Brendan Rodgers SACKED - OFFICIAL

[Royston.]

Brilliant news.

 

My affection for Leicester City and hope for this season has already been destroyed but Top finally made a big boy decision and there is a chance for them to salvage a truly awful campaign.

 

Bye bye you despicable little man

[Parafox]

27 minutes ago, Tuna said:

606 trying to get Rodgers the Spurs job 

Imagine if he did.

 

Two and half years from now and Spurs would be fighting relegation.

 

How good would that be. 

[ARM1968]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

Imagine if he did.

 

Two and half years from now and Spurs would be fighting relegation.

 

How good would that be. 

Tbf Rodgers is the perfect fit for Spurs. Absolute bottle job. Makes excuses like a world record holder of excuse making, possession is all. He IS the perfect fit. Come on Spurs, you know it makes sense. 

[ChrisFilter]

This has probably been said a million times, but looks to me like they were waiting for a ‘bottom 3 in last X games’ clause in his contract maybe. 

[ARTY_FOX]

3 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Imagine if he did.

 

Two and half years from now and Spurs would be fighting relegation.

 

How good would that be. 

I doubt it would take that long at spurs before he turned on the owners and fans. 

[don_danbury]

i think he'd do ok at spurs for a couple seasons. maybe get them a league cup and top 4. it'll start going bad when the injuries hit and he starts bringin in shit players.

[don_danbury]

will be interesting to see if the injury list will be as bad with a new manager 

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

I wonder if our marvellous players will now start doing the basics right, they’ve been a disgrace and I’m no way excusing Rodgers, it’s now time for the players to actually do what they are paid for, even if most of them are clearing off. 

[HankMarvin]

Quite sickening watching Hargreaves Scholes and Cole talking about what a mistake it was to sack Rodgers and how he was letdown by the club with no money to spend. How we well go onto to get a job with a top 6 club. 

[HUNTA84]

Looking at the favourites on sky bet, I'm not sure i'd want any of them. I hope we can manage to persuade someone like pochettino or try get a promising manager from overseas.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Completely misread post.

 

I am a moron.

Edited 2 April 2023 by Trav Le Bleu

[Chelmofox]

19 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Imagine if he did.

 

Two and half years from now and Spurs would be fighting relegation.

 

How good would that be. 

Nah - they'd pull the plug on him after 12 months. They can't keep managers. 

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, HankMarvin said:

Leicester City's fear of relegation saw Brendan Rodgers axed – just like Ranieri

The club dispensed of Brendan Rodgers' services after four years at helm after a poor run of results leaving the team in the relegation zone

By John Percy 2 April 2023 • 5:06pm

Leicester City sacked Brendan Rodgers (centre) after Saturday's 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace Credit: Reuters/Andrew Boyers

When Leicester City axed Claudio Ranieri nine months after winning the Premier League title, the decision was made amid fears the club were heading for inevitable relegation.

A little over six years later, history has repeated itself. Leicester have been left with no alternative but to part company with Brendan Rodgers because they are convinced the alarming nosedive in results will end with the drop.

Rodgers’ departure by mutual agreement is only a surprise in the timing, with 10 games remaining to save the club from relegation to the Championship.

Supporters have been demanding change for over 18 months, and it is probably the Europa League defeat by struggling Legia Warsaw in Sept 2021 that can now be regarded as the turning point.

Leicester did try to give Rodgers time to turn the situation around. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, has come under scrutiny for his delay in taking action, but the truth is that he still had faith in Rodgers. He felt the risk in making a change was too great and could have a detrimental effect.

That faith finally disappeared after Leicester’s late defeat at Crystal Palace, and Rodgers was summoned for talks before a recovery session on Sunday.

Leicester City were on the ropes in the Europa League after a feeble defeat to Legia Warsaw in 2021 Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel

The last 12 months or so have been excruciating. Rodgers had frequently spoken of his desire for a “healthy shake-up” of the squad, but funds were limited in the summer amid fears over Financial Fair Play breaches.

Leicester also adopted the stance that Rodgers had been generously backed in the summer of 2021. They could not risk signing two or three more players last year who turn out to be bad buys, while also adding to an already bloated squad.

Though Leicester signed Wout Faes for £15m, after the sale of Wesley Fofana to Chelsea, Rodgers’ mood was dark on deadline day. 

After the home defeat by Manchester United his comments over a lack of backing angered the hierarchy.

They argued that Rodgers should be doing better with the team he had available. In their view, it was not a set of players that should be anywhere near the bottom of the table, and that remains the view now.

It was a tricky position for Rodgers to be in: he had made it quite clear that he wanted new signings but had to rely on players that he did not rate. Caglar Soyuncu and Boubakary Soumare were two players he did not want in his squad.

The departure of Kasper Schmeichel to Nice left Rodgers with Wales international goalkeeper Danny Ward, who is not good enough at this level.  

Rodgers was backed in January with the funds generated from Fofana’s sale, but despite an initial uplift in form Leicester have gone seven games without a win.

The relationship between Brendan Rodgers (left) and former captain Kasper Schmeichel became fractious by the time the goalkeeper left the club in 2022 Credit: Reuters/Michael Regan

It has only seemed a matter of time for weeks. Rodgers has appeared frequently downbeat, and negative in interviews. Team selection has been unpredictable. Training sessions are alleged to have been repetitive and boring with some players.

Rodgers' decision to give the squad last week off, in the first week of the international break, was a huge surprise to many senior officials at the club, considering the perilous position.  

Many supporters have always felt convinced that Rodgers was only using Leicester as a stepping stone to a bigger club. There has never seemed any real affection between him and the fanbase, despite the exhilarating football in his first two full seasons.

This season, Rodgers has looked as if he wanted putting out of his misery. There is a reasonable argument that most managers have a life-span of three years until players need a new voice and direction. 

To complete four years at this level, as I wrote in February, is an achievement that cannot be overestimated.

He has been isolated at times, and the lone voice. Srivaddhanaprabha writes a column in the programme but chief executive Susan Whelan and director of football Jon Rudkin have not spoken with the English press since Claudio Ranieri’s unveiling in July 2015.

There will be many pundits and neutrals who repeat the old tropes of ‘be careful for what you wish for’ and ‘it’s only Leicester, what do they expect’?

These should be ignored, for the people who actually pay the money to watch games have been frustrated for months, or longer.

Perhaps Rodgers should have gone earlier, for it has to be remembered that those first two and a half years were special. He did not deserve the situation to become so toxic.

He will return, most probably in the Premier League, and the chance to recharge will be good for him.

Now the change has come and Leicester are locked in a 10-game shootout for survival. 

The prospect of Championship football does not bear thinking about.

Brilliant piece by Percy 

 

Covers everything, including lesser considered points but ones mentioned on here and denied by his supporters such as the lack of real affection between him and fans.

[Chelmofox]

4 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Quite sickening watching Hargreaves Scholes and Cole talking about what a mistake it was to sack Rodgers and how he was letdown by the club with no money to spend. How we well go onto to get a job with a top 6 club. 

fvckem. It became clear to me earlier this season that none of them watch anything other than the big few anyway. I remember Neville before the Man U v LCFC match saying he was worried because we play attacking and direct football. No chance he had watch us for ages. During the game Jenas on commentary saying we didn't usually play with such 'nerves'. Again, easily the first game in ages he had seen from us.

 

Next week after another manager has gone, this will be yesterdays news. This is just something we had to get out of the way and listening to these nobbers is part of the pain you have to go through.

 

[car1os]

Brendan is the perfect example of someone who fails upwards - wouldn’t be surprised if he gets the Tottenham job next now he’s a free agent.

 

However I don’t think the players are blameless - this season was the perfect storm of too many people with their hearts and minds elsewhere and not on what was in front of them.

 

I’m just hoping there’s a Vardy scoring spree incoming… he always loses his scoring boots when it’s bad behind the scenes, so hopefully he come out firing along with the rest of the players

Edited 2 April 2023 by car1os

[dynamark]

Need to get over vardy please.

Needed to  be done

[Guppys Love Child]

55 minutes ago, J. James said:

Don't give a toss where he goes...Spuds, Chelsea, Inter Miami..

But if we can land a Pochettino or Nagelsman we would have a good (or at least better) chance of retaining Madders and Youri AND of attracting talent.

 

The biggest thing for me is the dread l felt at the prospect of him "rebuilding" us is lifted.

 

Spot on..!

[so1]

5 hours ago, moore_94 said:

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3132704/lcfc-statement---brendan-rodgers?lang=en

 

Leicester City Football Club has reached a mutual agreement with Brendan Rodgers that will see him leave the Club after four years as our Men’s First Team Manager.

 

Brendan departs King Power Stadium as one of the most successful managers in the Club’s history, having guided us to our long-awaited first FA Cup triumph in 2021, the FA Community Shield in the same year, two of the Club’s three highest Premier League finishes and consecutive European campaigns, including our first European semi-final in 2022.

 

Assistant Manager Chris Davies and First Team Fitness Coach Glen Driscoll will also be leaving with the Club’s thanks and best wishes for their future careers.

 

Immediate responsibility for Men’s First Team training and match preparation will be led by the Club’s long-serving First Team Coaches Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell.

 

Leicester City Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: “The achievements of the team under Brendan’s management speak for themselves – we’ve experienced some of our finest footballing moments under his guidance and will always be grateful to him and his staff for the heights they helped us to reach on the pitch.

 

“Off the pitch, Brendan embraced the culture of the Club and helped cultivate an outstanding developmental environment, particularly during the transition to Seagrave, and provided strong leadership during the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. His place in Leicester City history is assured.

 

“However, performances and results during the current season have been below our shared expectations. It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course, particularly given our previous achievements under Brendan’s management. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status.

 

“The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. We now need to come together – fans, players and staff – and show the poise, quality and fight to secure our position as a Premier League club.”

The fact that Top waited so long shows how much Rodgers means to him. Respect for that. Hopefully the players and the club will get that much needed push to get you over the line. Feel like I'm vested in this club and want you to stay up and build back. I'll be watching with interest.

[LCFCJohn]

5 minutes ago, so1 said:

The fact that Top waited so long shows how much Rodgers means to him. Respect for that. Hopefully the players and the club will get that much needed push to get you over the line. Feel like I'm vested in this club and want you to stay up and build back. I'll be watching with interest.

Out of interest, by following a manager (or players for that matter) rather than a club which is a really strange concept to myself but each to their own. What do you do when he’s between jobs? 
 

Not trying to take the piss or anything, just interested.

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

Potter now available. Sacked. 

[Wymsey]

Rodgers > Chelsea

Potter > Leicester

?

[Dahnsouff]

Not sure Potter is the guy for the fight

[Chelmofox]

Just now, Dahnsouff said:

Not sure Potter is the guy for the fight

Nope - he needs the transfer Window and to be backed with the types of players he wants. However, there will be many drooling at the prospect for sure.

[foxile5]

Fishing from the same managerial pond as Spurs and Chelsea.

 

Oh dear...

[Chelmofox]

Great news is Potter keeps Brendan out of the news. No pundit is going to give a toss that we sacked him now.