Leicester (h) build up

[RedReet]

Can anyone confirm if the Kop Bar has reopened, or is it still closed?

Thanks.

Come on, it's not everyone's cup of tea but surely someone will has noticed walking past if it's open or not?

Don't worry, not trying to hoodwink anybody into going for a pint.

[Buzzo]

Mohamed Salah is available for Liverpool's game with Leicester City on Thursday but fellow forward Sadio Mane will not be as he celebrates winning the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Mane's Senegal beat Salah's Egypt on penalties on Sunday in Cameroon.

Salah is back in Merseyside but Mane is due to fly back on Wednesday night having been allowed to go to Senegal to celebrate their first major trophy.

"Pretty much the first thing Mo told me was 'I'm ready'," said Jurgen Klopp.

"He is an experienced player, he is a physical monster. He had a little recovery session on Tuesday and we will see how he feels on Wednesday."

On Mane, who scored the winning kick in the shootout, the Liverpool manager said: "It means the world to him, it means the world to his people, it means the world to Senegal.

"We respect that a lot and would never consider calling back him from there. Let them do what they do in the moment because they deserve it."

The pair last played for Liverpool on 2 January in the 2-2 draw with Chelsea.

The club have won two league games, two FA Cup ties and beaten Arsenal over two legs in the Carabao Cup semi-final while they were away.

Liverpool are now well stocked in the forward area, with Salah joining familiar team-mates Roberto Firmino, Diogo Jota and Takumi Minamino in addition to new signing Luis Diaz while Divock Origi is close to returning after injury.

BBC

[Corndog]

And that he isn't very good.

Nah, he is a good player.

Likely not good enough to be a starter in this LFC team but that’s a very very high bar in his positions. He’s a good squad player though and at 7mil was worth it.

He’ll eventually go somewhere else and be a decent player at the top level.

[Fredo]

Hendo has missed training according to the grapevine.

[Yozza]

Hendo has missed training according to the grapevine.

Dunno what was up with him v Cardiff - had a right face on at one point

[Buzzo]

Dunno what was up with him v Cardiff - had a right face on at one point

Captains job. Nil nil at HT at home vs Cardiff.

[Doc_Piptorious]

Think we might give this lot a bit of a thumping along with Mo will start and him being on fire.


A midfield or Fabinho, Thiago and one from Keita or Elliot and up front a trio of Salah, Jota and might even see Diaz get a start to throw Leicester off, though I suspect Bobby will get the nod over him.

[RichC]

You wonder how much longer Rogers has there.

[Doc_Piptorious]

You wonder how much longer Rogers has there.

Depends on what their board/owners are happy with I guess.

Regular mid table to upper mid table finishes with the chance of an odd cup might be enough to keep them happy and it is probably unrealistic to expect Leicester to break into the top six on a regular basis.

Think the question might be when does Rodgers reach the point where he thinks he should be managing a bigger club.

With any luck there are some folk in Stretford thinking that he is the man for them.

[Fierce]

Is Jones injured?

[Corndog]

Depends on what their board/owners are happy with I guess.

Regular mid table to upper mid table finishes with the chance of an odd cup might be enough to keep them happy and it is probably unrealistic to expect Leicester to break into the top six on a regular basis.

Think the question might be when does Rodgers reach the point where he thinks he should be managing a bigger club.

With any luck there are some folk in Stretford thinking that he is the man for them.

I don’t think rodgers to united would be lucky for Liverpool. He’s a good coach with a clear vision and style. An attacking style that could click very well with the underperforming talent currently at Man U.

[SB]

I don’t think rodgers to united would be lucky for Liverpool. He’s a good coach with a clear vision and style. An attacking style that could click very well with the underperforming talent currently at Man U.

No one could help the shower of **** that is Man United sorry. There’s too many egos there that need putting in there place, and too much dross that needs shipping out. Brendan would need about a dozen envelopes

[Doc_Piptorious]

I don’t think rodgers to united would be lucky for Liverpool. He’s a good coach with a clear vision and style. An attacking style that could click very well with the underperforming talent currently at Man U.

He is a good attacking coach. But he has showed himself to be poor at the defensive side of setting up his teams imo, and not sure he would be the man to make them a more solid unit as a team. Think there could be genuine questions asked about his ability to make in game changes to his tactics as well.

His transfer record is a bit spotty too, so do not think I would be overly worried about him being handed the purse strings were he to get the job for the Mancs.


Trying to think of a stand out transfer made since he took over at Leicester and most of their best perfromers were at the club when he arrived.

Tielemans was there on loan when a pre agreed buying price when he arrived. Barnes, Maddison, Soyuncu, Vardy, Schmeichel, Iheanacho, Mendy, Ndidi and Pereira he inherited from previous managers.

His best buys so far, and the jury is still out on them imo, are probably Perez for £30m, Daka for 25m -30m, Castagne for 21m and Jannik Vestergaard for 15m -20m.

So not like he has an eye for hidden gems.



Throw in the fact that the Manc back line is built around a guy Rodgers was happy to let go without any fuss and I could see his attacking style of setting up a team coming a cropper with that lump at the back for him.

[danperkins]

He is a good attacking coach. But he has showed himself to be poor at the defensive side of setting up his teams imo, and not sure he would be the man to make them a more solid unit as a team. Think there could be genuine questions asked about his ability to make in game changes to his tactics as well.

His transfer record is a bit spotty too, so do not think I would be overly worried about him being handed the purse strings were he to get the job for the Mancs.


Trying to think of a stand out transfer made since he took over at Leicester and most of their best perfromers were at the club when he arrived.

Tielemans was there on loan when a pre agreed buying price when he arrived. Barnes, Maddison, Soyuncu, Vardy, Schmeichel, Iheanacho, Mendy, Ndidi and Pereira he inherited from previous managers.

His best buys so far, and the jury is still out on them imo, are probably Perez for £30m, Daka for 25m -30m, Castagne for 21m and Jannik Vestergaard for 15m -20m.

So not like he has an eye for hidden gems.



Throw in the fact that the Manc back line is built around a guy Rodgers was happy to let go without any fuss and I could see his attacking style of setting up a team coming a cropper with that lump at the back for him.

nice break down

He is a car crash when it comes to the defence, always has been. I can't see him ever being considered a top manager.

[Doc_Piptorious]

nice break down

He is a car crash when it comes to the defence, always has been. I can't see him ever being considered a top manager.

Where his club is in the league tables is not far off where I would rate him in terms of best managers in the league.

Of the teams above his team in the table, I would rate him better than the current managers of the red mancs, Wolves and Arsenal.

And from the teams below Leicester in the table I think Thomas Frank might be better than him as Frank seems to know how to set up a team that works as a unit and is working with a much lower budget than Rodgers and inherited players of a lower level when he took over.

So for me he is the 7th or 8th best manager in the PL.