Kasper Schmeichel...

[st albans fox]

12 minutes ago, Bert said:

Anyone thinking he only cared about himself is wrong. You don’t achieve what he did with us and not have an emotional attachment. He’s said it numerous times. Most likely had his own reason for not coming onto the pitch yesterday. No one on here knows why he didn’t, so just leave it at that rather than trying to tarnish the reputation of our greatest ever goalkeeper. 

Don’t start that one again Bert!

[Les-TA-Jon]

57 minutes ago, niyaminski said:

I’m sure Kasper’s one of the ones who will come back to work at the club after his playing days are over. 
 

Either in a Birch role or as a coach like Kingy.

TBH the way I've seen KS speak in interviews and podcast, about success, leadership, standards and Nigel Pearson, I could see him managing us one day. 

[izzymuzzet]

I get the impression from hearing Kasper's interviews that he is highly intelligent (by football standards at least), sets extremely high standards for himself and others, and can potentially be a bit spiky. I can imagine he's not the easiest character to get along with sometimes and has never been that bothered about being 'one of the lads'. 

 

But he clearly absolutely loves Leicester and has repeatedly said he didn't want to leave. I'm certain we would not have got relegated had he not left before 22-23, not just because he is obviously a better goalkeeper than Danny Ward but because he would not have allowed standards to slip in the way they did following his departure.

[shen]

57 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Don’t start that one again Bert!

Certainly in mine and Bert's lifetimes then 

[deep blue]

Just now, izzymuzzet said:

 T get the impression from hearing Kasper's interviews that he is highly intelligent (by football standards at least), sets extremely high standards for himself and others, and can potentially be a bit spiky. I can imagine he's not the easiest character to get along with sometimes and has never been that bothered about being 'one of the lads'. 

 

But he clearly absolutely loves Leicester and has repeatedly said he didn't want toveree. I'm certain we would not have got relegated had he not left before 22-23, not just because he is obviously a better goalkeeper than Danny Ward but because he would not have allowed standards to slip in the way they did following his departure.

I agree.  I think he came over as a person overly concerned about himself because he was a very driven person who forced himself to the top of his profession by setting himself very high standard throughout his development.  This must have made him appear strict, unrelaxed with some of his teammates at times, especially as he expected them to adhere to his high standards too.

 

Just look at our squad's decline over the last few years.  How we could have done with a strong character like Kasper to whip some of them into shape.  As he is also a very intelligent, thinking person who expresses himself well, I could well imagine him becoming a great asset to a club in some sort of managerial role.

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[shen]

27 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

TBH the way I've seen KS speak in interviews and podcast, about success, leadership, standards and Nigel Pearson, I could see him managing us one day. 

He doesn't strike me as a manager. I don't think he's all that tactically.

Maybe as a sporting director or CEO. He may also just pursue an ambassadorial role with his strong media persona.

 

16 minutes ago, izzymuzzet said:

I get the impression from hearing Kasper's interviews that he is highly intelligent (by football standards at least), sets extremely high standards for himself and others, and can potentially be a bit spiky. I can imagine he's not the easiest character to get along with sometimes and has never been that bothered about being 'one of the lads'. 

 

But he clearly absolutely loves Leicester and has repeatedly said he didn't want to leave. I'm certain we would not have got relegated had he not left before 22-23, not just because he is obviously a better goalkeeper than Danny Ward but because he would not have allowed standards to slip in the way they did following his departure.

I think his extremely driven character comes across as arrogant and too serious for some. I completely imagine him being a dad-type person who will step forward and take (as well as demand) responsibility. 

He's not the type that will go out of line and party wildly if that's what it means to be 'one of the lads'.

[Bert]

56 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

TBH the way I've seen KS speak in interviews and podcast, about success, leadership, standards and Nigel Pearson, I could see him managing us one day. 

I’d be more inclined to say that he’d go down a director of football route. 

[niyaminski]

1 hour ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

TBH the way I've seen KS speak in interviews and podcast, about success, leadership, standards and Nigel Pearson, I could see him managing us one day. 

Don’t want him to be a manager. Managers always end badly and I wouldn’t want to see his reputation with us ruined.

 

Would be much more open to him having a DOF role.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

3 hours ago, accessory said:

Probably so, but his game had started to drop off. 

 

Look at the number of soft goals KS let in from set pieces in his last season with us.

 

Given he'd had the same coaches for ten years, and Danny Ward was his main "competition", perhaps it's no surprise he lost focus.

 

In addition  he was one of the highest earners at City, at a time when the club was making heavy losses (which have still not been fully explained) and PSR was starting to become an issue.

 

So when the chance came to move him on, Rudkin and Rodgers took it.

I don’t disagree with the logic at the time, but to think Ward could step up was totally delusional. So therefore if we weren’t prepared to replace him when he left, he shouldn’t have left imo.

[izzymuzzet]

16 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

I don’t disagree with the logic at the time, but to think Ward could step up was totally delusional. So therefore if we weren’t prepared to replace him when he left, he shouldn’t have left imo.

The timing was also a major problem. Kasper left a week before the start of the season. He started in the friendly at Preston the week before so they were clearly not planning for life without him.

[coolhandfox]

A great player and another true legend of the club. 

 

But you have to put some perspective on him leaving, he was the third highest paid goalkeeper in the league on around 140k a week and wasn't playing like the third best keeper in the league. 

 

As PSR started to bite, the club wanted him to sign a new deal on a reduced contract, he didn't want to do that a decided to take a different path. 

 

The issue was never letting Kasper go, it was who we replace him with. 

[James and his giant peach]

11 minutes ago, izzymuzzet said:

The timing was also a major problem. Kasper left a week before the start of the season. He started in the friendly at Preston the week before so they were clearly not planning for life without him.

Kasper going and Faes replacing Fofana, coupled the season before with signing Daka, Soumare, Vestergaard and Bertrand and not selling anyone has put us in the crap we are now. How many goals did we concede that relegation season because of Ward? Spurs and Brighton away were as embarrassing a defensive performance as you will ever see. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

You can pinpoint the exact moment of the beginning of our demise.

 

All this started when Rodgers and Rudkin allowed this bloke to go. A catastrophic decision that affected us not just on the pitch (Ward) but in the dressing room and board room too. 
 

Had we kept Kasper I honestly believe 75% of what’s happened since doesn’t happen. 

[westernpark]

Just now, The Year Of The Fox said:

You can pinpoint the exact moment of the beginning of our demise.

 

All this started when Rodgers and Rudkin allowed this bloke to go. A catastrophic decision that affected us not just on the pitch (Ward) but in the dressing room and board room too. 
 

Had we kept Kasper I honestly believe 75% of what’s happened since doesn’t happen. 

It was massive losing Kasper and I really believe that even if Iversen had started the season, we would have stayed up.

 

In the same spirit as your post though, if any of the bad decisions that have happened under King Power, didn’t happen, then we would be better off. But they did happen, because this is King Power and other terrible things would have likely happened because this is King Power.

 

Also I wouldn’t blame Rodgers for selling Schmeichel (Rodgers should have gone by this point though). He was promised a lot in the summer of 2022 and got Wout Faes and Alex Smithies.

[S1DDO]

Out of contract in June, Player-coach-DOF?

[The Year Of The Fox]

23 minutes ago, westernpark said:

It was massive losing Kasper and I really believe that even if Iversen had started the season, we would have stayed up.

 

In the same spirit as your post though, if any of the bad decisions that have happened under King Power, didn’t happen, then we would be better off. But they did happen, because this is King Power and other terrible things would have likely happened because this is King Power.

 

Also I wouldn’t blame Rodgers for selling Schmeichel (Rodgers should have gone by this point though). He was promised a lot in the summer of 2022 and got Wout Faes and Alex Smithies.

See, if Kasper had been here we wouldn’t have got relegated. Not a chance. He’d have held the players to account. No relegation and fewer PSR problems now. 
 

He’d have also been the link from the dressing room to Aiyawatt too. Him, Vardy and King (think Morgan had left by this point) 

 

Its of no coincidence that the old guard being no more and our demise intertwine 

[LCFCJohn]

35 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

See, if Kasper had been here we wouldn’t have got relegated. Not a chance. He’d have held the players to account. No relegation and fewer PSR problems now. 
 

He’d have also been the link from the dressing room to Aiyawatt too. Him, Vardy and King (think Morgan had left by this point) 

 

Its of no coincidence that the old guard being no more and our demise intertwine 

What I find interesting is, a few years ago there were criticisms of the players having too much power etc. Now those players have moved on, we can see how incompetent Aiyawatt and Rudkin are.

 

It actually looks more like it was the players keeping things afloat more than on the pitch.

 

Really the warning signs have been there

for a long while now and it’s amazing how many people still can’t/refuse to see it.

[StanSP]

1 hour ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

You can pinpoint the exact moment of the beginning of our demise.

 

All this started when Rodgers and Rudkin allowed this bloke to go. A catastrophic decision that affected us not just on the pitch (Ward) but in the dressing room and board room too. 
 

Had we kept Kasper I honestly believe 75% of what’s happened since doesn’t happen. 

Yep. The start of the exodus of leaders from our team. 

[Eskay]

Tops a weird one. Rudkin helped him navigate life after his dad's death and so now is totally protected. 

 

Kasper had to be held back from jumping into the burning helicopter and got let go. 

 

The mind boggles. 

[Scotch]

1 hour ago, S1DDO said:

Out of contract in June, Player-coach-DOF?

I'm assuming you've not watched him play this season. Kasper is well and truly done as a player. 

[ACF]

48 minutes ago, Eskay said:

Tops a weird one. Rudkin helped him navigate life after his dad's death and so now is totally protected. 

 

Kasper had to be held back from jumping into the burning helicopter and got let go. 

 

The mind boggles. 

Been thinking this exact thought recently. Hope you don’t half the other crap in my brain too.

[westernpark]

2 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

See, if Kasper had been here we wouldn’t have got relegated. Not a chance. He’d have held the players to account. No relegation and fewer PSR problems now. 
 

He’d have also been the link from the dressing room to Aiyawatt too. Him, Vardy and King (think Morgan had left by this point) 

 

Its of no coincidence that the old guard being no more and our demise intertwine 

I think it would have just slowed down the demise unfortunately. It was always going to happen with this ownership. But yeah what I’d do for a Kasper at the club now! 

[lcfc sheff]

I hope he’s been doing his coaching badges 

[AjcW]

35 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

I hope he’s been doing his coaching badges 

Got options hasn't he, he'd be snapped up as a pundit by every network going!

[lcfc sheff]

Just now, AjcW said:

Got options hasn't he, he'd be snapped up as a pundit by every network going!

Tbh comes across too angry at times to be a manager or coach but who knows! Punditry seems likely because of his dad currently doing it.

 

mind you he might go on to play another 5 years yet