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StanSP

Our Next Manager

By StanSP, in Leicester City Forum

Leicester's Next Manager   

841 members have voted

  1. 1. Leicester's Next Manager

    • Ange Postecoglou
      41
    • Rafa Benitez
      116
    • Graham Potter
      366
    • Michael Carrick
      35
    • Ralph Hassenhuttl
      43
    • Thomas Frank
      109
    • Other (state who)
      131

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Ian S

Ian S

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58 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:


I think this rather misses the point: after leaving it this long to act on the inevitable we should have had a plan for the next manager. It seems like it’s a total shock we have sacked the manager and now a search begins from scratch. 
 

It’s not petulant impatience to imagine they may have planned ahead

How do you know we have not planned ahead but just maybe we are having difficulties agreeing terms and back room staff etc.

Admittedly leaving it so late may have seriously weakened our hand and just maybe our top names no longer fancy it so much with 9 games to go where as they may if there was 15+ games left.

Finnegan

Finnegan

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15 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

There was a bit of Rodgers-ball, absolutely no doubt about that, but that was be expected surely? I realise there was a whole ‘we will be transformed once he is gone’ belief amongst some on here, but this was never going to be true in reality, it takes time. Maybe it’s best to get someone in as a cauterising action, to draw the line under all current staff, giving a new manager carte Blanche for the remaining games, I can see this could help, just not sure these two are a total right off.

 

But style of play =/= tactical decisions.

 

I actually said this to my old man before kick off, he was talking as if we were going to go back to playing the way that won us the league. It was never gonna happen, we don't have the squad for that anymore, we're not fit enough, we were never going to press all over the park and go on roaring counter attacks.

 

I didn't have a problem with us playing "Rodgersball" in the sense of us playing a passing game, building up on the ground, trying to keep possession and create chances the way Rodgers aspires to. What I have a problem with is what got Rodgers sacked which was making tactical choices that are actually contrary to his own footballing philosophy because he lacks faith in the players he's been given.

 

The midfield we picked, starting Vardy, shoving Madders out wide, I don't have a problem with these things because they're "Rodgersball" and I was expecting a complete footballing revolution and for us to play like Peak Dortmund circa 2013, I have a problem with them because they were counter-intuitive to the way this squad has been coached to play. They weren't JUST objectively bad decisions, they were objectively unintelligent decisions. 

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MalletFox

MalletFox

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36 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

"They've give it some bloke called Kettle

“That bloke couldn’t boil his own p*ss let alone get the (tea)m sizzling, Blue Armeh”

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Guest Lako42

Guest Lako42

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4 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Some reports announcement set tonight. 

Report the reports when talking about reports or you will be reported 

Ian S

Ian S

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58 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

They're obviously getting Bournemouth anyway, it's in a couple of days. Even if we hire someone as an interim manager they'll have done all the prep and I'd expect their team selection to take precedent unless we bring in someone ENORMOUSLY strong willed with a VERY specific vision.

 

But to answer your question - yes, it was pretty awful.

 

I'm not actually in the "PANIC DOOM AND GLOOM" camp, watching Villa on Tuesday was actually the first time all season I've entertained the possibility we might get relegated and even then I shrugged it off as "we'll see after Bournemouth" because we've got a very kind remaining fixture list and a much better squad than we're credited with.

 

But come on, it was baaaad. The people coming out with "it wasn't really, we had a man sent off, the players at least looked like they cared!" are really clutching at straws. We made appalling tactical choices, surrendered all initiative and declined all opportunity to do what Palace did and use the occasion as a rousing springboard.

 

What really did it for me is that Sadler showed so much consistency with the bad decision making that actually got Rodgers sacked. When he goes and someone else steps in you're hoping for them to correct the mistakes of their predecessor. Instead he immediately returns Maddison to the right wing, persists with ignoring Iheanacho, doubles down on stacking defensive players and has us play a passive stand-off block. It was painful to watch long before the red card.

 

And Villa did nothing to deserve that respect, they were extremely average and only scored when we made silly mistakes. 

 

If they learn from it then I'm happy for them to stay. The players definitely did look mildly lifted, sure. But you've got to get Maddison back in the middle of the park, you've got to trust one of Tete or Praet to stretch the game on the right, you've got to make the hard choice between Ndidi OR Mendy and as much as we all love him, they've got to drop Vardy and pick one of Daka or Iheanacho to really commit to and build the team around because they're vastly different strikers and the build up play needs to match their skill set.

 

To me, all Adler represented against Villa was... no actual change. It was just business as usual, it was a bizarre Brendan Rodgers team selection, it was poor Brendan Rodgers substitutes. He was even stood on the side-lines clapping pointlessly. 

Give them a break, they had 48 hours probably not even a full training session and up against in my view a top tactical manager.This is not to say I want them in charge to the end of the season but let’s be fair, they had watched Palace have more attempts on goal against us than they probably had in the previous 20 games and thought we have to stop that first and foremost.So it didn’t work in the end , but for a brain fart we would have got a point and the response on here would have been very different.

And if you thought that was baaad then god knows what you have made of many games this season.

I expect a much improved performance and result Saturday.

5waller5

5waller5

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22 minutes ago, Ian S said:

So we won’t be focussed on the details of our opponents then, just sitting in the canteen playing cards.

Dont be so daft.

We’ll be focusing on it with a goalkeeping coach and a coach that’s never managed. Daft?? 

5waller5

5waller5

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20 minutes ago, Ian S said:

How do you know we have not planned ahead but just maybe we are having difficulties agreeing terms and back room staff etc.

Admittedly leaving it so late may have seriously weakened our hand and just maybe our top names no longer fancy it so much with 9 games to go where as they may if there was 15+ games left.

So we had a plan and ignored it, or didn’t have a plan. I can’t understand any justification for leaving it this long and starting to look at options then. It’s poor planning.

Ian S

Ian S

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6 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

So we had a plan and ignored it, or didn’t have a plan. I can’t understand any justification for leaving it this long and starting to look at options then. It’s poor planning.

That is not what I said, hypothetically our plan could have been Benitez but he could now be playing hardball as he sees a potential offer coming in from Hammers.Things change incredibly quickly in football.

Our biggest error was not having a new manager in place at least 6 months ago, probably longer.

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HankMarvin

HankMarvin

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Nigel Pearson has ruled himself out of an unlikely return to Leicester City
 

I’ve managed them twice, I’ve managed the King Power's team (OH Leuven) in Belgium too.
"I really enjoyed working for them. The ship has sailed and I’m really happy to be here doing the job that I am doing here. 

"They will be looking to make a progression from where they are now. Revisiting things from the past isn’t always the way forward, let’s be honest. I’m fully committed to what I am doing here, it is as simple as that."

 

 

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Ian S

Ian S

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12 minutes ago, 5waller5 said:

We’ll be focusing on it with a goalkeeping coach and a coach that’s never managed. Daft?? 

Same goalkeeping coach who has done it before and I believe was unbeaten until Tuesday.

You need to be realistic in your expectations.

Fox92

Fox92

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2 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Nigel Pearson has ruled himself out of an unlikely return to Leicester City
 

I’ve managed them twice, I’ve managed the King Power's team (OH Leuven) in Belgium too.
"I really enjoyed working for them. The ship has sailed and I’m really happy to be here doing the job that I am doing here. 

"They will be looking to make a progression from where they are now. Revisiting things from the past isn’t always the way forward, let’s be honest. I’m fully committed to what I am doing here, it is as simple as that."

 

 

Great statement that, as usual from Nige.

 

The ship has sailed, he is right. Move on.

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JimmyC74

JimmyC74

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I wonder when the cut-off point is in terms of appointing a new mgr?

 

if no-one is appointed this week will anyone join with 8 games remaining?

 

 

 

 

HankMarvin

HankMarvin

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2 minutes ago, Ian S said:

Same goalkeeping coach who has done it before and I believe was unbeaten until Tuesday.

You need to be realistic in your expectations.

Naah he lost 2 from 3 matches in 2011


He was unbeaten in the one match he managed for in 2019 though

ClaphamFox

ClaphamFox

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2 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

Naah he lost 2 from 3 matches in 2011


He was unbeaten in the one match he managed for in 2019 though

This is not true. He won one and drew the other two in 2011. Prior to Tuesday, his overall record was played 8, won 5, drawn 3.

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5waller5

5waller5

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4 minutes ago, Ian S said:

Same goalkeeping coach who has done it before and I believe was unbeaten until Tuesday.

You need to be realistic in your expectations.

I’m completely realistic. I don’t expect anything from a goalkeeping coach (that I don’t particularly rate as a GK coach let alone manager), and a coach with no experience of management. 
 

That’s my point about succession - it needs a robust, constantly updated plan in place. 
 

Not, let’s stick by the manager, sh1t it’s not working, sack him, now who?? 

Guest Lako42

Guest Lako42

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5 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Great statement that, as usual from Nige.

 

The ship has sailed, he is right. Move on.

Shame more people on here haven't got the same level of sanity 

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