Brendan Rodgers

2022 - 9 - 5

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Brighton 5-2 Leicester: Brendan Rodgers vows to fight on as Foxes ... (Sky Sports)

Brighton deepened the crisis at Leicester with an emphatic victory at the Amex Stadium on Super Sunday to increase the pressure on Brendan Rodgers after a ...

It's probably time for a change of philosophy and judging by the reaction of the fans at full-time perhaps a change of manager too. I'm a little disappointed with the goals we conceded, but I'm not going to be picky when we scored five." "We have the players that we have, that have the skillset they have and we have to maximise what we can get out of them. And to solely blame Leicester's woeful defensive record this season at the gloves of Danny Ward would be harsh as Brendan Rodgers needs to take most of the flak - but it's fair to remark that the Welsh goalkeeper is hardly helping matters. It's important for the supporters to get behind the team." But this horrendous defensive record goes back further than Ward's introduction to the side after the departure of Kasper Schmeichel to Nice. "You need the supporters to be supportive. The players were fighting but in the second half, the confidence was low as we're not getting the results and we made mistakes. It's like a jigsaw, we've got pieces missing and it's a constant challenge to try and fill the gaps where the pieces are missing. But it won't stop us trying and working to get the best results we can. It's a challenge but I am responsible for results and they haven't been good enough. I'm not going to shirk the challenge.

Brendan Rodgers believes his Leicester players are 'giving ... (Irish Post)

The club have also been quiet in the transfer window. They only spent £15m on Rennes centre back Wout Faes. Club stars Wesley Fofana and Kasper Schmeichel were ...

"The group is very much together, that's the beauty of it. Club stars Wesley Fofana and Kasper Schmeichel were allowed to leave the club. The club have also been quiet in the transfer window.

'The group is very much together': Brendan Rodgers defends ... (The Independent)

The struggling Foxes remain bottom of the table with just a single point after Sunday's 5-2 hammering at Brighton condemned them to a a fifth consecutive top- ...

“It was a fantastic performance by the boys. “Of course I was annoyed,” Argentina midfielder Mac Allister told Albion’s website. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) The players are giving everything and fighting.” [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “The group is very much together, that’s the beauty of it. “Football can change very quickly. “We’re very much together, there’s no doubt about that. “We have to get used to VAR, it’s part of the game now and of course sometimes it helps us with a decision. “It’s my job and the staff’s job to keep them up there, keep them fighting, keep them working.” “We have the players that we have, that have the skill set that they have and we have to try and maximise what we can get out of them,” said Rodgers, who is favourite to be the next Premier League manager to be sacked. [Brendan Rodgers](/topic/brendan-rodgers) is adamant his underperforming players are “very much together” and “giving everything” despite the club’s worst start to a [Premier League](/topic/premier-league) season.

Brendan Rodgers responds to Leicester sack fears after humiliating ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The winless Foxes fell to a fifth straight defeat to stay rooted to the bottom of the Premier League after a dismal 5-2 defeat at Brighton - and Brendan ...

“The players are giving everything, they’re fighting but the team is in a difficult moment, and when you’re in that moment the confidence can be a little bit low. Football can change very quickly and if we get one result, that will bring a lot of confidence into the players and then we can move on from there. It won’t stop us trying and working and fighting to get the best results we can. We have to try to find a way. “The challenge, we have to embrace it, I’m certainly not going to shirk it. “I’ll continue to do my work and come in and study and do as much as I can.

Brendan Rodgers has reached the end of the road at Leicester ... (iNews)

Claudio Ranieri was the last Leicester manager to lose five games in a row – he was sacked in 2017 and Rodgers can't blame the board if he goes the same way.

Amidst all this, Rodgers has sought to lower the bar for his own protection, setting a 40-point target with survival the bare minimum for a team that was in a If this is to be the last bad day of Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester City tenure, it was fitting that it came via a defensive collapse with one senior central defender left out of the squad and a midfielder filling in unsuccessfully. Soyuncu was one of the standout stars of Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester team. Nobody is seriously arguing that Soyuncu should be in Leicester’s team – he might well be sold to the Turkish Super Lig this week. That is the crux of why Leicester are bottom, not because they have a worse squad than Nottingham Forest, Fulham and Bournemouth. [Leicester](https://inews.co.uk/topic/leicester-city-fc?ico=in-line_link) defended in Sunday’s 5-2 loss to Brighton cannot be blamed on the hierarchy, though Rodgers has a point when he says that “with the greatest respect, we haven’t been helped in the transfer market”.

The results are down to me - struggling Leicester coach Brendan ... (Independent Online)

The defeat put Brendan Rodgers' position as Leicester coach in the spotlight and he accepted blame for their plight.

"You put the hard yards in now and work, not shirk responsibility. "We will arrive with a new energy, focus and hopefully confidence into the game next week. "We need to pick the players up for another home game next week, which will be a big opportunity for us.