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Brendan Rodgers

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The_77

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5 minutes ago, Scotch said:

I really can't see past Lampard or Gattuso if Brendan goes. 

 

I'm not keen on Lampard at all. I really like Rino, always been a favourite of mine but his style of play isnt much different from Rodgers. 

Our board didn’t even like it when Filbert Fox flopped in front of Grealish, there’s no way they’re going to be OK with one of Rino’s expletive-laden press conferences. lol

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urban.spaceman

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The MasterPlan™
 

1. We perform poorly for months on purpose. 
2. Man Utd sack Ole and pursue Brendan.

3. Brendan says later bitches to the Glazers and sign a new contract.

4. Man Utd end up with Steve Coppell.

5. Brendan turns things around and tries to sign Ronaldo “for a laugh”

6. We win the 2023 Champions League.

 

Susan’s a genius. 

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splinterdream

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there maybe one positive to Lampard, he's the darling of the media and might raise the clubs profile, but does he command a presence the players would give their all for? What about his coaching ability? No doubt he'd be as keen as mustard, and may have some persuation at getting players to join us. I wanted Lampard before Rodgers but he wasn't great at Chelsea, and didn't get Derby promoted, I think we could probably aim higher if that time comes 

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6 minutes ago, dylanlegend said:

What’s Lampard down to deserve the job? Scott Parker is a better manager than Lampard. Lampard has had 2 job and underachieved in both. 

You seem under the impression that I'm in favour of Lampard although I have no idea why....

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I’ll drive the ****er to Trafford myself. If he doesn’t want the job, give it to somebody who does. Thanks for the memories but nobody is bigger than Leicester City. It will be an absolute disaster for them and him, and is a great reflection of how far they’ve fallen. 

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I would love to go after Reuben Amorim of Sporting. However, his buy out probably means he is well out of our reach. Would be our second most expensive signing!

 

De Zerbi took a job just recently so it’s very unlikely he will leave.

 

If we want a real up and coming manager whose got the ex-Premier League superstar tag, it’s got to be Xabi Alonso. However, his experience is limited in terms of top level football. 
 

Diego Martinez, again up coming but unproven is available on a free, would be a risk though just like Alonso. A risk on whether he could cut it.
 

Paulo Fonseca would be a real statement whether Leicester appeals to him is another question. 
 

Martinez probably wants the WC in Qatar before leaving.
 

From the choice of British managers, I don’t really fancy Lampard - I wasn’t overtly impressed with some of his Chelsea teams performances. Potter may be a consideration for a step up but I doubt he’d leave mid- season unless it was an incredible job. I don’t know if Potter would excite me.
 

Any real quality candidate won’t be cheap which means if Brendan goes he needs to leave on his own accord and not be sacked. His pay off would seriously hinder us in getting a replacement. A compo payment, however…..

 

 

 

 

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7 hours ago, Lesterlad said:

No way will United want this man as manager

For me that might depend on whether they have been tapping him up for weeks, in which case, they might understand his head being turned of they are the reason.  Here's hoping. I'm going for potter. I called him as a potential next Leicester manager the first time we played his Brighton.

I know people disagree but that's my opinion and in sticking to it. 🤫

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4 minutes ago, dylanlegend said:

Just cos you mentioned him. I keep seeing his name and honestly don’t know why. So many better managers out there. 

I mentioned his name because I could see us going for him. The part were I said "I'm not keen on Lampard" should have made it clear where I stood on the matter. 

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36 minutes ago, Col city fan said:

If anyone thinks this team couldn’t go down this season, I don’t think you’re looking at just how bad we’ve become

On current form, we are one of the worst sides in the division and if the rot sets in, we will have to be very careful.

I think we’ll have enough but our goals conceded from our fookin appalling defence is a major worry

Shades of 16-17. At least we had a good run in Europe then

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2 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

The thing is, wage expenditure is the most reliable predictor of league position. In fact, it's almost nailed on accurate. Our wage bill is currently the 9th highest in the league, and in terms of amount spent we're closer to 17th than 6th.

 

There could be many reasons why we finished 5th, and it's possible that we maybe weren't paying our players enough for where they were getting us. 

 

In terms of where we should be, we did overachieve, and that is a huge ctedit to Rodgers, his staff, and all the players. But you can only overachieve for so long before things correct themselves. Yes, technically we're underachievjng now, but based on amount spent on wages, it's much, much easier to fall back into midtable than it is to maintain a top 6 push.

 

We need a refresh, I think that much is clear. If Rodgers' head has been turned, then he needs to go. I hope that isn't the case, and I hope we can maybe spend a bit to rebalance the squad and get a few wantaways off the books, whether thats Youri, Cags, I don't mind, as long as we can continue to recruit well and keep things fresh and challenging for the players.

 

Right now, we're a bit stagnant, and things lool gloomy. But we're closer to where we ought to be than not. If we overreact, things could get toxic and spiral way out of control. If we remain calm and back the team in loud voice, hopefully we can play a part in turning things around.

I agree that BR's should be given credit for his achievements, and I've always credited him for that. But I'd never undermine his or Ranieri's achievements by saying they overachieved. It's like saying, lad you're a fluke, a flash in the pan. Get back in line, you don't belong here. It just doesn't sit right with me. It doesn't sit right with me when I see people saying it about other teams or people either. 

We know what Top's expectations are, and we supporters all have our expectations. Not everything in football can be measured with money. 

  

You say our wage bill is currently 9th in the league. But you know who's sitting very comfortably in the TOP 4? Our very own Brendan, on our very own wage bill. 

https://nairametrics.com/2021/11/07/highest-paid-manager-in-the-english-premier-league/

 

Now, I don't bring this up because I'm envious or think he's being overpaid by the club. He's paid what he's paid, well done for the bloke. The thing is, being 4th highest paid manager in the Prem, there should be and there are some expectations. We could as well expect BR to meet our expectations somewhere in the middle between his 4th placed wages and the 9th placed club wage bill. I think most of us would be fine with that. 

 

Isn't it peculiar, that someone always is 'underachieving' while another one 'overachieving'? Look at West Ham, Wolves, Brighton (only WHam being above us on the wage bill), all above us in the table. None of these teams have their manager in a top 8 of the highest earners. Would you say that these three teams are massively, insanely overachieving right now?

I wouldn't say that. It would be unfair and patronizing to say they are punching above their weight. It would be deminishing their achievements.

 

But let's leave this over/under talk, football is not all about being in top 4/5/6/8, not even about winning the cup or the league or making the Europa League knockout stages. Sure, I love us winning games and trophies as much as anyone on here. 

 

The biggest issue, far bigger than us not finishing in top 4/6 this season is that at this point in BR's tenure we, supporters (I think it's safe to say most of us) are struggling to enjoy watching our games.

 

 It seems as if at some point we simply stopped playing football. There's no style, unless we call passing to the sides and back a style. We are the opposite of what we were during the title season. Then we used to be no possession yet very effective, now we're all possession, zero effect. We have the better squad, we have the depth we missed back then, the manager does a lot of tinkering, but to no effect. We don't look like a team anymore, most of the games. The wins (increasingly scarce) seem to be just papering over the cracks.

 

And the losses... I said it time and again on this forum, I don't really mind us not winning points that much. If you say we're average, midtable, let's say I could be fine with that. I could be fine, if I saw some sort of belief, conviction, hope, guts, daring in our players (and tactical consequence, thought and daring in our manager). Yet week in, week out, I see very little of it.

What gets me the most is the manner in which we concede. The players don't look like they want to put up a fight anymore.  When we lose, we are almost always abysmal. 

 

Games like Legia Warsaw away can't even be explained with our wage bill because, doesn't matter which angle you look at it, this Legia team is literally the very pit of the pits, they are such a far cry from the team that was going toe to toe with Ajax few seasons ago not to mention the vintage 1995/96 Legia team that was in quarter finals of CL (I actually remember that team, and can attest to their brilliance, so can Alan Shearer), that it doesn't feel right to make such comparisons. Yet here we are, awaiting our home game against this awful lot with anxiety.   

 

Whenever I watch our games this season it seems to me as if the players are playing with some mental blocks, they are keeping it safe and hoping the things will somehow turn out good for us. It's symptomatic that the player who I'm most impressed this season is a loanee (Lookman) who most likely will not be with us next season. He actually tries to do something positive with the ball, sometimes it comes off, sometimes it doesn't, but at least he's someone who dares... I don't expect BR or any manager to hand us a top 4-6 finish every season, it's perfectly understandable for any team to have a slump in form (well, Legia were crowned champions of Poland 7 times in the last 9 years, look where they are in the table now). What I expect though, is for the manager and the players to dare... Regardless of which team one is supporting, I don't think that is too much to ask.

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5 hours ago, TK95 said:

I can almost certainly see Tielemans joining United in the summer if Brendan goes there 

I don’t see him following Rodgers anywhere, he seems fed up more than any of our players.

 

Why would he want to go and follow Rodgers playing this dreary shite.

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I personally think he’s over thinking everything. 
which happens when things are going against you.

 

Players are out of form, which means he isn’t keeping it simple and playing his preferred formation. 
 

He has a habit of this happening too, happened at Liverpool. I don’t think he is close at all to getting the sack. But something isn’t right at all.

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