CosbehFox Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Some of the articles coming out tonight don't make great reading. Particularly to Claudio
TheUltimateWinner Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/03/claudio-ranieri-resorts-drastic-measures-battle-save-sinking/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw Very interesting read, speaks of unrest, tactic changes 2 hours before kick off, training on match days and infighting between back room staff.
Craig Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 I had noticed that Shakey had been less prevalent this season. Obviously no idea how true the article is, but the noises coming out are not good.
CosbehFox Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Guardian have similarly published an article, mentions that one occasion a player had leaked our weaknesses to opposition.
adejo92 Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 At the minute theres not a player on that pitch who deserves to have his name chanted other than probably Kasper. Let Claudios name echo throughout the stadium on Sunday instead of any of the players. Let the selfish, money grabbing arrogant bastards realise we are behind Claudio, not them.
Dan Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Total shambles. What a joke. Glad I got on at 10/1.
lgfualol Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Yippee just what we need in a relegation battle
lcfcsnow Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Quote Angrily confronting a member of backroom staff nose-to-nose in the dressing room after a row about football boot studs. This has to be related to Okazaki
Donut Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 The point still remains, if this is all true there was a catalyst for this. Because this was a million miles away from last season where it was a well run ship
holyfox Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38862185 Huth manning up and urging everyone to pull together. Good move, now let's see them show a. It more hunger and togetherness!
Donut Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 I cannot believe some knut has been telling the opposition about the bad attitudes and egos in the squad (if true). So theres an admission that there are total nobs here and some dickhead spilled the beans on it. Id assume the "training" is watching patterns of play on video. Maybe
chapero82 Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Not sure how Slimani will feel when he comes back as we was going to sell him according to this
HankMarvin Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 20 minutes ago, Donut said: The point still remains, if this is all true there was a catalyst for this. Because this was a million miles away from last season where it was a well run ship Steve Walsh leaving?? Was it his choice I wonder
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 33 minutes ago, adejo92 said: At the minute theres not a player on that pitch who deserves to have his name chanted other than probably Kasper. Let Claudios name echo throughout the stadium on Sunday instead of any of the players. Let the selfish, money grabbing arrogant bastards realise we are behind Claudio, not them. This
HankMarvin Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Claudio Ranieri believes the promise he made to Leicester City’s owners at the start of last season to stay with the club in the event of relegation should mean that his loyalty is repaid during a hugely disappointing second campaign, yet there is growing unrest among players and staff about the team’s predicament and the Italian’s management style in the face of a crisis. Although there is no suggestion that Ranieri’s job is under immediate threat, the Premier League champions are now just two points clear of the relegation zone after winning only one of their past eight league matches and the spotlight is starting to fall on the manager as much as his underperforming players. In a season that has badly unravelled, the Guardian has learned that Ranieri has become increasingly distant from members of his backroom team and is in danger of losing his grip on the dressing room, where some of the tactical changes and selection decisions have left players scratching their heads. Ranieri has made alterations in a desperate attempt to try to engender a reaction from a team who are clearly struggling and short of confidence, yet players have been left bewildered at times. Team spirit has also suffered and that is not just a product of poor results. It is understood there was a strange incident after one match when the players were told that their opponents had been briefed beforehand about problems with egos and bad attitudes in the Leicester squad. That story caused a storm because it was alleged that the information had initially come via someone in the Leicester camp. Ranieri is 65 years old and has been managing long enough to know that it is never a smooth ride when results turn, but he badly needs to galvanise a group of players who are in danger of becoming the first top-flight champions to be relegated since Manchester City in 1938. Leicester play Manchester United at home on Sunday and then host Derby County in an FA Cup fourth-round replay on Wednesday, yet the critical game in everyone’s mind is the trip to Swansea City on Sunday week. Swansea are now behind Leicester only on goal difference. The Midlands club have lost their past three league games and are yet to score a top-flight goal in 2017, with Ranieri now second favourite to be the next Premier League manager dismissed. “Everything is possible,” Ranieri said, when it was put to him that there was a feeling in football that he was “unsackable” because of last season. Asked whether he felt he should not be under pressure given his extraordinary title success, Ranieri replied: “Look, it’s not my philosophy to think about this. If my thoughts go there, I remember what was said by the vice-chairman [Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha] the first time I met him: ‘If we go down, you stay with us?’ And I said: ‘Yes.’ Now why [should] I have to think about this? I’m thinking to fight and to survive, that’s it.” Although Ranieri maintained ahead of the United game that his playing style is “always the same”, he has chopped and changed the side and altered the system far more this season, on occasions at extremely short notice. When Leicester travelled to Copenhagen in the Champions League, the first anyone knew that they were playing a 3-4-3 system was less than two hours before kick-off. In the 3-0 Premier League defeat at home against Chelsea last month, players were visibly confused at times as to what was being asked of them. The following week Ranieri opted for a midfield diamond against Southampton, when Leicester were again beaten 3-0. There is a feeling that Leicester have moved away from what made them successful last season, becoming too preoccupied with opponents rather than playing to their own strengths. For all that, there is no escaping the fact that the players must also take their share of the blame. Key individuals have not come close to hitting the standards they set last season. Riyad Mahrez, the PFA player of the year last season, has been unrecognisable from the winger who tormented defenders. Jamie Vardy has scored only five times. Danny Drinkwater’s form has suffered, and Wes Morgan and Robert Huth are a long way from being that impenetrable partnership at the back. The bottom line is that everyone needs to improve, from Ranieri to the players. “I know only one way: if you are a loser in this moment, you go down,” the Leicester manager said. “If you are a fighter in the bad moment you show your strength. Now is our moment to show our strength.”
coolcol Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 5 hours ago, lee7 said: I haven't seen the interview but to me that sounds like a bloke who knows he has not got long left. OR...a bloke who is playing his biggest hand in a card game....all or nothing.... it is like a boil that needs to be lanced. Either the players FULLY recommit to him or not...but something needs to change.
Soar Fox Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 41 minutes ago, Donut said: The point still remains, if this is all true there was a catalyst for this. Because this was a million miles away from last season where it was a well run ship
Thracian Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 48 minutes ago, TheUltimateWinner said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/02/03/claudio-ranieri-resorts-drastic-measures-battle-save-sinking/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw Very interesting read, speaks of unrest, tactic changes 2 hours before kick off, training on match days and infighting between back room staff. Quote It's a damning article which really points to wholesale mismanagement. Put together with other comments in here, what I know myself and the reference to factions, too many uninvolved players, togetherness problems and countless other problems, there's no defending the current situation. It has to be remedied and never will be without change and without the revival of our team spirit. It really is a study in what not to do.
Max Power Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Wonder which player(s) went to the press. Schmeichel and Vardy my prime candidates.
lgfualol Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Who was this **** leaking info. Give them the sack.
Tuna Posted 3 February 2017 Posted 3 February 2017 Just now, lgfualol said: Who was this **** leaking info. Give them the sack. It wasn't necessarily a player.
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