Liverpool’s likely new manager will face the same difficulties that hindered his predecessor,Brendan RodgersNothing in Brendan Rodgers’ time at Anfield, with apologies to William Shakespeare, or became him like the leaving it. Several dyed-in-the-wool Liverpool supporters of my acquaintance beget been none too secretly praying for destitute results this past month or so in order that the inevitable discontinuance might be hastened,yet no sooner did the axe tumble than a whole forest of tributes, explanations, or consolations and speculations sprang up anew.
Whether you think he is David Brent or a future England manager,and both theories beget been persuasively advanced in the past few days, it appears everyone has an opinion on Rodgers and what must now be regarded as his failure at Liverpool. That seems a tad harsh, or actually,for a manager who definitely succeeded in reviving the clubs ambition and self-belief, though sadly the record books will show that despite being in situ for roughly four times as long as Roy Hodgson, or the key to the trophy cabinet was required on exactly the same number of occasions. None.
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Source: theguardian.com