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Feel for Ruud a bit in that he’s inherited a basket case of a club - what a mess. Today however, was bizarre. Very strange decisions. Dont really see what a change in manager would do at this point though. No money to spend, worst squad in the league, none of the players care, and we are lacking quality everywhere. No manager who could make a difference takes this job.

Genuinely don’t think Justin deserves as much stick as this guy. The worst player to wear the shirt in recent years, and at over 20m, it’s criminal. Get in the Skipp!

Languishing in the football league for years. Never being much good. The good bit was being a young lad following your local team, we even got a few Wembley outings. walking to and from home games living a stones throw away.. The excitement, the atmosphere. But there was a lot of bad - The yo yo times. La manga …twice. Championship struggles. Financial issues to the point we nearly ceased to exist. League one. The championship again. we have won the premier league, and the fa cup. We got deep in the champs league. We narrowly missed out on champs league twice. At our worst point in all the recent good stuff. We are still in a better position than we were when the owners came. We were satisfied a lot less, less expectation - the main goal wasn’t actually winning at the highest level when they arrived. But what they brought in new expectation - and I for one and guilty of that. its important to reflect on all of the above. As I said in another thread, the only time I will be kicking up a fuss about the owners is when we are back in championship obscurity where they found us. I would however accept a silly deal from an oil state etc, but would never entertain an American bid. Having Top isn’t as bad as us having to complete in a non promotion no relegation league, and all are club names changed to Leicester foxes and Arsenal gunners. …ok I know Tottenham beat us the names.

For me personally, I feel we do need to be fair given the journey we have been on with the current owners in charge. Yes, things are bloody awful and it’s been a hard few years. But had we not achieved what we did since they took over, we wouldn’t be disgusted at the current state of play like we are now. I do want to see changes - ie new structure in terms of how the club is run, recruitment etc. But until we are back where we were when the owners came in, I couldn’t bring myself to protest against them. I’m 37, was down filbert street at 4, went to the playoffs in the 90s - the club has been in worse states than this (both on and off the pitch) to the point where we nearly didn’t exist. Perspective is important. Rudkin however, and the general structure of the club, I could protest about. Just not the owners themselves at this point. They have given us more than was ever reasonably expected. The only owners I would take currently would be an oil state or something extreme like that. I wouldn’t let the Americans anywhere near us, and would be probably the most gutted I have ever been as a Leicester fan if we were bought by an American owner.

Same as 15/16 then

If we weren’t Leicester fans, a lot of us would be loving what they’ve done this season. Watched them on Monday and they had 7 homegrown (uk, not club) players in the starting lineup. As it stands, I keep hoping they will self destruct, but it’s not going to happen. Europa league as a minimum, but more likely champions league for them next season.

The one I really regret is not signing is szmodics. Could have had him for less than ayew and edouard combined and could have covered several positions.

Roll necks are mandatory

Over 15m for two flops in edouard and ayew. i was looking at some info on jobe Bellingham the other day - Sunderland bought him for 1.25m! He’s now worth 20odd mil. Let that sink in for a minute…

Louie Barry would be a better shout!

If we do get relegated and we want to do business, we need to do it before July, because that’s when the embargo will start.

We said the same about Souttar. We have a weird habit of buying players and then deciding they aren’t good enough without really giving them a run. Souttar should have been in the side last year - that would have saved us paying over the odds and being lumbered with an ageing Coady.

Ryan Bennett incoming!

That’s a great move for the future, but not sure it’s the best thing for right now.

It’s really important for people to know/realize that when he was at PSV he had an unbelievable squad. Simon’s, gakpo, bakayoko to name a few. If we had that squad, we would be qualifying for Europe. So please can we stop referring to the spell he had in charge of a team in an inferior league with superior players - there is no comparison to the job he is now in.

Loads of money to spend. Simple.

Cooper kept Fatawu on the bench when he was fit - more than once. *drops mic*

100%

I don’t believe that you need to be tall to be a good defender. There are lots of other examples of small defenders. But we do need some size in our squad. We often look tiny compared to the opposition, which is fine if you are Barcelona. We are most definitely not Barcelona.

Cooper was literally bargain bin mate. He never looked arsed. Decisions, subs etc non existent or bizarre. At least with RVN we have seen a bit of charisma and leadership, getting messages across during the game etc. Subs have been better than under cooper. I do think there has been an improvement, even if it’s a minor one. The last two games have been awful. But if he had a fully fit and available squad we wouldn’t have been hammered like we were. And if Fatawu was fit for Brighton, he would have put away the chances that Kasey had. im not for one minute saying RVN is great, or is the answer. Believe me, I don’t think he is. But I do think he’s better than cooper.

I still think RVN is a better manager than Cooper. Both were way down on my list in the summer, and RVN was low on the list when Cooper was sacked. I still think/hope he can turn it around. He’s inherited a mess. If Ruud had been appointed in the summer with a transfer window, a fit squad at the start of the season, we would 100% be in a better position now than what we are. Cooper was the brain fart.

But if he does come back and help us survive, after leaving against his will to help his boyhood club financially, he needs to be mentioned in the same breath as our biggest icons/best servants. As that would be several selfless acts to help his club.

5”11, perfect😂

I could send you the “good touch, bad touch” intervention I have for you to do with him if you like?

Some promising signs tonight. important not to get carried away though, lots of work to do still.