Thank you Craig

[Ted Maul]

Top bloke, and a massive part of the success we've experienced over the last decade. Really is a shame that we've lost him altogether, and as has been said above, this was the risk we took when we appointed him permanently as manager.

 

Thanks for everything Craig.

 

One moment which sticks out for me now is Norwich away in 2015/16- 'One Craig Shakespeare' was sung loud, and he gave us the thumbs up. He knew how much we thought of him, despite some of the crap which has been spouted recently.

[Farrington fox]

Cheers Craig, enjoy your payoff. 

[leicesterlad1989]

I have been very critical of him and his appointment as our manager but I am gutted we will no longer have him at the club in any capacity. He's a great coach and seems a good guy. 

 

He knew the pressures that come with management and he took a gamble, as did the club. Unfortunately it didnt work out for either but i wish him all the luck elsewhere. 

[yorkie1999]

His sister wanted him to stay.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Thanks Craig. Appletons got to go and Shakey back in as assistant

[TAFKA Castroneves]

I feel so much more gutted about this than Claudio (rightly or wrongly in some peoples minds i'm sure )

 

Craig has contributed so much success to this club over this decade that i actually find it difficult to think of a Leicester City without his influence. These last few months must have been tricky as hell, he's not had an easy setup to have a go - difficult fixtures, a difficulty bringing in players who can adjust to our style quickly - and no doubt a few issues building behind the scenes with (i suspect) Riyad, Demarai etc

 

These few little niggles have built into a bigger problem and it's a shame it hasn't worked out, a real shame.

 

It really is a new chapter for our club now, feels new - really strange and kinda empty at the moment, obviously that will change with time, as for now - Cheers Craig Good luck in the future and i wish you all the best.

[mozartfox]

Thanks Craig, but this is for the best, as this period in your footballing life must be hurting you and your loved ones. 

[Monsell1976]

Shame they don't appoint him as Pearson no 2, instead of making him unemployed.

 Lost faith we Shakespeare, I think the owners were right to sack him, but fair play to the bloke, good servant to the club, and a real shame it came to this, should be some shame felt at training ground in the morning, two seasons and two managers, the players should look at themselves as well.

[Corky]

Should never have been the permanent manager but will never forget the nine years before it. All that hard work behind the scenes, working with different managers. 

 

At least he leaves with the Sevilla game as the best memory. A night never to be forgotten.

[Johnthefoxrayner]

5 hours ago, MPH said:

i'd like him to be retained as our number 2 but i doubt he will....

Totally agree with you, I would love him to be out no 2 again 

[Johnthefoxrayner]

1 hour ago, Arriba Los Zorros said:

Thanks Craig. Appletons got to go and Shakey back in as assistant

Totally agree with you Zorros 

[Blue ROI]

1 hour ago, TAFKA Castroneves said:

I feel so much more gutted about this than Claudio (rightly or wrongly in some peoples minds i'm sure )

 

Craig has contributed so much success to this club over this decade that i actually find it difficult to think of a Leicester City without his influence. These last few months must have been tricky as hell, he's not had an easy setup to have a go - difficult fixtures, a difficulty bringing in players who can adjust to our style quickly - and no doubt a few issues building behind the scenes with (i suspect) Riyad, Demarai etc

 

These few little niggles have built into a bigger problem and it's a shame it hasn't worked out, a real shame.

 

It really is a new chapter for our club now, feels new - really strange and kinda empty at the moment, obviously that will change with time, as for now - Cheers Craig Good luck in the future and i wish you all the best.

I'd be inclined to agree.

 

Can still remember the despair of Stoke in 2008 and meeting Leicester relatives on holiday who were so disappointed with what happened. Its still as fresh in the mind as May 2016 and something the wider public have no appreciation of.  How the trio of Pearson, Walsh and Shakey helped breathe new life to the club can not be forgotten.

[WigstonWanderer]

Seems to be the end of an era. Wish him well for the future. Flew too high, too fast. No shame in struggling at this level.

 

With hindsight I suppose the escape last season was in some measure just "new manager bounce", but I still think we'd have been relegated if he hadn't stepped in, and I'll always be grateful for that, and his contributions to the successes enjoyed in recent years.

[Elsie Ephsey]

1 hour ago, TAFKA Castroneves said:

I feel so much more gutted about this than Claudio (rightly or wrongly in some peoples minds i'm sure )

 

Craig has contributed so much success to this club over this decade that i actually find it difficult to think of a Leicester City without his influence. These last few months must have been tricky as hell, he's not had an easy setup to have a go - difficult fixtures, a difficulty bringing in players who can adjust to our style quickly - and no doubt a few issues building behind the scenes with (i suspect) Riyad, Demarai etc

 

These few little niggles have built into a bigger problem and it's a shame it hasn't worked out, a real shame.

 

It really is a new chapter for our club now, feels new - really strange and kinda empty at the moment, obviously that will change with time, as for now - Cheers Craig Good luck in the future and i wish you all the best.

I completely agree with this. We've not been great of late, but events have conspired against him (not least, the heavy weight of unrealistic expectation) and it seems a ruthlessly cold decision. Time may have told it to be the correct one - that seemed to be the way it was heading - but it all seems a bit hasty and unsavoury to me. Time waits for no man though, and for 'time' read a 'Leicester fan'.

[Gazza M]

One or two talking about keeping as number two. That's exactly what we don't need. We must cut all ties to 15/16 from a coaching side otherwise the players will get the sentiment card out. Stowell should be ousted too. We need a fresh set of faces who will see players on merit and get some fresh tactics in. Sorry Wes, but you and Fuchs are the first two to take a break for me. 

[TAFKA Castroneves]

I just hope that he realises how thankful we all are, it's no doubt a bitter taste now - but his time here has been an unprecidented success overall, no-one could have imagined what he alongside Nigel would have achieved from League 1 and up.

 

It was really brought home to me yesterday watching the King10 documentary on the site funnily enough, we were a damn good/proud side under their leadership, we got robbed in the playoffs twice when being the better team - and still managed to go on despite those blows and utterly demolish everyone the next year to the Championship title...the Great Escape was one of those where in my gut i truly knew we weren't going to get relegated - we were still playing too well to go down and held a false position for a long time in comparison with what we were actually doing on the pitch. Then Craig played a vital role in winning us the Premier League, assisting a new manager to the club, being the link between him and the players and keeping us going in the right direction - i'm sure there's far more to that season than we know now in regard to how important he was to getting us into fantasy land. Craig gave me one of my favourite (if not THE favourite) game of my life so far vs. Sevilla at home - we were unbelievable, we've never been louder, brighter and more confident as a football club as we have then with the world watching us over those months.

 

I'm gutted, i really wish we could've had just a couple more games with him, when he busted out the 3-5-2 we looked a dangerous side again, that for me "fixed" the issue with Kante leaving - as that's how we were playing with him in the side, with 3 in the middle - 2 being Kante but he was a tad over-cautious and perhaps even a few things as small as Okazaki not featuring Monday (who's been our only link this season at all) and Kelechi taking ALL SUMMER to sign - and then having that injury - has resulted in the ultimate price

 

Actually puts me off modern football a bit, because we were the anti-modern football having this backroom staff around for so long and developing with them, makes me more proud due to the method of how we achieved what we achieved - not just Watford-ing our way through managers in a spineless fashion until we struck gold.

 

Time for bed i think tommorrows another day. Shakey = Leicester Legend

[Dan]

Will always have a lot of respect for him. Sad that it's ended like this but he's done a lot for this club and I hope he goes somewhere and is appreciated. All the best to him.

[ZeGuy]

6 hours ago, lgfualol said:

Wish him the best. Wish he never took the job so we would still have him in the coaching staff.

He had the balls to try, knowing that it was a "make or break" matter. I respect him immensely for that (and his coaching qualities) even if I think that he'll never be a good manager.

[Foxaholic ME]

19 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

Will always have a lot of respect for him. Sad that it's ended like this but he's done a lot for this club and I hope he goes somewhere and is appreciated. All the best to him.

Sorry for him but  2year payoff not to be sniffed at

[cityfanlee23]

7 hours ago, MPH said:

 

 

He's ( sadly) been abysmal for us. who would take him? whats his track record as a manager?

Managed 1 with west brom - Win

Leicester city - Played 26 

Won 11 

Drawn 6

Lost 9

 

I'd say that's not bad really. 

[Tuna]

It's a massive shame that he's left the club altogether.

Irrespective of his performance as manager - he was out of his depth and had to go - he has been present through all our success in the last 10 years and has served us incredibly well.

 

Doubt he'll get another chance as manager, but he'll be a great addition to any backroom team.

[Guest MattP]

17 hours ago, MPH said:

He's ( sadly) been abysmal for us. who would take him? whats his track record as a manager?

His track record is a 43% win ratio in the PL, the highest ever of a manager for us in the top flight. 

 

Of course he'll get a job elsewhere.

[norwichfox]

Thanks for all you've done for the club, you helped in a very big way to give me something I never thought I'd see during my lifetime. Wish you all the very best for the future.

[Out Foxed]

cheers shakey!

[MPH]

1 hour ago, MattP said:

His track record is a 43% win ratio in the PL, the highest ever of a manager for us in the top flight. 

 

Of course he'll get a job elsewhere.

 

 

You cant really include the 'new manager bounce' in that. That's more reflective of how the players felt about the old manager. Nothing to do with the skills of the new one.