Rodgers: "Now I Want to Make Bigger Steps"
After a year spent laying the foundations, Brendan Rodgers is looking to make a few smart signings over the summer that will allow the club to take some big steps back towards the top of English football.
After a year spent laying the foundations, Brendan Rodgers is looking to make a few smart signings over the summer that will allow the club to take some big steps back towards the top of English football.
Since Alex Inglethorpe's arrival in November 2012, he has impressed as boss of Liverpool's U21s. He is an ambitious, highly-rated young coach but he maintains an awareness of his role in a larger structure that ultimately serves the first team.
Manager Brendan Rodgers believes finding a replacement for Jamie Carragher will be tough, but with expectations sure to rise in his second season in charge he may only get one chance to get it right.
Back home in Northern Ireland, Brendan Rodgers has been reflecting on his Liverpool career thus far. Upon reviewing the turbulent season to date, he hopes he has benefited from the lessons taught by adversity.
With Agger, Henderson, Sturridge, and Borini all sharing the goal scoring love today, Brendan Rogers insisted that there's more to Liverpool FC than Luis Suarez.
Apparently, amidst the high-pitched squawking of the morally outraged and the resigned sighing of the embattled supporters of Liverpool Football Club, a game took place. Robbie Fowler was quite impressed.
Continuing with his season-long narrative revolving around looking to the club's roots with a view to the future, Brendan Rodgers hopes to bring on former LFC greats to work more directly within the club's setup.
It's a bittersweet homecoming for an ex-manager, but Rafa Benitez and his masked band of west Londoners will be avoiding all sentimentality in their quest to steal three points on Sunday.
Back in favour with the manager, fullback Joe Enrique credits an embrace of a more attacking approach for his recent return to form and gives insight into Brendan Rodgers' attack-minded philosophy.
In this video of Brendan Rodgers' appearance on Goals on Sunday, the Liverpool manager discusses closing the gap on the top four and the possibility Jamie Carragher might not retire after all.
For much of the season, Brendan Rodgers talked about Liverpool's top four aspirations. Then the goal became the top five. Now, with both out of reach, the manager believes missing out on Europe entirely might be for the best.
After misspeaking about wanting to manage Liverpool again, Rafa Benitez quickly backtracked, while Brendan Rodgers suggested Rafa's not the only one who wants to manage the club.