Robin JD Popley Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Anyone mentioning Roy Hodgson needs to get a grip or seek psychiatric help. Most dispassionate, deluded, boring and tactically inept manager going. Sure he could inspire the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Black Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 38 minutes ago, Ricey said: We need a modern thinking manager. Hiddink, MoN, Mancini etc aren't long term options. Football has changed and we need someone who is part of this new breed of football managers. Danny Cowley of Lincoln? Has done well with them so far and is young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishmenfox Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Just now, China Black said: Danny Cowley of Lincoln? Has done well with them so far and is young. Good suggestion, Karl Robinson would be another suggestion from the lower leagues. He plays football in the right way. Chris Hughton(knows 4-4-2) , Mark Warburton and Simon Grayson(working wonders with Preston) would be other suggestions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty98 Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Bruno Berner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityfanlee23 Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Mancini being backed quite big it seems, Would crack some skulls and kick some arse thats for sure, knows how to grind a game down but also knows how to win a game 2012 - Goals scored 93 Goals conceded 29 Had a cracking defence to work with but knows how to tighten things up clearly, Hopefully he can get the best out of some of these players, I think collectively we've been very hard on players like Musa/Drinky/Okazaki/Ulloa/Albrighton, Who knows, Maybe fresh ideas will see them save themselves for us, I genuinely think Musa could be a class player for us in the future if we stick with him. Look at the young players we have - Musa, Ndidi, Chilwell, Amartey, Gray, Kapustka, Mendy (sort of) We can mould these into very good players, it's clear these players who have come in are hardly likely to make an impact when the players who won the league for us last year can't be bothered to even get in position, get the basics right and it's like a snowball. If Mancini comes in, I genuinly think he could turn us around within weeks, We have 3 days to get someone in and get some belief for liverpool. . Kasper Simpson Wes Benny Chilwell Mendy Ndidi Drinky Albrighton Gray Slim/Leo Back to basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shade Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 7 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. There might be a chance that Pearson and Ranieri's real personalities were both different than the media persona? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin JD Popley Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 4 minutes ago, shade said: There might be a chance that Pearson and Ranieri's real personalities were both different than the media persona? I've never claimed to be ITK (as such) but I have friends who either were themselves in the Academy or, know fringe players from during his two tenures - (who've moved to pastures new) and none of the stories about Pearson were ever flattering. He lost his temper in many ways, shall we say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 7 minutes ago, SecretPro said: Anyone mentioning Roy Hodgson needs to get a grip or seek psychiatric help. Most dispassionate, deluded, boring and tactically inept manager going. Sure he could inspire the boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretPro Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Just now, Bilo said: Nuff said (watched) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Shakespeare is my first choice, I would personally give it to him until the end of the campaign and see if he keeps us up & does well. If he does both, then I'd like to see it made into a permanent role. I feel as if with Shakespeare we'd be under safe hands, and that's inferring the future too. I genuinely feel he could do well with this group of players. I would then be looking at Rowett as a second choice, followed by Monk & Wagner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hazels shorts Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 1 minute ago, Bilo said: Now thats not funny!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpower Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 David Wagner at Huddersfield is attracting lots of plaudits. He is a pupil of Klopp and plays high tempo, passing football. He's had very little money to spend and has Huddersfield competing for promotion. He's young with modern methods and is obviously a motivator, but it would still be seen as a quite a risk due to not managing at the top level. Probably a non-starter though as the owners won't have even heard of him and he won't tick the "high-profile" box that they are most likely looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger63 Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 14 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. Great post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 13 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. Super post Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grewks Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Shakespeare deserves a chance, even though he might not actually want it......yet. He's the only one we have left from the Pearson/Walsh/Shakespeare era, and i feel what we are missing now as a club, is exactly what that trio ingrained. Basically, i just want Shakespeare to stay. If he goes, we're up s**t creek big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 8 minutes ago, Bilo said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ttfn Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 The thing about Hodgson is that as drab and uninspiring appointment as that would be what we need right now is somebody accustomed to making teams hard to beat straight away. Hodgson's England tenure ended up being a bit of a disaster but if you go back to euro 2012 he turned us into a very solid unit very quickly. I think what what we need is a short term fix to the end of the season and then we should have a look again for a long term appointment. Realistically the only longer term options are Mancini, Rowett and Pearson, all of whom would have to come in and work with a group of de-motivated, unfit players and could very easily have their first act as Leicester manager being the overseeing of the club's relegation, which is hardly the basis for a successful long-term career. Hodgson wouldn't be my choice by a long shot but I would not be at all surprised if he ends up in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 20 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. In your view. Why would the players want him back in that case? The way both NP and CR come across in the media is almost certainly not an accurate portrayal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 19 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: I tried to keep my thoughts to a minimum last night, hence me uploading the photo of Mr Ranieri holding the Premier League trophy, but having slept on it and having read others views on the sacking of Claudio - here's mine. I have to be brutally honest, if this call had to be made, it should have been made after Swansea - Millwall at the latest. That, said, it does feel incredibly cruel to let someone go to a foreign nation with the squad and senior board directors, oversee our first leg of the Champions League Final 16 match and then, oblivious to you, being talked about in a side room whilst delivering a press conference about our next league game on Monday night. We can all sit here and point the finger at this game or that and like 99% of you, for me, relegation is an unthinkable thing given what happened last year. So, on results alone, this sadly has been coming. That, said, we are Leicester City. We won the league for the first time ever last year in our 133 year history. Most of these players were rejects at other clubs, now been shot to fame because of the 5000/1 fairytale. Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. I've news for you. I was so happy to see the back of Nigel because in my view, he is a bully. If people like that in a manager, I do wonder. Yes, Claudio's demeanour was possibly too far removed the other way (at least in public) but we need a half way house moving forward. That's why I would not like to see Pearson come back for a 3rd time and I would urge our owners to move heaven and earth to get either Roberto Mancini or De Boer. No one else is fit for the job going forward. The Pearson era is now long over, and sadly, the Ranieri era too. But thank you, sir, for achieving dreams I had as a little boy in those terraces at Filbert Street and since our move to the KP. HE did that. There's only one Claudio Ranieri. So you would have sacked him on the eve of the Sevilla match? That would have been complete suicide. Ive backed Claudio from the start but is anyone really genuinely wanting NP back? Ranieri is and always will be a legend but he needed to go, simple. I just had a conversation with a friend who said it's a business, More than that it's entertainment. Have I been entertained after getting up a 4am for old Trafford and been 4 down at HT? How about Stamford bridge? or Anfield? Or the New bloody Den?!? He's capitulated as have our team and it's one or the other, One or probably 15 so the One loses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Short term options are only ever any good if it's both agreed it's a short term option like Hiddink at Chelsea. Getting Hodgson in until the summer is basically, get him in and if he keeps us up the owners will think he's done well and then he'll get a 3 year deal and we're no better off except for still being a PL club but with a manager most of us don't want long term. The short term options really should be from short term specialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 Hiddink for a few months to keep us up, then throw mad wedge at Gio van Bronckhorst once he's wrapped up the title with Feyenoord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 26 minutes ago, Robin JD Popley said: Some people on here and elsewhere have not given Mr Ranieri any support since day one because their beloved Pearson got sacked. That, quite simply - is categorically untrue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnegan Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 1 minute ago, Finnegan said: Hiddink for a few months to keep us up, then throw mad wedge at Gio van Bronckhorst once he's wrapped up the title with Feyenoord. Or Niko Kovac, having a blinder at Frankfurt plus MTWG will find him dishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin JD Popley Posted 24 February 2017 Share Posted 24 February 2017 1 minute ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said: That, quite simply - is categorically untrue. Is it? Because I remember reading all the negative tweets about him when he was hired. OH GOD WHY HIM? AWFUL DECISION. LOL, WELL DONE TOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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