Not just the tabloids that disapproved of the team Rodgers put out.
http://www.theguardian.com/football...verpool-real-madrid-champions-league#comments
But if he is going to the Bernabéu and surrendering all hope of winning the match before his team have even stepped on to the pitch, he needs to remember that he is meant to be a football manager with vision rather than a bean-counting, middle manager with a five-year plan. He is in charge of Liverpool, a club who have won the European Cup five times and he is competing against the continent's best team in the world's premier club competition.
He needs to forget about Chelsea on Saturday, forget about qualifying for next season's Champions League and pick a team that can perform in the biggest match Liverpool will face this side of Christmas.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...gerss-new-look-side-hit-by-Karim-Benzema.html
. The concept of damage limitation should not be in their psyche. Liverpool are the club of Kevin Keegan and Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Gerrard, a club synonymous with being winners in Europe. They are a club who spent five years trying to get back into the Champions League, celebrating when Rodgers steered them into the promised land, craving fixtures like Real Madrid in the Bernabeu. So why not have a go?
@TonyEvansTimes: Buy into the bull if you want, but this was a huge mistake tonight. @TonyEvansTimes: Wow. Loads on here seem to think that was some sort of success. Even Hodgson didn't lower expectations that much. @TonyEvansTimes: Instead of 'resting' his first choices, Rodgers should have put together a team to neutralise them, get something if they had off day
Will all be forgotten if they have a good performance against Chelsea and qualify for the next round of the CL. But if not Brendan is going to face a lot of unpleasant press. More importantly, doubt any of the players - either those dropped/benched or the second string thrown out with little support - will be particularly happy with his
