Rodgers's first season - the verdict

There's so many things that we can say about Brendan Rodgers's first season as Liverpool FC's manager. I am not a 'football expert', just a normal fan that is in love with Liverpool Football Club. So my thoughts are merely for my own and I won't say that whatever is right is always right or whatever that is wrong is wrong.

But I won't deny that some of it are shared by other fans and some of it may not be agreed by others.

This season, after 38 league games with 16 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses, we finished 7th with 61 points. 71 goals were scored and 43 was on our own net. We were 12 points off the Champions League place and we finished just 2 points behind fellow neighbor Everton.

Now we can compare to the previous season, 38 games, 14 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses. 47 goals were scored and 40 goals were against. We finished 8th with the total of 52 points where we were 17 points off the 4th place which was occupied by Spurs. 

Based on this numbers alone, I'd say that Brendan had a good start as the Liverpool manager. We scored more goals, a difference of 24 goals more. Defensively, we leaked more goals than last season but the points we gained are 9 points more compared to last season. 

We can't say Brendan is better than Kenny. Kenny will always be Kenny Dalglish. Liverpool's cult hero and a legend. A 'Sir' to my humble opinion. Kenny had different personnel compared to Brendan. Kenny came in when Liverpool was a sinking ship while Rodgers had a team that was quite stable - inside and outside the Football club itself. 

Rodgers finished 1 place higher than King Kenny but the latter brought 1 cup back to Anfield. 

The fact that King Kenny had not any active involvement in any club level management for more than 20 years, I'd say he'd done a great job!!! Even Martinez could not save Wigan from relegation, same goes to Harry Redknapp. King Kenny managed to get Liverpool FC finished top 10 with the problems that we had at the club.

Looking back at Rodgers, he had to work with 1 proven striker in Suarez for the 1st half of the campaign. He also had to throw in young players into the first team. In the long run, this will do good to him and the team. We improved further when Sturridge and Coutinho came in. Plus the team was playing much better. 

Everything was about adapting to a new method and style. We could see how the players improved as the season goes by. The mistakes was much lesser. Goals we conceded was not as careless as the earlier part of the season. 

The likes of Enrique, Downing and Henderson also tells us much about the improvement that has been made by the manager. Agger & Gerrard seemed fit and we were not worried about them getting injured in every game. Even our confidence on Pepe Reina grew stronger. Overall the team did improve. 

It's part and parcel of a learning process for Brendan and his men. I'm sure the players will grow stronger in the coming seasons (if LFC can keep them) and Brendan as a young manager will grow with them too. I believed that he gained so much and he is more ready to bring Liverpool closer to being great next season. I'm not saying that next season Liverpool will be the champions, but they can sure challenge. 

I'd say give Brendan 3 years before Liverpool can start challenging and 5 years before Liverpool can win anything. Any achievement that can happen before that will be a bonus. 

So for my final verdict I give Brendan two thumbs up! My hope that he can remain as the Liverpool boss as I do believe we have a good manager in the making. Maybe he will be the one to bring back Liverpool to the top! 

YNWA!!