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On the point of grammar, itâs more of a stylistic choice, both are correct.
Some (my gf is an editor and Iâve asked her before if one is better than the other) would say that âRodgersâsâ is clearer, I think that the s next to the s is unnecessary and looks messy, and would favour " Rodgersâ "
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True for the most part. Still Iâd happily take a 102 goal season and a manager getting the very best out of all our forwards. He really did bring on Suarez, Coutinho, Sturridge and Sterling onto another level while getting the last drops out of Gerrard.
Iâm not sure they did choke either, Mourinho just had the style to sit back and counter that high line. Aside from that and the Palace draw they went on an epic run in the second half of the season, actually beat City, battered us in the run in and won theyâre final game, which might have seen them get over the line but City won too. In truth they had us pegged in our own half at the Emirates in that cup game and probably could have had a pen.
Liverpoolâs transfer committee didnât too well when Suarez left either and he had to deal with that fallout. He did a decent job at Swansea and Celtic too.
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No doubt Rodgers coaches good attacking play and was great at using Suarez as a point of reference for the team. But it came at the expense of any semblance of balance and I donât understand how a team who conceded 50 goals expected to be a title winning team?
Rodgers showed no flexibility and poor game management. Heâs very much culpable for the Liverpool collapse. Itâs also worth noting the only reason Liverpool got that opportunity that season was because Wengerâs team collapsed despite leading for so long.
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At least @ me mate câmon
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Haha⌠mate your defensive record just gives me anxiety
Its got better now in 20/21! haha De Gea has most cleansheets in the league with 6 in first week of October
Managing Celtic must be the easiest job in Europe.
They are about Championship level and are playing clubs that are no better than 1st Division standard.
Rodgers is far better than that, and Leicester are a fairly ambitious club with decent support.
He wonât be under as much pressure as he would have been at one of the big clubs and it will give him a chance to put himself in the shop window.
Iâve always felt this view that they bottled it was extremely harsh.
The key to it all was losing that match to Chelsea and as we all know, they only went behind because of that hilarious slip from Gerrard and Mourinho pulled off his usual defensive show. Thatâs all on Gerrard as far as Iâm concerned. The Crystal Palace match was obviously a total cock up, but that only happened at that point because they began to chase the GD, as that was the only way they could catch City at that stage. In the end, even if that match wouldâve ended 3-0, the damage had been done against Chelsea and it was over anyway.
We also have to remember that the fact that they were in the position to potentially win that title was a credit to Rodgers in this first place. They went on a run of something like 10 straight wins to get there when they had been totally out of the picture for a lot of the season. I also think that when people try to say it was only because he had Suarez, thatâs a totally unfair comment. He also had a piss poor defense, so itâs not like having Suarez meant that they should be guaranteed the title.
I think as rival fans we like to think they âbottled itâ, when in reality that doesnât provide the more nuanced view of it all imo.
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If youâre top with 3 games to go having just beaten your closes title rivals Manchester City and you lose the title - youâve bottled it. I appreciate your perspective but I totally disagree with it. The loss at home against an injury ridden Chelsea side is a stain.
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I get that, but I just think âbottling itâ for me would be like having a massive lead with say 5-10 matches to go and blowing it, which wasnât the case.
I think that Chelsea result really just hinged on that madness from Gerrard. I donât necessarily like citing a single instance in a match to be as defining as that, but when your talisman basically hands Chelsea a goal on the stroke of half time out of nothing, it was going to be really difficult to come back against Mourinho then. Chelsea were definitely depleted in that match but they still had a good enough side to spoil the party if you hand them a goal in such scandalous fashion.
Itâs all about perspective though, I canât say youâre wrong but this is just my opinion of it.
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That game is all on Gerrard imo not Rodgers. He slipped then tried to fix it himself with constant long rage shooting. Then probably the worst corner in the world by Aspas gave Chelsea the chance to counter and kill the game off at 0-2
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Steve Gerrard, Gerrard,
He slipped on his f*cking arse,
He gave it to Demba Ba,
Steve Gerrard Gerrard
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Rodgers worked wonders in playing a formation they no longer use with players they no longer have :mustafi:
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Iheanacho will turn God mode now.
My Liverpool mate couldnât stand Brendan âOutstandingâ Rodgers, so having him back in England, will be fun 
Be interesting to see how he fares at Leicester. Solid foundations to build them into something decent I think.
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Whatâs happened to this guy? Thought he had the attributes to reach the top
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Always thought he was a decent coach which is what mid table is all about. He wonât come unstuck in a tight CL tie or title race and the odd bad run will be forgiven, and heâll probably amass the kind of points to get Leicester competing for 7th.
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