reynard

Doubt it.

Is that for Preston or Us? We have no attacking threat.

November?

Fair enough. Probably have to play Faes then?

Who would you play at left back out of the fit players we have?

You're probably right but this feels a bit different to me to the last few seasons. At least we looked like we were trying even if we were poor and at least we looked like we might bring in some new players which doesn't look that likely at the moment.

No point in keeping him if his head is already elsewhere. Our overall attitude as a club stinks. We look like a club about to enter freefall.

The real concern here is that the starting XI is probably about as good as we can field. We could swap in and out 1 or 2 players but they probably wouldn't make a lot of difference.

Very poor. Too many players simply not good enough. Soumare, Ayew, Justin. All can be sold and we won't be any worse than we are now. They offer absolutely nothing. Mavididi completely anonymous so far and looks a very average player. Fatawu basically being asked to do everything in an attacking sense with no support at all. We can't press properly because Ayew just can't do it. A midfield with more holes in it than a colander and a defence too easily outmuscled time and time again.

I know you are being a bit tongue in cheek here but actually there isn't much point in signing/releasing anyone until this is sorted. Though selling players who don't want to be here whoever the manager turns out to be should be the number one priority. The longer we continue without a manager the less chance we have of sorting out the squad in time for the start of the season. And that is without any potential transfer embargo we may or may not get.

Transfers are never as simple as handing over cash though. Let's say he's on 60k per week and Rangers only want to pay him half that as he's still contracted to us it is often the case that the selling club foregoes or reduces any small transfer fee so they don't end up having to pay off his wages. 2.5 million is 48k per week basic wage but then you need to add on insurance costs/pensions/employers NI etc etc. So may be worth doing a deal that clears him off the books completely even if it means losing a small amount of transfer fee. But I know you know this anyway.

Free transfer with them covering all his wages is a decent bet?

I'd liked us to at least interviewed Claudio Giraldez.

It isn't really a surprise if Dyche is linked to us is it? He's currently out of work and has experience in both the Championship and the Premier League. Frankly I would consider it remiss of our board not to at least have him in mind and even to interview. Why do people complain he's bland and boring? Does it matter? We need a manger who can turn this sinking ship around. Personally I'm not especially keen on his style of football but would we have been such a mess this season if he had been the manager? I don't believe we would. As to wanting a long term appointment that isn't going to happen. In reality a manager's job life must on average be about three seasons. personally I think we need a manger who can stand up to Top and tell him we can't play the Man city way with the players we have. Who that is I've no idea.

The Pope was certainly a bit quicker.

I'm not advocating for Dyche but frankly I don't see much difference between the football served up this season and what you call his anti-football. The last 8 home games haven't been what you would call entertaining have they? The club needs direction. We need some standards set throughout the club, be that players at the training ground etc etc. Right now we have no identity on the pitch and an apparent lack of cohesion off it. I'd also say that there is too much power with our players at the moment. A sort of collective, we don't really like the manager attitude, that leads to underperformance and poor results. And what is a long term appointment these days? How many managers of clubs outside the top echelon stay much longer than two years in any case? Yes, ideally, I'd like to see a young dynamic manager come in to the club with a vison that includes all the teams of whatever age, with a clear path to first team football for youth team players. Sadly I'm not sure football can or wants to work like that any more. Whoever is chosen will be a risk though.

I think Kristiansen is likely to leave. Thomas is fine for the Championship. At least he tries. We have far greater problem positions than left back.

Absolutely nails it. Trouble is we are now in a very difficult position to make the changes I think, many on here, would like to see. I think it is really impractical to really replace both your DOF and first team manager and their coaches at the same time. Yet that is probably what really needs to happen. Getting a good DOF could take months, especially if that person has to give notice in a current position. Also as a largely absent owner Top needs a DOF that he can trust and this is where the problems start in my opinion. Top relies on people that his father knew and employed and it is hard to give up those people and replace them with others you don't know as well or at all. Truth is it is easy for us on here to say it but much harder to do in reality. Though I'm not advocating it shouldn't be done. It is also clear that things off the pitch are not right either, take the shirt sponsorship deal for eg. yet i think these issues probably need to be parked for a bit as the problems on the pitch are far greater. There must be serious doubts regarding Glover as head of recruitment too. Of course you can only operate with what resources you are given but a lot of the trouble lies with poor recruitment. Personally I think we need a manager who can buy into a long term project, in the way that Pearson did for eg. The DOF needs to be working now to involve player's agents and to frankly tell them that their player either does or does not have a future at the club. There needs to be much more effort to off load players who don't want to be at the club. Though, of course, their opinions might change depending on the manager appointed. To be honest I wouldn't want to be in Top's shoes. He can either make no changes at all and hope things turn round and risk the situation deteriorating or he can make decisions which will be personally difficult for him. I'm not holding my breath the latter will happen.

Don't know how they will manage. 35% off 80K. I know I'd struggle. Should be more like 75% after this season and then they'd still be earning good money.

Apart from the occasional mess up, as per Silva, there has been some success under his watch but, he's now basically overseen the decline of the club back to the level it was when Pearson took over for the second time. Except that we have no squad cohesion and little talent. Two relegations in 3 seasons should be enough to see the end of most DOFs but I doubt he will go anywhere.

I doubt that many inside the ground will even notice unfortunately. The only real protests which tend to work are those that deprive the club of money. The trouble is that the fans are largely insignificant these days in terms of income streams for the clubs. really it is all about Tv and sponsorship deals. So it is hard for fans to get their voices heard. Whilst organisations such as Foxes trust are, of course, worthy adventures, how much real difference do they make at any club?

It will be interesting to see what happens after today's match. Presuming we get the expected defeat, probably without scoring, then relegation will be confirmed. He is currently tied in last but one position with Dave Bassett for the lowest win percentage rate of any Leicester manager since the WWI. Only McClintock has a lower win rate and those of us who suffered through that season really hoped never to witness anything like it again. Yet here we are with arguably an even worse season though not all of that lies with the current manager. Even if we win a couple of games between now and the end of the season they will be largely meaningless as the pressure will be completely off. His position is surely untenable by any normal reasoning. The only reasons I can see for not sacking him already are money and the hubris of the owner.

Come on. Whilst PRS is a problem Top's hands are far from tied. He just doesn't seem to want to do anything about anything. He's the owner of the club he could make decisions which have nothing to do with finance which would clearly be beneficial to the club. We're going to be relegated for the 2nd time in three seasons, the squad is a complete mess, the manager is useless, the DOF is clearly not up to the job, the recruitment team is quite obviously failing to recruit the right type and quality of player required. Off field revenue streams are insufficient, the CEO, who has done good things in the past is now past their sell by date frankly. The players have too much power and are on ridiculous contracts and we've failed to sell on a lot of talent which cost a lot of money and raised zero for them. There looks to be a lack of respect for the club, the manager and a general bad atmosphere around the club. A great deal of this could be tackled if the owner grew some balls and had the courage to change the way the club is run from top to bottom. We've lost a lot of talented people from within the recruitment team and the fitness team. We're basically rudderless drifting along out of control. Too many bad decisions have been made by the same people over and over again yet nothing happens to them. It isn't all about money. It is about the direction and identity of the club, proper engagement with the fans, admitting mistakes have been made, learning from them and making decisions based on what you learn. there was a time, not so long ago, when we were held up as a shining example of what could happen when a club is well run from top to bottom. Now we've lost our sense of identity as a club both on and off the pitch and we've become a laughing stock with some of the media, a club dependent upon clever legal representation rather than sound and inspiring management.

I'm not disagreeing with you though I do think the so-called "spine" of the team will need to be seriously addressed. We've a couple of players out with long term injury who may play a part if they recover fully but I think there's a fair chance some of those currently here will leave. Whilst they have been poor this season they were decent last season, players like Winks, For eg, can see him going.

Agree. Pontus was one of the best and classiest defenders we've had play for us ever. He could play all across the back line and his performance in the league Cup final for us was not only superb but was one of the main reasons we won the cup that day.