Leicester City FC

I have to say If they can't win at least say 3-4 of them Rogers is gone. Would be be a shocker if he was sacked this morning.

^ meanwhile the players (that are left) go on collecting their (inflated) wages, and driving their high - end cars! Who holds them responsible for failing to do their jobs properly?? Anyone ...... ever??

Rodgers has stated today that he will not walk away from the job.
He's been upset by Leicester refusing to dip into the transfer market until they balance the books.

(05-09-2022 10:55 )Charlemagne Wrote:  Rodgers has stated today that he will not walk away from the job.
He's been upset by Leicester refusing to dip into the transfer market until they balance the books.

Understandable!! On the flip side, sound financial management has served Leicester well up to this point, however if they gave the green light to the player exodus recently (Fofana appeared to have an issue with Rogers - Schmichel?? I thought he was content) over the head of Rogers, and didn't leave room for replacements, then they don't really get football perhaps and how it operates in a unique market. If you haven't got the ability to fill the holes left by such players leaving, what do you do with that?? Were though the owners' intentions in this area not made clear to him at the outset??

(04-09-2022 22:06 )hornball Wrote:  You have to wonder the basis upon which the heirarchy sold the club dream to Rogers, and did they effectively sell him a false prospectus (where did the debt come from or did the owners do a Glazers??) How did they end up selling their best assets, but not provide funds for - or sell the club to - prospective buys??

Leicester's problem is not debt. The owners are happy to put more money in if required. The problem is the financial fair play rules which Leicester can't meet at the moment due to having a too high wage bill. The owners wanted players to be sold first to solve that issue before new players were brought it, but the players made available for transfer weren't wanted by other clubs or refused to leave. It's not that transfer funds aren't available. Unless players leave there is just no room in the wage bill for new signings to come in.

The next match, home to Forest, has become huge now. Any game against them is big anyway, but after 6 successive defeats we're really desperate. If we lose at home to Forest I'm not sure where we would go from there, but with our leaky defence I wonder how many goals we need to score to win. At least we know what the target is for this season. Brendan Rodgers said it, to avoid relegation.

(20-09-2022 13:11 )dominar rygel xvi Wrote:  

(04-09-2022 22:06 )hornball Wrote:  You have to wonder the basis upon which the heirarchy sold the club dream to Rogers, and did they effectively sell him a false prospectus (where did the debt come from or did the owners do a Glazers??) How did they end up selling their best assets, but not provide funds for - or sell the club to - prospective buys??

Leicester's problem is not debt. The owners are happy to put more money in if required. The problem is the financial fair play rules which Leicester can't meet at the moment due to having a too high wage bill. The owners wanted players to be sold first to solve that issue before new players were brought it, but the players made available for transfer weren't wanted by other clubs or refused to leave. It's not that transfer funds aren't available. Unless players leave there is just no room in the wage bill for new signings to come in.

The next match, home to Forest, has become huge now. Any game against them is big anyway, but after 6 successive defeats we're really desperate. If we lose at home to Forest I'm not sure where we would go from there, but with our leaky defence I wonder how many goals we need to score to win. At least we know what the target is for this season. Brendan Rodgers said it, to avoid relegation.

That is some turnaround of the Foxes fortunes! From heroes of the Prem only 6 or so years ago, and then comfortable European qualifiers (after all the years of relegation - avoiding relegation and back again) to this!! I am no expert, but it seems like a situation where they threw buckets of dosh at achieving success, without also looking at the long term of financial stability! On the face of it, it looks like the foxes are a sensible disciplined entity, but maybe that speaks more to the state they got into, and had to address, than any prudent management of the p0unds and pence?? Can't think of many clubs that would have had a fire sale of their best assets, without a plan to plug the gaps. Is Rogers the right man to carry the can for all this?? If you can point to his formations/tactics then yes, but if he was left with a duff hand, then maybe the card dealers in the boardroom need a rocket?? Players too, what ever the rights/wrongs of tactics etc need to take responsibility, but that would mean them still existing and operating in the real world. Maybe I am jaundiced, but rarely do you see football operate within the real world much at all??

(20-09-2022 16:42 )hornball Wrote:  Can't think of many clubs that would have had a fire sale of their best assets, without a plan to plug the gaps.

We only sold 2 players in the summer and we got good money for them - and we did sign replacements too, even if cut-prices ones.

Anyway, tonight's match is so big there are hardly words to describe it. It would be an immense game even without the local rivalry.

Brendan Rodgers has been sacked by Leicester City after the club dropped into the Premier League relegation zone yesterday.

Took them long enough to do it he's been on borrowed time for the last few months at least

Too much cost cutting and Rodgers paid the price. Results have gone downhill as the club sought to balance the books.