Leicester City chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, known as Khun Top, grimaced and shook his head as he looked down from the executive box. Beneath him, Brendan Rodgers’ players trudged off the pitch following a goalless Premier LeagueDraw with Crystal Palace.
Is it a reaction? Did it have to do with the shouts of many supporters who demanded Rodgers be fired? Maybe it was because of the Kop banner, which called for action by the board.
Khun Top doesn’t want to sack Rodgers, a man who has brought considerable success to his club over the past three seasons. He wants to give him time to turn his struggling side’s fortunes around.
Some expected Rodgers’ time to be up at the start of the recent international break, when Leicester picked up just one point in their first seven games, but Khun Top kept faith with his manager, recognising he had been unable to give Rodgers the support he craved in the summer transfer window.
Recognizing that the opening fixtures had been a difficult start, including against four of six Big Six players, there was also an understanding. Therefore, the plan was to give Rodgers more time — the next run of games up to the World Cup break — for his side to play themselves back into form. Games against other strugglers Nottingham Forest,
