It is never easy following a defeat in the Premier League for Liverpool fans and it is even harder today having gone down 3-1 to Hull City, a team which we need to be beating if we are to be taken seriously in the league.
There seems to be a lot of voices today lamenting Brendan Rodgers for the defeat. Yes, managers can get it wrong sometimes and against Hull, the Liverpool boss has to shoulder some blame for the defeat when it comes to lineups and tactics. Rodgers is not a bad manager at all but he simply got it wrong today.
After the match, Rodgers said that the side made too many mistakes. “We didn’t play well enough. The players are committed enough and they have been giving everything – but today, our quality [was lacking] and there were just too many individual mistakes,” said Rodgers.
Here are some of the comments from the disgruntled fans following the defeat and having a go at Rodgers. Is this warranted or the boss should be left alone?
Rodgers keeps breaking my heart…
— Itohan (@ayoyothebeeth) December 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/PineappleLFC/status/407219497612103681
@LFC rubbish opinion by Rodgers. His stupid 1-3-5-2 strategy + team selection really was the reason for the defeat. He should resign
— Dr. Rais Hussin (@raishussin) December 1, 2013
Getting criticised as a plastic fan because I said Rodgers needs to take some of the blame today seems like some people are his love child
— LFC ULTIMATE FANS (@lfc_ultimate) December 1, 2013
Love it when we concede 6 goals in two games. Rodgers doesn't have a clue who is best centre halfs are
— corner taken quickly (@ThoseScouseLads) December 1, 2013
Rodgers may or may not have got the team wrong but they should be good enough to beat Hull for fucks sake.
— MB (@MrBoywunder) December 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/Spen82/status/407178526027444224
https://twitter.com/DarrylTaylorUK/status/407177094565994496
So Mr Rodgers don't you dare say you were proud of the group today, wrong line up, wrong tactics wrong decisions & zero effort!#lfc
— ??LFC blogster?? (@LFCblogster) December 1, 2013
Roger or wat ever u cal ur name u most be sack if we fal 2 go champions league becoz we ar nt in any compotision it is only league we play u stil dey 4ok up stupid coach
Oooooh, the English is painful.
Stupid roger 4ok u
F**k Rodgers…Rodgers Spoilt the Game Useless Manager…Wot is Mamadou Sakho doinq on d bench n Coutinho also..!!Rodgers is soooo Dumb!!
Need a striker : Spend 14 million on Aspas and Alberto
Need a winger : Sign a donkey on loan
Need a left back : See above
Need a dominant ball playing centre half : Spend 15 million on Sakho…play a past it Toure instead.
Rodgers the charlatan is slowly being exposed.
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Merry Christmas Liverpool fans.
Br Iz Fucking Crazy,after Seeing D Starting Line Up Even A Deaf And Dumb Will Know That D Best Result We Cn Get Iz A Draw,just Becus Moses Iz Complaining Of Playin Time,nd Sturidge Injury D Stupid Coach Decided To Change To A Vry Vry Weak Team,d Weakest In Livapool History,in My Life Av Never Seen A Vry Poor Performance For A Team Fighting For Top 4,in My Opinion Moses Should Nt Start Again Sterlin Should Be Out On Loan For Atleast 3gud Years Nd Coming January D Team Should Sign Atleast 5 Quality Playas Nt Flops Like Borini,allen,hendason Is Inexperience Lucas Iz Always Nowhere To Be Seen In All High Tempo Matches Nd He Should Also Stop Loaning Flops Like Sahin,moses Nd Cissokho
Retard
Ooooh, mor bad Inglish! Bai a dickshoneiry.
As I’ve said in my earlier comment Rogers is a pile of dogshit for today awful selection,immediately I saw Moses and Sterling on the lineup,I told my friend we’ll never win today’s match,mind you it’s not that I’ve been pessimistic but the above mentioned players are the type that will never stop struggling till the second coming of our lord Jesus Christ,because over the years they’ve never for once a better player and they will never be because they failed to do so,after today match,I was left frustrated,desolated and heartbroken,as a true Liverpool fan.therefore I want to use this medium to huge FSG or whatever nomenclature they call themselves to please buy (1)Javier Pastore (2)Martin Montoya (3)Contantinos Metriglou.when this January Transfer Window is open b4 this top chances slipped through our fingers.
retards the lot of you!!
Well said I doubt any of these people have even been to liverpool let alone Anfield
Haha well said. All this whinging over team selection – who would everyone else have played? – Sturridge injured, Enrique injured, Coutinho ankle injury made him not fit to start. The only place you could argue for change was at CB – and the two CBs we played have been two of our best players this season.
It was the players that let us down yesterday, not the coach. We need more creative talent in the middle of the park, Coutinho made a huge difference when he came on. If you look at Arsenal they have about 6 players in the same vein as Coutinho, maybe more. (Ramsey, Wilshere, Ozil, Cazorla, Rosicky, Podolski) Rogers has done fantastically to put us in a position to be able to fight for the top 4, and one bad game does not mean he should be sacked.
infact i felt seek.after the matcth.i dont really know why rogers always change our winning team.i must cofess to u .we hav a better devence in johnson arger skitel and enrigue.all other shoulf be best subtitude.but roger always change our wining team especially the bigger team.i think is high time somebody check is list before the match
Brendon he is not bad rather not good at all as a maneger of Liverpool we can see him made mistakes .so if we wan to qualify for a champion league or fight for the tittle we need to replace with a quality experian good coach
Am very surprise that a big team like liverpool have only 2 strikers. Liverpool is always been link with good players but end up buying nonsense players. Please roger stop changing liverpool winning team. For me, am blaming the coach, coz at first he sees hull city as a push over that’s why he came up with that stupid lineup.
Rodger wat a stupd lineup z dat wy u a stil kepn dis gurbeg,wy dis rodg change our winng team,wea z sakho aaah,u make me suffer.ystrdy i almost kill sameon,going to ma bed wth empty stomach rrrrodger aah.cmn january bring real playz not dis unexpriace ones get rid of them.stealing,mosses,hendo.
BR is becoming stupid.tactically he’s inept.very poor lineups,poor substitutions,no prior bootroom match planning.a whole week planning 1 game & fails.how about 2 or 3 games?wasting money on allen,borini,aspas was sad.sell them.sterling on loan.buy pastore,menez,ben arfa,mitrolgu & mvila.lfc loose bcoy of ur foolish mistakes.we need an experienced 2nd coach.
BR wen u ar buyn 6 and £7m player den u never knw liverpl cannot cope wit star player now is wen we’re now trashed u now realise dey can’t cope witout star players, BR i wnt u 2 stop buyn useless player cus of small money & at d end dey wil sit on d bench d money dey’re usin is nt ur fathers money buy good players dat can deliver now look at assaid,alberto,apas at last u jst waist our money buy quality players wit our money nt £2m player k.
To Mr. BR, Hull tactics never changed from day 1.. U plan according to how they play. 1 week of preparation to study and rehearse on how to break them down. What did we come out with.. Nothing ! No strategy, no ideas, no execution.
So much for the hype of CL football. Top 4 is a distance away. We lack depth, lack composure, our midfield lack creativity. Too predictable. Playing 2 right sided cb .. Amazing .. How many times you see Toure and Skertel bumping into each other? Countless! Please use common logic to do your team selection. And please spend sometime to study your opponent and react before each game. Lastly, when we are chasing game, you substitute defenders for strikers not light for light.
johnson is finished we left n right back, y changin srktel position cus of toure rouger u cus our defeat wit useless tactice, poor formation &stupid selection n if u fail 2 qualify 4 champions leaque u we surely b sack. Wenger never do nonesence at dat first position bt u 4rm 2 to 4 BR u’re gettn tired n finished. B warn BR.
Rogers or whatever dey call u. U can’t be breaking our heart jx like dat ok. Am warming u dat if u dnt sell some flops like hendo, sterling, toure, cissioko, aspas, moses,alberto,allen, borini and buy in competent players, den count urself out b4 d next summer. Naive coach!
Rogers or whatever dey call u. U can’t be breaking our heart jx like dat ok. Am warming u dat if u dnt sell some flops like hendo, sterling, toure, cissioko, aspas, moses,alberto,allen, borini and buy in competent players, den count urself out b4 d next summer. Naive coach!
Rogers or whatever dey call u. U can’t be breaking our heart jx like dat ok. Am warning u dat if u dnt sell some flops like hendo, sterling, toure, cissioko, aspas, moses,alberto,allen, borini and buy in competent players, den count urself out b4 d next summer. Naive coach!
Stupid BR.
BR caused all dis nonsense……..Ow can u change our winning team……….Bench all dis crap players like Toure, Henderson, Sterling, and Moses………….Try and use allen and aspas…….Bcox if to say u av been using Allen since when he came back frm injury, d guy could av improve more than henderson, Bcox jordan Henderson is not improving @ all………………Our Winning team formation is Mignolet, Johnson, Skertel , agger, Sahko……For d defence line…………Lucas, Allen, Gerrad……….For d midfield………While Countinho, Aspas and Suarez…….For d Front line………Substitute………Henderson, Moses, Sterling, Toure, and others……….Imagine droping point against ordinary Hull City…………..BR u really break my hrt yesterday……………..
I was confused when I saw Rodgers stupidity formation, two using right footed players. It pains and bother my mind. What a shamefull formation.
I was confused when I saw Rodger’s stupidity formation, using two right footed players was the greatest mistake. It pains and bother my mind. What a shamefull match.
Gutted, but not surprised , we have and average Manager who sometimes have no clue what he does, BR should not be given a 5 year contract until end of May 2013 ,because if we do not make top 4 then FSG should sack BR and find a top manager who will suceed , BR must blame take the blame for the defeat at Hull , he selection was pathetic ,
I’m utterly flabbergasted how Liverpool FC keep squandering their money in recruiting feeble players, so light weight that they get squashed by bigger players and so afraid and clueless in teamplay and tactics.
How long more do their fans have to put up with such shameful displays?? You are just an insult to our patience because you don’t have the pride, the winning mentality, the strength and the wisdom and professional skills in winning games that you should have won.
From a long suffering fan.
Rodgers is a flop, big fool,empty head.He must be sacked at the end of the season
Br is nothing but a Gambler…..i wonder wat u take lfc for, imagin a coach wt this kind of 4mation and yet thinking of top4 finish…..i still remain on my point that with br lfc cn neva reach champions league…d best he could get is europa league….this are d top4 teams….arsenal, man city, chelsea, man u
Woooahhhh. A tad bit of an over reaction on here since yesterdays game. I wholeheartedly believe that Rodgers is completely at fault for the loss but some of the contributors on here are going way over the top. Bad day at the iffice yesterday and Rodgers was to blame
Rodgers was riding off the backs of sturridge Suarez .
he is to blame he signed Toure Moses aspas alberto Cissokho Allen borini.
He puts the team out he is a fault simple.
We need more players and world class not these maybe players maybe we buy cheap and maybe they will be good.
enough is enough FSG worst game 10 years
What the hell is BR doing, why change the team, why continue using Henderson he is a headless chicken, As much as i loved Gerard he is very quickly fading and we need to find a replacment sooner rather than later. this current LFC team is not good enough we need a good qaulity midfield player and another striker, keep Agger and skirtel as the centre pair, at this rate we will lose suarez in January what then? John Henry wake up this is LFC we have suffered long enough with these average players, BR does not know quality even if its biting him he does not have a clue not good enough as a lFC manager. Mitch
Just can’t see how BR shoulders only “part of the blame”. Are we only getting to grips with how inept BR is and the fact that he can only be a middle table manager??
The reading is the wall. At Goodison Park LFC 2-1 up at half time and well in control and the man chooses to bring on Moses and the kind of substitutions that gifted Everton everything on the pitch.
What kind of game would you expect when you have Moses and Sterling carrying the ball for long spells but short at purpose, and Suarez as a lone striker? The effect is that you give the opponent time to thwart your attacks / and have a redundant Suarez. BR confined himself to the comfort zone when good results trickled in and never thought of the possibility of injury to a key attack player. BR appears comfortable finishing in the top 10 and If we were to buy such garbage like LFC is so short of quality that loosing 3-1 to Hull is justified, there is no better time for him to quit than now!!
How long should it take BR to acknowledge that Aggar is the player who most contributes to a stable central defense???
I’m jst speechless,stupid coach
Finally a lot of Liverpool fans are realsing what I have noticed since day 1 – Rodgers isnt good enough to be our coach.
Yes he plays a decent style of football but when the pressure is on he doesnt know what to do.
We are 3-1 down with 6 minutes to go and we are still passing the ball around without going anywhere.
The players are scared of lumping the ball into the box. Christ at 3-1 down I’d have pushed Gerrard alongside Suarez, Told lucas and Henderson to just ping balls wide or into the box and see what happens.
BR totaly disgusted me with the teams selection. Kolo is not the type of player we need to attain champions league. NO. I totaly disagree. If its about resting players then Sakho comes in handy. Allen is and has been a better player than Hendo so it should have been him and Coutihno must play each and every game. Finaly please let Moses go back. If he cant mek it in chelsea he absolutely cant make it in liverpool
BR is the sole responsible for Liverpool defeat against Hull. Why was Coutinho on the bench? Why was Sterling on the team sheet? Why was Agger out? Why played Flanagan when you have Sakho, Ally Sissoko, Agger etc? Did BR underestimated Hull? Why doesn’t he try Agger on the left? Why did he play Moses? He does not have any reason to make rotation squad since Liverpool is playing only a match per week. The owners should sack him.
why dont you manage liverpool then lol , clueless supporters always bag the manager havent a clue on what it takes to be a coach half of you , THE BOTTOM LINE IS , if your players ,who earn bloody good money dont turn up to play and fight for the shirt,then as a manager all your tactics , team selections are out the window , the quality we had on that pitch should easily beat hull city , so dont blame rogers , its was a pathetic and poor performance from the players ,players like moses complaining they dont get game time proved why he does not ,all the players have worked long enough under rogers to know what is expected of them and they did not play to them expectations , if my boss sends me out to a job and i dont perform to my expectations and ability , its not my bosses fault its my fault , and if i end up on the unemployment line know one to blame but my self , these over payed players need to take a good look at them selves in the mirror and if they were honest with them selves they will know they did not perform . ynwa
Wow. Reading through half of the comments on here I must say that I am very surprised to find the entire intelligentsia of Liverpool supporters present. And they are so eloquent, too.
I have to admit that I am not as clever as most on here, because I still find other things to do than to blame the manager on everything, but may I suggest to you folks that you visit the club’s official site for a change. The answer on why Coutinho was on the bench can be found on there. On there you may also find the answer to why Flanagan played at left-back instead of Agger, Sakho et. al. Hint: As a full-back he is more suited to that position than our centre-halves. I’m not finished yet. Why did Rodgers play Moses and Sterling. He had little choice with Sturridge being injured, eh. What do you want? Agger at left-back and Flanagan as our left-winger?
Some of these comments are a bit harsh, and too aggressive towards BR IMO.
I like Toure, he brings strength inside the box on set pieces, and hes very calm with the ball in the build up play. So i would play him as much as possible. Even on the right back when the opposition dont have a lightning quick left winger. So perhaps Toure on right back, and Glenn Johnson on the left would have made sense yesterday. But that would mean dropping Flanagan after his good performance vs Everton.
Not an easy decision for a manager.
The midfield picked itself, Gerrard, Lucas and Henderson wont be dropped by BR just yet. Suarez is unplayable, so that leaves two shirts. Who else than Moses And Sterlign could have played? Allen? Alberto? Should we play with 5 central midfielders?
I dont think the team selection was as shocking as some people argue.
Im more critial of BRs transfer actions.
Seems a bit hit and miss the whole thing. Send Assaidi out on loan, then realise on the last day of transfer window we dont have any wingers and bring in Moses, who has not proved anywhere he should play for a top club in the PL. Send Suso out on loan, then get Coutinho injured and realise we have no backup in the no 10 role. And Pacheco ousted, another player with quick feet and great control of the ball.
The centre half bonanza. As time goes by it gets more and more ludicrous.
B.Rodgers and LFC will be suffer,found struggle life if still using Victor Moses and Ally Cissoko.Please send back to their own club.Both players still cannot give biggest impact since arrive to LFC.Please start using Luis Alberto,he is good talent but look like will be rusty because too long sitting at the bench.Polish him wisely…don’t push him out when he cannot give best performance.LFC must blame to B.Rodgers because he make many signing young talent but more trusting to loan players.No point to do like that.Cissoko and Moses is a players LFC no needed to keep.The midfield areas will struggle when moses come in.
Lucas Leiva and Jordan Henderson is still cannot given stable performance yet.Why not try to give Sebastian Coates to playing as CDM after he coming back from injuries.Tiago Illori also is a striker before join Sporting Lisbon but why you never try him as attacker at least?LFC have good ingrediant now but why afraid to cooking?Are you not very good chef?
LFC must star using 3 centreback to get consistent defend record. Mamadou Sakho,Martin Skrtel and Danny Agger must keep playing avery week.Just using Johnson and Flanagan or Enricque as wing back.
why dont you manage liverpool then lol , clueless supporters always bag the manager havent a clue on what it takes to be a coach half of you , THE BOTTOM LINE IS , if your players ,who earn bloody good money dont turn up to play and fight for the shirt,then as a manager all your tactics , team selections are out the window , the quality we had on that pitch should easily beat hull city , so dont blame rogers , its was a pathetic and poor performance from the players ,players like moses complaining they dont get game time proved why he does not ,all the players have worked long enough under rogers to know what is expected of them and they did not play to them expectations , if my boss sends me out to a job and i dont perform to my expectations and ability , its not my bosses fault its my fault , and if i end up on the unemployment line know one to blame but my self , these over payed players need to take a good look at them selves in the mirror and if they were honest with them selves they will know they did not perform . ynwa