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How Saints Ultimately Drove The Final Nail In Brendan Rodger's Coffin
Tuesday, 6th Oct 2015 21:31

In the summer of 2014 Brendan Rodgers was not a popular man in Southampton with his relentless pursuit of key players, but ironically it was Saints who were the catalyst that sparked change at Anfield.

When Rodgers arrogantly said about Saints in August 2014.

“I have absolutely no sympathy for Southampton,”

“They have a choice as a club. They don’t have to sell. They had that choice. Maybe Southampton’s objectives have changed. They were on course to be a ­Champions League club, I believe, but, obviously, that has changed. "

He propelled himself up to the higher echelons of those that Saints fans love to hate and only his full demise would satisfy the blood-lust for not only that outburst but the way in which he had gone about recruiting our players in such an underhand way.

OK I was joking when I said he spent much of that summer in a tree overlooking the Staplewood training ground, such was his arrogance by now he would have insisted on a helicopter anyway.

So it was sweet that it should be Saints who set the wheels in motion that would lead to his sacking.

When the final whistle went at Stamford Bridge, the watching World thought that it would be another arrogant man who would get the sack for this result and certainly Jose Mourinho was already fighting his corner in a weird post match rant.

But the real drama was starting in Boston in the USA, once the Fenway Sports Group saw reports that Chelsea might well sack Mourinho and turn their attention to Klopp, FSG became very concerned that as the situation at Anfield deteriotated, that it might get worse if the man they had targeted to replace Deluded Brendan was snaffled from under their noses.

So when Graziano Pelle fired in that 3rd goal he was putting the first hammer into the final nail in Rodger's coffin.

FSG acted fast and they had time given that in Beantown they were six hours behind us, they decided that Rodgers would go straight after the Everton game whatever the result, and that would give them breathing space with International week coming up.

It could well be that they had maintained a dialogue with Klopp over the summer, it could well be that that dialogue had increased in intensity over the last week or so, certainly Liverpool were content to move at a slow pace believing that it was now only a question of timing for both the club and the former Dortmund manager who was clearly relishing a break from the game for a short while, but the Saints win at Chelsea changed everything and sent it into overdrive.

So Saints have now had full closure on an odious arrogant man who clearly had forgotten his humble roots and that in his own mind he was now a cut above what his actual record as a manager was.

So bye bye Brendan, Im glad that in some small way we hastened your demise, just as you once tried to hasten ours !


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ericofarabia added 21:41 - Oct 6
Karma!!
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SaintNick added 21:57 - Oct 6
Not Instant Karma though we had to wait, but at least Lovren got Cold Turkey
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saintsnutcase added 22:02 - Oct 6
Odious is the right description Nick.

I see he now claims that the Liverpool transfer committee stopped him buying Bertrand as well as all the others. Thank god for the transfer committee!
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WanderingSaint added 23:45 - Oct 6
Nick, you're as obsessed with Brenda as he was with our players. What will you write about now?!
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Stephen added 01:57 - Oct 7
Beantown is 5 hours behind Soton
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ExiledSupporter added 12:01 - Oct 7
I'm not sure that Brenda really has got his come upance given that he is likely to be laughing all the way to his bank with a huge and undeserved severance settlement and the prospect of another highly paid job in short order.

In Premier League football management if you do well you get shed loads of money, if you do badly you get shed loads of money.
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SaintBrock added 12:54 - Oct 7
Gerrard was the real enemy. I suspected as much when in the Matchday Uncovered video of Liverpool's visit to SMS the season before last, he and Lallana were seen arm-in-arm walking along the dressing rooms corridor. Check it out, it made me puke!
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BoondockSaint added 13:43 - Oct 7
SaintBrock-I suspect Gerrard was the problem in the locker room too. For all his faults, Brenda is not an awful manager-he just thinks he's better than he is. But like Rafa before him, he didn't have the complete respect of the team. Just like Terry and Lampard in Chelsea, Gerrard thought it was his club and no manager cold tell him what to do because the club would get rid of the manager before him and that rubbed off on the others. It will be interesting to see what happens to the next manager with the Big Slipper gone. Of course, there is always the problem of the fans who think the club is bigger than it is. I wish I could give credit, but I forget who I heard say recently: "Liverpool is now Spurs."
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cheltenhamsaint added 19:34 - Oct 7
I have absolutely no sympathy for Brendan Rodgers. He had a choice as a manager. He didn't have to buy. He had that choice. Maybe Rodgers' objectives have changed. He was on course to be an Anfield legend, I believe, but obviously that has changed.
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Consigliere added 09:13 - Oct 8
There is a very interesting article in today's Telegraph about why Rogers is unjustified in complaining about the transfer committee system and drawing attention to the much more successful model at Southampton whereby responsibility is shared amongst senior directors and staff. That is why (the Telegraph suggests) Saints have been much more successful in recruitment and have been able to withstand the loss of key personnel. The link is below, and supports the model of "Distributed Leadership" that is recommended for boardroom directors in the Walker review from 2009.

Those who criticise Les Reed and other should read and learn:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/11916075/Liverpools-fa

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