As far as having possession goes, it's not the amount of possession or the mere fact that you have possession, it's what is done with that possession. It would be interesting to see the amount of possession the Mourinho led Chelsea had in their Championship winning seasons in percentage.
I read something the other day where Rodgers claims that teams who win regularly average a 79% possession count.
Now my maths isn't up there with Einstein's but that roughly equates to around 71 minutes per game, leaving approximately 19 minutes when you don't have the ball. That's not too far off a quarter of the match.
Now how do you equate his idea that we defend with the ball, by having the ball.
As we are not going to have the ball for approximately a fifth of the game (once his ideas are fully achieved), how are we to defend for all that time? So far our defending this season has seen us concede more than an average of two goals a game in the league, which would equate to 76+ over a season. Actually that's not true (hopefully) as that average shouldn't be maintained throughout the whole season.
But again, I need help in understanding how we are to defend, as relying on having the ball as a means of defending seems illogical, so how does Rodgers' methods work on the defensive side of the game?