Buck Rodgers » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:20 pm wrote:I can understand people having questions in regards his ability as a manager and there is question marks that he needs to answer this coming season
He got a free first season with a few dodgy buys , then brought in a few good buys and we had a cracking season during his second season and just missed out on the title.
Then Suarez left which left a very big hole in the team plus there was also the Gerrard issue. He didn't get the striker but that's not just his fault - there is a committee that needs to accept responsibility. We bought some good youngsters , some players that have struggled and it was a poor start to the season - players didn't settle and BR didn't seem to figure out which tactics to use to get the best out of the players. We then had a very good winter to spring run where the team looking very good - still missing a spark though and in the end the season ended with a whimper - it was a poor finish and was very disappointing to see.
If BR did lose his job then there would be no argument really - the results this season haven't been good enough in the league and the CL campaign after being away for so long was poor - maybe thats down to his lack of experience but we weren't equiped well enough for that.
He needs to provide results next season - he needs to get his tactics sorted early , needs to get a settled line up and get the players he wants. No more excuses now - it's time to start delivering on the promise from the season before.
All that doesn't mean the guy deserves to be abused - I'm not his biggest fan , didn't want him to get the job when he arrived and believed Kenny should have been given a second season but there is certainly been a lot of signs to show he could do what's needed - I think at the very least he will build a foundation and our squad will be full of talented players with bag of potential - that seems to be the way the owners want to go. Whoever comes in after BR will reaps the benefits of his work.
Regardless of all that - it is not a disgraceful crime to support our manager , in fact it's what is needed from our fans when things aren't going well and no manager ever deserves the abuse that has been aimed at BR
None of your points stand up when closely examined.
His first season was nothing special and bought in nothing but dross outside Sturridge and Coutinho. Yeah, I agree can't read much into his performance after one season.
His second season, with Suarez and Sturridge firing on all cylinders single handly took us to 2nd place and almost won us the title. Had nothing to do with his management, all his signings were failures. In fact if anything the Chelsea game, where he lost us the title was clearly an indication of things to come. Stu the Red pointed this out on here, he got lambasted for it but he was right all along. He is a decent manager, not great and will NEVER be up there with the world's best.
Last season was a disaster from the start, we signed the wrong players. He got his tactics and set-up wrong and it took him 4 months to figure it out before he started to turn the corner. We got found out when we played the better sides and our season fell apart after those games. The CL was just another reminder of how out of place he is at this club and the top level. He was tactically naive and our results against mediocre sides (not including Real) were frankly embarassing. To top this off he should have at least got us to the FA Cup final as getting beaten by a weak Aston Villa side (that Arsenal easily dispatched) is beyond words.
His fourth season hasn't started but judging it on the 3 players we have signed so far and the players we are being linked to, I can't see us finishing in the top 10, let alone the top 4. We have our sights clearly set on average players stabilising things, and Rodgers as much as you want to defend him, is as much part of the problem as saying that he isn't. Are you that deluded thinking he is going to get us challenging for the title again, saying nonsense like "it's time to start delivering on the promise from the season before."
We finished 6th and instead of strengthening our squad is looking even worse. What exactly are you asking for? And what promise? Sterling is on his way out. Coutinho and Sturridge are the only decent players we have. In fact out of the 23+ players Rodgers has brought in ONLY these two make the cut. All the others outside probably Emre Can have been questionable or just not up to the standard that we need to improve as a team. If you look at it as a whole, he has actually spent close to $250m to improve our team on three players in our starting XI. Staggering, simply staggering. There are FIFA executives who are going to jail for having pillared less than this!
And please stop this bs on him not being "experienced". He IS experienced he has HAD three seasons with us now, and is into his fourth now BUT still making the same mistakes (in terms of transfers) he was making in his first season. It's f**king unbelievable that there are still people defending him, that's why the more sensible supporters think you lot are just Manc trolls in disguise. Couldn't care less how many season you have been a supporter, its obvious that your judgement and common sense is CLEARLY clouded on this man.
So as I said lad, pipe down and stop defending this disgraceful individual, who should have walked a few weeks ago when he had the chance. Waiting for a miracle and saying that you are a better supporter because you claim blind faith on your side makes you look just as idiotic as the rest of the lemmings on here. Who BTW usually disappear faster than a fart in the wind as soon as you start having any form of intelligent debate. And revert back to cliche and simplistic one liners.