JeffSiberstein:
Whit what Osihmenbid playing I think its high time Ihenacho retires from the national team.

Starboytwo:
oh really, I didn't know... By the way does he play right back or central defense in Spain?

TheGoodJoe:
Brendan Rodgers' praise for Kelechi Iheanacho despite lack of action

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Leicester City boss Brendan Rodgers says striker Kelechi Iheanacho is still very much in his plans despite his lack of action this season.

The Nigerian has returned from international duty having been left on the substitute's bench for the 2-2 friendly draw with Ukraine in Dnipro on Tuesday.

That means he is still without a senior appearance this season.

Iheanacho made the bench for the first two matches of the season, but was left out of the matchday squad altogether for the Carabao Cup win at Newcastle United and City's past two Premier League matches - defeats of AFC Bournemouth and Sheffield United.

With Ayoze Perez and Dennis Praet brought in from Newcastle United and Sampdoria respectively over the summer, competition is fierce in City's forward ranks.

Bur Rodgers says Iheanacho is still needed and that his time will come.

"He's very much a part of the squad," Rodgers said.

"We have a really tight training group, of which he is a part of.


"And over the course of the season we are going to need all the players.

"What we did in the summer was we strengthened the squad, which means the training group now is super-competitive and everyone is fighting for a place not just to play, but to be on the bench.

"His attitude is great, he trains hard every day, whether he is playing, in the squad or not in the squad.

"He will continue to do that.

Iheanacho joined City in summer 2017, a reported £25 million signing from Manchester City.

He joined the Citizens on his 18th birthday, spending a year in their academy before making his first-team bow.

The 22-year-old made 64 appearances, scoring 21 goals during his time at the Etihad Stadium.

He has made 63 appearances for Leicester, netting just ten times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brendan-rodgers-praise-kelechi-iheanacho-3313774.amp

BascoVanVeli:



Chai my own Iheanacho now a squad player. Smh this is bad. If I start praying both Vardy and Ayoze get injured person go say Na wickedness

I will not lie to you, the thought crossed my mind but I rebuked it.

TheGoodJoe:


I will not lie to you, the thought crossed my mind but I rebuked it.

TheGoodJoe:


I will not lie to you, the thought crossed my mind but I rebuked it.

DrKlever:
Leganes vs Villarreal Today by 3pm. Chukwueze vs Omeruo and Awaziem. Would you want Chukwuze to nutmeg any of them and score today?

TheGoodJoe:
Article giving a detailed insight into the deep tactical work going on at Leicester City and why u feel Nacho has a lot to gain working with Rodgers despite playing time. When Nacho gets his chance, we will notice remarkable difference in him.

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Inside the Rodgers Revolution: How periodisation and Kolo Toure's videos are fuelling Leicester City's rise

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In his first day as Leicester manager, Brendan Rodgers staged a presentation in front of his new squad outlining his vision for the club’s future.

It was a brief but powerful message, challenging the players to join him on a journeyand that everyone - from players to manager to backroom staff - would be held to the same exacting standards, every day they walked through the gates of the club's training ground.

The message - which was received in near-reverential silence - clearly hit home. Only Liverpool and Manchester City have accrued more Premier League points since Rodgers's first match - a last-gasp defeat at Watford - and the team are unbeaten in all competitions so far this season. Three years after their fairytale title win, and as they prepare for Saturday's meeting with Manchester United and a reunion with Harry Maguire, Leicester have the top flight's established 'big six' in their crosshairs.

“The narrative has changed, from where everybody maybe felt they were at [before]. The big reason I came here from Celtic was because of the potential in the squad,” says Rodgers. “If we can create a culture where players can learn, develop and improve, we can be really competitive. It’s about trying to break the mould, really.

“It’s going to be tough and there’s a lot of work still to do. But it’s been a very good start to the season and our job is to get to the halfway point and see where we are.”

It is still early days, just four league games in, yet the Rodgers impact has been significant, blowing away the torpor which had shrouded the club under the dour and often bewildering Claude Puel.

The seeds of the transformation have been sown on the training pitch. The week’s sessions are largely based on tactical periodisation, essentially a form of training in four phases - attack, defence and the transitions in between. The emphasis is on shorter, sharper sessions and the workload usually decreases nearer to matchday. It is a philosophy favoured by the likes of Louis van Gaal (initially at Ajax and then Barcelona), Pep Guardiola and England Rugby's head coach Eddie Jones. Jose Mourinho also employed the approach in his first spell at Chelsea, where a young Rodgers was first making his name coaching in the club’s academy.

Mourinho's protegee has now adopted it, and added his own imprint. Rodgers prefers a tight training group of 20 players who can remain “super-competitive” and know they are connected to the matchday squad. His reasoning is that “if you have 25 players training, five or six can think they’re too far away from the first team.”

Training is mapped out weeks before and much of the focus is on ball retention - including never being more than 10 yards away from a team-mate - and pressing opponents.

This season there have already been encouraging signs: in the 0-0 draw at home to Wolves, the visitors achieved their third-lowest number of shots in an away game since their promotion back to the top flight.

Harvey Barnes, the attacking midfielder, believes Rodgers’s training methods have already made a huge difference. “There is a lot of intensity to training and the tactics are very precise going into the games,” he said. “It’s always tough and you know you’ve got to work hard to get in the team on a Saturday.

“He has given everyone a real uplift and the message is always about having a winning mentality. Whether it’s against Man City or someone at the bottom of the table, we’ve got to have the same mentality and go positive.

“There’s a few places in the top six up for grabs, we’re being thrown into the mix and we have our own ambitions.”

Barnes is flourishing under Rodgers and so are many others. James Maddison is back in the England senior squad and Rodgers has worked closely with the £21 million midfielder, particularly on his tactical discipline and how he can e

Barnes is flourishing under Rodgers and so are many others. James Maddison is back in the England senior squad and Rodgers has worked closely with the £21 million midfielder, particularly on his tactical discipline and how he can express his talents in a team structure without feeling pressure to show them by being a maverick.

Before the draw against Chelsea, Maddison watched clips of Kurt Zouma and spent a long time in training practising set-pieces to get the ball above the defender. Wilfred Ndidi scored the equaliser at Stamford Bridge from a Maddison corner.

Çağlar Söyüncü, the Turkish centre-half, is another player to have impressed, seizing his opportunity after the sale of Maguire. Rodgers relies heavily on his backroom staff and first-team coach Kolo Touré’s work with Söyüncü has been significant.
A former defender with Arsenal and Manchester City, Touré has run a series of video analysis sessions with Söyüncü where together they watch his performances back and go through them. Söyüncü is already emerging as a new cult hero, learning off the vastly experienced Jonny Evans alongside him.

Caglar Soyuncu (left) has ensured Leicester have not missed Harry Maguire Credit: getty images
And what of Jamie Vardy? He has scored 13 goals in 15 league games since Rodgers arrived and appears reinvigorated since those frustrating days under Puel. His form is likely to have made any thoughts of an England comeback - recently floated by Gareth Southgate - even more unlikely than they already were.
Recruitment has also been crucial over the past three seasons. Lee Congerton is the new head of senior recruitment, a trusted colleague of Rodgers at many of his other clubs, who works closely with Callum Smithson and José Fontes in the technical scouting team.

Leicester’s recruitment team and analysts usually scout players for at least 12 months before signing them and there is always one eye on the future: Söyüncü is a perfect example, with Leicester moving to sign him from Bundesliga club SC Freiburg last summer for £17.8m as a ready-made replacement for Maguire when United first started sniffing last year.
Youri Tielemans became the club’s record signing at £40m in July, choosing Leicester at a time when a move to United was still a possibility. Leicester are already assessing targets for the summer, with an ‘A’ and ‘B’ list dependent on possible European qualification.

Leicester’s track record in producing their own talent is also impressive. The academy is vibrant and most recently Barnes, Ben Chilwell and Hamza Choudhury have been promoted to the first team. Rodgers often invites some of the under-23s to train with the squad and is a regular spectator at games alongside Jon Rudkin, the director of football.
“The faith of the manager is massive,” says Barnes. “He’s not scared to play the younger players and for the likes of me, ‘Chilly’ and ‘Madders’, there’s no better place to be.
“You won't see that at a lot of clubs – the amount of young players here. The boys in the under-23's can see the pathway. There's definitely more to come.”

Rodgers insists there is still more to come from his first team, and the feeling of anger and frustration in the dressing room after that 1-1 draw at Chelsea underlines the huge ambition in this squad.
Their mission this season will also be inspired by a collective determination to build on the legacy of the club’s beloved late owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.
Leicester will move into a new £80m training ground in Charnwood for next year's pre-season and it will be intriguing to see how much more progress has been made under Rodgers in that time.
Saturday’s game at Old Trafford represents an opportunity for Leicester to make another huge statement.

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/120458-inside-brendan-rodgers-leicester-revolution-how-periodisation-and-kolo-toures-videos-are-fuelling-citys-rise/

DrKlever:
Leganes vs Villarreal Today by 3pm. Chukwueze vs Omeruo and Awaziem. Would you want Chukwuze to nutmeg any of them and score today?

timay:


Be giving quote up and down, until Nacho rots in the bench and end up not getting reasonable game time throughout the season.

the only way you can learn is by getting game time.
Even Foden under Guardiola is already pushing for at least a loan move away, because the lad knows that the only way anyone can really develop is by playing

timay:


Be giving quote up and down, until Nacho rots in the bench and end up not getting reasonable game time throughout the season.

the only way you can learn is by getting game time.
Even Foden under Guardiola is already pushing for at least a loan move away, because the lad knows that the only way anyone can really develop is by playing

timay:


Be giving quote up and down, until Nacho rots in the bench and end up not getting reasonable game time throughout the season.

the only way you can learn is by getting game time.
Even Foden under Guardiola is already pushing for at least a loan move away, because the lad knows that the only way anyone can really develop is by playing

TheGoodJoe:
Brendan Rodgers should try to give Nacho a little run. Jamie Vardy should not keep playing 90mins when others are yet to get a single minute. It does not seem ideal to me.

Taliban:


Sitting on the bench isn't bad. He should rather try to sit close to the coach so he can soak in more knowledge from the master.

Taliban:


Sitting on the bench isn't bad. He should rather try to sit close to the coach so he can soak in more knowledge from the master.

witorwitoutyou:




DONT MIND D ODE NA......SOMEONE CAREER IS DWINDLING,YET HES STILL ENCOURAGING ABSTRACT KNWLEGDE...Like timay rightly said,aw will he get to knw if truly he understood what d coach is passing to him in terms of knwledge if not pout into pratice...


OR Y NOT ASK D MUMU THEGOODJOE,Y TEACHERS PUT US UNDER EXAMINATION CONDITIONS AFTER D TERM/SEMESTER...KNWING FULLY WELL WE AV "SOAKED D KNWLEDGE/SYLLABUS IMPACTED IN US

Starboytwo:
oh really, I didn't know... By the way does he play right back or central defense in Spain?

witorwitoutyou:




DONT MIND D ODE NA......SOMEONE CAREER IS DWINDLING,YET HES STILL ENCOURAGING ABSTRACT KNWLEGDE...Like timay rightly said,aw will he get to knw if truly he understood what d coach is passing to him in terms of knwledge if not pout into pratice...


OR Y NOT ASK D MUMU THEGOODJOE, Y TEACHERS PUT US UNDER EXAMINATION CONDITIONS AFTER D TERM/SEMESTER...KNWING FULLY WELL WE AV "SOAKED D KNWLEDGE/SYLLABUS IMPACTED IN US

TheSuperNerd:



This post reeks of silliness and immaturity. TheGoodJoe I know, but who in the bloody hell are you? Nonsense!

THEGOODJOE is one of the most respected analysts on NL SPORTS and on this thread. You give this thread no regards by referring to him in that manner. Mister you crossed the line!

Listen man... you must not type. We are fine "witoutyou"

TheGoodJoe:


Please, thank you but no attacks. Allow him to express himself but learn to do it with more decency.

TheSuperNerd:



This post reeks of silliness and immaturity. TheGoodJoe I know, but who in the bloody hell are you? Nonsense!

THEGOODJOE is one of the most respected analysts on NL SPORTS and on this thread. You give this thread no regards by referring to him in that manner. Mister you crossed the line!

Listen man... you must not type. We are fine "witoutyou"

witorwitoutyou:



WHO BE DIS ONE?

junnyjake:


Who knows, the young man might be pursuing a coaching career in the next 3 years.