Brendan Rodgers

[Foxxed]

3 minutes ago, David Hankey said:

Whatever is posted on here will not change one iota the REAL situation. "Supposition and theorising" really sums it up.

 

 

[David Hankey]

Brendan to Wolves then!!

[Jon the Hat]

1 minute ago, David Hankey said:

Brendan to Wolves then!!

Bigger club than Spurs really.

[RowlattsFox]

I do find it a little frustrating that Rodgers doesn't seem overly bothered whether we finish top 4 or not  I'm sure he is, but doesn't give that impression to me. 

 

I assume its because he doesn't want 5th to seem like a failure and he's determined to make sure people know that its a good achievement. 

[HighPeakFox]

6 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

I do find it a little frustrating that Rodgers doesn't seem overly bothered whether we finish top 4 or not  I'm sure he is, but doesn't give that impression to me. 

 

I assume its because he doesn't want 5th to seem like a failure and he's determined to make sure people know that its a good achievement. 

I would imagine he's trying to keep the pressure off his players in public. 

[Babylon]

7 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

I do find it a little frustrating that Rodgers doesn't seem overly bothered whether we finish top 4 or not  I'm sure he is, but doesn't give that impression to me. 

 

I assume its because he doesn't want 5th to seem like a failure and he's determined to make sure people know that its a good achievement. 

Remember when we were top of the league and Ranieri was talking about 40 points... 

[sacreblueits442]

4 hours ago, Webbo said:

If Tielemans and Maddison are sold well have a £200 million transfer fund ourselves. 

...not in this window, we won't!!!

The Covid discount is in effect.

[Ecdysiast]

5 hours ago, Webbo said:

If Tielemans and Maddison are sold well have a £200 million transfer fund ourselves. 

I don't mind the world's daftest high street model leaving to preen in front of someone else's mirror, but I'm not having Youri leaving for at least another two years....

[Guest SO1]

Managing expectations..Its his job with his players and staff.On Foxestalk? not so much.

Edited 21 May 2021 by SO1

[Corky]

1 hour ago, RowlattsFox said:

I do find it a little frustrating that Rodgers doesn't seem overly bothered whether we finish top 4 or not  I'm sure he is, but doesn't give that impression to me. 

 

I assume its because he doesn't want 5th to seem like a failure and he's determined to make sure people know that its a good achievement. 

No manager will ever come out and say it's failure.

 

I'd imagine in private it is a lot different.

[David Hankey]

2 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Bigger club than Spurs really.

Of course not. I was just adding to the claptrap on these boards where folk expect him to end up. What you might consider a "tongue in cheek" remark.

[Dahnsouff]

2 hours ago, SO1 said:

Managing expectations..Its his job with his players and staff.On Foxestalk? not so much.

Pretty sure he has FoxesTalk most wanted plastered all over the dressing room before every home game.

 

”Just remember lads, these f**kers called you sh*t, said you were stealing a f**king living”, they even said I was going to Spurs ffs”

”I know it’s tempting to think f**k ‘em, and just doss around, flicking the V’s at them for 90 minutes, but come on, for Top, for Kuhn Vichai, don’t listen to these ungrateful tw@ts”

”I mean they can’t even figure out what formation we play, the bunch of willy pullers”

 

[Les-TA-Jon]

2 hours ago, RowlattsFox said:

I do find it a little frustrating that Rodgers doesn't seem overly bothered whether we finish top 4 or not  I'm sure he is, but doesn't give that impression to me. 

 

I assume its because he doesn't want 5th to seem like a failure and he's determined to make sure people know that its a good achievement. 

Trying to judge what a manager thinks privately, with only what they say publicly seems a little fruitless to me. 
 

I think he’s quite rightly trying to protect the players, take the pressure off and preempt the narrative that we have bottled it. 
 

like he said after the final, success for Leicester cannot and should not be measured in the binary of win/loss. It can’t be that simple for a club of our size, budget and recent past. 
 

Success for us, is putting ourselves in the position to compete for silverware and qualification spots. 

[Clever Fox]

Regardless of where we finish you cannot say the season has been a failure. Cup win aside.

We have been in the top 4  all season and the Team is better than last years both in personnel and performances.

We're still improving and the quality of player being linked with us is all good for the future.

 

All good for the future.

 

 

 

[volpeazzurro]

3 hours ago, HighPeakFox said:

I would imagine he's trying to keep the pressure off his players in public. 

And himself perhaps. 

[volpeazzurro]

2 hours ago, Ecdysiast said:

I don't mind the world's daftest high street model leaving to preen in front of someone else's mirror, but I'm not having Youri leaving for at least another two years....

Hear hear!

[Strokes]

On 18/05/2021 at 17:36, Muzzy_Larsson said:

I've had the unpleasurable experience of being in his company a few times.

I did a horrible tackle on his son in front of him on the touch line, he was less than impressed.

Before anyone thinks I’m abusing kids, we were the same age at the time u13s if I recall correctly.

It wasn’t even deliberate, I was just shit and he mugged me off. Still, I left the game on my feet.

[Ecdysiast]

1 hour ago, pmcla26 said:

Why does Maddison doing a brand deal make him less valuable to us? He’s an extremely talented player who’s important for our club. 

I fully accept that at his best, Madders is a talented and important player. I just think for various reasons, his latter half of the season's form  - injuries? baby on the way? following his ex into doing naff collaborations during an intense season? Whatever...he'd be less of a loss to us right now, than the serious football thinker, ultra-committed, doing his coaching badges, multi-lingual, cup winning, double player of the season winning,  Youri.

I also recognise, that as usual, and especially this year, we may need to sell a "star name". I'd rather it be current Madders, than current Youri. That's all.

[Ecdysiast]

3 minutes ago, Ecdysiast said:

I fully accept that at his best, Madders is a talented and important player. I just think for various reasons, his latter half of the season's form  - injuries? baby on the way? following his ex into doing naff collaborations during an intense season? Whatever...he'd be less of a loss to us right now, than the serious football thinker, ultra-committed, doing his coaching badges, multi-lingual, cup winning, double player of the season winning,  Youri.

I also recognise, that as usual, and especially this year, we may need to sell a "star name". I'd rather it be current Madders, than current Youri. That's all.

I also don't remember Youri getting caught hiding under Perez' sofa at midnight in the middle of a lock-down and missing a crucial game....

[filthyfox]

So... this is the post about where we lost the season when we failed to play our strongest team against West Ham because we were "punishing" naughty boys?

 

THAT is where I see it all went wrong.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

2 minutes ago, filthyfox said:

So... this is the post about where we lost the season when we failed to play our strongest team against West Ham because we were "punishing" naughty boys?

 

THAT is where I see it all went wrong.

Not losing at home to Fulham and Newcastle, or not being able to beat a 10 man Southampton team in 80 mins? 

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, filthyfox said:

So... this is the post about where we lost the season when we failed to play our strongest team against West Ham because we were "punishing" naughty boys?

 

THAT is where I see it all went wrong.

Personally, still do not fault that decision even slightly.

[Duquesne Whistle]

2 minutes ago, filthyfox said:

So... this is the post about where we lost the season when we failed to play our strongest team against West Ham because we were "punishing" naughty boys?

 

THAT is where I see it all went wrong.

Who do you hold responsible for that? The players, for letting down the entire club, or the manager for firmly putting them in their place when they did so?

[Ecdysiast]

2 minutes ago, filthyfox said:

So... this is the post about where we lost the season when we failed to play our strongest team against West Ham because we were "punishing" naughty boys?

 

THAT is where I see it all went wrong.

Not at all... we lost many games we'd have expected/hoped to win during the season. It didn't exactly help though did it?

[Nod.E]

20 hours ago, Babylon said:

The two years we’ve failed to get top 4 over teams with shit loads of money you mean? 

You're either being very stupid or very stubborn. I don't know you so I can't call it.