Rodgers had an abysmal season for a number of reasons both in his control and out of his control.
That said, last season showed that his sides can be effective given the right circumstances. Europe I believe came as a big shock to him and although I was not comfortable with some decisions he made, the turn in form we had mid-season showed that the squad could react and still play. Rodgers has the ability to move on but he is in a results oriented career and performances like we saw at Stoke, Hull, Crystal Palace, etc just will not be tolerated - he knows that and it is a do-or-die scenario for him.
Constant change is the bane of football at the moment. Yes, as I said, it is a results oriented business, but at the same time you do need a level of consistency to get where you need to be. If we'd been dead last and showed no signs of playing any decent and winning football, I'd be a little more pessimistic, but like I said above, we played some cracking stuff still this year which shows we're capable. Newcastle are an absolute shambles because of their hire and fire mentality with managers and will take years and massive investment to put right and there are other clubs also in such turmoil because of their rotating door policy on managers. The oft-banded "three/five year plans" that managers talk about is not myth - to mould teams into a cohesive unit requires time. the average age of the squad is set for the long term and will end up bearing fruit as we do have some very tidy players in the mix here. (but Sterling and his agent can fuck off the petulant little shits!
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I am not being derogatory to Stevie here, but I believe that now he has gone this will be a weight off everyone's mind, as there's no reliance on him or the feeling that a selection is being made to accommodate him. There is no excuses anymore. This is now a squad that is built in Rodgers's image and he knows it's time to deliver this year. As he's the manager of Liverpool football club, he gets my full backing... and also my full wrath when he fucks up!
Also, one thing that always gets my goat is that everyone thinks age is wisdom - even the most seasoned managers learn constantly (or the good ones do anyway) so all this myth about him being a young manager is cobblers - Klopp is not much older, well, good managers will always be learning no matter how old they are, so can we please stop his age from being a stick to beat him with?
He's here. He's staying. He's manager of Liverpool football club and yes, he's a run of results away from finding another job, but until such time as it's deemed he is not continuing in the role, ffs get behind him. I cannot stand the fact that supporters of this club are actually seemingly wanting failure. The mind boggles.