Brendan Rodgers Discussion Thread

This is why I would like to see us try play with a front 2, Iheanacho is far happier coming off the front and trying to get on the ball often drifting to the right. For me if fit Maeda should play through the middle and be asked to stretch the defence in behind.

If you combine Maeda looking to get in behind with Iheanacho coming off you are suddenly pulling defenders out the way for a box crashing midfielder or two to get space in and around the box. At the moment I totally agree teams are happy camping in and there is no central threat in behind.

We actually got in twice at the weekend from Tierney and then Nygren from runs in behind but one shot horribly wide and the other tried to take a touch when they just had to shoot.

 

No need for that Engles can and has played left mid where hatate plays but he won't drop an off form hatate for him

 

In current form and Brendan's first team picks well likely lose both

If we lose against hearts i reckon he's gone, i think the board will have been sounding out managers tbh

 

I feel like Dundee should be a tipping point now for him in terms of changing things up.

The result has been coming as we were never going to keep getting out of jail with the performances we have been putting in.

This awful system of McGregor, CCV, Scales passing the ball between them going nowhere badly needs to be addressed.

Hearts are probably gearing up for this toothless football. If we go a 3-5-2 from the start it might catch them out if nothing else.

KT doesnt really have the legs for for LB now. Id try him at CB in a back 3 and that might improve the distribution from the back.

Iheanacho I think takes up good positions but he looks a bit slow so Id get Maeda (or Shin if hes not fit) starting beside him up top to provide some pace and running to compliment him.

Get McGregor further up the field.

 

A think he should have been sacked after Dundee his conduct as coach has been appalling this season what he says should never have been said in the press in regards to recruitment or the board he started this charade about not being backed which is complete horseshite in the grand scheme of things really he got winger amd striker in amd we have still been * could the club be run better in a forward planning sense yes of course …. Could be run worse aswell though considering what got spent on his targets last season who he doesn’t even play just get him out he’s * as toxic as lawell is


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Wouldn't be surprised if they've asked Ange the question

 

See if you're honestly on here claiming Brendan was backed over the summer you're absolutely brain dead. I've seen some amount of stretching the truth on here but that is the biggest lie I've read in a while.

 

Nah mate your the brain dead one if you still think this is a s simple as him not being backed he’s the most backed manager that’s ever been at the club

A mean ure insinuating that Ave said he’s been backed Ave not said that what he is doing is throwing his toys out the pram and not working with the players he has …. Putting on forest and Johnny Kenny was him again being a complete * persevering with scales to play out from the back
Scales been decent last ditch defending but he’s no cultured ball player shoehorning the flow of the team to accommodate tierney who can’t even give us 60 minutes of a decent level it’s just pure ego insanity why does it have to be either the boards or Rodgers fault why can’t it be both ?


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He may only technically be the most backed due to inflation, but if you looked at actual net spend (We've turned a £50M profit on transfer windows since Rodgers returned) I'm pretty sure O'Neill spent more. He was in no way backed that summer there. The only striker we signed was Shin Yamada. We sold Idah. Thats not him being backed. He had to personally contact Iheanacho and sign him on a free after the window shut thanks to Sevilla areeing to mutually terminate his contract. You mentioned us signing a winger. We sold a right winger in Kuhn and signed 2 left wingers in Tounetki and Balikwisha. We were screaming out for a right winger the whole window and didn't get one.

How is he an * by putting Forrest and Johnny Kenny on? Forrest is 1 of only 2 right wingers at the club and Kenny is our back up striker, who else is he meant to bring on? While Scales was poor on Sunday he's probably been our most consistent player this season. Earned his place in the team. Tierney signed a 5 year contract in the summer, of course he's going to be playing games of football here. If he isn't good enough to play against Dundee then the problem is him not whoever the manager is.

This current predicament we're in, is a complete symptom of the board and the summer window. Yes Brendan is clearly frustrated and struggling to get the team playing, but again that has came from above him. Brendan can and needs to do better, as do alot of the players here, but absolutely nothing will be permanently fixed until we get to the root cause of the issues and force change above him. If Brendan goes in 2 months or at the end of the season or whatever, we cannot have a new manager walking in here with the place still in a * show with a recruitment system that's unfit for purpose and players being dicked around during transfer windows and having their moves away cancelled because we can't replace them in time. This is not a new issue that Brendan created himself in the last few months, this has been going on for years and its now that its properly bitten us on the *.

 

He should be able to sort this, he's making helluva hard work over it though

Nygren played right wing at his last club scored a good few of goals, was good at what he done for his team there and we signed him for they performances and then play him in a different position he's not anything like Khun tough * Brendan he's the only option we've got.

So then we play Engles as well right mid and let them develop an understanding it's the best option we've got for that side so why doesn't he do it ?

Iheanacho up front and Tounekti left wing with balikwishka behind him in left midfield, you could play Bernardo and McGregor in middle and three at the back from ccv scales trusty tierney

We've not much in the way of fullbacks the now anyway.

I feel sure that's a team that would create and be more balanced

Once we start playing and creating chances and Johnson comes back we could change from 343 to 433 depending on who were playing

 

Since he came back, we've had a negative net spend of £50 million. To make a statement as out of touch with reality as the one I have quoted, you have to either know nothing about football or be an idiot, a liar or (and this last one is what I think) so blinded by dislike of Rodgers that you refuse to see the truth about 2 of our last 3 summers.

 

Wow. Might be the most mental take I’ve ever read on here.

 

I don't agree with it either, but i think ( i am afraid ) that there is some truth to it. I am pretty sure that Rodgers have blocked transfers to make points. That he is a "hidden" part of the transfer failings.

He is within his right to demand great players, but i am 100% confident that he would block a pretty good player that the scouting department have found if he don't get exactly the one he wants leaving us with no * instead.

 

This is their plan.

Gonna wait it out with Rodgers and assume the league title will be won anyway (or a good "we was close" situation come may).
Theyll be expecting (as often happens) that enough fans turn their attention to Rodgers and drop the Sack the Board stuff, buying them time for a new manager to come in who gets the motivation back up and gets some positivity around the place - board will then return to form. Back new guy in the first window, then reign it in for a couple years before expecting miracles and then pinning the blame on no ambition on the manager again.

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the eye bleeding side to side football has only been made worse by the recruitment . he didnt give a * who we signed when he arrived and deffered that to lawwell jr decided none of them were good enough ,spent a fortune on engels,idah,bernardo and trusty bombed them all out of the teamhe decided none of them were good enough .here we are again decided none of the players we signed are good enough . whos gonna wanna give that extra push to win games for a manager who thinks so little of them .

 

I think he gave a * who we signed and still cares.

I think when he was brought back he was told that we had some sort of new recruitment process and they used signings like Hatate, Kyogo and Maeda as evidence to show what/how we now sign players from different parts of the world who are unknown. He probably understood that.

I then think when he was presented with players like Yang and * Kwon in that first season, then seen us signing a CB to replace Starfelt, who just so happened to be from the same agency, whilst not having the basic attributes we needed for a CB, he started to flag up that there was issues with the recruitment team. I don't think any of us disagreed.

I still stand by that Engels, in a deeper position, is worth playing. I know Trusty has been injured but I would still have him in my team over Scales. *, I'd put him in before CCV right now. Bernardo has always been hoaching and only cost us £3m. Idah, yeah. Was good in his loan spell and we overpaid for him, putting a target on his back straight away. He wasn't good enough for the money and his confidence clearly nosedived. Even still, they all contributed to a brilliant season last year.

Rodgers bombing them out is a problem, though. His comments are dangerous and yes, I agree. He's not getting the best out of the players right now and coming out into the media, even though we all know the squad isn't good enough, and admitting that it isn't, will not help the motivation of the players.

 

The board are so transparent with this. Because in any other club in the global game would have been sacked by now.

Not because of results, but because of the public swiping and negative comments made towards the board in the media.

And because the board are so transparent about this, I am genuinely dumbfounded they are finding new ways to reach levels of incompetence that really makes you question how any one of the board members or even majority shareholder know how to get dressed in the mornings or butter bread because they seem so utterly incapable of doing anything.

The truth is, yes the longer this drags on, Rodgers will get dragged into the protesting and fan actions against the club, however whilst that is true all it is going to do is give large swathes of the fanbase feeling the PTSD of Covid season, which is already picking up traction as the comparisons are being made more and more each day and in turn the board will not be able to use Rodgers to hide away or turn fan attention elsewhere, all it will it do is renew fan anger and cause even more of a toxic environment and the board are going to get even more heat as things likely turn incredibly hostile towards them.

If the board think dragging their heels over sacking Rodgers will mean they get to hide for a time, then they have lost all sense and reasoning because for me, the longer this drags on the more attention they will get.

 

Big few days for him.

2 wins an absolute requirement to steady the ship.

Do I think we will? Do I *

 

My prediction is a draw tomorrow and 2 losses (Hearts and Huns).

 

We don't hear from Nicholson or any of the board through the media..

They are happy for Rodgers to face, the fans and the media, by himself.. trying to explain board decisions and inadequacies in our transfer windows. And to be honest he's handled it pretty well, 'Honda Civic' quotes aside..

The Board are cowards and it may backfire on them as Rodgers is the only one communicating.