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He's been giving a fair chance. The problem is people who would normally give a manager a fair chance have with Rodgers. But he has some major weaknesses that people can see and no matter how many games he wins he will still have those weaknesses.

1.) His transfer record is awful(take away all the committee crap, he has looked or signed players that no top manager would look at.

2.) He cannot set up a defence, I guarantee you a top manager will have that fixed in a month

Even with new players bedding in, again!! he continues to make the same errors. His time is up and he is now like a wounded animal that just needs to be put out of its misery

Just watched it again on MoD. The defending was awful for the two goals we conceded. We've got all these CBs and none can do better than that? It's a right how do you do, there's no getting away from it. BR does need to get more out of the defence, if he has ambitions to continue his tenure.

Still, we scored three! That is the positive.

Is 3 full seasons and countless transfer funds not giving him a chance?

There have been more strange results this season than we would normally expect. Granted, we haven't capitalised at all but the opportunity is not gone either. I understand the frustration but I wonder if, in Ings, Coutinho and Sturridge, we might see some of what we've seen in the past.

The team has looked shell-shocked since the Chelsea defeat and the following Palace game. That end of season near miss has cast a long shadow on the club. We haven't had a functioning attack for over a season - which puts a lot of pressure on a defence that had never really had to defend - on the grounds that Suarez and co would score three a game, as often as not. I think the signings have been questionable too, but I do think we'll see a different team once there's a belief we can score goals, again. If Sturridge stays fit and works up a partnership with Ings, it might all change in BR's favour. I'm not a fan (of BR) but I'm unconvinced by the alternatives. The only one that would really do it for me is Ancellotti and is that a real link?

What I'm interested in is whether the players will really play for BR. The Everton game will be a proper test of their commitment. If they play like they did against Stoke (the 6-1) I'm thinking BR has probably lost his way, irrevocably. At that point, you'd have to say he'd need replacing so as to allow someone to reinstall some belief and pride. If they do fall apart again, though, as much as you'd have ask questions of Rodgers, the players would also, in my opinion, have shown themselves to be of questionable integrity. That's not what you want from people that put on an LFC shirt. Fans wishing for catastrophic capitulation are not, in my opinion, looking deeply enough at the implications of such events. Even Ancellotti can't put character into players that don't have it. If these guys are that dishonest, we'd need a completely new squad AGAIN. To me, the next game few games are the real test. If we can build on today's result, I still think top 4 should be within reach. I hope Rodgers plays 2 up front from now until he leaves - whenever that maybe.

Yes some good points. For me we should judge Brendan over longer than couple of games even if there is a capitulation - as long as morale or confidence hasn't dropped, it is only 3 points dropped.

There have been no signs what so ever that there is disharmony between players and manager.

I couldn't see the likes of Milner, Hendo, Sturridge, Ings, Coutinho and others not giving it all for the manager in any situation. A lot of them owe to him for giving them the opportunity.

So that makes it 4.5 seasons then? Ok.... So judge me after 3 years doesn't count? Maybe give him another 100m while we're at it.
If things go even more horribly wrong, sacking him halfway THIS season would be more than he can ask for.

You need to be better at analysing football, seriously. 3-2 at home against a team which is struggling at the table says a lot about our under performance, but you won't understand.

If finishing 6th is classed as things going horribly wrong, what do you call 7th and 8th under Kenny?