Rodgers best game?

[volpeazzurro]

6 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

If anyone can’t see the facts and haven’t enjoyed the good times we’ve had over the last 4 years, and in particular the first 2 then yes they are all of those things.

The contrary opinion maybe however is that with the squad Rodgers had compared to the opposition at that particular time, 5th/6th should have been reasonably expected. There's also an element of luck in a cup competition though I do think Rodgers deserves credit for at least fielding strong sides in the preliminary rounds. We had more than a little fortune on the actual day.

 

However, with what he had and what he leaves us with and the position we find ourselves in, arguably could effectively ruin our club for years to come, he's squandered, in my opinion, a chance in a lifetime due to poor management. His and his mate Congerton have hardly, with the exception of Fofana, hardly taken us to the next level with their departures from our previous transfer model. 

 

So yes, I take a contrary position, but I wouldn't call your unintelligent or ignorant, just a different opinion that you are very welcome to. 

[volpeazzurro]

3 minutes ago, Dusty said:

Honestly you are completely deluded if you think a team can get to two 5th place finishes and win an fa cup and community shield without a good manager. Everyone’s jealous of Brighton and they might not even once achieve what we did for 2 years. Stop being stupid just because you didn’t like him. 

I'm merely saying that with what he'd got it wasn't the greatest managerial feat and hardly that of an elite messiah with what he'd got. There would have been a number of Premiership managers at the time envious of our squad and equally as capable at least. 

[Aus Fox]

6 minutes ago, volpeazzurro said:

The contrary opinion maybe however is that with the squad Rodgers had compared to the opposition at that particular time, 5th/6th should have been reasonably expected. There's also an element of luck in a cup competition though I do think Rodgers deserves credit for at least fielding strong sides in the preliminary rounds. We had more than a little fortune on the actual day.

 

However, with what he had and what he leaves us with and the position we find ourselves in, arguably could effectively ruin our club for years to come, he's squandered, in my opinion, a chance in a lifetime due to poor management. His and his mate Congerton have hardly, with the exception of Fofana, hardly taken us to the next level with their departures from our previous transfer model. 

 

So yes, I take a contrary position, but I wouldn't call your unintelligent or ignorant, just a different opinion that you are very welcome to. 

This thread is about his best performance. It’s been pointed out numerous games that we all enjoyed as Leicester fans…

I can’t believe that anyone didn’t love every moment of the 9-0 win against Southampton, 5-2 at Man City, winning the FA Cup, the quarter final v Man Utd, the win at PSV, wins home and away at the big 6.

Regardless of what should have been reasonably expected, there’s no denying over his time there have been some phenomenal performances. That was my original point, every Leicester supporter should be able to identify a brilliant performance over his time at the club and to not want to acknowledge this isn’t an opinion it’s being ignorant.

[Pliskin]

Man City away, it was a genuine masterclass. 

[moore_94]

Going from when he first joined to now these are the games and periods I have enjoyed the most under Rodgers:

 

18/19

3-0 win at home vs Arsenal, absolutely dominated them

 

19/20

Probably my favourite period under Rodgers in his time here - September until Christmas in 2019

 

Some of the best football I have ever seen us play and this run included 2-1 vs Spurs, 5-0 vs Newcastle, 9-0 vs Southampton, 2-0 vs Arsenal, 2-1 vs Everton with Nacho late VAR winner, 4-1 vs Villa

 

We were just awesome to watch

 

20/21

5-2 win away at Man City, absolutely rattled them

 

The FA Cup run

 

21/22

1-0 win vs Liverpool - squad absolutely decimated with a defence made up of a kid and 2 defensive mids, absolutely loved it

 

The 2 games against Rennes - even though we technically lost the 2nd leg the atmosphere from both sets of fans at that game was awesome

 

22/23

That run before the World Cup where we beat Forest, Wolves, Everton, West Ham - seemed like we were “back”

 

The 4-1 win against Spurs

Edited 3 April 2023 by moore_94

[The boy Linacre]

Got to sat Eindhoven away was pretty good, he didn't mess around till 60mins, he made changes at half time and when required and it changed the game.  He was bold and it paid off.  Hard to believe a year ago next week!!

Villa March 20 4-0

Man City 5-2 A Sept 20

Manure FA Cup 1/4 final 20

FA Cup final - but that was more about what it was/meant

Manure Oct 21 4-2

Got to say 5 great results this season, Wolves, Everton & Villa Away & Forest & Spurs at home.

Harder then to understand what has happened and where we are and how we played on Saturday.

 

[David Hankey]

Some would say his last.

 

I say the FA Cup Final victory.

[Nod.E]

2 hours ago, westernpark said:

Leicester 1 Chelsea 0. We actually matched and beat a good side under Brendan, when there was pressure and something on the line.

We were poor tbh. I know that sort of response gets pelters, but we did get lucky in that game. Youri pulls something out of nothing and Schmeichel put in a 10/10 performance. We offered little.

 

Obvious answer is the 9-0, but I'll throw 5-0 vs. Newcastle in as well. We looked electric that day.

[The boy Linacre]

34 minutes ago, Dusty said:

Honestly you are completely deluded if you think a team can get to two 5th place finishes and win an fa cup and community shield without a good manager. Everyone’s jealous of Brighton and they might not even once achieve what we did for 2 years. Stop being stupid just because you didn’t like him. 

Really interesting how much he divides opinion.

He did indeed have 3 great seasons, twice 5th and an FA Cup win and and 8th & European Trophy semi final.

Yet there is an ENORMOUS But over some of the best seasons position wise in our history.

Many say at least one should be a 4th and ECL participation.  The team is a mess, the football has generally been very poor over the last 6-12 months, the subs have at least 85% of the time been a disaster, what did he do to Cags, what has happened to Wilf, even KDH has gone backwards, he has never known what forward to play after Vardy lost it.  Players continually not being available due to injuries, was that ever the clubs fault?  His personality that was ALWAYS about HIM, his blaming of others.  I'll always think he did a very good job, but he'll never have the love and respect as others.

[Paninistickers]

2 hours ago, turlo said:

Man Utd FA Cup quarter final

It was indeed absolute, suffocating control. Close to perfection, their goal against the run of play apart

[westernpark]

6 minutes ago, Nod.E said:

We were poor tbh. I know that sort of response gets pelters, but we did get lucky in that game. Youri pulls something out of nothing and Schmeichel put in a 10/10 performance. We offered little.

 

Obvious answer is the 9-0, but I'll throw 5-0 vs. Newcastle in as well. We looked electric that day.

Yeah the 5-0 was good, we should have scored more. But my point was that we managed the game well, we showed passion and grounded out a win, in the most important of circumstances. Effectively we showed characteristics that were missing from the majority of performances under Rodgers.

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, volpeazzurro said:

I'm merely saying that with what he'd got it wasn't the greatest managerial feat and hardly that of an elite messiah with what he'd got. There would have been a number of Premiership managers at the time envious of our squad and equally as capable at least. 

You point me in the direction of a manager that has finished top 6 twice and won a major trophy with a club that isn't Liverpool/Man Utd/Man City/Arsenal/Chelsea ?

 

Breaking into the top 4/top 6 is so difficult. Newcastle are having a good go at it this season, but have spent a lot, and haven't actually won anything. If they finish top 6 this season, next season and win the FA Cup then I will concede. But they won't.

 

And if the FA Cup was so easy to win then a previous manager in our long history would have done it. Since the PL started in 1992, only three teams have won the FA Cup without being a traditional big club (us, Wigan, Portsmouth). But niether Portsmouth or Wigan finished in the top 6 to go alongside their trophy.

 

I don't think you, or some others, quite appreciate two top 6 finishes and a major trophy. And that's without counting the Comminity Sheild. Of course it should have been two top 4 finishes but the fact Rodgers got us in that contention anyway, twice, was still brilliant.

Edited 3 April 2023 by Fox92

[foxfanazer]

We've actually beaten some pretty decent sides in his time here. The Man City one where Rodri complained about our style, the 5-2 I think. Couple of decent games against United too. 

The Southampton game was obviously incredible and was nice to see us be so ruthless

[SystonFox]

2 hours ago, Nod.E said:

We were poor tbh. I know that sort of response gets pelters, but we did get lucky in that game. Youri pulls something out of nothing and Schmeichel put in a 10/10 performance. We offered little.

 

Obvious answer is the 9-0, but I'll throw 5-0 vs. Newcastle in as well. We looked electric that day.

thats also part of football though. you can't beat teams 9-0 away each week and win at the best team 5-2 away. the way we dug in in the cup final. against all odds. the evans injury early on, the tielemans wonder strike, the kasper saves, the chillwell knee slide, the chelsea fans reaction and the leicester roar. you cannot write stuff like that. fairy tale.

 

4-1 vs spurs we were on it.

4-0 forest this season

3-1 vs man utd in the cup

0-2 vs palace (ironically) and also 

2-0 spurs away during covid. result was never in doubt as we controlled the game start to finish

[SickoDicko]

The period in 19/20 where we won 8 in a row and Vardy scored in them all was unmatched for me, some of the best stuff I've seen us play where we genuinely tore teams apart. Shame we'd only win 6 more games in the Prem that season after this run

[Blueman1967]

FA Cup final 2021,  brought Morgan on at the end and it worked.

[Lambert09]

5 hours ago, Pliskin said:

Man City away, it was a genuine masterclass. 

there’s always been a part of me that felt this was more luck for rodgers than a masterclass. We set up to essentially do what we do against any team rodgers thought he was better than. Difference was that we were just so damn efficient with our counter attack… more of a vardy masterclass than a brendan one imo. 

 

Best game for me, the 2-0 against arsenal… we just did our thing and absolutely outclassed them man to man… that felt like a proper performance to me. 

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, SystonFox said:

thats also part of football though. you can't beat teams 9-0 away each week and win at the best team 5-2 away. the way we dug in in the cup final. against all odds. the evans injury early on, the tielemans wonder strike, the kasper saves, the chillwell knee slide, the chelsea fans reaction and the leicester roar. you cannot write stuff like that. fairy tale.

The xG for the Cup final was 1.13 to 0.56 to Chelsea. It's hardly this occasion of luck some think it is. 

 

By comparison our trip to Stamford Bridge last season in May was 1.77 Chelsea 0.05 Leicester! 

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Lambert09 said:

there’s always been a part of me that felt this was more luck for rodgers than a masterclass. We set up to essentially do what we do against any team rodgers thought he was better than. Difference was that we were just so damn efficient with our counter attack… more of a vardy masterclass than a brendan one imo. 

 

Best game for me, the 2-0 against arsenal… we just did our thing and absolutely outclassed them man to man… that felt like a proper performance to me. 

Man City also happened to have Eric Garcia at centre-back and Kyle Walker having one of his afternoons.