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2 semis is decent, WTF. 2 finals under Kenny must have been out of this world then and he still got the sack

I would say the grading goes from decent to good to great to fantastic to out of this world. So as we were one step from what Kenny did it's only good I'm afraid.

So Tim is the better option than BR then?

No. Only a maniac chooses a manager because they beat us once in a big game.

Well, you are the one who said that Tim's Villa played a lot of teams off the park, not me. By the way, doesn't Tim need bedding time as, Brenda, the tactical genius?

Any manager "deserves" bedding time, some hit the ground running and hit a block later down the road. I think any new manager should be valued enough to not get judged on their first four months or so in the club.

I did say he played many teams off the park. I never suggested we should sign him to be our manager. Nigel Clough has beaten many big teams in the cups, should he be their bosses because he beat them?

Overall I would be asking the manager why he did not use strikers at his disposal that are being paid thousands every week when on many occasions he did not even have them on the bench.

I would also question his recent comments regarding needing new strikers which has clearly questioned the abilities of the ones he has as well as player his own abilities as a manager for buying them in the first place.

I would be asking him what he thought was a fair target for him to achieve next season if Sterling were to be sold and that he could have £30m + player sales to spend on transfer fees.

I would recognise that he was without the two players who put everyone to the sword and to name the two players that could be bought for the £70m - £80m at his disposal that would put the team in with a chance of at least repeating the efforts of last season.

Having also lost two local legends in the last 2 years I would want to hear what his plans are to replace that effort and leadership that has been lacking.

I would want to know how far behind plan he thought he was now given that last season he stated the club was at least a year ahead of plan. I would want to know how long before the plan was going to be back on track.

In short I would be asking him to reapply for his job.

Usually you give a manager half a season as bedding time when he comes to a new club but not in his 3rd season. If he had lost half of his team, then maybe, but he lost one player he wanted to keep and bought in 6 or more most are not even playing regularly. In short he operates by trial and error and sometimes that pays until the other managers outplays his working tactics. If we had turned a corner as you say, how come we have such a poor record in the last 5 games? Does he need new bedding time?

I would test the waters to see if Klopp would join. If not, I'd give Brendan another season for the lack of a better option.

You're just being facetious to me now RedsforChampions. I have not said anything about Rodgers and his players needing bedding time because we lost a few games. You can quite clearly see the points I've made and you're being overly flippant about it by inferring other things.

If someone says they want him fired for not hitting his own targets this year, then that is fair. I'm not some dumb fool who wants or acts with intent to forgive BR for his inadequacies or failings. You're entitled to disagree, but I think a title challenge of any sort (whether people want to see it as lucky or all because of one player) still warrants the manager some free reign and a bit of time to turn things around when things don't quite go to plan. I'm willing to look past a period of time when players needed time to settle because I think BR commands it for his impact on the club from the year before. Disagree, fine, but don't try to manipulate my words.