For those struggling to remember, the former Notts County and Port Vale front man spent three months at Fratton Park in 2012 as the Blues adapted to their first season back in League One due to ongoing financial troubles.
In that time, Rodgers featured 13 times and scored three goals for the club, before swiftly departing for Shrewsbury. Yet the very mention of his name prompted the question: could he be considered one of the lesser names ever to wear the star and crescent on a Pompey match-day?
As a result, we put this question to our followers on Facebook: who is the worst player you have ever seen play for the Blues?
And we weren’t short of answers.
So much so that here are 30 ex-players who Fratton Park fans believe should never have been allowed to feature for Pompey.
5. Josh Koroma
The on-loan Huddersfield winger saw his stay at Pompey last season ended early as he failed to live up to the hype that surrounded his summer of 2022 arrival. Photo: Jason Brown
6. Jermaine Pennant
14 games, 0 goals and 0 assists says it all about the winger who arrived in January 2009 on loan from Liverpool. Photo: Ryan Pierse
7. Collins Mbesuma
Was touted as the new Yakubu when signed from South African side Kaiser Chiefs in 2005, but the Zambian never started a game and made just four sub appearances before being farmed out to Portuguese side Maritimo and eventually leaving two years later. Photo: National World
8. Lee Chapman
Speaking in Played Up Pompey, Paul Walsh said of Chapman - who was signed to be Guy Whittingham's replacement: 'I couldn’t play with him. You want a big lump to stay as high up the pitch as possible so you can hit him and play off him, but Chapman thought he could play and would attempt to get the ball. The drawback was he was hopeless in possession. Understanding what he was trying to do was a problem. Normally you find a solution, but the relationship just wasn’t there and Jim Smith moved him on to West Ham after six weeks, six appearances and two goals.' Photo: Michael Cooper