OzMike
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Rodgers won't even get an interview.
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[Albion] Next Brighton manager
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War of attrition over there. I'm sure Rodgers would want to leave the ship, but unwilling to give up his £1m/month paycheck, and I'm sure Leicester would like to sack him, but are unwilling to pay him his wages. He wants to be sacked, they want him to resign. Makes both of them look bad.
Not sure I feel he got stiched up really. Rodgers said all summer he was happy with Ward as the new number one. He wanted new players but not sure he had any ambition to sign a new goalie.
They've supported him financially over the years and he hasn't managed to develop players to the extent required to make big sales to finance it. Sure they sold Fofana now but last summer nothing and the club made a massive £120m loss. You can't expect investments in a situation like that... and you surely can't reasonably moan about lack of signings in that situation. Ward might not give his defenders confidence, but neither does Rodgers. Crying about no signings is essentially telling the media publicly that the players he has aren't good enough... not surprisingly all of them look like they have zero self-confidence now.
Motogull
Todd Warrior
- Sep 16, 2005
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I finally got round to watching our highlights v Leicester. Looking at GP, if there was anything going on with Chelsea then, he was hiding it really well.
Rodger's precarious position is getting more news than our vacancy. Brentford's boss being mentioned, so are his possible replacements etc. There could be a lot of discussions taking place at a number of other clubs. I hope we announce before others. Imagine if Leicester bin Rodgers then announce his replacement first.
Rodger's precarious position is getting more news than our vacancy. Brentford's boss being mentioned, so are his possible replacements etc. There could be a lot of discussions taking place at a number of other clubs. I hope we announce before others. Imagine if Leicester bin Rodgers then announce his replacement first.
Quite possible - suspect Leicester have been seriously looking at alternatives longer than us.
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 31,263
The thing about Leicester is that they have been the only club to threaten the Big 6 in the last 7 years. They have mixed it with them for a long time despite losing big players to them like Kante, Mahrez, Chilwell, Fofana. Therefore, when the money and recruitment begins to dry up and the replacements aren't as good the team confidence can drop off a cliff.
Losing Schmeichel and Fofana was obviously the tipping point. I don't think this makes Rodgers a bad manager per se, and if Tony wanted a range of candidates including someone with a proven record in the Prem then Rodgers would be a good option for that list.
I could see him at Villa, or Newcastle if Eddie Howe underperforms.
Losing Schmeichel and Fofana was obviously the tipping point. I don't think this makes Rodgers a bad manager per se, and if Tony wanted a range of candidates including someone with a proven record in the Prem then Rodgers would be a good option for that list.
I could see him at Villa, or Newcastle if Eddie Howe underperforms.
And rightly so. He's sh*t.
Machiavelli
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The notion that GP had been tapped up by Chelsea has been spread by those peddling the betrayal narrative. Chelsea started the season badly, so they would have been considering a replacement but, if you heard Tuchel speak after that CL defeat, he was practically asking to be sacked. They moved swiftly from that moment on.
Yup. No chance Brighton would agree to Chelsea coming and play a friendly like two weeks after the events if there was some tapping up or other foul play.
If you're willing to spend like £100m on getting a new manager (£20m+ compensation, £60m for GP and then other staff maybe £20m), you can get the deal done pretty quickly.
Johnny RoastBeef
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- Jan 11, 2016
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Nonsense.
His Swansea team was fantastic.
His Liverpool team with Sturridge Sterling and Suarez was red hot.
His Leicester team which won the FA cup were great.
Silverhatch
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From the outside, and knowing a couple of diehard foxes fans, it seems that he cannot organise/develop or recruit a defence? Given that we are the centre half factory we might be his perfect place of work
All of which went (or are going) pear-shaped. Sorry - but I don't want the dour so and so at the Albion.
Whitechapel
Famous Last Words
Rodgers is great for a couple of seasons but has never been particularly great at bedding in new signings and his teams fall apart after 2 or 3 seasons.
He might do a good job for a little while, but he's certainly not a 'project' manager
He might do a good job for a little while, but he's certainly not a 'project' manager
