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[TMELcfc]

I can’t believe this thread is ‘hotter’ than the Brendan Rodgers one… what have we become 

[smudger63]

12 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

They’re clearly trying to work something out. We’ve had articles of potential replacements over the last few weeks. If Potter was a target then that explains why there’s been a delay. The club don’t like to act without a plan. If reports are true, then I imagine they will have there eye on Frank. 

We were never going to be able to get Potter anyway. We wouldn't have paid the 20 million compensation for one thing, and he had built a decent team with  good set up at Brighton, and sadly I don't think he would have seen us as a step upwards from Brighton today.  We are not the club of a 2 or 3 years ago, who seemed on the up, and with the perception that we were a well run club with owners that were ambitious to make the jump into the top 4.  Attracting a high calibre manager is not going to be easy at the moment, because the perception is, we are a club on the decline, with owners that have a waning interest, and who dont have a pot to piss in. That's not my view, but it is the view that's out there amongst outsiders. I will be extremely happy but surprised if we get one of the more high calibre managers that have been suggested on here, given the perception of where the club is at the moment.  That's why Dyche seems to be an obvious choice, because he would be easy to get, wouldn't command big wages and is used to working with a small budget. He Certainly wouldn't be my choice, but I just can't see how we currently attract a really top manager. I hope I'm wrong.

[Daggers]

While the first half was playing, and into the second, I was watching Thirteen Lives. I couldn’t be arsed with another pitch capitulation.
 

If you haven’t seen it, it’s a Thai-based football team disaster film. Strongly recommended. 

 

The parallels are striking. 

[VG Fox]

10 hours ago, cropstonfox said:

Pretty sure Top is already dealing with this.

Confidentiality of targets along with not compromising Brendon are the reasons it's so quiet.

Sorted within a week..............

F**k I hope you are right

[Deeg67]

11 hours ago, cropstonfox said:

Pretty sure Top is already dealing with this.

Confidentiality of targets along with not compromising Brendon are the reasons it's so quiet.

Sorted within a week..............

I forget, is that the 1000th time that's been posted or the 10,000th?

[BenTheFox]

27 minutes ago, TMELcfc said:

I can’t believe this thread is ‘hotter’ than the Brendan Rodgers one… what have we become 

He is the reason that Rodgers is still here. Attention has turned to the board. They are allowing this to continue. 

[st albans fox]

4 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

He is the reason that Rodgers is still here. Attention has turned to the board. They are allowing this to continue. 

We don’t know anything of what’s going on 

 

rodgers interview seemed to indicate that he had been told he needed a result yesterday 

[BigGibbo]

37 minutes ago, TMELcfc said:

I can’t believe this thread is ‘hotter’ than the Brendan Rodgers one… what have we become 

Only incompetence above him could allow Rodgers to continue past this point. Simple fact you can only blame the manager for so long before you have to blame the people blindly employing him past the point of no return.

[TMELcfc]

15 minutes ago, BigGibbo said:

Only incompetence above him could allow Rodgers to continue past this point. Simple fact you can only blame the manager for so long before you have to blame the people blindly employing him past the point of no return.

I don’t disagree, but really, after everything him and his family have been through, we are going to start throwing mud at him for what one man has done? 
 

Listen, I’ve been there… the night Vichai died, I was fuming and was turning on the board in not sacking Puel. I was furious he was still in a job. Even after they’d brought us success almost overnight. 
The next day I felt awful and remembered what we’d become with this family at the helm and vowed never to be such a selfish arse ever again. Yet 2 weeks ago I said the board are under pressure now… I again hated myself for it and won’t go down that path. 
 

My pain in watching crap football is nothing compared to what they went through. Losing family members is tough for everyone but the way he passed, was horrific and for Leicester as a city. I find it really difficult to find myself and others now in a position like this - it feels morally wrong.

 

I have wanted Rodgers out for nearly 2 years, but that’s football opinions that I’m not going to allow to cloud sensible perspective that we, Leicester City (not just the football club) would not be where we are without them. I will not turn on that family no matter how piss** off I am right now. 
Apologies for the rambling 

[FoxesWalk]

1 hour ago, TMELcfc said:

I can’t believe this thread is ‘hotter’ than the Brendan Rodgers one… what have we become 

History tells us there is a very high chance we will be relegated regardless of what we do with our manager at this point. He and the board are just as responsible as Rodgers at this point. 
 

Given the state of our finances, and how we seem to borrow ahead against future PL income, I genuinely fear for our existence when we do go down. 

[An Sionnach]

This is not a personal thing, the family always conduct themselves impeccablly. They are deep in a hole with their finances. They must find the money somehow however to protect the value of the club.. Rodgers is done here , nobody would seriously argue with that but typically he holds the cards over his contract and Top cannot get out of that. I am sure through his business contacts Top can arrange the financing to pay him off , he can pay back the loan when our premiership status is secured.

[volpeazzurro]

4 minutes ago, TMELcfc said:

I don’t disagree, but really, after everything him and his family have been through, we are going to start throwing mud at him for what one man has done? 
 

Listen, I’ve been there… the night Vichai died, I was fuming and was turning on the board in not sacking Puel. I was furious he was still in a job. Even after they’d brought us success almost overnight. 
The next day I felt awful and remembered what we’d become with this family at the helm and vowed never to be such a selfish arse ever again. Yet 2 weeks ago I said the board are under pressure now… I again hated myself for it and won’t go down that path. 
 

My pain in watching crap football is nothing compared to what they went through. Losing family members is tough for everyone but the way he passed, was horrific and for Leicester as a city. I find it really difficult to find myself and others now in a position like this - it feels morally wrong.

 

I have wanted Rodgers out for nearly 2 years, but that’s football opinions that I’m not going to allow to cloud sensible perspective that we, Leicester City (not just the football club) would not be where we are without them. I will not turn on that family no matter how piss** off I am right now. 
Apologies for the rambling 

Whilst I respect your point entirely, I think there's a difference between questioning business decisions and mud slinging. 

 

The latter, for all sorts of reasons as you point out is entirely wrong but I do honestly feel that Top still has the love, respect and gratitude of the vast majority of Leicester City supporters. 

 

The questioning of businesses decisions imo however is both subjective and absolutely allowed. The terrible and tragic events of almost 4yrs ago now should have no bearing on that. Most people have suffered bereavement and have to carry on. Allowance should rightly be made for certain things in the aftermath but times have moved on now somewhat and I'm sure Top, in his real everyday business has moved on too. He deserves our respect absolutely, but is not immune from criticism.

 

My only rider to that would be that in fairness to him, nobody on here is fully understanding of the full circumstances and ramifications of any potential action taken. However, from the outside looking in, it's easy to come to the conclusion that if Rodgers isn't gone soon, relegation could be a genuine possibility and that could cost a huge amount of revenue, an exodus of players and damage greatly everything the family have built over the years. Rodgers sacking would surely on the surface be the lesser of two evils.

[Strokes]

It’s 10am and the poison dwarf is still here, time to start holding Top accountable. No more excuses he is out of his depth.

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, Strokes said:

It’s 10am and the poison dwarf is still here, time to start holding Top accountable. No more excuses he is out of his depth.

 

It has just gone 4pm in Thailand. Hopefully announcement in the next two hours.

[RowlattsFox]

Top is a loyal man, he really wanted to give Rodgers every opportunity to keep his job and I don't think you can criticise him for that. However he now needs to do what he has to do. 

[Nick57]

Anybody got a email address for someone at the club that might not likes hundreds of emails protesting

 

[BigGibbo]

39 minutes ago, TMELcfc said:

I don’t disagree, but really, after everything him and his family have been through, we are going to start throwing mud at him for what one man has done? 
 

Listen, I’ve been there… the night Vichai died, I was fuming and was turning on the board in not sacking Puel. I was furious he was still in a job. Even after they’d brought us success almost overnight. 
The next day I felt awful and remembered what we’d become with this family at the helm and vowed never to be such a selfish arse ever again. Yet 2 weeks ago I said the board are under pressure now… I again hated myself for it and won’t go down that path. 
 

My pain in watching crap football is nothing compared to what they went through. Losing family members is tough for everyone but the way he passed, was horrific and for Leicester as a city. I find it really difficult to find myself and others now in a position like this - it feels morally wrong.

 

I have wanted Rodgers out for nearly 2 years, but that’s football opinions that I’m not going to allow to cloud sensible perspective that we, Leicester City (not just the football club) would not be where we are without them. I will not turn on that family no matter how piss** off I am right now. 
Apologies for the rambling 

I understand and agree to a point but there is no place for sentimentality in business.

 

Khun Vichai will always be a hero and a legend. Top and his family will always have the freedom of Leicester for what him and his family have done previously, but that doesn't mean we sit quietly by as he allows us to become a laughing stock and takes us back into the football league.

 

If we get rid of Brendan before Forest then we can still nip this in the bud, but if it turns out that Top still has misguided faith in Rodgers and his team then maybe he just hasn't got what it takes to succeed his late great father? What then?

[Royston.]

Pull your finger out. What kind of business man makes deals he cant get out of..

 

..unless you have no intention of getting out of this

[4everfox]

2 hours ago, Deeg67 said:

Wishful thinking, probably on both fronts but certainly on Frank.  Why would he leave a well-run London club with a decent squad for a likely express ticket to the Championship?

Because he is the manager of Brentford and we are Leicester. Don't let the league standings fool you, Thomas Frank would be in Leicester within three hours if we made an approach. 

[An Sionnach]

9 minutes ago, 4everfox said:

Because he is the manager of Brentford and we are Leicester. Don't let the league standings fool you, Thomas Frank would be in Leicester within three hours if we made an approach. 

He would want a salary of at least £5 million a year and Brentford would need substantial compensation. Absolutely nothing is cheap where contracts are concerned.

[Stuntman_Mike]

We're genuinely at the point now where Top needs to pull the trigger and think later. We need a response with these next games coming up. Surely it's easier to sound more candidates out if Rodger's has actually gone, unless we are set on a replacement already.

[4everfox]

8 minutes ago, An Sionnach said:

He would want a salary of at least £5 million a year and Brentford would need substantial compensation. Absolutely nothing is cheap where contracts are concerned.

Chicken feed compared to what it will cost to keep Rodgers. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

Should have got rid of him ages ago, he’s just as much to blame as Rodgers is, shocking management of a football club. 

[4everfox]

2 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

We're genuinely at the point now where Top needs to pull the trigger and think later. We need a response with these next games coming up. Surely it's easier to sound more candidates out if Rodger's has actually gone, unless we are set on a replacement already.

Exactly. We must not under any circumstances lose against Forest, it just simply cannot be allowed to happen. If Rodgers is still the manager, we lose that game. We need a new manager in place for that match to give ourselves a fighting chance. Imagine how good the atmosphere will be for that game if its Frank's first game in charge, the place is going to be bouncing. 

[Happy Fox]

If Top’s the only one on the board still Brendan in he needs to be vetoed. I am sorry Top but enough is enough we are going down with Brendan in charge be brave and sack Him.