cityfanlee23

One game really stands out to me but it's not following Leicester, mate is a Wednesday fan and we went to watch Sheffield Wednesday away at MK Dons in January 2013, Tuesday night kick off in the FA Cup, this was before Stadium MK had finished construction, the private boxes at the top of the stands had not yet been installed so there was a massive gap behind the away fans, it was a windy night and the temperature was in the minus, the icy wind was coming through the gap at top of the stadium and whipping down the stands, genuinely couldn't feel my feet after about 15 minutes. Sheffield Wednesday absolutely stunk the place out, and Dave Jones sat in the dugout with his arms crossed and literally didn't move the entire game, fans ended up giving him dogs abuse for his completely lack of effort to change anything or rally the team/fans. I'll never forget how cold I felt that night. It wasn't even ridiculous temperatures, but that icy wind was whipping down the stands making it feel like it was -10.

Lawson struggling massively but credit to him in his interviews he’s taken full accountability, a lot of drivers under pressure look for excuses like traffic, tyre window etc, Lawson has taken full responsibility.

Dominant! Roll on qualifying!

Imagine where they would be without Palmer playing Ballon D’or level football for the majority of this season until recently. Massive squad brimming with talent, 250m spent, requested more in January, 21 points off the title, and only a point ahead of Man City who have had one of their worst seasons in recent history. The football is often boring (but makes a great highlight reel when it works), it’s predictable and he suffered the same collapse in form that he did with us, overrated by Leicester fans imo, nowhere near elite.

Chancel Mbemba on a free in summer would be a massive steal for the Championship, should have got him in January, I doubt he would want to step down but we should be in for him IMO.

The Championship is a perfect opportunity to bring a young hungry striker in with a point to prove and give him a full season run to show what he can do before (hopefully) getting promoted and being ready for the top flight. Giving Vardy another contract and him scoring double figures is just another nail in the coffin of being able to adequately replace him when he likely retires after promotion. Now is not the time for being sentimental, it's the time for a full squad reset, that includes the greatest striker of the modern era, the last thing we need is a striker maybe struggling to adapt and needing game time, but being starved of it because a 39 year old Vardy can still score in the championship. We need to stop thinking short term, that's what got the club into this mess.

If you’ve not watched it, the F1 tribute on YouTube is fantastic, what an inspiring life. Sad sad loss

Finally, some sport I can get excited about on a weekend 🤣 hope he can take pole for the main race, great quali session!

Meh. Hes better than cooper and ruud, hate the football, massively stubborn manager who imo has been underwhelming at Chelsea despite spending 250m at a club overflowing with talent and still wanting more in January. Would rather go in another direction but no doubt he’s an upgrade on Ruud.

We can have a joint celebration, Top taking responsibility and Leicester City winning the Ryder Cup

The sad part is, I still have that niggling thought in my head of "what if?" What if we drop to the championship and he's able to bring in the players to play his system? What if we drop to the championship and he's able to properly rebuild the backroom staff and scouting network? What if we drop to the championship and he's able to properly drive standards at the club which clearly are lacking? The championship as we saw last season is dog water standard compared to the premier league, I feel like the drop down in class would see us fighting for top 6 if Ruud stayed on, but I have absolutely zero evidence to suggest that is the case, Ruud is giving me nothing to feel excited or confident for, I can't really see what his tactics are trying to achieve apart from some pretty football in transition that inevitably breaks down the moment we step into the opponents final 3rd.

You're right, either there is 4m available or we breach PSR, either way if we can't spend £4m then we are stuck with Ruud for the considerable future anyway, which is frightening.

Completely get your point, I just hope come the summer he is available, but there will be other options out there if he's not, sadly it's in the hands of the circus upstairs.

Well the main rumour is Southampton want him, and they will be a better prospect for him in summer than we will IMO, I wouldn't be surprised if clubs abroad take a look at him. I don't think £4m to secure a manager is a waste of money, sure, if there is a very real possibility we are the only club who approach him in the summer then we should wait and pay the £2m, but I think with the job he's done there, he will probably get some decent offers. I will say though, I actually think we are a very good prospect as a club even with all of the issues, we have fantastic facilities, some great young players coming through, and many players who can compete at Championship level as proven last season, we will also likely have some money coming in for players like Bilal and Mads, whilst getting big earners off the books in Vardy/Ward etc.

Honestly, I'd pay the £4m now. He will have a LOT of competition in the summer, i'd rather pay the £2m extra and get it over the line, £2m is not a lot of money in todays market, we are probably going to spend 5x that on a midfielder who turns out to be garbage.

Kristiansen is a far bigger bombscare than Thomas imo, LT has made fewer mistakes, he's not at the level we needed to survive, but i'd happily give him a run in the Championship with a manager who knows how to organise a defence, he's the least of our worries. If we can get 8m for him in summer and then reinvest that money into a left back, sure. If the offer that comes in is £5m or less we might as well hold onto him.

I can't see him wanting to step down to the championship, but if Urs Fischer is willing to come having left Union Berlin 14 months ago, he should be a top top priority, proven builder.

Been impressed with him also, would be a good appointment imo.

If he was a stop gap why give him an 18 month deal? And why can they get Rohl cheaper in summer? His buyout is still 5m surely? How is paying off Juric and paying him premier league wages going to save them money vs just paying the 5m for Rohl months ago? Juric has also brought in coaches with him

I completely agree, Southampton are in a far better position, most of their key assets are not on stupid wages and they have a lot of talent for the future. If given a choice between us and Southampton he would choose Southampton on ever metric apart from facilities, in every other detail they are better run. But that only becomes a possibility if we both wait until the summer. If he doesn’t have a secret deal in place then we should be triggering that clause NOW to really give him a choice to make. And if Southampton were really that keen on signing him why did they bring in Juric on an 18 month deal?

Regarding the rumour that Rohl has "agreed" to join Southampton in the summer, I think this rumour has sprung up because of the media speculation that Southampton wanted him when they sacked Martin, but this doesn't make sense to me. If we sacked Ruud today and triggered the buyout clause for Danny Rohl, that would force this rumour to be addressed since if there is a secret deal with Southampton to join in the summer that would become a massive media storm. If there isn't a secret deal in place already agreed, us sacking Ruud (because we simply have to) and triggering Rohls clause, that would force Southampton to do the same to stop us getting him, and if they really wanted him enough to sign a secret deal, why bother giving an 18 month deal to Ivan Juric? If Southampton believed Rohl was the long term option, they could have easily paid his 5m buyout when they sacked Martin, when you consider the amount Southampton will be paying Juric in wages, agent fees, sign on fee, plus the break option to part ways they have allegedly agreed, why didn't they just pay for Rohl? I can understand why this secret deal rumour exists, but financially, and from a stability pov, it just makes no sense for Southampton to have gone for Juric, then hand Rohl a championship squad in summer, when they could have handed him a premier league squad with half of the season to play. Part ways with Ruud, pay the £5m BEFORE we end up in a new financial year in the championship, give him a few months with a completely free hit so he can properly assess the squad and put transfer targets in place early, or at the very minimum, force Southampton to either publicly announce the deal with Rohl in the summer, and we end up giving the coaches a caretaker role until the summer where I can't see us getting any worse anyway.

Time to Röhl the dice.

I'm starting to think Ruud has given us a silver lining, if Bilal keeps putting in these bang average performances, we might not need to worry about him moving on, there is a hell of a player in there, but like Buonanotte, Ruud has pretty much ruined him, we need to hold strong and keep Bilal if we can.