He may not have been the best manager in Liverpool’s glorious history but he should be praised for his bravery, even if it led to his exitFarewell, then, Brendan Rodgers. “It was a wonderful show of character and resilience.” That was your catchphrase. Also: “Anyone can ask a team to just sit back and defend on the edge of the box.” That was another.By the end it felt as if the final year and a half of Rodgers’ time at Liverpool – in total 40 months, 166 games (one fewer than Graeme Souness) and no trophies (also one fewer than Souness) – was measured out above all in soundbites and noises off, a constant bickering rehash of errors made, political missteps and arithmetically robust transfer denunciations.