Sly Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 11 minutes ago, SkidsFox said: Supposed to be a lot of great countryside up that way, and some nice places along the coast. If you're on a decent salary you're not forced to live next to cantankerous, boastful Geordies. I went to Uni at Newcastle. It’s a great place and football is a religion by all accounts. It isn’t the worse place to live in the world, however I don’t see Brendan joining them. By all accounts he’s settled and happy here. His next role will be abroad I’d imagine.
MCFC Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 Some Manchester City fans saying they'd take Rodgers at the Etihad after Pep. Suspect they've not read this board much as it looks like lots of you would happily give him to us now... 1
Popular Post AKCJ Posted 14 October 2021 Popular Post Posted 14 October 2021 5 minutes ago, MCFC said: Some Manchester City fans saying they'd take Rodgers at the Etihad after Pep. Suspect they've not read this board much as it looks like lots of you would happily give him to us now... That's FoxesTalk for you. We could win 37 league games in a season and people would whinge we didn't win all 38. 8 1
Sly Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 Heightened expectations, so he’s become a victim of his own success. No excuse for the turgid football at times though 😆 (I’m joking, sometimes you need to win ugly).
filbertway Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 13 minutes ago, MCFC said: Some Manchester City fans saying they'd take Rodgers at the Etihad after Pep. Suspect they've not read this board much as it looks like lots of you would happily give him to us now... They've clearly not seen a lot of leicester this year
Vazman Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 4 minutes ago, AKCJ said: That's FoxesTalk for you. We could win 37 league games in a season and people would whinge we didn't win all 38. Be No point in having a Forum if we didnt have a whinge now and again. As for the Man City fan calling this forum a Board how very dare he... Whinge over
MattFox Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 2 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said: Rodgers is the main man here and I think it will take a lot for us to dispose of his services. With that in mind why would he go to Newcastle - I sense they will operate a 1 in 1 out policy after a couple of bad results. Plus who wants to live in the North East? Newcastle is a great city tbf albeit a bit of a goldfish bowl and miles away from anywhere else The coast is nice too
StanSP Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 I can imagine Rodgers going to Man City more than I can imagine Rodgers heading to Newcastle. 1
HighPeakFox Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 4 minutes ago, Vazman said: Be No point in having a Forum if we didnt have a whinge now and again. As for the Man City fan calling this forum a Board how very dare he... Whinge over Now and again? For some it borders on a religion... 1
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 13 minutes ago, MCFC said: Some Manchester City fans saying they'd take Rodgers at the Etihad after Pep. Suspect they've not read this board much as it looks like lots of you would happily give him to us now... ....the feedback whilst Youri was at Monaco was very much the same!!! They were voicing things such as..."take £15m", driving him to Leicester themselves and a host of other messages wanting him out of their club, right now. Worryingly I can envisage this all happening again for him, and whatever the issue he had which made him perform (or not) in they way he did at Monaco, has not been resolved.
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 23 minutes ago, MCFC said: Some Manchester City fans saying they'd take Rodgers at the Etihad after Pep. Suspect they've not read this board much as it looks like lots of you would happily give him to us now... ....I take it you have no vested interest in our club, what is your take on Rodgers going to the Etihad in due course!!!
Vazman Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 Just now, HighPeakFox said: Now and again? For some it borders on a religion... I agree, and it can be OTT sometimes, but I thinks its immediate reactions, equals, angry outburst, some funny, and some not so funny, the international break gives us all a chance to refresh and recharge our Hope's going forward. Leicester 2 Man Utd 1, BR's going nowhere and Newcastle will have a Take over, bounce result. And Foxestalk will be a happy place. Or we lose badly, Newcastle Win and Foxestalk has a complete meltdown.
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, AKCJ said: That's FoxesTalk for you. We could win 37 league games in a season and people would whinge we didn't win all 38. ...funny enough, that 38th game would be scrutinised to the nth degree as why we failed to win it!!! That one game, would become a fixation for a lot of people. If memory serves me, we were the final game in the Season when Arsenal became "The Invincibles" and I would suspect the season for the Arsenal supporters would have been marred, by that one game, had they lost it, irrespective of what had gone before. Edited 14 October 2021 by sacreblueits442
st albans fox Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 23 minutes ago, sacreblueits442 said: ...funny enough, that 38th game would be scrutinised to the nth degree as why we failed to win it!!! That one game, would become a fixation for a lot of people. If memory serves me, we were the final game in the Season when Arsenal became "The Invincibles" and I would suspect the season for the Arsenal supporters would have been marred, by that one game, had they lost it, irrespective of what had gone before. was going to make this type point ........losing one game in 38 is very different to losing the 38th game after winning 37!! 1
Deeg67 Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 45 minutes ago, Sly said: Heightened expectations, so he’s become a victim of his own success. No excuse for the turgid football at times though 😆 (I’m joking, sometimes you need to win ugly). I think he's more a victim of his own failures, actually.
volpeazzurro Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 7 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: BR deserves some credit for coming out so early to express his desire to stay at Leicester regarding the rumours relating to Arsenal and Newcastle. Not really I don't think, he'd have been a mug to go for either of those jobs at the moment, despite media speculation, neither were really viable options, he knows which side his bread is buttered. For differing reasons they, together with Spurs are potential poisoned chalices. Of other potential teams, neither is he good enough for Manchester United, City, or Liverpool as I think he'd fail spectacularly at any of those three. I think Rodgers is quite understandably a shrewd operator when it comes to his own career, he's probably at the best club he could be at this point in time all things considered. However, even here he needs to up his game or he could lose his job. 1
enmac Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 5 hours ago, Spudulike said: Old Euro cup aside, domestically ManC won the old Div 1 title in 1967-68 whereas 3 of Newcastle titles came before WW1 with the last one in the 1920s! Newcastle do not have a rich past history in the modern era which ever way you look at it. 3 FA Cup wins in the 50s, when that competition was easily as valued as the league?
Mike Oxlong Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said: Not really I don't think, he'd have been a mug to go for either of those jobs at the moment, despite media speculation, neither were really viable options, he knows which side his bread is buttered. For differing reasons they, together with Spurs are potential poisoned chalices. Of other potential teams, neither is he good enough for Manchester United, City, or Liverpool as I think he'd fail spectacularly at any of those three. I think Rodgers is quite understandably a shrewd operator when it comes to his own career, he's probably at the best club he could be at this point in time all things considered. However, even here he needs to up his game or he could lose his job. Even if you are right about him being better off with us at present he could have said nothing, let the speculation run and as a consequence potentially unsettle the squad. Someone who wants to give their ego a bit of a massage might not respond to the speculation so as to experience that feeling of being wanted. For all of his good points I do think MON was guilty of this. I remember how unsettling those times were for the fans if not the players. I think it’s also positive that our manager readily and quickly rebuffs the rumours regarding these type of opportunities. It sends a message generally about what a good set up we have and how ambitious we remain. Edited 14 October 2021 by Mike Oxlong 2
ealingfox Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 1 hour ago, AKCJ said: That's FoxesTalk for you. We could win 37 league games in a season and people would whinge we didn't win all 38. More like 1 single person would whinge and 20 people would whinge about the whinging. Don't remember anyone moaning about the 3 games we lost in May 2016. 1
volpeazzurro Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 1 minute ago, Mike Oxlong said: Even if you are right about him being better off with us at present he could have said nothing, let the speculation run and as a consequence potentially unsettle the squad. Someone who wants to give their ego a bit of a massage might not respond to the speculation so as to experience that feeling of being wanted. For all of his good points I tv k MON was guilty of this. I remember how unsettling those times were for the fans if not the players. I think it’s also positive that our manager readily and quickly rebuffs the rumours regarding these type of opportunities. It sends a message generally about what a good set up we have and how ambitious we remain. Good point in fairness. Mind you, in his position at the moment, neither would he want to upset his current paymasters, particularly as they afforded him a payrise in a previous era of speculation. 1
sacreblueits442 Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 23 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said: Not really I don't think, he'd have been a mug to go for either of those jobs at the moment, despite media speculation, neither were really viable options, he knows which side his bread is buttered. For differing reasons they, together with Spurs are potential poisoned chalices. Of other potential teams, neither is he good enough for Manchester United, City, or Liverpool as I think he'd fail spectacularly at any of those three. I think Rodgers is quite understandably a shrewd operator when it comes to his own career, he's probably at the best club he could be at this point in time all things considered. However, even here he needs to up his game or he could lose his job. ....I really do not think the club will cut him loose this season, irrespective of the results and where we finish!!! The Loans which have been taken out has a contingency should we experience relegation and therefore not a crisis for the club. Should we go down (hard to believe, but stranger things have happened to us) it would allow him to rebuild the team and go again. One thing I noticed in that Man. City documentary on Netflix was the team talks by Pep, before games and in training. You could see the players eyes glazing over listening to his repetitive chatter and chomping at the bit to get out away from him. You can only go to the well so often, and if you get used to a motivational speech and hear it too often, you have got to get that motivation from yourself as you no longer get anything from what he is saying. A feature of Sir Alex management was to break up a team and refresh it with up to date thinking. 1
Popular Post Ricey Posted 14 October 2021 Popular Post Posted 14 October 2021 Having just spoken to him, he seems very committed to me. He even spoke about treating this international window as if he was coming into the club fresh and analysing where to go from here. He pointed out that despite scoring two against Palace the levels were nowhere near where he knows we can be. He mentioned injuries but didn't want to blame it on that. I think that was a wake up call for him that he needs to approach things in a different way. He also mentioned that sometimes players can become a bit timid after success and you have to find new ways to motivate them. He first mentioned it when talking about his success at Celtic, but also mentioned it when I asked about how he instills the right level of aggression in his teams. I asked him about his connection with Top and he said that when he come in there was almost a big brother/little brother relationship with him, especially because Top had recently lost his Dad and had the daunting the task of taking over the businesses. He spoke in glowing terms about the owners and the culture they've created around the club. It's all genuine and I think that really appeals to him. Apparently we have a set-piece coach as well, which was a surprise. 10 4
drumbeat Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 7 minutes ago, Ricey said: Having just spoken to him, he seems very committed to me. sorry, quick first bite... ...it took me AGES to process that correctly. Had me going wtf! for a moment there.
Duquesne Whistle Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 2 hours ago, AKCJ said: That's FoxesTalk for you. We could win 37 league games in a season and people would whinge we didn't win all 38. I wouldn't have minded defeat in that one match tbh, but Brendan apparently played Perez, so it was his fault... 1
AKCJ Posted 14 October 2021 Posted 14 October 2021 57 minutes ago, ealingfox said: More like 1 single person would whinge and 20 people would whinge about the whinging. Don't remember anyone moaning about the 3 games we lost in May 2016. I think the fanbase has become quite spoiled and entitled because of what happened in May 2016. 2
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