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That reputation took a knock as the feeble displays mounted up last season and there is a growing sense that Rodgers has lost his way and compromised on his identity in an attempt to preserve his own status - a view fortified by his sacking of his long-time assistant and friend, Colin Pascoe, in June. Pascoe felt betrayed by the decision.
Rodgers replaced him with Sean O’Driscoll, the former Doncaster and Nottingham Forest manager whose previous role was coaching the England Under-19s. Since then, those inside the club have noticed Rodgers deferring more coaching responsibilities to the new man, while he takes a step back, observing standards.
However, there remains an emphasis on attack over defence in training sessions. There is a view that Rodgers believes that if he can make Liverpool a cohesive attacking unit, confidence will return to his squad and winning results will follow.
Rodgers’s focus – as it is with many managers including some of the Liverpool greats – is almost always with the players in his starting XI. In recent months, however, this has led to gallows humour developing among squad members not getting any attention - a group who call themselves “the Bomb Squad”.