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Please show me where I called for him to be sacked. I think that FSG will look to replace him if they see no improvement on last season and judging by the team's showing so far there is none. But I can see no eveidence that by playing weakened sides in these 2 competitions are league form is good. Basically we are poor in every competition we are playing in. We are sitting in 11th position.
I believe that Brendan will be gone end of season as we will finish roughly where we are now. If he thinks that by playing reserves last night we have a chance against Chelsea then he is dilusional Yes, sack another manager after one season, thats the way to go. He cannot be judged on the team he has inherited, only when he has been given time to form his own squad would it be fair. If you thought that he'd turn around our squad without backing from FSG then you were mistaken. If we continue to just sack managers surely it will deter other managers of quality coming in as they'll see us as wanting miracles without financial backing which just wont happen! As long as we see improvements from last season and that we are heading in the right direction then we (the fans) should be happy.
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I was commenting merely on your belief that he will be gone come the end of the season
"I believe that Brendan will be gone end of season as we will finish roughly where we are now"
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Joe, you are missing the point (and the D in Rodgers name). Our squad is too thin to be playing our strongest team for every match, Brendan has stated the priority is the EPL so he will try to rotate the squad to perform best for this. If we play our best starting XI every game fatigue will set in and injury will become more likely, if we lost Suarez to that we would (in my opinion) be facing relegation. Lol 
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Please show me where I called for him to be sacked. I think that FSG will look to replace him if they see no improvement on last season and judging by the team's showing so far there is none. But I can see no eveidence that by playing weakened sides in these 2 competitions are league form is good. Basically we are poor in every competition we are playing in. We are sitting in 11th position.
I believe that Brendan will be gone end of season as we will finish roughly where we are now. If he thinks that by playing reserves last night we have a chance against Chelsea then he is dilusional Yes, sack another manager after one season, thats the way to go. He cannot be judged on the team he has inherited, only when he has been given time to form his own squad would it be fair. If you thought that he'd turn around our squad without backing from FSG then you were mistaken. If we continue to just sack managers surely it will deter other managers of quality coming in as they'll see us as wanting miracles without financial backing which just wont happen! As long as we see improvements from last season and that we are heading in the right direction then we (the fans) should be happy. This isn't Brendan's team we're watching. It's a combination of the last few managers' reigns. Until we have a first choice starting 11 that includes 6/7 of Brendan's signings, then he's managing another man's team. At the moment only 2 (3 if you class Borini as first choice) of the first choice 11 are Rodgers signings. The only way I can see Brendan not being in charge come next season, is if we finish in the bottom half. Even if we finish 8th again, or 9th or 10th, I still think he'll be given another year to make his mark. Patience really is the key.
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But why spend all that money on Borini? I saw him several times when he was at Swansea in the championship and you could see that was his level. The way the team is playing and the results it is getting I cant see a top half finish and I agree if that happens he will be gone which is what I was saying.
I dont totally blame rogers as FSG have hung him out to dry. As i said in a previous thread if Hicks and Gillette were still here and had done what FSG did in the last transfer window there would have been numerous demonstrations.
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All managers make mistakes in the transfer market. Borini as it stands is one but its not an impossible situation to rectify. He is still only young and has a good work ethic to try and improve so he will either develop further and fit in or be sold for a relatively small loss
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But why spend all that money on Borini? I saw him several times when he was at Swansea in the championship and you could see that was his level. The way the team is playing and the results it is getting I cant see a top half finish and I agree if that happens he will be gone which is what I was saying.
I dont totally blame rogers as FSG have hung him out to dry. As i said in a previous thread if Hicks and Gillette were still here and had done what FSG did in the last transfer window there would have been numerous demonstrations.
You do realise Fabio Borini was 19 when he joined Swansea on loan? He may look older, but he's only 21. His start to his Liverpool career hasn't been good enough, but he has time on his side to show what he's capable of. I won't be resigning him to the flop pile just yet.
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All managers make mistakes in the transfer market. Borini as it stands is one but its not an impossible situation to rectify. He is still only young and has a good work ethic to try and improve so he will either develop further and fit in or be sold for a relatively small loss But it's rare that a good manager will make a mistake with regards to a player he has trained or played before, ie, knows him inside out. I was surprised that he thought Borini would solve our goal scoring problem (we all knew that this was our priority and I assume BR also knew that)
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BR has always maintained that centre mid was his priority and hence the biggest outlay in terms of players of around 20mil for Allen and Sahin.
Roy Hodgson made plenty of mistakes with Konchesky and Poulsen for example. Sometimes, seeing them in training where some players shine above their actual level can distort your opinion of them.
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All managers make mistakes in the transfer market. Borini as it stands is one but its not an impossible situation to rectify. He is still only young and has a good work ethic to try and improve so he will either develop further and fit in or be sold for a relatively small loss I was surprised that he thought Borini would solve our goal scoring problem (we all knew that this was our priority and I assume BR also knew that) Off the top of my head, Deco didn't exactly set the PL alight when Jose Mourinho brought him to Chelsea from Porto, did he? Look, it's very much still early days with Borini, not to mention that he's been out injured for weeks now. He scored on his Anfield debut, and unfortunately he didn't build on that from there. He has a lot of improving to do, but I don't think playing wide has helped him too much.
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