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ECHO Comment: "Fears of Witch-hunt Against Liverpool FC"

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BoysInBlue said:
"Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers says he is "favourite for the sack" after the Reds' poor run of form"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30248433

Very clever tactic from Rodgers. Subtly ridiculing the notion of him getting sacked so soon after 'winning manager of the year', trying to create sympathy for himself and basically saying to Henry and co. that they'd be fools to sack him.
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They're hurting
 
ToffeeDan said:
They won't be seeded in the EL draw as they basically will lose (or draw) against Basel. 4 or 5 points will mean they are unseeded bar a strange set of fluky results allowing for lots of teams on 5 or less points losing and finishing 3rd in other groups.

Group A 3rd will be on 6 to 9 points > Liverpool's 4 or 5
Group C 3rd will be on 7 or 8 points > Liverpool's 4 or 5
Group G 3rd be on 6 or 7 or 8 > Liverpool's 4 or 5

Group D Anderlecht will finish on 5 (if losing) or 6 or 8
Group E 3rd will be on 5 (but only if both matches end in wins) or 6 or 8
Group F 3rd will be on 3 or 4 or 5
Group H 3rd will be on 5 or 6 or 7

So for Liverpool to be seeded they firstly need to draw (not lose) with Basel to have a chance of being 4th= on points before applying tiebreakers which will rely on:

Anderlecht losing by 3 goals (to finish on 5 points) - level with Liverpool
Bayern v CSKA and Roma v Man City to finish in wins (for the team in 3rd to finish on 5 points)- level with Liverpool
Probably for Ajax to not beat APOEL at home (to not achieve 5 points)
Ath Bilbao to draw with BATE (so neither side gets to 6 points) to finish on 5 points

and then to win the tie breaker with Anderlecht, One from Man City's group, Ath Bilbao and Ajax..

The four best third-ranked teams are seeded for the UEFA Europa League
round of 32. This ranking is determined in accordance with the following
criteria (in descending order):
a) higher number of points obtained in the group matches
b) superior goal difference
c) higher number of goals scored
d) higher number of away goals scored
e) higher number of wins
f) higher number of away wins
g) higher number of coefficient points accumulated by the club in question,
as well as its association,

at b) Liverpool would finish - with a draw - on GD -4 which will be worst than Ath Bilbao's -3 (Bilbao DRAW/WIN to finish on 5 or 7 points or LOSE which gives BATE 6 points):

So I can guarantee that Liverpool WILL NOT be seeded in Europa League knock-out draw if they finish 3rd if they draw or lose against Basel.
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Brilliant post. FFP esque.

Magnificent.
 
Rodgers.....

'I have faith in my methods and a way of working,’ said Rodgers. ‘We have been given a different deck of cards and, as a coach, I have to do what I think gets the best out of them. I have methods, a belief and a philosophy but you also have to get results. I am not a fantasist.’

He was doing so well until the last line............
 



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