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A lot of things can motivate us in life.

But perhaps the biggest motivator of all is the ability to prove to people that they were wrong about you.

That’s the situation that Brendan Rodgers finds himself in at the King Power Stadium, and after the Foxes’ start to the season, it looks like he’s well on his way to doing that.

What’s been said?

Speaking on Sunday Supplement, Mirror journalist John Cross heaped praise on Leicester and was one of the many people that are predicting them to finish in the top four.

More importantly, he stressed how crucial Rodgers has been to them and how the rest of the league will end up kicking themselves for not appointing him:

“I think that a lot of Premier League clubs missed a trick when they basically didn’t go for, and shied away from Brendan Rodgers. If you look at his career, there might have been a couple of ups and downs, I think he’s always got the best out of young players, he plays attractive football, I like the way he gives players a confidence and a belief.”

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Chip on his shoulder

That is probably going to be the biggest driving point behind Leicester and whatever heights they end up reaching, the fact that many people still don’t believe that he can cut it when it comes to top-level management.

Just take a look at how he is looked upon by his former employers, Celtic. Their fans unveiled a banner labelling him a fraud following his departure while similar thoughts have been echoed by some Kopites at Liverpool.

At Anfield, it was because he inherited the players that took them so close to winning the title in 2013/14, then at Celtic it was that winning the title in Scotland with the Bhoys is a relatively easy feat given that they had no serious competition, even from Old Firm rivals Rangers.

That kind of label is inevitably going to give someone a little bit of fire in their belly and the desire to prove everybody else wrong.

So whilst we at FFC still have doubts about how high the Foxes can finish, one thing is for sure, if Rodgers can take them into the top four, then he’ll certainly have gone a long way in proving his many doubters wrong, and may just end up shaking off that ‘fraud’ label once and for all.