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There is no honeymoon period. This is a season of rebuilding without expectation (or at least should be) did you think Rodgers was some sort of miracle worker? Did you think he would be a 'Big Mou' but without needing the cash?

Anyone who thought we could possibly get top 4 this season was just being ridiculous. Arsenal Spurs United City Chelsea all have superior first 11's and squads, and that doesn't include the 'also rans' like everton and newcastle who might not have the best team sheets but are a settled unit who play well together. We barely have a squad, looking at our bench we have no one to come on and win us a game apart from unknowns who may or may not make an impact. I don't blame Rodgers for this for the most part because he inherited a pretty poor squad on a downward spiral and the only real money we have had for a decade was spent on the worst transfer period in living memory by dalglish.

Everyone needs to chill out and let whatever will happen, happen. I'm confident we will improve the more we play together. I think Rodgers will regret spending a large portion of our cash on borini (he may be one for the future but we needed a back up striker that was gonna score goals this season, therefore borini was definitely a poor choice), but maybe due to neccesicity the owners will give him a bit of cash to put that right in January.

It is gonna take time, and Rodgers (mostly through no fault of his own, though he must take the hit on borini being the wrong choice at the wrong time, same possibly with allen as he wasn't the pressing need in the team despite him playing well for us, he doesn't help us get goals) doesn't have the squad or the first 11 to compete at any level right now. The season was never gonna be a top 4 so stop expecting us to beat teams like stoke every time we go out. Top 4 was ludicrous from day 1, don't put that pressure on the team.

The honeymoon period is NOT over - we still are WIP and need to accept the fact that we will need at least a full season before we start to gel, notwithstanding the fact that we are still one striker short.

there was never a period. fsg will allow Rodgers to run his contract.

My blood is red .... a season without expectation are you serious? Leaving aside the Liverpool ethos of striving for success nearly 50 years old. What about the supporters paying £800 plus to watch this lack of ambition? Should FSG not halve the ticket prices in this period of suspended animation?

I will tell you about the supporters paying £800,it will £850 next year.

Is the extra 50 quid to be spent on a striker?-)

Call me fickle, but ive lost the faith, stoke for me should have been a demolision. ive seen this for the last 3-4 years now, i keep thinking we are going some where, but almost every other or second game is a disappointment. there is no way of 4 place, we have played 6 odd games and we're already out of it. the team are so inconsistant, to many false promises. as much as i want BR to succeed i just cant see it happening. same old story only this season has been even worse.
i was one of the people that said we needed rid of Daglish, but not like this, in hind sight had we stuck with him we would have probably been much further up the table. sorry i give up on this LFC side its one game after another, draw to stoke probably beat chaelsea and then lose to wigan at anfield. they have no ambition or drive, we are half the chelsea and utd team, theres no way they would have lost that game in there grounds.

Top 4? Who can still talk about top 4? We should be happy to finish in top 10. I have already given up and just watching without any expectations. I noticed yesterday that I was not stressed at all, I used to be very tense before the game up to the final whistle. At least that's a positive for me.

I partially agree. We have always struggled at anfield when teams come not to play. This system is meant to play through that yet here we are same situation.
To be fair he hasn't the squad or players he ideally wants so although my faith is tested, I will retain the faith till January 2014.

I just think BR should think seriously about his tactics. Our strikers aren't scoring enough, our defenders aren't defending well enough, the only thing we do well is " play the game " but what good is that when we can't win. I would rather see us play like stoke and get away with 3 points than see us play like barca and lose at home. Depressing times