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Under-fire Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has come out and said that there is an agenda in place to get him sacked. After losing key players, a string of poor performances and heavy spending in the transfer market, fans and pundits alike don’t see much improvement from the Reds under the Northern Irish manager.
Although the season started with renewed hope for Liverpool after two wins and a draw against Arsenal at the Emirates in the first three games, things quickly went downhill for the Anfield club after they lost to West Ham and Manchester United in quick succession. Tame draws to Norwich City and League Two side Carlisle United in the Capital One Cup (Liverpool were stretched to a penalty shootout which they won 3-2) soon saw many fans calling for Rodgers to be sacked.
Liverpool were eighth when I took over: Rodgers
The club are currently in eighth place in the table with 11 points from seven games after Rodgers’s side finally won a match when they beat Aston Villa 3-2 at Anfield – their first win in seven games. And after the win, Rodgers was adamant he had improved as a manager during his three-year spell at the club.
“I am the same guy who nearly won us the league, but better,” Rodgers said, according to The Guardian.
“I think I have shown in the early stages of my management – without being arrogant – that with a talented group of players I can compete at the top end of the league.
“I know how to manage top players. If you give me the tools, I’ll do the work.”
No doubt people want me out of Liverpool: Rodgers
The former Swansea City manager, who won the League Managers Association (LMA) Manager of the Year in 2013/14, believes people have short memories in football and that past achievements held no ground in their minds.
“There are very short memories in football,” Rodgers explained. “The team was eighth when I got here. We built a team to excite people throughout European football, that should have won the league.”
“All the good work gets forgotten,” Rodgers continued. “That’s how it works. It seems the focus has not been on what’s gone on and what we’ve been missing, but more about getting me out of the club. That’s sad.” H
On the calls for his sacking, Rodgers said: “There has been a frenzy, there is no doubt about that, to get me out of here. Whether that’s a Liverpool hysteria or big-club hysteria, I am not so sure.”
