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a performance that summed up our season, complete and utter ****.
 
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so the season is finished and I honestly don't what to expect this summer.

our defence is crap, our midfield is crap and we have no strikers. its almost impossible to fill all these holes in a transfer window.

If I was BR, the first signing I would make is bringing in a defensive coach to sort out our back 4. it's two seasons now and the defence is ****ing awful.

Also, I've asked this before, what does Pascoe add to the team?
 
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I honestly wouldn't be adverse to giving BR the boot. I've lost a lot of goodwill towards him as the season progressed.

If we are being honest here, SAS papered over the cracks in the 2013/14 season. We look no better NOW than we did under Kenny.

1 good season out of 3 isn't good enough and he hasn't won any trophies.
 
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So, we've reached a miserable end to a miserable season (in the main).

My evaluation.

On the failure side:
- Poor signings (Lovren, Ballo)
- Poor tactics in key games (there is no doubt that BR was out-thought in key games against ManU, Arsenal, Villa, Palace)
- Drawing or losing games to opposition well below us on the table
- Persistently picking players who are patently not performing well (Lovren, Johnson to a large extent)
- Persistently ignoring players when it's clear that they're the best in a position (Sakho for example)
- Poor man management of a key player - SG - when his 'legs' went, it was obvious for all to see, it was BR's job to work out how to best utilise him
- Poor media management (BR is friends with the media but he spouts off with stuff that comes back to embarrass him, and, worse for me, does not strike a balance between acknowledging hard work put in and over-praising mediocrity)
- Poor CL campaign - really poor performances against 'mid table' level teams (Ludogrets, Beşiktaş)
- Unable to work out how to unlock defenses
- Loss to Villa in FA cup semi
- Poor management of infrastructure (terrible state of the pitch)
- Players played out of position for large parts of the season; signings not utilised, etc


On the partial success side

- showed 'balls' in dropping Migs when his form/confidence slumped and getting his head back in the game
- excellent post Xmas run - team showed fluency, form and shape - a far cry from the early season disjointedness
- reached two Cup semi's


Neutral:

- Man management of Sterling - damn hard to deal with a teenager - never sure whether to go 'soft' or 'hard', BR chose to go 'soft' which may have been interpreted as weakness by his agent, mum and himself

It's been an incredibly frustrating season, albeit better than some of the pre-BR seasons, but overall, if I was doing a performance appraisal, I'd have to say not a successful one on balance.

I haven't gone into a full on analysis of Brendan's mistakes this year since I don't particularly want to attack the manager (especially after that 6-1 disaster to Stoke), but I don't think the Brendan deserves another chance.

We need to do what ManU did with Moyes and act decisively, good luck Brendan, you delivered brilliant attacking football for us last year (when you had two, fit, brilliant strikers), but you've been unable to adjust. The club must always be bigger than any individual, and that includes the manager.

Such is life.
 
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Oh, and Fellaini finally get's caught out and I can't even find schadenfreude in that after our disastrous final game of the season...
 
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AfricanTech said:
So, we've reached a miserable end to a miserable season (in the main).

My evaluation.

On the failure side:
- Poor signings (Lovren, Ballo)
- Poor tactics in key games (there is no doubt that BR was out-thought in key games against ManU, Arsenal, Villa, Palace)
- Drawing or losing games to opposition well below us on the table
- Persistently picking players who are patently not performing well (Lovren, Johnson to a large extent)
- Persistently ignoring players when it's clear that they're the best in a position (Sakho for example)
- Poor man management of a key player - SG - when he's 'legs' went, it was obvious for all to see, it was BR's job to work out how to best utilise him
- Poor media management (BR is friends with the media but he spouts off with stuff that comes back to embarrass him, and, worse for me, does not strike a balance between acknowledging hard work put in and over-praising mediocrity)
- Poor CL campaign - really poor performances against 'mid table' level teams (Ludogrets, Beşiktaş)
- Unable to work out how to unlock defenses
- Loss to Villa in FA cup semi
- Poor management of infrastructure (terrible state of the pitch)
- Players played out of position for large parts of the season; signings not utilised, etc


On the partial success side

- showed 'balls' in dropping Migs when his form/confidence slumped and getting his head back in the game
- excellent post Xmas run - team showed fluency, form and shape - a far cry from the early season disjointedness
- reached two Cup semi's


Neutral:

- Man management of Sterling - damn hard to deal with a teenager - never sure whether to go 'soft' or 'hard', BR chose to go 'soft' which may have been interpreted as weakness by his agent, mum and himself

It's been an incredibly frustrating season, albeit better than some of the pre-BR seasons, but overall, if I was doing a performance appraisal, I'd have to say not a successful one on balance.

I haven't gone into a full on analysis of Brendan's mistakes this year since I don't particularly want to attack the manager (especially after that 6-1 disaster to Stoke), but I don't think the Brendan deserves another chance.

We need to do what ManU did with Moyes and act decisively, good luck Brendan, you delivered brilliant attacking football for us last year (when you had two, fit, brilliant strikers), but you've been unable to adjust. The club must always be bigger than any individual, and that includes the manager.

Such is life.
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I'd argue the only time I felt more ****ed off was during Hodgeson's reign.

also, don't forget his refusal to utilise Lucas, when he did, our form picked dramatically.
 
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Great end to the season guys, long may it continue into next season :p
 
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AfricanTech said:
So, we've reached a miserable end to a miserable season (in the main).

My evaluation.

On the failure side:
- Poor signings (Lovren, Ballo)
- Poor tactics in key games (there is no doubt that BR was out-thought in key games against ManU, Arsenal, Villa, Palace)
- Drawing or losing games to opposition well below us on the table
- Persistently picking players who are patently not performing well (Lovren, Johnson to a large extent)
- Persistently ignoring players when it's clear that they're the best in a position (Sakho for example)
- Poor man management of a key player - SG - when he's 'legs' went, it was obvious for all to see, it was BR's job to work out how to best utilise him
- Poor media management (BR is friends with the media but he spouts off with stuff that comes back to embarrass him, and, worse for me, does not strike a balance between acknowledging hard work put in and over-praising mediocrity)
- Poor CL campaign - really poor performances against 'mid table' level teams (Ludogrets, Beşiktaş)
- Unable to work out how to unlock defenses
- Loss to Villa in FA cup semi
- Poor management of infrastructure (terrible state of the pitch)
- Players played out of position for large parts of the season; signings not utilised, etc


On the partial success side

- showed 'balls' in dropping Migs when his form/confidence slumped and getting his head back in the game
- excellent post Xmas run - team showed fluency, form and shape - a far cry from the early season disjointedness
- reached two Cup semi's


Neutral:

- Man management of Sterling - damn hard to deal with a teenager - never sure whether to go 'soft' or 'hard', BR chose to go 'soft' which may have been interpreted as weakness by his agent, mum and himself

It's been an incredibly frustrating season, albeit better than some of the pre-BR seasons, but overall, if I was doing a performance appraisal, I'd have to say not a successful one on balance.

I haven't gone into a full on analysis of Brendan's mistakes this year since I don't particularly want to attack the manager (especially after that 6-1 disaster to Stoke), but I don't think the Brendan deserves another chance.

We need to do what ManU did with Moyes and act decisively, good luck Brendan, you delivered brilliant attacking football for us last year (when you had two, fit, brilliant strikers), but you've been unable to adjust. The club must always be bigger than any individual, and that includes the manager.

Such is life.
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I asked the same question on sagamer... was told I was trolling... surely you can see from United (Giggs, Scholes, Irwin, etc), Chelsea (Terry, Lampard). Gerrard is in the same page as those players were for the other clubs... how BR allowed Gerrard to annouce that he was quitting half way into the season is like how SAF said he was quitting in 2002 look what happened to the morale of the team...

BR should have used Gerrard sparringly - in big important matches... instead he benches him for the CL matches, and plays him in the FA and Carling cup matches... It was clear that Gerrard didn't have the legs to last - he should have realised and took a step back to allow the younger blood to fight for that position... instead it was like oh Lucas you can sit bench and I'll play Gerrard in your place... but wait Ballotelli isn't scoring so you'll sit bench while I try someone else in your position and move Gerrard up as a striker...
 
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Brendan Rodgers: Liverpool boss embarrassed by Stoke loss

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers accepted his future at the club is in doubt after Steven Gerrard's final match ended in a humiliating defeat.The Reds said goodbye to captain Gerrard with a 6-1 thrashing at Stoke to finish sixth in the Premier League.
"I've always said if the owners want me to go, then I go," said Rodgers, who has won two of his last nine games.
"For everybody connected with Liverpool, we are all embarrassed by that result."
It was the first time in 52 years the Reds had let in six goals in the league but Rodgers, 42, insisted he still has "a lot to offer the club", despite winning no silverware during his three years in charge.

Liverpool must also now go through two qualifying rounds if they are to compete in the group stage of next season's Europa League.
"A lot has happened this year which has made the job difficult," added Rodgers, who guided the Reds to second place last season.
"Last season, when things were working well, we had the support of everyone but performances like today do not help that and I fully understand that.

"The fans deserve an apology. They were angry at half-time - and rightly so - because that was awful, absolutely awful."They have every right to be angry and frustrated and of course I take full responsibility for that as the manager."

Rodgers faces a big rebuilding job in the summer and, as well as Gerrard joining LA Galaxy, there is speculation about the future of young forward Raheem Sterling.Rodgers dropped Sterling, 20, to the bench at the Britannia Stadium and Liverpool found themselves trailing 5-0 at the interval after a terrible display.All five goals came in the space of 23 minutes from Mame Biram Diouf, twice, Jonathan Walters, former Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam and Steven Nzonzi.

Gerrard marked his farewell with a consolation goal but there was still time for ex-Liverpool striker Peter Crouch to head a sixth for Stoke five minutes after coming on as a substitute.
Asked about his rebuilding plans, Rodgers added: "There's an awful lot of work to do and the job is to now go and fix that, and make sure we come back with a motivation greater than ever to push on next season.
"We've finished the season in sixth, which is where we deserve to finish.
"We have to now start, today, on the climb to get back up again."
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http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32865722
 
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