If Balotelli appears on the team sheet again, Rodgers should be fired immediately. He's a black hole on offense; if he doesn't turn the ball over, he fires it into the stands. Then he makes an idiotic mistake to concede the goal. GET. OUT.
SoxFanInCali said:If Sterling still thinks he's ready to walk into a team like Real Madrid, he's delusional.
Nick Kaufman said:Yeah, but the truth of the matter IMO is that Rodgers isn't the problem, the roster is.
SoxFanInCali said:Well, the lack of fan noise today was predictable. There was a boycott of the game because it cost Liverpool supporters £50 for a ticket in the away end while Stoke and Burnley fans only had to pay £16 to enter the KC Stadium.
He's expected back by SeptemberBCsMightyJoeYoung said:Sturridge had hip surgery recently ..
https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/premier-league-liverpool-s-daniel-sturridge-undergoes-hip-174021716--sow.html
Anyone heard about recovery time?
I'll take the over on that.PedroSpecialK said:He's expected back by September
Ok .. Here's one .. Rodgers gave up on the CL after the Man U debacle .. He's playing Johnson as a favour to the player to showcase his (sadly diminishing) talents.SocrManiac said:I want to hear a single rational argument for Glen Johnson's playing time. Just one. I can't wrap my mind around it.
BCsMightyJoeYoung said:Ok .. Here's one .. Rodgers gave up on the CL after the Man U debacle .. He's playing Johnson as a favour to the player to showcase his (sadly diminishing) talents.
SoxFanInCali said:Well, Manquillo is at Liverpool on loan from Atletico Madrid, so he's not a long-term investment.
I never heard anything definitive on if there was an option or how much it is, but I would think if they were planning on exercising it, they would want to run him out there and see what he can do.soxfan121 said:
No option to buy? My apologies, I must have mixed that up somewhere.
DLew On Roids said:Manquillo's loan runs for another year, so there's no urgency in deciding whether they want him.
SoxFanInCali said:His deal has 2 years left. Someone needs to remind him how things worked with Suarez. He wanted to leave, they asked him for 1 more year, he put together a season for the ages, got a dream move, and the club got paid. Selling him now when everyone thinks he's whiny, spoiled, and not as good as he thinks he is would be pointless.
Brendan Rodgers says Liverpool FC need quality rather than quantity in the transfer market this summer – but he doesn’t expect Fenway Sports Group to change the club’s buying policy.
The likes of Jordan Henderson, Raheem Sterling, Jordon Ibe and Emre Can have all flourished under his guidance. However, the policy has been a source of frustration for supporters who want to see Liverpool buying more established talent.
“The owners have great belief in their model,” Rodgers told the ECHO.
“How they work has brought them success in their many businesses. They are not about to rip up the plan.
“They will continue to support the work they believe in which is wanting to get young players in who can be developed.
“If there’s a possibility of a senior player who can help the team and the value is right and that availability and affordability is there for them then I'm sure they will look at it.”
fletcherpost said:The thing with Sterling is, at his best, he is a game changer and Liverpool lack those at the moment. But he clearly wants out. I'd like to hear more about these supposed rumours that some players aren't too happy with Rodgers. I'd like to know what it might be they have a problem with, if anything. Their peformances have been relatively flat coming down the stretch. It might be fatigue, it might be some other combination of factors, to be honest I don't really know. I mean the team has been short of quality and ideas compared to the top four, but just going by points on the board they aren't too far off the pace. But, the top four will retool and one presumes get stronger.
Liverpool are in a tough spot. If they stay where they are the go backwards relative to the field. They have to improve the playing staff. We hope some of this years signings have better seasons but I'm hard pushed to say who might 'come good' next season. The assumption is top English talent tends to be overvalued if the sale is to another EPL team. If that's the case, it's good business to cash in him ASAP and get going with the close season trasnfer business, much like Chelsea did last season. They clearly identified talent and did what needed to be done early doors and were pre season favourites for the title and won it handily. I know Liverpool are not and cannot do all their shopping in the same market place as Chelsea and other top European clubs but I think there's merit to early business.
I don't know nearly enough about Liverpools transfer policy, or who pulls the strings, but Roger's has said that it will be quality over quantity.
A relatively old article from the Liverpool echo: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/rodgers-fsg-wont-change-liverpool-9114778
I wonder if folks here think Liverpool could get Yannick Bolasie and if he'd make Liverpool a better side, assuming Sterling's gone, and I think he's gone. How much would we pay? £20m? More or less.
And...if there are any 30+ yr old players of quality that Liverpool could use for season or two. In another thread i mentioned that if Burnely stayed up one of their players might reasonably be the MVP because as a small budget club staying up would be like winning the lottery, just getting that extra year of TV money. With that in mind one might argue Esteban Cambiasso was the League's MVP although Leicester did spend more money than Burnley (who didn't?) Liverpool need to be creative...and I'm not saying get Cambiasso, what I'm saying is there's top talent out there in the 30-32yr age range that can do a job for Liverpool?
And finally, what is the best player out there Liverpool could realistically get?