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Dyche and Rodgers worked together at Watford, with Brendan as manager for a brief spell and Dyche working with the youth team at the club he eventually managed. There is obviously warmth between the pair. Rodgers dished out the praise.
He is a guy I know well. He is a real student and a deep thinker of the game, and as a coach he is first class. He is very progressive, his teams have clarity in how they work, the players understand their roles, and he has them super-organised and committed. Like us all, in various sections of the league, there is a limit in terms of budget which gets you certain types of players. What he does is give confidence to the players he brings in, where it might not have worked out for them at other clubs. Absolutely no disrespect to Burnley, but if there was an opportunity at a higher level for him, then he could go on and do that, without any shadow of a doubt. 1.36pm GMT
Ahead of this game, Sean Dyche spoke in his pre-match press conference and had some kind words for Leicester and Brendan Rodgers.
I like the manager and what he is trying to achieve there. They have invested heavily in the players but they are a younger group who are developing all the time with enough experience in key players in there as well. We are on a tough run of form, but I don’t think they are naive enough to think it is turn up and get the business done. We are not a million miles away.