Of all the football teams in the world, perhaps only Brazil generate a level of debate as intense and unremitting as that which surrounds Liverpool FC. It is into this cauldron of conflicting passions that Rodgers has walked, with his eyes wide open and his reputation at stake, a bright young man whose two impressive seasons with Swansea City are deemed sufficient evidence on which to hang the immediate fortunes of the five-times European champions.
Of all the football teams in the world, perhaps only Brazil generate a level of debate as intense and unremitting as that which surrounds Liverpool FC. It is into this cauldron of conflicting passions that Rodgers has walked, with his eyes wide open and his reputation at stake, a bright young man whose two impressive seasons with Swansea City are deemed sufficient evidence on which to hang the immediate fortunes of the five-times European champions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2012/aug/26/raheem-sterling-liverpool