Today's football.

[ijjysmith]

Liverpool weren't lucky last night from what I saw.

Fulham were just utterly stupid.

 

[squonk]

Liverpool weren't lucky last night from what I saw.

Fulham were just utterly stupid.

You must have missed their deflected goal then.

 

[ijjysmith]

You must have missed their deflected goal then.

It happens.

And so do things like Toure's OG. As fuuny as it was.

 

[Baines' left foot]

i think people need to calm down a bit about Liverpool.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

i think people need to calm down a bit about Liverpool.

They are a legitimate title contender at the moment though mate

Whether they actually win it is another thing entirely, but they're definately in the mix

 

[squonk]

It happens.

And so do things like Toure's OG. As fuuny as it was.

It does, but it was lucky.

 

[squonk]

i think people need to calm down a bit about Liverpool.

Too right.

 

[mrb85]

They've found a way of playing that suits them for now. I'm sure that, as they're able to upgrade areas of their team (their defence in particular), that they'll evolve into a more possession-based side.

Their set up is very unusual. Having two strikers is one thing but they also have a playmaker (Coutinho), a winger (Sterling) and a deep-lying playmaker (Gerrard). In an era where nearly everyone is playing 4-2-3-1, Brendan deserves credit for innovating and risking not having twin destroyers in front of the back four.

"Brendan" ???- you give yourself away their lad. Tell me, what do you think of Luis, Stevie.......

 

[ijjysmith]

It does, but it was lucky.

I can see where you're coming from of course. But i'm not really a beleiver of luck.

Stuff just happens.

 

[hullefc]

Whether we like it or not they are in the mix for the title, simply because they are 4th and only 4 points behind the leaders.

 

[ijjysmith]

"Brendan" ???- you give yourself away their lad. Tell me, what do you think of Luis, Stevie.......

Hmm. Not really needed especially as what he wrote was true.

 

[Del]

There in with a chance

Deal with it

 

[Ashtonian]

Brendan is a lucky manager, i can't see why people don't see that.

He was a championship manager going from club to club, Reading Watford and then Swansea. Hell the year before he went up with Swansea he was the manager of reading and played them in the Playoffs! He wasn't some innotive coach, he was simply a young coach who wasn't good enough.

Then he got the swansea job ,with tactics and ethos already in place plus a good team built over 3 seasons. He carried on what Mcdermott, Martinez and Sousa had done before him and got them up. Remember Brian McDermott almost took them up the year before playing the same type of football. Reading were not long relegated from the premier league so still had financial muscle in the championship in reagrds to parachute payments so wtill a decent team.

So he gets them promoted, and his big job comes along on the back of what he was doing at Swansea. His team have now adapted and are pushing for the league at the most perfect oppertunity, fair enough. Except the amount of money he has spent on players not even at the club or not in the team is incredible. The board signed Sturridge and Counthino because Brendan clearly couldnt sign a decent player and fast forward to the following summer he repeats that feat by signing one decent player (sahko) and the rest crap again. He already had suarez there, as well as henderson and sterling who are first choice now.

My point is Rodgers is not an example of a good manager, it could well have been McDermott being praised for his management style and Kopite manager. He has been fortunate to be where he is. However if he builds on what he has and wins trophies and even the league then yes that will make him a good manager. Before that though he has been handed everything to him by everyone else and he has just had to sit there and smile.

 

[neil999]

There in with a chance

Deal with it

i cant

 

[ronnie38]

Brendan is a lucky manager, i can't see why people don't see that.

He was a championship manager going from club to club, Reading Watford and then Swansea. Hell the year before he went up with Swansea he was the manager of reading and played them in the Playoffs! He wasn't some innotive coach, he was simply a young coach who wasn't good enough.

Then he got the swansea job ,with tactics and ethos already in place plus a good team built over 3 seasons. He carried on what Mcdermott, Martinez and Sousa had done before him and got them up. Remember Brian McDermott almost took them up the year before playing the same type of football. Reading were not long relegated from the premier league so still had financial muscle in the championship in reagrds to parachute payments so wtill a decent team.

So he gets them promoted, and his big job comes along on the back of what he was doing at Swansea. His team have now adapted and are pushing for the league at the most perfect oppertunity, fair enough. Except the amount of money he has spent on players not even at the club or not in the team is incredible. The board signed Sturridge and Counthino because Brendan clearly couldnt sign a decent player and fast forward to the following summer he repeats that feat by signing one decent player (sahko) and the rest crap again. He already had suarez there, as well as henderson and sterling who are first choice now.

My point is Rodgers is not an example of a good manager, it could well have been McDermott being praised for his management style and Kopite manager. He has been fortunate to be where he is. However if he builds on what he has and wins trophies and even the league then yes that will make him a good manager. Before that though he has been handed everything to him by everyone else and he has just had to sit there and smile.

Sorry but he has turned an absolutely c**p Liverpool team into title contenders, that alone makes a mockery of your above post.