Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

Was that a quote and bolded in a you’re so right Dev emphasis

 

More like I see your point Dev and you're right.....partially, but let me elaborate

 

Frustrating because it’s hardly rocket science, or even something new.

I actually despise the fact it’s conflated with ‘parking the bus’ or seen is giving up on your philosophy.

 

26 games in the CL he’s managed.

4 wins
6 draws
16 losses

He had 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses as manager of Liverpool, with Luis Suarez up front. A very good Liverpool team available.


With us it’s:

3 wins
1 draw
13 losses


He’s an elite manager in some aspects, but at this level? His ego and belief in his own idealistic style of football * him. And it did even in a far better team than he has ever had at Celtic.

0.69 points per game for both Liverpool and us is the record. I keep calling him naive, but he’s experienced that level enough and is a great enough canny manager enough for that description to be generous, it’s not naivety from him, it’s sheer * arrogance.

@King of Kings pointed it out last comment, conflating ‘parking the bus’ and his comments on that absolutely * riles me. He done similar after the last 7-1 under him, where he said well I played 5 at the back like peoples being saying I should change to defensive- and watch that game, we might have had 5 at the back but we weren’t defending or defensive.

He’ll never realise that there’s a way to defend, be stingy, crowd the right areas of the pitch, sit off and defend the right areas to not leave gaps but still be attacking and go for the throat - and you only need to have watched Villa vs Bayern tonight to look at how to do that.

 

Because Unai Emery is a better manager. If I’m being generous to BR as well, they also play in a league where they come up against teams they need to do that style against often. And they are * good at it.

But right now, thats too much a generosity I think. Because that set up and style isn’t even a thought in his head- never mind something as bold as subbing Leon Bailley back off, after him being the sub on first half due to injury because it wasn’t working for the team. And Bailey wasn’t playing awful, it just didn’t suit the team with what he wanted. And it * worked.

We grew up watching us give * noses to teams who were vastly better than us, with squads that I’d argue are worse than what we have had available since then. And there’s a reason for that, largely since then, we’ve tried to dominate teams like we do against domestic teams when it just won’t * happen.