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Stick said:
I really don't know why you target Allen as a bad piece of business by Rodgers. .
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It tells me that twice you've missed what I was trying to say.

It was a bad piece of business. For the money and the fact that there were 6 other midfielders in the squad when he went and purchased him. Sinclair or another wide player would have been better to bring in. Which is the point, he had options in midfield and that it was a comfort signing and not one that was a pressing dire need. Which is why it was bad business.
 
ghaliboy said:
It tells me that twice you've missed what I was trying to say.

It was a bad piece of business. For the money and the fact that there were 6 other midfielders in the squad when he went and purchased him. Sinclair or another wide player would have been better to bring in. Which is the point, he had options in midfield and that it was a comfort signing and not one that was a pressing dire need. Which is why it was bad business.
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Rodgers thinks Allen is better than 4 or 5 of the other midfield options he has. You think he had 6 other options but he clearly didnt. Lucas and Gerard are the only midfielders playing anywhere near Allen in the Liverpool squad at the moment so what are the other 4 options that could have played as well as Allen.

I'm struggling to understand your point to be honest. You mention that Spearing would have stepped up to the mark and done as good a job as Allen for LFC and now you say we should have signed Sinclair who has done nothing but draw his pay from City? You want me to say Allen was a comfort signing but I think he was a good one. We are never going to agree on this.
 
Liverpool definitely needed a midfielder of Allen's ilk in the summer. Our other options aren't great and as I mentioned, he helps us control games, a contrast to last year's gung ho Charlie Adam shite.

A better debate would be whether we could have bought someone else for less money who could do the same job.
 
On the SSN ticker it says "Brendan Rodgers calls Luis Suarez's admission of diving unacceptable".

Because it's the admission that's the real problem here.
 
Brophs said:
On the SSN ticker it says "Brendan Rodgers calls Luis Suarez's admission of diving unacceptable".

Because it's the admission that's the real problem here.
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That's it really. He can carry on doing it as long as he lies about it, even though anyone watching football can tell you it's a dive and therefore cheating. But be candid about it, and beware the wrath of David Brent!

Rodgers is really out of his depth at Liverpool, I get the feeling he's just improvising day after day.
 
Ok, feck this. I was going to find a new show to watch, but after Rodgers' comments I think following this pan out will be better than anything.
 
Brophs said:
On the SSN ticker it says "Brendan Rodgers calls Luis Suarez's admission of diving unacceptable".

Because it's the admission that's the real problem here.
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It's funny that only after he's admitted it has Rodgers and most of Liverpool's fanbase realised it's a problem.

Look at this 20 page thread on the liverpoolway charmingly entitled "Wanted! video proof of diving".

I clicked one page on it and this was the comment
Or even a video of just 1 blatant dive, because I can't remember ever seeing him dive tbh. People only started mentioning it after ferguson's 'diving all over the place' comment.

Nobody is trying to suggest that Suarez is perfect but he's not a fecking diver, he just simply isn't.
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http://www.liverpoolway.co.uk/forum/ff-football-forum/109395-wanted-suarez-video-proof-diving-3.html

Has their ever been a more deluded collective fanbase than the supporters of Liverpool FC? I remember Drogba getting booed at Chelsea when he kept throwing himself over and he largely cut it out of his game. This lot just flat out deny that he does it, even when he himself admits it.

And Rodgers wonders why he doesn't get penalties.
 
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has promised to come down hard on Luis Suarez after recent comments from the striker.

In an interview with the media in South America, Suarez admitted 'falling' during a match against Stoke in an attempt to earn a penalty.

Rodgers has responded by describing simulation as "unacceptable" and revealed the club is poised to take action.

"I think it is wrong. It is unacceptable. I have spoken to Luis and it will be dealt with internally," Rogers said.

"It is not something we advocate. Our ethics are correct."

Suarez was handed an eight-match ban last season for racially abusing Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

On that occasion the Anfield club showed support for the player, but the Uruguay international is likely to be punished on this occasion.

In the extensive interview with Fox Sports Argentina the Liverpool forward repeated claims that he is treated differently by the media because of his South American background.

He said: "I don't listen all the nonsense some people say about me. I'm accused of cheating here. People say I throw myself all the time inside the box.

"They said that when we played against Stoke, for instance, and in that case they were right. I invented a foul because we were drawing and I wanted to win.

"Sometimes on the pitch I say to myself, "What have I done?" But the name of Suarez sells papers."

The Uruguayan was recently accused of deliberately handling the ball moments before his winning goal at non-league Mansfield in the FA Cup.

But he said: "I touched the ball with my hand accidentally, and I was criticised because I kissed my hand. I say to the media: you should talk more about football, not about other stuff."
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Really strange. Every fecking person watching it knew it was a dive, including Rodgers. He didn't say a word. In fact he defended him in the weeks following it. But now he's admitted what every other person already knew it's "unacceptable"? The moral of the story being if you're going to cheat, then make sure you maintain the lie rather than coming clean.

Their "ethics are correct" indeed.
 
Not the first time that Liverpool have had a problem getting their story straight. ;)
 
Is this not just to convince refs hes not diving. You see this kind of trickery going on all the time in the press. Promising a player will never dive again and that they've punished them so that next time they go down the ref will be more inclined to think its genuine.
 
Don't think the club will ban Rodgers, though you never know.
 
Quinton Fortune said:
Is this not just to convince refs hes not diving. You see this kind of trickery going on all the time in the press. Promising a player will never dive again and that they've punished them so that next time they go down the ref will be more inclined to think its genuine.
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Hasn't worked for Ashley Young.
 
how has he not lost the dressing room? would any of you take him seriously if he was the manager of your sunday league team? i can't imagine some one of a professional level and talent being able to even look at him without pissing themselves laughing.
 
I'm surprised they didn't go the old "misquoted/out of context" route and get Suarez to take back his statement.
 
Suarez is well on his way to being held in the same esteem as Rafa, imagine if this leads to Suarez feeling 'vilified' and he does something sensible for a change like submit a transfer request. Rodgers will get destroyed by the fans.
 
He(Rodgers) didn't have any choice really. Any other comment and it'd lead to headlines of "Liverpool Encourage Cheating" etc etc. He had to vilify Suarez in the public. feck all "internal action" would be taken IMO.
 
LFC has become a terribly sad joke.The way they handle their communications is amateur level like :lol:
One guy says he dives but doesn't see anything wrong with it and his coach who acts like it's all new to him.What a circus :wenger:
 
Brophs said:
Really strange. Every fecking person watching it knew it was a dive, including Rodgers. He didn't say a word. In fact he defended him in the weeks following it. But now he's admitted what every other person already knew it's "unacceptable"? The moral of the story being if you're going to cheat, then make sure you maintain the lie rather than coming clean.

Their "ethics are correct" indeed.
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Well said. Rodgers is a joke.
 
KM said:
He(Rodgers) didn't have any choice really. Any other comment and it'd lead to headlines of "Liverpool Encourage Cheating" etc etc. He had to vilify Suarez in the public. feck all "internal action" would be taken IMO.
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Well he's done exactly the opposite - punishing Suarez for at least telling the truth and condoning the original cheating and cover-up,
 
He should have just said 'I dealt with this internally after the Stoke game' and left it there.
 
Well, I have no idea who FSG have brought in or not, but their PR sucks big time since the past 2-3 years. They have been dragged as low as possible by everyone possible.

Not that I am complaining. Long it may continue. :lol:
 
With all the furore about diving, his comments about Manchester United controlling the media probably was to take the fans on his side.

Players and managers are playing the Liverpool FC like a flute. (or a fiddle?) Absolutely hilarious to watch.
 
Should we expect Suarez to do a Klinsmann style celebration the next time he scores? :smirk:

Who was the last player to actually admit to a dive, Walcott?
 
After being fast tracked by his great mentor Carlo Ancelotti, Josh McEachran's career had seemed to stall suddenly with a loan at Swansea under Brendan Rodgers – a fellow paid-up subscriber to the Barcelona school of football – ending in unexpected disappointment. "It was one of those things in life which just didn't work out," he says. Pressed on what he learned in South Wales, the reply is: "Nothing." A question about his opinion of the current Liverpool manager provokes an uncharacteristically coy "I'll pass on that".
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(Guardian)
 
It's funny how dislikeable someone can get as soon as they join Liverpool. Was he always this dislikeable and we just didn't see it cos of the (marginally) less media coverage of Swansea or has he caught "the bug" since he arrived at Anfield?
 
TheRisingSun said:
It's funny how dislikeable someone can get as soon as they join Liverpool. Was he always this dislikeable and we just didn't see it cos of the (marginally) less media coverage of Swansea or has he caught "the bug" since he arrived at Anfield?
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I just think he became an annoying self-obsessed twat when he moved.
 
At least he hasn't started talking about himself in Third-Person (yet).
 
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