Poll: Premier League Sack Race 2022/23
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Leicester fans on my Facebook feed were sharing things like them smiling with their kids outside the ground, but captioned 'Happy faces before Rogers's last game in charge. "
Soldato
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It looks down to how much it will cost sacking Rodgers, I heard its £10m+, which is nothing compared to getting relegated.
I just hope Villa sack Slippy and take Brenton off us
Soldato
Why do Leicester fans want rid of Rodgers? He's a better manager than their squad, a squad which was smashed by injury last season and the owners have chosen not to recruit (rightfully if they are looking to sustain the club financially) in which others teams have invested incredibly heavily...
If you want anyone to get you through this season it should be him as he's tactically more savvy than most and then back him next year with some refresh of the squad... Am I missing something?
If you want anyone to get you through this season it should be him as he's tactically more savvy than most and then back him next year with some refresh of the squad... Am I missing something?
Caporegime
I think the biggest thing is that their squad isn't close to the worst in the league and yet thats where they are.
Caporegime
That and they have obviously downed tools. If a relationship has failed and ended you do not try and keep going. You get divorced.
I think Rodgers has approached it all wrong. He knew there wouldn't be any money and should have publicly came out with that and backed his current squad then he might be in a different situation.
The problem Leicester have had is they have achieved far over what everyone thought and now "expects" them to be a "big 6" club but they just do not have the revenue of the bigger teams to keep up with it.
Soldato
I'm not with this "if it ain't working you get divorced" malarky after 6 games... Give people time to work it out and we certainly don't know what the feeling is inside the squad.
Of note - Rodgers did come out and state there was no money and backed his squad in the pre-match with United... he even said that expectations change when you compete for top 4/6 and that they need revaluate that under the current financial crush.
Of note - Rodgers did come out and state there was no money and backed his squad in the pre-match with United... he even said that expectations change when you compete for top 4/6 and that they need revaluate that under the current financial crush.
Caporegime
Thats a different problem to their current one however. I do agree though. Once you do well one season, everyone expects you to maintain or improve that despite there being 19 other teams that have a large say in your league position.
How have they got themselves into such a bind financially. They have sold so many good players for good money over the past 7 or so years.
Fofana - 72m
Chilwell - 45m
Maguire - 78m
Mahrez - 62m
Drinkwater - 35m
Kante - 32m
They haven't bought well but I wouldn't say they have ****** money up the wall like many other teams. Their net transfer outgoings seem to average about £20m/season which is low.
Soldato
It's a very good question and I don't know if someone here's got the time to check it or the info at hand. There was a line in the build up to the united game that Maguire had paid for the state of the art training ground. Have they refurbbed the stadium? Maybe they're still paying this off and doing a bit of Tottenham and having to suck it up for a year.
If I was an owner I wouldn't want to just be pumping my own money in, i'd be looking to build a self-sufficient club. Naturally that all depends on the owners wealth, and how much they're willing to put in first to gain a certain level before expecting it to start making ends meet. This appears to be that point for Leicester and hopefully the fans appreciate this is going to be a suck it up year...
I quite like Rodgers and don't think you can really blame him. It's a difficult situation when the owners seem to have lost interest and don't strengthen the squad - once that happens it spells bad news for any club. It's OK spending money elsewhere but if you neglect the squad, you'll end up struggling.
On the face of it the squad doesn't look that bad, quite a few decent players there, but perhaps a lack of any consistency. Maybe Rodgers has been very poor tactically, I couldn't say, but who would replace him...
They have to beat Villa or he's done.
On the face of it the squad doesn't look that bad, quite a few decent players there, but perhaps a lack of any consistency. Maybe Rodgers has been very poor tactically, I couldn't say, but who would replace him...
They have to beat Villa or he's done.
Oh I dont blame him at all personally but then i dont watch them every week. That being said i have money on him leaving so leave please
For me, if he's lost the dressing room he would have to go. If he hasn't, I think they have Forest/palace/Bournemouth after spurs? I'd give him them games to see if he can get some wins.
If they don't get 7 points from them, he's done.
If they don't get 7 points from them, he's done.
For a start, they actually spend more than people think. Their net spend from 17/18 through to 20/21 has been as follows: £51m, £39m, £30m & £11m - an average of just under £33m.
Like most smaller PL clubs, their biggest issue is they spend such a large proportion of their turnover on wages. In 17/18 they spent £119m on wages on a turnover of £159m, in 18/19 it got worse and they were spending £150m on £178m, in 19/20 it was £158m on £150m turnover and 20/21 it was £192m on £226m turnover. Once you factor in other day to day running costs (excluding transfers), Leicester are spending pretty much every single penny the club generates and in some seasons, more. So while some might say £30m net per season isn't much, it's £30m odd that the club doesn't have.
And in addition to finding that extra £30m odd per season that's been spent on transfers, Leicester have also spent around £140m in the last 4 years on infrastructure. That's now a £260m odd black hole which has been funded by an extra £160m from their owners, £60m odd in external loans and a net transfer debt of around £40m.
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You have to blame Rodgers, he has wasted a lot of money on terrible players, who'd struggle in the Championship. Most of them refused transfers, just happy to see out their contract playing in the reserves.Oh I dont blame him at all personally but then i dont watch them every week. That being said i have money on him leaving so leave please
Rodgers lost the dressing room, some time ago, falling out with players (Soyuncu and Fofana), you only have to look at the attitude of the team, no one is fighting, quick to blame each other, no one putting in any effort, jogging around in games like its a training session.
Sacking Rodgers might cost £10m, how much will it cost to be relegated?!?
What Leicester shows is how unsustainable the PL is if you want to actually improve your facilities and build a team. Considering the players they have sold year in year out but are in big debt it all a bit pointless. The finances of the game are so utterly broken.
I assume you have not watched us play.
Its all about momentum and the development of the players.
Its become very evident now Rodgers has all the following problems.
Long term players regress under him.
Soyuncu for example was a 50million defender 2 years ago, now he cant get into a relegation side.
Ndidi is a shadow of his former self.
Chilwell was regressing before he left, same with Fofana.
He has fell out with half of our squad.
Certain players simply cannot even get to be on the pitch as a sub now under him and its now out in public leaked he has fell out with many players.
His record in the transfer market is horrible.
We spent 30 million on two of the defenders from Southampton who were there for two 9-0 defeats, and both of them dont play. They are also both on very high wages. There is other poor signings in addition to this. Liverpool and Celtic also had this problem, Klopp in his first season had to do a massive clearout of Rodgers signings.
The team we have now is largely the same team that got 5th twice, its nowhere near a relegation team, the problem is the manager not the players, Rodgers effectively once a player loses confidence under him (he scolds them everytime they do a misplaced pass) they become timid in their play and his policy is once he ruins a player he wants the club to buy him a new one to replace the player so he can start again, the problem with that is we not Manchester City owned by a oil billionaire.
He is obsessed with keeping the ball, a million passes every game between our CBs and we incapable of doing forward play or defending.
He is even now attacking the club's board every press conference now and started blaming the fans. He is done here.
He is kind of similar to Jose where he has about a 2 year shelf life at a club.
Also his tactical savviness is a myth, most games he his outdone by the opposing manager, he cant read a game to save his life.
Soldato
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