02 Nov 2014 09:29:44
In his 1st season, though he was making mistakes, i thought he was learning from it..2nd half of the season we started to play well..in his 2nd season, he set up the team to play to their strength and it was certainly showing in the performances and we played some of the best football seen in a long time but this season our performance has regressed a lot..and it is mainly down to rodgers stubborness..he is neither learning nor changing anything when it is not working..our team looks lost..apart from 1 player, this is the same team that finished 2nd last season..Eds, what is your view on brendan rodgers?do you think it's time for him to move on?

{Ed044's Note - Up to yesterday, I would have said no. The sale of Suarez, combined with the loss of Sturridge has been a big blow, and although the word 'transition' has been incorrectly used, it was always going to take time to bed new players in. I disagree with the views of some that last year we were lucky to get second because everyone else was crap, and that BR doesn't deserve any credit. He seemed to show last year that he was able to mix things up and change the system according to the opposition and players available, and seemed tactically astute. I disagree with the idea that he was naive against Chelsea. We were on a brilliant run playing scintillating football, and changing to a more defensive mindset would probably have just as likely cost us on the day.
However, what concerns me now, is that all the thought and adaptability of last season has been replaced by stubborn blindness. He refuses to shift from his beloved 433, which has NEVER worked for us. This is even though after every game he bangs on about 'good possession, but lacking in the final third' which is exactly what 433 gives you (unless you happen to have Messi up front..). I could understand if the loss of Sturridge scuppered his plans somewhat, after all he played two up front against Spurs and look what happened, but Studge missing is no excuse. Not once since Spurs have we even tried starting with two strikers. Whether it's because he doesn't trust Borini or Lambert is irrelevant, we had money to spend in the summer and he didn't strengthen in the right areas.
Is it time for him to go? It depends how stubborn he is in the next couple of games. If he plays the same flawed system midweek and next weekend then I would have to say yes....}

1.) 02 Nov 2014
02 Nov 2014 13:14:48
I also think last season was not a fluke..you have to play well to beat a team no matter how weak they are..and we were thrashing big teams home and away..so it definitely means we were playing to our strength and rodgers should be given credit for that..people may reason that losing to chelsea and losing the title race was down to him but still he took us to 2nd place..but I think next two games is the biggest game of his Liverpool career..we have to beat chelsea to get back some momentum for top 4 finish as i can't see us beating real madrid at their own backyard..at best we can hope for a draw there which is still very tough to get..but if we lose both the games i can see rodgers getting sacked before january..hope he can see his job is hanging on a thread here and change the tactics and be more aggressive and incisive during attack..we have never defended well since rodgers came and i can't see that changing..so the only way is playing with 2 upfront( balotelli and borini best option) and attacking like we did last season..