Time to grow a pair?

[mom]

This isn't a BR bashing thread, but more a thread about management style. He's renowned for his man management skills and his ability to get the best out of players, which is no doubt why he though he could do what Mourinho and Mancini couldn't and transform Balotelli. But, he seems to be playing the kinda management style at the moment where he simply stands resolutely by his players, regardless of how poor the performance is. maybe things are different behind closed doors, but that's how it seems to me, possibly to protect an already battered team confidence.
Is it not time to grow a pair and say it like it is? If they're shit, show some passion and say it. On the touch line and even in the press conferences. I'm not advocating knocking individual players, but if they're shit, say it. A rocket up the arse, as it were. I wouldn't do what the mentalist from Hull did, but I'd be more inclined to start putting the pressure on the team a little and to let them know it just isn't acceptable. From the team or the manager.

Has he lost the dressing room temporarily? And if so, would this approach help? He's the manager FFS.

 

[SummerOnions]

There's a reason he's desperate for Gerrard to stay. Big ally

 

[mom]

Gerrard has been an ever present all season and we are still shit.

 

[white-sox]

I saw him recently say he would never have a go at a player in public. Although he admitted in the next breadth he did once with Downing and it worked. Guess he was right to a degree? Downing's performances did get better (I know not the standard we needed).

 

[leftpeg]

I've read the thread on Can and it's clear the answer is to stick with what we're doing and hope for the best...while continuing to criticise Rodgers for sticking with what he's doing and hoping for the best.

 

[Judge Jules]

I think he's right not to make these things public as a general rule, and I also think he's shown that he has the bottle to act strongly when necessary, e.g.making Suarez train on his own when he was agitating for a move to the Arse. We can't go on as we are, though - something clearly needs to change, whether on the field or behind the scenes (quite possibly both). At the moment there's a sense that he/we are just flogging a dead horse.

 

[Glock21]

Until BR learn how to play two up front from the start until then we will stay shit and sooner or later he will lose the dressing room.

Gerrard is as good as gone next summer.

 

[gkmacca]

Me shake head. You heap wrong.

 

[mom]

So, crack the whip? Or stick with the softly softly shit?
I know sometimes it takes time for players to settle, but this level of shiteness is beyond a joke. 4th is going to be tough. Tomorrow will be interesting as to how he responds to another defeat...

 

[jexykrodic]

So, crack the whip? Or stick with the softly softly shit?
I know sometimes it takes time for players to settle, but this level of shiteness is beyond a joke. 4th is going to be tough. Tomorrow will be interesting as to how he responds to another defeat...

Yeah that 3 points between us and 4th seems insurmountable at present.

 

[mom]

good job that three point gap paints a true picture.

 

[jexykrodic]

good job that three point gap paints a true picture.

Agreed.