Blanchflower78 Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Not surprised by Percys words. Doesn't make him bullet proof mind and things "could" change but for now makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMELcfc Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 41 minutes ago, MalletFox said: Percy has spoken … How long in a period of time is a slump a slump, until it becomes the 'usual sh***' served up every week kind of alarm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonezy Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 1 hour ago, Chrysalis said: Football results are on goals scored vs goals against, passes, possession are less important. To me they were the better team, much more solid and organised at the back and very clinical in their attacks. Similar to us in title season. Or maybe we rode our luck that season in your view? Completely agreed. Well done to Wolves to take 2 of the very few chances we limited them to. But I honestly think our performance yesterday was really good and was impressed with how little we managed to limit them to, which makes it frustrating that they were so clinical. But that happens. Thought Tielemans and Maddison both had better openings than the ones Wolves scored from, but thats football. Of course we rode our luck at times in our title season. Just an example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnRSCzAlIfY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 1 hour ago, pmcla26 said: a) I don't think they are that bad - I still see a side that plays some very good football and scores goals, doesn't necessarily defend that bad as a collective in open play and presses the game well, but is let down due to set piece organisation and individual errors. b) They might not necessarily be solved by him, I can't say for definite, but I'm pretty sure they will be, just not with this back line. I think it has a lot more to do with the players available than Rodgers, although he does need to sort set-pieces out, but we seem to very slowly be getting a bit better. Again, don't think this will be resolved until players change - we need a commanding centre half. You're right the defensive problems have been there all season, but we've never had a decent 4 available, there's always been at least 1 obvious weak link in there. Amartey and Thomas have both had spells of good form/individual games but neither should be 1st choice in their position. If we as fans were asked where we'd finish with those two playing as many games as they have done this season, where would we expect to finish? Probably slightly higher, but not much. You may well be right that there's something going wrong in terms of process when it comes to managing injuries but without knowing all the ins and outs, I tend to attribute bad luck to a lot of it too. In reality it's probably 50/50 split on both. I understand your and other fans frustrations as it annoys me too that loads of lads are constantly missing, but I'm sure the club are assessing why and how there have been so many injuries and will be having regular conversations on how to address it. Not thinking it's that bad when our defensive stats are worse than any team since these stats were done including shocking teams like Villa in 2015/16, Norwich etc is deeply perturbing. We've conceded 65 goals already this season and are on course for conceding around 100 which is just beyond words. I always assumed people can only take so much in life before they snap but if there's one thing that the pandemic has taught me is that certain people will toe the party line whatever, it reminds me of the toad theory. You put a toad in a pan of boiling water and it will go berserk and jump out seething. However, you put a toad in a pan of cold water and gently bring it to the boil and it'll happily sit in it until it boils to death. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Doesn't matter whatever said, lose to both Burnley and Leeds and he will be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingkisnorbo Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 There’s nothing absolute in that article. I’d be astounded if he’s still in the job after a loss to Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 2 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Doesn't matter whatever said, lose to both Burnley and Leeds and he will be gone. Didn't we say that about the last 3/4/5/6 fixtures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxesDeb Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Is this the classic confidence vote that normally signifies a manager is close to the end? Or is this an actual vote of confidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnewty Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Lose to Burnley and he’ll be gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unabomber Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 (edited) Not surprised how out of touch Manish and Gary Lineker are on twitter. Edited 21 February 2022 by Unabomber 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 (edited) The Premier League season is a dud and the board knows it. We'll finish mid-table and he'll be allowed to rebuild in the summer. I think a lot rides on the ECL performance. A team such as ours should be getting to the latter stages. Get dumped out unceremoniously by a doggo outfit and they'll pull the trigger. That will be one embarrassment too far. Edited 21 February 2022 by RoboFox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Christ. I'm off to support Spurs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focks Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 12 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: Doesn't matter whatever said, lose to both Burnley and Leeds and he will be gone. What about 2 draws, which I'd say is likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrispinLA in Texas Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 4 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: Not thinking it's that bad when our defensive stats are worse than any team since these stats were done including shocking teams like Villa in 2015/16, Norwich etc is deeply perturbing. We've conceded 65 goals already this season and are on course for conceding around 100 which is just beyond words. I always assumed people can only take so much in life before they snap but if there's one thing that the pandemic has taught me is that certain people will toe the party line whatever, it reminds me of the toad theory. You put a toad in a pan of boiling water and it will go berserk and jump out seething. However, you put a toad in a pan of cold water and gently bring it to the boil and it'll happily sit in it until it boils to death. I feeling like the toad😂 kind of given up wanting Brendan out now, grudgingly have to except it's not going to happen and give him until the end of the season and then go for a change in the summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleshdaddy Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 I think that article basically chimes with what I thought anyway, in that he's clearly backed and he'll be here until the end of the season (unless we genuinely get pulled into a relegation dogfight) and he'll also be given the chance to rebuild in the summer. I think that this is a more pertinent question to ask, is Rodgers is the right man to oversee the rebuild that we undoubtedly need in the summer? I'm thinking of some key players who are approaching the end of their time with us. We've got Vardy, Schmeichel and Evans, for instance, who are all leaders but are getting older and are on a downward trajectory. We also have Tielemans, probably our best player, who's clearly off. Whoever the manager is, will have some big calls to make that could define our progress over the next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 9 minutes ago, Unabomber said: Not surprised how out of touch Manish and Gary Lineker are on twitter. Lineker said that yesterday was typical of our season… ‘Comfortably the better side’ … I think we’ve been comfortably the better side 3 times this season 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 I think as it stands the club are praying he turns it around but that can and will change quickly if we keep losing. It's probably a good thing we've got a few away games and not home games as it could get very ugly and will make it very uncomfortable. From what I've been told there's already friction between Rudkin and Rodgers, obviously the car salesman has been blaming all and sundry for everything and then demanding all sorts to fix it which Rudkin isn't having. Will be a fascinating battle in the coming weeks. It looks like Congerton has taken the fall already and that this new medical route we've gone down is being changed as well so so far he's managed to talk himself out of any blame and thrown plenty under the bus. What a man 😂😂😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Just now, FoxesDeb said: Is this the classic confidence vote that normally signifies a manager is close to the end? Or is this an actual vote of confidence? I am pretty sure we had an article from Percy similar to when Puel was in charge and Ranieri also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everfox Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 The Forest result was the final nail in the coffin for me, I just can't seem to forgive or forget that. Rodgers out for me, he's had plenty of time to turn this around and it just isn't happening. He can't use the volume of injuries as an excuse because he is partly to blame for them at the very least. Injuries were never a problem until Rodgers came along and sacked Rennie, it simply can't be a coincidence. Get Diego Martinez or Graham Potter in, enough is enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Just now, Happy Fox said: I am pretty sure we had an article from Percy similar to when Puel was in charge and Ranieri also. Percy was out for Puel for months, but definitely with Ranieri. The club desperately wanted Ranieri to turn it around, it was never going to be nice seeing the man who led us to the unthinkable be binned inside 9 months but very quickly it worsened after Xmas. In some way we're seeing similar now as back then and the final few months of Puel. In fact didn't we have more wins in both seasons? 😂😂😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surrifox Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 @UpTheLeagueFox you’re very quiet . In or out ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brooksy Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 9 minutes ago, daddylonglegs said: Lineker said that yesterday was typical of our season… ‘Comfortably the better side’ … I think we’ve been comfortably the better side 3 times this season 😂 Obviously doesn't watch us does he? Was he one of these morons that said Ranieri should have had a job for life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetintedspecs Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Apparently Rodgers has entered into contract extension talks 🤷♂️ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 Mood. Celtic supporter underneath echoing his thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanSP Posted 21 February 2022 Share Posted 21 February 2022 26 minutes ago, RoboFox said: The Premier League season is a dud and the board knows it. We'll finish mid-table and he'll be allowed to rebuild in the summer. I think a lot rides on the ECL performance. A team such as ours should be getting to the latter stages. Get dumped out unceremoniously by a doggo outfit and they'll pull the trigger. That will be one embarrassment too far. Agree with this. Win in Europe he'll get the summer and beyond. Get knocked out and he's gone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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