Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

Good game to the Dundee players. They defended incredibly well and took that first goal brilliantly.

From top to bottom, we’re a mess.

Many of our fans seem to be losing interest going by comments in this game chat. Considering the current situation caused by the board, I wouldn’t say it’s a glory hunter mentality or only signing when winning. There might be a case for protests through these feelings and individual actions, such as complete non-attendance. It’s a drastic step, but so is this deliberate weakening of the playing squad by the board.

Perhaps a bit too much emotion dictating my thoughts here.

 

The fact Ange is a free agent and unlikely to be getting EPL offers is going to loom large now.

 

Hopefully Forest are stupid enough to come in for Rodgers and Ange can come back.

 

We have 1 win from our last 5 games (2 defeats, 2 draws)...and even that was by virtue of Maeda's 93rd min winner against Motherwell.

Whatever the solution is to this mess, he's not finding it.

Squad looks disinterested, he looks like he's mentally checked out. Picking Yang from the start and Kenny on at HT shows how much trouble we're in.

 

He's done. Theres nothing to suggest we will get goals to win these run of the mill games. We only go forward so we can go back. No fight. Look slow compared so SPL carthorses, no cohesion.

 

Sturm Graz, Hearts, Falkirk, Rangers.

We'll be lucky to get one win.

 

There’s no chance he will be sacked. Even if we lose next week and the semi he won’t be sacked. Hes here until the end of the season no matter what.

Have to just scrape through this season and hopefully win the league. Can’t really see it though especially if we lose next week.

 

If Muscat gets their act together, we will be lucky to finish 2nd.

 

This is what folk need to realise, its still not a guarantee we finish ahead of the huns.

 

See if he doesn't beat Hearts next week, that has to be curtains for him.

Ill say this, the board will have the easiest way to win back some goodwill (heavy emphasis on some) if they got rid of Rodgers and brought Ange back.

 

We visibly weren’t prepared or motivated for this game today. His subs looked to me like he was more interested in making a point that winning the game.

 

Should be fired after that * show.

 

Also the worst hun team in years, without a manager, gained a point on us this weekend. And it could happen next week as well.

 

Looking forward to him * off.

 

Waiting for his interview this should be good

 

Rodgers has been given a posoined chalice and I have great sympathy for the way he has been treated by the board and if we were competently ran at boardroom level there would be no way we'd be in the situation we are right now.

However there is no excusing the level of performances we've been throwing in of late.

We have been awful in our 4 European games. Our last 5 league games have been 2 last minute wins, 2 0-0 draws and a defeat today. Bar the 2 League Cup games we have not put in a convincing performance this season. Our defence was the backbone in the early part of the season and we have now shipped 6 in our last 3 matches. It's hard to see where it turns around from here.

Rodgers is guilty of letting standards drop. He is guilty of sticking with players who have integral to us in the past but are clearly way off it now. I think the likes of Hatate, McGregor, Maeda and CCV are all players who should have been taken out of the team by now at different points this season but they have pretty much been ever presents and I think when you see that in a team where a players level has dropped so glaringly and yet they are still getting picked it sends a message across the team.

For me McGregor is probably the central issue in the side, he's been picked in a position and a role that is responsible for all the play to go through him, as well as being captain, he has tactically the most important role in our starting XI. He is there, with the responsibility for taking the ball off our defenders and building our attacks and what is he doing? McGregor is hiding - he is running away and pointing at other players to pass to - he has farmed that role out to a pair of centre backs who are no good a making line breaking passes, who can only really keep it simple and that's not really a slight on them - they are centre halves.

I think he has let the standards drop so much now that the players look very low in their own confidence and ability. It's going to take something special to pull the season together now. I think a new manager is also in for a * of a job because the attack is so low on quality.

The body language of a few players is worrying - Iheanacho, Schmeichel and Tounekti were all pointing and barking at others today when they weren't really doing much themselves.

I find the whole Engels situation funny. He was virtually an ever present last season even though he was underwhelming for a lot of the season. He's then barely had a look in this season despite the fact the others in his position have been miles off it.

After the win against Motherwell I was hopeful we would have got a boost. Engels and Balikwisha combined to create that goal to great effect. I thought Rodgers would go with that momentum and start them today, particularly when both were in Glasgow during the international break.

Until he drops McGregor or at least removes him from a role he clearly does not have the character to carry out I can't see a way back for us.

The next 3 games will define the extent of the car crash our season will be.

 

He’s a * mouthpiece and has done nothing of note in recent times to back it up.

Get him gone along with the rats in the boardroom. By any means necessary!

 

Can't believe folk are still making excuses for him. It's not even the results that are the worst part. Our performances have been hoaching for months and have shown no signs of any improvement at all.

 

He sounds a beaten man on Sky jest now. Not good at all. 6 games without scoring so far this season

 

I was just saying this as well it's almost a get out of jail free card but I also think they will be relatively happy to take some heat of themselves whilst the support is split on the manager