Brendan Rodgers SACKED - OFFICIAL

[Wymsey]

A bit cringeworthy, this..

 

[Unabomber]

Just now, Wymsey said:

A bit cringeworthy, this..

 

Blimey is that guy still doing that shit 

[Conscript Fox]

Is sipping something nice & cupping himself watching this unfold somewhere.  

 

Laughing 

 

Somehow, even after Leicester finally sacked him the shit show that is this club is finding a way of letting him off the hook.

Edited 8 April 2023 by Conscript Fox

[ARTY_FOX]

1 minute ago, Conscript Fox said:

Is sipping something nice & cupping himself watching this unfold somewhere.  

 

Laughing 

 

Somehow, even after Leicester finally sacked him the shit show that is this club is finding a way of letting him off the hook.

I disagree. It shows how badly he ran the club. Under him it's been taken to the point if no return. 

[Dan]

Fair ****s to him. It took a whole 6 days for his reputation to be restored back to premium.

[Jaspa]

Nah, this is currently his mess. We weren't anywhere near this state when he succeeded Puel.

[Corky]

9 hours ago, Dan LCFC said:

Fair ****s to him. It took a whole 6 days for his reputation to be restored back to premium.

Being 19th when we sacked him at least will mean we won't get the "You were safe when you sacked him!!!" shouts from pundits/ morons.

[lcfcsnow]

9 hours ago, Jaspa said:

Nah, this is currently his mess. We weren't anywhere near this state when he succeeded Puel.

His insistance in bringing Lee Congerton here and us allowing that despite his track record of disasters, there seems to be no football intelligence at the club.

[Sampson]

On 06/04/2023 at 21:00, Unabomber said:

Blimey is that guy still doing that shit 

I don’t understand why he does the duckface and what it’s supposed to be. Brendan Rodgers has plenty of odd quirks, but he doesn’t do the duckface like that.

[jayfox26]

Why does alot of the media, many fans of other clubs and even a few of our fans have this strange view that Rodgers shouldn't have been sacked? 2 top 5 finishes, an fa Cup and a community shield. All amazing. We'll all be forever thankful. However we don't live in the past. Ranieri found this. So judging him in the here and now (well before he was sacked), he's been underperforming for nearly 2 years. Signings while he's been here have been pretty poor, other than the odd few decent signings, and I also don't buy the "he had nothing to do with transfers" bollocks. He brought congerton with him from celtic so he is fully responsible for the state of the squad. He hasn't been backed? He spent a fortune in summer 2021, without selling anyone, most of the signings being poor and on high wages and ultimately leading to the financial issues that meant we had no money last summer. Then when he got no signings other than Faes, spits his dummy out and has a negative attitude, blaming the board, the players, the fans, anyone but him, which lead to a toxic atmosphere amongst the players and fans. Finally gets new signings in January but still can't get any of the players to perform or find a system or tactics that suits the players he has. 

 

So with all this and probably a lot more I've missed, can someone explain to me what these people saw in Rodgers over the past 18+ months that I've not seen? 

[drofmor55]

alarm bells should have rung when Ricardo was given the job of marking Tammi Abraham at corners in the semi final....Harry Redknapps Nan would have seen through that

[Gamble92]

5 minutes ago, drofmor55 said:

alarm bells should have rung when Ricardo was given the job of marking Tammi Abraham at corners in the semi final....Harry Redknapps Nan would have seen through that

Didn't Brendan say none of the defence are tall or something along those lines when he was asked about this?

[drofmor55]

18 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

Didn't Brendan say none of the defence are tall or something along those lines when he was asked about this?

Probably,sounds like something he would have said ...but he had had over 3 years in charge to remedy that situation...

[trooky]

1 hour ago, jayfox26 said:

Why does alot of the media, many fans of other clubs and even a few of our fans have this strange view that Rodgers shouldn't have been sacked? 2 top 5 finishes, an fa Cup and a community shield. All amazing. We'll all be forever thankful. However we don't live in the past. Ranieri found this. So judging him in the here and now (well before he was sacked), he's been underperforming for nearly 2 years. Signings while he's been here have been pretty poor, other than the odd few decent signings, and I also don't buy the "he had nothing to do with transfers" bollocks. He brought congerton with him from celtic so he is fully responsible for the state of the squad. He hasn't been backed? He spent a fortune in summer 2021, without selling anyone, most of the signings being poor and on high wages and ultimately leading to the financial issues that meant we had no money last summer. Then when he got no signings other than Faes, spits his dummy out and has a negative attitude, blaming the board, the players, the fans, anyone but him, which lead to a toxic atmosphere amongst the players and fans. Finally gets new signings in January but still can't get any of the players to perform or find a system or tactics that suits the players he has. 

 

So with all this and probably a lot more I've missed, can someone explain to me what these people saw in Rodgers over the past 18+ months that I've not seen? 

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

[volpeazzurro]

6 minutes ago, trooky said:

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

Lookman, though good, was not what we needed ie a right winger/midfielder, he'd have been a mere luxury because he was poor on the right when played there.

 

Rodgers still had more than enough in the squad to finish an easy mid table had he employed them properly. He's been found out big style all round for those willing to look closely. Good riddance, he can go boil his head. Just should have been a long time ago. 

[Guest binic16]

the only bloody refresh we needed was getting rid of this con man.

[Guest nathan.]

15 minutes ago, trooky said:

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

Who are you Brendans lady boy?

[jayfox26]

29 minutes ago, trooky said:

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

In 4 seasons he's spent around £250m. Of course we've sold players during this time but other than Fofana, it's money raised from plaùyers he hasn't signed. 

 

First summer he had we spent around £100m on new signings, with us selling Maguire for around £80m. £20m net spend isn't huge but remember, Maguire would have been on around £50k a week, the players brought in that summer would be on a combined weekly wage of around £250k per week. Also worth pointing out that only Tielemans and Justin could be considered a success out of these signings, and Tielemans we are now losing for nothing but that isn't down to Rodgers. So whilst our net spend at this point isn't huge, he's been backed well with several high profile signings and the wage bill has increased drastically.

 

Summer 2. Roughly a zero net spent after selling Chilwell, and signing Castagne and Fofana, both could be considered good signings, especially Fofana who we go on to make a huge profit. Given we lost a few players like Slimani and Silva, the wage bill will have gone down a bit at this point.

 

Summer 3. Around £60m net spend after signing Daka, Soumare and Vestergaard for decent fees, made a small bit of money from selling Ghezzal and loaning out Praet. Wage bill at this point will have spiralled after also signing Bertrand on a free on around £70k per week plus any sign on fee he will have received. Fuchs and Morgan free up some wages but wages for the new signings plus still paying some of Praets wage means the wage bill at this point is at an all time high for the club and arguably unsustainable without continued European qualification. 

 

Summer 4. No European football, wage bill through the roof, players on high wages that we can't shift. Sell Fofana late in the window and replace with Faes. Net spend of around +£60m. Schmeichel departure freed up some wages but no European football meant our wage bill wasn't sustainable vs our revenue. Club took the decision to not bring anymore signings in until players were shifted and wage bill eased. 

 

January 2023. Club shits themselves about potential relegation so brings in Kristiansen, Souttar and Tete (loan fee) in taking the season net spend to around to around +£27m, but wage bill goes back up again. 

 

So ultimately, Rodgers used net spend as a case to slate the board for lack of backing and as an excuse for his own failings but he has been fortunate enough to have inherited players like Maguire and Chilwell that ultimately aided his net spend argument. He hasn't taken into account how the wage bill has spiralled whilst the squad has been filled with a lot of poor/average players on high wages who we can't shift. 

 

He brought in Congerton. 

Congerton filled our squad with shit.

Wage bill spiralled out of control. 

 

Of course the board and Rudkin have to take some responsibility but ultimately, Rodgers has left the club in a much worse position than he found it. 

 

 

 

 

[Daggers]

6 hours ago, trooky said:

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

Alright Brendo, enough now. Go enjoy the millions you conned out of the club rather than persisting with this nonsense - we’re never going to like you. 
 

Go sort out your belts and notebooks or something. 

[Koke]

We appointed Dean Smith,  an Englishman. So the media will slow down this Rodgers propaganda. Had we appointed a young coach from Sporting or Reims, the usual suspects from Soccer Saturday and Talksport would be out in force.

[trooky]

9 hours ago, jayfox26 said:

Why does alot of the media, many fans of other clubs and even a few of our fans have this strange view that Rodgers shouldn't have been sacked? 2 top 5 finishes, an fa Cup and a community shield. All amazing. We'll all be forever thankful. However we don't live in the past. Ranieri found this. So judging him in the here and now (well before he was sacked), he's been underperforming for nearly 2 years. Signings while he's been here have been pretty poor, other than the odd few decent signings, and I also don't buy the "he had nothing to do with transfers" bollocks. He brought congerton with him from celtic so he is fully responsible for the state of the squad. He hasn't been backed? He spent a fortune in summer 2021, without selling anyone, most of the signings being poor and on high wages and ultimately leading to the financial issues that meant we had no money last summer. Then when he got no signings other than Faes, spits his dummy out and has a negative attitude, blaming the board, the players, the fans, anyone but him, which lead to a toxic atmosphere amongst the players and fans. Finally gets new signings in January but still can't get any of the players to perform or find a system or tactics that suits the players he has. 

 

So with all this and probably a lot more I've missed, can someone explain to me what these people saw in Rodgers over the past 18+ months that I've not seen? 

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

[trooky]

Why is this about Brenno, he should have been sacked in the summer. But it's impossible to criticise the club for the mess that were in without this forum jumping to defend the board and Top and hating on Rodgers.

 

Rodgers was left in the job so long to deflect from the board and the absolute shambles they've made of running the club but your all to blind to see it, and know your all happy because you're got shakey and Smith.

 

The club hasn't spent anywhere near enough money to keep us in the PL

 

[Roosters boots]

Anyone one would think Leicester have some bottomless pit of money 😂 it’s Leicester ffs what we’ve spent is record amounts for us and up there with some of the biggest clubs in Europe. We can’t sustain that and never will. 

[FoxyLeon]

8 hours ago, trooky said:

We spent £65 million on 3 players, one loan and a free transfer in 2021, we couldn't even find the £11 million to make Lookman a permanent signing.

 

That's not being backed by any stretch and if we had the £100 million squad refresh that was required we wouldn't be in this mess.

 

Last summer all PL teams spent huge sums and we didn't. 

 

I never understand how people fail to grasp that Football doesn't just 'Reset' every season. If Guardiola doesn't spend a penny this Summer, that doesn't mean Man City will be in the bottom three. Until this season, we had a wage budget which matched our turnover...We've been at maximum capacity and Brendan Rodgers has been backed financially as strongly as a Club our size can back him. It's nothing to do with Ownership, we can't just spend more on wages no matter who our owner is.

His decision to give contracts to Vestergaard/Bertrand, and others, which means no other Clubs will take them, is what has led to us not being able to have a 'Squad Refresh'. Rodgers even began using those who needed to be refreshed the most, like Amartey and Mendy, who have become regulars despite Puel not being convinced they were good enough.

 

His decision to "Stop selling our best player every Summer" has led to what? Us losing our best players for free....Genius. If Rodgers wasn't/isn't the problem then what is? I can accept the argument that Top is fundamentally the Captain of the Ship. But ultimately, he's sailed the ship in Rodgers's direction, and that's well and truly ****ed us. Brendan Rodger's Management of this Club has destroyed it. Like at Celtic and Liverpool....The big difference is that they're huge clubs who can turn the problems around quickly, we're not. 

[FoxyLeon]

11 minutes ago, trooky said:

Why is this about Brenno, he should have been sacked in the summer. But it's impossible to criticise the club for the mess that were in without this forum jumping to defend the board and Top and hating on Rodgers.

 

Rodgers was left in the job so long to deflect from the board and the absolute shambles they've made of running the club but your all to blind to see it, and know your all happy because you're got shakey and Smith.

 

The club hasn't spent anywhere near enough money to keep us in the PL

 

 

There's enough quality in our squad to be mid table. I've seen an abundance of individual quality for 3 years, but poor coaching which has left us declining as a Team/Unit game after game after game. Look at Kristiansen and Tete at Villa, the same with Castagne when he first came in at West Brom, Soyuncu, Faes etc etc....Everybody looks great when they arrive, still fresh from the previous Club's coaching, and then they disintegrate straight away. 

Looking back now, it's clear we haven't had a proper 'Footballing person' here since Puel. His transfer record for us, was outrageously good. Even Benkovic, before that horrific injury, looked like he was going to be the next best thing.