You Can Fool Some of the People...

Abraham Lincoln once said:- You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

On the 23rd June 2013 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said of Louis Suarez "It's quite simple, the club is in complete control of the situation," "We're in a situation where we've got a player who we don't want to lose. We're trying to build something here and he's a very important part of that and because of the type of player he is, he will always give his best."

 On the 6th December 2013 on the sale of Andy Carroll Brendan Rodgers said: 'My thinking was that when you play with a target man, he becomes the focal point of your team and you get sucked into doing it more direct, and clearly, with my history as a coach, I don't work that way.'

On the 3rd October 2014 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers said his team are in a period of "transition" and will face more "pain" before they start to turn the corner.

When Chelsea lost to Arsenal in the Charity Shield in August 2015 Jose Mourinho says afterwards: 'Our rivals have spent considerably more on transfers this summer and we have the same team.'

On the 16th August Chelsea are thrashed 3-0 by a rampant Manchester City. Mourinho says his team 'dominated' the second-half

After the 3-1 defeat to Everton Mourinho stated '“We controlled the game in the second half. We risked, we changed, they defended. The first time they go over the halfway line they score.