Well. I didn't actually say "sack him." I said I wouldn't be fussed if they sacked him.
It's not just that we're not doing well. It's the way he handles it and the way he treats the supporters with utter disdain. He plays Johnson again and again. We play like sh*te and then he comes out and says we were "fantastic." He throws in the towel away at Real Madrid, the biggest game we've had in years, and then drops Toure after the man put in the best defensive performance all season. He intentionally lowers expectations saying a draw at home against Sunderland is a "great result." He says we don't need a defence coach because we "defend as a team" in training. The man is delusional.
So it's not just that we're not doing well. It's that 1) he sends the wrong message to the players, i.e., no matter how well you play, you don't automatically earn a spot in the team (Toure) and no matter how poorly you play, you don't necessarily drop to the bench (Johnson, Gerrard, Mignolet etc). That's not the right message. On top of that, 2) he has lowered our expectations to a mid-table club approach, saying that draws to relegation fodder are "great results," that we should just throw in the towel away to top clubs, that it's okay when we're sh*te as long as we "give him everything we've got" etc etc.
It's not just the fact that we're struggling---it's the WAY he tries to spin everything and make the supporters look like idiots. Like apparently there is something wrong with you if you don't think a 0-0 draw against Sunderland at Anfield is a "great result."
The supporters all have two eyes and can see what is going on on the pitch.
Honestly, if he were open minded and called it like it is I wouldn't have any problem with him getting time. If he put his hands up and said "ok, Stevie is past it, Johnson is apathetic, Allen is anonymous, this just isn't working"---and tried some other players and some other formations, then I would say "ok, at least he is trying a different approach." But he doesn't. It's just the same damn thing over and over and over again. And the same bollocks after each disappointing result. THAT is the problem I have with him. He doesn't consider any other options. He spits in the collective face of the supporters by telling them the sky is purple when we can all see it's blue.
I just don't like it.
But I didn't say that sacking him right now would do any good---but that's mostly down to the fact that there's no one available to replace him that would be worth the trouble, and FSG would then have to give Rodgers a massive payout just for him to leave. It doesn't make any sense.
So. It's a shitty spot to be in right now. I don't know what they're going to do. It's a no-win situation.
Trouble is tho Fed what kind of message would he be sending if he came out and said Johnson you've been sh*t for 18 months, Gerrard I'm only playing cos your skipper, And Migs your as reliable as a blind bomb disposal expert, if he did of you think he'd still have the dressing room ?
What Brendan says to the media may not necessary be the same as he says to the players, I'm not making excuses for him mate I'm as frustrated as anybody, I agree that drawing at home against the likes of Sunderland is far from good enough never will be,
As for tactics and dropping not dropping certain individuals we all have our opinions on it, but I'll be honest and say I'm at a loss as to why he does stick with Johnson so much, perhaps he sees it as the experience he holds over others, even when he's switched to LB,
I think because we are so poor and not performing well compounds the faults and mistakes making it easier for us to attack him ,
Despite all of that believe it or not we are still in the mix, however we cannot expect to be so if our current trend continues, we're not such a bad bunch mate, stick a Suarez and Sturridge up top and all of a sudden we'd be somewhere near last seasons X1,
The problem is we have no one making runs like last season, the lack of movement up front is killing us, we have no fear anymore, I think once we have Sturridge back fit we will see a different team, we'll have movement up front , sterling will have his mate back and who knows it might even wake up balo ,
Lallana will be inspired, Coutinho to and Stevie will have something to aim at,
Even Markovic will find his form possibly,
The difference between you and myself is you always point out the negatives whereas I would rather look at the positives,
One thing we will agree on is this will either make or break Brendan's tenure with us, we may not agree with what he does or says but that's just football ,
It's times like these we all need to get behind him and the lads , we're altogether when things are going well, so why not when things are pretty shitty as of now ?
YNWA
