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Rodgers: produced the infamous envelopes on Being Liverpool. Joe Giddens/EMPICS Sport

Brendan Rodgers reveals what was written inside those three envelopes

Don’t get your hopes up.

IN BEING LIVERPOOL, the six-part documentary which followed the Anfield club through 2012 pre-season, new manager Brendan Rodgers famously produced three envelopes in a team meeting.

In the envelopes, Rodgers said, were the names of three players whom he knew would let him down over the course of the season.

The motivational stunt has since been a subject of constant speculation. Liverpool had a nightmare season last year so it’s far to say that plenty of players could be accused of letting the manager down.

But in an exclusive interview with ESPN FC (read it here), Rodgers has now revealed that there were no names inside the envelopes.

Zip. Zero. Zilch.

“Which names were in the envelopes?” I ask.

“There were no names,” he says with a wry chuckle. “There were no names.”

So in the end it’s just one big anti-climax — or is this a magnificent double-bluff?

Read Rodgers’ ESPN interview here >

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    Mute Its just Teddy
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    Nov 20th 2013, 5:32 PM

    Big Sam bought all three envelopes off him and brought them down to West Ham.

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    Nov 20th 2013, 6:00 PM

    lads he has done a great job this season but he’s a complete clown for this stunt,its been done before by another manager and the same answer given “no name” more like nervous chuckle than wry chuckle !!! idiot !!!

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    Nov 20th 2013, 6:33 PM

    If he cured cancer any Liverpool manager would still have done that wrong in some peoples eyes

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    Mute Gerard Tuohy
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    Nov 20th 2013, 6:37 PM

    alan crawl back into whatever hole you came out of !!! dont be playing the martyr this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the club he manages !! i seen you coming a mile away thats why i started with acknowledging his great start to the season and rightly so,so just keep this anti liverpool drivel to yourself,i guess thats why they sing “always the victim,never your fault ” !!!!

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    Mute Dan
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    Nov 20th 2013, 8:46 PM

    Hahaha “seen you coming a mile away”

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    Nov 20th 2013, 11:48 PM

    Must have seen the naked french weather forecast…

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    Nov 21st 2013, 11:32 AM

    Your slating those who mention liverpool, yet your the lad who has as his main Facebook page a picture “Nobody wants to grow up to be Gary Neville”….. so your more obsessed with a United player than your own club. Enough said.

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    Mute Gerard Tuohy
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    Nov 21st 2013, 1:54 PM

    exactly !!! this people would drive you mad with their complexes !!!

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    Mute Dan
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    Nov 20th 2013, 8:48 PM

    In fairness he would be mad to tell us the names because he would be bringing drama down on himself for no good reason.

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    Mute 1Golden Maverick
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    Nov 20th 2013, 4:55 PM

    Liar ! Egg on his face otherwise because the three players probably have been good since the start of the season

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    Mute Breaking Good
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    Nov 20th 2013, 5:23 PM

    Stop trolling on Liverpool articles

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    Nov 20th 2013, 11:31 PM

    Paul, you are the consumate troll. One of these days there will be nobody left posting on here except for you and your numerous aliases. I have and continue to offer you the professional guidance you so obviously require young boy, all you have to do is ask….

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    Nov 21st 2013, 12:20 AM

    Gerrards name was in the three of them.

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    Nov 20th 2013, 11:13 PM

    This guy is a fool. Making players watch PowerPoint presentations and promising players that he’ll buy them a meal if they win a game what a joke.

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    Nov 20th 2013, 11:49 PM

    You stupid fool.

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    Mute Martin O Brien
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    Nov 20th 2013, 11:23 PM

    Liverpool all the way.YNWA

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    Mute Anthony
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    Nov 21st 2013, 12:23 AM

    That whole show was cringe worthy. Nobody looked comfortable or acted naturally around the cameras.

    Rogers is a good manager though but probably won’t be given the financial backing to mount a serious title challenge.

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