Brendan Rodgers

[An Sionnach]

Just now, Paninistickers said:

We don't have to pay him off. As the poster above says, just relieve him.of his duties on full pay.

 

Then when another job gets offered to him and he fancies it, surely inside 12 months, we release him (or even demand compensation!)

Is there a precedent for that , I doubt it.

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

First on MOTD, they know its coming. 

To be fair there was 8 goals and only 3 games on today

 

Want Lineker to say he'll strip down his pants again if we sack Brendan

Edited 17 September 2022 by foxfanazer

[alex]

15 minutes ago, Koke said:

Honestly,  Conte was playing pure anti football today. We'd beaten them if we had a competent coach who could organise a defence. 

utter nonsense. Conte made all the right calls at the right times, his changes changed it all. 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

To be fair there was 8 goals and only 3 games on today

 

Want Lineker to say he'll strip down his pants again if we sack Brendan

No they're showing all yesterday's games too. 

[foxfanazer]

2 minutes ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

No they're showing all yesterday's games too. 

Oh yeah I forgot about those haha 

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Just now, foxfanazer said:

Oh yeah I forgot about those haha 

I reckon they thought he'd be gone before the show went live. So Gary could do his little 'and it proved to be his last game in charge spiel'

 

Shame he hasn't been able to (so far) 

[Matt]

If we're in such a financial ruin can't we just make his position redundant? Where the payout would be capped.

 

Then whoever we bring in to replace him call a "Head Coach" or something?  

[MPH]

2 hours ago, Walshie is God said:

Football is ruined when you pay a twat like this 10m quid for being shit

 

we agreed to it. It’s not like anyone forced us to add that to his contract..

[TJB-fox]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

Project ‘protect my own back’ has done a sterling job of keeping most of the country on his side and making us out to be the problem and not him. 
 

Utter c***.

Players still defending him in the press though interestingly. Maddison had his back and praised him after todays game 

[Guest itude]

13 minutes ago, ConnFoxUS said:

It’s like Groundhog Day with this guy. Same result. Week after week. We all swear he’s surely gone now, only to see the club trot him back out, each week, and the process repeats. 
 

At this point, I’d accept Ted Lasso.  Not Jesse Marsch, but actual Ted Lasso. Jason Sudeikis playing his role of Ted Lasso, but actually coaching LCFC. It certainly wouldn’t be any worse than the comedy we’re all currently watching week after week. 

It is as you describe. The question surely now is not whether or not he should go, but why have those at the "top" not done it by now ?.

The financial argument simply doesn't hold water any longer with relegation being a real possibility now.

[inckley fox]

9 minutes ago, Koke said:

He wants to be fired. I think he's tired of being here abd just wants his payout abd move on. The idiots in the media will continue to defend him saying be hasn't been backed, but will fail to mention he's spent over £200m in 3 seasons, and his main 11 are mostly the 11 Puel played.

I can't decide whether he's strengthening or weakening his hand as a result of the club's hesitancy. On the one hand, Brand Brendan is taking a beating. On the other, he increasingly knows that the club have to fire him, which means that there's little point in him accepting a reduced settlement on mutual terms. Either a job he fancies comes up, or the board pay up.

 

The fact that he's alienated players, reprimanded fans and pointed the finger at the board (as questionable as they may have been over the course of this) suggests that he's not particularly averse to being shown the door.

 

The media coverage, on TV at least, has been substandard. I never thought much of the Sky, BT etc. panels, but I've been taken aback by the lack of knowledge and analysis. You don't need expertise to see that this isn't simply a case of an accomplished manager experiencing a bad blip. This is someone who has publicly undermined his own team's chance of success in order to avoid assuming responsibility. Who has made some of the most baffling decisions, between as well as during games, that I've seen in many years, and created an environment of despondency and unrest. Who has suffered the worst start of any team to a season at this level in almost six decades, and with a side with a top-half wage burden and the best training facilities in the country.

 

It's a shame that someone who has achieved so much will be leaving under such a cloud, though it's not the first time that this has happened with Brendan. The saddest thing is that while I've questioned the capability of many managers - managers who aren't fit to grace the same planet as Rodgers - I honestly can't remember ever having questioned the professionalism of a boss, or his desire to win matches.

[Leicester_Loyal]

Rodgers is a piece of shit. 

[sacreblueits442]

12 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Is there a precedent for that , I doubt it.

...I am sure there have been managers on "garden leave", it is not that rare!!!

Steve Bruce in 2001 and Alan Pardew in 2003.

[Mr Mister]

No way back for him surely???

[shiv]

17 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

Is there a precedent for that , I doubt it.

Fairly sure Holloway got put on gardening leave at QPR. Years ago mind you.

[burleighfox]

The bloke has turned into a wet lettuce and made this team twice as soft as one. Time to go pal. Thanks for the FA Cup but get gone now. 

[Guest Lako42]

If he's not removed by tomorrow afternoon then the owners deserve some serious stick. 

 

It's gone beyond BR now. 

 

Where the **** are the leaders of this club????? 

[Guest Lako42]

9 minutes ago, TJB-fox said:

Players still defending him in the press though interestingly. Maddison had his back and praised him after todays game 

Time to turn on the players then. 

 

 

Useless pussies 

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...I am sure there have been managers on "garden leave", it is not that rare!!!

Steve Bruce in 2001 and Alan Pardew in 2003.

Just a thought 

the owners made a big thing this summer of having players on big contracts and potentially not being involved in the first team squad 

 

Putting the coach on gardening leave earning 180k/week would seem hypothetical in that context. 

[don_danbury]

2 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

If he's not removed by tomorrow afternoon then the owners deserve some serious stick. 

 

It's gone beyond BR now. 

 

Where the **** are the leaders of this club????? 

been thinking this for some times now. i don't even blame rodgers anymore 

[foxfanazer]

Surely some of his substitutions alone could see him sacked for gross misconduct therefore forfeiting his payout fee

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Lako42 said:

If he's not removed by tomorrow afternoon then the owners deserve some serious stick. 

 

It's gone beyond BR now. 

 

Where the **** are the leaders of this club????? 

If they’ve decided then every chance they leave it until Tuesday 

 

no one supposed to be training this week - will make no difference 

[Guest Lako42]

Just now, st albans fox said:

If they’ve decided then every chance they leave it until Tuesday 

 

no one supposed to be training this week - will make no difference 

Will make a big difference to the fans

 

 

They should be in tomorrow, all ****ing day using these amazing facilities to learn how to ****ing defend 

[adam1]

5 minutes ago, inckley fox said:

I can't decide whether he's strengthening or weakening his hand as a result of the club's hesitancy. On the one hand, Brand Brendan is taking a beating. On the other, he increasingly knows that the club have to fire him, which means that there's little point in him accepting a reduced settlement on mutual terms. Either a job he fancies comes up, or the board pay up.

 

The fact that he's alienated players, reprimanded fans and pointed the finger at the board (as questionable as they may have been over the course of this) suggests that he's not particularly averse to being shown the door.

 

The media coverage, on TV at least, has been substandard. I never thought much of the Sky, BT etc. panels, but I've been taken aback by the lack of knowledge and analysis. You don't need expertise to see that this isn't simply a case of an accomplished manager experiencing a bad blip. This is someone who has publicly undermined his own team's chance of success in order to avoid assuming responsibility. Who has made some of the most baffling decisions, between as well as during games, that I've seen in many years, and created an environment of despondency and unrest. Who has suffered the worst start of any team to a season at this level in almost six decades, and with a side with a top-half wage burden and the best training facilities in the country.

 

It's a shame that someone who has achieved so much will be leaving under such a cloud, though it's not the first time that this has happened with Brendan. The saddest thing is that while I've questioned the capability of many managers - managers who aren't fit to grace the same planet as Rodgers - I honestly can't remember ever having questioned the professionalism of a boss, or his desire to win matches.

The media coverage you refer to - today they had Wes Morgan on Sky. No offence to Wes but he was a player under Rodgers and so was never going to be critical.

 

However - after I could see he was swinging in his chair, clear sign he was uncomfortable. I'd say he knows what is happening but knew he couldn't say anything.

[foxfanazer]

Just now, st albans fox said:

If they’ve decided then every chance they leave it until Tuesday 

 

no one supposed to be training this week - will make no difference 

Agreed on it making no difference in terms of training etc but the fans deserve this to be done asap