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.
9. Carl Tiler.
The £250,000 signing from Charlton featured 20 times for the Blues between March 2001 and his departure in May 2003. A sending off against Bradford in January 2002 saw his season finish there and then. Made just two more Pompey appearances after that. Photo: National World
10. Hamilton Thorp
The Aussie was signed by Terry Venables in August 1997 for £75,000. But he was back Down Under - alongside several other fellow countrymen who made the same journey - less than a year later. Eight of his nine Pompey appearances came from the bench. Photo: Third party
11. Yassin Moutaouakil
The former non-league player spent a season and a half at Fratton Park between January 2014 and June 2015. The Blues were in League Two then, and despite the right-back featuring 35 times for the club, there was little to excite the fans. Photo: Joe Pepler
12. Tyler Walker
The striker's loan spell from Coventry over the second half of the 2021-22 season is one everyone will want to forget. 15 appearances and one goal says it all. Photo: Jason Brown