All posts tagged "Brendan Rodgers"

  • Premier League managerial demographic catching up with increasingly foreign game

    In 2003, the Premier League maintained a fundamentally English soul. Mohamed Al-Fayed was the only foreign owner in the league, yet had been settled in England for over thirty years and his son, Dodi Al-Fayed, even had...

    • Posted October 7, 2015
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  • Premier League’s managerial gates gushing open

    With news that Sunderland manager Dick Advocaat and Liverpool gaffer Brendan Rodgers have both been sacked over the weekend, the managerial floodgates are clearly opening fast in the Premier League. Richard Lewis reviews the latest managerial ins...

    • Posted October 6, 2015
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  • A week to judge Brendan Rodgers and Louis van Gaal

    Louis van Gaal told the media to judge him after three months; three months into his tenure at Manchester United and his side drew West Bromwich Albion 2-2. At Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers asked for three years. Three...

    • Posted September 9, 2015
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  • Is Liverpool’s transfer market approach too prudent?

    How does one know when a club has ascended to the status of a Premier League giant? The club doesn’t need much history, and a comfortable, 45,000 seater stadium will do. The sparkling training facilities, massive fan...

    • Posted July 23, 2015
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  • Have Liverpool made a rod for their own backs?

    During Liverpool’s home fixture against Queens Park Rangers on Saturday, a plane, plain and simple message flew over Anfield reading, “Rodgers Out Rafa In”. Only last year Manchester United fans pulled a similar stunt, flying a ‘Moyes...

    • Posted May 7, 2015
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  • Brendan Rodgers agrees new Liverpool contract

    #483067719 / gettyimages.com Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has reportedly agreed a new contract, expected to run for four years, with the Reds’ owners Fenway Sports Group.  The Northern Ireland-born manager is in the second year of the...

    • Posted May 6, 2014
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  • Brendan Rodgers charged over comments

    Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has been charged by the English FA over post-match comments he made questioning the appointment of referee Lee Mason after Liverpool’s 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Boxing Day. In his post-match media...

    • Posted January 3, 2014
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  • Sturridge injures ankle in training

    Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge could be facing a lengthily spell on the sidelines after suffering suspected ligament damage to his right ankle during training. Sturridge left Liverpool training ground Melwood on crutches as manager Brendan Rodgers checked...

    • Posted November 29, 2013
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  • Sturridge defends decision to put country ahead of club

    Liverpool forward Daniel Sturridge was defiant in defending his decision to play the full 90 minutes in England’s friendly against Germany just four days before the Merseyside derby despite carrying a thigh injury. Although the patriotic decision...

    • Posted November 25, 2013
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