{"id":172,"date":"2013-01-31T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2013\/01\/31\/i-take-the-blame-rodgers\/"},"modified":"2017-02-09T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T11:29:46","slug":"i-take-the-blame-rodgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2013\/01\/i-take-the-blame-rodgers\/","title":{"rendered":"RODGERS : “I TAKE THE BLAME”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool Manager, Brendan Rodgers \u00a0came out in his pre-match interviews to admit that he was at fault in his team selection in the embarrassing defeat to Oldham last Sunday.<\/p>\n

He said repeatedly:<\/p>\n

“I take the blame.”<\/p>\n

“I picked the team and it wasn’t equipped to beat Oldham, so I take the blame.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Starting with Coates, who had only played twice all season and Skrtel who is a competent if\u00a0a little limited defender then playing rookies at full-back in Robinson and Wisdom, who is a center-back, was a tactical error.<\/p>\n

Don’t get me wrong, all four\u00a0defenders are good players but playing them all together was a mistake in an FA Cup tie.<\/p>\n

Playing Joe Allen and Jordan Henderson as a midfield two was a\u00a0strange one as well, surely Lucas Leiva should have been started to bolster up the midfield.<\/p>\n

However, that game\u00a0was finally put to bed with a good performance at the Emirates.<\/p>\n

We were solid, strong, resilient and very unlucky not to win against Arsenal.<\/p>\n

When Henderson scored to make it 2-0, I was praying for the final whistle, alas Arsenal thundered back to draw 2-2.<\/p>\n

Still, a point at Arsenal is always a good result, so I will take it.<\/p>\n

YWNWA<\/p>\n

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