In English soccer, whenever a side is ousted either from English premier league or championship league, it is generally believed that manager would take the responsibility and possibly offer his resignation – which does not happen in most of the cases! To make this happen, sometimes, even bosses have to fire the top mentor to satisfy the fans, but it is rarely seen that a manager proudly calls himself the best man for the post despite losing on European front. Liverpool’s 41-year-old Irish manager Brendan Rodgers is one such manager whose side was thrown out of UEFA tourney after they failed to defeat Basel. Even on domestic front, they are in the mid of the leaderboard and if they lose to Manchester United this Sunday, Rodgers would have to rethink about his recent statement where he called himself the best men to lead The Reds. This is the same team that surprised everyone in the last English season and fought until the last day to eventually finish on the second to Manchester City hence their completely opposite show this time surprises everyone.
Fans, on the other hand, want to see manager makes some promising statements informing how he would rebuild his team to rule the field again instead praising himself to please the bosses. Nonetheless, Rodgers, who is facing severe criticism from every corner, also tries to present himself as the true fighter and said, “I think the message from me is clear: I don’t think there would be anyone better to do the job here. Seven months ago we nearly won the title unexpectedly, I had time to work with players and we took them beyond where the club has been in a long time.
“This has been a difficult start with new players, less coaching time, young players; we are virtually starting again. I don’t think there is anybody better equipped to deal with that having been here for the last two and a half years and experienced what this club is about and seeing what we get from the players whenever we are at our best.”
“Criticism comes with the territory when you don’t win games,” he added. “Football is very short term. The same people who are criticising me now were maybe saying I couldn’t do anything wrong six or seven months ago. That is the way football works. You have to accept that as a manager and fight even harder to bring success. This period has ensured I will do that for sure.”