| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) 15:48 - Sep 5 with 6239 views | Smithy |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:00 - Sep 5 with 1231 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:15 - Sep 5 by mylittletown |
Small city?
'Leicester and the associated urban area is the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.'
I think that the city is a dump, and I have never liked the football club since they all appeared at Portman Road wearing tights in the early/mid 70s, but it is not a small city club. |
I’ve been to Filbert St a few times back I the day so have a soft spot for them. Appreciate they spent a lot of dough but it was good to see them win the Prem and break the monopoly of the big clubs.
They aren’t a huge club though, quite a few midsize clubs in the region isn’t there, and they are huge on egg-chasing. |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:06 - Sep 5 with 1204 views | jeera |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:15 - Sep 5 by mylittletown |
Small city?
'Leicester and the associated urban area is the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.'
I think that the city is a dump, and I have never liked the football club since they all appeared at Portman Road wearing tights in the early/mid 70s, but it is not a small city club. |
Was a time I spent a fair bit of time in and around Leicester for work purposes but I never really got to know the place outside of the routes I had to use/places I had to be.
I will stand up for the place though on one or two levels.
There was some fantastic food to be found if you knew where to look.
There were some excellent cash and carry set ups if you knew where to look.
Traffic could be horrendous. |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:16 - Sep 5 with 1167 views | Churchman |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:15 - Sep 5 by mylittletown |
Small city?
'Leicester and the associated urban area is the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.'
I think that the city is a dump, and I have never liked the football club since they all appeared at Portman Road wearing tights in the early/mid 70s, but it is not a small city club. |
With regard to my earlier post I know Leicester pretty well. I quite like it as a city. There are the rubbish areas, but name me anywhere that doesn’t have those. There are plenty of nice areas in and around it too. The City has good communications, lots of sport, retail, retail parks if that’s your thing, varied food outlets and a fantastic market. Plenty going on.
As for the football club, I’ve seen them a lot over the years and have no problem with them. The best of the Midlands clubs in many ways, though that’s not saying much. The Filbert Street ground was odd. Two non league stands, two big ones, but who cannot look back with affection at it after the two Leeds 6th Rd replay games in 1975? |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:19 - Sep 5 with 1157 views | backwaywhen |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 16:02 - Sep 5 by Churchman |
Who are they going to get whose better? I don’t like Rodger’s. Annoying man, but he’s a good manager.
There’s clearly dark stuff going on at Leicester. |
They are now feeling vulnerable with Vardy seemingly a spent force , schmiikael gone , ant that player Chelsea signed , also Tielmans is wanted by Arsenal , squad breaking up fast .
Ps excuse the player name spells lol | | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:42 - Sep 5 with 1126 views | King_of_Portman_Rd |
They have ambitious plans to expand one side of their stadium to add 10+ thousand seats I believe, plus their training facility and not being in Europe this year they simply don’t have the money
I would expect that if they have/will sack him it might have something to do with Bournemouth shopping for a new manager and if Leicester are sensible Sean Dyche would be the most suitable appointment.. and maybe they’re concerned that Bournemouth might get in there first |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:43 - Sep 5 with 1116 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:19 - Sep 5 by backwaywhen |
They are now feeling vulnerable with Vardy seemingly a spent force , schmiikael gone , ant that player Chelsea signed , also Tielmans is wanted by Arsenal , squad breaking up fast .
Ps excuse the player name spells lol |
A nice summary of the challenges they face (whatever the spellings!). It’s hard, almost impossible for a smaller club to replace some of those names with guaranteed quality. |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:54 - Sep 5 with 1087 views | Illinoisblue |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:15 - Sep 5 by mylittletown |
Small city?
'Leicester and the associated urban area is the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.'
I think that the city is a dump, and I have never liked the football club since they all appeared at Portman Road wearing tights in the early/mid 70s, but it is not a small city club. |
Relatively small when compared to cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle and London.
They’ve overachieved for a good five or six years. But I guess owners and fans are never really happy . |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:06 - Sep 5 with 1050 views | AYACCA |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 16:02 - Sep 5 by Churchman |
Who are they going to get whose better? I don’t like Rodger’s. Annoying man, but he’s a good manager.
There’s clearly dark stuff going on at Leicester. |
The Clinton's and illuminati? |  | | |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:07 - Sep 5 with 1048 views | Sharkey |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:16 - Sep 5 by Churchman |
With regard to my earlier post I know Leicester pretty well. I quite like it as a city. There are the rubbish areas, but name me anywhere that doesn’t have those. There are plenty of nice areas in and around it too. The City has good communications, lots of sport, retail, retail parks if that’s your thing, varied food outlets and a fantastic market. Plenty going on.
As for the football club, I’ve seen them a lot over the years and have no problem with them. The best of the Midlands clubs in many ways, though that’s not saying much. The Filbert Street ground was odd. Two non league stands, two big ones, but who cannot look back with affection at it after the two Leeds 6th Rd replay games in 1975? |
I've only been there once, and I remember it as having a HUGE park/recreation ground, with loads of games of football and cricket going on side by side, some pitches overlapping. Can you confirm if that memory is correct? |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:11 - Sep 5 with 1035 views | Radlett_blue |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 20:42 - Sep 5 by King_of_Portman_Rd |
They have ambitious plans to expand one side of their stadium to add 10+ thousand seats I believe, plus their training facility and not being in Europe this year they simply don’t have the money
I would expect that if they have/will sack him it might have something to do with Bournemouth shopping for a new manager and if Leicester are sensible Sean Dyche would be the most suitable appointment.. and maybe they’re concerned that Bournemouth might get in there first |
So, Sean Dyche is the new Fat Sam? |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:19 - Sep 5 with 1029 views | Chrisd |
All the signs have been there after they sold Schmeichel in the summer that they are getting relegated. Sell your best players and not replace them properly means one thing. They could be in big problems come January. | |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:26 - Sep 5 with 1018 views | HighgateBlue |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:15 - Sep 5 by mylittletown |
Small city?
'Leicester and the associated urban area is the 11th most populous in England and the 13th most populous in the United Kingdom.'
I think that the city is a dump, and I have never liked the football club since they all appeared at Portman Road wearing tights in the early/mid 70s, but it is not a small city club. |
It's small to win the premier league.
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham are all clearly bigger (we're talking about cities here, not straggly bits that could be counted as part of a wider metropolitan area), off the top of my head. That's 13 premier league teams situated in bigger cities.
The only settlements smaller than Leicester to boast a top flight champion in the last sixty years (since Ipswich Town won the league in 1962) are Derby, Blackburn and probably Nottingham (Nottingham was bigger than Leicester when Forest won the league, but I'll allow it on the basis that Nottingham is slightly smaller now, and it was smaller when Forest won the league than Leicester was when Leicester did).
So Leicester have managed something which the great Brian Clough and the very rich Jack Walker have managed in the last 60 years, but not really anyone else.
(I'm putting Derby's second title at least partly down to Clough's prior brilliance). |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers not sacked...yet on 22:07 - Sep 5 with 952 views | jeera |
So we've all been arguing about Leicester's standing as a city for nothing? | |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 23:14 - Sep 5 with 862 views | mylittletown |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:26 - Sep 5 by HighgateBlue |
It's small to win the premier league.
London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham are all clearly bigger (we're talking about cities here, not straggly bits that could be counted as part of a wider metropolitan area), off the top of my head. That's 13 premier league teams situated in bigger cities.
The only settlements smaller than Leicester to boast a top flight champion in the last sixty years (since Ipswich Town won the league in 1962) are Derby, Blackburn and probably Nottingham (Nottingham was bigger than Leicester when Forest won the league, but I'll allow it on the basis that Nottingham is slightly smaller now, and it was smaller when Forest won the league than Leicester was when Leicester did).
So Leicester have managed something which the great Brian Clough and the very rich Jack Walker have managed in the last 60 years, but not really anyone else.
(I'm putting Derby's second title at least partly down to Clough's prior brilliance). |
Hmm - well if you are not allowing wider metropolitan areas, Leicester, 348,000 people is more than twice as big as Kensington and Chelsea, 156,000,. It is much bigger than the London Borough of Haringey which includes Tottenham, 248,000 etc etc
The population of Manchester is 547,627. Divide by 2 and you have 278,000 each for Man U and Man C.
(Not that Spurs have won the league in 60 years) |  | | |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 23:31 - Sep 5 with 825 views | hoppy |
| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 21:06 - Sep 5 by AYACCA |
The Clinton's and illuminati? |
Probably. It's been on the cards for a while. |  |
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 12:36 - Sep 8 with 554 views | WeWereZombies |
Two days, twenty hours and forty six minutes later Rodgers is still manager of Leicester City. Just how long does it take to write up a P45 ? Guess it is all down to the pandemic... [Post edited 8 Sep 2022 12:39]
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| Brendan Rodgers Sacked (n/t) on 18:04 - Sep 8 with 423 views | WeWereZombies |
And there's more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62837009
'Rodgers said he has "had nothing but support", explaining: "I love being here, my record here is concrete in terms of what we have done and how performances have been.
"But it has not been to the level [expected]. It is not easy when you are not getting results but it provides the motivation to get things right."' | |
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