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Would Rodgers comments be found guilty in Shankly High Court?

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Bill Shankly Brendan RodgersIF there is one thing worse than a poor loser then surely it is someone unable to accept victory no matter the cost. The striving to ascend and achieve, without excuse and above all showing an ambition to constantly perform to a higher level as is possible – above all endeavour, success.

To quote a famous Shankly saying:

“If a man who’s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesn’t dedicate himself to the job, I’d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because he’s a menace”

This week Brendan Rodgers would put himself precariously in the High Court of Shankly, he would assume the role of menace, even if only in words he would be guilty as charged as he lacked Shanks’s expected dedication.

His crime would be that of suggesting that perhaps not qualifying for European football next season may possibly be a blessing in disguise, as Liverpool would have a greater chance of finishing within the elite top four of next season’s Premier League – without such distractions.

Firstly, and to add balance to Rodgers’ exact quote:

“We would love to be in there and we want to finish as high as we possibly can, but it won’t be the end of the world if we don’t qualify for Europe. If it doesn’t happen then it could end up being a blessing for us.”

Liverpool’s abject failure to qualify for even a Europa League place should be seen as a complete disaster in terms of the club’s stature and as such, Rodgers rather than looking for and finding a silver lining in a sows ear of a campaign, would be far better suited to expressing the unacceptable position of this great club. It would be no less than three weeks ago when Rodgers opinion, albeit it agenda ridden, was that Liverpool could achieve a coveted top four position.

This seems to be the agenda for Brendan Rodgers – self-preservation. At times like this his rhetoric becomes rather less palatable. Indeed unacceptable. Does he expect supporters to become apathetic toward success, by reasoning our early exits from both The FA Cup and League Cup should surely have resulted in a far greater league position this season? Failure excused by future triumphs, losing battles to have an opportunity to attend the war?
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Rodgers expectation for his Liverpool team has been up and down on more occasions than a whore’s knickers, and with it the fans expectations have become watered down with each passing week or press conference.

It costs nothing to kiss the Blarney Stone. It appears that this season Rodgers has made many a pilgrimage to west Cork and Blarney Castle. His chat has become rather nonsensical at times, more reminiscent of Allardyce, Redknapp or Steve McLaren. As much as I like our manager for footballing reasons and remain less reticent as regard to this, I am increasingly concerned around his discourse, and at times completely embarrassed by it.

I do however understand he is a young man still finding his feet at one of the world’s biggest clubs. With my critique I do feel rather like I am criticizing my friend’s new Adidas trainers for appearing slightly garish.

Football managers do not have, or indeed expect immunity from supporter’s intent on clarification and justification, through their medium of criticism. Blindly following the messiah whilst unable to see and point out his shortcomings won’t win trophies – as Bill Shankly said “is being well paid”.

Summing this up perfectly, Abraham Lincoln once said: “You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”

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I am a writer and sports jornalist with many passions of which Liverpool Football Club heads the list, having been a supporter since the 1974 F.A.Cup Final, I am lucky enough to have enjoyed much success through the subsequent years.
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48 comments

  • jack says:

    I was cringing again watching Rodgers on Sunday morning sky show…the fool actually believes all the bull he comes out with

    He embarrases himself every time he opens his mouth
    Rodgers is the new Steve Kean

  • martin says:

    The season has been disappointing to say the least,many supporters are divided on the results ,& particularly Rodgers showing so far,i really dont beleive in chopping & changing managers every 2nd or 3rd season,i have succumbed to this mentality he is a new ,raw manager,& we are rebuilding for the future,its hard to see a top four finish in the next 2 or 3 seasons under his leadership,the bull* he comes out with is laughable at times,but my biggest gripe is ,he cant change a game against supposedly weaker teams who are there for the taking, ,these are the points that are really costing us a strong finish,until recently we always pushed for top four,but now we seem happy to even get a europa spot.How the mighty have slipped away rather than fallen,F.S.G.roles have realistically to be questioned here as well,the old saying you get what u pay for is really coming home to roost,i will continue to support Liverpool of course,but the further we slip away the harder it is to get back,B,R looked pretty efficient at Swansea but they are a mid table team at the end of the day ,& Liverpool may prove a bridge too far for him in the long term.The solution may be a proven manager ,earning top dollar & respect from the squad being brought in .

  • Tommy says:

    Rodgers constant BS and excuses are an embarrassment to this great club

    As is Rodgers himself

  • redrum says:

    It’s good to see so many fans waking up to reality

    David Brent is taking us nowhere except backwards. He is a disgraceful manager

  • Mark Henry says:

    I do believe Brendan Rogers managed Primark Fc.

  • Kris Skates says:

    Strolling through these comments from so called LFC fans make me laugh. Rodgers took over a poor team that Kenny bought, Henderson is average, Carroll was rubbish Adam was useless, Downing was like a dying apple, rotten!! Kenny ruined Newcastle, Celtic and would have made us a top 8 team. Your comments about Rodgers is pathetic as this club is slowly but surely moving forward we’re playing nice football and starting to build a young exciting team. I wonder if you so called fans are taking the p**s out of him now or are you on the band wagon celebrating us joint top. Pathetic I’m ashamed to call you LFC fans!!! Support the team and back Rodgers otherwise bugger off and support Everton.

  • John says:

    These negative comments look more ignorant with each passing week.

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