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Twitter Confuses Brendan Rodgers (Colorado Rockies) for Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool), Hilarity Ensues

"You could be a scouser with that haircut."

@Broddddd3 @feroze17 well - not anymore - chin up
— TerrenceTheCat (@TerrenceTheCat) October 4, 2015

Today, Brendan Rodgers was sacked as Liverpool's manager, and the world needed to vent. But they happened to vent at Brendan Rodgers, the Colorado Rockies' shortstop, instead—frequently enough that Brendan Rodgers (Rockies) decided to tweet "IM NOT THE LIVER POOL [sic] MANAGER." Cue even more hilarity.

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It's safe to say Rodgers (Rockies) has never been flooded with so much dry British humor before.

@Broddddd3 you could be a scouser with that haircut
— cfc away (@Cfcaway) October 4, 2015

Here's the scouser haircut in question:

Others took delight in his typo:

@MarielStoll @Broddddd3 IT'S LIKE A REGULAR POOL ONLY WITH LIVERS
— Casey Knapp (@cubs2win47) October 4, 2015

And some served him up a dish of deep cockney.

@Broddddd3 Brendan where are you? Have you gone out on the ale again? Your tea is going in the dog.
— Brendan's Mum (@allilengyi) October 4, 2015

And someone came up with a brilliant solution to the whole thing:

@Broddddd3 you could be now, if you wanted.
— Keith Walsh (@KeithWalsh2fm) October 4, 2015

Regardless of whether or not the Rockies shortstop will take the job as manager of the midtable side, you can bet one thing for sure: Brendan Rodgers is turning off all his push notifications immediately. Both of them.