Underneath-fire Leicester boss Brendan Rodgers says he’s not anticipating the sack regardless of followers calling for his head after the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace.
he Foxes stay within the backside three after 10 video games following Saturday’s lunchtime stalemate with Palace, the place midfielder James Maddison missed his last likelihood to impress on-looking England boss Gareth Southgate forward of subsequent week’s World Cup squad announcement.
Followers booed and referred to as for Rodgers to be sacked, holding up an indication within the stand that mentioned it was “time for motion”, however the Northern Irishman will not be anticipating to go anyplace.
He revealed he met with proprietor Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who was seen shaking his head at full-time, and had good conversations.
Rodgers mentioned: “Prime is an efficient man and it’s wonderful for him to be right here. It’s a must to match the story, we haven’t received a recreation of soccer and he’s like us, he desires to win and do effectively. There isn’t a situation there.
“They perceive the difficulties there’s going to be this yr, when it comes to us not having the ability to enhance however he desires to win.
“However I’ve at all times had good assist from them. I had lengthy conversations yesterday. I’ve had no indication of something, however I perceive soccer.
“It’ll by no means change – my feeling for him – if he needed to make a change. That’s the actuality. He is an efficient man who inherited a soccer membership in his early 30s after a tragic occasion and he has been good in that point.
“He has given the soccer membership and me as a lot assist as he probably may. He has been rewarded for that. Now in a troublesome interval and a troublesome time he’s nonetheless being supportive.
“How lengthy that lasts we’ll see, he’ll inform me if it modifications. Till then I’ll hold working, keep targeted and take it from there.”
Rodgers says he’s used to receiving criticism, having accomplished so regardless of attaining current success.
“Should you’re in direction of the underside of the league, you then’re going to have critics,” he mentioned. “However I had critics right here after we had been wining the FA Cup, and we had been fifth.
“It’s the sport, it’s the character of it. My dedication and focus is for the gamers, to the get outcomes and hopefully convey the outcomes to the supporters.
“I can regulate that stress, there is no such thing as a drawback with that. I perceive, after we had been ending fifth and successful the FA Cup I had critics, when you find yourself on the backside you’ll positively have critics.”
Maddison’s World Cup hopes are certainly over after failing to provide something extraordinary in entrance of Southgate. His late reserving for diving means he shall be suspended for the subsequent match in opposition to Leeds and won’t play once more earlier than the England boss names his squad.
Rodgers mentioned: “You may’t decide him on this one recreation. I believed he had a great recreation, I believed he was actually artistic. He’s a man enjoying out of place for the workforce.
“He is among the most proficient artistic gamers within the league. He’s a prime participant at this stage. I believed he had a great recreation, sadly on the finish he’s clearly searching for the penalty.”
Palace boss Patrick Vieira continues to be ready for his facet to win away this season however bemoaned the shortage of high quality in assault.
The guests stuttered to only one shot on course within the 90 minutes and didn’t appear like scoring.
“I feel it was a difficult, tough recreation for us, we got here with the intention to play higher than what we did,” the Frenchman mentioned.
“We didn’t take sufficient danger, we didn’t play ahead sufficient, we lacked tempo and the standard of our ball we didn’t do sufficient to win the sport.
“Within the different facet, we had been stable sufficient to not concede a purpose. I needed extra from the workforce going ahead as a result of we’ve the standard.”
