Brendan Rodgers Is Leading the Liverpool Revolution by Focusing on Youth

Former Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers has a definite agenda after becoming manager of Liverpool Football Club.

He is very clear on what he wants to attain and how he is going to go about achieving it. In his first few months it has been clear that one of his routines will be to focus on the youth.  

Liverpool's latest acquisition for a good amount of money has been 21-year-old Italian in Fabio Borini. I couldn't stress the nationality enough with the Reds having had forgettable experiences in the past with Andrea Dossena and Alberto Aquilani, up until now anyway. 

In Rodgers' first match against Toronto, who would have thought that Liverpool lads such as Jordan Ibe and Adam Morgan would have been given the amount of minutes that they were. What was more was that Ibe looked threatening and Dani Pacheco also huffed and puffed. Rodgers was not afraid of losing his first game in charge, even if it was only preseason, and was rewarded with Morgan scoring.

Raheem Sterling, another Liverpool youngster, was the one who setup Morgan beautifully. A poacher's goal it might have been, but scoring that goal has undoubtedly given Morgan a lift. His father was also there to see it and thus it was even more special.

Additionally, Rodgers is fully motivated to have his youngsters get some much needed playing time next season. The Liverpool gaffer is thinking about loan moves for exciting prospects such as Raheem Sterling, as he suggested earlier.

With recent reports stating that Liverpool have offered a contract to William McLaren, a 15-year-old boy from Brazil who has been likened to Neymar, it is very clear what Rodgers is trying to do. However, fans will not be overly eager just yet, as they have seen similar patterns before with Hungarian kids such as Krisztian Nemeth under Rafa Benitez.

Rodgers has been giving similar vibes as Benitez did. However, Rodgers does not need to develop the academy, rather he already has the fruit that has grown to an extent in talents that he put on the filed the other day.

Rodgers does have the advantage of having better kids than Benitez did. That, though, does not take away the fact that it takes courage, and audacious levels of it, to put out so many inexperienced players on the field at once in your first game when the fans are expectant.

I do not want to portray Rodgers as some God or messiah that has come to Liverpool after being reborn and who will magically just blow away the frailties existent within the Reds' setup. I am just admiring the amount of conviction there is in the man's ways signifying that he believes in one philosophy and his ways.

Rodgers has not managed a club of the nature or stature of Liverpool before. In hindsight, Roy Hodgson had. Can any fan truly tell me that they felt a lot better and assured about Liverpool's future under Hodgson than Rodgers with the same amount of time having elapsed? I am guessing not.

I believe John Henry and FSG’s policy and philosophy of paying importance to young players also plays a role. Their support, however, will not automatically translate into success if Rodgers’ execution is not appropriate. Let us wait a season, or at least a few months, to judge whether this policy of focusing on the youth is actually a way to go for teams in situations relating to Liverpool’s present predicament.