I started my Rogers thread before seeing this. You may well agree with me...Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie
Ugh i am sick of hearing that Rodgers is some kind of tactical genius, he has in Suarez the third best player in the world at the moment, he has pace in his team that allows them to overwhelm most defences and he is getting good performances (at times) from players in his side that are at best distinctly average and at worse...apalling.
He might shoehorn his team into slightly different formation, but the result is the same...that against a lot of sides they blitz them early on and shoot their bolt and look leggy and lethargic for the rest of the match (evidenced in the second half performances against city and norwich).
Their defence in terms of personnel and defensive set up is near on diabolical for a side that will win the title, don't get me wrong Rodgers has surpassed himself but i don't see anything about him that makes him a genius of any kind. This is not defending Wenger in any way, shape or form but if you are able to spend 100m on players since you joined the club and mount a title challenge in a season where there is a bit of a power vacum it makes you a good manager, not necessarily a great one.
Whilst fair play to him, he's proved to people that he's no longer an incompitent who is badly out of place as manager of that club, it still makes me shudder that he is thought of so highly....let's see where he is in a few seasons time.
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