BRENDAN RODGERS SAYS he is not worried about being sacked by Liverpool and insists his job is not in any danger.
The Reds finished sixth in the Premier League last season and currently lie ninth in the table after seven weeks. Poor performances this term have seen pressure increase on Rodgers, but he maintains he has spoken to those in charge at Anfield and his job is safe for the time being.
“I am not worried,” he told reporters. “That is not me being arrogant or having been given any assurances.
“I will do my best with what I am working with and our notion is to win the game against Everton on Sunday. I don’t want you to take away that the board haven’t reassured me. We have exchanged text messages and I have spoken to Ian Ayre, the chief executive.
“There is no change there. No drama. We will go into the game to perform and win well. If we get a wee bit of luck, if we earn a bit of good fortune we can win the game.
“It is rebuilding a group again, new players and going again.”
And Rodgers is confident of recovering from the situation and turning Liverpool into title challengers.
“We know it’s a long season – it’s still very early – and we’re making progress as we go along, and we know we have some outstanding players like Daniel Sturridge to come back into the ranks.
“Once we have them, we’ll be in a position to challenge.
“We have a number of players coming back into the team and we have shown in the last league game we have the ability to score and create goals again and that will be important going into that game.
“There is a lack of quality and killer instinct in the final third in particular. In these last four games we have had a bit more rhythm in our game and started to create more chances.
“It is a mixture of confidence, quality, composure. If Sturridge plays against Sion he probably gets three goals and that is quality. But he is not ready to play, the other players had good chances and I am sure over time those chances will be taken.”
The delusion continues
You stay as long as you want Brendan. Another 26 years would be great.
“I will do my best with what I am working”. because what youre working with had nothing to do with you? jog on.
I cringe every time I hear or read anything out of Rodgers’ mouth now. He has lost his way as a coach. The fans that he didn’t lose after Stoke are now beginning to turn on him.The media smells blood, and will keep putting the boot in.
Even if he wins the Derby, and the games after that, he is now only ever one or two defeats from “crisis”.
Sooner or later, Rodgers’ had to go – and it is probably sooner.
The big question in the media is “who replaces Rodgers?”. A bigger, more relevant question is: who in the LFC hierarchy is qualified to make the decision on who replaces Rodgers? The answer, fatally for Liverpool fans’ ambitions, is no-one. That’s a much bigger problem, and a harder one to resolve.
big sam is the man or Tony Mowbray
so much money spent and they are rebuilding again? id be pretty pissed and start with sacking this bluffer.
Only reason he is still in a job is because the Board haven’t agreed a deal yet with anyone else to manage the club. Dead man walking is Rodgers.
Totally agree that he is a dead man walking – everyone knows it.
Here’s the thing, though: who on the board knows anything about football? Henry and Werner don’t. Ayre is a commercial guy, really, with limited clout. Mike Gordon seems to be FSG’s “LFC guy” – he is a hedge fund manager. That leaves Dalgleish, if he is even involved.
I’m sure they have a few former players on the other end of a phone if they need advice, there intelligent people the yanks, the thing about them is, if they don’t understand something they will always seek out information off people to find out. It’s a business for them. I’d let Rodgers go and bring in Kenny and Carra for the interim and write off this season, if it’s not possible to get a Klopp or Ancelotti now.
Look at recent history of managers. Rodgers Hodgson Kenny. Ancelotti is to expensive maybe 6 or 7 mill a year. I just don’t see fsg spending the dough on a manager.
The big problem is a lack of vision. FSG bought LFC because it was going cheap, but they never had – and still don’t seem to have – a strategy for the club, apart from “sell it at a profit”.
Klopp, Ancelotti – even Guardiola! – won’t win anything at LFC until the vision and institutional leadership is sorted out. That, and increasing the wage bill, are necessary if LFC is to compete for anything ever again.
Should of gone last season but offered his backroom instead
Rumour is he’s gone by the end of October.
Have.
I think he should be worried… This Liverpool looks worst the last year and this time he cannot blame Balotelli…
Loads of stories coming out over twitter Yesterday evening, can’t see him being there come the end of the month.
Lose tomorrow, and he’ll be gone Monday
gone next week anyway if the rumours are true