He's got us playing some brilliant football. We're just conceding too many goals. Do you honestly think it's beyond him to tighten things up at the back?
Ray, I don't see any 'just' in conceding too many goals. I realise we all see football differently, but defending is 50% of the overall equation.
You ask if it's beyond him. That I don't know and can't and won't judge until I see any evidence of him attempting it. We're as open now as we were on the first day of the season. WBA gave us a sample of that.
We're looking for progress, that's what this season is about. A higher finish in the league, qualification for Europe (like last season) and progress and improvement in playing style (hopefully) and results (definately).
Whilst we're scoring more (with that I'm happy), we've regressed defensively by as much as we've improved in scoring goals. Or rather, and this is my big worry overall,
Suarez has become prolific this season, where he was more profligate last season. The one has balanced out the other.
What happens if the frofligate Suarez returns for the rest of this season or starts off like that next?
That can easily happen. Strikers are known for it, and whilst Sturridge is here it gives more hope of the effect being lessoned, until we learn to defend we're simply going to be consistently inconsistent.
I don't see a sign of an attempted improvement or that the manager has identified it as a problem.
For example, look how he talks about possession. "Teams that average 79% of possession win games". Fine.
However, it's what we do with our 79% in comparison with what the opposition do with their 21%. If we don't score with our 79% we need to be able to defend when they have the ball for 21%.
Possession alone isn't enough. You have to defend both with and without the ball, and you can't defend with possession as your only defensive plan.
As for minds made up. I'm not sure what you can mean. I base my opinion on what I'm seeing. If our defending improves and we concede less and drop fewer points, whilst continuing to score more regularly than last season, my opinion will change because what I'm seeing has changed. Ergo my opinion is based on what I'm seeing and not seeing.
Personally I couldn't give a monkey's whether it's Rodgers' name or anybody else's on the door of the manager's office. All I want is for
whoever that man may be, to do the neccesary for the club, and conduct himself appropriately as manager of LFC.
Now as far as belief goes, and that's a different thing to my opinion, at last for me, I have nothing to base belief on, as yet. I make a point of putting
as yet, because if things change, and I'm hoping they will, and for the better, then there will be something to base belief upon.