Backing the manager

[clangers]

I've been pretty critical but weirdly I'm actually feeling pretty positive, more so the closer we get to kick off. I actually quite like the look of much of the squad, it's still thin in certain areas, a little lop sided but there's genuine quality in there.

 

Insanely I actually think Benteke, Firmino and Coutinho will make a pretty formidable front three and will suit the managers style of play. We'll end up being an inferior version of the 2013/14 side, which is fine by me. We'll challenge for 4th.

 

Our manager despite all the bullshit and grandeur's of technical genius is only really comfortable when he put's out sides that attack and this squad suits that requirement far more than last year's.

 

Still wish we'd bought a decent DM but it's just never going to happen.

[xerxes]

3 of you cunts are in the envelopes.

Are our tenancy agreements in them too?

[kalasoma]

I've been cynical about stuff like 'our identity' after last season's beginning and end. There were about 5 or 6 matches sometime round when the League Cup started. We ambled into three at the back and it looked promising, then we seemed to shrug our shoulders and act like a bunch of restless teenagers, rudderless and lost. Call that our United (H) moment.

 

I'm slightly less cynical now than I was after Palace away (the bad Palace away, not the good Palace away). I'm sort of idling around moderate cynicism now until someone tells us what the grown-up plan is -  more City (H) than Stoke.

[stringvest]

 

Sick of all this, "he is our manager get behind him" bollocks, he isnt one of ours, he isnt our manager, he is FSG's manager.

 

Wake the fuck up people.

Well going by that the last manager we had was Dalglish the first.

[aRdja]

Well going by that the last manager we had was Dalglish the first.

 

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[Denny Crane]

Brendan Rodgers merchandise reduced in the club shop for some reason...

 

On our way to glory.

 

 

[Grinch]

Clearance sale to make way for the new on our way to par range

[King Emlyn]

As has been pointed out and in fairness acknowledged by the OP the notion of giving him a clean slate is ludicrous, hes going into the new season under intense pressure and if he's not then something is seriously wrong, I genuinely hope he can turn it around but he shouldn't be given too much time, if we start the season anything like the way we finished the last then break the glass, he's on the thinnest of ice, far from an ideal way to start the season but there you go.

[Russ Atmosphere]

I was surprised to see the bookies still have Rodgers as favourite to be the next manager to leave. I thought the feeling was that he was fairly bombproof for another season unless he really Hodgsons it up.

[SlugTrail]

 

I think you'll find even the most hate-filled anti Rodgers posters on here will be fully behind the team come kick off at Stoke, or for any other fixture to be honest. The passion for the club overrides all this internet warrior nonsense.

 

However, if, on the other hand your admirable rallying cry was aimed at bringing unison and togetherness on the forum inparticular, forget it!

 

We could win the treble and you'd still get the usual supsects battling it out in faux fury at net spend and, more importantly beans on a fry up.

 

I wouldnt have it any other way.....   

 

hehehehehehe Beans.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

I was surprised to see the bookies still have Rodgers as favourite to be the next manager to leave. I thought the feeling was that he was fairly bombproof for another season unless he really Hodgsons it up.

I'd assume lots of people are putting money on him going because of the fixture list and the fact we might be adrift by the time Klopp calls an end to his sabbatical.

[TheHowieLama]

Clearance sale to make way for the new on our way to par range

 

 

New Balance have an ad w Henderson photoshopped flanked by Markovic and Moreno running in the US now

[therevivalist]

I backed him for three years and there is no such thing as uncondtional support, not indefinitely anyway. Time he produces the goods. The money he spent thus far is good enough to win the league under a decent manager.

[Russ Atmosphere]

I'd assume lots of people are putting money on him going because of the fixture list and the fact we might be adrift by the time Klopp calls an end to his sabbatical.

Probably waiting for the Bayern job, can't see him here. We'd probably hire Monk.

[MOGLET]

Well going by that the last manager we had was Dalglish the first.

 

Should there be a comma between Dalglish and, the first?

 

Either way, I am not totally sure what you are asking.

[TheHowieLama]

Dalglish I

[Ranxerox]

He should have been sacked. He wasn't,so hopefully he turns things around. He in no way deserves some sort of clean slate. He has to show improvement from the first game on. The fixture list is tough but it goes with the territory. If we're languishing near the bottom come November it will be time to make a change.

[Cardie]

He should have been sacked. He wasn't,so hopefully he turns things around. He in no way deserves some sort of clean slate. He has to show improvement from the first game on. The fixture list is tough but it goes with the territory. If we're languishing near the bottom come November it will be time to make a change.

Rather judge where we are in May personally.

 

 

[xerxes]

I was surprised to see the bookies still have Rodgers as favourite to be the next manager to leave. I thought the feeling was that he was fairly bombproof for another season unless he really Hodgsons it up.

I think that he is anything but bombproof.

 

Last season's end of season collapse, the humiliation at Stoke, last season's transfer misfires, and serial failure in Europe hang heavy. The sacrifice of Marsh and Pascoe smacked of desperation.

 

But I have hope. Milner is an excellent addition and vital to our fortunes following Gerrard's departure, Benteke will score goals, and might just coax SuperMario into action and persuade Sturridge that he might be better off playing football than sitting at home resting his sore knee.

[an tha]

Rather judge where we are in May personally.

If we struggle that is gonna be the big narrative on here isn't it - getting rid versus waiting until the season ends.

[Jose Jones]

Rather judge where we are in May personally.

 

What if we are bottom at Christmas?  Or conversely top at New Year?

Would you be able to say whether Rodgers is doing well or not then - or will you be waiting until May?

[cuppatea]

I backed him for three years and there is no such thing as uncondtional support, not indefinitely anyway. Time he produces the goods. The money he spent thus far is good enough to win the league under a decent manager.

 

We were absolutely miles behind the current top 4 (and Spurs for that matter) when he took over and they've all spent more than us on transfers and wages since then (significantly so in the case of United, City and Chelsea). The only way a decent manager wins the league in those circumstances is if all the teams above us are managed by shite.

[skend04]

We were absolutely miles behind the current top 4 (and Spurs for that matter) when he took over and they've all spent more than us on transfers and wages since then (significantly so in the case of United, City and Chelsea). The only way a decent manager wins the league in those circumstances is if all the teams above us are managed by shite.

Excuses, excuses. We've spent about £50m less then most the top 4 and over £100m more than Arsenal in the last 5 years. All your saying only confirms that Brendan hasn't got the ability to bridge that gap. Glad to see you admit in a roundabout way that you have no faith in Rodgers achieving anything even having spent a fortune.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Probably waiting for the Bayern job, can't see him here. We'd probably hire Monk.

 

True, but then bookies' odds have nothing to do with what's likely, just where the money's going, and where they want it to go.

 

Even as an imaginary figure in the background, Klopp's presence ratchets up the pressure on Rodgers.

[Pureblood]

What if we are bottom at Christmas? Or conversely top at New Year?

Would you be able to say whether Rodgers is doing well or not then - or will you be waiting until May?

If we're top at Chrimbo he should get a new contract.