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To be fair, let it drag on, start the search and negotiations for his replacement in the background. He's definitely going, they just need to agree on a fee - we should rinse them for as much as we can. No reason it stops us from doing what we need to do. Although I suppose this is Leicester we're talking about.

Preki, the footballing god. Come home brother. I know you've never been here, but Leicester is your SPIRITUAL home. Help us in our time of need, Preki. Through you, all things are possible.

Will Still is a massive fraud. One win in his last 14 games and got sacked. Corberan would be a much better option.

The points deduction, in my opinion, makes it more likely that we'll be able to attract a manager. If you get relegated, then it wasn't their fault - it was the points deduction. If they keep us up - look at me, what a miracle worker I am! Whereas if we were coming into this season with no deduction, any manager we get will need to carry the can for the results on the pitch over the course of the season.

Mark my words, Will Still is ****ing shit.

I dunno why, but I feel like we're set up for an all-timer of a season, I just think it's going to be crazy.

I suppose Cambiasso was texting instructions to Claudio all the way through the title winning season too.

Cambiasso 'took control' 😂 biggest myth in this clubs history

Bless you

Will Still would be an absolute disaster, people have stopped talking about him because that unbeaten run ended and he won just 2 of his last 14 games.

Potter or Corberan please.

I genuinely like Enzo and think he's done a good job, but his confidence-to-the-point-of-arrogance, and so many of his comments during and post-season show that he thinks he's too good for this club, so it's no surprise that he's leaving at the first opportunity. It's a real shame to be honest, and I think he's in for a rude awakening at Chelsea.

If Maresca does go, and it is Corberan in to replace him, then I wouldn't be too mad about it. Corberan has shown at Huddersfield and West Brom that he's very adept at working with what he's got, he doesn't require huge spending sprees, and he has adapted his style - which is not dissimilar to Enzo's - in order to get the best out of the players at his disposal. Bielsa massively rated him at Leeds, and he seems to have done a good job wherever he's gone, apart from Olympiacos. A lot to like there.

I'd like him to stay, but what I hope we don't do is give him a silly contract to ward off any interest, like we did with Rodgers and Arsenal. At Leicester, all players and all staff should have their price, and we shouldn't stand in their way when they want to leave - just make sure we get the best possible compensation. It's a model that has served us so well in the past, and shows that no-one is bigger than this club.

Graham Potter anyone?

Don't reckon they would have been obscene. Think we've probably just decided that there's better places to spend our money.

I think if we weren't watching our spending so closely, we would have probably made this permanent - he's a good squad player.

I wouldn't have thought so, he's got a good track record of giving youth a shot in the first team, and with Liverpool's injury record over the past two seasons, I don't know if they'll be keen to ship out a decent squad player.

Agree with all this. He's gotten away with it because his missus didn't want to press charges and they've since reconciled, and there's basically no chance of getting a conviction without her testimony and her pushing it forwards. In his statement he talked about being 'cleared' - he was never cleared. He's never had to answer for what everyone heard on those recordings. For me, that's enough reason to not touch him with a barge pole.

Abso****inglutley not

Maybe, might be cultural differences, but you do get the feeling across multiple interviews etc that he's not particularly introspective when it comes to his own performance as a manager.

To be clear, I do rate Enzo and I do actually enjoy the football when we play it well - it's clear we need reinforcements this season to meet our potential. But I would just like a little more humility from Maresca (and his arselicker, Balague) about his shortcomings. It's fine - no-one expects you to be absolutely perfect in your first proper job, there's learnings to take from this season, but the way he reacts to criticism suggests he's quite thin-skinned and that he doesn't seem to think there's any need for him to improve - and that's worrying. The fact that he's pointing to his record and trying to almost imply how lucky we are to have him, and that we should be giving him whatever he wants after that stinking run at the end of the season - that doesn't sit too well with me. I feel like he would get a lot more goodwill if he came out and said 'look, it was a good season - there was a lot to be happy about, and we met our ultimate objective - but there was a lot to learn from too - for the players, for the club, and for myself - and we need to go into the new season with everyone on the same page, and with everyone pulling together to ensure we give ourselves the best chance of success.' It's all way too adversarial at the minute.

If CL was the only consideration, then Celtic would be beating most PL clubs to signings on a regular basis - the pull is strong, but so is the pull of PL football. As for Porto, in a bad season they're going out in the groups, in a good season they might get last 16 or QFs - they're not serious European contenders, and the Portuguese domestic league can't compete in any way with the PL. And if the idea of playing CL is to put yourself in the shop window for bigger clubs, I'd say that playing for a PL club is more likely to get you a move to a big club with bigger CL credentials.

Oh I don't know. Don't discount the attraction (and money) that comes with playing in the PL.