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Soumare like playing with 10 men. Winks pony, found his level in the champ. Skipp pony

Self belief slowly draining from them and the realisation for many of them that they are not top flight footballers

Basically they all know they are shit now confidence is ****ed

Can’t believe a manager appointed on Friday would have no input in the line up

Van Nistelrooy’s Leicester appointment must have lower-league bosses fuming – he comes with a red flag or two Picking RVN shows Prem clubs still prefer big names to big achievers in the EFL Neil Custis, Football writer into the Leicester job must have managers further down the leagues tearing their hair out. This week at the Northwest Football Awards, for example, Dave Challinor of Stockport was named manager of the year ahead of Pep Guardiola. Now that may be because organisers felt he would probably turn up to get his gong, unlike Guardiola. Still, two promotions in 2½ years to lift the area’s poor relation from the National League to League One — where they sit fourth — is incredible. Yet that and a managerial background at Colwyn Bay, AFC Fylde and Hartlepool would sadly never put him on a Premier League club’s radar. It never does. Van Nistelrooy was on that radar at the Foxes in the summer after one season managing at PSV Eindhoven before they went for Steve Cooper. Now after a further four games as interim Manchester United boss and he is in at the King Power and Cooper is out. To be fair, Michael Carrick did not do too badly on the back of his three games as caretaker at Old Trafford in 2021. He racked up two wins and a draw and, by the next October, was manager of Middlesbrough. 4 Michael Carrick has thrived as Middlesbrough chief after his brief stint as Red Devils' interim bossCredit: Getty FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS Big names excite fans and Van Nistelrooy has one, literally. At PSV, he won the 2023 Dutch Cup and was runner-up in the league but walked out amid a dispute with the board over lack of backing in the transfer market — an early red flag. Emotional Ruud van Nistelrooy given incredible ovation at Old Trafford with Man Utd interim still unclear on his future After a year out, this summer he became part of a coaching set-up with Erik ten Hag that oversaw the club’s worst-ever start to a Premier League season. Then came those four games as caretaker. Coincidentally, the first was a 5-2 Carabao Cup win over Leicester. Except it was the Foxes’ second team as Cooper prioritised that weekend’s relegation six-pointer at Ipswich, which they drew 1-1. Van Nistelrooy followed it with a creditable 1-1 draw against Chelsea, a 2-0 victory over PAOK in the Europa League, then a 3-0 win over — guess who? — Leicester again. So hardly the most taxing run of games and that draw with Chelsea was an absolute shocker of a game. Still, he briefly lifted the club and the reception he got from the United faithful obviously struck a chord with the Foxes hierarchy watching from the directors’ box. That love-in was more to do with his 150 goals for the club way back when, rather than any managerial masterpiece. At a time when image is everything, however, the Dutchman comes across very well. Just look at how Lee Carsley was dismissed as a potential England boss because of how he handled the media glare. If Van Nistelrooy turned on the charm — like he did in his United press conferences — during his interview for the Foxes job, you can see why he got it. That is not to say the ex-striker, 48, will not do well — as he leans on the experience of working with some greats. Like the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson, who he gave a volley of abuse to when his boss did not bring him on in the 2006 League Cup final. There is clearly a fiery side to the man. Worryingly for Foxes chiefs, the story goes that it was not just down to a lack of support from above that saw Van Nistelrooy leave PSV just before the season ended. Stories in Holland claim there was a player revolt behind the scenes... If all the paperwork is done, his first game as Foxes gaffer could be at Brentford on Saturday. Meanwhile, Challinor, 49, is set to host Brackley in the FA Cup. It seems if he wants to manage in the top flight, he will have to get there with Stockport.

Seems like a no nonsense type of manager

All hail mystic Wymsey

Then spent the majority of his career in league 2 and 3 and conference football, minus the odd season in the champ

I thought he was alluding to the other vegetable that managed us after Martin

Nixon actually was the only person that said Cooper looking over shoulder with RVN available a week before he got sacked

Mercury West Brom's Corberan was a contender for the City job in the summer and is at pretty short odds with the bookies now. But he was asked about the King Power Stadium vacancy last night and he said that he's "completely focused" on his work with the Baggies and he hopes their fanbase don't treat the links as a "lack of respect" because he can't control the "speculation".

West Brom fan take When asked if he was concerned by reports linking Corberan with Leicester, FLW's West Brom fan pundit Callum Burgess insisted that he expects him to remain loyal to the Baggies, especially as we're not even midway through a season. "I think while Leicester may be prepared to meet the compensation fee necessary to start talks with Corberan, ultimately it's going to depend on whether or not he wants to join another uncertain situation when he's just been able to get out of one at West Brom following the recent takeover by Shilen Patel," Callum said. "He does seem to have a great relationship with our new owner, and Patel has done a lot of things to try to keep Corberan happy, such as bringing in Mikey Johnston, who was his top target in the summer, and investing in the training pitch. "Patel has done a lot to try to keep Corberan happy while trying to get out of the deep end of Guochuan Lai's era at the club. "If there was a time for Corberan to leave, it would have been under Lai when it could have been easy for him to walk away from the club. "I think there's a bit of loyalty that Corberan has with the club that wouldn't see him leave in the middle of a season unless there's an opportunity that is too good to refuse came up for him. "Whether or not that is Leicester remains to be seen as they are more than likely going to be relegated back to the Championship this season, and Carlos might want to wait for a more stable opportunity like an Everton. "It would be really difficult for him to keep Leicester up this season, and he would more than likely would be managing in the Championship next season. "I think if he was to leave Albion any time soon, I think it would be in the off-season rather than in the middle like it is now."

Nixon mentioned we wanted him a few days ago on a permanent

John is too happy to care if he gets the boot

its all relative, 10th most expensive squad in the division so slightly exceeding expectations

Appears to be Linekers punt that had gained some traction

Hadn’t both West Brom and Huddersfield both been in the prem up to a few seasons before his appointment. So whilst both teams might have been underperforming, they were still attracting a fairly good calibre of player due to the parachute payments compared with other teams budgets?

Wouldn’t be in my top 5, too much of a punt for a club that drastically need to avoid relegation and the issues that might bring.

David pleat again?

Good coaches don’t always make good mangers

Rudkins check list Ex prem ✅ Out of contract ✅ Ex Man United ✅ Loves a turtle neck ✅

Have you considered telling your wife/partner?

Or the other favourites being ruled out by credible sources

Still at 40/1, puts to bed that theory that weak markets can be easily influenced by small amounts.

Yes if it was a time warp, much like if you could ask Stanley Mathews if Blackpool are a big club in 1955