Rodgers

[barrymac20]

Anyone want to have bet that he uses the hideous phrase 'going forward' more than 100 times in interviews this season. Horrible.

He is constantly saying 'like i said' or 'as i said'. That's the only repetitive thing I've noticed

 

[moron]

Anyone want to have bet that he uses the hideous phrase 'going forward' more than 100 times in interviews this season. Horrible.

Proper management speak guys. Get used to it - he could be an IT project manager in a previous life or something.

 

[Ryan]

Anyone want to have bet that he uses the hideous phrase 'going forward' more than 100 times in interviews this season. Horrible.

If i were a Mod I'd ban you for thazzzzzzzzzzzzz.........

 

[Sunny]

He doesn't half go on. I'm sick of him using words like "the", "and" and "football"

 

[juniormember]

'is' and 'I' are getting repetitive use too, the twat.

 

[Buddha]

The worst thing Brendan Rodgers does is that smile. It reminds me of Jack Nicholson at his psychotic worst in "The Shining".

Ha! He tends to lick his lips just before. Truly horrifying.

 

[Silver Sean]

Missing the point spectacularly.

 

[localny]

The same oncy as always. The one that wishes you would shut the fuck up.

Ah, indeed, sorry to hear.

 

[King Binny]

Anfield legend Ray Houghton reckons the current Kop crop must demonstrate greater faith in their team-mates’ technical ability if Rodgers’ purist footballing philosophies are to take effect.

After the Reds’ 1-0 Europa League win at Hearts on Thursday, Houghton admitted some Liverpool players seem scared to adopt the manager’s passing game for fear of messing up.

The ex-Republic of Ireland star, who played alongside McMahon at Liverpool, said: “Trust is the word and it just isn’t there at the moment.

“There was one incident at Hearts where Martin Kelly had a simple throw-in back to Joe Allen but was reluctant to do it.

“So Brendan came running out and told him to just give it.

“Brendan is showing them what he wants but it is going to take time to implement because the players must trust each other.”

 

[King Binny]

Ian Holloway:

Here is a bit of a history lesson.

It was December 1959 when the great Bill Shankly became Liverpool manager, but not until 1962 that he won promotion from the old Second Division.

And it was another two years after that before the First Division title arrived at Anfield.

So if any Liverpool fans are wondering what the key ingredient Shankly had to start building a dynasty, you can sum it up in one word: Time. Yes he had genius, he had tactical ability, he had an ethos of pass and move that would shape the club for more than two decades, he had the ability to spot a good player.

All of them were vital, but none of them would have counted for anything without the time to make it work.

I thought about that this week when I saw the sort of pressure being heaped on Brendan Rodgers because he had lost one game at West Brom.

Who knows? Liverpool play Manchester City today and he might even lose another one. What reaction could there be then? I felt for Brendan because I know a bit about what he’s going through.

When I took over Blackpool I wanted to change the way of playing. I think we drew our first four games and it could have gone either way from there – fortunately we beat Wigan in a cup match and it catapulted the players into believing we could win more games. We ended up getting promoted that year.

But the Blackpool I took over was a different club to what it is now. People gave me a bit of time. At Anfield you are dealing with a different kettle of fish.

Brendan will learn, and is already finding that out, perhaps much faster than he wanted to.

He wants to get them back to where they were. I am sure he will play some fantastic football, Liverpool fans will love it
and they will win, but you can’t guarantee it, particularly early on.

He has to mould the club to what he wants. Meanwhile the owners must remember that they chose Brendan for the way his teams have played, and they have to be committed together now.

You can’t judge anything after one, two or three results. It takes months, sometimes years, to get things flowing again.

The first thing is to get the players on your side, and it isn’t about convincing them they are capable of playing a different way, it is about making them believe that you know what you are doing.

You have to make them see that what you are doing will win games. I know it is difficult for any Liverpool fan to sit there and admit they are not the force they used to be.

That’s the honest truth.

They are a massive club, their fans are brilliant, but they are one of quite a few strong clubs now whereas before they were the kings of Europe.

This is a different age, and for them to get back to that sort of era then they have to buy into something, do it and stick with it.

I hope that is what they will do with Brendan.

 

[Fallon]

Hey may chat a bit of shit, at times, but I like Holloway.

 

[doctor_mac]

Missing the point spectacularly.

If the point is you have an irrational dislike of many of BR's personality traits, then I think we've all got the point. Spectacularly.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

 

[Modo]

Too soon.

 

[doctor_mac]

Waaaaaaaaaaay too soon.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Yah but it's good to have big dreams ...

 

[doctor_mac]

When I see that sort of shit I imagine Mancs posting it on Red Cafe and having a good laugh after our manager's been sacked for finishing in 15th place.

 

[Modo]

Yah but it's good to have big dreams ...

Well so far he's on par with Roy, so eh...let's see where we are around Christmas.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

Well so far he's on par with Roy, so eh...let's see where we are around Christmas.

No he isn't.

 

[Sunny]

From one extreme to the other. Premature adulation to Modo fuckwittery

 

[Modo]

No he isn't.

I'm sorry Roy's was better.

 

[LeTallecWiz]

I'm sorry Roy's was better.

I see you want to go down that path ... I don't have the patience, or the desire, to highlight the idiocy in your statement (be it player purchases, attitude etc) - so you're right, I'm wrong. Let's eat?

 

[barrymac20]

I really like rodgers. I sincerely hope he is given the time and patience to get us back where we belong.

 

[Modo]

From one extreme to the other. Premature adulation to Modo fuckwittery

Go fuckwitter yourself.

 

[Hansern]

Some fans will probably scream for his head if we lose the next couple of games. But we're buying the right type of players, implementing the right pass and move philosophy and are going forward as a club.

He have to get some time, because you just know that it will be great in the end.

Regarding new managers, how long before the London press goes after AVB?

 

[Sunny]

Go fuckwitter yourself.

I really don't need to. You're a big enough fuckwit for the whole site. Saves us all a job I guess

 

[gkmacca]

If I'd had a drink every time Dalglish said "in no way, shape or form" I'd be dead.

Get interviewed as often as any manager today and you can be sure people will want to kill you for certain phrases you're not even aware of over-using. It would happen to all of us. On here, since Rafa's influence, you have lots of people ending sentences with 'no?' or 'yes?' as if they're Spaniards who speak decent English. That's also quite irritating, no?

 

[Modo]

I see you want to go down that path ... I don't have the patience, or the desire, to highlight the idiocy in your statement (be it player purchases, attitude etc) - so you're right, I'm wrong. Let's eat?

All I'm saying is take a chill pill.
Roy got 1 point in his first game no?
Rodgers 0p.
Still Rodgers side by side with Shanks?
Hence....

 

[gkmacca]

Rodgers' shirt looks as old as Shanks.

 

[Sunny]

All I'm saying is take a chill pill.
Roy got 1 point in his first game no?
Rodgers 0p.
Still Rodgers side by side with Shanks?
Hence....

Well I suppose Shanks got 0 points in his first game too. Is that the comparison ?