31 Jan 2015 23:04:28
At a little over half way I've been thinking about the roller coaster that has been this season.

Suarez going and the decision to replace him with a few players to bolster the squad I thought was sensible. Everyone still expected that striker though, Mario hasn't worked, we'd should move on and move him on.

We didn't play the high pressing game as last year and for whatever reason Brendan just set us up different.

Brendan was under pressure and I personally think a lesser man would have given up.

Instead he stumbles across a 3-5-2 and wow, look at how this team is playing, we matched Chelsea over two legs and with a striker would be in the final, Brendan never signed that Sturridge backup though did he.

Where are we now? 17 out of a possible 21? Summer signings looking good? Clean sheets?

Credit where it's due, he has turned it around, I pray he had learnt from the first half of this season.

I think Liverpool are in top 4 and pushing championship winning form.

For the record I have never hoped the manager would be sacked, sure he talks pish sometimes but he has something about him.

Shoot me down or agree, I don't care, just fancied a post and hopefully a pro Liverpool one will be published for once.

Atb

1.) 01 Feb 2015
The issue is he played the high press last season and we were sublime, beginning of this season he decided to go back to his old stubborn 433 tactics of possession with no pressing and it backfired big time.
We wouldn't have been in this situation if he didn't change what wasn't broken in the first place.

2.) 01 Feb 2015
01 Feb 2015 00:41:12
On right he fell into the 352 what does he have to do to get some self respect on this site

3.) 01 Feb 2015
More of a 3-4-3 or a 5-2-2-1 isn't it?

4.) 01 Feb 2015
"Instead he stumbles across a 3-5-2"

God how that made me laugh.

vrcomp
Y.N.W.A.

5.) 01 Feb 2015
I slipped. Fell on top of the missus and now I'm married with 2 kids.
Nothing wrong with slips or stumbles fella.
All is well that ends well.

6.) 01 Feb 2015
Sarcasm guys! Read through the posts on this site, a lot of people give Rodgers no credit for the new system.

I do.

7.) 01 Feb 2015
What was so wrong with last years system!?

8.) 01 Feb 2015
01 Feb 2015 09:21:04
What's gets me is the posters who hate Rodgers no matter what. We were abysmal for most of the season up to Christmas and BR and the team was rightly criticised. Now we're playing a lot better and we should support the team and enjoy the way we're playing, at least see where we are at the end of the season.

9.) 01 Feb 2015
The guy still botched our season and while its all good losing gloriously to chelsea and emphatically beating teams such as burnley 1-0, the season has been ruined based solely on his errors. So, so many things he could have done differently that would have seen us play better this year, and achieve more success.

What i worry about is that the same arrogance that has ruined our season has showed no signs of being eradicated. He stil seems as far up his own arse as he was when we were losing games. what's to say he won't revert back to a 433, that he won't try and get us to play passing football again? Because i think he will. I think he will continue to make mistakes and never learn from them.

So just because we are playing well now, look around at the bigger picture. Is it as good as last year? No. Can we really see this starting line up being sustainable in the future? No. Are players still played out of position? Yes. Are players still wasting away in the reserves, on loan or out of position? Yes. Do we still have surplus players? Yes.

10.) 01 Feb 2015
Spot on Woolback. Did you know, Liverpool are the 5th highest spenders in the world since 2012?! Higher than City and Monaco even!

Rodgers inabikity to utilise the academy is putting our club into so much debt and ultimately, that cannot be sustained. People on here have very short memories. A few dignified draws and defeats against good teams and a good winning run against teams we should be beating and all is Rosy for some!

Not for me. If we take points off of Everton, Southampton, Tottenham, United, City and Arsenal in our next 8 or so Premier League games then fair enough. I might start to consider Rodgers deserving another season. All we've done is beat relegation fodder and nearly get knocked out of both cups in a week.

The team definitely looks stronger now Rodgers has changed the style, tried a new formation and dropped under performing players but I am not that fickle that I will start loving the manager after 1 semi-good month.

For me, he needs to finish at least 4th, win a trophy and start to integrate players like Ibe, Rossiter, Smith etc into the first team. Even then I'm not sure I would trust him to touch another transfer budget and I severely doubt he'll accept a Director of Football.

He is learning to swim, but he isn't out of the water just yet!

11.) 01 Feb 2015
Essex, I agree that those who use the word "hate" or truely hate BR should go fly a kite because there is no place for language like that. Now IMO, those who criticize BR like myself, defo don`t hate him neither do we questiong his coaching ability (he had us smashing teams for fun due to a system that mad Suarez an 80m pound striker so he can coach). It is all the other unforced errors, media and TW bunders (even the owners don`t trust him w/ money hence, the commitee of which he is a member and not that the commitee is ruling/standing over him), and trying to shove a failed pass-pass system on players that don`t thrive on it just to prove he is a genius (wasting a half season in the process for the 3rd season in a row), fix the defence, and freezing players out because he likes his faves playing every game as well as NEVER giving our youth a sniff, is what many of us cannot stand. The worst crime to me, is that he refuses to learn and change for the better ONLY until he is under the cosh and his job is on the line. What type of manager does that? He has turned it around for sure BUT did we need to be in this position if he had just swallowed his pride and arrogance and stuck to a successful system, accepted help with transfers? These errors happened and due to them, we are now playing catchup for the 3rd season in a row. We will never win the PL with these types of shambles. The manager needs to show he knows what he is doing ALL the time, not HALF the time. FSG will not tolerate this type of mismanageent and I don`t blame them because I defo wouldn`t. Do I like BR, Of course! But we cannot just sit back and act like these unwarranted and unforced (IMO) blunders did not happen because they are why we are not in a much better position in the league (could have had at most, 10 more points on the board right now). Just my opinion.