Popular Post J. James Posted 2 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 2 April 2023 3 hours ago, gw_leics772 said: My recent WhatsApp conversation I'm really offended by your language..please stop using the word "Brendan" now...😐 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 3 hours ago, StanSP said: Am I the only one that thinks it might not be too late? I'm with you fella, and excited again now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damolcfc Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 Tues will be flipping mental 😊😊😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. James Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 (edited) No chance of relegation now...well very little. This will be a boost for Vardy and Nacho to mention just two. Shame we've lost Caglar cos l believe he will come good again under a competant manager Edited 2 April 2023 by J. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudulike Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 Reasonable piece... Brendan Rodgers: Leicester City sacking is a dramatic fall from grace for manager and club - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65155054 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 3 hours ago, Jobyfox said: That picture should come with one of those Facebook warnings about disturbing images. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, StanSP said: Am I the only one that thinks it might not be too late? 9 minutes ago, gw_leics772 said: I'm with you fella, and excited again now. I'm with you two! Even if it is too late, we were going down with Rodgers anyway atleast now we'll have tried to do something about it. April was always a make or break month with the games we have coming up, we stand a better chance now than we did if he was allowed to continue, just a shame we've already allowed him to ruin 1 of those chances/games yesterday. Edited 2 April 2023 by Matt 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SixtiesFox Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 1 hour ago, Daggers said: How? Seriously, how? He gutted our squad of talent and desire, crippled the players’ self belief, and bought in some abject shit. How TF do we now have a chance of staying up? Wow, you must be fun at parties! Because we had no chance before with Rodgers in charge. Try at least to enjoy the euphoria of having finally got rid of this charlatan. Even if we do get relegated at least we won't have to put up with Rodgers' ball in the Championship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HankMarvin Posted 2 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 2 April 2023 Leicester City's fear of relegation saw Brendan Rodgers axed – just like Ranieri The club dispensed of Brendan Rodgers' services after four years at helm after a poor run of results leaving the team in the relegation zone By John Percy 2 April 2023 • 5:06pm Leicester City sacked Brendan Rodgers (centre) after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace Credit: Reuters/Andrew Boyers When Leicester City axed Claudio Ranieri nine months after winning the Premier League title, the decision was made amid fears the club were heading for inevitable relegation. A little over six years later, history has repeated itself. Leicester have been left with no alternative but to part company with Brendan Rodgers because they are convinced the alarming nosedive in results will end with the drop. Rodgers’ departure by mutual agreement is only a surprise in the timing, with 10 games remaining to save the club from relegation to the Championship. Supporters have been demanding change for over 18 months, and it is probably the Europa League defeat by struggling Legia Warsaw in Sept 2021 that can now be regarded as the turning point. Leicester did try to give Rodgers time to turn the situation around. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, has come under scrutiny for his delay in taking action, but the truth is that he still had faith in Rodgers. He felt the risk in making a change was too great and could have a detrimental effect. That faith finally disappeared after Leicester’s late defeat at Crystal Palace, and Rodgers was summoned for talks before a recovery session on Sunday. Leicester City were on the ropes in the Europa League after a feeble defeat to Legia Warsaw in 2021 Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel The last 12 months or so have been excruciating. Rodgers had frequently spoken of his desire for a “healthy shake-up” of the squad, but funds were limited in the summer amid fears over Financial Fair Play breaches. Leicester also adopted the stance that Rodgers had been generously backed in the summer of 2021. They could not risk signing two or three more players last year who turn out to be bad buys, while also adding to an already bloated squad. Though Leicester signed Wout Faes for £15m, after the sale of Wesley Fofana to Chelsea, Rodgers’ mood was dark on deadline day. After the home defeat by Manchester United his comments over a lack of backing angered the hierarchy. They argued that Rodgers should be doing better with the team he had available. In their view, it was not a set of players that should be anywhere near the bottom of the table, and that remains the view now. It was a tricky position for Rodgers to be in: he had made it quite clear that he wanted new signings but had to rely on players that he did not rate. Caglar Soyuncu and Boubakary Soumare were two players he did not want in his squad. The departure of Kasper Schmeichel to Nice left Rodgers with Wales international goalkeeper Danny Ward, who is not good enough at this level. Rodgers was backed in January with the funds generated from Fofana’s sale, but despite an initial uplift in form Leicester have gone seven games without a win. The relationship between Brendan Rodgers (left) and former captain Kasper Schmeichel became fractious by the time the goalkeeper left the club in 2022 Credit: Reuters/Michael Regan It has only seemed a matter of time for weeks. Rodgers has appeared frequently downbeat, and negative in interviews. Team selection has been unpredictable. Training sessions are alleged to have been repetitive and boring with some players. Rodgers' decision to give the squad last week off, in the first week of the international break, was a huge surprise to many senior officials at the club, considering the perilous position. Many supporters have always felt convinced that Rodgers was only using Leicester as a stepping stone to a bigger club. There has never seemed any real affection between him and the fanbase, despite the exhilarating football in his first two full seasons. This season, Rodgers has looked as if he wanted putting out of his misery. There is a reasonable argument that most managers have a life-span of three years until players need a new voice and direction. To complete four years at this level, as I wrote in February, is an achievement that cannot be overestimated. He has been isolated at times, and the lone voice. Srivaddhanaprabha writes a column in the programme but chief executive Susan Whelan and director of football Jon Rudkin have not spoken with the English press since Claudio Ranieri’s unveiling in July 2015. There will be many pundits and neutrals who repeat the old tropes of ‘be careful for what you wish for’ and ‘it’s only Leicester, what do they expect’? These should be ignored, for the people who actually pay the money to watch games have been frustrated for months, or longer. Perhaps Rodgers should have gone earlier, for it has to be remembered that those first two and a half years were special. He did not deserve the situation to become so toxic. He will return, most probably in the Premier League, and the chance to recharge will be good for him. Now the change has come and Leicester are locked in a 10-game shootout for survival. The prospect of Championship football does not bear thinking about. 8 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vlad the Fox Posted 2 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 2 April 2023 Oh for ****s sake, why now? Id just finished my hand painted 10 metre banner depicting the last supper with Rodgers in the middle and all the disciples looking to him saying “your fired”. Judas was holding up a banner saying “Rodgers in” 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 5 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said: Oh for ****s sake, why now? Id just finished my hand painted 10 metre banner depicting the last supper with Rodgers in the middle and all the disciples looking to him saying “your fired”. Judas was holding up a banner saying “Rodgers in” Keep it and sell it to a supporter from his next club. You’ll have to wait approximately 2 years though 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 606 trying to get Rodgers the Spurs job 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. James Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 7 minutes ago, Vlad the Fox said: Oh for ****s sake, why now? Id just finished my hand painted 10 metre banner depicting the last supper with Rodgers in the middle and all the disciples looking to him saying “your fired”. Judas was holding up a banner saying “Rodgers in” I'd still show your artwork at the Villa match bud, however I'd also try to sneak in kevlar body armour too, those happy clappers may get vicious. P.s. love the Judas bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21st Century Fox Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 It's a shame his son and Bertrand still have their hooks in a load of our academy players via First Access Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwichfox Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 I was feeling my usual gutted self after yet another loss... and have only just seen this news, it feels now like a 4-0 win at the weekend, thanks Top. Looking forward to Peter Taylor (with 9 million compo to Maldon & Tiptree), or Frank McLintock coming back - same age bracket as Roy Hodgson so he should get us off to a winning start for the last 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dames Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 4 minutes ago, Tuna said: 606 trying to get Rodgers the Spurs job He’s just become a lot more attractive to them thats for sure. Levy will bank on getting those 2 good seasons out of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mawuli Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 AHHHHHHHHHHHHH I'M SO HAPPY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfox Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 Do these “pundits” live under a fvcking rock? ”They didn’t back him”. He got everything he wanted in January and we’re still shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 4 hours ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Took awhile for top to pull the plug but at least he stuck by his man up until it became untenable. This is actually a good thing for any manager wanting to come in to know they will be backed and not just booted at the first sign of things going wrong. Well I for one hope he's learnt his ****ing lesson from this and gets rid much quicker from now on. I'd seriously take Vieira for the rebuild job he did at Palace under worse? Circumstances,in the same way that I think Rodgers will do an excellent short term job for someone in the prem. Just so long as everyone learns about shelf lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Falling Foxes Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 13 minutes ago, Tuna said: 606 trying to get Rodgers the Spurs job It would make massive sense for Spurs. Remember, he does great with the players and back room staff he's inherited. It's when he brings in his own staff and signings things start to go pear shaped. Spurs would get a champions league place and a good run in that competition before any rot sets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxed Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 That feeling when you've been blocked up and suddenly you do the biggest shit ever: you walk around with a skip in your step; the sky seems bluer, the trees, greener. The world, a wonderful place. I hope the boys pull together and give us another great escape. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw_leics772 Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 4 hours ago, foxes_rule1978 said: Well they can’t, because he was booted when in the relegation zone, there is no way anyone could say we would have stayed up with him in charge They've managed to spout some pretty ridiculous shit so far, what makes you think that would make any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. James Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 Don't give a toss where he goes...Spuds, Chelsea, Inter Miami.. But if we can land a Pochettino or Nagelsman we would have a good (or at least better) chance of retaining Madders and Youri AND of attracting talent. The biggest thing for me is the dread l felt at the prospect of him "rebuilding" us is lifted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCCHRIS Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 We should be happy the media are parroting his narrative. Spurs will swoop in and hilarity will soon ensue 😈😈😈 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haywood_6 Posted 2 April 2023 Share Posted 2 April 2023 I'm on holiday and someone text me the news. All I can say is my main emotion was relief. Thank god he's gone. This season has been abysmal and the damage he's done could still result in our relegation. But I firmly believe we've got a fighting chance of survival now. I'm there for the Villa and Bournemouth games and I feel so much better about going to the games now. No manager is better than him. But I hope whoever is appointed gives everyone some belief that we can get out of this mess and start looking upwards again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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