Inside Story

[HighPeakFox]

25 minutes ago, Matt said:

 

A very sane outlook on it.

[Chico1958]

I don't do twitter, what did he say ?

[Slim Dog]

15 minutes ago, Chico1958 said:

I don't do twitter, what did he say ?

You can still click on it and listen.

[Chico1958]

8 minutes ago, Slim Dog said:

You can still click on it and listen.

I do and it goes blank..............perhaps it's an age thing 

[Slim Dog]

1 minute ago, Chico1958 said:

I do and it goes blank..............perhaps it's an age thing 

He said for some reason Craig thought the players weren't responding to Ranieri and that Craig has just gone back to last seasons team just with Ndidi.

 

However, Ranieri will never be forgotten etc.

[Chico1958]

1 hour ago, Slim Dog said:

He said for some reason Craig thought the players weren't responding to Ranieri and that Craig has just gone back to last seasons team just with Ndidi.

 

However, Ranieri will never be forgotten etc.

Thank you  

 

CR will never be forgotten in my world either.......... no matter what anybody says   

[HighPeakFox]

Importantly, he said it was a moment in time, and maybe that time had passed. 

[TheUltimateWinner]

2 hours ago, Matt said:

 

One of the few pundits who actually paid attention to our situation and gives the honest answer as to what happened and what needed to happen WHILST still respecting what Ranieri did.

 

Fvck off carra and Neville 

[Vlad the Fox]

On 1 April 2017 at 20:59, Facecloth said:

Maybe the rebellion was because of tactics, training regimes, the general way the club was being run under Ranieri, treatment of players etc. With Ranieri gone, tactics have improved, training is better and people are happier. Maybe they rebelled because they could see Ranieri taking the club away from everything they'd worked hard on that the success was built on.

This is an important point because if things were being run so badly behind the scenes surely it's in the best interests of the club and supporters for someone behind the scenes to raise their concerns to the powers that be. Surely that's a good sign that people care enough to take responsibility for the well being of the whole club and team rather than any one individual, as it could have put their jobs at risk. Would we be happy as supporters if the people that could have helped to correct our slide just sat by and let it happen out of loyalty to one man? 

[UpTheLeagueFox]

Will always love Ranieri for being part of the 15-16 magic but he brought about his own downfall with his methods this season. I tweeted ages ago some players weren't 'having him' last season - and that was when the team were winning. There of course was an element of the players 'downing tools' but the bigger role was CR's methods.

 

So many stories leaking out (can't go into detail and they may of course not be true) from this season. Very sad how it turned out. But managers, players, owners all come and go...

[Johnthefoxrayner]

On 01/04/2017 at 23:53, STUHILL said:

I think this is why I feel a lot safer now in Shakespeare's hands. He will try to recreate what Pearson had here I am sure. Hopefully, that means the rebuilding of the scouting department/team and continuing with the sports science side of things. 

 

I'm fascinated to see what Shakespeare does in the transfer window in the summer too. 

I just hope Shakey is still with us in the summer. 

[Lesteban]

Claudio's appearance on MNF seems to lend some legitimacy to this version of events. Clearly problems with someone behind the scenes... but insists it wasn't the players 

[Lesteban]

Some of the quotes from Ranieri: 

 

"I can't believe my players killed me. No, no, no," he told Sky Sports.

"Maybe it was someone behind me. I had a little problem the year before and we won the title. Maybe this year, when we lose, these people push a little more."

"I don't want to say who it is. I am a loyal man. What I had to say, I said face to face."

 

What he said tonight more or less confirms to me that this doctor was correct, he said to me that there were problems with backroom staff against him last year too, but the team's performances more or less drowned out their complaints. Ranieri said pretty much the same thing. Good on him for not naming names though, even though that probably throws suspicion Shakey's way. We won't know for many years, if ever.  

[sylofox]

I don't think it was Shakey. More likely it was rudders.

[StanSP]

On 02/04/2017 at 13:53, StanSP said:

I heard that Ranieri would go against what the nutriotinist would advise and massively changed the players' diets and eating habits when at the training ground. He'd make them have meals at unorthodox times. 

well this matches up with what Simpson said in his interview about changing meals at training

[Babylon]

Lets get it right, it was the results that lost him his job and not the backroom team. They might not have got on, they might not have agreed with him, but he's the one who picks the team and manages them.

[gerrytaggart]

Whoever it was and whatever was done , it was done for the good of Leicester City Football Club.

[David Hankey]

On 01/04/2017 at 20:46, Lesteban said:

Before I start, this should be taken with a pinch of salt, it's anecdotal evidence.

 

Recently I attended a specialist medical facility, where my S.O. was having an operation. While she was under the knife, I got chatting with the doctor there who told me he is usually based in the midlands, and naturally I moved the topic onto the local football. He told me that he works closely with the physio at Leicester City for the majority of his working week and therefore knows the people in our medical department, as well as much of the back room staff that have been around since Pearson's day. I pressed him to give me the inside story on what happened at the club earlier this season, but I didn't really need to press, he seemed eager to tell since he "had not been told in confidence". According to this doctor, there was indeed a rebellion that lead to the sacking of Ranieri, but that it came from the Pearson-era backroom staff and not the players as was widely reported. He referred to a number of our backroom staff on a first name basis and I have no reason to doubt he was telling the truth, he has no reason to lie. 

 

However, as I said, take it with a pinch of salt. Just though I'd share as it was interesting. Not claiming to be an "ITK" in any way, I will never see this guy again and had never seen him before I met him. 

I have taken it with a LARGE pinch of salt. We all know there behind-the-scenes shenanigans, that is obvious, but who knows the actual detail. We can all pontificate 'til the cows come home but really, we know nothing.

[bovril]

1 hour ago, Babylon said:

Lets get it right, it was the results that lost him his job and not the backroom team. They might not have got on, they might not have agreed with him, but he's the one who picks the team and manages them.

Apart from last year when it was the ghost of Pearson

[sm1]

1 hour ago, sylofox said:

I don't think it was Shakey. More likely it was rudders.

So Rudders is good for something.

[Joefox]

38 minutes ago, gerrytaggart said:

Whoever it was and whatever was done , it was done for the good of Leicester City Football Club.

And there is no getting away from it. I've had numerous heated arguments with people at work. People calling me ungrateful. The whole snake thing is still going on even now. I always maintained that the owners did it in the best interests of the club which they did. It was a very ballsy move actually considering the amount of heat they knew they would get. That's the sort of owners you want,

[sylofox]

8 hours ago, gerrytaggart said:

Whoever it was and whatever was done , it was done for the good of Leicester City Football Club.

Really was it? Didn't he say he was let down in two windows. Where could we be? Who knows.

 

If the back stabber has that much influence he can ruin a transfer window it's wrong. That cvnt has to much power and needs outing.

 

nice to here it was not the players but the cvnt that did it needs the boot.

[gerrytaggart]

4 hours ago, sylofox said:

Really was it? Didn't he say he was let down in two windows. Where could we be? Who knows.

 

If the back stabber has that much influence he can ruin a transfer window it's wrong. That cvnt has to much power and needs outing.

 

nice to here it was not the players but the cvnt that did it needs the boot.

I was making a general statement about the intent and thinking behind sacking Claudio and really the proof is in the pudding regarding the outcome of that decision. Of course it was done for the good of leicester city.

I wasnt refering to a specific individual or making any comment on what power they may hold. 

[erlee]

On 4/2/2017 at 06:07, sm1 said:

I think there's truth in the story but I also think that the players were fed up/confused with Claudio. Basically I think everybody wanted him out (hence the Chairman's comments about a 100 things being wrong at the club) apart from the 2 Italian coaches he brought with him. 

CR had already gotten rid of half the back-room staff including the Sports psychologist & team high performance 'conditioner' end of last season  ...

 

shakey at Vincente Calderon- seem to hv put on 5kg..life's good