzo]

I really, *really* don't want to post this but I can't help myself. It's not really about Rodgers so it's probably a waste of time but it bothers me.

There is a clear xenophobia / misguided sense of patriotic loyalty in the football media in this country, it's crystal clear. Not on this forum, not among the fans (mostly)...but the media. There's not an ounce of pressure on Rodgers from the press. It's all coming from the fans - and rightly so. I didn't want to bring this up cos, of course, my foreign example is Benitez. Rodgers has spent and squandered a **** load more money than Benitez did, and his results are worse. Everything is worse. Yet Benitez got absolutely slaughtered from all quarters in the media. I don't need to go on about it (but remember Keys, Gray, Redknapp, Ronnie Whelan, Houghton etc - all of them FFS).....we all know what it was like. He got ****ing ruined. Those same people are preaching "give him time" about Rodgers. It's senseless, illogical and I can only conclude they're all xenophobes.

Reverse trailblazing literally record breaking ****ness

Being ****e is the new being awesome

[gratziani]

He seems like he has lost his balls to me and like all modern managers keeps pissing on the fans with not taking competitions seriously like last year drawing at home with Bolton and Blackburn nil nil both times.

People are going to games and being bored ****less watching us play middle of the park going nowhere football.

I was really hoping getting in some attacking players we would be going back to 2013/14 season again but that looks like a pipe dream,