…run his course as Leicester manager?
After a relatively disappointing and disjointed end to two consecutive league seasons, and a very poor start to this, are things just too comfortable at the King Power?
Injuries aside, we have had several periods during Rodgers’ tenure where the team look devoid of ideas.
The start we’ve made this season is seriously worrying. The players looked frustrated yesterday, totally lacking in creativity, organization, positivity, progression, aggression. The list goes on.
We’ve achieved some fantastic things with Rodgers and I honestly hope we can turn this around. I’m also very relaxed that we have owners who won’t panic.
But performances like yesterday’s are all too frequent and that tells me something is seriously wrong.
Has Brendan Rodgers…
posted on 31/10/21
comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 40 minutes ago
Not time for Rodgers to go no, but he does need to fix a problem and quickly otherwise we’re in danger of going backwards quickly.
Continue in our current form and we lose Tielemans in the summer, maybe one or two others and we’re suddenly chasing to catch-up again.
But if he can fix our current form, we finish top 10 and win a cup everyone can relax again. And this is possible.
Win the Europa (unlikely) and we might even keep Tielemans. So we need to seriously arrest this form and it’s Rodgers job to do that.
He got his tactics woefully wrong yesterday. He needs to learn from that.
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Yes Rodgers should have switched the formation minutes into the first half, because it shows very early that it isn't working. Why wait till half time while you can easily switch before it is late.
posted on 31/10/21
I’d say No, but it looks like we’re going into a dip from the previous peak. Disappointing in missing out on the Champions League twice, but positive in that we got an FA Cup from it. I think we’re entering a new transition phase. If Rodgers is happy to stay on, I see no reason why he shouldn’t lead it.
My concern is more the recruitment, which hasn’t proven good this summer. Daka looks very promising; the rest, the jury’s out at best.
posted on 31/10/21
comment by NijaFox (U21877)
posted 1 hour, 53 minutes ago
comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 40 minutes ago
Not time for Rodgers to go no, but he does need to fix a problem and quickly otherwise we’re in danger of going backwards quickly.
Continue in our current form and we lose Tielemans in the summer, maybe one or two others and we’re suddenly chasing to catch-up again.
But if he can fix our current form, we finish top 10 and win a cup everyone can relax again. And this is possible.
Win the Europa (unlikely) and we might even keep Tielemans. So we need to seriously arrest this form and it’s Rodgers job to do that.
He got his tactics woefully wrong yesterday. He needs to learn from that.
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Yes Rodgers should have switched the formation minutes into the first half, because it shows very early that it isn't working. Why wait till half time while you can easily switch before it is late.
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I hear what you’re saying and it was so painfully obvious it was all wrong after 10 mins yesterday, but what we don’t know is whether players were doing what Rodgers asked for.
Also, to go to a back 4 Rodgers needed to make two subs and to do that after 20 minutes severely hampers any further changes.
We managed to get a grip on the game after going 2-0 down and whilst the horse had already bolted, I understand why we waited until half time to shut the stable door.
What is more concerning is why he went 3-5-2 in the first place. Watching the coverage after the game it was mentioned that Arsenal have had success against that in recent times so if the pundits knew that, why didn’t Rodgers, and if he did, that’s even worse!
posted on 31/10/21
Rodgers is like Till, flatters to deceive, if either stay or go it's no skin of my nose.
We're a Great Club weith an excellent squad where Rodgers has done well, it does seem to be his form though to start well at Clubs and then run out of Ideas.
Either will jump at a chance to progress their self interests, that's life.
posted on 31/10/21
Hopefully not.
Caribbean, you should definitely not be relaxed about having owners who won't panic, quite the opposite is true, they have form for getting rid of managers. So 40 points is always a target, we don't want to be struggling in the League in the run up to Christmas.
posted on 1/11/21
A bit of context to these things is important.
Brendan Rodgers is the second most successful manager in our entire history. Consecutive top five finishes is over achieving despite the fact that in both cases we threw away our chances of hitting the top four. In the case of lase season we did have the worst injury crisis I can ever remember at the club.
Yes, the start this season has been disappointing and the recruitment has been its worse since 2016. Whoever was advising on the Vestergaard and Bertrand transfers should be looking nervously over their shoulder.
But it's too early to panic. Really the main issue is to fix the defence. Whether that's achieved through the likes of Justin and Fofana coming back from injury or we need yet more new blood in January - I don't know - or can it be achieved by changes in formation and role?
We should stick with Brendan as long as we don't get into relegation difficulty. Of course, if we start dropping towards the relegation zone then we'd probably need to get rid. The squad has too much talent in it to be troubling the botton three.
posted on 1/11/21
You only have to look at the spurs fans on here that would take him straight away says everything. They got rid of pochetino and have been regretting it ever since (and he didn’t win a bean) Be careful what you wish for
posted on 1/11/21
From what I saw of Saturday's match, whilst the first 20 minutes were pretty shambolic, Arsenal didn't have too many more decent chances to extend the lead.
Ramsdale won the game for them. On another day we win 3-2 and there would be far less complaints. We created chances, but they fell to the wrong people to finish them (namely Barnes and Thomas). Evans did all he could with the rebound and Ramsdale was just in inspired form. Not much you can do about that.
Brendan's time hasn't run its course yet. We are missing Fofana and Justin badly. Castagne has come back from the summer with a broken face, Bertrand and Vestergaard should never have been expected to simply walk in and understand how the team/system operates. Anyone who thought they would is deluded.
We started to pick up momentum and but for a crazy 20 minutes, could have continued that. As it is, we are what, 6 points off the top 4 after about 9-10 games. There is loads to play for this season, including a cup QF against Liverpool (who will hopefully be resting a bunch of key first teamers and giving their kids a run out). Who knows, we could yet win that.
Plenty to play for. As someone else said, Spurs would snap any limb they could off to have him as their manager. Sit tight team, there's plenty more to come!
posted on 2/11/21
Joby - 'Brendan Rodgers is the second most successful manager in our entire history'. Irrelevant, he's below the sacking bar which was set with Ranieri, hence my concern that we do not end up struggling before (or after) any Christmas - 40 points!
YWF - 'From what I saw of Saturday's match, whilst the first 20 minutes were pretty shambolic, Arsenal didn't have too many more decent chances to extend the lead.' True, but that was because they dropped off once they were 2 goals ahead and stopped pressing us high rather than any miraculous improvement on our behalf. They obviously thought - correctly - that was a sufficient lead. It allowed us back into the match, which we dominated in the second half once Brendan got the formation right. On another day they could easily have dropped points.
posted on 2/11/21
Just to be clear I don't want Brendan out!