HybridFox Posted 1 September 2022 Share Posted 1 September 2022 40 minutes ago, Sambiasso said: A case of who blinks first with us and Villa, We bin him off and 100% he goes there with a nice pay off and a cushy new job. Imagine the meltdown if we then hire Stevie G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post honeybradger Posted 1 September 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 1 September 2022 2 hours ago, jayfox26 said: It saddens me a little that I'm actually starting to hate the manager who brought us our first FA Cup. When Ranieri left, I was gutted as even though I knew it was the right decision because we had really turned to shit, he was such a loveable guy and will always be a legend at Leicester. Felt like right until the end he was trying so hard to turn it around and I felt some of the players turned on him which was also sad. However I feel totally different with Rodgers. An Fa Cup, community shield and 2 top 5 finishes should make him loved, even if things have gone backwards but right now I really am starting to hate the guy. I can accept bad results/performances, I can accept he hasn't been backed in the transfer window but I can't accept that he clearly doesn't want to be here, is actively not changing things in games to help us get results and is hanging around waiting to get his payout rather than just resigning. His interview before the game today on bt made me sick and added further proof that he's the media darling and they won't accept he's at fault for anything. Savage saying we'd be relegated without Rodgers. Nah mate, we'll be relegated if he stays. His decision making, lack of subs, poor subs, poor game management is so clear to see yet the media believe he's totally blameless. I feel so disappointed by the club I love right now and I understand Rodgers isn't solely to blame but I just can't stand to see a manager in charge of my club who has no interest in the club at all and trying to turn things around. The manager who won us our first FA cup should be unanimously considered a club legend, yet sadly he's just such an unlikeable person it's hard to give the guy much credit for our success under him. Even when we were on cloud nine in 19/20 and on for Champions league spots it didnt take long for Rodgers to start throwing players under the bus when it started looking like we were going to collapse. I think even when he's gone he's always going to be an incredibly divisive figure amongst the fans as on paper he's achieved so much yet it feels like he's killed any upwards momentum we had as a club. Personally I think he was lucky to join us at the time he did and his true nature as a fairly poor manager is starting to show but many on here will disagree with my opinion and they may be right. I dont think he will be fondly remembered on a personal level though, whether people think he's a good manager or not. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dan LCFC Posted 2 September 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 2 September 2022 4 hours ago, Col city fan said: The main question is do you think another manager could take this group of players and get them playing better? Money aside, it’s a simple as that. And if so, whom? Literally anybody. Mike Stowell would have them playing better than this. Sacking Rodgers is the most prudent investment we'll make this season. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam1 Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 2 hours ago, honeybradger said: The manager who won us our first FA cup should be unanimously considered a club legend, yet sadly he's just such an unlikeable person it's hard to give the guy much credit for our success under him. Even when we were on cloud nine in 19/20 and on for Champions league spots it didnt take long for Rodgers to start throwing players under the bus when it started looking like we were going to collapse. I think even when he's gone he's always going to be an incredibly divisive figure amongst the fans as on paper he's achieved so much yet it feels like he's killed any upwards momentum we had as a club. Personally I think he was lucky to join us at the time he did and his true nature as a fairly poor manager is starting to show but many on here will disagree with my opinion and they may be right. I dont think he will be fondly remembered on a personal level though, whether people think he's a good manager or not. If you listen to the Under the Cosh podcast, well lets just say that the alarm bells sound on quite a few episodes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaspa Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62761727 Quote Brendan Rodgers: Leicester 'not the same club' after Man Utd loss and transfer woe By Phil McNultyChief football writer at King Power Stadium The boos that rang around King Power Stadium and the pointed words of manager Brendan Rodgers said everything about the growing troubles hanging like a shroud over Leicester City. "This isn't the club that it was a couple of years ago," Rodgers said, following a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United that coincided with the end of a frustrating summer transfer window for the Foxes boss. It is a club that has achieved so much in recent seasons, the glorious Premier League title triumph in 2016 and the FA Cup win under Rodgers in 2021, but there is an air of stagnation and discontent that smacks of the end of an era for Leicester City. The Foxes had near misses with the Champions League, twice slipping out of the top four on the final day of the season under Rodgers, and perhaps the financial and footballing implications are being felt in full now. Leicester have gloriously defied logic, punching heavily above their weight, but those successes and raised expectations mean the current underachievement is more acutely and painfully felt. A dismal Premier League start of one point from five games has left manager Rodgers exuding anything but satisfaction, supporters expressing loud discontent and the owner giving a detailed explanation in the programme notes of the current strategy that is not just leaving the club treading water but sinking to the bottom of the table. The miserable 1-0 home defeat to Manchester United only increased the mood of pessimism around King Power Stadium. Rodgers, a fine manager and coach, did not sugar-coat any pills when outlining the current situation in what some might regard as a high-risk strategy in delivering brutal reality. Rodgers did state his respect for the Leicester owners' tightening the purse strings, but - with echoes of Scott Parker's similar criticism that cost him the Bournemouth job this week - there was no disguising his disappointment at not being able to renew his squad and continue to compete at the top end of the Premier League. He said: "I understand the fans' frustration. They see all their rivals getting players in and we're not getting any." Rodgers, who lost keeper Kasper Schmeichel and then defender Wesley Fofana in a £70m move to Chelsea, added: "With the greatest respect, we have not had the help in the market this team needed. "To watch clubs in the top five leagues add players and we haven't been able to do that has been difficult. We needed help and we haven't been able to do that. "I came to Leicester to compete and initially I was able to do that. You have to add quality but in the last two windows we haven't been able to do that. I would have loved to have added five or six players but if you can't do that you have to respect it and work with what we have." Rodgers was able to bring in Reims defender Wout Faes as a £15m replacement for Fofana but everything about this laboured, toothless Leicester display showed why he wanted so much more and needed to do so much more. It is unclear when the financial shackles will be released for Rodgers but his downbeat demeanour was a sharp contrast to his normal positivity and there is no escaping the uncertainty currently surrounding the club. Rodgers outlined the reset in ambition at a club that was aiming for the Champions League two seasons ago when he said: "Our objective this season is to get to 40 points." It was not quite on the same level as Parker, whose exposure of Bournemouth's shortcomings effectively led to his sacking, but it was certainly an uncomfortable message to listen to. The words were searingly honest, although hardly designed to send optimism sweeping around the King Power. Rodgers, however, was getting the truth out there. So did chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha in his programme notes, stressing his family's continuing commitment, but adding: "Sometimes that commitment means making difficult short-term decisions that protect the club's long-term interests, such as our approach to this summer's transfer window." It was an answer to growing fan unrest at Leicester's current reduced circumstances and, perhaps, his manager. How long Rodgers' patience lasts, particularly when he is on the receiving end of criticism when seemingly powerless to refresh his Leicester team, remains to be seen. Rodgers brought a freshness, the FA Cup and two seasons that almost brought Champions League football to Leicester City after succeeding Claude Puel in February 2019. This, though, now feels like a stale club, a stale team and a fanbase who remember the glorious last few years slipping away before their eyes. Leicester City's manager says he will will fight on - but this is not what has been in the brochure for the last few years. He is clearly dissatisfied with the current situation. The grim sight of the Foxes lying at the bottom of the table will focus minds and increase the unmistakeable sense of unease and uncertainty around Leicester. Rodgers must find the remedy fast - but clearly feels he needs more help to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan LCFC Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 2 hours ago, TK95 said: Playing Palace at home next month too He cannot get that game. **** me. I cannot comprehend that he stays after this. Surely, SURELY he has to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 26 minutes ago, Jaspa said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62761727 Rodgers, a fine manager and coach, did not sugar-coat any pills when outlining the current situation in what some might regard as a high-risk strategy in delivering brutal reality. Really? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambert09 Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 surely his reputation is more important then some cash. If he walked away now and said it’s because he wasn’t given funds. He’d probably have a great chance of getting a good gig next. getting fired puts him in a worse light. cmon bren do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeaMen Tom Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 1 minute ago, Jon the Hat said: Rodgers, a fine manager and coach, did not sugar-coat any pills when outlining the current situation in what some might regard as a high-risk strategy in delivering brutal reality. Really? Rodgers is a master of the PR game. None of this can be his fault of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 One aspect (it’s a rich bevy of choices, I know) of Rodgers’ incompetence that gets too little discussion is his pathetic use of subs. Surely we’re used fewer than anyone else in the prem, and he invariably makes them too late and the wrong ones when he does make them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 1 minute ago, Deeg67 said: One aspect (it’s a rich bevy of choices, I know) of Rodgers’ incompetence that gets too little discussion is his pathetic use of subs. Surely we’re used fewer than anyone else in the prem, and he invariably makes them too late and the wrong ones when he does make them. Taking off Tielemans was a case in point. It's not much good taking off the player who's creating the most and bringing on a striker to work on scraps. Should have taken off Barnes, who was poor tonight, and Vardy for the same reason. Tielemans feeding Iheanacho and Daka running at them as legs tired could have had a different outcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 2 September 2022 Popular Post Share Posted 2 September 2022 12 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Rodgers, a fine manager and coach, did not sugar-coat any pills when outlining the current situation in what some might regard as a high-risk strategy in delivering brutal reality. Really? McNulty has had an odd chip on his shoulder about Leicester since we got back in the Prem. I'm not entirely sure why. The whole article reads like he's gleefully rubbing his hands together desperate for us to finally disappear back where we came. That and shamelessly defending his mate. It's all massive hyperbole, there's no great stagnation or malaise at the club we've just overspent a little and need to calm down this year. This wouldn't be a problem if we had a manager who was capable of getting even 70% out of pretty much exactly the same squad as he managed to in his first two years. I'd say all round the club is in a pretty healthy shape, we just have a manager who's past his sell by date and needs to go. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep blue Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 3 hours ago, ClaphamFox said: We definitely did need two centre halves. He's not wrong to say he wasn't supported - that's a matter of fact. The problem is that he's showing, very clearly, that he has no idea how to deal with the situation as it is and doesn't appear to want to. But he is wrong. He has a CB that he's allowed to regress massively under his tenure and that he refuses to play. If you mishandle and underuse the resources provided for you how can you put the blame on the club? It's Brendan's shortcomings as a coach and man-manager that has reduced his playing options. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonFox Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 Time for an open letter. Dear Brendan. Please resign. Love All Leicester Fans Everywhere 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamble92 Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 I can't believe this is happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 Sounds like someone who knows the end is near 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 Todays has to be the day doesn’t it? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 2 hours ago, Jaspa said: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62761727 What a melt. The same fine manager and coach who spaffed close to £200m up the wall on absolute toss. The blokes a fraud, and hopefully clubs see him for the true poisonous little bellend he really is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pliskin Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 26 minutes ago, Koke said: Sounds like someone who knows the end is near He just wants to be sacked doesn’t he? He doesn’t strike you as a man who’s passionate about being here anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravel Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 43 minutes ago, Koke said: Sounds like someone who knows the end is near I do hope his use of past tense "I've loved" is a clear indication of where this is going. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 First he says the players aren't good enough and now he says the owners haven't backed him......how about he used half his salary to fund a player. But seriously if he wanted big money for transfers maybe he should he gone to Arsenal or Spurs when he had the chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinekersLugs Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 2 hours ago, Lambert09 said: surely his reputation is more important then some cash. If he walked away now and said it’s because he wasn’t given funds. He’d probably have a great chance of getting a good gig next. getting fired puts him in a worse light. cmon bren do it! His reputation is secure .. is Agents are already sell it like this “Brendan led a financially broken club to 5th place twice , won the FA cup and twisted some nice profit for the club on some sales” No One walks from a £20m payday … no one he will also be in a job quickly as his pay off cannot be paid as gardening leave ! He gets a lump sum with a free reign to start again almost instantly sacked by us … huge pay off Villa manager within a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 21 minutes ago, Pliskin said: He just wants to be sacked doesn’t he? He doesn’t strike you as a man who’s passionate about being here anymore. He’s never been passionate about being here. His relationship with the club has always been completely transactional. We’re a means to an end for him, he was a means to an end for us. Compare to Puel, Ranieri, Shakespeare, Pearson - all made mistakes too but all of them appeared proud to be Leicester manager in and of itself and either understood the importance of building a strong connection with the fans or that part of their job extended to supporting the club’s future as well as its present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinekersLugs Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 2 minutes ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: First he says the players aren't good enough and now he says the owners haven't backed him......how about he used half his salary to fund a player. But seriously if he wanted big money for transfers maybe he should he gone to Arsenal or Spurs when he had the chance. He isn’t wrong on both point 1) players aren’t good enough 2) owners haven’t backed him this window but the truth also is 1) he signed many of those players 2) he is one of the highest paid managers in football it’s toxic now ! he will be gone by Monday night if we lose This weekend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanDare Posted 2 September 2022 Share Posted 2 September 2022 29 minutes ago, Pliskin said: He just wants to be sacked doesn’t he? He doesn’t strike you as a man who’s passionate about being here anymore. He isn't a man at all, is the problem. He's a weasel, hiding behind excuses and deflecting blame for his inadequacies to individual players. Never seen one man before manager to turn so many promising looking players into abject mediocrity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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