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Claudio Ranieri

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shailen

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His genius was recognising what we had and ironically not tinkering with what became a winning formula towards the end of the 2014/15 season. 

 

Ranieri seems like he would have been a great motivator which was vital for team spirit. Gaffs like a pizza for a clean sheet, calling the media sharks and dilly ding dilly dong may have just been tounge and cheek but I think his personality would have contributed to great team morale that season, which is also needed in addition to momentum and tactical awareness. 

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weller54

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5 minutes ago, shailen said:

His genius was recognising what we had and ironically not tinkering with what became a winning formula towards the end of the 2014/15 season. 

 

Ranieri seems like he would have been a great motivator which was vital for team spirit. Gaffs like a pizza for a clean sheet, calling the media sharks and dilly ding dilly dong may have just been tounge and cheek but I think his personality would have contributed to great team morale that season, which is also needed in addition to momentum and tactical awareness. 

Without Shakey he would have been lost!

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Ric Flair

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What Ranieri did for Vardy and Mahrez's game was phenomenal, likewise Kante. You could argue all of them would have done what they have done under any manager but I'm not so sure. He simplified their games and created a system that put them in the spaces they lived to exploit over and over again. It looked piss easy at times but that was an art form in itself. 

 

It was the perfect storm, a nearly man with unfinished business in the Prem, the most endearing personality and ability to diffuse any pressure on the magnitude of what we were doing but also tactically flawless for nigh on 38 games, week in, week out. Mix that with the squad of misfits, rough diamonds and mavericks finely out together by the best management trio the club has ever had and it really was fairytale stuff. 

 

What a time it was, what a man.

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Fox92

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It was the perfect fit for a season. A great season. Never did we think we'd see what we did.

 

I hate that people try and lower it by saying others didn't turn up, lets not forget Chelsea were reigning Champions that season with the same squad as the year before and Manchester City were only 3 points behind us going into the game at the Etihad.

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shailen

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2 hours ago, Fox92 said:

It was the perfect fit for a season. A great season. Never did we think we'd see what we did.

 

I hate that people try and lower it by saying others didn't turn up, lets not forget Chelsea were reigning Champions that season with the same squad as the year before and Manchester City were only 3 points behind us going into the game at the Etihad.

Completely agree. There are actually 5  seasons where the champions the Premier league winners would have got lower points then us (4x Man Utd and once Arsenal) and no one talks about how they were lucky as the other teams had not turned up. 

 

As you say, there were many opportunities for teams to overtake us in crunch games such as that Man City game, where they would have gone top had they won. We had the perfect blend of quality and workmanship aided by the momentum and team spirit created by everyone at the club. 

 

It's just because it was little old Leicester city. We lost 3 games that season and that is the 5th best record for the lowest number of loses in a Premier league season, after arsenal 03/04, Chelsea 04/05, Liverpool 18/19 and man City 17/18. 

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Gazza M

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Don't get the "miracle" thing so much as the media play it out, including Lineker. We were in red hot form going in to that season. We had some massive talent in the squad also. 

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Nick

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2 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Still the the most shocking thing that we sacked him 

 

player power at its worse 

Personally think we'd have been relegated if we hadn't - love the man but his head and his body (physically) was too elsewhere.

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lee7

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8 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Still the the most shocking thing that we sacked him 

 

player power at its worse 

I love Ranieri but theirs no doubt in my mind that if we had continued with him we would've gone down. 

He went at the right time considering the form we was in. Just a shame he couldn't of left the club on his own terms. 

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Fox92

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51 minutes ago, Gazza M said:

Don't get the "miracle" thing so much as the media play it out, including Lineker. We were in red hot form going in to that season. We had some massive talent in the squad also. 

Given the money involved in the game, how much Manchester City/Chelsea spend, the fact that the top 4 are clearly head and shoulders above everyone else I think it was a miracle.

 

39 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Still the the most shocking thing that we sacked him 

 

player power at its worse 

We would have gone down, I have no doubts about it. He looked incapable of changing it. Going to Millwall and losing was the final straw for me personally, shit day and they weren't even in the top 10 of League One at that time. 

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UpTheLeagueFox

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29 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Still the the most shocking thing that we sacked him 

 

player power at its worse 

:o

 

25 minutes ago, Swan Lesta said:

Personally think we'd have been relegated if we hadn't - love the man but his head and his body (physically) was too elsewhere.

 

19 minutes ago, lee7 said:

I love Ranieri but theirs no doubt in my mind that if we had continued with him we would've gone down. He went at the right time considering the form we was in. Just a shame he couldn't of left the club on his own terms. 

Seriously @LinekersLugs ?? As @Swan Lesta and @lee7 have said, we were in serious danger of relegation if Ranieri stayed.

If he takes the plaudits for 15/16 then he takes the brickbats for 16/17.

He seriously lost the plot that second season.

As painful as it was, sacking Ranieri was 100% the right decision.

It's sad it ended how it did but Ranieri brought so much on himself.

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foxes_rule1978

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3 minutes ago, UpTheLeagueFox said:

:o

 

 

Seriously @LinekersLugs ?? As @Swan Lesta and @lee7 have said, we were in serious danger of relegation if Ranieri stayed.

If he takes the plaudits for 15/16 then he takes the brickbats for 16/17.

He seriously lost the plot that second season.

As painful as it was, sacking Ranieri was 100% the right decision.

It's sad it ended how it did but Ranieri brought so much on himself.

He changed everything in that second season and it backfired badly... too much at once. 

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lestajigs

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59 minutes ago, LinekersLugs said:

Still the the most shocking thing that we sacked him 

 

player power at its worse 

We were absolutely shite. Dressing room was gone, we were nailed on for relegation, It was a massive big and brave decision for us to sack him, and defo the RIGHT one

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lestajigs

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It really pisses me of how people think, because little old leicester won the league we deserve to be relegated with the manger that won it with us, out of some sort of respect for the manager and what he did, that is utter bullshit, we are a  business yes we had a miracle, but lets not forget how much the foundation’s where set 6 months before!!! You would never get a pundit appalled by a top 4 club manager getting sacked after a terrible start after winning the league the season before, but what is a bit odd on all this actually city fans themselves thinking it was not the right decision, from the games i went we were nailed on relegation, for sure 

drofmor55

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29 minutes ago, foxes_rule1978 said:

He changed everything in that second season and it backfired badly... too much at once. 

He realised we had to evolve as a side but probably changed our style too quickly and upset a few people. Teams sat deeper to deal with our counter attacking, we needed to move on. Also lost Kante who was irreplaceable at that stage.

Puel also  upset more than a few by carrying on this change of style ...slow ponderous possession based football..BR has reaped the benefit of this Maddison ,Thielemans   & Ricardo making  use of this possession and we are now 3rd in the league . We have also replaced Kante with Ndidi..Doesnt stop some from criticising this style though when they see the likes of Chilwell passing it sideways.

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