Look at it from the players' point of view. They will be shitting themselves in each one of those fixtures because Rodgers has drained the confidence out of them.
Dalglish talked our squad up from day one to the day he was fired. When we faced the top clubs, he'd be saying well they'd need to worry about us just as much as we need to worry about them. He expected a win in every game. That rubs off on the players and makes them feel like they are far better than they actually are.
In contrast, Rodger's has been a little too honest. Calling Carroll are useless cunt. Telling Downing he is a fucking disgrace and not working hard enough. Telling Joe Cole he's a fucking waste of money. And generally telling our entire squad that they don't have the correct profile, and that they need help from new signings before they are capable of playing football. You can't argue with any of that, but for the fucking love of god nothing good will come of drumming that sad depressing truth into the minds of our players day after day at every opportunity. They all think they are shit now. Well done.