Why forget nett spend, the press and pundits battered rafa with that stick all the time.
What is the nett spend for Brendan, it does matter.
All clubs go through hunners of players, and always have, only diff. now is the money is stupidly different, the prices are not the managers fault, its just the stupid world we live in due to how much money is in the top leagues now.
Because regardless of his net spend, he has still bought a new squad and has spent a lot of money on players. The books don't look as bad because of the sale of Suarez, but we have still spent a lot of money and brought in a lot of players.
When we struggled in Brendans first season we had the excuse of 'They aren't his players, he needs time to bring his own players in before we judge him'. Three years later, over 200m spent, we now have a team full of Brendans players.
A few interesting points there HTM: 'the signings Rodgers made' and 'brushed under the carpet', in particular.
You are right (in a round about way); some thing has been brushed under the carpet, time and time again. That is: the remit the committee or Brendan (as you seem to prefer) has been working to.
I don't know why, for sure, anyone could talk about transfers yet ignore (or "brush under the carpet") the fact that transfer policy has been dictated from above. Just as I don't know why anyone could profess loyalty or "love" for Brendan yet ignore what he has been saying he needs.
Company Policy
"The model here at the football club is clear in terms of the owners want to bring in young players in order to develop and create them into world class players...
... not every player can be a developer."http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-needs-marquee-signing-8378712
Now given that we fans, Brendan and (we're told), the owners, accept that "not every player can be a developer" and, by default, some money is going to be "wasted" - it's a bit unfair (in my opinion) to lay blame at the feet of anyone other than those who dictate policy. Only they can change that.
However, all is not lost: the owners are aware of the situation and hopefully they will change their stance, come June. Fingers crossed; eh?
Its probably rare in todays football that any manager has 100% control over transfers with the amount of scouts, owners and 'transfer committees' poking their noses in. The blame will always lie with the manager though. It might not be fair but its how it is.
I think given a good run that side could finish inside the top four.
I'm not sure Brendan deserves criticism for this considering he is the man who has given these players the time to flourish in our team and if they have 'bailed him out' then surely they were only able to do that by him giving him the opportunity.
A strange post altogether given you begin it by declaring you are a big fan of the manager.
I disagree personally. Mignolet, Manquillo and Lovren aren't good enough for a team with ambitions as high as ours. Joe Allen is a squad player. Can is a rough diamond. Based on their first season I would say neither Markovic or Lallana are good enough either. The bench is poor. In fact, its only Coutinho and Sturridge who our rivals would take from us given the opportunity. The rest of that team, our rivals are stronger in every position.
But why did Brendan give them their opportunity? Because the signings he has made have been poor. Sterling & Ibe over Lallana & Markovic any day.
I am a huge fan of Rodgers and I have belief that we will win the league under him. But Skrtel, Gerrard, Lucas, Henderson, Ibe, Sterling & maybe Flanno are all starters for us. That's seven players none of which Brendan signed. And by my calculations Brendan has signed
24 players. So four of them complete our first 11?
I am a big fan of Rodgers but Im echoing whats already been said a thousand times. Leading up to this summer we need to improve on transfers and sign quality over quantity. I do believe we will win the league under Brendan ive said it many times before on here, but its about time he put his foot down and brought in some top players. I don't want to see another summer of us shopping at Southampton, Swansea or Sunderland.