We played some wonderful stuff under Rodgers. Sterling, Sturridge, Coutinho and Suarez were often spectacular.
We came as close to winning the league as we had done under Benitez, and our football that season was thrilling. Naive too.
It was certainly refreshing compared to the end of the Benitez era and what followed. But like Rodgers himself, it flattered to deceive. Sorry, but I never warmed to him.
You were the one with the āso called fansā throwaway line buddy. Iām not getting into he said, she said with you and superfan bullshit, itās fucking childish. Iāll reach 50 years of supporting, hopefully, you just happened to be born sooner, ta.
Now thats out the way, it was all about him in what he did and how he did it encapsulated by his āgive me the toolsā interview. It was a thrilling season, a joyous ride and yes he had an integral part to play in it. He also had an integral part to play on why we didnāt win it and a large part of that came down to him being unable to set up a defence and conceding 50 goals that season. Suarez masked alot of the teams deficiencies and Rodgers either didnāt care to address them, or couldnāt and as has been said, which I also did not know until a few days ago, he played a large part in the departure of Suarez. He caused absolute havoc with our transfer process and the Club was at war with itself, the fans were at war amongst ourselves and alot of that was his doing so no, I for one am not proud of Rodgers being our manager, one glorious half season or not.
I can understand that. I didnāt like that tv series on Liverpool, canāt remember what it was called now. This is Liverpool or something else inane. He came across as a bit of a pillock in my view. It all ended badly and much is down to Rodgers and perhaps some down to the club. I donāt profess to know all the ins and outs of what was said, who said what etc, but the post Suarez season was a huge disappointment from which there was only going to be one outcome. Fortunately FSG had the sense to appoint Klopp and the rest is history. There is no comparison between the two managers - chalk and cheese. I still stand by the fact that Rodgers almost won us the Premiership for the first time. We were so close, we could smell it. And yet at the end, a slip from Stevie G, a draw against average opposition and it was gone. Small margins, but such is life.
I donāt claim to have any inside knowledge on how LFC conducts itās transfer business, although it seems in a much better place now than it did seven years ago. I can understand your dislike of Rodgers for one reason or another, I am trying to be impartial and give him some credit, not much, but a little. You are right - in the great roller coaster season it was a case of we could score more than we conceded. It was never a long term solution, but Iām sure Brendan would have realised that and tried to do something. I mean we could all see it. Once Suarez left the goals dried up but the leakage at the other end continued. I would like to know what went on behind closed doors, bur I guess weāll never know for sure.
Indeed. Toure passing it straight to a West Brom player. Sterling being wrongly flagged offside against City. Etoāo not being sent off for a horrific challenge on Henderson. Hendersonās red card. Rodgersā tactical naivety.
Loads of small margins caused us to fall short.
Obviously throughout the season there are lots of mishaps, but everyone remembers the Stevie G slip. We just had to win at home and the premiership was ours, but Mourinho parked the bus and profited from an unfortunate slip. Despite our goal scoring exploits we couldnāt get past the bus. Ironic given Mourinhoās previous criticism of bus parking.
Sorry, but only arseholes like to say we lost the league because of Gerrard.
I wasnāt blaming Gerrard, itās just a fact that had we won that game we would have been champions. And come on mate, do you really need to add invective like using the term arsehole? Weāre all supporters here. Why the aggro?
Far too simplistic to say because Gerrard slipped we lost the title (paraphrasing). Iām more interested to know why we went out to try win a game when after 5 minutes or was obvious to everyone that Chelsea were content to just stay in their own half. Rodgers should have reacted to that and told our lads to do the same. See the game out, donāt take any risks, get the point and the title is still in our hands. But his ego meant that was impossible. He had to beat Jose to demonstrate how amazing he is.
His own insecurities cost us in that match. His inability to organise a defence cost us over the course of the season and itās something that he hasnāt learnt to remedy.
Never said that Gerrardās slip cost us the title, but we lost that match and with it the title. Thatās not the point. The point was that we were so close. Thatās all. Everyone is trying to overanalyse this. Itās simply a fact that we were so close to winning. End of. You can say what you like about Brendan, mostly bad it seems, and I donāt have any issue with this, but if we had beaten Chelsea the Premiership was ours. Itās long gone, so why we are arsed about it god only knows. Thankfully the current situation is much more healthy, for which we should be thankful. However, the use of derogatory names in discussions is not well received and coming from Patrons, whoever they are, seems to set a bad example to the rest of us.
No? Something has given me the impression your blame has been very much directed at Gerrardā¦
Eg.
Oh dearā¦
Oh for Christās sake, Iām not trying to imply that Stevie G lost us the premiership, and I think you must know this. We all love SG, who did so much for the club and hopefully will return one day. I was merely trying to show how fortunes can change in an instant.
Like a dog with a bone. And you a patron. Donāt make me laugh. Give someone a title and it goes to their head.
Got to be post of the week for meā¦ 
you certainly areā¦
just agree to disagree?
I keep trying to move on. I think youāll find there is a difference between standing your ground, especially having being insulted on several occasions, by patrons of all people, and labouring a point. Iām bored senseless by this discussion.
Rodgers had a man crush on himself looks like heās not the only one . Blarney boy its rumoured he kissed the blarney stone more than once.
Itās true in a practical sense if not a literal sense. Itās not always fair that the miss that comes at the end of the game is the one that is remembered as deciding the match, but itās practically correct even if only a part of the story. There are too many threads to pull on what might have happened differently had Etoāo been sent off (remember, that was a double whamy as he went on to score the winner), or Sterlingās goal against City was allowed. But we were so close to the end of the season that were not any more threads to pull after the slip.
What I do find interesting is the idea that we pushed too hard to win a game we didnāt need to. We didnāt. I do think that is a stick used to beat Brendon because its easier to blame him for the loss of the title than accept something absurd happened to a player we love. In reality, that game was a domestic version of the Farce of Gijon with us just as content to walk around as Chelsea were to not leave their half.