Brendan Rodgers

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, Happy Fox said:

 

I guess you thought MON was average? 

Martin O'Neill did much much more than Rodgers. MON even took Celtic to a UEFA cup final.

[fazzyfox]

5 minutes ago, AlloverthefloorYesNdidi said:

It feels weird sacking someone and having a replacement lined up

 

Doubly weird that most are pleased with it

 

This is going to be a disaster isnt it?  

I can now reveal I did see Brendan and Top last Friday in Bruciani's sharing an Ice Cream Soda, looks like we've adopted the Chelsea strategy of illegal approaches. 

[NotTheMarketLeader]

4 hours ago, inckley fox said:

If the board encourage players to have a voice, they'll have a voice. We've not seen those players let the side down in terms of work rate, and they haven't been among the worst performers of Puel's reign. Neither has there been any breathtaking show of insubordination, only a few grumbles and a bit of media gossip.  There was no problem with the previous boss, and only a bunch of discredited gossip regarding the one before him, who appeared to have lost the plot anyway.

 

Bearing in mind Puel made enough odd decisions to undermine his own stewardship, and that you'd expect the professionals who worked with him to raise an eyebrow here and there, I'd say there's not enough to go on for us to call for star players to be ditched. And I suspect there's not enough to put off big name candidates for the job, including (perhaps) Rodgers and Benitez.

 

If Puel was let down, I'd look at the players who've emerged post-Pearson rather than the 'Old Guard' - Mendy and Maddison being in such dreadful form in our recent poor run, Iheanacho, Ghezzal, Maguire, Gray. The 'Old Guard' may have got a bit old, but their effort levels have remained admirable enough, Vardy included. No, he's not in top form, but he's not the first striker to suffer under Puel, and if he's been poor in the second half of Puel's reign, he was the stand-out star of the first.

 

Above all, though, it's just a case of a manager trying to implement a style which has had questionable success in the EPL in recent times, not having the players to implement that style and, at two different clubs, getting fired as a result. In our case you can throw a few weakened team selections for cup games into the equation, and a miserable post-Wycombe-esque collapse in form in the aftermath. I don't think we need to go searching, dagger in hand, for any serpents' heads. And I think potential new managers will see that too.

I have run out of thumbs up emojis so instead you have this.

 

Good post.

[AKCJ]

Worst thing about all this is that L1 are gonna do the Kolo/Yaya chant now aren't they?

[WoodyFox]

Scenes when we win the Europa Leage and big Kolo storms the pitch to a rendition of KOLO, KOLO KOLO, KOLO KOLO, KOLO KOLO TOURE

[shailen]

Very happy with this if it does happen. 

[RowlattsFox]

I don't know what his record of bringing youth through is like but he did have a excellent reputation as a youth coach. I think he will be good for likes of Maddison, Gray and Barnes. 

[Beechey]

Bloody hell, Celtic fans on suicide watch on Reddit and TalkCeltic

[Vacamion]

8 minutes ago, fazzyfox said:

So nickname.....the older generation of fans will call him "Ginger", sci-fi geeks will call him "Buck" and the rest of us will take amusement from the fact that Rodgers is another phrase for "makes love to". First run of bad results and the "R" will no doubt become a "T". Welcome to Foxes Talk Brendan, and you thought the Scots were a potty bunch!

 

Welcome Brendan:

 

 

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

1 minute ago, fazzyfox said:

I can now reveal I did see Brendan and Top last Friday in Bruciani's sharing an Ice Cream Soda, looks like we've adopted the Chelsea strategy of illegal approaches. 

2 straws one glass I presume?

[egg_fried_rice]

If this is confirmed, I think he comes in at a good time. A chance to see the team in some competitive fixtures when players are giving their all for the new manager. Fans will give him leeway (more or less) with results until the end of the season so he can find what works with our current squad, assess what he wants to change and do so in the summer.

 

Whilst I'm not convinced we had him lined up before sacking Puel, I do believe he has been made aware of our interest for some time which is what we should have been doing for years. Positive steps by the club.

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, Fox92 said:

Martin O'Neill did much much more than Rodgers. MON even took Celtic to a UEFA cup final.

 

Yes of course, his record at Celtic was phenomenal but so is Rodgers. I feel Rodgers can have a similar impact like MON did for us.

 

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A very good match. A lot of Leicester supporting friends loved Ranieri but their favourite ever manager was Martin O'Neill. Brendan fuses the development/playing elements are LCFC looking for with a bit of the O'Neill, self-styled, 'underdog messiah' stuff. He'll go down well.

[les-tah]

Some people see this as a step down for Rogers (i dont agree) however he wouldn't of took this job if he didn't see the HUGE potential in our young players including Benkovic who he already knows well. I think this is a great appointment.

[lcfcsnow]

Please give him a chance to pick his own captain even if that’s a new player like Pearson did when he signed Morgan

[UniFox21]

Really unsure why he'd move now, and not in the summer. 

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

@lcfceaves

 

Are Celtic still bigger than us? 

[Ian Nacho]

Chris Davies, Rodgers' assistant was an academy coach here a while back. 

[Vindaloo FOX]

Word on the street is Kolo and Morgan playing at the back together 

[Cincinnati Fox]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Martin O'Neill did much much more than Rodgers. MON even took Celtic to a UEFA cup final.

MON did have better players. Celtic’s finances have regressed 

[ThaiFox]

2 minutes ago, Beechey said:

Bloody hell, Celtic fans on suicide watch on Reddit and TalkCeltic

Really don't know why.....Pardew would win trophies up there!

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, UniFox21 said:

Really unsure why he'd move now, and not in the summer. 

I suspect we forced his hand on that.

[Babylon]

This is all very un Leicester like, in that we've not fecked about and probably been a bit snide in terms of behind the scenes approaches. I've always felt we've been a bit too nice and a bit unprepared when these things usually happen. People can slag off Rudkin all they want, he's made some mistakes. But he definitely seems to learn his lessons and make corrections in how we go about things. 

[AlloverthefloorYesNdidi]

Just now, UniFox21 said:

Really unsure why he'd move now, and not in the summer. 

Err, because we're massive?

[moore_94]

Great fun going through all the Celtic fans tweets and their forum

 

[StriderHiryu]

5 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Martin O'Neill did much much more than Rodgers. MON even took Celtic to a UEFA cup final.

Having Henrik Larsson sure helps with that!

 

Larsson was one of the best strikers in European football at the time. Proved it for Barcelona and even looked good despite being old when playing for Manchester United. He was Shearer level goal scoring threat.