Brendan Fraudgers!

A less than flattering pre season? Wow * eeee..

 

He had a great pre season

 

What games was he good in then?
I didnt think he was great v Barca or Leicster and definitely not the imps away. didnt think he performed particularly well in Slovenia.

Granted, maybe finding fitness until now. But iv been a sceptic of his for the past few seasons now because I feel he goes missing in the big games, especially europe.

 

No way was he "great".

 

Think we've had a good pre-season. Undefeated in Slovenia, only beaten by Leicester on penalties, and we have Barca a good game.

We've had a total freak result against the Red Imps. Other than that, Rodgers has had a very good start.

 

Is the Dons going be first full house under Brendan. Look online and says its sold out.

 

Ah think we are getting our wires crossed. I was talking about Scott Brown which has kind of went on a tangent within this thread of Rodgers.
I think Rodgers has doen the necessities and made the changes to begin making progress. Im optimistic.

 

He's had a great pre season.

 

One of the biggest grins I've seen was the youth game last week. That certainly is a legacy that Ronny left, which most of us are positive is looking great just now and for the future..

 

His only bad game was the Imps away game, and pretty much everyone in the team in that game was * poor so you can hardly hold it against him personally. However since then he's improved and had decent games against Leicester and Barca and Imps at home, and I'd say he's been great in both legs vs Astana and against Hearts. So yeah, I think he's got his form back already and it's early August, impressive considering quite a few wrote him off as finished at the tail end of last season.

 

I can't make sense of this post mate?

 

Well clearly Lennon achieved a few title wins and won cups also. And a last 16 in the CL.

Im not bashing anyone. I liked Deila but its a harsh reality that some people dont want to face because he was a nice, likeable, endearing guy. We regressed as a team in his time in charge. Not instantly but gradually.
What did "the nutrition" achieve? Id argue Lennons diet and regime was more effective.

Im of the personal oppinion that Deila failed to improve on the platform Lennon built. And now Rodgers has had to halt the decline and turn it round.

Again, I really liked Ronny as a guy, but maybe I just dont think on him as affectionately as you.

 

I watched most of, if not all of the pre season games and he wasnt great in quite a few of them. If you look back at the match threads in this forum you will witness the general consensus of his performances.

Hes put in one strong performance (my opinion) and i hope he can build on that and rediscover his form but the jury will still be out unless he can. But I still want a top earner and one of our big players doing it in the big games too.

 

Which one?

 

Ronny was great for the kids, Rodgers can build on that. Now, Ronny didn't do so well with the more established players and Rodgers can fix that.

 

The youth's/academy. Ronny was big on the kid's doing exactly what the first team do, all the way through. Fitness, diets and we're now seeing real athletes coming through the ranks. As opposed to the day's of the constant wee midgets for a start..

He had a big influence on it, so much so that he had/allowed our captain to get so involved with them..

 

I agree. Ronny underachieved compared to Lenny because of his lack of tactical flexibility and failure to develop a strong mental toughness and team spirit. Of course Lenny was the better manager but I would argue that Ronny was the better coach (not saying NL wasn't good!) and we will benefit from a lot of the long-term foundations he put in place for years to come.

 

I think Ronny struggled with the culture. A manager in the UK needs to be able to knock heads in a way that you don't need as much in Scandinavia. I think that affected the mentality of the team.