Still behind him but it's very easy to see he is not doing well not just from a point total but the manner in which he has the team set up in the phases of the game. Most coaches would see the game in three phases.
1. When your team has the ball.
2. When your team doesn't have the ball.
3. The moment in between.
Some coaches focus on certain elements more than others (Pulis very much Phase 2. Lambert as shown on saturday phase 2 and especially phase 3). Rodgers seems obsessed with phase 1 and I enjoy watching us play when we have the ball but the lack of cutting edge in the final third means we need to be better in phase 3 especially. It seems we are getting ripped apart after we lose possession and our team shape is horrendous. This comes down to work on the training ground which is not being done. Skrtel/Agger/ Lucas/ Gerrard/ Allen are critical to this yet we've conceded 5 goals in 2 games because of their lack of togetherness tactically. It's very worrying and while everyone looks to January my concern is the work isn't being done on the training ground now so why will January fix that?!
It won't. Signing new players will just mean we've got more good players who are badly coached and managed. The players we have got are better than our league position and should be good enough for top 6 - few can argue with that, so the problem lies in the coaching. The solution isn't a financial one.
