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40 minutes ago, Sankey93 said:

If he gets the players he needs then it will work in this league 100%

We're skint remember. The players you require to play the football RM tries to serve, are better quality than L1 players. Even the players at Rangers (who I assume will be a higher standard than L1 couldn't adapt to his style). We were lucky under Enzo, we retained some quality players who could play that style (Winks, KDH, Ndidi, Vestergaard, even Praet was comfortable with the ball) but we just haven't got that quality now and I can't see us being able to recruit the standard of player that will a) drop to L1 b) or have the money to buy them if they would.

I can't fathom out why a few think RM would be ok. A disaster at Southampton when they were in the Prem (too stubborn to adopt alternative line ups) and then goes to Rangers who should always finish first or second, but is sacked after they are languishing eighth after the worst start in the club's history. I try to be supportive of new managers, but I'll find it hard to get behind this clown. 

I often wonder who drives the recruitment for a new manager. Does Top say to Rudders, these are the only managers I'll consider or does Rudders come up with a list which he takes to Top, who rejects them all and the process starts again. How do ordinary Leicester fans see who would be a decent appointment, yet it's likely to be someone driven by Top's idea on how he thinks the game should be played? 

1 hour ago, Steve Earle said:

Sidibeh from Stockport

With that name, he should definitely be Citeh bound

1 minute ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Knowing our scouting we’ll end up with Persimmon

More likely, Wimpey

It's absolutely scandalous that we are back to where we were some 15 years ago. I struggle to have optimism that we can go full circle again, particularly while Top and Rudderless have their hands on the tiller. However, I do look at teams we call our close rivals who have been where we are now and have turned things around, but it will take a huge rebuild with solid professionals who will give their all for the badge and not those who just turn up and give in when the going gets tough. Good luck to Hull, Coventry and Ipswich, they have the blueprint we should try to replicate.

3 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

We were better than Hull in both games against them this season and certainly gave Boro a scare both times. 
 

Shite league.

Not sure about away - they battered us in the first half. Agreed different game second half and we nearly rescued a point late on when Winks hit the cross bar. I was pretty impressed with their first half display at their place, but that could have been due to the fact we were sh1te.

20 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

As amusing as it all is, Middlesbrough are snitched and don’t deserve to be there themselves. So I guess we have to support Hull….but Hull are crap and couldn’t beat us over the season. 

Meh, at least L1 has a good final between local rivals and I guess we want Notts to win the L2 play off so we can replace rivalries against Forest, Derby and Cov with Burton, Mansfield and Notts Co!

It was 2 - 1 to Hull at their place

2 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I know he has a year left on his deal at Boro but would love to see us bring in a player like Luke Ayling come in as the experienced leader and mentor to our younger players next season. 

Thought that's what we were doing with Coady. Doesn't always play out as you'd think it would.

2 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

I don't disagree but he wasn't a left field choice by the very definition of the term. He'd managed against us numerous times.

I suppose it depends on what your interpretation of left field is. Mine would be an unexpected or unusual appointment often coming from a direction nobody anticipated. I suppose for me it was an unexpected and unusual appointment as I was expecting Rohl and I didn't anticipate we'd go for a manager who was doing nothing special at QPR and was on gardening leave. Just my take on it, I can see there will be different interpretations. 

Just now, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

 

Marti Cifuentes whose most recent job was QPR is hardly "going left field" 

It was a gamble that didn't pay off though - he was hardly an inspiring choice and his track record at QPR was hardly eye catching. Not sure what the appeal was.

1 minute ago, Mista_cle31 said:

If not him, I think we need a bit of a left field appointment.... Maybe someone else who's based abroad?! 

Have to disagree - went left field with Cifuentes and was a horror show. Personally feel we need someone in the mould of Pearson. No nonsense, clear idea of how the club should grow and someone the players will respect, no matter their status within the club. I'm leaning towards someone like Challenor.

I sort of understand the loyalty bit, but if this is the case just move Rudkin to another part of the KP empire. Send him to be head of the stud farm at the stables. I'm sure the stallions would find some pleasure in rogering him.

10 hours ago, jim5000 said:

I will fondly remember him and would love to see him back one day in a coaching role. 

Loved Ricardo, thought he was a great player in his prime and a good ambassador for the club. However, I think he's not a great leader and I question whether he would be able to be a really top coach as I feel he hasn't got that nasty streak that makes great managers/coaches.

15 minutes ago, oundlefox said:

So we could have a dick as manager and a cock as chief football officer 

Or we could appoint Steve Bull and have a cock and bull story

5 hours ago, Raj said:

CMon...like saying Bonnie Blue would be a good wife.

 

Let's not get carried away...he puts in effort but feck me for £70k a week shall we build him a  fecking statue for the  2 goals...

 

Let him do it week in week out and get 15 goals a season I MIGHT retract my comments and apologise.

Raj, I'm not suggesting he's the Messiah - but his performance was top notch yesterday. 9/10 on BBC player ratings suggests it was somewhere near outstanding. But I am with you, a one off every 3 seasons is not good enough. However, his wages are somewhat irrelevant as that's what JR was prepared to pay him. Unlike some of the other high earners, at least Daka does appear to put a shift in most games. 

3 hours ago, Raj said:

It was an  embarrassing draw epitimised by the ineptitude  of players like Daka who have got this club in this state.

 

Daka ability is questionable, but if the rest of the team put in the effort he does, we wouldn't be in this position. Daka has been poor for most of the season, but you surely can't deny he was outstanding yesterday?

7 hours ago, Raj said:

PNE were absolutely  dog shit and we could still only manage a draw.

I dont care how good people thought we played or whatever.

We are bunch of tossers who gift goal after goal to some of the worst teams ever to have played at this ground and some fans applauded the players off for getting a draw.

 

2 gifted goals for us that even my Mrs would have scored and the 2nd went in from the bar.

 

 

Does that only count as half a goal, then.

20 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

you watch Vardys Fleetwood games, the ability was there. What he was lacking in that first season was belief and self-confidence 

Not necessarily trying to defend Daka, but you watch Daka's Salzburg games and the ability was there (at a higher level than Fleetwood). Perhaps Daka's lost all confidence and self belief too.

4 minutes ago, Balj said:

Anyone else waiting for their ticket to update? Still stuck on Bristol City.

If you have an I Phone it's easy to refresh

Tap the three dots at the top right of your pass

Tap Pass details

Turn off automatic updates

Then turn back on automatic updates.

This should update your season ticket.

Hope that helps.

3 minutes ago, Wortho said:

I was at the 4-1 defeat with my Qpr supporting partner. She absolutely milked it. 
I hope we can win as a minimum but 2 or 3 nil would be suffice.

Try not to gloat too much, if we win, be humble, otherwise the sofa and a Barclay's will all you get Saturday night.

QPR will offer a different challenge. They are physically strong and we have struggled to cope with teams who impose themselves on us. Technically we are far better, but could easily get bullied in this one. 

Thought he did fine last night. Have to accept he's poor on the ball, but his defending complemented Nelson last night. Best he's played for 90 minutes this season.

30 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Decent point tbh. Especially if we back it up with a couple of wins this week.

And there in lies the problem. I'm struggling to recall when we last won.