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He should have also added, I was at fault for not making sure the entire team knew that was the case.
Balotelli is real and does not insult my intelligence. The manager, his captain and vice-captain do and say things to manipulate my perception of them. Their lies and pettiness are way too transparent which is not a surprise given the brain capacity of modern footballers.
To be fair he probably realised he would look a right dick if he didn't say that..
Question would have been put at him about Balotellis Penalty record..
So yeh probably a lie to
A.. Put an end to the nonsense
B... to cover up his Fuck up...
Question would have been put at him about Balotellis Penalty record..
So yeh probably a lie to
A.. Put an end to the nonsense
B... to cover up his Fuck up...
[article=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/disrespectful-mario-number-two-penalty-8687693]Balotelli was accused of being “disrespectful” to Henderson by injured captain Steven Gerrard but Rodgers says the £16million man was the designated penalty taker once he had come off the bench.
“If those three (Gerrard, Henderson and Balotelli) are on, you have Steven and Mario as your top two,” Rodgers said.
“Neither of them were on (from the start) so we had to nominate someone. Jordan was the penalty taker.
“But when we got the penalty Mario was on the field. Jordan being someone with responsibility and trust gave the penalty to Mario. There was no issue. There was a bit of a kerfuffle around it because they wanted to make sure he was happy to take it but that's it really.
“If you are the vice-captain and the captain comes off the bench it's the etiquette to go and give him the armband. For me it's a similiar thing with the penalty.
“If Steven is on the field there is no drama as he takes the penalty. He's the first choice penalty taker.
“After that if Mario is on the field he takes the penalty. His history shows he has scored nearly 30 penalties in big games. He's an outstanding penalty taker.
“If Jordan and Steven and Mario are on the pitch at the same time it would be Steven and Mario as the penalty takers. When neither of them were on, Jordan was the nominated taker. With Mario on the field in a pressure situation, Jordan was happy to take it. But he gave it to Mario, who got his goal and there was no drama.”
Rodgers admitted he was unhappy at the sight of his players arguing over who was going to take the spot-kick.
But say the incident won't have any impact on team spirit ahead of Sunday's trip to Southampton.
“That's my job to manage that behind the scenes,” he said.
“When you see how this group are working and the commitment they have to each other, that;s not an issue at all.
“Only thing I would say is I don't like the etiquette. I don't like to see four or five players around the football looking to take the penalty.
“It was maybe more the etiquette which wasn't what we would have liked last night but we got the end result.
“I always assign responsibility every single game. This has been the first time in my time here that it has reared its head.
“We have a whole raft of penalty takers here who are outstanding. Rickie Lambert has hardly missed one in all his career.”
Rodgers praised vice-captain Henderson for how he dealt with the situation and allowed Balotelli to take the penalty.
He added: “Jordan Henderson showed what a team player he was. He respected Mario's position that he's an outstanding penalty taker. He was happy to give him the penalty. We got the penalty and won the game.
“Young Jordan showed his maturity and Mario had the calmness and composure to score.
“I think people see Jordan as an automatic next captain but that's not necessarily the case. He's still a young player and we have to go steady with Jordan. Everyone is trying to catapult him into the next Steven Gerrard. He's not that.
"I've said many times he's not that type of player. Jordan is a real honest boy - tireless in his running and gives his all for the team. Steven is a totally different player.
"It's not automatic he will be the next captain but he's vice-captain and has fitted into that role very well. He has a great role model in Steven."
Rodgers confirmed that Gerrard will miss the trip to St Mary's, along with Lucas Leiva, Jon Flanagan, Brad Jones and Jose Enrique, who all remain injured.[/article]
“If those three (Gerrard, Henderson and Balotelli) are on, you have Steven and Mario as your top two,” Rodgers said.
“Neither of them were on (from the start) so we had to nominate someone. Jordan was the penalty taker.
“But when we got the penalty Mario was on the field. Jordan being someone with responsibility and trust gave the penalty to Mario. There was no issue. There was a bit of a kerfuffle around it because they wanted to make sure he was happy to take it but that's it really.
“If you are the vice-captain and the captain comes off the bench it's the etiquette to go and give him the armband. For me it's a similiar thing with the penalty.
“If Steven is on the field there is no drama as he takes the penalty. He's the first choice penalty taker.
“After that if Mario is on the field he takes the penalty. His history shows he has scored nearly 30 penalties in big games. He's an outstanding penalty taker.
“If Jordan and Steven and Mario are on the pitch at the same time it would be Steven and Mario as the penalty takers. When neither of them were on, Jordan was the nominated taker. With Mario on the field in a pressure situation, Jordan was happy to take it. But he gave it to Mario, who got his goal and there was no drama.”
Rodgers admitted he was unhappy at the sight of his players arguing over who was going to take the spot-kick.
But say the incident won't have any impact on team spirit ahead of Sunday's trip to Southampton.
“That's my job to manage that behind the scenes,” he said.
“When you see how this group are working and the commitment they have to each other, that;s not an issue at all.
“Only thing I would say is I don't like the etiquette. I don't like to see four or five players around the football looking to take the penalty.
“It was maybe more the etiquette which wasn't what we would have liked last night but we got the end result.
“I always assign responsibility every single game. This has been the first time in my time here that it has reared its head.
“We have a whole raft of penalty takers here who are outstanding. Rickie Lambert has hardly missed one in all his career.”
Rodgers praised vice-captain Henderson for how he dealt with the situation and allowed Balotelli to take the penalty.
He added: “Jordan Henderson showed what a team player he was. He respected Mario's position that he's an outstanding penalty taker. He was happy to give him the penalty. We got the penalty and won the game.
“Young Jordan showed his maturity and Mario had the calmness and composure to score.
“I think people see Jordan as an automatic next captain but that's not necessarily the case. He's still a young player and we have to go steady with Jordan. Everyone is trying to catapult him into the next Steven Gerrard. He's not that.
"I've said many times he's not that type of player. Jordan is a real honest boy - tireless in his running and gives his all for the team. Steven is a totally different player.
"It's not automatic he will be the next captain but he's vice-captain and has fitted into that role very well. He has a great role model in Steven."
Rodgers confirmed that Gerrard will miss the trip to St Mary's, along with Lucas Leiva, Jon Flanagan, Brad Jones and Jose Enrique, who all remain injured.[/article]
So now Gerrard looks more of a tit as Rodgers implied this is a long standing thing.
So Rodgers has hung Gerrard
This is why current players shouldn't do punditry for their own team. Or rather, why Gerrard shouldn't because he's incapable of supporting a team mate on air.
So Rodgers has hung Gerrard
This is why current players shouldn't do punditry for their own team. Or rather, why Gerrard shouldn't because he's incapable of supporting a team mate on air.
Henderson and Sturridge plot their revenge against Balotelli, oblivious to the presence of Balotelli's sneaky snitch.
Gerrard said himself at the start of the season that Balotelli was nominated to take the pens if he wasn't on the field.
So Rodgers hasn't fucked up.
Henderson was nominated to take a penalty as Gerrard, Lambert and Balotelli wasn't starting yesterday.
Why make this into something more than it is..
Comments from after the Spurs game:
'I'm aware he's a terrific penalty taker,' Gerrard said in August after scoring a penalty for Liverpool in their 3-0 win at Tottenham.
'I'm sure he'll get the chance to take some penalties for the club. The manager's told me if I'm not on the pitch he'll take them.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2961412/Mario-Balotelli-Liverpool-s-second-choice-penalty-taker-according-Steven-Gerrard.html#ixzz3SIgiBzav
So Rodgers hasn't fucked up.
Henderson was nominated to take a penalty as Gerrard, Lambert and Balotelli wasn't starting yesterday.
Why make this into something more than it is..
Comments from after the Spurs game:
'I'm aware he's a terrific penalty taker,' Gerrard said in August after scoring a penalty for Liverpool in their 3-0 win at Tottenham.
'I'm sure he'll get the chance to take some penalties for the club. The manager's told me if I'm not on the pitch he'll take them.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2961412/Mario-Balotelli-Liverpool-s-second-choice-penalty-taker-according-Steven-Gerrard.html#ixzz3SIgiBzav
Has he history? I thought Gerrard was usually good to big up his team mates. (i.e. Suarez, Joe Cole etc).
Maybe he's only supportive to the one's he likes?
No previous with him, but it's rare he does punditry. I think he's supportive of one's he likes, but also when he's wearing the colours at a press conference etc.
When he's on his own, away from the club, I can imagine it wouldn't take much for him to slate
Miserable looking get he is
So this is something he said less than two weeks ago. I'm wondering who was showing the disrespect.
Markovices get stitches.Henderson and Sturridge plot their revenge against Balotelli, oblivious to the presence of Balotelli's sneaky snitch.
Its from the 3-0 win at White Hart lane mate, so from August.
Gerrard shouldn't have said anything last night.
If all that Rodgers has said is true.....Sturridge comes off as a real prick for refusing to celebrate a winning goal.
Actually....it was a proper dick move regardless of what Rodgers did or did not say...
Actually....it was a proper dick move regardless of what Rodgers did or did not say...
He was not captain, vice captain or even the designated penalty taker...its a bit hard to understand what his beef was...
The Studge's reaction wasn't ideal but I don't think it's hard to understand. Since he's been with us he's shown himself to be Balotelli's mirror opposite in terms of character, a stand-up guy who's totally bought into the team spirit, so it's not the slightest bit surprising to me that he was completely naffed off with Balotelli's behaviour, on this and other occasions (e.g.Mike Marsh sending Balotelli back to the bench when he was buggering about in the subs' warm-up before a game earlier this year).
Brendan's reaction has been spot on. Brilliant stuff.
I wonder what his private chats have been with Stevie, Mario and Studge.
I wonder what his private chats have been with Stevie, Mario and Studge.
It will come out in someones book in the future no doubt. Probably Mario's along with the tale about the time he sabotaged Hendo's complimentary supply of Nivea face cream with deep heat and then turned the radiators on for a laugh.
Balotelli and Sturridge are far more similar than most would like to admit.
Sturridge hit the ground running with us though, so he had rightfully earned a lot of goodwill.
I think that's a *very* rosy reading of Sturridge's character! Much more likely IMO would be that he himself slightly resented not being the nominated taker, and then to see Henderson give it up to someone else entirely pissed him off all the more.
A strange one this JJ, because you can always be relied on to give a fair account of things....but....I think you're stuck on a perception of Balotelli, which granted has validity on his past, without giving him enough credit to think that he can mature enough to change things around - he's still young after all and arguably even younger emotionally.
If you didn't know anything of his past I imagine you;d view last night differently and in recent context (he's seemingly knuckling down, taking Rodgers' advice on board and integrating himself into the squad) it's next to nothing. He's had the balls to back himself to score a vital winner with 5 mins to go - I've no problem with that from Balotelli or Sturridge etc.
The storm in a teacup has come out of the Gerrard comments. It's clearly a non-issue otherwise.
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