Brendan Rodgers

[Koke]

2 hours ago, UHDrive said:

I don't understand a lot of the comments on here. 

 

When we brought in BR it was practically not long off the back of the PL post winning season. We had a huge bloated squad with a lot of deadwood players to clear out. We also needed to go through a long term sqaud rebuild that is still ongoing. 

 

So with that all in mind, congrats to the naysayers who don't appear to take notice over what they're talking about!

 

Not true. In Puel's last game the line up was as follows 

 

Schmeichel 

 

Ricardo 

Evans 

Maguire 

Fuchs

 

Tielemans 

Ndidi 

Maddison 

 

Ghezzal

Vardy

Barnes 

 

7 of those starting 11 are still starting for us 3 years later. Rodgers inherited a pretty good team. 

[HankMarvin]

4 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Can I make a pedantic observation? 

 

It isn't fickle to change your mind, it is fickle to say one thing over and over again. 

Sorry to be “Pedantic” 

 

If you describe someone as fickle, you disapprove of them because they keep changing their mind about what they like or want

Collins-dictionary 👀

[Jimmy]

2 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

Not true. In Puel's last game the line up was as follows 

 

Schmeichel 

 

Ricardo 

Evans 

Maguire 

Fuchs

 

Tielemans 

Ndidi 

Maddison 

 

Ghezzal

Vardy

Barnes 

 

7 of those starting 11 are still starting for us 3 years later. Rodgers inherited a pretty good team. 

it would be 8 if all were fit

[filbertway]

13 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Can I make a pedantic observation? 

 

It isn't fickle to change your mind, it is fickle to say one thing over and over again. 

I feel like this is some joke that has gone well over my head here

 

 

Edited 15 May 2022 by filbertway

[Product of 84]

If not Brendan then who? 

 

Personally, I still think he is a great fit for our club. He might not be a world beater but for our stability, establishing ourselves as a top premiership club and developing our youngsters I can't think of anyone better (who'd consider managing us).

 

If we are to get real we are only one of many good sized clubs in the Midlands. There are plenty of those around. Wolves, Villa, Forest, Derby, Coventry, Birmingham, WBA. I've watched each have there day in the sun but none have managed to consistently achieve success. 

 

My point is to stand out amongst that lot there has to be something that makes us attractive. The club has chosen to pedal player development to attract players. This makes us attractive to young hungry players. Our recent success, brand of football and being developed by Brendan are all part of that package. 

 

We've massively overachieved and have began to fortify our position as one of the best Midlands clubs. Brendan is a massive part of that. Now isn't the time for change.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

25 minutes ago, FoxyLeon said:

3 of the 4 have been given new contracts by Rodgers.

Vestergaard, Praet and Perez were his signings, and he doesnt rate them to start regularly. You didn't mention Bertrand.

 

So Rodgers is the one responsible for our Deadwood...In the summer he will just add more and more.

That is If and I mean If Rodgers was responsible for the signings. It always seems such a grey area as to who does the signings. Can anyone enlighten us all as to who actually  signed those players ?

[HighPeakFox]

2 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I feel like this is some joke that has gone well over my head here

 

 

Nope, I failed to proof read! 

 

Cheers 👍

[Muzzy_no7]

1 hour ago, MattFox said:

Deserves sacking for potentially  keeping Everton in the league above anything 

This!

 

Everton should be dead and buried but will probably survive and it’s entirely down to us gifting it them on a plate. 

[PAPA LAZAROU]

3 minutes ago, Product of 84 said:

If not Brendan then who? 

 

Personally, I still think he is a great fit for our club. He might not be a world beater but for our stability, establishing ourselves as a top premiership club and developing our youngsters I can't think of anyone better (who'd consider managing us).

 

If we are to get real we are only one of many good sized clubs in the Midlands. There are plenty of those around. Wolves, Villa, Forest, Derby, Coventry, Birmingham, WBA. I've watched each have there day in the sun but none have managed to consistently achieve success. 

 

My point is to stand out amongst that lot there has to be something that makes us attractive. The club has chosen to pedal player development to attract players. This makes us attractive to young hungry players. Our recent success, brand of football and being developed by Brendan are all part of that package. 

 

We've massively overachieved and have began to fortify our position as one of the best Midlands clubs. Brendan is a massive part of that. Now isn't the time for change.

I'd hardly call this season " fortified " we have actually flirted with relegation. Now Brendon IS a massive part of that. Now is actually the perfect time for change before he buggers up the new recruitment for next season. Beating two relegated teams on the trot changes nothing.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

21 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Can I make a pedantic observation? 

 

It isn't fickle to change your mind, it is fickle to say one thing over and over again. 

Yes but you always say that.

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

This!

 

Everton should be dead and buried but will probably survive and it’s entirely down to us gifting it them on a plate. 

And Man Utd and others, despite the bizarre desperate (and blimey it is) rhetoric and petty hate, Everton surviving would be down to Everton

[Mike Oxlong]

I want to see him wring his hands together with remorse, weep real tears and beg forgiveness for suggesting that when he arrived we were a team just looking to stay in the division and then I might reconsider whether he should be here at the start of next season 

[AjcW]

My main takeaway from the last two games and change in style, is why haven’t we played these sort of balls over the top for Daka? 
 

I know JV’s movement is amazing, but we’ve not even attempted quick movement forward when Daka is on. In fact it stopped again today the second he came on! 
 

Its one of the biggest things that’s lead to our slow play, madders, youri or Barnes look up, forget Vardy isn’t playing and continue to pass it around/pass back. 
 

I almost can’t judge Daka enough given he’s not had the service JV has in a similar number of games. 

[CosbehFox]

Just now, AjcW said:

My main takeaway from the last two games and change in style, is why haven’t we played these sort of balls over the top for Daka? 
 

I know JV’s movement is amazing, but we’ve not even attempted quick movement forward when Daka is on. In fact it stopped again today the second he came on! 
 

Its one of the biggest things that’s lead to our slow play, madders, youri or Barnes look up, forget Vardy isn’t playing and continue to pass it around/pass back. 
 

I almost can’t judge Daka enough given he’s not had the service JV has in a similar number of games. 

Yeah I’ll never get this. Two occasions I can think when we went more direct with the service and Daka thrived. Spartak away and Liverpool in the league cup 

[Product of 84]

2 minutes ago, PAPA LAZAROU said:

I'd hardly call this season " fortified " we have actually flirted with relegation. Now Brendon IS a massive part of that. Now is actually the perfect time for change before he buggers up the new recruitment for next season. Beating two relegated teams on the trot changes nothing.

We are so much better than the teams who will be relegated. Our second string is also better than those teams.

 

I don't think Rogers has much to do with recruitment. We have a team for that.

 

We've been unlucky with injuries.

 

But I will say both defending and attacking set pieces have been a disaster. Personally, I think Rogers is right tho. It's down to personal. That's why we don't score from set pieces either. They don't get the first contact.

 

Yet we still got to the semi finals of a European Cup. We gave Liverpool a game in the later stages of the League Cup. We won the Charity shield. In our history that would go down as a pretty decent season.

[Brainy]

12 minutes ago, PAPA LAZAROU said:

I'd hardly call this season " fortified " we have actually flirted with relegation. Now Brendon IS a massive part of that. Now is actually the perfect time for change before he buggers up the new recruitment for next season. Beating two relegated teams on the trot changes nothing.

Flirted with relegation

[Sharpe's Fox]

Brendan Outers trying to work out a way to hold their bum argument

 

[PAPA LAZAROU]

2 minutes ago, Product of 84 said:

We are so much better than the teams who will be relegated. Our second string is also better than those teams.

 

I don't think Rogers has much to do with recruitment. We have a team for that.

 

We've been unlucky with injuries.

 

But I will say both defending and attacking set pieces have been a disaster. Personally, I think Rogers is right tho. It's down to personal. That's why we don't score from set pieces either. They don't get the first contact.

 

Yet we still got to the semi finals of a European Cup. We gave Liverpool a game in the later stages of the League Cup. We won the Charity shield. In our history that would go down as a pretty decent season.

Things have changed at the club though. most fans will regard this season as a poor season and quite rightly so. This has nothing to do with entitlement, we simply have great owners who have moved the club up to another level. The past is exactly that the past. Even when we got most of the injured players back it was still turgid football and naïve defending. The money the owners have put in to this club deserves a better return for them and us alike.

[PAPA LAZAROU]

2 minutes ago, Sharpe's Fox said:

Brendan Outers trying to work out a way to hold their bum argument

 

Care to enlighten us all why it's a " bum " argument"? have you actually been to any of the games?

[Product of 84]

3 minutes ago, PAPA LAZAROU said:

Things have changed at the club though. most fans will regard this season as a poor season and quite rightly so. This has nothing to do with entitlement, we simply have great owners who have moved the club up to another level. The past is exactly that the past. Even when we got most of the injured players back it was still turgid football and naïve defending. The money the owners have put in to this club deserves a better return for them and us alike.

A fair point. 

 

But looking to the past of other Midlands clubs and you see we have no entitlement to success. I am simply pleased to see the philosophy of the club develop (youth, bettering players) and see Rogers as a key player in that. And with that will come success.

[sacreblueits442]

56 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Love the narrative when a players do something good they are not listening to the manager, when they make a mistake its the managers fault. 

...but if they continually make the same mistakes, it becomes the managers problem, as he continues to play them and not seek to address the problem!!!

[Brainy]

I get there are legit reasons to want him to go however some folk are so extreme with their stance of it. Makes me more of an inner tbh 

[sacreblueits442]

56 minutes ago, Koke said:

 

Not true. In Puel's last game the line up was as follows 

 

Schmeichel 

 

Ricardo 

Evans 

Maguire 

Fuchs

 

Tielemans 

Ndidi 

Maddison 

 

Ghezzal

Vardy

Barnes 

 

7 of those starting 11 are still starting for us 3 years later. Rodgers inherited a pretty good team. 

....I think you mean 8 not 7...!!!

[HighPeakFox]

I don't mind those that want BR out. But looking at various threads today, when we've won 1-5 away, I do mind people who absolutely have to find fault at any opportunity. It must be exhausting being like that, it is certainly tiresome reading it.

 

I have a theory. There are supporters & fans, and many of us are both. Supporters' main objective is to support, surely - it's in the word, and those of us (surely the majority) that are in this category will have a priority to support the team. Fans that aren't supporters (and I think that such people exist) appear to be all about themselves, first & foremost - quite what their priority is I won't speculate, but getting behind the team come rain or shine it ain't.

[gerblod]

1 hour ago, FoxyLeon said:

You didn't mention Bertrand.

Nobody has done for several months. He's become more invisible than that defender chap who left recently-ish whose name now escapes me.