Brendan Rodgers is an embarrassment. He is an embarrassment both on and off the field. For the umpteenth time in his short managerial life he proudly played himself up just before the inevitable almighty fall. His '150 percent certain to remain manager next season' was typically succeeded by a 6-1 hammering at the hands of Stoke. To be abundantly clear, this was the worst defeat for Liverpool since 1963.
Also disgraceful was how he approached the match vs Real Madrid earlier in the season - basically giving up before even taking to the field at the Bernabeu. Liverpool fans remember going into major stadiums with the confidence of winning or fighting for a draw but Rodgers has sucked that out of us. We remember Rafa's teams winning against plenty of the continental heavyweights and if not winning, running them bloody close.
But more than anything else, for the first time in many a season there seem to be two realistic, brilliant candidates available to us. Rafa has proven himself all over again (with Chelsea and Napoli) and clearly loves Liverpool Football Club. Jurgen Klopp is a genius manager who can take Liverpool back amongst the elite. Both men bring tons of experience, silverware, tactical nous and the ability to attract top-level players from across the world. It would be a major mistake on the part of FSG if they were to let go of this opportunity.
RV, India
Sterling And Rodgers: Both Flawed
It has been so easy to finish fourth this season. In a way, looking back on the league before the fixture with Chelsea last season and where Liverpool were, one might be forgiven for thinking it would have been quite easy to win the title too.
I feel similar feelings about both Raheem Sterling and Brendan Rodgers in truth; both have shown flashes of extreme brilliance but too often, when it has mattered most, both have gone missing. In Raheem's case, even factoring in the 25% sell-on for QPR, we could potentially cash in on a player who is good and might become great but so far hasn't shown enough to me to warrant the reputation he seems to have gained. Having watched him in almost 40 games this season my overarching feelings are that he is either a forward that doesn't score enough, a winger with a poor final ball or an attacking midfielder that doesn't always have the required finesse to play through the middle. I'm not saying he's not good, he's way above average, I'm just saying he's not great and I don't think he's a £40m player at the moment, but that's not to say he won't become one. In Rodgers' case, he took us close to the title and he took us back to the Champions League, but once he got into those positions he didn't quite know what to do with himself or the team.
If I was to compare Rodgers to another manager tactically it would have to be Wenger. He has a view on how football should be played and doesn't bend away from that at all. I know Wenger did alter his style against Man City this season but that seemed to be an anomaly now we are in a position to reflect. The problem with this mentality is that when you come up against teams with better players, you invariably will lose because they will exploit your mistakes. We saw this against Arsenal, Chelsea (when it mattered) and Man Utd in the second half of the season. Managers that can't change their approach for different games don't work at clubs like Liverpool, where there are four better squads in the league every season at least. Last season was the exception because we had the third best player in the world - we conceded 50 goals but he bailed us out on many a day.
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