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Different owners might have sacked Rodgers last season, says Joe Allen

“At the end of the day, we were the ones who let the supporters, the manager and the staff down.”

LIVERPOOL MANAGER BRENDAN Rodgers might have lost his job under different ownership, according to midfielder Joe Allen.

Liverpool endured a disappointing 2014-15 campaign and only managed to finish sixth in the Premier League, despite ending the season prior as runners-up.

Rodgers came under increased scrutiny following Liverpool’s failure to qualify for the Champions League but was spared the sack, despite assistant Colin Pascoe and coach Mike Marsh both being shown the door.

And Allen admits that, under different bosses, Rodgers could well have lost his job, though he says the players must take responsibility.

“Yeah, of course, some owners may have been less tolerant after the way the season went,” the Wales international told the Mirror.

But the players we’ve got here are all honest players who take responsibility.

“At the end of the day, we were the ones who let the supporters, the manager and the staff down – and ourselves down as well.

“It’s as simple as that.

“So it’s up to us to get back out there and get back to the levels we know we can reach.”

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    Feb 11th 2018, 7:23 PM

    Very unfair headline to put out. Having witnessed the incident it looked like a total accident, a collision on the sideline that couldn’t be avoided. Use of the word altercation is totally wrong.

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    Feb 11th 2018, 4:49 PM

    A lot of fighting and brawling in today’s games

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    Feb 11th 2018, 4:53 PM

    @John O Reilly: sure doesn’t the sh?te weather put us all in bad form

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    Feb 11th 2018, 6:53 PM

    From what I’ve heard it was an accidental collision but he hit his head when he fell. Hopefully he’ll be OK. As for the comments above, stay classy. It’s not a nice situation for the Clare player to be in either.

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    Feb 11th 2018, 4:56 PM

    Unintentional I hear

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    Feb 11th 2018, 5:04 PM

    @Seán O’Sullivan: unintentionally hospitalised!!

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    Feb 11th 2018, 5:22 PM

    @Dead Ball Browne: were u there??

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    Feb 11th 2018, 5:30 PM

    @Declan Cassidy: Don’t think he needs to have been there to know he was hospitalised considering it’s been confirmed he was.

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    Feb 11th 2018, 8:06 PM

    This was an accident bure and simple
    a lot of miss reporting on this.

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