Bagworthblue Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 fook me- I pop to the pub for a few hours pretending I have a life and come back and there is like 5 pages on Ranieri. Have I really lost me whole £2.50 that I put on the Kloppster?? or is it 5 pages of crap?
STUHILL Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 fook me- I pop to the pub for a few hours pretending I have a life and come back and there is like 5 pages on Ranieri. Have I really lost me whole £2.50 that I put on the Kloppster?? or is it 5 pages of crap? He is quoted as saying he would listen to Leicester if we called him.. so there is interest on his side at least
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 fook me- I pop to the pub for a few hours pretending I have a life and come back and there is like 5 pages on Ranieri. Have I really lost me whole £2.50 that I put on the Kloppster?? or is it 5 pages of crap? 5 pages of utter tosh Baggers Still hoping for the Kloppinator personally . . . .
BigC Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 Would prefer Ranieri to Gus, more of a club manager. Second choice for me behind Klopp though (obviously) Cannot believe people are turning their noses up to a manager like Ranieri who has been to several top European clubs throughout his career for someone like Neil Lennon, who's only achievement is winning the SPL, which any manager could do.
Dan Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 He has been sacked quite a few times for a supposed good manager. On the flip side he's also been taken on a few times too.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 Would prefer Ranieri to Gus, more of a club manager. Second choice for me behind Klopp though (obviously) Cannot believe people are turning their noses up to a manager like Ranieri who has been to several top European clubs throughout his career for someone like Neil Lennon, who's only achievement is winning the SPL, which any manager could do. Lennon is a City legend and deserves more respect than that, although that said I dont think he will be our next manager either
katieakita Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 Would prefer Ranieri to Gus, more of a club manager. Second choice for me behind Klopp though (obviously) Cannot believe people are turning their noses up to a manager like Ranieri who has been to several top European clubs throughout his career for someone like Neil Lennon, who's only achievement is winning the SPL, which any manager could do. Craig Levein couldn't and we had him.
Guest kristianity77 Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 Didnt Neil Lennon win the SPL first time when Rangers were severely hampered by financial problems and in following seasons Rangers weren't even in the league to compete with? I think it is fair to say that Celtic could have won those titles managerless. Lennon has done absolutely zilch to even suggest hes got what it takes to manage anyone to get promoted out of the championship never mind a premiership side. I think Klopp or Ranieri are more likely to get the job than Lennon to be honest.
Raw Dykes Posted 6 July 2015 Posted 6 July 2015 Craig Levein couldn't and we had him. I think he probably meant win the SPL with Celtic and no Rangers in the division (or vice versa). Anyone could do that.
Bagworthblue Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 5 pages of utter tosh Baggers Still hoping for the Kloppinator personally . . . . cool saved me reading it twice as i'm that pissed I'll forget I read it in the morning. shit - hope I start reading from the end again when I get up!
enmac Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Whoever made the point about Pearson' s successful strategy of all out attacking/ counter style makes a very good point in my view. Which current manager employed or not is expert at this? Someone like Tommy Docherty ( à la Man U) would be perfect, but very controversial. Sent from my BNTV600 using Tapatalk
inckley fox Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Somebody said to me earlier 'why is Ranieri any better than Avram Grant?' I laughed and shrugged it off, but the more I've looked at their records, the cloudier the issue becomes. Ranieri has achieved very little, especially over the past decade, which suggests him to be a particularly good option. I spend a lot of time in Valencia and, trust me, he erased all the good will of his modestly successful first stint with his catastrophic second stint. I sincerely hope that our search for a manager doesn't descend into 'who's the most famous unemployed manager anywhere in the world who'd be game for managing Leicester?' I worry even more because some perfectly intelligent fans seem to think Claudio Ranieri and Guus Hiddink are, in some way, better options than the likes of Dyche, McCarthy and Bruce. Not that I'm a massive fan of any of the aforementioned, it's just that the strategy of appointing seasoned 'name' managers unwanted by anyone in the world other than us, would be far from encouraging. But if we are going to do it, let's not have any notoriously past-it Dutchmen, well-moneyed Italians who haven't won anything of note in 16 years or, for that matter, Avram Grant. And Sven.
Dan Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 That's exactly my fear. If the owners' criteria for a new manager is a big name for the sake of raising our profile in Asia, then more fool them. This approach backfired once and it'll most likely backfire again. Pearson's blueprint was exactly what we needed. I'm just dreading us turning into Newcastle now. Obsessed with survival as long as it advertises King Power and as long as we have the 'names' on board to make us marketable. Go up that route and I'll quickly fall out of love with this club. Come on Top. Prove me wrong.
EnglishOxide Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 I'm just dreading us turning into Newcastle now. Obsessed with survival as long as it advertises King Power and as long as we have the 'names' on board to make us marketable. Go up that route and I'll quickly fall out of love with this club. This is my fear too. It has Hughton > Pardew written all over it. I know it turns out Pardew was solid for them but their fans were much more positive and optimistic with what Hughton was building.
Mark_from_USA Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 That's exactly my fear. If the owners' criteria for a new manager is a big name for the sake of raising our profile in Asia, then more fool them. This approach backfired once and it'll most likely backfire again. Pearson's blueprint was exactly what we needed. I'm just dreading us turning into Newcastle now. Obsessed with survival as long as it advertises King Power and as long as we have the 'names' on board to make us marketable. Go up that route and I'll quickly fall out of love with this club. Come on Top. Prove me wrong. Newcastle have spent one year below the top flight since 1994. I'd take that.
Guest Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 That's exactly my fear. If the owners' criteria for a new manager is a big name for the sake of raising our profile in Asia, then more fool them. This approach backfired once and it'll most likely backfire again. Pearson's blueprint was exactly what we needed. I'm just dreading us turning into Newcastle now. Obsessed with survival as long as it advertises King Power and as long as we have the 'names' on board to make us marketable. Go up that route and I'll quickly fall out of love with this club. Come on Top. Prove me wrong. I don't think the owners want to appoint a big name just for the sake of profile, i think they want a big name, a relatively 'proven' name, for the sake of advancing us in footballing terms. We tend to look at Pearson as being the 'safe' option, but a slow and steady building of the team comes with its own risks. We'd be vulnerable to relegation battles for quite some time, so I could understand the owners wanting to throw money at it in the hopes of putting as much distance between us and the relegation zone as possible, a la Man City. It's a gamble, but almost anything ambitious in football is. That being said, we haven't splashed out crazy sums of money in this transfer market, and we don't know who they want for manager or who we'll actually get. So we might end up being more conservative than some people expect.
dayday Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 So looking at the favourites and conclusions for the job. 1. Hiddink to old and passed it and would be here for one last payday 2. Lennon considered not good enough 3. Ranieri sacked to many times and boring 4. Klopp most peoples favourite,yet highly unlikely to come. We're doomed.
Fosse93 Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 So looking at the favourites and conclusions for the job. 1. Hiddink to old and passed it and would be here for one last payday 2. Lennon considered not good enough 3. Ranieri sacked to many times and boring 4. Klopp most peoples favourite,yet highly unlikely to come. We're doomed. That's the spirit!
st albans fox Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 This is my fear too. It has Hughton > Pardew written all over it. I know it turns out Pardew was solid for them but their fans were much more positive and optimistic with what Hughton was building. But pardew was better than hughton ??? They would have been behind a manager who would probably have taken them down.
teblin Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Not sure about this one, though I did think a name might come out of nowhere and get the job.
Hack Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 He has been sacked quite a few times for a supposed good manager. What manager would you like that hasn't other than Klopp?
Strokes Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 What manager would you like that hasn't other than Klopp?Karanka, fat Sam or dyche would be fine for me. Someone posted some info on that Jocelyn gournvennec yesterday and he seemed quite impressive, although I had never heard of him before. I basically don't want a foreign dinosaur, here to spunk all our money up the wall, on players that are only here because of his name (not to mention the huge salaries).
Viva Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Would prefer Ranieri to Gus, more of a club manager. Second choice for me behind Klopp though (obviously) Cannot believe people are turning their noses up to a manager like Ranieri who has been to several top European clubs throughout his career for someone like Neil Lennon, who's only achievement is winning the SPL, which any manager could do. Ranieri has won next to nothing with all of those top clubs! At least Lennon is young, hungry, would have some loyalty to Leicester. I'd take him any day of the week over Ranieri.
The Doctor Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Now this is more like it, quite a good manager and streets ahead of Neil Lennon or Steve cotterill. Obviously I'd prefer Klopp but of the names seriously linked, he'd be my favourite.
TheSomersetFox Posted 7 July 2015 Posted 7 July 2015 Karanka, fat Sam or dyche would be fine for me. Someone posted some info on that Jocelyn gournvennec yesterday and he seemed quite impressive, although I had never heard of him before. I basically don't want a foreign dinosaur, here to spunk all our money up the wall, on players that are only here because of his name (not to mention the huge salaries). Allardyce has been sacked a few times for a supposed good manager.
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