KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Buck Rodgers is at it again

It will be an outstanding review... esp. if it decides that BR should stay.

But if you don't deal with the root cause, FSG, changing the manager will only have limited success. I'm not saying there isn't better than him out there or that no one will do better, but if nothing else changes then we'll fail again.

What about a manager that seems to be a yes man, slags his players off in public and cannot be ruthless? Is he a manager or a puppet?

"The committee" excuse will assist his argument only so much. When you have 4 strikers and would rather play three defenders against the WBA of this world or when your strikers are good enough for the low level teams and then not good enough to play against Man U, Chelsea etc and then you stick with STerling. When you clearly need goals.

The same Sterling who has just given the whole of LFC a huge fvck you who do you blame the committe and FSG? I think not.

It depends on what you mean by fail. If we're talking winning the league, then yes I suspect no manager can be expected to win the league all other things being equal and would therefore fail.

However, would you consider finishing in the top 4 a failure? If not, and if there are better coaches out there as you have acknowledged there might be, then I don't see how you can conclude they will certainly fail?

Look, I'm not saying it's right to keep him but if FSG don't change their ways, I don't think there's many out there that would garuntee success.

I personally think we should get Klopp in while he's available and think we'd be stupid not to but if FSG give him the same restrictions, I still don't think he'll get us top 4. We'd probably be more comfortable in 5th and that's about it.

I don't think there are any out there that are available and would guarantee success.

For now I think we have to assume that FSG restrictions would remain in place. If that is the case and getting Klopp would only get us 5th but more comfortably, then I would not get Klopp. Why bother?

I would rather keep BR so that the matter gets brought to a head. i.e. if BR doesn't improve performances and results next season then he is either going to have to admit he is not good enough or he is going to have to turn the spotlight on FSG. I don't think the fans will accept 'this is a big job and will take time' excuses next season.

Having said that, there is a view that says that irrespective of FSG restrictions, they have provided enough funds and freedom for BR to have done much better than he did this season.

His arrogance is embarrassing now, his brilliance is lacking.
Liverpool managers never behaved like this in the past, fair enough if he'd won something.

If he leaves, he looks ridiculous but its clear he feels he has the backing and full confidence in his abilities from the owners.