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Looks like Enzo going to Man City then. 
I do think that Emery should be at the very least under consideration for the job. 
Has done a brilliant job at Villa. 
 

17 minutes ago, Kinowe Soorie said:

Anyone going to this? Four of us have booked.

 

Yes I’m going. 
Looking forward to it. 

I’m still pissed off even now looking at Villa getting Emery and we stuck with that ***** Rodgers. 
Not suggesting we’d have got Emery but that was when we should have made the change like they did. 
Glasner and Slot were gettable at the time. 
Absolutely disgusting how we’ve fallen.

On 13/05/2026 at 22:26, Trav Le Bleu said:

You forgot queue-jumping.

That was Holly Willoughby. 
 

I’d take Challinor, Schumacher or Alexander next season. 
Would prefer Challinor but either of the other 2 imo is a decent appointment. 

Finally we’ve supposedly looked abroad at different managers. 
All it’s took is a new director of football. 
What the fvck we have been doing with persisting with Rudkin god knows. 
Shame we’re doing it in league 1 when we should have been looking abroad when Rodgers was fvcking everything up. 

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I was getting my hopes up. 
Will it be Gallardo or Almeyda?? 
No just one of our ex coaches. 
We really do look far and wide for managers…….

Who in league 1 should we be looking at if we go that route? 
Imo Michael Duff and Tom Cleverly should be at least under consideration. 
Is there any other’s that stand out? 
 

4 minutes ago, john ridley said:

That's one crossed off the list then.

Was never coming to us after Lincoln went up. 

Jimmy Thelin. 
Wasn’t he rumored to be in the running before Rowett was appointed? 
Seemed to have done well with Aberdeen before it went to pot. 

1 hour ago, deep blue said:

Your last sentence is nonsense.  It's because he's played for us in the past that we have good insight into his character and can be fairly sure that he has the strength to be his own man that our recent managers have all lacked (Enzo excepted), and we need that almost more than anything else in our next manager.

Do we have a good insight into his character? Prob as a player but not as a manager. 
He may have the attributes as a player to be his own man but it’s completely different as a manager. 
Keeping a side up in league 2 and having a less than 30% win rate is hardly a ringing endorsement. 
I don’t get this logic that any ex player will be a good manager because they know the club. That’s nonsense. King and Rowett being prime examples. 
Our most successful managers have had no previous connection with the club - 

Pearson, O’Neil, Ranieri and Little.  

We are so reactive as a club rather than being proactive. 
They will wait and hope Davies or Robins leave their teams and try and get 1 of them or anyone else in a similar situation. 
Once we get turned down by numerous coaches we’ll end up with someone no one else wants like Rowett. 
Instead of identifying a target even if they are at another club and paying the compensation. 
They will never learn and history will repeat itself this summer like previous summers with Corberan and Rohl. 

Alves will have worked with Manning last season. 
I can see us going for Manning. 
Hope we don’t but I’m sure we will. 

5 minutes ago, CarolinaFox said:

Those are all fair options. I wouldn't be mad if we saw reports linking us with Challinor, Duff or Cleverly. Schreuder could be interesting, of the four you've listed he's by far the one with the riskier style of play. I agree, Fuchs doesn't have the pedigree on coaching merit alone, although he was Dean Smith's assistant manager at Charlotte FC for two years. I just can't help think that the cancer that's set in with this club is about low standards, and lack of grit and fight. Is there a manager who can come in on day one and really shake things up for the better? I do think Fuchs could do that, and that's why its an idea that has grown on me. I want us to win, but I also want to love this club again, and its hard when you see the junk effort being put out on the pitch and the lack of character from the squad. As a follow up: would you have a preference of one of those managers you've listed? 

Schreuder. 
But I’d be happy with Challinor. 
Duff gives off Pearson type vibes as he won’t take any shit and that’s something we need. 

6 minutes ago, CarolinaFox said:

I’m not sure there is one obvious “right” candidate here. A lot of the discussion I’m seeing is focused on who it shouldn’t be, which is fair — but it doesn’t really move us toward a solution. I’d genuinely love to hear your perspective: who do you think would be a good fit? Someone realistic for us to hire by early June, affordable, and capable of leading a proper squad rebuild. Just curious what alternative names you think actually make sense.

I’d rather we stay clear of ex players. 
King and Rowett are prime examples as to ex players not working. 
My preference if you want experience in league 1 would be Michael Duff at Wycombe or Tom Cleverly at Plymouth. 
I realize Cleverly has played for us previously but he has more experience than Fuchs. 
Dave Challinor at Stockport as well but I think they’ll go up. 
Going for the cheapest option has been our downfall the last few summers. 
We should have got Corberan in the summer Enzo went and last summer should have got Rohl. 
I’m hopeful that we will also look abroad having been linked with Schreuder. 
Fuchs wouldn’t even be under consideration if it wasn’t for him being an ex player. 

44 minutes ago, CarolinaFox said:

The more its discussed the more I like the idea of Fuchs. We need a culture rebuild as much as a squad rebuild. On paper this team should be doing much better, but we don't play on paper and its the mental fitness, the character of the dressing room that has let us down. The grit and determination to take pride in the shirt and for the fans. Fuchs gets that. League One will be less about tactical identity than grit and grinding out results. How many of us have said this club has lost its way? Fuchs is a culture rebuilder, fan-reconnector (not a word - I know). This club are in free fall at the moment, we could benefit from the feel good energy he would bring, and I think he could get us playing well in a league where its not all about tactics, its about the mental and physic strength of the players and the manager. People didn't think too much of Kieran McKenna and now he's the prototype for what a club like Leicester would like to find, that rare diamond in the rough coach who can galvanize a squad and a rebuild the culture around a club without being so dogmatic about football philosophy. He would be cheap, there wouldn't be a long drawn out process to get him (he's on record said its his dream job), and he would give us that immediate jolt we need after a pretty rough 24 month period. 

Imo Fuchs is not the answer for next season. 
 

Steffen Baumgart. 

Guaranteed Ayew gets a contract extension if Rowett stays. 
His obsession with shit old players is one of the reasons not to keep him. 
Also being a dreadful draw specialist Oxford reject manager is another. 

Thomas Reis. 
Has experience working with youth. 
Decent record in Germany. 
Readily available. 
 

3 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Based on having potential, a point to prove and a genuine affinity for the club. He's done a good job at Newport.

 

Kingy isn't a great example as he was a) a caretaker and b) didn't want to be manager. 

 

Our managers with no history with the club have also been pretty shit tbf with the exception of Enzo.

Yes I mean Pearson, Ranieri, O’Neil and Little who had no previous history with us were pretty shit……

Fvck off Forest. 3-1 on aggregate to Villa. 

12 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Give this man a chance. Bring him home 

Based on what? 
keeping a side up and being an ex player. 
Really hope we don’t go down the ex player route because he knows the club. 
Made all the difference hiring Rowett and King……

Wasting my time I know but I’ve had a look at coaches with a background in the youth set up which hopefully is what we using more. 
 

Daniel Bauer 

Eirik Horneland 

Marcel Rapp 

Johann Louvel  

Not that these clowns will consider anyone from abroad but we should at least be looking further afield.