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Brendan Rodgers

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Brendan Rodgers basked in the glory of his status as the first Leicester City manager to win the FA Cup, thrown high in the air by his celebrating players before an emotional embrace with chairman Aiyawatt 'Khun Top' Srivaddhanaprabha.

It was a moving moment. The son of the former owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Khun Top had become chairman after his father died in a helicopter crash at King Power Stadium in October 2018. Here, he joined Rodgers before celebrating with Leicester's players, lifting the FA Cup they had won for the first time after beating Chelsea at Wembley.

This was a scene of unity between manager, players, owner and celebrating Foxes fans who were among 21,000 inside Wembley as part of the biggest domestic sporting crowd since football resumed last June.

Premier League winners in 2016, fifth last season, in the top four with two games left this time around, and now FA Cup winners: Leicester's success confirms they deserve to be ranked among England's leading six clubs - despite what those who pursued the ill-fated European Super League might think. The manner in which they are run and managed means they have every chance of staying there.

The lengthy conversation between Khun Top and Rodgers will have been laced heavily with mutual gratitude. The partnership has enabled the manager to embellish an impressive CV with his first trophy in England.

Rodgers resurfaced at Celtic after he was sacked by Liverpool and was an unqualified success, winning all seven domestic trophies available to him in two and a half years at Parkhead, breaking a 100-year-old British record with a 69-game unbeaten run in the process.

There was some surprise in Scotland when Rodgers left for Leicester in February 2019, the boyhood Celtic fan lured away by the ambition of potential success back in the Premier League.

He almost took Leicester into the Champions League in his first full season, only to miss out on the final day with a home defeat by Manchester United. But fifth place was, in reality, an impressive return spoiled by a late slump in form.

The scenes at Wembley, and the sheer joy on his face as he took his place in Leicester's history, vindicated any risk in Rodgers' decision to leave a club where he was regarded as a hero - at least until the day he departed.

It is highly patronising given his unblemished record at Celtic, but there will still be some who would not have been convinced about Rodgers' quality until he won silverware in England.

There can be no questions any more.

He is a high-class operator who has taken the bitter blows of dismissal at Liverpool, rebuilt his reputation at Celtic and is now among the best in the Premier League once more.

If Rodgers made a smart choice, joining a club with stable ambitious ownership and a record of sound recruitment, then so did Leicester. They are the perfect match and in fine shape for more success at the top end of the Premier League.

Rodgers has stamped his style all over this side - they are pleasing on the eye at their best, with an intense pressing and passing game sharpened by the enduring threat of Jamie Vardy but also by the creation of Youri Tielemans, the magnificent match-winner at Wembley.

This was not Leicester at their best but they got the job done. Victory was built on sound, determined defence, with Rodgers showing his pragmatic side by introducing 37-year-old Wes Morgan, captain of the 2016 title-winning side, who has barely figured in recent months.

Morgan was brought on for the final minutes to combat the aerial threat of Olivier Giroud - and was then at the centre of the final's most contentious moment. In a last-minute tangle of bodies with former colleague Ben Chilwell, Caglar Soyuncu's clearance ricocheted off Morgan and into the net - only for VAR to rule the Chelsea defender was offside by the finest of margins in the build-up.

Rodgers celebrated the reprieve as if it were a Leicester goal - albeit not quite as flamboyantly as his Jose Mourinho-style run down the touchline with his finger in the air in response to Tielemans' wonder strike. That VAR ruling was effectively the moment his team won the FA Cup for the first time.

Once again, Rodgers proved tactically astute and flexible. The addition of such a major trophy only adds to his reputation as a manager and coach now in the upper echelons.

He will be coveted by other clubs. You can be sure he would top Tottenham's list of potential successors to Mourinho if he showed the slightest interest. But he is at a superbly run club built on solid foundations with expertise in all areas that will give him time and space to do his work.

Football has an endless capacity to surprise but what sound reasons are there for Rodgers to leave and join Tottenham?

Rodgers looked like a man who had everything as he held the FA Cup aloft.

In reality, there may be more to come for Leicester's manager.

These are heady days for Rodgers - and his club.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

It's taken me a while but I've slowly warmed to him. He'll be a legend forever more now after today, he's up there with MON, Claudio, and Pearson:wub:

Yep. That raw emotion yesterday we witnessed was all the more special because of how close he usually holds his cards to his chest when it comes to his emotions. What scenes him embracing Top like that and him getting tossed about by the players.

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The one thing that worried me was in the Cup post match interview, he said the big 6 were expected to win trophies, whereas Leicester were aiming to just compete. He inferred there is another level of club above us, and that it was great we were competing with them but we weren't on their level.

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2 minutes ago, jim5000 said:

The one thing that worried me was in the Cup post match interview, he said the big 6 were expected to win trophies, whereas Leicester were aiming to just compete. He inferred there is another level of club above us, and that it was great we were competing with them but we weren't on their level.

Yet.

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Having Morgan on the bench if Evans couldn’t last the 90 was a great plan. Felt a lot better once he came on, especially to tackle Girouds Ariel threat. Just the experience that was needed with the two younger centre halves next to him was fantastic. 

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1 hour ago, Bert Fill said:

Yet.

This - we need consecutive European, if not CL, seasons to build up the war-chest to compete properly for being a 'big six (or seven!)' club - that's about economics more than league position, unfortunately.

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I re-watched the second half because it was all such a blur. Morgan made a ton of great defensive headers after he came on. To be at fault for an own goal in what would likely be his last leicester city appearance would have been unfair and exceptionally cruel.

 

Rodgers really made a ton of tough and important calls.

 

Starting Perez over Maddison. Perez played with a 10/10 defensive work rate through the full 90, closing Chelsea defenders down and tracking back. He made the crucial interception that lead to Youri's goal.

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I think this is BR biggest football achievement, and will stay with him forever, and importantly keep him here where he is undoubtedly happy, to achieve more alot more, this is the build up to more special days for the Foxes, Fans and the Club owners onwards and upwards with some Bumps along the way so proud off Leicester City 

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2 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

Bottler.

Arrogant.

Stubborn.

No Plan B.

 

FA Cup Winner :scarf:

You're alive! Weren't sure if you were gonna make it after seeing your tweets from last nightlol

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2 hours ago, jim5000 said:

The one thing that worried me was in the Cup post match interview, he said the big 6 were expected to win trophies, whereas Leicester were aiming to just compete. He inferred there is another level of club above us, and that it was great we were competing with them but we weren't on their level.

 

Financially speaking he is right.  We were up against a Champions League finalist who's assembled a £250m squad. It's a nuanced analysis in terms of where in the league we should be. On one hand our squad is better than Arsenal and Spurs but on the other hand their revenue is vastly superior to ours. Its not a black and white thing.

 

But who cares right now, we are ****ing FA Cup winners.

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1 hour ago, Blue-fox said:

Having Morgan on the bench if Evans couldn’t last the 90 was a great plan. Felt a lot better once he came on, especially to tackle Girouds Ariel threat. Just the experience that was needed with the two younger centre halves next to him was fantastic. 

Interestingly, despite Wes coming on it was Soyuncu who ended up against Giroud mostly. He won absolutely everything in the air against him.

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This club is very, very special. To hear the wider footballing world say the same, means we really have got it right. 

Lots of clubs think they're special, but the fact we are looked at with admiration by so many that don't support us is incredible and justified. 

Vichai and Top are truly incredible people.

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Should be the LMA manager of the year. 

 

Pep's done a good job but then Man City should win the league with that squad.

 

Look at Chelsea's squad and resources and look at our's- yesterday should have been no contest.

 

He's done an outstanding job. Amazing.

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2 hours ago, martyn said:

Interestingly, despite Wes coming on it was Soyuncu who ended up against Giroud mostly. He won absolutely everything in the air against him.

After Soyuncu's shaky start he was immense. What I thought was brilliant second half was instead of stopping them with interceptions in our Box, We actually went to meet them and there were some juice challenges which was nice to see.

Both He and Fafana were unbelievable particularly after we scored. 

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5 hours ago, Unabomber said:

He is getting close to Pearson and Ranieri territory. Nice one Brendan!

He's surpassed Nige for me now. I love him and he built something special here but Rodgers has us as a genuine top six club and has won a major trophy. 

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On 15/05/2021 at 20:17, Corky said:

I mentioned earlier this season that he was determined to win this judging by his line-up at Stoke.

 

He's earned it.

Rodgers' attitude in cups ever since he arrived has been absolute first class for the most part even if there is a valid argument about it stretching the players. He came in here and said he wanted to get us into Europe and win a trophy, and he's done it.

 

To me that yesterday puts him on another level. That for me is his biggest ever achievement as a manager.

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