Leicester: Is Brendan Rodgers stubborn and deluded?

Man-to-man marking is fairly self-explanatory and used more successfully in the Premier League, as I see it. Rodgers is known to favour some wider world and European tacticians, though one of his apparent heroes, Marcelo Bielsa, seemingly utilises a man-marking arrangement with Leeds United. While my research seems to point at many other prominent chiefs using a zone. It’s personal preference, I suppose.

Nevertheless, the Northern Irishman at the helm compounded the definite LCFC problem and upset the Blue Army following the uninspiring 2-0 loss to Arsenal on Saturday, by suggesting the situation has never been a difficulty for his side. That is just political-esque spin or a downright lie, to be frank, being as another went in thanks to the Gunners’ Gabriel. Statistics and numbers never tell untruths.

"“It’s [defending on set-pieces] never been an issue for us in our time here, but certainly we need to improve on it.” – Brendan Rodgers, via Leicester Mercury"

Essentially, all Leicester fans want is honesty off the pitch, when realistically allowed. In addition to effectiveness or at least attempts to try while playing. This instance is regrettable because ‘BR’ is such a decent guy and very good manager.

Yet the Leicester team needs to be drilled correctly; a simple switch to a man-marking strategy will suffice, surely. With tough and dogged competitors like Caglar Soyuncu it is more suitable, trust me. Rodgers doesn’t even have to acknowledge his error, ensuring his pride is intact. But must resolve it!

We all make mistakes and have egos to massage at times. Just so he knows, Leicester conceded the sixth most in this scenario last season. This campaign they are seventh on the list, with generally relegation fodder clubs above.