A huge month ahead of us.

[Aus Fox]

As we move into May, we look almost certain to sack a 4th manager since our return to the top flight.

In 4 years we have finished 14th, 1st, 12th and 9th/10th this year. Judging this against our history, this has been a successful period of time for our club. Yet in this time we have sacked 3 managers and could be set to sack a fourth.

This makes the month of May incredibly important for the clubs future. What we need now is stability and a manager with a long term plan. Cast your minds back 12 months and there was a lot of uncertainty about who would get the managers job for the following season, this undoubtedly caused a headache with recruiting.Who wants to sign for a club not knowing who the manager is? 

We have a World Cup this summer meaning it will be very difficult to bring in players once they jet off. 

We need the owners to come out early and let everyone know the plan, we either back Puel and give him a chance to get his players in early and give him another season or we sack him now and make a move on a new manager.

Either way we need a long term plan, we simply cannot keep going on hiring and sacking managers every 8 months or so.

Decisons also need to be made on the future of players now; Mahrez, Fuchs, Simpson, Morgan, Dragovic, Hugh the list of players with a cloud over their head goes on. If they are not going to be here we need to be giving others the chance to see what they can do in their role.

A huge month ahead and decisions need to be made now. Let's get some stability back into our club and move forward.

 

[UPinCarolina]

24 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

As we move into May, we look almost certain to sack a 4th manager since our return to the top flight.

In 4 years we have finished 14th, 1st, 12th and 9th/10th this year. Judging this against our history, this has been a successful period of time for our club. Yet in this time we have sacked 3 managers and could be set to sack a fourth.

This makes the month of May incredibly important for the clubs future. What we need now is stability and a manager with a long term plan. Cast your minds back 12 months and there was a lot of uncertainty about who would get the managers job for the following season, this undoubtedly caused a headache with recruiting.Who wants to sign for a club not knowing who the manager is? 

We have a World Cup this summer meaning it will be very difficult to bring in players once they jet off. 

We need the owners to come out early and let everyone know the plan, we either back Puel and give him a chance to get his players in early and give him another season or we sack him now and make a move on a new manager.

Either way we need a long term plan, we simply cannot keep going on hiring and sacking managers every 8 months or so.

Decisons also need to be made on the future of players now; Mahrez, Fuchs, Simpson, Morgan, Dragovic, Hugh the list of players with a cloud over their head goes on. If they are not going to be here we need to be giving others the chance to see what they can do in their role.

A huge month ahead and decisions need to be made now. Let's get some stability back into our club and move forward.

 

Truly believe this is our last chance to get it right (or relegation)

Edited 29 April 2018 by UPinCarolina

[cruzFOX]

Totally agree with Aus Fox!

This was supposed to be the summer where we  finish 7th and qualify for Europe.  With our new manager bringing in stability and promising young players as well as new experienced players and most importantly preparing some of the older past-it players for life elsewhere.

Add to that the excitement of new funds promised by the owners to shore up our defense and replace stars like mahrez.

instead of being able to enjoy in the comfort of watching a World Cup we’ll be nervously worrying about how the hell the club are going to be ready for the next season.  Based on recent results leading upto today’s calamity we are going to be in real trouble!  I pray the owners have a good plan whatever it is.

[Fox92]

The whole club needs a change.

 

Squad needs a dramatic shake up.

Owners need to get rid of the recruitment team (Rudkin etc) they trust.

If we go for a new manager then we need a recruitment team who know what/who to go for.

 

I am worried that if the club continue with this current set up, which we will, we'll get relegated. You cannot continue sacking managers and not getting in better replacements. And you cannot continue sacking managers everytime we have a poor spell.

 

I do not trust the club to get it right - the only time they have is when they appointed Pearson and Ranieri, the latter of which was a gamble that worked and the first was a good choice because he'd already been here.

Edited 29 April 2018 by Fox92

[KFS]

It's an infrastructure problem. We've got to do a massive overhaul in many departments. We're still championship in some areas. 

[tetly]

Agree 100% massive month ahead we should be sounding out a manager and planning ahead. The squad needs Work but it a good squad the manager has massively under performed. 

[Callabinho]

I agree with the OP. The club won’t get it right, so far they haven’t and as long as Rudkin is controlling the revolving door we won’t get it right again. It is a huge three or so months for us, and we will ultimately fail. Forget the likes of Rafa, he will not come to us and even if he is unsettled we won’t make an approach for him, we will spend at least two months messing around trying to identify someone.

[breadandcheese]

I agree.  We need to have a new manager on board before pre-season.

[SpacedX]

14 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

 

I do not trust the club to get it right - the only time they have is when they appointed Pearson and Ranieri, 

Both of which they sacked. 

[southfox66]

Sack Puel now, put Appleton in charge for last 3 games, appoint Benitez once the season is over, a manager whos record is far more superior to Puel, it's a good move for him and the club, a mass clear out in the summer both players and backroom, we need to truly start a new era. 

Edited 29 April 2018 by southfox66

[RODNEY FERNIO]

This mess needs sorting out ASAP.

We are going to be relegation favourites at this rate for next season.

Vardy , Wilf and Harry need some kind of reassurance as all three of them will

not be short of suitors in the summer added to the fact that our best player has already left the building.

Worrying times ... with little evidence of Puel being the man to turn things round.

[Tuna]

Puel needs to be dismissed immediately to reassure our better players before they start getting ideas about leaving.

We've a smaller transfer window and have the world cup as well, we have to start getting things moving.

[mozartfox]

48 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

The whole club needs a change.

 

Squad needs a dramatic shake up.

Owners need to get rid of the recruitment team (Rudkin etc) they trust.

If we go for a new manager then we need a recruitment team who know what/who to go for.

 

I am worried that if the club continue with this current set up, which we will, we'll get relegated. You cannot continue sacking managers and not getting in better replacements. And you cannot continue sacking managers everytime we have a poor spell.

 

I do not trust the club to get it right - the only time they have is when they appointed Pearson and Ranieri, the latter of which was a gamble that worked and the first was a good choice because he'd already been here.

Absolutely spot on.  Puel is not the major problem here. He did not sign all the Turkeys that are out on loan.  Had 2/3 lived up to their fees, then may be we might be in a better position.  Why has the Transfer debacle not been addressed internally?

[ARTY_FOX]

7 hours ago, UPinCarolina said:

Truly believe this is our last chance to get it right (or relegation)

It's no way near our last chance but we are becoming in danger of going through a cycle like Sunderland did. Have a manager start poor sack him next one comes in keeps us up then starts poor and sack him. 

 

There's one if two ways from here. Sunderland like decent or spurs like rise. 

[fazzyfox]

If Everton hadn't had such a poor start they'd be in their traditional 7th place and I still see us as a club as being capable of fighting to overtake them. Burnley have taken advantage and found great confidence and a system that works for them and now Newcastle, potentially a huge rival if they sort their ownership and transfer budget out, have passed us in the table. Next season if West Ham sort themselves out and possibly Villa come up, places in the top ten will become much more competitively fought for than this season. 

 

My worry is how potential managers and signings will see us now. I'd like to think we could take Benitez, Zaha and Loftus-Cheek, Mawson from Swansea perhaps, puff out our chest, strut our stuff, persuade them that we're bigger and better. If we tried that right now they'd laugh in our face. Sack Puel and the owners will get a further tarnished reputation as unreasonable, impatient, unrealistic, trigger happy, unfair from journalists who haven't had to sit through this (and Shakeys) bore fest.

 

We need to protect our long term perception as wanting to be best of the rest, bring in a top class manager, stadium expansion, big signing(s), this summer is absolutely massive to avoid losing further ground on our target.

[LittlethorpeFox]

45 minutes ago, southfox66 said:

Sack Puel now, put Appleton in charge for last 3 games, appoint Benitez once the season is over, a manager whos record is far more superior to Puel, it's a good move for him and the club, a mass clear out in the summer both players and backroom, we need to truly start a new era. 

It’s not a good move for him tho is it. If he rebuilds Newcastle, day to a trophy or European football is more than he could achieve at Leicester. He’s managed Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool.. we are not a big Club in his eyes.

[Kitchandro]

We need a manager who deserves time, someone who shows a bit of talent for management. 

 

Somebody preferably young and ambitious who’s tactical plan suits the English game and this club.

 

Until we get the right man, it’s pointless talking about stability. Trust is earned.

[MC Prussian]

50 minutes ago, fazzyfox said:

If Everton hadn't had such a poor start they'd be in their traditional 7th place and I still see us as a club as being capable of fighting to overtake them. Burnley have taken advantage and found great confidence and a system that works for them and now Newcastle, potentially a huge rival if they sort their ownership and transfer budget out, have passed us in the table. Next season if West Ham sort themselves out and possibly Villa come up, places in the top ten will become much more competitively fought for than this season. 

 

My worry is how potential managers and signings will see us now. I'd like to think we could take Benitez, Zaha and Loftus-Cheek, Mawson from Swansea perhaps, puff out our chest, strut our stuff, persuade them that we're bigger and better. If we tried that right now they'd laugh in our face. Sack Puel and the owners will get a further tarnished reputation as unreasonable, impatient, unrealistic, trigger happy, unfair from journalists who haven't had to sit through this (and Shakeys) bore fest.

 

We need to protect our long term perception as wanting to be best of the rest, bring in a top class manager, stadium expansion, big signing(s), this summer is absolutely massive to avoid losing further ground on our target.

Not yet, but with the way things are going, it's only a matter of time before we finish behind them this season.

[volpeazzurro]

If supporters are looking for entertaining football I fail to understand the clamoring for Benitez? After his very fortunate Champions league win with Houlliers team, hardly down to his tactics and  following some very flawed activity in the transfer market, in the end, a majority of Liverpool supporters couldn't wait to see the back of him. That allegedly goes for the players too. And, just because he was at Real Madrid doesn't mean that he was any good or liked there. He's an organiser of defensive teams and arrogant according to former players.

 

Yesterday was a watershed for Puel with some bizarre team selections and actions during the game. Yet I agree with some of the posters on here regarding recruitment and the people responsible. Why for example when you have Vardy, have 4 number 9s on your books in Slimani, Musa , Ulloa and Iheanacho , at huge cost, yet no number 10 to go with him? Do these backroom people vaguely understand football? Our midfield purchases have been equally flawed. Puel to some extent has had to try and mackle together a bunch of ill purchased misfits. Amongst the odd good buy like Maguire, they've squandered money like a drunk in an off license! It simply isn't sustainable,  what on earth were the qualifications of these people in the background to be trusted with this huge amount of money, it's a good job they don't run our owners Kingpower business or it would have gone bust by now! 

 

Some of the attitudes of the players stinks. Together with the frequent sacking of managers instead of addressing this core issue the resulting mess is going to potentially put off anyone else wanting to come to this 'small' club of ours. Ranieri, Shakespeare and now Puel can't all be wrong, between them they had years of good previous experience. 

[oxtonfox]

You are correct it is a vital month. looking at the last fixtures all our opponents have something to play for. West Ham are not yet safe, Arsenal playing for sixth and Spurs for the Champions League. The team is in danger of losing all these matches and if that happens and we finish 12th or so Puel will be gone. 

You cant rebuild in the middle of a season. Taking that liberty has cost us massively. 

[oxtonfox]

2 hours ago, southfox66 said:

Sack Puel now, put Appleton in charge for last 3 games, appoint Benitez once the season is over, a manager whos record is far more superior to Puel, it's a good move for him and the club, a mass clear out in the summer both players and backroom, we need to truly start a new era. 

Although I agree with your sentiments right now this isn’t going to happen. Why would Benitez come here? A mass clear out in a short summer window would leave us threadbare or at least with a bunch of new boys looking around for leadership that we don’t currently have. 

Wr need fairly minor surgery and two or three very influential players ideally with Prem experience e.g Rondon, Shaqiri and the 17yo Sessignon junior from Fulham if we can! I think the latter could cut it given a chance. 

[somebum]

We need to flash tens of millions per year at the manager we want. Pep is on what 30mil our owners can pay that to anyone. Money talks. Might sound crazy but hey if we get relegation the costs incurred will be far greater.

[Lionheart10]

1 hour ago, oxtonfox said:

You are correct it is a vital month. looking at the last fixtures all our opponents have something to play for. West Ham are not yet safe, Arsenal playing for sixth and Spurs for the Champions League. The team is in danger of losing all these matches and if that happens and we finish 12th or so Puel will be gone. 

You cant rebuild in the middle of a season. Taking that liberty has cost us massively. 

As it stands now I can't see us beating any of them!