Agree mate.
I think Brendan very much has an eye for a footballer and I'd actually trust his judgement on almost any player.
Joe Allen
Fabio Borini
Clearly the two Rodgers most wanted out of anyone when he first arrived, doesn't reflect too well on him in my opinion.
Lovren
Lambert
Lallana
Apparently these were the 3 he pushed for most this window, of course you can argue that there's no concrete evidence to suggest these were his top choice players and nobody in their right mind would suggest that Lambert was his number 1 choice to replace Luis but there's still an element of his judgement we can assess if we choose to believe these were indeed his choices. For what it's worth I'm convinced Lallana and Lovren were his choices by the number of chances Lovren was given and the long drawn out pursuit of Lallana. Lambert at £4m anyone can be forgiven in my opinion, was a gamble for a change of style, understandable. Lallana is hardly a complete failure and Lovren may prove his worth in time but so far, for the money we've paid, they haven't had the impact you would expect.
The key successes we've had:
Coutinho
Sturridge
Those that think he does judge a player well will say until they're blue in the face that these are enough to counter balance the failures, those that think he doesn't will point to the many suggestions that Coutinho was a recommendation and Sturridge was a committee signing that Rodgers allegedly had doubts about.
Any more evidence we can look to:
Willing to let go of Henderson - now future captain of the club.
Letting go of Reina - I would say that was more forced by the penny pinchers though but still either letting him go, or not bringing in adequate competition was an enormous mistake (for clarity this isn't a Reina point, it's the fact we needed 2 decent keepers)
Lucas?! By all accounts was very close to leaving this window, only his sustained run in the side lately, I would suggest, has changed his mind or we've put a block on it. It was widely reported that we were willing to listen to offers (which some people mocked as if we weren't getting any)
There's enough there to make me retain doubts about Brendan's actual ability to spot a player and I am convinced the committee, as it stands, needs ripping up and starting again. Our future, under this system, looks more that of a feeder club than a club out to get a measure of success on the playing field, the success on the books is what drives this approach and I don't personally see that changing until we see a change in ownership.