"Luis going doesn't lessen our ambitions - we want to continually improve. We will go and do our best. Our best last year nearly won us the title. It's going to be competitive because everyone is strengthening but the beauty is we are a young group and will progress again. It will be a really exciting season and this year we will have the belief to go with the quality" - Rodgers, July 2014.
"In my short career as a manager I have lost people who I thought would be key players,' said Rodgers. "But then you go away, reflect and ensure you bring in the right replacement. Always, after that, my teams have been better teams. Believe me, it will be a really exciting season for us" - Rodgers, August 2014.
"There is only an excitement and a belief inside the club that we can challenge again for the title this time. We proved last season that we can handle the pressure of a title run-in. I know people will point to the Chelsea and Crystal Palace games, but they should look instead at our last 14 games. Twelve wins, one draw, one defeat. That kind of form usually wins you the title. So I know we can cope with the pressure" - Rodgers, August 2014.
"If you look at the history of the winning teams they have always come close. You look at the United team that won it in 1993, they came close in 1992 when they lost it to Leeds. They came back the following year and won it - don't mention that! That set up an era of winning for them. You look at all the teams. There is always a record of coming close as you gain the experience of winning. We went so close but it is only the beginning for us. I'm super hungry to be a champion and succeed and in the short period of time we have shown we have the credentials to do that" - Rodgers, August 2014.
"I don't think there is anyone better, that is the reality of how I see it. The owners understand that this was going to be a process, this is not a group of ready-made players who were used to winning. This was a team which overachieved last year. We weren't expected to get into the top four. We sit in fifth place, having reached two cup semi-finals, which is probably on par with where we are at" - Rodgers, April 2015.
Four quotes, each talking up Liverpool as title challengers, all made after the departure of Suarez. The fifth quote, re-writing his own history in bullish fashion. That takes the kind of chutzpah for which the Liverpool manager has become infamous.
