Jattdogg Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 1 minute ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said: I don’t get the BR to Spurs talk. Yes they might want him, but ask yourself where he will enhance reputation more? We are on the cusp of building ‘success’ (and we can discuss what that means) over a prolonged period. The club are being taken to that next level (training ground...) and Rodgers has a hugely exciting young squad to work with and improve. I’d go as far as saying it his ideal job in terms of his strengths. Sustaining us in the top 6 and a cup here and there and he’s a legend (and I think he can do better than that). Whereas that is the least of Spurs expectations. I cant see him leaving to any club in England unless it's Man City or possibly Chelsea for money reasons only. Those jobs can be dangerous roles if you dont perform. The project of lcfc has got to be huge and exciting for him. A place to truly make a mark as a game changer. But hey, anything is possible i suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turlo Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 49 minutes ago, GeorgeTheFox said: Having one great half and then one bang average half has happened too often this season for it not to be deliberately surely. Think that's where Brendan has excelled over others (like Klopp). He has managed our energy so well allowing us to win games without running ourselves out too much. I said during our game against Liverpool that they will run themselves out and I really think they did. That balls to the wall style they had isn't feasible this year and Brendan has adapted us really well Totally agree and with no let up in the congested fixture list its the only of not completely running players into the ground, especially in positions where our squad is thin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, splinterdream said: Do you think that came from the players or Ranieri himself because the way I remember it he started trying to set us up defensively and encouraged a passing game but the players didn't take to it. Ranieri. Was trying to change the players style and they didn't buy into it. Very true and he had to. With the players that left, our previous style was unsustainable. He'd harnessed what he'd got in that one year masterfully, from the flat back 4 to making Vardy the main focus in attack. Kante and Drinkwater in tandem, the latter doing the work of two, enabled Vardy and Marhez to be virtually unstoppable at times. Without Kante on his own, it was unsustainable. He had to try and I think there were some of our players that thought they were better than they really were and knew best. They didn't. I for one wouldn't put all the blame at Ranieri's door. Edited 22 February 2021 by volpeazzurro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HighPeakFox Posted 21 February 2021 Popular Post Share Posted 21 February 2021 I've said it before, and I'll say it again - and it's been said by insiders since - the club didn't know how to cope with the sudden success. So I can forgive a lot of what went on for that reason alone. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hankey Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 1 hour ago, splinterdream said: Do you think that came from the players or Ranieri himself because the way I remember it he started trying to set us up defensively and encouraged a passing game but the players didn't take to it. Ranieri. Was trying to change the players style and they didn't buy into it. I think some thought that'll never happen again so rather than setting about another assault on the title many proved that it was, unfortunately, just a flash in the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justfoxes Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 Seeing a few quotes that Daniel Levy wants Brendan to replace Jose if he decides to Sack Maureen, the spud fans on the article are not too pleased at being linked with Brendan a quote saying “ would be a step down!” What’s he done ? He was taught everything by Jose !” well keep thinking that Spuds as I’m sure Brendan is enjoying the Leicester City Journey at the moment has a very lucrative salary and has been enjoying more success again than spuds ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 I appreciate Spurs are bigger than us. But I don't think Rodgers can take them any further than he is taking us I.e. in and around the top 4 but miles behind the eventual title winners. Spurs and Leicester have the same ceiling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Gipsy Lane Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 28 minutes ago, Koke said: I appreciate Spurs are bigger than us. But I don't think Rodgers can take them any further than he is taking us I.e. in and around the top 4 but miles behind the eventual title winners. Spurs and Leicester have the same ceiling. can’t see how they are that much bigger than us to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceredigion Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 1 minute ago, King of Gipsy Lane said: can’t see how they are that much bigger than us to be honest Basically what they are saying is that London is a bigger city than Leicester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corky Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 36 minutes ago, Koke said: I appreciate Spurs are bigger than us. But I don't think Rodgers can take them any further than he is taking us I.e. in and around the top 4 but miles behind the eventual title winners. Spurs and Leicester have the same ceiling. It'll cost a fortune to get rid of Mourinho. Another fortune to get Rodgers. He'll want a lot of money as a salary. Money to overhaul the squad. All the reports say Tottenham are suffering due to the pandemic and the lack of use for the new ground with other events. I'd be very surprised if this move happens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 6 minutes ago, King of Gipsy Lane said: can’t see how they are that much bigger than us to be honest Bigger budget. Higher wage bill. Regular CL football. Bigger fan base. *I know we won the title in 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Gipsy Lane Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 1 hour ago, Koke said: Bigger budget. Higher wage bill. Regular CL football. Bigger fan base. *I know we won the title in 2016. Won nothing can’t cover costs crap training centre owe 1 billion ya huge 🤣🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of Gipsy Lane Posted 21 February 2021 Share Posted 21 February 2021 1 hour ago, ceredigion said: Basically what they are saying is that London is a bigger city than Leicester. One club in Leicester must be 15 professional clubs in london ? Maybe more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 8 hours ago, King of Gipsy Lane said: Won nothing can’t cover costs crap training centre owe 1 billion ya huge 🤣🤣 Crap training centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 4 minutes ago, Strokes said: Crap training centre? And the idea that they have won nothing. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everfox Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 10 hours ago, Koke said: Bigger budget. Higher wage bill. Regular CL football. Bigger fan base. *I know we won the title in 2016. None of that is necessarily true. We have similar budgets and wage bills. They used to play regular CL football, but they won't again for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be so sure that they have a bigger global fan base than Leicester either. Add this to the fact that Leicester is a more successful club than Spurs and I'd say it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that Leicester are actually a bigger club than Spurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingfox Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 London clubs paying the price - Mail Online Any three of the London’s biggest sides could have had Brendan Rodgers managing them by now but they went for seemingly more exotic options instead. They’re paying a price. Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham sink into an ever deepening pit. Thomas Tuchel unfathomably humiliates Callum Hudson-Odoi at Southampton. Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal flat-line. And Leicester sail on towards a Champions League place, continuing to do more than any other side to keep the semblance of a title race alive. It helped them that Jack Grealish was missing a Premier League match here for the first time since November 2019. Aston Villa were hopelessly lost without him. They looked doomed to defeat even before the two goals in the space of four minutes which put Leicester two ahead inside a blistering first half hour. But this is not a story of one man’s absence. Leicester’s were masters of their own destiny; overwhelming Villa’s midfield in that first half and exchanging the ball on pure instinct in the final third. Confidence, mutual understanding, speed on the ball, intense pressing and a plan: this is what Rodgers brings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 23 minutes ago, 4everfox said: None of that is necessarily true. We have similar budgets and wage bills. They used to play regular CL football, but they won't again for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be so sure that they have a bigger global fan base than Leicester either. Add this to the fact that Leicester is a more successful club than Spurs and I'd say it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that Leicester are actually a bigger club than Spurs. It's not just unreasonable, it is ridiculous. Let's enjoy out-performing the bigger clubs but let's not get carried away and pretend we are now one of them and make factually inaccurate claims such as being more successful than Spurs. Twelve years ago we were in League One. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 28 minutes ago, 4everfox said: None of that is necessarily true. We have similar budgets and wage bills. They used to play regular CL football, but they won't again for the foreseeable future. I wouldn't be so sure that they have a bigger global fan base than Leicester either. Add this to the fact that Leicester is a more successful club than Spurs and I'd say it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that Leicester are actually a bigger club than Spurs. It’s a complete fantasy.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 (edited) I love Rodgers but let's be honest - he has a cushy safe job here. If we finish 5th or 6th he will still be our manager next season. He wouldn't be able to get away with that at United or Chelsea for example. Even at Spurs they expect nothing less than top 4. Only way fans will turn on Rodgers here is if we drop down to 8th or 9th. Edited 22 February 2021 by Koke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingfox Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 5 minutes ago, murphy said: It's not just unreasonable, it is ridiculous. Let's enjoy out-performing the bigger clubs but let's not get carried away and pretend we are now one of them and make factually inaccurate claims such as being more successful than Spurs. Twelve years ago we were in League One. Probably meant in the prem not historically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 Spurs are bigger than Leicester, anyone suggesting otherwise is on a different planet. Great ground, great training complex.... but their current wage structure isn't that much better than ours, they've won less than us in about the last three decades. If we back Rodgers in the market I don't see many reasons why he'd trade us for them, and I'm not sure I see them paying out £30m+ to sack their current manager and hire a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacreblueits442 Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 10 minutes ago, murphy said: It's not just unreasonable, it is ridiculous. Let's enjoy out-performing the bigger clubs but let's not get carried away and pretend we are now one of them and make factually inaccurate claims such as being more successful than Spurs. Twelve years ago we were in League One. ..which was the last time they won a trophy!!! Not saying we are bigger, just utilising our assets better. At the moment all their achievements are long in the past, it would only take a reasonable appointment as manager to turn them around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koke Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 Spurs revenue - £559m Leicester revenue - £218m https://www.statista.com/statistics/566666/premier-league-clubs-by-revenue/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strokes Posted 22 February 2021 Share Posted 22 February 2021 Leicester win trophies against the odds, Spurs not winning trophies is an underachievement. Their Stadium is bigger and better. Their revenue is much higher. Their average league position is much higher. They are a more attractive prospect because their ceiling is much higher. We have to continue to do this for another decade and invest massively in infrastructure to even be considered close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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