Leicester City players who don’t put in the hard yards will be dropped, manager Brendan Rodgers has said as he questioned some of the team’s willpower.
Brendan Rodgers said: “It is not all the team, we have players who are performing to a really good level, they’re showing that desire and mentality to do the dirty work. I say the same thing to them – I don’t beat around the bush when I’m talking about a bush – we need to run more. And as a collective, it’s no good seven or eight players doing it. That’s what’s always got us those wins and that consistency. We’re not good enough as a group to win games at 75 per cent. We’re a team that has to be at maximum. That’s something we’ll analyse and speak about because it’s something that cost us against Arsenal and cost us on Thursday.”
Any players that don’t take on board the message will be left out of the line-up, Rodgers has said, the manager frustrated that running harder is not something he can coach into players.
Brendan Rodgers said: “Sometimes it’s willpower, and unfortunately it’s the one thing you cannot transport into players. You can give them lots of tactical ideas and support and technical coaching, but getting back is also about will. It’s something that if you don’t do you don’t play. That’s what’s hurting us a bit at the moment, but we’ll correct it and make it right.”
