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If you put £100 on every team Leicester faced this season in all competitions, you’d currently be £815 in profit. You’d probably only need 4 more defeats to be guaranteed to end the season in profit.

Won the second half 1-0, would be madness to sack him when things are improving

You lot are idiots. You’ve had 11 shots today. What more do you want? Another 3 points for the 69% possession too.

I thought that same thing as an outsider Respect to Martin for standing and having a conversation with him in the first place. Also, think he’s right with some of the points he makes, but his unequivocal determination to play this brand of football makes him wrong. I do think he’ll end up doing enough to get you to the playoffs, the relative quality is just so much higher than anyone else in the league and there will be enough times where that is sufficient on its own (Stockport). However, that in itself would be a failure as you should win this league comfortably.

It’s the same as Amorim at Man Utd. A manager who is proudly rigid in their gameplan, which means the entire world know exactly how they will play regardless of personnel on the pitch meaning it’s fairly easy to set up to beat them. Whilst most managers have a philosophy, they alter that depending on the opposition.

My understanding is they can expel them from the PL but it gets very messy as the EFL would have to accept them, but at what level and to the expense of which other team? The ‘cleanest’ route would be a significant points deduction to almost certainly guarantee relegation (80-100 points). Although, with their revenue, they’ll loan a few players out to save on wages and bounce back up immediately with probably the biggest points tally ever. They’ll then immediately be back in the top 4 with players back and PL money flowing once more. Not much of a punishment. If I was going to hazard a complete guess, I’d say: 1. Significant points deduction 2. Significant fine (which is essentially a ‘pay off’ compensation to all clubs impacted [a % going to every club to have played in the PL during the period]) 3. Transfer ban of multiple windows/years 4. Ban from the right to qualify for European competition for a number of seasons Although based on Man City’s statement today they’ll exhaust every appeal option and the case could rumble on for some time. Whether those punishments are enough is a big question. Man City have been able to grow their entire club, including their stadium, training complex and revenue due to this rule breaking. They now have an irreversible advantage on other clubs year-on-year, which was obtained through cheating. However, there is no punishment that will remove that sporting advantage. It’s a bit of a dilemma for me as I completely disagree with their actions but I also disagree entirely with the anti-competitive rules that were put in place which they broke. As we have to sell Anderson and Minteh for purely financial reasons, along with the inability to hold onto players like Bruno, Isak and Tonali as other clubs can pay them more, it’s a slap in the face to see Man City circumvent the rules we’re trying to comply with.

Colour me shocked that a team that is worth x10 their opponents, with an extra man on the field, can occasionally put a nice passing move together. In comparison, if Man City just drew 1-1 against 10 man Middlesbrough (who are x10 their value), I reckon they might have played a couple of decent moves too. I’m not sure that is necessarily down to Martin’s exceptional plan A.

What would his username be? @Gorgeousbrownlocks

Staveley was the driving force in the Newcastle transaction. Rafa introduced her to the club and she found the investment to purchase it. Amanda and Mehrdad were sensational ambassadors for the club and without them we’d be in the complete shite. They had to sell her shares as the Saudis/Reubens would have diluted them with the significant investments they have subsequently made which are beyond their abilities to match.

Fascinating really that the biggest/most successful moment of his career is also the only time he’s not implemented his ‘brand’ of football.

If your players cannot cope with a mild mannered moan or groan, the problem is their mentality, not the fans. Toxic would be Marseille ultras storming the training ground to demand the sacking of the manager. Half of Leicester’s stadium going “urghh” when a ball is passed sideways to a player already marked isn’t the problem here. Even if that brief groan does have an impact, that is on the manager setting an impossible style of play. If you know the culture and fans aren’t in a great place, why not get out and attack teams and get them on their feet? There are no leaders in the Leicester side that care enough about the club. Who is your most senior Academy player? Thomas? Who’d seemingly rather be out with his mates at the pub than turning the club around. It’s not surprise for example that Spurs capitulated when Kane left, whilst they miss his goals, they miss his leadership and standard setting more.

Such a load of bollocks. Like saying you’ll happily be homeless because you owned a house once. Ignoring the fact you lost that house because your wife ran off with another man due to your erectile dysfunction developed by your excessive drinking and you gambled all your money away. Had enough people not had this attitude, maybe you’d have managed to make sufficient of a stand to intervene and get Rogers sacked earlier, people like Cooper never appointed, or Top selling the club at a healthy position in the PL.

Or is the owner setting an unrealistic price because they’re not a serious seller?

A manager’s contract and compensation are rarely straightforward and there are multiple ways of doing it. 1. Some managers may have break clauses and specific compensation amounts (usually less than their entire contract value) built into their contract. For example, you could sack RM within 1 season for very little compensation. 2. When RM is sacked, rather than paying him compensation you can continue to pay his contract until he finds another job. This is why a lot of clubs bring in an interim, usually from within the club, as it costs them very little and the ex-manager will often pick up a new job meaning they get to stop paying them. 3. When RM is sacked, he gets x amount (usually a negotiated settlement less than the entire contract value) as a one off payment. There can be an additional clause that RM has to pay x amount back, if he finds another job before the end of his Leicester contract. This is why you see some managers take a lengthy period out (like Potter after leaving Chelsea) as they’re on the contract of a lifetime. The media always report the dramatic cost of the entire contract but club accounts often demonstrate that is not the way it works. It’s also why negotiations for managers can take time and sometimes fall through, it’s not just the basic wage they are negotiating, it is their future safety net.

You say this, I agree by the way, but football is such a “jobs for the boys”, that he doesn’t. He’ll eventually leave Leicester but you can guarantee another club will take him on, probably at a far higher level than he should be at. As soon as you’re on the merry go round, you’re laughing. The only criteria for being a manager in 2026 is being an ex-player. There would be, imo, so many talented people who would do better than 90% of these donkeys. It’s why managers can be so rigid and know better than anyone else, there is no consequence. If they fail they get a handsome payout followed by a new job whenever they fancy it.