Brendan Rodgers on Wesley Fofana social media post:
“I would say the post didn’t come from Wesley. I know that for sure. I’ve had other experiences, I’ve had a message from Wesley, that I knew wasn’t from Wesley. The post was a cheap shot towards the end"
Kelechi Iheanacho on Sky:
"I don't know how to express this, I've been waiting for this day to come. I'm grateful to God, my teammates and my manager for for helping me grow.
"I wish everyone a happy Mother's Day. I dedicate this match ball to all the mothers in the world.”
Brendan Rodgers. You won us the FA Cup. You took us into Europe twice. I thankyou for that from the bottom of my heart. But I really question your decision making and ability to get the best out of this group of players. This looks as bad as the dark days of Claude Puel.
Brendan Rodgers to BBC: “It is so hard to put it into words. To play Manchester City and Liverpool within 48 hours... It's an absolutely heroic performance.”
KDH on BT: “I am loving it. I am a kid playing for his boyhood club. It is a dream come true. Every minute I spend on the pitch I will give the best I can because I am proud to play for this club. I know the results will come and it is exciting times ahead.”
Some personal news...
1. Have been asked to be a permanent member of the team at talkSPORT. I've accepted the offer!
2. I've also been appointed talkSPORT's football editor (on an interim basis). Delighted to be given the opportunity!
“Play like that and we’ll be absolutely fine”, said James Maddison in March.
Nothing could’ve been further from the truth.
I don’t believe this club truly believed they were in trouble until it was far too late.
Those in charge need to be accountable.
It’s embarrassing.
I’m doing alright 👍
It’s out of me.
And I found out about our promotion about 2am this morning.
Yesterday was an incredible day for two reasons.
YESSSSSSSSSSS
Lots of love 💙
13 years ago today.
Leicester City relegated to the third tier. Disaster.
1 year later. League One 🏆
6 years later. Championship 🏆
8 years later. Premier League 🏆
13 years later. FA Cup finalist and top four challenger.
The highs and lows of football.
Hearing positive things about Conor Coady’s influence at Leicester, despite being injured.
He’s travelling to away games when he doesn’t have to and was with the players after the game on Saturday congratulating them on another step towards their target.
Leadership.
“I love everything about the Club. I love the city, I love the fans. It’s a family which is what I love the most.”
Wesley Fofana has signed a new deal with Leicester City until 2027 🖊
Wouldn’t be surprised if he’s part of the squad on Thursday🤞
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I really can’t see how Brendan Rodgers survives 6 defeats in a row, especially in the manner of how it’s happened. Defensively shambolic. Decent going forward but isn’t enough. Confidence is at rock bottom. These aren’t bad players. I still firmly believe that.
Leicester City players and staff have just spent some time at the Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha Memorial Garden.
It would have, of course, been the former chairman’s birthday tomorrow.
Not a day goes by we don’t remember what he did for our club.
Despite my anger and sadness....
I'll follow the club in whatever division they're in.
Nothing will stop me whether it's Champions League, Premier League or the EFL.
Leicester 'til I die.
To the owners, the chairman, the chief executive and the director of football.
I ask this as a fan only.
Can we please have some idea with what is going on?
Some personal news to bring you 🙌
I’m utterly delighted to say I’m the new permanent football editor at
@talkSPORT
and
@talkSPORT2
We have so many talented people working on our live football coverage.
It’ll be a privilege to work with them all over the coming years 👍
I understand Boubakary Soumaré to Leicester City is getting closer to completion. Appears formalities just need to be sorted now.
Leicester also want to wrap up Odsonne Edouard deal. Personal terms not a problem. Looking to arrange a fee now. Could be £15-20m.
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The greatest free transfer.
✅Premier League winner
✅FA Cup winner
✅Championship winner
✅Scorer of the club’s first-ever Champions League goal (and THAT one against Sevilla)
Goodbye to a Leicester City legend.
Marc Albrighton will leave the club this summer.
😭😭😭
Music to my ears from Brendan Rodgers today:
“Leicester City is the perfect place for me. I can develop players, I have a great relationship with the board.”
5 defeats in a row.
1 point from a possible 18.
7 Premier League wins in 2022.
1 clean sheet in 29 Premier League games.
16 goals conceded so far.
How can anyone be positive about any of this?
"The kid’s a great lad. I’m not going to sit here and destroy a young guy at 21 years of age who gave me everything, when I know where the message really came from”
3 shots on target in 3 away games.
1 point from 18 games.
0 wins in 7 in all competitions.
In the bottom three.
This club needs to wake up realise they are going down unless they change something.
Doing the same thing over and over again isn't good enough.
That was dreadful.
No energy.
No urgency.
No obvious gameplan.
A lack of ideas.
Poor finishing.
No leadership.
And the great opportunity of moving 6 points clear missed.
Leicester look terrible under Brendan Rodgers.
The boos sound at the KP.
Bournemouth deserve the victory.
The Leicester starting XI was dreadful.
No direction.
Terrible, clueless performance.
I've lost hope for this season.
As it stands, I can't see how Leicester will be a Premier League side next season.
Where's the leadership? On and off the field? A manager that denied set pieces were an issue and can't seem to sort out? A captain named today that won't commit his future to the club? That back four has no leaders in it. They are weak.
✅ 378 appearances
✅ 62 goals
✅ 1 Premier League title
✅ 1 Championship title
✅ 1 League One title
A legend of our football club 🙌
The man with all three medals 👏
Andy King is to leave Leicester City this summer after 16 years with the club 😢
@AndyKingy
I feel pretty hopeless and miserable.
I have no enthusiasm at all to watch this.
This club had PL and FA Cup success, and had the perfect springboard to become something greater.
And they have thrown it away.
This feels the end of a great era.
KDH: "It means so much. It's a dream come true to score in the Premier League. I have dreamt it since I was a little boy. I have come close but I am so happy today."
There are no positives. None at all.
Against a very average Man Utd.
No gameplan of any note. Nothing done to drastically change the game during. What kind of impact are the subs supposed to do that late in the game?
Awful performance.
Bottom of the table. Deservedly so.
THEY HAVE DONE IT!!!
LEICESTER CITY HAVE BEATEN PSV AND WILL PLAY BODO/GLIMT OR ROMA IN THE
#UECL
SEMI FINAL
YEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
✅ Another away defeat
✅ Ineffective football
✅ Devoid of ideas
✅ Terrible finishing
✅ Defensively poor
✅ A rigid, inflexible manager
✅ No impact with subs
It’s no different than Tuesday.
Dreadful. Again.
Rodgers on set pieces: “We had to be much better. But we went back a little bit old school and went man-to-man and had players on the posts. They defended it really strongly. When we had to block and intercept they did that very well."
We've seen the greatest moment and also the darkest moment in our football club's history in the last two and a half years. Regardless of whether it's a celebration or commemoration they don't half do things with dignity and decorum. So, so proud of my city and my club.
James Maddison has been telling MOTD they "were not hungry enough to want to win the game" and "were not aggressive enough".
Not. Hungry. Enough.
My word.
Right… I’ve now seen the second-half decisions.
1st one: Goal should stand.
2nd one: Goal should stand.
Including the first-half penalty it’s three desperately poor decisions by the officials today.
This is a rudderless ship. What is the direction of travel? What is there to inspire the fans? What is there to get excited about? It’s painful to watch. And where’s the direction off the field too? I don’t know what this club is doing right now.
Leicester win 1-0.
A first league clean sheet.
A first goal for Mavididi.
6 points from 6 in the Championship.
And it's the first time Leicester have won the first three games of a season since 1922-23 (thanks
@JrdnBlackwell
)
That'll do!
(KFC on the way home)
Proud of this.
"The Club did not utilise the government’s Job Retention Scheme, retained all permanent staff and, from its own funds, continued to pay the wages of all casual matchday and non-matchday personnel to the financial year-end"
I'm told Lille's Renato Sanches could be returning to the Premier League with Wolves.
Signs point to a loan spell for the former Bayern Munich (and Swansea) midfielder.
#Wolves
#WWFC
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Brendan Rodgers telling
@talkSPORT
he was "so happy" to see "amazing" and "incredible" Hamza Choudhury come in at centre back. He only told him he was playing there last night in a phone call: "You are going to be Mascherano!!!"
Iheanacho in today's programme:
"I know I’m playing for Leicester
City now, but I think I do have a bit more motivation having all those memories and that association from my Manchester City days. I think it probably gives me a bit more energy when I play against [Man Utd]."
And that’s that (but hope not!)
I witnessed a genius at work today.
I saw your first goal for us at Nottingham Forest and have perhaps seen your last goal for us today at a stadium worthy of your talent.
Thankyou, Riyad Mahrez.
Some 'historic' quotes:
Michael Owen: "He's not necessarily a real cute, classy type of finisher."
Gabriel Agbonlahor: "Great, great striker. But for natural finishing, he's probably not even top 20."
John Cross: "Jamie Vardy is not good enough to play for England"
WHAT A GAME! WHAT A VICTORY!!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
I'll forget someone but Evans great, Maddison played well, Iheanacho very good, Vardy too.... Perez great off the bench. All round superb
Excellent exchange from the Leicester and Watford fans:
"We're winning away... how shit must you be? We're winning away"
"You're nothing special - we lose every week!"
Rodgers: "Always great to see Top, he's an amazing owner....the support I get from him is remarkable. He's a real football man. It was great for him to be here"
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BREAKING: Leicester City confirm plans for King Power Stadium expansion to 40,000.
Plans include a new event and entertainment arena, hotel, and club megastore.
It's due to go to public consultation next month
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1️⃣2️⃣ years ago today 🗓
League One
Southend United 0-2 Leicester City
👤 Stockdale, Morrison, Hobbs, Brown, Mattock (Berner 83), Gradel (Ajdarevic 90), Oakley, King, Dyer, Fryatt, Dickov (Hayles 77)
🏆 Promotion secured as champions
I really don't understand how a defence that contains some very good players can concede 6 goals in the opening two games in the manner they have. The basics aren't being done. I keep saying it. I sound like a broken record. It's boring! But it's true.