Jakemoore Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 I can’t remember the last time we were in such a mess? Every single section of the club seems to be in a worse position than the section before it. We seem doomed with the championship being our most realistic destination. 1
Matt Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 2 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said: Can you listen to it anywhere or just have to wait to see what they report? Think it’s probably a case of Twitter reports and whatever Sky decide to choose to show.
sdb Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 18 minutes ago, ian__marshall said: Looking at the article from The Athletic I'm a bit concerned that the club have allowed Tanner to make it known that BR still has the confidence of the board. I appreciate that it'd be unprofessional to criticise him but to be seen to back him is very odd especially given recent performances and the growing discontent from the fans. Conversely, if he genuinely does have their backing still then you have to wonder what on earth they are seeing that the rest of us aren't. The man looks well out of his depth currently and neither his actions nor his historical track record suggest he's going to be able to turn this ship around. He's earnt the chance to turn it around. I don't think many of us believe he will, but I can see it from the club's perspective. 1
SouthStandUpperTier Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 43 minutes ago, String fellow said: I drove past the Seagrave entrance this morning on the way to Loughborough and briefly noticed a group of 3 or maybe 4 'demonstrators' holding up a wooden placard, seemingly intended for the players to see as they went into training. Does anyone know what that's all about? 💙 MADDISON - PLEASE CAN I HAVE YOUR TRAINING BIB? 💙 1
ChrisFilter Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 9 minutes ago, Jakemoore said: I can’t remember the last time we were in such a mess? Every single section of the club seems to be in a worse position than the section before it. We seem doomed with the championship being our most realistic destination. Lolz. Calm down. Its a bit shit, but it's not nearly that bad. Yet.
inckley fox Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 9 minutes ago, ian__marshall said: Looking at the article from The Athletic I'm a bit concerned that the club have allowed Tanner to make it known that BR still has the confidence of the board. I appreciate that it'd be unprofessional to criticise him but to be seen to back him is very odd especially given recent performances and the growing discontent from the fans. Conversely, if he genuinely does have their backing still then you have to wonder what on earth they are seeing that the rest of us aren't. The man looks well out of his depth currently and neither his actions nor his historical track record suggest he's going to be able to turn this ship around. I remember the vote of confidence for Ranieri about a fortnight before he was fired. The fans' frustration is is largely of BR's own making. Most managers give bland, stock responses, but (as impossible as many might have thought it was) he's underestimated the intelligence of the public, and in doing so betrayed many of his own flaws. The regular references to inexperience and youthfulness in the squad were wildly incorrect, and journalists should be well-informed enough to challenge it, especially when the opposition on the day is younger and less experienced than us. The constant mention of lack of investment simply highlights where the investment has gone in his tenure, with his Head of Recruitment. It was madness on his part to draw attention, after Forest, to the fact that he'd inherited the whole first team - because at that time there was over a hundred million's worth of his signings sat on the bench. And his comments about possession football also suggest that he doesn't understand how possession works. Dominant sides more often than not have a lot more possession; that's a symptom rather than a determining factor, as Leicester fans will know better than any other set of fans in the game. It's like saying 'if your wage bill is higher than everyone else's, you have a better chance of winning - so I've just given all of my players a huge pay rise.' All of this was clumsy and misguided on his part. That said, you shouldn't expect any manager to throw his hands up and say 'I got it all wrong!' As for 'what they are seeing'... well, regardless of how responsible he is for where we are, it's never easy for a manager to not be supported in the market. They'll appreciate this, and also bear in mind his considerable past achievements. They'll know that it isn't indicative of a well-run club to be firing a well-respected manager after three games. But I'm sure they know that things haven't been going in the right direction for some time, that the club isn't in better shape than it was three or four years ago, and that if they don't act at some point the chances are that Rodgers' reign will be overshadowed by how it ended. 3
AjcW Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. 1 1 2
Mike Oxlong Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 1 minute ago, AjcW said: Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. Probably shitting themselves about losing out on the big win bonus !
BWRL Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 2 minutes ago, AjcW said: Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. In fairness, they were embarrassingly lining up for a shootout against Stockport, i'm not sure how they're meant to look? 2
ParkerPen Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 3 minutes ago, AjcW said: Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. barnes is taller than i realised. timmy and luke are about to cry.
coolhandfox Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 People look for as many negatives as they can find. I'd be more concerned if they were anything other than pissed-off about drawing with Stockport. 1
HighPeakFox Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 42 minutes ago, Matt said: He’s getting tetchy, arrogant, miserable and petulant. I wonder what his username is... 😜
StanSP Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 Rodgers is handling the Fofana stance quite well I think. Fofana's attitude stinks, as we knew it did when he signed for us. Just expected more from him as opposed to angling for a move so soon. But I think Rodgers' ego is bruised and his defence mechanism as a result is to go out on the attack. He singles out Fofana even if he is asked about the transfer situation. And rightly so. No player is bigger than the club and there's certain ways to behave which Fofana isn't following. So this works in Rodgers's favour in how it's panning out. Interesting to see what happens if he doesn't end up moving this window. Will Fofana continue to be singled out? Clean slate and keep it friendly between then and January?
Sampson Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 (edited) 36 minutes ago, inckley fox said: If the idea was to off-load fringe players to raise money, then perhaps they need to look at asking prices. Especially if there were any truth to the story that, until a few days ago, we were still hoping to make a profit on Youri. Apart from that, for those who disapprove of the unadventurous possession-based football, remember that our board have long been fixated on it. Before they even took over, there were press reports that the potential new owners favoured a 'more continental style of football' than Pearson was playing. Their first proper appointment, a few months later, was Sven, who had a mandate to achieve this. The sacking of Shakespeare and appointment of Puel, much like the appointment of Rodgers, was grounded in a belief that counter-attacking football was unsustainable at this level and that we needed to transition. The fact that their greatest successes - promotion, the league, CL quarters, the FA Cup Final itself - were a consequence of a more direct game, should be making them re-evaluate, or at least look towards a more tactically adaptable leader in the future. In short, the board need to be looking at themselves, and not only because of staff or player contracts. Should they be looking at BR too? Definitely, though they have decided to go into a season with him in charge, so - given the difficult circumstances, even if they are partly of the manager's making - they can't fire him after three league games. Not for the media's sake, but for the dressing room's. And, by the way, if they replaced him with Poch, Potter, Bielsa etc., it wouldn't necessarily allay the fans' frustrations for long. Are they all, on paper, better appointments than Rodgers? Maybe, maybe not. Are their footballing ideas markedly different? Hmm. Either way, none of the names proposed have anything like the pedigree that, say, Sven had when he came to the club. So, for me, if the club do decide that they don't need to insist on a specific style of football, that they fancy a wider rethink, and that a new manager may help, I hope that neither prestige nor a penchant for purists' football are too high on their list of priorities. Have to agree. A lot of fans blaming everything on the manager who has got a lot wrong and I think has come to the end of his cycle. I’m not convinced we’re suddenly going to start challenging for the top 6 again as soon as a new manager comes in though. We clearly have issues much deeper than management level which some are burying their head in the sand over by trying to make out everything is Rodgers’ fault. A new manager really can’t come in and change how out of whack our wage bill is and how that it’s not the manager doing this negotiating. Edited 25 August 2022 by Sampson 1
AjcW Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 13 minutes ago, coolhandfox said: People look for as many negatives as they can find. I'd be more concerned if they were anything other than pissed-off about drawing with Stockport. There's not a look of togetherness or determination though is there.... just... ****
Dahnsouff Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 We just need a good old barn storming balls to the wall relegation fight to brings us together 1
when_you're_smiling Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 2 minutes ago, AjcW said: There's not a look of togetherness or determination though is there.... just... **** They’ve their arms around each other apart from one who is touching his cock. What more do you want?
Foxxed Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 21 minutes ago, AjcW said: Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. When I think of us under Rodgers I can’t decide which face best describes my feelings. The pained disappointment in Iheanacho and Vestergaard’s face? The sorrowful pity in Castange’s expression? I think the bottomless void in Thomas’s eyes is the nearest to my feelings. It’s a wonderful picture.
I am an Ostrich Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 O no looks like Dyche going to Stoke, now what we gonna do...
volpeazzurro Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 26 minutes ago, AjcW said: Whilst this was after 90 mins, and they're probably a bit tired, this photo sums it all up for me at the minute. Not one of them has an expression that says anything other than 'god this is shit' If they're not enjoying their football, the absolute basic requirement to succeed, then we're screwed. Absolutely agree, my son and I weren't commenting exactly the same thing earlier. Should entitle the photo 'Going Through the Motions '.
AjcW Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 4 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said: They’ve their arms around each other apart from one who is touching his cock. What more do you want? I'd like them all to be holding each others cocks. 4
ARTY_FOX Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 1 hour ago, Jakemoore said: I can’t remember the last time we were in such a mess? Every single section of the club seems to be in a worse position than the section before it. We seem doomed with the championship being our most realistic destination. We won't go down. The only way we go down is if they let brendan call the shots until we're done and dusted. As soon as a new bloke comes in we'll be decent again. 1
ClaphamFox Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 This is quite interesting. Sports journalist - and Leicester fan - Dominic Wells analyses Rodgers' tactics and substitutions in the home games against Brentford and Southampton. His conclusions are unsurprising (ie, the team has a habit of conceding territory when we're in front, and when Rodgers responds to opposition substitutions by making his own changes he usually gets it badly wrong) but the analysis is worth a listen to. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cw8qv0 3
justfoxes Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 I can’t believe for a second game I. A row Rodgers has dropped Fofana now this time against those CNUTS Chelsea, FFS that lad is contacted to play for Leicester City he should play every game until we decide to sell him when he doesn’t play we shouldn’t pay him simple as Brendan is being far too nice to that petulant whinging little selfish Cockwomble I’m really losing faith in Rodgers he either shapes up or ships out ! 1 2
justfoxes Posted 25 August 2022 Posted 25 August 2022 1 hour ago, I am an Ostrich said: O no looks like Dyche going to Stoke, now what we gonna do... Poch !!
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