Say what you want about Brendan Rodgers,

[Assasin]

LOL!!! What happen with Beckham get the boot inna him rhatid???

[Sir X]

Seperate the issues , being in control of your squad gives you little time to be delusional about ones greatness and feeling of a lack of appreciation.You cant say Rafa had a Mourinho complex about his greatness, confidence yes ! you cant say Fergie or Mourinho felt a lack of appreciation at Man U or Chelsea - Mourinho the latter every where he went except Real . Rafa sure as hell justifiayble did after working within a restrictive (net spend) Hell not even the youth coach could breathe in that enviroment.

There is a reason Rafa stayed away from Real , so long , he felt he wasnt ready.

[Gamma]

any manager who is not in control of his squad ... well... it won't end well. to be a successful manager you MUST be an egomaniac! are you telling me rafa is not an egomaniac? are you telling me rafa does not want to be in control of his squad?

name me one successful "laissez faire" coach!

[Assasin]

LOL!!!! How many people said that??/

[Rockman]

Well if he is successful at imposing his on hus players to follow his instructions then it must be those instructions that are suspect.
Playing players out of position,fielding a lone striker etc.

[Sir X]

Peta yuh said it, its a show, the fool was trying to look like he was in control - egomaniac, it flopped big time the show was a disaster , even the fool said he wished it didnt happen.

[Peter R]

"People" said Rodgers dissed Sterling... I didn't see the show BTW, but I know there is "dis"ciplining and "dis"respecting... not sure which one they meant!

[HL]

...i remember too the Liverpool documentary where he put Stirling in his place....

[Lazie]

he isn't afraid to out his foot down.

Gerrard was unimpressed with the way Balotelli, who has scored four goals in 28 appearances for Brendan Rodgers' Liverpool, conducted himself in training.
The LA Galaxy midfielder said: "He made an immediate impression when we were doing work on our defensive set pieces and Balotelli said to Brendan: 'I don't mark on corners. I can't.'
"I nearly fell into the goalpost. I was thinking, 'What are you? 6-foot-3, and one of the strongest men I've ever seen on a football pitch? And you can't mark on a corner?'
"Brendan was very firm. He said to Balotelli: 'Well, you can now -- and if you can't then you're going to learn.'

"That was the first conflict between Brendan and Balotelli, on day one, but the manager stood up to Mario really well. From that point, Balotelli started marking on corners."


http://www.espnfc.us/liverpool/story...steven-gerrard