Legends round on Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers is once again suffering death by legends as the club’s high profile former players line up to criticise his tactics — and the big question now is ‘How much longer can he last?’

Liverpool’s toothless and heartless performance in Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Manchester was a significant set-back at a time when the club has invested heavily in the transfer market; and the lack of support for Rodgers amongst the Merseyside glitterati is painfully obvious.

Jamie Carragher, Graeme Souness, Mark Lawrenson and David Thompson were just a few of the club’s former heroes to heap criticism not just on the performance at Old Trafford but on the management vision behind it; and coping week-in, week-out with that kind of mauling is going to be a serious challenge.