LIVERPOOL: RODGERS OUT, REDKNAPP IN

IT is going from bad to worse for Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.
The dream job he left Swansea for just a couple of months ago is rapidly turning into a nightmare.
A big part of the problem is that owner John Henry (who likes to show off his smart-looking wife and act the big shot) does not want to spend any more big money on turning Liverpool around.
His attempt to win over the fans through an open letter on the club's website was a Machiavellian move - the idea being that he trusts them and wants to appeal to them directly when, in reality, the letter merely confirmed the fact that he wants to pull the wool over their eyes and takes them for mugs.
Every point he made on the letter could have been argued against or been used to show him in his true colours - from his claim that he wants to run the club better than any previous administration (ie spend no money to ensure no debts are incurred) to his belief you cannot buy talent but should produce it with young kids (again spend no money).
Basically, Henry is a bean counter who wants to run Liverpool on the cheap and is praying he can get away with it - but I know Liverpool fans are canny and many pals of mine who support the club say they have already marked Henry's card.
The fact that he would not cough up the extra £2million needed to buy Clint Dempsey from Fulham only served to confirm he was a cheapskate - and that he did not back the judgment of Rodgers.
Which in itself is bad news for Rodgers. He was under the impression that he was coming to Liverpool as the man in charge of ALL footballing matters. Hence his stubborn refusal to accept Louis van Gaal in the role of Director of Football.
But now Rodgers finds Henry himself is taking on that role - with numerous ill-informed 'advisers' helping him decide transfer policy.
I personally do not believe that Brendan Rodgers is up to the task of being the manager of such a world-renowned, iconic club as Liverpool FC.
What has he done and what has he won? Eleventh place in the Prem last season - with a Swansea team set up for him by the much more talented Roberto Martinez - and the sack at Reading.
Is that enough to be over-promoted to Liverpool FC?
Was that enough to earn Kenny Dalglish the boot (Last season Kenny won the League Cup, took Liverpool to the FA Cup Final and 8th in the Premier League...I say it again, Rodgers has NEVER WON ANYTHING.)
I also despise the way Rodgers is also trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the fans, the Press and anyone who will listen by consistently pleading for patience as he tries to improve the standard of football at Liverpool. This really stinks - it is a disgrace that Rodgers is being allowed to get away with comments such as 'The job is bigger than I thought, it will take time to get the passing game I want.' The implication being that the passing game is alien to Liverpool - that the club has never witnessed good football and that only he can put that right.
What absolute crap! It is insulting to the work done by Dalglish and the likes of Bob Paisley and Shankly before him - Liverpool have always played good football and been admired for their passing skills. How dare some nobody like Rodgers claim to be the man who is going to be the messiah of style at Anfield - the man who brings decent football to a club that has been universally renowned for it over the years!
His arrogance is staggering. But the truth is he really offers nothing more than the king's new clothing.
I say again - what did he win at Swansea or elsewhere and what right has he to claim that he will bring better, more successful football than Dalglish?
How can Liverpool fans be expected to trust the words of a man who farms out on loan their most improved player of the last season, Andy Carroll? Rodgers does not fancy Carroll because he is big - and that would supposedly be at odds with the football he wants to play. But Carroll is one of the most impressive big men with the ball at his feet; he is skilfull and can pass as well as anyone. He is certainly in a different league to the laboured Fabio Borini whom Rodgers splashed £10million for.
And isn't he a much better footballer than the journeyman Danny Graham who 'starred' regularly for Rodgers at Swansea? Yet Graham is also a six-footer like Andy Carroll - so why didn't Rodgers get rid of him too?
It seems to me that Rodgers is trying to carve out an image for himself as the new Pep Guardiola with all this crap about passing football. Rodgers might be better served allowing his Liverpool team first to play football that gets results. By allowing his backline to defend as they did (so successfully) under Dalglish and by trying to sort out the basics of the team before aiming for the beautiful game. Liverpool are not in the bottom three for nothing.
But I doubt he will be able to do it...he is not good enough. 
There is a way out of this torment - for both Rodgers and Henry - before it staggers on to an even worse state and Liverpool even get embroiled in a real relegation dogfight.
Rodgers can resign on the grounds that the job description he was provided with has not been adhered to. He can point to Henry's unwillingness to back his judgment on the aforementioned Dempsey.
Rodgers then leaves with a wad in his back pocket for constructive dismissal and his head held high. He can then go on to deliver his 'magic' with some other club in the bottom half of the Premier League or the Championship.
And Henry can bring in the man who is truly suited to the wheeler-dealing he so craves - the man who would bring in money to buy new players from sales. And the man who would no doubt bring back Andy Carroll and help develop a devastating partnership between him and Suarez.
Yes, Harry Redknapp. The man who took Spurs from the bottom of the table to the top four.
You might ask how Henry would sell this to the Liverpool fans. How could he present such an obvious U-turn given that he has stated he wants a young, bright manager to bring entertaining football?
Given the hole Liverpool are in, does it really matter about saving face?
Henry could keep his trap shut and let 'Arry do the talking.
If we cut the crap, Henry wants success without spending big bucks. Can Rodgers do that? Are Liverpool fans willing to applaud regular 11th place finishes in the league?
Rodgers out, Redknapp in - it is the obvious solution...and I can guarantee the Kop would love 'Arry. A true footballing man...like Kenny Dalglish, funnily enough...

FRANK WORRALL