Liverpool: 4 Positives From Brendan Rodgers' Revolution So Far

3. Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks

At 32 Steven Gerrard, with 600+ appearances for his home club, would be justified if he was unwilling to adapt to change at this stage of his career. He has watched a succession of managers come since helping to lay the promising platform that should have followed the almost season of 2008/09. With this succession has seemingly passed the chance for one of Liverpool€™s greatest ever talents to win the Premier League. Liverpool€™s talismanic midfielder though, has adapted and most noticeably praised the influx of youth brought by the manager. Gerrard no doubt still holds out hope for a premier league medal but has now set about mentoring the young stars of the club in an attempt to do his part to secure LFC€™s future while putting personal goals to the side. Roy Hodgson showed the affect Gerrard had on him during his short time at LFC when he quickly offered the England arm band to the LFC skipper. This willingness to take on a manager€™s philosophy and put aside personal ideals has made it possible for Brendan to project his vision on the younger players who will change the culture at the club and ultimately bring about change. During Andre Villas Boas€™s short stint in the helm at Chelsea FC a number of factors lead to a dismal tenure but one key factor was player power. He never got the senior players on side making it impossible for him to fully influence all corners of the dressing room. If this failure was AVB€™s fault or the senior players is debateable but for Liverpool the key thing is senior players are helping the manager by adopting the new philosophy.