Jun 2012
[article=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/jun/04/liverpool-brendan-rodgers-kenny-dalglish] "I respect every player who has played here and passed through the club's history. There are three types of supporters at every club. No1 is those who love their club and love their manager whoever it is because Liverpool is their life and their passion. The second group is supporters who will accept you but to earn their real respect you have to be successful. That's fine.
"The third group are the critics and you never change them ever. Ever. If you win 4-0 it should have been five, if you win one league title you should have won three. I will never worry about that group because you can never change them. I understand that not everybody will want me here. But that's part of the dance."[/article]
Mar 2014
[article=http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/26591288]The best players want to play in the best competition. Any club will suffer the same when they’re not in there. It will hurt you, and United will know that[/article]
Mar 2014
[article=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/liverpool-manager-brendan-rodgers-targets-next-18-months-to-really-challenge-on-the-trophy-front-9174199.html]"I've been satisfied in terms of the progress we have made but there is still a long way to go in terms of where I want to go with the whole project," he said.
"Hopefully it continues to grow. We have gone from a team who was looking to put a style of football in place - high energy, high tempo - to one who wants to have success running alongside that and success is getting into the Champions League.
"This first 18 months has been (about) implementing and introducing a lot of ideas which are hopefully bearing fruit and the next 18 months is about developing and enhancing that.
"Over the next 18 months we want to eventually be really challenging on the trophy front."[/article]
Apr 2014
[article=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/liverpool/10791681/Liverpool-v-Chelsea-Brendan-Rodgers-criticises-Jose-Mourinho-tactics-following-devastating-defeat-at-Anfield.html]It's not difficult to coach to just get 10 players right on your 18-yard box [/article]
Apr 2014
[article=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/apr/25/brendan-rodgers-enjoying-pressure-liverpool-premier-league-title]Look at Tottenham, you spend over £100-odd million you'd expect to be challenging for the league.[/article]
Oct 2014
[article=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/24/brendan-rodgers-rules-out-defensive-coach-liverpool]“There is no chance of us bringing in a defensive coach,” Rodgers said. “We have conceded a large number of soft goals, there’s no argument about that, but I think it is just a lack of coaching time that is hurting us. We need to reinforce basic principles at defensive set pieces, but we know that already. We have to get better and we will be working on it.
“When I first came in I was asked whether I would bring someone in to help the strikers score goals. I didn’t, and we got goals anyway. I think what we have this year is more games to carry, which takes a slight intensity out of us. We are in the big competitions now and there is an added expectancy on us, which there should be. We are Liverpool. When you concede the goals that we have been conceding there will always be questions asked of you. We need to answer those questions and I believe we can. In terms of bringing someone else in, we don’t need it.”[/article]