They’re on track for 1 point from the first six games. That’s surely got to get him the boot.
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Under-pressure Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers has no interest in seeking the backing of Leicester’s Thai owners.
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. Five straight league defeats was enough to see Claudio Ranieri sacked – and he’d won a Premier League title nine months earlier.
Now Rodgers has matched that unenviable record to crank up the pressure. He has never lost five in a row during his managerial career and Leicester haven’t had a start this bad since 1989 in the Old Second Division.
When asked if he had the backing of his paymasters, the downbeat Northern Irishman said: “I’ve never asked for it in all my time here. I’ve never wanted it.
“I’ll continue to do my work and come in and study and do as much as I can. I’ve never turned work down. I’ve always come in early and finished late at night and until someone tells me differently I’ll continue to do that."

There, has. however, been serious concern at board level about Rodgers' waning day-to-day commitment, with the former Liverpool boss in the process of launching his own fashion label in partnership with his 'friend', rapper Tinie Tempah - rumoured to be called 'BR:TT'. Rodgers spent time away from the club's stunning £100m training complex last week to attend a photo-shoot relating to the brand's forthcoming launch. Onlookers described a topless and gyrating Rodgers posing for steamy photos and videos with scantily-clad 20-something women, with Rodgers himself set to be the face of the brand. And while the 5-2 drubbing at the Amex has seen the board taking an even more dim view of the Northern Irishman's extra-curricular activities, he appears safe for now.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’
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