Steve Walsh.

[dbtcity]

40 minutes ago, Abrasive fox said:

 

I knew this wouldn't be well received, and I agree with much of what you say - I wasn't suggesting Claudio was lucky, more that the owners were lucky that they landed on a great manager - however I disagree that he didn't need to prove himself, his reputation was shot after Greece and there have always been question marks about his career, rightly or wrongly. He was fantastic last year - the owners were lucky they found someone so good - as they'll admit, they sacked Pearson with no idea who to replace him.

 

I won't say what I know about Rudkin, but a fair bit and you'll see there's been a fair bit stated on here about the way he operates - did you read the John Percy article in the Telegraph last year about the unrest at the club. Yes I know if someone doesn't want to be here then they can fvck but we've seen 3 scouts leave and 2 coaches in the last 6 months - and good ones at that - as a Leicester fan it concerns me we're consistently losing good people, again with no plan on who to replace them with.

 

Why did it take Walsh and Shakespeare 6 months to be offered new contracts and why did the club drag it's heels on this? 

 

And as for your release clauses - Kante's is understandable given he had one at Caen, Vardy's wasn't and the Febuary contract was probably the worst I've ever seen, if you can tell me the point of that I'm all ears, we double his wages and left ourselves susceptible to lose him for less money than he's worth.

I have a feeling re vardys contract that big clubs were circling in January and we convinced vards to stay and help us win the league by giving him a release clause that was triggered by teams in the champions league.... Seems stupid to give such a low release clause but had he left in January we wouldn't have won the league it's that simple

[Webbo]

It's easy to be clever after the event. People are saying now that they would have played hardball with our leading scorer in February on the cusp of winning our first league title. These are the same people who were saying about Kante and Walsh "give them whatever they wants to stay".

[Countryfox]

Well Walshy said we don't want any 'big time charlies at this club' ...    so best he's gone then !!    It's very important what happens next ....   is there a 'junior Walshy' at the club ?  someone who knows exactly how he works and could, with a little help, fill his boots ...   if so nail them down now.   There must be other good scouts out there ...    we aren't the only team in the world who can get bargain players ...   lets identify one and pull out all the stops to get him ....   we are the fookin Champions at the end of the day !   

 

As far as Walshy goes ..   good luck to him ...   but we must ensure that he does not do any damage to this club after he has gone ..  by nicking potential signings or tapping players he knows MAY want to leave.   Hardball I'm afraid whether by threat or monetary inducement ...   or both.

[baldeagle]

Walshy has been fantastic for us and its rubbish if he leaves . But on the positive there are many scouts out there  who are at the same level and some dare I say it are even better 

[Bayfox]

Slightly off topic, but thought it was as good a place to put it, with all the talk of Rudkin going on in here.

 

I was told by someone who knows George Taft's dad, that George used to be represented by Cyrille Regis, he's not anymore, so his Dad is acting on his behalf. Anyway, George is in talks for a new deal, with Burton I believe, but his contract is 12 pages, yes 12 pages, it covers that many add-ons and clauses, bonuses etc, even at that level.

 

So I can't imagine what it must be like trying to deal at the top level, I guess we look at it from the outside and go, well just pay them £100k a week or whatever and that's it, it must be an absolute nightmare to get a deal tied up if that's the case at lower levels.

[ousefox]

2 hours ago, Webbo said:

It's easy to be clever after the event. People are saying now that they would have played hardball with our leading scorer in February on the cusp of winning our first league title. These are the same people who were saying about Kante and Walsh "give them whatever they wants to stay".

Giving a player an improved contract when he was already signed up for a few years and giving him a release clause that wasn't in the original contract is madness. Simple as that. He wasn't going to stop playing for us purely because he hadn't been offered a new contract on massive wages.

[Webbo]

10 minutes ago, Watson said:

Giving a player an improved contract when he was already signed up for a few years and giving him a release clause that wasn't in the original contract is madness. Simple as that. He wasn't going to stop playing for us purely because he hadn't been offered a new contract on massive wages.

Then why give him an improved contract at all? Do we know there wasn't an even lower release clause in his previous contract? If Rudkin had refused to give him a release clause would everyone on here praised him or say give him whatever it takes to keep him?

[Foxymcoxy]

1 hour ago, Bayfox said:

Slightly off topic, but thought it was as good a place to put it, with all the talk of Rudkin going on in here.

 

I was told by someone who knows George Taft's dad, that George used to be represented by Cyrille Regis, he's not anymore, so his Dad is acting on his behalf. Anyway, George is in talks for a new deal, with Burton I believe, but his contract is 12 pages, yes 12 pages, it covers that many add-ons and clauses, bonuses etc, even at that level.

 

So I can't imagine what it must be like trying to deal at the top level, I guess we look at it from the outside and go, well just pay them £100k a week or whatever and that's it, it must be an absolute nightmare to get a deal tied up if that's the case at lower levels.

Mate my contract was about 8 pages. A lot of it will be totally standard to nearly every player.

[hackneyfox]

So many experts on here and strangely so many differing opinions, I can't keep up.

 

Alternatively so many arseholes bigging themselves up when they don't have a clue.

[chapero82]

Nothing has been said for a couple of days could he still be here?

[JJS84]

7 minutes ago, chapero82 said:

Nothing has been said for a couple of days could he still be here?

Has either club put out anything official yet regards the move?

[chapero82]

Just now, JJS84 said:

Has either club put out anything official yet regards the move?

Nope and he's still on our clubs website as assistant manager

[Fox92]

1 minute ago, chapero82 said:

Nope and he's still on our clubs website as assistant manager

O'Neill is probably still listed as manager on our OS.

[Tuna]

Reported as done on Daily Mail website.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3698944/Everton-complete-deal-make-Leicester-City-s-unsung-hero-Steve-Walsh-new-Director-Football.html

[katieakita]

I heard a couple of things about his press conference and unveiling only got delayed because he drove  overnight and when he got up in the morning to drive to the ground someone had stolen the wheels off his car, or of course the club has played hardball and took his car back and he is having to walk up. Or Rudders has got a better seal for him

[ousefox]

1 hour ago, Webbo said:

Then why give him an improved contract at all? Do we know there wasn't an even lower release clause in his previous contract? If Rudkin had refused to give him a release clause would everyone on here praised him or say give him whatever it takes to keep him?

I expect it was to reflect his worth to the team. We seem to be attempting to give Mahrez a new contract and he has a few years left still. From an outsiders point of view we can only speculate, but I can't imagine that he had an even lower release clause than £20m and there wasn't even a whisper of that in January.

[foxes21]

7 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Reported as done on Daily Mail website.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3698944/Everton-complete-deal-make-Leicester-City-s-unsung-hero-Steve-Walsh-new-Director-Football.html

 

 

The daily mail.. Lol

[tyfox]

Be interesting to see if this actually happens

[sylofox]

13 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Reported as done on Daily Mail website.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3698944/Everton-complete-deal-make-Leicester-City-s-unsung-hero-Steve-Walsh-new-Director-Football.html

so they quote it as a done deal then say Walsh is keen to talk to them.

so the upshot of the storey is he has agreed but not spoken to them

[chapero82]

13 minutes ago, foxes21 said:

 

 

The daily mail..

His daughter also still has him at Leicester on her Bio on Twitter I'm clutching at straws I know  

[MPH]

I did find this interesting in an interview with Ranieri when he was at chelsea.... I dont think there was any animosity between Walsh and Ranieri, but i do think that there may of been a bit of a disagreement over transfer targets... no evidence for this just what i think.

Quote

 

Who decides which players to buy?
Gary Scott, via e-mail
I decide. When Mr Abramovich bought the club I went to him with a list and said, "I'd like you to buy him, him and him." And that is exactly what he did. I had a very clear vision in my mind of the people who I thought would fit in well with the team and Mr Abramovich relied on my judgment to identify these players. For this reason I think we will work very well together. When the transfer window closed I said thank you very much to Mr Abramovich for all the fantastic players he has bought for me to manage, and now the rest is my responsibility.

 

 

[87fox]

25 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Reported as done on Daily Mail website.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3698944/Everton-complete-deal-make-Leicester-City-s-unsung-hero-Steve-Walsh-new-Director-Football.html

That article was written yesterday morning and states it hasn't been updated since yesterday lunchtime.

[NeilLCFC]

7 hours ago, Cujek said:

Wow..

What evidence do you have that Rudkin isn't a brilliant operator? And please don't bang on about release clause Bollocks, you think any of these greedy **** players would have signed for us without one?

 

You say that Ranieri was a good appoint but they got lucky? What an absolutely bizarre statement. I can tell you that Claudio was not our first choice (I am not revealing sources) but if you think luck has anything to do with how Claudio has managed and motivated the team, then you are as apparently as naive as our multi millionaire owners.

 

You really think a 64 year old man really cares about proving himself? Everything clicked last season and now we are victim of our own success, at the end of the day as much as we all love this club, the people we employ are not fans, the only interest they have in Leicester city football club is how much the club pay them or how much they could potentially pay them in the future.

 

I think anyone that fvks off is welcome to, I love leicester City, I don't love Ngolo Kunte or Steve bloody Walsh, I don't care what they do.

CR walked into the easiest job going in world football. Everything clicked off the back of the hard word from the personel in change before CR's appointment, ie NP and SW.

 

There are rumours of CR getting too involved in transfers. In my opinion he shouldn't have been allowed to given SW's track record.

[NeilLCFC]

7 hours ago, Cujek said:

Wow..

What evidence do you have that Rudkin isn't a brilliant operator? And please don't bang on about release clause Bollocks, you think any of these greedy **** players would have signed for us without one?

 

You say that Ranieri was a good appoint but they got lucky? What an absolutely bizarre statement. I can tell you that Claudio was not our first choice (I am not revealing sources) but if you think luck has anything to do with how Claudio has managed and motivated the team, then you are as apparently as naive as our multi millionaire owners.

 

You really think a 64 year old man really cares about proving himself? Everything clicked last season and now we are victim of our own success, at the end of the day as much as we all love this club, the people we employ are not fans, the only interest they have in Leicester city football club is how much the club pay them or how much they could potentially pay them in the future.

 

I think anyone that fvks off is welcome to, I love leicester City, I don't love Ngolo Kunte or Steve bloody Walsh, I don't care what they do.

CR walked into the easiest job going in world football. Everything clicked off the back of the hard word from the personel in change before CR's appointment, ie NP and SW.

 

There are rumours of CR getting too involved in transfers. In my opinion he shouldn't have been allowed to given SW's track record.

[NeilLCFC]

7 hours ago, Cujek said:

Wow..

What evidence do you have that Rudkin isn't a brilliant operator? And please don't bang on about release clause Bollocks, you think any of these greedy **** players would have signed for us without one?

 

You say that Ranieri was a good appoint but they got lucky? What an absolutely bizarre statement. I can tell you that Claudio was not our first choice (I am not revealing sources) but if you think luck has anything to do with how Claudio has managed and motivated the team, then you are as apparently as naive as our multi millionaire owners.

 

You really think a 64 year old man really cares about proving himself? Everything clicked last season and now we are victim of our own success, at the end of the day as much as we all love this club, the people we employ are not fans, the only interest they have in Leicester city football club is how much the club pay them or how much they could potentially pay them in the future.

 

I think anyone that fvks off is welcome to, I love leicester City, I don't love Ngolo Kunte or Steve bloody Walsh, I don't care what they do.

CR walked into the easiest job going in world football. Everything clicked off the back of the hard word from the personel in change before CR's appointment, ie NP and SW.

 

There are rumours of CR getting too involved in transfers. In my opinion he shouldn't have been allowed to given SW's track record.