No, I don't mean "why hasn't he been sacked?". We know the reasons why the club haven't sacked him - it's either because we cannot afford the financial cost of terminating his contract (reportedly anywhere between £10-£20m) or because Top and the board still adore him and won't entertain the idea until the club is stuck in the bottom 3 and/or the atmosphere in the stadium becomes so toxic that they cannot ignore it anymore.
I'm talking about Rodgers himself. Why hasn't he jacked it in and resigned? After his latest rant about the players attitude, quality and workrate, it seems pretty clear to me that he hates every moment working with this group of players. He's mentioned how bad the players are at every possible opportunity and continued to throw them under the bus at every chance given to him.
On the face of it, resigning and becoming a free agent would make him a target for clubs with more ambition and funds than us, freeing him of his nightmare here and maybe allowing him time to regroup before taking on a job somewhere else. So what is keeping him here?
I initially thought it must be one of two things; financial or loyalty to Top. For the first point - simply put, he is paid an extortionate salary to manage a football club that appears to be in terminal decline. He is paid an elite level salary to manage a football club that is going to be out of the reckoning for competing for top 6-8 place finishes for some time to come. The only chance he would have at getting this level of salary would be a to get a job at an elite club (not going to happen) or a club abroad (perhaps not willing to relocate). On the second point, it's clear he has a strong relationship with Top which might be why one of the parties hasn't called it quits yet. Maybe he feels that resigning would leave the club in the lurch? He certainly has the ego and God complex to assume that nobody could do a better job than him.
One thing I have found interesting is that, despite the vast majority of the media being supportive and sycophantic towards him, it's no longer universal. Simon Jordan - someone who I generally feel is best ignored due to his contrarian and, at times, quite vindictive opinions - has been particularly scathing towards him, and has seen through his BS and self-serving nonsense. I wonder if, despite the ex Pros union and commentariat supporting his self-serving, whether those at boardroom level have a different view and this feeling has been relayed to Rodgers?
They say that you are more employable when you are in employment, but what if the job you are doing is now a dumpster fire? Surely he must know that relegation will inevitably cause some to view him less favourably? Or has he come to realise that owners and chairman have viewed his attitude of blaming everyone but himself negatively and wouldn't want to bring that to their club, so he thinks his best option is to stay at Leicester?
I don't have any real answers but I am intrigued why he hasn't taken the easy option. At the moment it feels like we are trapped in a damaging loop where he wants to leave but can't, and the owners know that something has to change but won't sack the manager.
Why is Rodgers still here?
posted on 22/1/23
He has been hard done by and that’s why the excuses work - because they’re real. Frustrating isn’t it? If he’d failed after being given a fortune then there would be no arguments. Instead our clueless board have given him every excuse he could ever need - 1 signing in 18 months, the lowest net spend in the PL and 7 players leaving for free at the end of the season.
Rodgers is here for the money. If the club can afford £17m for a new signing then they can afford to pay him off. They won’t do because they genuinely think he’s a
top manager and this isn’t his fault. They’re clueless of course
posted on 23/1/23
comment by groovyduringthewar (U1054)
posted 18 hours, 48 minutes ago
After all that dialogue your last paragraph you say you don't have any answers.
You don't have any of the answers so that makes you part of the problem .
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😂😂😂 what?!
posted on 23/1/23
he wont leave unless their is a vacancy out there like Chelsea Spurs or some club like them. i would be suprised if he would not apply if they come up in the coming weeks.He looks rudderless
posted on 23/1/23
Lampard gone now. If Everton get a bounce Rodgers is running out of teams he’s hoping are poorer than us!
posted on 23/1/23
If it is a simple case of Rodgers grimly hanging on for his massive payoff, it's a strategy not without risk for him. He is risking his reputation by relegating a former Premier League champion and FA Cup winner and hoping that avoiding media scrutiny will mean he can just happily bounce into another job. I am not convinced he will find it so easy and I don't think prospective future employers will be too pleased with his outbursts and might not want that to arrive at their door.
posted on 23/1/23
comment by Merseysidefox (U4842)
posted 13 minutes ago
Lampard gone now. If Everton get a bounce Rodgers is running out of teams he’s hoping are poorer than us!
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Yep. Despite the faux outrage from the usual suspects, I suspect that it gives Everton a fighting chance of staying up now. I would have had them slightly below us in terms of % for who stays up - a new manager bounce will improve their chances of finishing above us to >50%.
I'm not too sure there will be 3 teams worse than us if Rodgers stays for much longer...
posted on 23/1/23
comment by Foxello (U6985)
posted 5 minutes ago
If it is a simple case of Rodgers grimly hanging on for his massive payoff, it's a strategy not without risk for him. He is risking his reputation by relegating a former Premier League champion and FA Cup winner and hoping that avoiding media scrutiny will mean he can just happily bounce into another job. I am not convinced he will find it so easy and I don't think prospective future employers will be too pleased with his outbursts and might not want that to arrive at their door.
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I think if he takes us down then the media will say it’s a not a surprise given the financial situation and failure to invest for 18 months. He won’t want relegation on his CV of course but I don’t see it hindering him hugely - he’s done the groundwork in terms of where the blame lies
posted on 23/1/23
I think Maddison coming back has the potential to change things. His form and the signing of Faes was a big differentiator before the World Cup. It’s the defence I’m concerned about currently though - particularly the full backs. We’re also missing the defensive midfielder that can protect the back 4 given N’didi is absolutely atrocious right now
posted on 23/1/23
comment by 99 Problems (U12353)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by Foxello (U6985)
posted 5 minutes ago
If it is a simple case of Rodgers grimly hanging on for his massive payoff, it's a strategy not without risk for him. He is risking his reputation by relegating a former Premier League champion and FA Cup winner and hoping that avoiding media scrutiny will mean he can just happily bounce into another job. I am not convinced he will find it so easy and I don't think prospective future employers will be too pleased with his outbursts and might not want that to arrive at their door.
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I think if he takes us down then the media will say it’s a not a surprise given the financial situation and failure to invest for 18 months. He won’t want relegation on his CV of course but I don’t see it hindering him hugely - he’s done the groundwork in terms of where the blame lies
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You might be right. The overall media perception of Rodgers is still very favourable. The problem for him though is that the same media also think that we are 'too good to go down' - something Rodgers clearly doesn't agree with! Just today they dismissed the idea of us going down on talksport because we "have too much attacking quality".
At the moment, Rodgers is getting away without scrutiny because the media expect us to stay up. The issue for him will be if we do go down, regardless of the financial circumstances, the attention will turn to why we went down with a squad that was 'too good'. At that point, I think at least some attention turns to Rodgers.
He may get another PL job, but a relegation with a club that has finished 5th, 5th and 8th will impact his reputation and I don't think he'll command the same salary level. That's why I think his 'hang on for the £££' strategy could backfire in the long term.
posted on 23/1/23
Let’s also not forget his own deluded belief that he can turn this around and enhance his reputation by doing so. That’s absolutely playing on his mind