{"id":51,"date":"2015-04-06T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2015\/04\/06\/has-rodgers-now-lost-the-dressing-room\/"},"modified":"2017-02-13T11:15:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:15:32","slug":"has-rodgers-now-lost-the-dressing-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/2015\/04\/has-rodgers-now-lost-the-dressing-room\/","title":{"rendered":"HAS RODGERS NOW LOST THE DRESSING-ROOM?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Mirror: Liverpool&#8217;s\u00a0beleaguered Manager Brendan Rodgers has accused his players of failing to play for him following two successive defeats to Arsenal and Man Utd.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool went on a 13 game unbeaten-streak in the Premier League since mid-December, catapulting them into Champion&#8217;s League for the first time this Season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-998\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/br1.png\" alt=\"Brendan Rodgers\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/br1.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/br1-260x146.png 260w, https:\/\/www.friendsofliverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/br1-120x67.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That was until we lost 2-1 to Man Utd and 4-1 to Arsenal the following game, effectively ending our top four hopes this year.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, we remain in 5th place with Southampton losing to Everton and Spurs failing to beat Burnley. But the Champion&#8217;s League is now looking more like the dreaded Europa League for next Season.<\/p>\n<p>I have always been a fan of the Liverpool Manager with his attacking style of football that so nearly brought us the Premier League title last Season.<\/p>\n<p>However, this Season, with the departure of Luis Suarez, the injuries to Daniel Sturridge and the illogical signing of Mario Balotelli, a misfit to be kind to him, it has been a major struggle.<\/p>\n<p>A raft of new signings were brought in for over \u00a3100 million: Lovren, Lallana, Moreno and Markovic, only Emre Can has impressed consistently.<\/p>\n<p>So to get to point, Rodgers accusing his players of not playing for him is a bit trite, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>He bought them, he coached them and he watched them fail, not because they didn&#8217;t play for him.<\/p>\n<p>They tried but they aren&#8217;t good enough.<\/p>\n<p>Over to you FSG.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to The Mirror: Liverpool&#8217;s\u00a0beleaguered Manager Brendan Rodgers has accused his players of failing to play for him following two successive defeats to Arsenal and Man Utd. 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