The Liverpool FC Thread XII

I'd love to have an owner like Perez though

Perez doesn't put in his own money though. He just knows how to leverage money on big signings.

Swear it was Luke on here adamant that Lambert was better than Giroud in July?

We shall see. Oli looked pretty good and fresh as a daisy vs Newcastle last week, trust he fancies his chances vs the famous Liverpool back 4

pretty sure i never said that, although i can never be certain with my fanboy nature over lambert.

not confident in the slightest for sunday, although at least we're at anfield and i'm hoping arsenal do their typical "play well for 10 minutes in the entire match" routine.

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I'm not talking just about money, I'm talking about ambition

I've been having a think about Rodgers in general and personally I don't understand why some people defend him.

Rodgers during his reign has made some terrible, terrible signings.
In fact out of the 24 he has made, you could argue that only a few have made a significant positive impact; players like Sturridge and Coutinho, maybe desperately stretching to Moreno and Toure.
I don't give a damn that many of them are "for the future". We need players that can play for us now because the only "future" I see now looks very bleak indeed.

Okay fair enough maybe his signings have been terrible but maybe he was pressured in to some of them or maybe he was just unlucky? Lol no.
A good manager works with what he's got and Rodgers simply doesn't understand who his best players are and how to play them best. Yes here we are folks: long term player selection.

Crediting Savage's BBC sport article for the numbers, Mr. Joe Allen has played 62 league games for us.
What has he returned?
1 goal, 0 assists.
I don't care what anybody says, that is an absolutely appalling contribution.
I'm not sure if it's favouritism from his days at swansea, but SIXETY-BLOODY-TWO games playing that sideways passing retard with less strength than glass ankles Wilshere pisses me off beyond belief.

Thats just one example of many that makes me look back and seriously wonder whether Rodgers is actually good for the club or if he was just the luckiest manager in the world last season.
When you have a team that picks itself, world class attackers that score to fun and no extra european commitments, how hard is your job really?

It would be unfair to sack him in January but equally I wouldn't trust that man with another penny.
Where does that leave the club?
Screwed.

Yours sincerely,
A pessimistic Liverpool fan.



Thought I'd quote you since I'm sure you'd love to see this mental breakdown.

At least you're not doing as bad as Dortmund this season.

Rodgers' signings shouldn't be a black and white success/fail. You can't ignore future potential - what is a fail today can be tomorrow's greatest success (the best example in recent times is probably Bale who went from useless to hero for Spurs).

Yet no one is saying Klopp is a bad manager yet (admittedly he's achieved a lot more than Rodgers).

So does that mean AVBs and KKKennys signings are good too because a few of them worked out in the long run like Henderson, Suarez and Chadli.

Rodgers' signings shouldn't be a black and white success/fail. You can't ignore future potential - what is a fail today can be tomorrow's greatest success (the best example in recent times is probably Bale who went from useless to hero for Spurs).

Rodgers' signings shouldn't be a black and white success/fail. You can't ignore future potential - what is a fail today can be tomorrow's greatest success (the best example in recent times is probably Bale who went from useless to hero for Spurs).

Also Rodgers kicked out Carroll then bought Lambert who is essentially a downgrade as they have the same function.


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Mr. Joe Allen has played 62 league games for us.
What has he returned?
1 goal, 0 assists.
I don't care what anybody says, that is an absolutely appalling contribution.

Difference was that Lambert is 32 years old so brought in for the short term as a back up plan and for cup games, if Rodgers kept Caroll he would have had to play him with Suarez as a 2nd choice striker for the long term.

Where he really screwed up was buying Balotelli.

Difference was that Lambert is 32 years old so brought in for the short term as a back up plan and for cup games, if Rodgers kept Caroll he would have had to play him with Suarez as a 2nd choice striker for the long term.

Where he really screwed up was buying Balotelli.