JJD_LCFC

You are not wrong. But at this present time we need standards and team work being brought back. We need foundations setting again. Dyche can do this. He can get us promoted and then we are far better placed with Dyche to stay in the league than the dross we have seen this season.

Exactly. Remove players who do not care and are not good enough. They have got us relegated 2 times now. If we still keep and play them. Shocking! play 2 of Okoli, Nelson and souttar. They will do well in the championship. Get rid at any cost the players you have mentioned. Vestegaard too I would add to leave.

This is a huge job for a manager. terrible board, low ability players who don’t care about the club. Fans attend without support. for this season Dyche should be our manager. We need to have standards put in place and he will do that, have the players playing for the club again and knows how to set teams up when / if promoted.

You are correct on this. I just think the timing is so poor. 2 days after he mentioned sorry for a poor season. He then leaves. I imagine he has been told a few months ago if we go down he will not be offered a new contract. players have not played with any commitment to the club for months. To me the timing of this explains a lot. there is a huge season ahead next year. Worse squad than maresca had. Have to get promoted otherwise we will be in championship for quite a few years I fear.

There have been reports mentioning these players are now looking to leave, primarily on social media and on this forum. They will leave this summer. Just shows what a poor squad and team has been put together. We have a far worse squad than last time we were relegated. And we have not got the players to sell that will bring in decent money. Possibly only Mads and Bilal.

One of best ever players and deserves a statue / team statue for the league win. however the timing of this doesn’t sit right. Came out 2 days ago saying sorry for S*show of a season. Today saying he is leaving. He knew he was leaving for months and played like it too. He should have been our leader but we can see on the pitch he has not been. When the best player wants to leave sends a message to others. Winks can’t even be bothered to attend a game to support his teammates. Faes, soumare, VK already said want to leave. Shambles from every player in the squad. Okoli should play every game until end of season. Gain experience for next year. Not players who are not committed to the club. Clearly not learnt from lessons 2 years ago.

Delighted for Okoli. he should play every game and build confidence for next year. Genuinely looked so happy to score! rest of players couldn’t be bothered to celebrate. Really sums up the complete lack of a Team spirit that we have

Bilal is a talented player and the one good decision the club made in the summer. He is in a dreadful situation. Players around him are dire. Manager is clueless. Board incompetent and 13 defeats in 14 the whole squad will have 0 confidence at all. I hope he stays next year and can be the creative player we need. Very talented player in a hopeless team

PSR has hindered football more than it has helped. Apparently Chelsea have spent another 70 million euros again. The PSR really favors a few select clubs. the gap between leagues is big. However I think modern football and “philosophy” of the current game, is part of the cause for this. Previously teams knew they were inferior and likely would defend and counter attack. Now Southampton and ourselves play so open and have to pass, when we do not have the players to do so. all 3 promoted club spent 70-+ million. Leicester and Southampton just spent the money abjectly. Ipswich will get back what the paid, delap will go for double etc and then they have a stronger side in the championship than when they came up. style of play and abject recruitment are a large part why the gap is so vast now.

Our board will not sack Ruud. 13 defeats from 14. No home league goals scored in 7 games. Desperate need for some positivity around the club. possible managers really would be someone like Dyche or Gary O’Neil. our board won’t pay the price for the Sheffield Wednesday manager. Will have to be someone available. dyche will at least instill the attitude and desire in the players again. Could be the Pearson type we need to remove bad attitudes we have and create a squad who care about the club again.

For anything to change, we need to stop going to games. Certainly away games. Absence will get top and Rudkin to sit up and take notice. we seem to be. happily clapping the club the another relegation

Exactly. The role of the coach is to put a player on the field in best position to give them every chance of success. Dreadful from Ruud. Dakar should play on the last man and run in behind. He is not a player who can drop and receive under pressure.

It does make you wonder what our so called professional full time scouts focus on. to spend 75 million on Skipp, Ayew, Reid, Okoli and Bilal. when people on here who have variety of full time jobs can still recommend players who would provide a long term vision to the club.

clearly a talented player with a lot of potential. Came into a complete basket case of a club. Teammates are shocking and really show an attitude that they do not care. the 1 good decision we have made this year. A season in the championship will be great for him and huge for us if we are to get promotion.

There were a few German players who said exactly this. They had to play this style and lost own identity in the process. Germany won World Cup and Euros pre Peps arrival. Been there worst performances in recent years. I blame the modern coaches now who have this philosophy and perception of what good football is. passing a ball around the back is not exciting. How many moments per game do fans get off seats and really anticipate the next action. Now they go forward to go back as possession stat has become so important.

Empty seats certainly is the largest protest. I can understand for those who bought season tickets. But surely away games people can not go and that will send the loudest message to our board and around the league.

It’s a dreadful season. Not one ounce of positivity in our whole club. top is clueless. Board are shocking. both managers this year have been dire. Players not interested. fans turn up every game without doing anything. horrible season and environment at the moment. fully agree should not attended another game this season. But this will never happen. Still will clap the players off after every defeat.

We lost a talented player to Liverpool as well a year ago or so. now Monga too. makes it very difficult to have academies when clubs can come in and take players from you. As with most of the modern rules brought in. Current rules on this only favor the larger reputable clubs.

This won’t be a popular statement but I would get Dyche in for the rest of season and next season too. I know football is dull. But what he does do well is remove egos and get rid of bad players. Took Nigel Pearson to create a successful culture and I think Dyche is certainly what is needed. He may not be wanted by majority of our fans. But he will certainly be better for us now than Ruud. Plus he will help whoever comes in next with a more unified dressing room. our pampered players will need his coaching. since winning the league i can really only remember 1 good window and that was in the championship season. Hermansen and Fatawu were great, winks solid in that division. Of course always a coady to counter my point, but on the whole pretty successful. Again in the summer and January we have not signed a player who has improved our starting 11. Bilal looked great initially. But I really fear he is being dragged down with the rubbish around him. How we managed to waste 60 million on 5 players is amazing and offer long term contracts to players we know are not good enough (Vestegaard and Bobby Reid) Ruud is not ready to be a manager. In games Decisions are pathetic, I really find it hard to say that he has made 1 good decision in his time here. But we can’t afford to sack him . surely even our board can see he is not right for us next season. I think we need a huge removal of egos and to create a team spirit again before we have any chance of seeing success again.

Fully understand this. appointed glover and his signings at Southampton got them relegated. signings with us will get us relegated. Previous club and current club 19th and 20th. our previous recruitment was Lee Congerton who messed up recruitment in both clubs before joining us. Somehow these people keep getting jobs. Seems a business that really rewards failure

Ruud playing Danny ward was a dreadful decision. And I can’t really see or say he has made 1 positive decision in his 15 or so games with us. it was a cheap appointment, couldn’t even bring in his own staff to support him. He was linked with Coventry before us and somehow we chose him. Genuinely baffled by the decisions our club makes. I really think any semi competent person will run our club better than top, Susan and Rudkin. As you said 2 poor managerial decisions and 3 dreadful signings (Reid, Ayew, Skipp). Okoli for some reason I think has potential. But again we signed another player who didn’t improve our starting 11. Ruud is just in a job that he is not qualified for and has no experience in. Constantly looks in shock during interviews. We really need a forward thinking manager next season who will be with us for a few seasons. We will have a good side, remove some terrible egos, then we can start looking positive instead of doom and gloom we see every week now.

I do get why there were a couple of comments saying far too early to think about this. From my perspective we have an owner who does not care, board who are incompetent, a manager with no experience at this level of a league table. Players who are overpaid, pampered and have no passion for our club. And fans who attend without showing any noise or support for a team. I felt relegation was pretty much nailed on at the time and thinking about a championship side actually was quite promising . A chance to remove overpaid players who are not good enough and focus on creating a team we can be happy and proud to support again. Maybe it was dreaming to forget reality. It is just incredibly sad to see our club go from one of the best run sides in the world of football, to the shadow of a club that we see before us now.

Very strong team on paper this one. I hope Stolarczyk is our number 1 next season. I would move on Coady, Faes and Vestegaard. Play Souttar and Okoli cb with Nelson as 3rd choice. great shout with Doughty. I have not been impressed with Skipp at all. Genuinely can’t tell you what he does as a footballer apart from run. I would play Winks and Ndidi if we still have him. Fatawu really depends how he returns from injury. El khanouss will be brilliant and Mavididi will do very well. i just can’t see us signing archer as I think we will struggle to spend anything in the summer. More than likely it will be Daka as our 9. If Ricardo stays, maybe he could do the RB role as well, I felt he was the best player in championship last season. Again depends how he recovers from injury.

That is a strong team for the championship. Weaker than last season but still a good enough team to do well next season. Provided we have the right manager who can Instill some team spirit amongst the group. we would be short in terms of a GK and ideally can get another back up. I get what you mean with Iversen. Personally I hope he moves on as I think we have really held him back. He had good reviews from Preston and stoke I think, and then he was back up to Ward. I hope he moves on and plays and shows us he is good enough. vardy might be offered a new one year deal. But will have to be realistic wages. Or heavily incentive based on promotion. ideally I just want to see Coady, Faes and Vestegaard leave and play Souttar, Okoli and Nelson instead. Play players with potential who want to play for our club. Far too long low level players taking fortunes out of the club who don’t care.

Yes they were the reports. Far more likely they would not match the wages he is on here.