Lets get real, we are not going to challenge for the league.....yet.

but be patient and lets climb that table.

That really isn't realistic at all. Aiming for top spot isnt the same as expecting to get it. I'm sure all teams 'aim' to win the premier league but only 1 or 2 expect to win it.
Let's look at your middle figure and discuss whether 4th is realistic. Has Rodgers got the experience and have we got the money/players, to overtake everton, newcastle, chelsea and spurs? Don't forget, whilst we'll be trying to improve our team so will they. None of those clubs are rebuilding - they are much more settled and will be tweaking whereas we are in desperate need of wholesale changes throughout the whole club.
Still think 3rd-5th is realistic?

I forsee that if we are mid-table by end mid season the muppets will be calling for BR's head

well it would be exactly like this season , so yes probably will happen.

Time to change your name

Hmm, if Chelsea do not rebuild they will be in trouble. Essien, Terry, Lampard, Cashley, Malouda, Bosingwa will all be 30+ next season (and Ivanovich 29) - that's a lot of old guys. We think we're decaying with SG, Carra, Kuyt, Bellamy, but only 1 of those is a regular first team player, while in Chelsea's case those ARE Chelsea. They will certainly sign more talent, but I'm not sure there's a quick fix there, especially if they're focussing on signing forwards to replace Drogba and Anelka. And what are Spurs without Modric and Adebayor? Arsenal without v. Persie? One-man teams, and the man may move or get injured.

But I agree with the post in general. The LFC expectation has largely become a "hope". We "need" or "hope" to finish in the top 4 rather than we "expect" to.

My expectation under Rodgers is that we will play more like a team, that we will have a best XI and a preferred tactic and that we will use them. Given that our failure to do these are things this season allowed us to handicapped ourselves to the tune of 8th place, silverware and another cup final, I expect we will challenge for 5th. If we adapt sufficiently quickly, I expect we will go deep in the EL as well and maybe still be in the fight for 4th come April/May rather than Jan. But in all honesty, unless we sign a new player or two that are able to make the team "click", I expect us to miss the CL again, just by a far smaller margin than this season.

Minimum has to be 4th ... otherwise what was the point of sacking Kenny and paying out all these golden hand shakes??

I hope we can finish top four but I prepared to be patient can't keep changing all the time as long as we stop the rot and don't go backwards ill be happy

As I mentioned in the other thread, my expectations are low at the moment. I don't think we will break into the champions league sadly, far from it. We have been sliding over the years so I wouldn't be surprised if we finished around 8 or lower. Lets hope we avoid the drop.

The point of sacking Dalglish was that if he was manager next season the liklihood was that we would be relegated as from January onwards we were in the bottom three teams with nothing at all to suggest we would be better next season, this is was the point and now we have been given a chance to stop that decline by gambling on a new manager, a gamble has to be better than certain relegation would'nt you agree.