Ranking Liverpool’s 7 Biggest Culprits: One Summer Signing Even Worse Than Mario Balotelli

5) Brendan Rodgers

As talented and intelligent a manager Rodgers is, he’s clearly stubborn, and his apparent inability to shore up the defence is costing the Reds. He sanctioned the £18m deal for Mamadou Sakho last summer, and the £20m signing of Dejan Lovren this summer. Both are liabilities. The Reds need serious defensive work on the training ground – which clearly isn’t taking place.