Brendan Rodgers

[Mickyblueeyes]

4 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I wanted him sacked, but not now.

 

I want him to have our relegation on his CV to stop the fraud ever getting another plum job.

 

He should’ve been booted 18 months ago. He should never have seen the ground again this side of the World Cup. But now, now everyone who had a choice has allowed him to preside over this abject destruction of the squad, no. As of this week I want him in post being treated like a dog having its face rubbed in the pile of shit it left by the television.

 

I want him to have to walk out to boos, to suffer them for 90 minutes, and to have the sound of being told to fvck off ringing in his ears as he goes down the tunnel for every remaining match this season.

This just won’t happen. As much as I would want It to. The amount of ex-pros that come out and stand by him being a “good coach” and in some way handicapped simply because he is here is ridiculously high. 
 

Hell if we went down. Top will probably issue a 2000 word essay on why Leicester City let Brendan down. 
 

His time here was done over a year ago and we are heading one way. If relegation were to happen it will impact Leicester City and only Leicester City. In fact, even if we don’t go down, this man has set us back so significantly we are already feeling that impact. 

[Guest]

Just now, Mickyblueeyes said:

This just won’t happen. As much as I would want It to. The amount of ex-pros that come out and stand by him being a “good coach” and in some way handicapped simply because he is here is ridiculously high. 
 

Hell if we went down. Top will probably issue a 2000 word essay on why Leicester City let Brendan down. 
 

His time here was done over a year ago and we are heading one way. If relegation were to happen it will impact Leicester City and only Leicester City. In fact, even if we don’t go down, this man has set us back so significantly we are already feeling that impact. 

"Leicester failed to back Brendan Rodgers - and paid the price"

[Mike Oxlong]

Dread going to games now. As an experience it’s worse than being trapped in a lift with Connor Benn 

[Mike Oxlong]

1 minute ago, Guest said:

"Leicester failed to back Brendan Rodgers - and paid the price"

or 

 

“Leicester failed to sack Brendan Rodgers - and paid the price”

[Nod.E]

The number of times, half time today being one, that a game has demanded subs and he hasn't made them is countless. 

 

How many times have we said he's waited too long to make a sub, or he has to change something because it's clear we're getting nowhere.

 

Today, the one time he did make a triple sub (unheard of for him), he did it at the very point we started to turn the tide.

 

We actually looked like bringing it back to 2-2, we were looking dangerous. In an instant he disrupted that by changing our formation and having 3 players ease their way into the game.

 

Genuinely he might be the worst manager I have witnessed purely in terms of in-game management. 

 

I would be a horrific man manager and honestly my football knowledge isn't anywhere near good enough to touch any level of football management, but I'd do a better job of making subs and tactical calls in game than this fvckwit.

[HarryDee8]

I think the board love him too much 😅

 

They must think the sun shines out his arse

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

or 

 

“Leicester failed to sack Brendan Rodgers - and paid the price”

Well yeah that would be the reality but a far less likely headline I would think

[HybridFox]

50 minutes ago, HarryDee8 said:

I think the board love him too much 😅

 

They must think the sun shines out his arse

He's got the whole sun in his a***

He's got the whole wide sun in his a*** 🎵

[Vindaloo FOX]

1 hour ago, foxfanazer said:

In truth I think I'm almost done with football. It has too much of an impact on my mood which is ridiculous when I have no control over what happens. I know you're meant to have unwavering support for your club and for 30 years or so I have but I can't pretend to be in support of this circus. Its not entirely a Leicester thing,  in general I find football far less entertaining than in years gone by and the media fascination with the big 6 is nauseating. I hope my love for it rekindles as Leicester city have given me some of the happiest times of my life but right now I'm drained by it all

I felt the same as you but now I don't really care as much.

 

Supporting Leicester has just become a emotional numb feeling for me.

[Jattdogg]

4 hours ago, Sir Shep said:

I'm waiting for an ITK to come on saying he's gone, then I'll know we are stuck with him for the rest of the season. 

Jattdogg here, about as ITK as you can get around this forum with my deep connections from this side of the pond to the board......well, heard they've already drawn up the paper work with the lawyers and he is gone tomorrow 150%.  Just got to fax it over to his lawyers and all should be good. Can't see anything going wrong with that fax process. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tom12345]

Interesting after the Villa and Spurs game, many were questioning all those who were still in the out camp. Now the tide has turned and the sentiment has gone the other way. Regardless of which side you are on, each should have a more consistent longer term view rather than changing after every game.

[Dan]

Cannot wait for the day this cvnt is no longer our manager. Hopefully he thanks Tielemans, Iheanacho and Schmeichel especially for him being able to con £20mil out of us in the last two years.

 

Get out of here.

[Dan]

7 hours ago, Vestan Pance said:

This is what you deserve when you let a manager continue in a job he doesn't want to be in. He's made it known for over a year that he's not happy and not commited, and will jump ship at the first sniff of a similar wage.

 

He doesn't like the players he has, he doesn't like the fans, and is only here for the money, how the board have let this continue for over 12 months is beyond me.

No other club would be stupid enough to do it. Save us Al-Hilal or Galatasaray, our only hopes at this point.

[Dan]

7 hours ago, Wymsey said:

The club can't afford it?

And many thanks to Jack Harrison - your legacy here is ensuring this myth is no more.

[tsintskaro]

Board is dogshit 

 

[Koke]

6 hours ago, Cadno'r Cymoedd said:

Really? 

 

Yes. We had a decent run of wins before the world cup and again in early Feb v Spurs and Villa. I think Maddison and Iheanacho will carry us to safety.

[The Doctor]

6 hours ago, Tielemans63 said:

Was just re-reading the Soumare, Thomas and Daka threads from way back. All 3 offered so much promise and there was real optimism about each of them.....and yet all three haven't just stalled but they are all markedly worse now they've been 'coached' for a couple of seasons. That's just 3 examples, you could chuck in Praet, Cags, Timmy and so many more who have regressed significantly.

 

How the **** does he still have this reputation for improving players when, for the most-part, the opposite is true?

 

Can only think that having allies within the media telling everyone you're great is somehow more compelling than the actual evidence people can see with their own eyes. People who don't watch Leicester think he's great.

this is 100% it for me. a couple of the declines are explainable through Vardy getting old and Ricardo getting a major injury each season, but look at the players he had when he came in:

 

Ndidi - was one of the best destroyers in the division, now completely passive and uninvolved in any game

 

Soumare - first few games he looked like a tank, opponents just bouncing off him, now he looks like the footballing equivalent of one of those boxing training dummies

 

Daka - electric pace in his first few games, looked like Vardy is his first 18 months, now completely ineffective

 

Amartey - gone from a reliable if limited right back who freed up more attacking movement from the midfield and left back by tucking in with the CBs to give a back three on the ball to whatever the **** we saw last night

 

Thomas - first 9 months he looked like a solid prospect who could deputise at pl level, now he's lower championship at best

 

Cags - One of the best CBs in the division to rotting on the bench

 

Barnes - exciting going forward and just looked raw and missing that more consistent decision making, now just ineffectual half the time and out of position/stood looking lost the other half.

 

the only players you could make a case for him improving are Kels and Madders, and honestly I think the former is more just him not having to live in Vardys shadow and get berated for not being Vardy by the fans in his 10 minute cameos under Puel. 

 

like this is not actually a bad squad, it's a team that 2 1/2 years ago were saying would be a huge force about now having come into their primes together, supplemented by young players with good potential upon arrival (Soumare, Daka, Kristiansen, Tete), but the coaching of it is woeful and the motivation isn't there (and let's be fair, if your manager kept going to the local newspaper and calling you shit and asking how he's supposed to do his job without being able to hire more people, you'd struggle for motivation too). It needs a big rebuild now because contracts have been run down and extensions not signed (and it's interesting that none of his Celtic squad moved down here, or that the only player who's followed him to a new team afaik is Joe Allen) but it didn't 18 months ago, it just needed a manager who'd instill belief in the players and a positive mentality when they stepped on the pitch. instead he's collected a cool £15m in that time from us and has spent his time eradicating all belief and potential from a lot of players and running the club into the ground. He is the root cause of everything wrong with the footballing side of the club

[Dan]

3 hours ago, Tom12345 said:

Interesting after the Villa and Spurs game, many were questioning all those who were still in the out camp. Now the tide has turned and the sentiment has gone the other way. Regardless of which side you are on, each should have a more consistent longer term view rather than changing after every game.

Time always does its thing. The usual smug brigade out defending the disgraceful reduction in standards then having the gall to tell the actual realists they're the ones basking in failure. The flip floppers are clueless and should be treated as such. Nights like last night are karma.

Edited 1 March 2023 by Dan LCFC

[Matt]

I don’t know whether it’s subconsciously a coping method or not but whilst being disinterested, disillusioned and apathetic about it all I’m not actually struggling with it all as much as I did last season.

 

I had to stop going last season because I genuinely could take no more.

 

I now just laugh and kinda just wanna see the world burn regarding the situation we find ourselves in, we’re too far gone and find ourselves too deep for me to be that concerned with it all, the constant bullshit that’s been (and still is) put up in defence of him.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

8 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE DO ME A BRENDAN RODGERS LITTLE CLAP GIF

I hope you use the podcast to stick to your guns and say you want him gone along with 95% of this board.

 

The others are still Brendan in aren't they? Give it a full five minute rant too!

[LCFCJohn]

He is not an elite, great, good or even decent manager.

 

For me, being a manager is about the overall performance and skill set. Rodgers has shown time and time again he has one plan, when that doesn’t work he has nothing else.

 

He shows failure to adapt whether that’s in game or to change the course of a run of form.

 

The one thing he has is that when it has worked, it has been great. This gives illusions of him being a great manager. No, he is excellent at the one thing he is good at which is being on the coattails of a team high in confidence. 
 

A good manager should show much more. They should be able to work in adverse conditions too. 
 

The job at Celtic is lauded as being unprecedented levels of success in terms

of the trophy haul consecutively. Even if some would say it’s disingenuous to point out Rangers weren’t in the equation at that time, this was an example of how he had a job that suited his one skillset. They never had competition or adversity so he was able to ride that.

 

Basically, put him in charge of a team at the top of a one team league he’ll do well. Unless it’s a big enough league that club is expected to compete in Europe of course!

[Phenom]

Two consecutive FA cup eliminations to Championship sides...pathetic.

[smudgerfox]

PROS

fa cup win (really not counting Community Shield which is a pre season friendly which happens to be played at Wembley)

great, memorable performances: 9-0 Southampton, beating Man City, Spurs, United, PSV, Rennes.

some good signings  Fofana especially 

clever introduction of youngsters KDH and Thomas (which tbf worked for a while)

CONS

miserable no-show performances - Roma (a), Forest cup, Man City, Arsenal Saturday, Newcastle Carabao cup

capitulations - Bournemouth, Newcastle (several) Spurs 2-3

poor player development 

poor squad management 

decline of development squad 

injuries and injury management 

lamentable recruitment - Vestergaard, Bertrand, Soumare, 

 

 

[Pliskin]

Can someone book him in for a massage with a happy ending? If it’s going to take a scandal for him to be sacked let’s stage something, anything to get rid of this absolute bellend. 

[Lichfieldfox.]

7 hours ago, Pete52 said:

I really like Rodgers and stick up for him a lot, but tonight he got it all wrong. Amartey and Thomas shouldn’t start together in a back 4 when we have other options now. 
 

And why wait until the hour mark/2-0 down to bring Praet and Thomas off for Kristiansen and Iheanacho? It was clear at half time that that was exactly what the team needed. 
 

His team selection and timing of subs tonight was baffling. 

He's so predictable in timing of subs around the 60 min mark every game. Needed to make changes before half time last 2-3 games