Brendan Rodgers | Rejoins Celtic on 3 year deal

esmufc07 said:
Go put your head in the sink.
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Leicester wasted too much of the season sticking with Puel who was wrong fit for the squad.

Think if the owner tragedy hadn't occurred Puel would've been sacked November or December.

Interested how close Leicester would've been to top 6 if they'd sacked him around the same time you ditched Mourinho.

Basically that 12 game winning spree gave you that buffer over the chasing pack otherwise for first three months last two months there's been little difference.
 
FootballHQ said:
Leicester wasted too much of the season sticking with Puel who was wrong fit for the squad.

Think if the owner tragedy hadn't occurred Puel would've been sacked November or December.

Interested how close Leicester would've been to top 6 if they'd sacked him around the same time you ditched Mourinho.

Basically that 12 game winning spree gave you that buffer over the chasing pack otherwise for first three months last two months there's been little difference.
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You can't just dismiss the games we won and say if we didn't win them then we wouldn't be where we are.
 
Rodgers is a very good manager. But you have to keep him away from player purchases otherwise you're fecked. And he takes it as an offence if you take that out of his hands. Its touch and go which way the season will go.

I have them as my favourites to break into the top six next season. Maybe at Utd or Arsenal's cost. Wolves are not good enough for top six IMHO.
 
Inigo Montoya said:
Apart from Arsenal, have they played any of the top 6?
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Playing well and beating top 6 isn't a problem for Leicester. Under Puel they beat Chelsea away and Man. City at home over xmas.

To finish in top 6 you need to be very consistant in putting away the bottom half teams (Leicester lost to Cardiff and Southampton at home over December-January) which is not something anyone in the top 6 does. Same problem for likes of Wolves and Everton.
 
steakpie said:
He could ruin this team with his signings.

At Liverpool and Celtic, his signings were poor overall.
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He still brought in the likes of Gomez, Coutinho, Sturridge and Firmino.

But for every one of those there was a Moreno, Balotelli, Borini or Markovic!
 
esmufc07 said:
You can't just dismiss the games we won and say if we didn't win them then we wouldn't be where we are.
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Plenty over on the United forum are but I take your point.

My point is though Man. United changed the manager in time to rescue the season. Imagine how low you'd be in table if Mourinho was left in charge until March as Puel was. No way were you going on the sort of run OGS did so would've obviously been closer to the 7th-10th teams than 4th.

When Rodgers was appointed Leicester I imagine were about 15 points off 6th so not sure what he can do in the circumstances.

Leicester tragedy obviously meant the manager position was put on the back burner for a bit.
 
Dumbstar said:
Rodgers is a very good manager. But you have to keep him away from player purchases otherwise you're fecked. And he takes it as an offence if you take that out of his hands. Its touch and go which way the season will go.

I have them as my favourites to break into the top six next season. Maybe at Utd or Arsenal's cost. Wolves are not good enough for top six IMHO.
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Keeping Tielemans is a big thing for Leicester and that's going to be a hard thing to do. Wolves may get found out next season but presuming they keep their players and sign as well as they did last summer I dont see there being a lot between the two sides and certainly would tilt it in Wolves' favour. Also think Tielemans aside Leicester are going to find it a lot hard to keep hold of their better players if someone does come in for a Maguire or Chillwell
 
charlenefan said:
Keeping Tielemans is a big thing for Leicester and that's going to be a hard thing to do. Wolves may get found out next season but presuming they keep their players and sign as well as they did last summer I dont see there being a lot between the two sides and certainly would tilt it in Wolves' favour. Also think Tielemans aside Leicester are going to find it a lot hard to keep hold of their better players if someone does come in for a Maguire or Chillwell
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Yeah agree with that. If they lose Chilwell and/or Maguire then giving Rodgers that money will be suicidal. Maybe I'll hold off on my predicting until the summer window has closed and see what damage Rodgers has done, if any.
 
PGLFC91 said:
He still brought in the likes of Gomez, Coutinho, Sturridge and Firmino.

But for every one of those there was a Moreno, Balotelli, Borini or Markovic!
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1 in 2 is a very good hit rate when it comes to transfers.
 
PGLFC91 said:
He still brought in the likes of Gomez, Coutinho, Sturridge and Firmino.

But for every one of those there was a Moreno, Balotelli, Borini or Markovic!
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He didn't want Sturridge and Coutinho. The head scouts went over his head as he was relatively new in his position to kick up a fuss. Gomez was a youth finding from Charlton, not sure he had a hand in that unless his youth knowledge was exceptional. Firmino was on him I suppose.

Not trying to diss Rodgers, he gave us good times. Just fair warning to Leicester fans.
 
Jimmy Skitz said:
our manager has input but is never in charge of transfers
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Same as most clubs then. Ultimately he'll kick up a mini fuss about it. He did with us. Resulted in him wanting Benteke and us ceding to keep him happy. Despite the fact the player was so not what we and his brand of fast football needed.
 
Dumbstar said:
Same as most clubs then. Ultimately he'll kick up a mini fuss about it. He did with us. Resulted in him wanting Benteke and us ceding to keep him happy. Despite the fact the player was so not what we and his brand of fast football needed.
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he was asked about bringing in a target man as a plan b and said he wasn't interested
 
FootballHQ said:
Playing well and beating top 6 isn't a problem for Leicester. Under Puel they beat Chelsea away and Man. City at home over xmas.

To finish in top 6 you need to be very consistant in putting away the bottom half teams (Leicester lost to Cardiff and Southampton at home over December-January) which is not something anyone in the top 6 does. Same problem for likes of Wolves and Everton.
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I read somewhere that they are 3rd in total points since his appointment, only behind City and Liverpool. Granted the other top 6 teams have been piss poor but thats impressive for Leicester, if not Ranieri impressive.

His record there in the PL 6w, 1d, 3l.

1.9 pts per game, if he could maintain that over a season it'd be 72 points so right in top 4 mix. If not for that horrible run with no wins from January 1st until his appointment (1 draw, 5 losses) they'd probably be well in the mix with Wolves for 7th.
 
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Inigo Montoya said:
Apart from Arsenal, have they played any of the top 6?
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No. People need to simmer down until he gets a good chunk of games under his belt.

That said, despite the defeat it was a very good performance from Leicester and he set them up well. The xG stats were nearly identical for both sides. Probably a first this season for City.
 
adexkola said:
No. People need to simmer down until he gets a good chunk of games under his belt.

That said, despite the defeat it was a very good performance from Leicester and he set them up well. The xG stats were nearly identical for both sides. Probably a first this season for City.
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This!

Shakespeare had a great start didn't he?
 
Don't think it would be a bad idea for him to replace Solskjaer. Could be a good initial manager to get the team playing more attractive and effective football.
 
People might laugh but I think he would be a perfect fit. More experienced than ole and where ever he goes the team always responds.
Doubt he'll leave Leicester for utd though.
And doubt anyone half decent will come and stay whilst Woodward is running the show.
 
It was a smart move.

He isn't going to come under major pressure like at Liverpool if he goes 4-5 without a win. He's also shown at Liverpool and Celtic he'll give young players a chance and improve their games, Leicester is overflowing in their squad with prospects.

Early days but Leicester have lots of goals in them and are pretty solid even with Maguire moving on. With how dodgy Man. United and Chelsea are looking can see them finishing 5th.

Edit: I do wonder if he'd stayed at Celtic until the end of the season whether Chelsea would've been in for him. Given he worked there in the past and Chelsea's situation I think he'd have been a really good fit for them particularly as he has a decade worth's of experience over Lampard.
 
Challenges the myth that 'Managers do not get enough time these days'. From game 1 Rodgers has turned us from a side under Puel which played slow and negative possession football, to one which can now retain the ball whilst not losing the threat of a direct counter attack if it is on.

It seems like Rodgers has learnt a lot too.
I worried when he was first given the job that he seems to have a very one dimensional approach. Like how Swansea only ever played one way, and the way at Liverpool he adapted players like Gerrard to fit his system.

Gives the youngsters so much belief, it's scary. Right now, although early days, Maguire wouldn't displace Evans or Soyuncu, who looks a special special talent.....And he's not even rated as highly as Benkovic.
 
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Adisa said:
They will finish above us. Would bet my house on it.
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I wouldn't....And i'm a Leicester fan.

Don't get me wrong, I actually much prefer our squad over yours.
I think we have a better squad and better young players.....The problem with having so many good youngsters is the lack of experienced heads.

Outside of Schmeichel, Evans and Vardy the rest of the first team are all under 25.


But it's an exciting time for us......
Fortunately, we're in a far better position to become a top 6-8 side regularly than Southampton V2 because of our financial backing......
As seen in the crazy price you paid for Maguire, when we have two prospects who have the ability to exceed him.
 
If he hadn’t been sullied by Liverpool, he’d likely have been a popular candidate during the times where we’ve needed a manager.
 
Everyone forgets it wasn't just Gerrard, Sterling, Coutinho, Sturridge and Suarez that got us so close to winning the league. He had a part to play. He did have a huge ego problem versus our scouts that landed us with duds like Balotelli, Benteke, etc, but at Leicester he'll be the big cat so should do well for them.

As soon as Leicester signed him and Vardy stayed I said they would finish above Ole, regardless of whom Ole bought.
 
He’s a bit of a knob but he’s a good manager.

If he had the transfer committee set up at Liverpool that they do now, I don’t think he’d be doing much worse than Klopp.

He transformed Leicester from day one of being there. His Celtic side were the best they’ve been domestically in years, and the drop off since he left is telling.
 
Bwuk said:
He’s a bit of a knob but he’s a good manager.

If he had the transfer committee set up at Liverpool that they do now, I don’t think he’d be doing much worse than Klopp.

He transformed Leicester from day one of being there. His Celtic side were the best they’ve been domestically in years, and the drop off since he left is telling.
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Our scouting set up has always been very good. They got Suarez in from Ajax when Dalglish didn't know anything about him. Then they forced the board to sign Coutinho and Sturridge despite strong protestations from Rodgers who was dead against it.

As a way of protest he agreed to Firminho, who was also forced on him, if his wishes to sign Benteke were met. The board reluctantly agreed. His ego destroyed what could have been a legacy at LFC. If the board forced Salah, VVD and Robertson on him he would have gone and got Lukaku and Lingard as a show of muscle and power. I'm not even kidding. But like I said, if he gets on with coaching he's actually not half bad. Just needs to outgrow his ego.
 
Dumbstar said:
But like I said, if he gets on with coaching he's actually not half bad. Just needs to outgrow his ego.
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Fair play to him, he recently said he was aware that he'd 'said and done some stupid things' during his managerial career.
 
Despite becoming a total meme in ~2015, he's a solid manager and capable of turning a club around. Not to mention a midfield of N'didi, Maddison, Tielemens, Praet will probably get them 5th place.
 
Bwuk said:
He’s a bit of a knob but he’s a good manager.

If he had the transfer committee set up at Liverpool that they do now, I don’t think he’d be doing much worse than Klopp.

He transformed Leicester from day one of being there. His Celtic side were the best they’ve been domestically in years, and the drop off since he left is telling.
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He wouldn’t have had us anywhere near one European final let alone three. That being said, I do think he’s a decent manager. It wouldn’t surprise me if Leicester got a result at Old Trafford.
 
Brendan Rodgers is to my mind not the best judge of a player. For every Odsonne Edouard there is a Marvin Compper. For every Coutinho/Gomez there is a Balotelli/Assaidi. Neither Liverpool or Celtic were defensively solid under him. With a Van Dijk type centre back we win the league in 2013/14. Walking out on Celtic was a daft move when he did it. Leicester's high turnover of managers suggests a short shelf life for him there.
He is full of himself. I get that to a point. Managers need to believe in themselves but he takes it to another level!
 
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