mozartfox 5,120 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 Brendan may not fancy spending the next year or so polishing a turd, which is what Manure are at the moment. Poch has previous experience of doing this on his CV 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AmyLGK 279 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 On 04/11/2020 at 11:28, turtmcfly said: https://www.football365.com/news/doing-leicester-five-premier-league-outsiders We're included, but we can't 'do a Leicester' because it wouldn't be 'doing a Leicester' because we're too good. Haha this article actually made me laugh out loud several times...brilliant 😅👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Corky 12,935 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 I know it doesn't work like that but he'd benefit massively from staying here a while. The ability to get on with the job with less pressure must help, he's on a huge wage anyway with his own staff in place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gerard 6,709 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 1 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KingsX 5,447 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 24 minutes ago, Gerard said: Need a combination ROFL / kicked in the 'nads emoji to properly react to that. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SO1 1,590 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 9 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: It will be Pochettino because he's out of work and they won't have to pay a huge release fee which will be in place for Rodgers. But he is right in that Rodgers would be brilliant for them. They always produce great players from their academy and Rodgers would have them playing great stuff and getting results in no time at all. I feel like the club that made the biggest mistake with Rodgers was Arsenal, who replaced Arsene Wenger with Unai Emery. They could have got Rodgers that summer but didn't even interview him. We got him 6 months later and the trajectory of both clubs since has been remarkable. Rodgers would have been an idiot to go there with the ownership and front office staff they have in place. An absolute minefield. It really is about timing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yorkie1999 4,492 Posted 5 November 2020 Report Share Posted 5 November 2020 9 hours ago, StriderHiryu said: It will be Pochettino because he's out of work and they won't have to pay a huge release fee which will be in place for Rodgers. But he is right in that Rodgers would be brilliant for them. They always produce great players from their academy and Rodgers would have them playing great stuff and getting results in no time at all. I feel like the club that made the biggest mistake with Rodgers was Arsenal, who replaced Arsene Wenger with Unai Emery. They could have got Rodgers that summer but didn't even interview him. We got him 6 months later and the trajectory of both clubs since has been remarkable. I think potch has a 20 million quid gardening leave fee, might be wrong, but he may go PSG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post FOXSE 383 Posted 6 November 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted 6 November 2020 Leicester are kind of going viral! 1 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sylofox 5,268 Posted 6 November 2020 Report Share Posted 6 November 2020 On 05/11/2020 at 10:10, Nalis said: Hopefully being an ex Liverpool manager would stop this happening so not too concernedfor now, wouldnt be popular with Man Utd fans for that reason either. You mean like utd and lfc would not join forces to start a super league plan to fvck up the prem. You really think yank owners care who managers and players have managed or played for. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxes_rule1978 3,270 Posted 6 November 2020 Report Share Posted 6 November 2020 2 hours ago, FOXSE said: Leicester are kind of going viral! Wouldn’t have found this funny a few years ago, but because we have won the league and playing in Europe I can enjoy the comedy here it is quality 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
st albans fox 8,310 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 (edited) Just flicked onto CNN and this pops up at the end of the ads - the guy announces ‘i’m alex Thomas for CNN’ .... that’s so left field Edited 7 November 2020 by st albans fox 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Górnik Leicester 190 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 28 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Just flicked onto CNN and this pops up at the end of the ads - the guy announces ‘i’m alex Thomas for CNN’ .... that’s so left field Was watching at exactly the same time and noticed this. 😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,032 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 Could someone post the John Percy piece from the Torygraph? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,032 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 Could someone post the John Percy piece from the Torygraph? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighPeakFox 10,523 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 Just now, Steve Earle said: Could someone post the John Percy piece from the Torygraph? So good you asked for it twice? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Webbo 16,694 Posted 7 November 2020 Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 23 minutes ago, Steve Earle said: Could someone post the John Percy piece from the Torygraph? If you signup for free you get 1 free article a month. I tried for you but I must have used my article already this month. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cardiff_Fox 6,071 Posted 7 November 2020 Author Report Share Posted 7 November 2020 57 minutes ago, Steve Earle said: Could someone post the John Percy piece from the Torygraph? Guardian article is virtually the same 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post davieG 17,130 Posted 8 November 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted 8 November 2020 90min.com recognise our injury list. https://www.90min.com/posts/leicester-squad-players-again-shine-foxes-go-top-premier-league Leicester's Squad Players Again Shine as Foxes Go Top of Premier League By Matt O'Connor-Simpson | Nov 8, 2020, 5:45 PM GMT Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers - Premier League | Pool/Getty Images Well, then. Who would have thought it? After eight Premier League games, Brendan Rodgers' Leicester City are currently top of the table. This is the same Foxes side who finished the previous campaign defending like 11-year-olds. The same team that most pundits tipped to struggle under the weight of their Europa League commitments. Most surprisingly, this is the same Leicester squad that have been ravaged by injuries all season long. Rodgers is a very happy man right now | TIM KEETON/Getty Images Yet, here we are. Eight games in with Rodgers' charges flying and showing no signs of buckling under the pressure. Key to Leicester's fine form has been the contributions of fringe players. The group that have carried the Foxes up the table consist of a man the club were actively trying to sell a few months ago in Nampalys Mendy, a couple of wily veterans in Christian Fuchs and Wes Morgan and the third best full-back at the club in James Justin. The collectivism and selflessness of this group was demonstrated once again during the Foxes' hard fought 1-0 win against Wolves on Sunday. All the players mentioned above featured in the contest and all of them played their roles admirably - even while having to deal with positional shifts and talented opponents. Morgan has played an important role in recent results | James Williamson - AMA/Getty Images Leicester lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and while the shape remained constant throughout, personnel was shifted constantly as Rodgers' attempted to manage a squad still feeling the effects of a horrific injury crisis. Justin started the game at right wing-back before being moved to the left at half time. The former Luton Town man finished the game in the back three with Fuchs - who started centrally - moved out wide to accommodate Morgan, who came on to shore things up in the final 10 minutes. Even amid these flurry of changes, Leicester never looked in any danger of being penetrated. This is proof of two things. One, the Foxes are very well coached with each squad member knowing exactly what is expected of them in Rodgers' system. Two, Leicester's team spirit is at an all time high. The victory against Wolves came just three days after a Europa League win over Braga. Rather than use this as an excuse as some sides have in the past, they did not skip a beat at the King Power Stadium, grinding out a result in a game in which they spent the final half an hour camped out in their own half. The international break will give Rodgers' battle wearied troops a chance to get some rest and recuperation. What the starting XI will look like when the likes of Wilfred Ndidi, Ricardo Pereira and Timothy Castagne return from their layoffs is a mystery. However, Rodgers can rest assured that their understudies have more than shown themselves worthy of being Premier League starters over the past two months. 10 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Master Fox 1,318 Posted 8 November 2020 Report Share Posted 8 November 2020 Big Dogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue ROI 1,829 Posted 8 November 2020 Report Share Posted 8 November 2020 Off the Ball Ireland discussing our win today with former Dundalk manager Vinny Perth. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
egg_fried_rice 1,201 Posted 9 November 2020 Report Share Posted 9 November 2020 https://www.football365.com/news/premier-league-winners-losers-grealish-solksjaer-arsenal Leicester City and Tottenham Grouped together after 1-0 wins that took them into the top two, but grouped together for many more reasons than the scoreline alone. Leicester City and Tottenham are winning games in which they aren’t playing well, fluctuating between grinding out victories and blowing teams away in the second half (5-2 vs Southampton for Spurs, 5-2 vs Manchester City for Leicester). Both have managers who are desperate to prove that they still belong amongst the absolute elite after spells at Premier League title challengers went sour. They’re also grouped together because of the identical caveats. Leicester and Spurs have each played two fixtures against teams that sit within five points of the summit, and they both won and lost one each of those two games. They also both won handsomely away at a Manchester club as an emphatic retort to the supposedly gentle fixture list. Finally, both clubs face a run of tricky fixtures that will help to determine just how high to set the bar for this season. Tottenham have Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and Leicester in their next six games. Leicester have Liverpool, Manchester United, Everton and Tottenham in their next seven. Get through that schedule largely unscathed and we might have to consider both teams as title hopefuls in what already appears to be a unique Premier League season. Both have already earned the label of realistic Champions League qualifiers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UpTheLeagueFox 9,579 Posted 9 November 2020 Report Share Posted 9 November 2020 Premier League: Why Leicester & Tottenham deserve to be top but won't win the title - Alan Shearer analysis https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54865849 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post Koke 7,236 Posted 9 November 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted 9 November 2020 Mourinho casually name dropping us 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
car1os 534 Posted 9 November 2020 Report Share Posted 9 November 2020 Interesting... we’re mentioned as a title contender, plus notice how there are seven managers in the top photo, including... https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12128133/premier-league-state-of-play-title-race-talk-relegation-candidates-and-more Maybe I need to give Sky Sports a bit of credit here (I rarely do). Ok, so we’re the fifth team mentioned as title contenders, almost like we’re an afterthought, but at least we’ve not been dismissed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davieG 17,130 Posted 9 November 2020 Report Share Posted 9 November 2020 https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11712/12128465/leicester-penalties-why-have-the-foxes-been-awarded-a-record-breaking-number-of-spot-kicks Leicester penalties: Why have the Foxes been awarded a record-breaking number of spot-kicks? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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