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I know we are both Leicester fans but I am sure it is ok to raise a different perspective. Regarding signings being poor before Rodgers arrived. I do only think this massively happened under Sven, and Pearson cleared a lot of these signings away to create and build our club. Ranieri had money for the champions league and agreed that was spent poorly, Puel came in and did some good ground work to create a very strong starting 11 which just needed a more attacking coach to come in and add too. If you have a moment, look at Brendans career signings. How many have been successful? https://www.transfermarkt.com/brendan-rodgers/spielertransfers/trainer/1366 In the top 25 of the most expensive signings whilst he was in charge of a club. Eduoard at Celtic, Coutinho, Sturridge, Fofana and Tielemans were good. He has always performed poorly in the transfer market. Now potentially it is not fair to blame every signing on Rodgers as we do not know 100% he signs them, but look at Liverpool since he left, Klopp came in and spent the money on new signings very well. Firmino was poor under Rodgers, Klopp came in as well, a new system and Firmino was excellent for a few seasons. Celtic have a new manager, contacts to the Japanese market and have done well their too. We were warned from Celtic fans before he came. I would say Rodgers has had the best backing any manager in our clubs history and managed to waste millions. Yes the 3 players you mentioned were signed but they are not bad players. Kelechi if played properly is a finisher. Not a RW. Play him in a 2 and he is very effective as we have seen when he gets a run of games. Giving him 10 minutes per game is dreadful management. Soyuncu if he was so poor would not be wanted by Atletico Madrid. He has gone from the team of the season to never getting game time. I might be wrong but I think he played against Man City pre World Cup break and did not let us down. Mendy has never been a poor player, admittedly not as good as we would have hoped. Regarding your comment players are playing for him. We did create chances v Fulham to win the game, Liverpool was a spirited performance, Newcastle was abysmal yet a penalty in 90 seconds set the tone. However, I do have a huge concern with how many players want to leave and I do feel the manager has wanted to leave for a while too which has not helped this situation. The Newcastle defeat and dismal performance is not a one off yet for some reason our board, fans have to accept these defeats. Forest away in the cup, that should be a sackable defeat if we had any standards any more. The Bournemouth defeat, Spurs and Kane have a field day against us with Rodgers in charge. The starting 11 when he took over to now has never been improved. After 4 years surely this is enough time for the coach to have his own team in place. Hatred is a strong word but I do think you are correct with this for some of the fans options on Brendan. I would imagine the hatred comes from the fact that he is extremely arrogant as you mentioned, puts himself first above the club, blames everything other than himself for performances + results. The media love him, for some reason they think he is better than our club, using us as a stepping stone to one of the top 6 clubs. He alienates the whole fan base. I know what money a person earns should really be used against them but he is our highest paid manager in the clubs history, 5th highest salary in the premier league and we do not see any sign of coaching or a change in approach which you would expect one of the best coaches in world football to be able to do. I understand he has always played possession football, but when you do not have the players for this. Ward, Thomas, Amartey, Ndidi are all not good enough on the ball, surely you have to play to each players strength to get the best out of the team? We do have an injury issue, but this has been poor since Rodgers came in. He changed the medical department, sacked Dave Rennie ( if I am not mistaken on his name) and we have a worse record of injuries under this management team. James Justin had a bad injury and as soon as he was fit he started 3 games in a week and we are meant to be surprised he got another injury. Similar to Ricardo came back too soon. In between the Roma games, Dewsbury Hall and Tielemans were really poor in the 2nd leg, they did not need to play in all games between these semi final matches. Why start and play against, Newcastle, Everton and Aston Villa in quick succession and wonder why both players performed well below standard in the only game that mattered in the end of season. I was delighted when Brendan first came in, I just don't really understand the change in his first 18 months (which was a brilliant team and one of the best Leicester sides I have ever seen in 30+ years) to where we are today.

I fully understand your comment and questions for this. For some reason all of the media or ex pros seem to think Rodgers is a brilliant coach and we are lucky to have him. The last 18 months I really struggle to see what Brendan does. I think only in the PSV game have I seen him make a substitute that improved our performance. I do not see any great coaching. This is his style of play and we will play like this no matter who is available. Which is great if you have the resources of a Man City or Real Madrid however passing the ball out with Ward, Amartey, Thomas will always lead to issues. I would have thought a good coach would look to bring the best out of each player. Not have them fit your system when they are not capable. In answer to your question others have mentioned Maddison and Barnes improved. Maddison has been excellent. But he is the only one who has played regularly to his high standard, which is why he will move to a top 6 side shortly. The rest of our players have not improved which is why we can not sell any or move them on. Looking through the whole squad Ndidi, Soyuncu, Iheanacho, Dewsbury Hall, Praet have all regressed in the last year. Justin and Ricardo the same but both due to injuries. Vardy + Evans due to age, Daka and Soumare have not performed to levels that were expected when they signed which is why we are in a position where we are. The decline in performance from his first 18 months to what we are seeing now is vast. Is there some resentment with timing and still being our manager? Potter getting the Chelsea Job after a good start this season, however a year or so before this could and should have been Brendan in contention for this job. I do not get the feeling that he wants to be here which has probably been passed on to the players with numerous ones wanting to leave as well.

One of the best starts to a managerial career here, and yet one of the worst downturn in performances and results too. Will always be known for the FA cup win. Thanks and move on. I don't think it will cost as much as we fear to remove him. Place on gardening leave, Villa / Everton could both be after a new manager before the World Cup. There might be some fees to make up with his wages but surely can not be close to 20/30million. The whole club needs a change. New manager will have potentially 50-100million to spend after the World Cup with Fofana and Tielemans leaving. We still have some very good players here. Great training ground with possible stadium expansion too. Attractive option for lots of managers.

That is a good question. Whoever we look to sign right now the fee will increase as you correctly said. We also still have to remove 1-2 players just to submit a 25 man squad without wasting money on wages. Signing players will not be easy. Potentially we are better off keeping the money, looking after the clubs finances, put towards the stadium expansion, give the new head of recruitment time to find the right player and do not rush into any situation. If a player does not want to be here, get as much money as we can and let him go. 85million is a lot of money. Having 2 players who would rather be elsewhere will have a negative impact on the rest of the players. Worst case I think will finish 14th. Our starting 11 is still a strong one.

I do understand your point. I would say that we spent most of last season without Fofana and we did not get relegated. There are 5 very good teams in the league this season. Then add in West Ham who will be top 6-7 again. The rest of the league are very average. Not a lot between them. In a good season we can finish 7th - with a bad one we could be 14th. Personally I would sell Fofana for 85mill+ if that is what the next offer is. We already have Tielemans who does not want to be here, and no matter what we like to think it is a negative influence - knock on effect for everyone in the club. With Justin, Soyunu, Evans and Castagna that is not a bad defence. We have no European football so only 1 game per week. Play Ndidi as DM on his own and let him get back to what he is best at in the league. I just think having someone in the club who doesn't want to be around harms the side.

I do fully agree when we have looked good under Rodgers we have been excellent. And 2 trophies at Wembley has to be acknowledged. All teams will decline at some stage, as you correctly mentioned it is impossible to keep progressing year on year for all teams. I do though have an issue with set pieces, I do not believe any top manger would concede so many goals from set plays. We already have every player back in the box from corners. We have no counter attacking threat due to this so teams know they can put more players forward. The squad - Overall we have some very good players, I do not agree with Brendans comments that we overachieved for 2 years and finished 5th. Fofana, Soyuncu, Maddison, Youri, Vardy, + Barnes and Ricardo pre injuries all could have played for top 4 sides, in my opinion. JJ as well was excellent. During those years. What we are seeing now is players who are low on confidence, clearly form, and are all being told they are not good enough for top 6, by the manager. His job is to get the best out of the players he has, this has not just been below par, this has been shocking this season. As fans we have been told to lower expectations from our own manager, we were hoping to stay up before he arrived I believe were his words. There is a reason the stadium is quiet, we have dipped to what the manager offers us. Pearsons team finished 14th with far worse players. Summer Transfer - If we are to believe we need a total rebuild that the manager says. He spent 60 million in the summer, Vestegaard, Bertrand, Soumare and Daka. Only Daka has shown some sort of promise and he rarely gets played. My personal opinion but I would not trust Brendan to take control over signings. Celtic fans warned us of this and this is what we have seen. It is not easy finding the right manager who fits a club, but Brendan I do not think ever will, just his personality will never warm to any club he goes too. Rodgers has been here for 3 seasons now and we have never finished a season well. We have declined when the season matters the most every season he is here.

KDH has arguably been our player of the season, with Maddison. This is his first season in the Premier league, and since his first game he has been ever present in the side all season. He only got to rest against Tottenham, he played in all of the meaningless Everton, Villa and Newcastle games. The style of play for KDH is all action. There was nothing in any of those games and we could see a player who is fatigued last night. Youri has been poor for a while, and again has had 1 game rest before the biggest game of our season. KDH played like he had nothing left in him last night, hence his decision making, touch being off and shots dragged wide. He is very talented, In my opinion a possible future captain for our side. We do need a big rebuild, but for me KDH starts every game when fit. We all love to have a player come through the academy and play for us, Thomas and Barnes have showed little this season. Barnes since his injury has not been the same player, KDH has impressed almost every game he plays. For me, he can be the captain of our side.

Firmly with you on Guehi and Spence and sticking to the model that has worked well for us with signing young homegrown players who Rodgers can develop. However, Albrighton as Deadwood is over the top. Yes we can say he may lose possession with passing quality and crosses, however he still gives us everything and offers us a lot more than other wide players at this stage. We have another quarter final in Europe to look forward too, top class training facilities, an academy that has developed 2 of our better players in KDH and Barnes, plus Thomas who has played more minutes than we would have expected due to injury and will only improve. Fofana is back and looking like he has never been away, Vardy will be back in a couple of weeks for the run in. We were in League 1 only around a decade ago. No other club in world football has done what we have been so lucky to be apart off. Even though we have all been disappointed this could yet turn into a good season with a European run, and backed up with a good transfer window. Not easy of course, but that would never be the Leicester way.

Arguably one of our best players before his injury. This particular injury is really difficult to fully recover from, he has had months out, has been rushed into a poor team and an unorganised defence. He has had no pre season games, from what we can tell played 45 minutes for the U23s. He is easily another 5+ games from getting full match fitness, let alone his form pre injury. Give him time. No fault should be at his door. We can blame the manager for not suitably replacing, we can blame players for not stepping up in his absence but with JJ we have an excellent young player here.

For a 17 million pound fee he will be a good signing. Thomas has played well recently but I do think another left back is needed. Ricardo, JJ, we just do not know how they will come back from the injuries they have had. Digne is proven in the league, called up for the national side and just my opinion but I think he will improve us. If Newcastle are in for him, he will want silly wages which will be the issue.

As a team we have been poor at set pieces for a long time now. I am not sure how much this one is on Rodgers tactics at all, Kasper conceded against Scotland from a set piece and there were not 2 players on the posts, this one could be Kasper preferring not to have players on the posts. With all of the analysis going on in football now, surely they can see Brentford and Arsenals goals, and realise we should have a man on each post. We have 11 men back for corners anyway, never leave room to counter attack from a corner. surely 2 could go on the posts. Since MON days we have been poor at set plays.

Agreed, definitely can get the best fee for Youri in January, Youri might want to sit out his contract for 18 months and move for a free and get a massive signing on fee. Financially, probably for us better to sell in January. However I would keep until the summer to give us a chance of doing well in Europe.

With Youri likely to leave, with only 18 months left on his contract. I would guess he will be sold in the summer to recoup some of the money paid for him. Really hope he stays but if Barcelona, Real Madrid come in for him I will certainly wish him all the best. Interested to see how much our fans think we will get for him with one year left on his contract. Ings went for 30 million, I would hope we can get at least that. And we have Soumare as his replacement and maybe Praet to come back in.

I would have Traore here as well. You are correct final ball and finishing are awful. But he creates chances and always will be a constant threat. He will have to be closely marked and will leave more space for Maddison, Barnes for example. Personally, I would say he will improve our side. But I can not see us signing a RW this window.

Anything under 5 million and we should be interested Brennan Johnson. Was excellent in League One, in his first season of first team football. Similar to James Justin, worth a risk for someone with potential. Can play central or on either wing. Attacking player but tracks back, quick, good close control. for 5 million will be a great option.

Still a decent player, great experience to add to our young side. Provides good options with Luke Thomas until JJ is back to full fitness. Looking to be a very good transfer window.

He has been below his usual standards for sure. Youri has played a lot of football this year and to me he looks looks physically tired. An amazing player who gave everything this season for us which looks to have taken its toll on him right now. Could be wrong of course, just what I think.

Definitely can add Cambiasso to the list too. Still played very well whilst at Leicester, incredible player. Mancini - Just have to look how well he is doing with Italy. Organised, good football, exciting to watch. If Rodgers chooses to leave then Mancini would be a good option. Depending if he wants to stay with national team.

I do agree with you one of the best ever players to put on the Leicester shirt. However, when he was with us this was the end of his career and we didn't see the best of him. As your video shows Mancini was a brilliant player though. Regarding the best players for us I would look towards Vardy, Kasper, Kante, Mahrez for example. These players really took our club to the pinnacle of domestic football. We can always questions Mahrez attitude when he wanted to leave but what an amazing player for us.

If we have to sell one player this summer, Maddison is the one I will feel best about losing, as long as the fee is 60million +. Tielemans, Ndidi, Fofana, impossible to replace right now. Maddison on his day is brilliant. But he drifts in and out of games too much. Maybe his pre West Ham off the pitch actions hinder my thinking. But I think he is the best asset to sell. Use the money from Arsenal, to replace him with 3 talented players, Edouard + Soumare and maybe a RW. Praet and KDH can rotate in replacing Maddison. Still a strong squad for the season.

Thanks for sharing.. For me Youri should be involved in the player of the season. Gundagon had a spell of 2 months where he was brilliant. Not really for the whole season. KDB by his own standards I don't think matched his previous seasons. Youri has had a brilliant season for a team who finished 5th and won the FA Cup. I think he definitely deserved to be in this list.

Correct on his attitude, he definitely can let his head go down. I think in a better team he could be excellent. Can play either wing and ST. Could be a good attacking option for us. Definitely strength in depth for our, just a personal opinion though.

Spurs and Everton after Zaha for 40 million. Personally hope he joins us. Can play up top, always scored against us, can play left or right wing. Think he will add to our attacking threat excellently. He will have to be marked closely leaving space for barnes, Vardy, Kelechi. Could be a great option.

Would anyone take Deli from Spurs this summer? Apparently they want to sell him. Still at an age where Brendan can develop him, and can add to Maddison, Tielemans in midfield options. Personally think could be a good player for us. Maybe a move can kick start his career again.

Ranieri won the league and still was sacked a few months later. If Rodgers wants to go, let him go. I genuinely don't see why the media make such a big fuss of him. He did great winning the FA cup, incredible! But 3 out of the last 5 seasons he has let massive points leads go. This is not a one off. Liverpool title, and now 2 times for us. Ndidi cb when we have cb on the bench. Changing Maddison and going defensive to invite pressure on. Sticking with 4-4-2 when we needed a goal, and playing Perez left midfield. Southampton 10men for 80 mins, Newcastle at home, West Ham away. All in the last 7 matches of the season didn't win one, and worse didn't even look like winning one. Evans injury and Fofana definitely did not help him at all. If we can give Rodgers praise for winning the cup (which we all have to) then he needs to accept the defeats that come with this. 2 years in a row, let slip a big points lead.