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So do all the chumps who called it piss poor management.
Why?
It was a bit mate.
Should it not have been clear in a massive game at all times under ANY scenario who is the penalty taker?
Mr Rodgers dropped the ball. Then Stevie came and did a massive shit on it. Then Mario buried it and took home the win.
Yep.
If Rodgers is telling the truth, & Mario was the penalty taker then half the team didn't know it.
That's his fuck up, the buck stops with him.
Are you saying the Buck stops with Rodgers?
Gerrard said in August that Balotelli would take the pens if he wasnt on the field. I dont for a second believe the other players didnt know that.
It looks more like Henderson wanted to take it as he was given the responsibility before the game. Which you'd understand in the heat of the moment and him wanting to step up to a pre game agreement.
All in all it ended well, Gerrards comment aside obviously. I doubt the players are giving this any more thought.
Move on.
It looks more like Henderson wanted to take it as he was given the responsibility before the game. Which you'd understand in the heat of the moment and him wanting to step up to a pre game agreement.
All in all it ended well, Gerrards comment aside obviously. I doubt the players are giving this any more thought.
Move on.
Don't understand why Brendan is now publicly saying Mario is a lazy get
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...rs-after-scoring-winner-against-Besiktas.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...rs-after-scoring-winner-against-Besiktas.html
Bit baffled by that one tbh..
I thought he was decent when he came on.. Even tracked back carrying outv defensive duties..
He clearly is not loved..
I think they are some of the worst words from Brendon since his time as manager..
What the fuck is this about now? I can't see any benefit in saying this publicly.
He should be trying to protect his investment.. If he wants to get rid in summer..
I'm perfectly fine with Rodgers wanting Balotelli to work harder. But to disregard all the positives with "he's paid to score" jibe is a complete joke
I'm perfectly fine with Rodgers wanting Balotelli to work harder. But to disregard all the positives with "he's paid to score" jibe is a complete joke
That's got to be the pinnacle of this thread, and quite possibly this site.
Rodgers, he will fucking never grow
The fuck. How about next time he brings on Lambert and see how that works out for him. He won't be working hard then will he, after he gets fired for coming 7th and trophyless.
Imagine if Balotelli went to the media and blamed his and the clubs shortcomings on Rodgers with the tagline "He's paid to manage us "
Ah for fuck's sake, Brendan, cut the lad some slack. He's looked great the last few weeks and has shown signs that he wants to work hard and impress. Throw him a bone. It's bad enough the captain shitting all over him as well.
Haha this thread is ridiculous.
Half of you lot spent a lot of time crucifying Mario for months and now all of a sudden he's a saint, cos he showed blatant disrespect to his teammates and scored a penalty. A PENALTY. And it's not even a cup final winning penalty. One bloody goal out of how many blood-boiling, hair-pulling performances ??? Not some amazing goal but A PENALTY ! And it wasn't even his to begin with. And suddenly Mario's form is back and we should all go easy on him ?!
If I was the captain and he grabbed the ball off me, I would have smacked his head instantly and beat the shite out of him in the dressing room for making a fool out of me in front of millions of people. Can you imagine Mario doing that shit to players like Zlatan or Roy Keane ?
I don't care if you're the Pope...if you don't have respect, you can bloody well piss off.
Manners maketh man.
Half of you lot spent a lot of time crucifying Mario for months and now all of a sudden he's a saint, cos he showed blatant disrespect to his teammates and scored a penalty. A PENALTY. And it's not even a cup final winning penalty. One bloody goal out of how many blood-boiling, hair-pulling performances ??? Not some amazing goal but A PENALTY ! And it wasn't even his to begin with. And suddenly Mario's form is back and we should all go easy on him ?!
If I was the captain and he grabbed the ball off me, I would have smacked his head instantly and beat the shite out of him in the dressing room for making a fool out of me in front of millions of people. Can you imagine Mario doing that shit to players like Zlatan or Roy Keane ?
I don't care if you're the Pope...if you don't have respect, you can bloody well piss off.
Manners maketh man.
I need to re-watch the last 5 minutes. I didn't notice anything, but maybe Balotelli did slack off in a couple of episodes and Rodgers wants to teach him a lesson that no matter what you have to press and work hard. I agree that the timing is a bit unfortunate...
You don't slag someone off publicly unless you have good reason to.
Oh wait, maybe they knew Mario personally better than most of us do, to warrant that public barracking. Maybe for a fair few, Mario was really pushing it and becoming a tad too 'mischievous' - an understatement really, even for Mario's standards. Or maybe...(horror) he really has been a lazy bum during training for like foreverrrrrr......something most of didnt know alreadyyyyyy !!!
I mean, what were the likes of Mourinho, Mancini, Prandelli thinking when they all complained their fair share of problems of managing Mario, whose talent clearly can only be coaxed out with love and affection, right ? Right ?
And oh btw, for all the sudden Mario supporters, remember the very attentive-to-detail Mourinho who once accused Balotelli of showing a lack of effort in training, stating that 'as far as i'm concerned, a young boy like him cannot allow himself to train less than people like Figo, Cordoba and Zanetti'. Or how about the times when he pissed off his Inter teammates in Zanetti and Materrazzi (guess what, senior figures in Inter like Stevie G is for Liverpool) who also questioned his suspect attitude. But oh, what do they know right ? We know better.
Call it for what it is and stop being pansies. If Mario plays well, well done. If he acts a d*ck, he deserves the ribbing. And oh btw, in case anyone goes all hyper-tripping again, i thought it was a fairly gentle ribbing to be honest. It was like both captain and manager wanted to slap his face real hard but gave him a soft girly one instead.
There is a code of ethics and discipline in any team and if he thinks he's above the law, screw him. Top penalty-taker or not.
Oh wait, maybe they knew Mario personally better than most of us do, to warrant that public barracking. Maybe for a fair few, Mario was really pushing it and becoming a tad too 'mischievous' - an understatement really, even for Mario's standards. Or maybe...(horror) he really has been a lazy bum during training for like foreverrrrrr......something most of didnt know alreadyyyyyy !!!
I mean, what were the likes of Mourinho, Mancini, Prandelli thinking when they all complained their fair share of problems of managing Mario, whose talent clearly can only be coaxed out with love and affection, right ? Right ?
And oh btw, for all the sudden Mario supporters, remember the very attentive-to-detail Mourinho who once accused Balotelli of showing a lack of effort in training, stating that 'as far as i'm concerned, a young boy like him cannot allow himself to train less than people like Figo, Cordoba and Zanetti'. Or how about the times when he pissed off his Inter teammates in Zanetti and Materrazzi (guess what, senior figures in Inter like Stevie G is for Liverpool) who also questioned his suspect attitude. But oh, what do they know right ? We know better.
Call it for what it is and stop being pansies. If Mario plays well, well done. If he acts a d*ck, he deserves the ribbing. And oh btw, in case anyone goes all hyper-tripping again, i thought it was a fairly gentle ribbing to be honest. It was like both captain and manager wanted to slap his face real hard but gave him a soft girly one instead.
There is a code of ethics and discipline in any team and if he thinks he's above the law, screw him. Top penalty-taker or not.
I take it back.
I don't hear Rodgers slagging off Borini or Lambert for not 'doing what they're paid to do' after huffing and puffing to no great effect. If he wants to push Balotelli behind closed doors, fine, but this deliberate press briefing is at best counter-productive (we've got loads of games to come and this seems likely to stall the modest progress the player's been making) and at worst a really embarrassing and petty bit of abuse.
Agree. You just hope that Brendan has figured out that this is the way to get the best out of Ballo, otherwise, as you say, it looks very strange, especially after how well he dismissed the penalty gate saga.
It's almost like Rodgers needed to diffuse the Gerrard induced media storm about the pen (for team continuity), hence the likely white lie, but still felt the need to give Mario a public slapping down. So he goes down the work ethic route instead.
Cringeworthy stuff. Just keep it in house for fucks sake.
Some might argue that his recent public slaggings have had the desired effect, but it's an entirely different matter when it continues despite obvious improvement.
Cringeworthy stuff. Just keep it in house for fucks sake.
Some might argue that his recent public slaggings have had the desired effect, but it's an entirely different matter when it continues despite obvious improvement.
Can you imagine how bad this looks to players we're courting for the summer? We don't offer the big wages, but if we also don't offer a professional work environment, it'll take a lot of convincing to beat out other clubs. Apparently we're not afraid to scapegoat anybody in the public, this isn't a one off.
Remember early in the season when Can was for whatever reason dubbed lazy/not focused/unfit? He was slightly out of shape at worst, not even a genuine talking point. But somehow we managed to make a meal out of that as well, and essentially used that as an excuse to not play him until absolutely necessary. And didn't Sakho straight up leave the stadium for whatever reason before a match because of some sort of disagreement?
This is all hilariously amateurish, and nobody wins. Been in my mind for awhile now that we might need to completely clean house on the front office end before we have any hope of really competing for anything meaningful. In terms of squad talent and youth, there's enough there to be in the top 4, it's going to be an issue of if we are even able to do the bare minimum of what we're capable of this season, which isn't acceptable.
Remember early in the season when Can was for whatever reason dubbed lazy/not focused/unfit? He was slightly out of shape at worst, not even a genuine talking point. But somehow we managed to make a meal out of that as well, and essentially used that as an excuse to not play him until absolutely necessary. And didn't Sakho straight up leave the stadium for whatever reason before a match because of some sort of disagreement?
This is all hilariously amateurish, and nobody wins. Been in my mind for awhile now that we might need to completely clean house on the front office end before we have any hope of really competing for anything meaningful. In terms of squad talent and youth, there's enough there to be in the top 4, it's going to be an issue of if we are even able to do the bare minimum of what we're capable of this season, which isn't acceptable.
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