26 Jan 2015 08:44:52
who all thought that balo was going to come good for us second half of the season ?(sturridge coming back) .
well that won't happen now since BR has thrown that out of the window.
How is this guy still a manager ? he can't manage his own brain yet!
i personally believe balo is trying, he is at least not making a nuisance of himself like BR, goals aren't coming though for the lad, but discouraging antics from a pouty manager are the last thing he needs. he is a striker with decent ability and great presence, why not use that? Ever seen how giroud plays for arsenal?

whenever ifever sturridge returns he is going to need that second striker that takes out the defender for him

1.) 26 Jan 2015
How do you know if he's trying or not? As rodgers stated, it was about how he is in training that isn't getting him in the first team. He needs to perform in training to even be in contention to getting picked.

For me, he hasn't done enough on the pitch when he has played either. Everybody dislikes Borini for some strange reason. Yes he isn't the best but the difference is he wants to play for Liverpool and shows that when he's on the pitch. I'd rather have that than somebody just moping around.

2.) 26 Jan 2015
Balotelli is a immature overgrown kid with too much money! he thinks he doesn't have to put in the effort to qualify for the first team, just being who he is is enough!! WTF. he hasn't covered himself in glory has he? other clubs are not fighting each other to sign him, he looks like he could play forever and still not score, he is such a bad joke and i cannot believe we were stupid enough to buy him, then again, maybe i can believe it after the way our transfer dealings have been conducted, seeing as nobody wants him could we raffle him? lol, is there anyone daft enough to buy a ticket?

3.) 26 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015 12:38:42
Regardless of what you think of mario he IS a liverpool player and our team lacks strikers. Sterling is wasted playing striker and it is BR responsibility to manage a team, which involves having a striker (most teams tend to have more then 1).

We bought him (May be the wrong buy but is what we have this season) so is up to Rodgers to get something out of him. What gets me is look at all our strikers record before they joined (borini, lambert, mario, aspas) they scored 1 in every 2-3 games and since signing for us have 1 in 10.

At city he got 20 goals in 54 games (was 21 at the time) and yet Rodgers can't get a goal from him? Don't see why everyone blames mario for our season when BR has consistently failed to get the best out of players.

As Lennon said "I'm an artist, give me tuba and I'll create something worth listening" same applies to Rodgers has to work with what he has. Be great to sign Ronaldo and play him up top, but we don't have money (he spent it) so has to work with what's available, good managers get the most from their team

4.) 26 Jan 2015
Roland is right, Stop blaming Mario! Some of you people`s comments sound like they came out of BR`s media playbook. He did not sign himself, the manager oversaw his arrival YET doesn`t wanna take responsibility for the boy`s woes. BR oversaw his signing with NO plan on how to get the best out of him. I don`t care who you have as the striker, even Suarez struggled in that mundane, possession footie BR shoved Balo into and NONE of the strikers performed in that system. IMO, BR pretty much washed his hands off him and hangs him out to dry in the media every chance he gets. Steve Bruce is the ONLY manager to defend Balo and encourage him and he can`t get any help from his own manager. What does that tell you? It tells me that BR is a self-serving politician and like Lucas, Sahko and Suso, if he wants you to fail, you more than likely will. Balo is also to blame and I think he is trying and due to his trying too hard, he is struggling even more. BUT we called him, he didn`t call us BR mismanaged the Balo situation by constantly trashing the boy in public EVEN tho it is clear the boy is trying (got chances in the Utd game and other gaes BUT still didn`t score BUT still hustled to get into position). If Balo was scoring, BR would be parading himself in the media as a genius who transfomed Balo. Now that he has contributed a bit to the boy`s failure, he is now washing his hands off him. Now he has gone again and stuck the boot in about Balo in the media yet again. PATHETIC! He is a Liverpool player and the manager should try to put him in a situation to succeed. BR will NEVER take responsibility for anything because he always seems to have an excuse for everything meaning, he takes responsibility for NOTHING, including Balo`s issues. For those that know nothing about Balo, he is supremely tough mentally and NOTHING you say to him, will break him because he is a beast in that realm. He responds mostly to trust, responsibility and confidence like Prandelli (who I like) was able to get out of him at the Euros where he was one of the stars of the competition. Rant Over!

P/S: Balo has won ore trophies in his young career than BR ever will in his. FACT!

5.) 26 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015 14:49:09
Sorry to continue but is talented just not utilised, in fairness is a handful to deal with but a manager should think of how to deal with that before taking him on.

Has 3 serie A titles, BPL title, super italia cup, coppa italia, fa cup (MOTM in the final as well), a CL, and a Europa league runners up at 24 yrs old. May be hard work but is something there to work with and getting nothing from him and is common knowledge he is hard work - so why buy him if you aren't willing to put the work in?

Or look at lovren, fantastic last season and now can't make the bench. Or sakho, France starting CB that is only getting played because rodgers had no other options (bought lovren to replace him).

Two starting XIs worth of players rodgers hasn't gotten anything out of and it is all the players fault? If you crash 5 cars in a row can't really say that they were rubbish, more likely you're at bad driver

6.) 26 Jan 2015
You are awesome w/ your posts Roland.

7.) 26 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015 21:01:13
Not good with sarcasm so cheers! Just think he is being made a scapegoat and need to look at BR transfers as a whole plus his constant damaging of players careers (suso, ilori, aspas, borini, sakho, Moses, assaidi, etc)

8.) 26 Jan 2015
Get a room Roland and Redohio! BR is to blame for signing Mario. But everyone knew he had an attitude problem. That was there before he arrived and unfortunately continues to linger. If you were a striker such as Borini what kind of message does it send if Mario gets in the squad when he "allegedly" refuses to train if it's too cold? needs to make an example. Sure this is inconsistent when Johnson still gets in the side but two wrongs don't make a right after all

9.) 27 Jan 2015
26 Jan 2015 22:01:06
I might just get a room! But tbf "allegedly refused to train" until I hear it from a reliable source I don't believe it. Even did an interview where they went through stories printed about mario with the man himself and he laughed about how many were made up - tabloids sell papers, facts come second (lfc fans know this).

Agree he doesn't help himself but IMO manager has made the situation far worse! mario has shown he has great talent but is troubled, in fairness shouldn't need help (grown adult paid a fortune) but we knew this before and added to that BR history of not getting the most out of players makes me think it is harsh to blame everything on him.

End of the day BR wants to sell him, but wants more money then anyone's willing to offer so can't. So has to get something out of him or he can join aspas, borini, Alberto, ilori, Allen, and assaidi in players Rodgers bought then in a few months gave up on and tossed aside

10.) 27 Jan 2015
Nice one, Higgins! If indeed Balo refused to train then he needs to be dealt with for sure. This does not change the fact that BR is to blame for the Mario fiasco BUT as nothing is ever his fault, he continue to talk about him in the media even when nobody asks him to just to save his skin.

11.) 27 Jan 2015
BR needs to work with what he has at his disposal. With that in mind, if a player doesn't bring his side to the party then the manager has to work with other players in his team. We are LIVERPOOL (the biggest club in the world) and we demand results NOW! We can't waste time on wasted talent; Balo has to man up and play for the team, the club, the fans, his team mates and his manager.