Rudkin

[FrankieADZ]

18 minutes ago, HarryDee8 said:

We need at least 2-3 signings to give us a chance to stave of relegation.

 

If we don't have the money, he needs to come and say something along those lines. 

we do but i doubt we will and if we do they'll be over 30 and add nothing to the team

Rudkin is a dinosaur in the DoF space, hes been left behind and its plain to see,

 

im honestly shocked Top cant see this

[gerblod]

On 26/01/2025 at 12:35, honeybradger said:

Pereira £13mil

Soumare £20mil

Daka £20mil

Kristiansen £15mil

Souttar £15mil

Vestergaard £15mil

Faes £15mil

Coady £8mil

Winks £8mil

Ayew £5mil

Skipp £25mil

 

£150mil of further transfer fees that will leave on a free in the coming years -> loading

 

Half a billion down the drain, John Rudkin strikes again.

Our initial recovery and success were down to Pearson and his team and Walsh and his recruiting. I don't know what Rudkin's credentials were before he came to City, but, in the jubilation that surrounded the title, I suspect he was included in the approval of Vichai. Vichai was new to the game and learning. Whether he'd have sacked Rudkin by now is a hard question to answer. But he died and Top took over. He hasn't his dad's business acumen, so I guess he's relied on Rudkin. Both of them are not doing City any favours. I don't believe Top has the decisiveness to sack Rudkin or to abdicate himself. It's the runaway train scenario. While this has all gone to fvck, we fans are relying on an inexperienced manager and a bare bones squad to save the day. It's football comedy hell.

[RizLCFC]

On 26/01/2025 at 17:43, Silva Fox said:

What did he say?

He didn’t ‘hammer’ them. He basically said he owed Rudkin a lot for looking out for him, and offering him a role at the club when Piper was at his lowest point.

 

However, he wants to see fresh blood at board room level, someone with the footballing nouse and knowledge to rebuild and direct the club at an operational level.

 

Lastly, he pleaded with Top, Rudkin and Whelan to get some new faces in this week, on the back of the away win at Spurs, and to use this result as an opportunity to build on the positivity it has created with additions.

Edited 28 January by RizLCFC

[howlinmadmurfdoc]

A bit of light at the end of the tunnel. Rudkin has just retired…..in my football manager save. In 2036

[Raj]

On 26/01/2025 at 17:43, Silva Fox said:

What did he say?

Literally called him out, said he di help Matty Piper with his issues when he was the academy coach BUT in this role he "needs help" or needs to "move onto a more suitable role"

[coolhandfox]

2 hours ago, HarryDee8 said:

We need at least 2-3 signings to give us a chance to stave of relegation.

 

If we don't have the money, he needs to come and say something along those lines. 

How does that help? 

 

We are trying to move on players, telling the whole world we are despite to sell doesn't help our negotiation position. 

[CosbehFox]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/4725118/leicester-manager-jon-rudkin-craig-shakespeare/

 

Cracking retrospective of his performance from 2017 

 

 

[Stadt]

10 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/4725118/leicester-manager-jon-rudkin-craig-shakespeare/

 

Cracking retrospective of his performance from 2017 

 

 

“Whatever Shakey said about it, he always looked a bit shifty sitting in Ranieri’s place at press conferences and in the dugout.

Shakespeare, with that permanent too-clever-by-half look about him, always appeared like a man who had been up to no good.“

 

Baseless bollocks - even then 

[fox_favourite]

20 minutes ago, Stadt said:

 

“Whatever Shakey said about it, he always looked a bit shifty sitting in Ranieri’s place at press conferences and in the dugout.

Shakespeare, with that permanent too-clever-by-half look about him, always appeared like a man who had been up to no good.“

 

Baseless bollocks - even then 

Bit harsh on Shakey, god rest his soul, about Ranieri. To me, he never looked comfortable in the press and never looked keen on taking the job full time. 

 

But I will never hear a bad word against Shakey. He gave us a fantastic premier league win, got us to the champions league quarter final and is part of the whole success of Leicester City. He was one of the main reasons Vardy is a Leicester legend! Wagner wouldn't have done that. 

 

If Rudkin didn't like him that much, why was he back with Dean Smith? 

 

I would take this whole article with a pinch of salt, to be honest. 

 

For me, Rudkin has lasted longer than his used by date and we need fresh blood. Split his Jon into a more modern system

Edited 28 January by fox_favourite

[Stadt]

8 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Bit harsh on Shakey, god rest his soul, about Ranieri. To me, he never looked comfortable in the press and never looked keen on taking the job full time. 

 

But I will never hear a bad word against Shakey. He gave us a fantastic premier league win, got us to the champions league quarter final and is part of the whole success of Leicester City. 

 

If Rudkin didn't like him that much, why was he back with Dean Smith? 

 

I would take this whole article with a pinch of salt, to be honest. 

Just a bizarre hatchet job, I didn’t think Shakey was up to it as a manager but the too clever by half line is just completely vapid conjecture.

 

Ashton has always been shit.

Edited 28 January by Stadt
Vapid, not valid

[fox_favourite]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Just a bizarre hatchet job, I didn’t think Shakey was up to it as a manager but the too clever by half line is just completely valid conjecture.

 

Ashton has always been shit.

I agree. Shakey was always an assistant and a coach. A bloody good one at that. Him and Pearson were the perfect combination.

 

He knew that I feel, but I thought at the time he looked and talked like he was pressured into it in some way. 

 

Stabbing Ranieri in the back, I definitely don't believe. The article sounds like Ashton had an agenda. 

Edited 28 January by fox_favourite

[CosbehFox]

It was more Jon’s suggestion of Wagner that made me giggle 

[Steve Earle]

On 26/01/2025 at 11:22, Wink84 said:

All players that have left on Free Transfers that Leicester have paid money for since Jon Rudkin became Director of Football on December 14th 2014. 

 

€290m lost on these deals alone..

Gosh, and you can add millions to that in transfers cocked up. Just one example from, I think, August 2023. Crystal Palace bid £4m for Iversen. Rudkin holds out for £5m. Result? Palace go elsewhere and we’re stuck with Iversen and his no doubt inflated wages for two more seasons before he leaves on a free. Man’s a clown. Well intentioned I’m sure, but keeps making the same mistakes. So, for a contemporary example of the above, witness our handling of Luke Thomas’s departure. Can anyone see it ending well?

[tylesta]

1 hour ago, fox_favourite said:

I agree. Shakey was always an assistant and a coach. A bloody good one at that. Him and Pearson were the perfect combination.

 

He knew that I feel, but I thought at the time he looked and talked like he was pressured into it in some way. 

 

Stabbing Ranieri in the back, I definitely don't believe. The article sounds like Ashton had an agenda. 

Shakey, Pearson and walsh

[Tommy G]

1 hour ago, fox_favourite said:

Bit harsh on Shakey, god rest his soul, about Ranieri. To me, he never looked comfortable in the press and never looked keen on taking the job full time. 

 

But I will never hear a bad word against Shakey. He gave us a fantastic premier league win, got us to the champions league quarter final and is part of the whole success of Leicester City. He was one of the main reasons Vardy is a Leicester legend! Wagner wouldn't have done that. 

 

If Rudkin didn't like him that much, why was he back with Dean Smith? 

 

I would take this whole article with a pinch of salt, to be honest. 

 

For me, Rudkin has lasted longer than his used by date and we need fresh blood. Split his Jon into a more modern system

The article also states that Vardy and Kasper wanted him out without saying as much, which you can believe - surprised they turned on Shakey

[Mickyblueeyes]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

The article also states that Vardy and Kasper wanted him out without saying as much, which you can believe - surprised they turned on Shakey

Shakey gave Vardy the biggest hug when he returned with Smith. I would also be surprised if he turned. 

[Sly]

So I’m not pointing the finger anywhere, however eventually players are going to leave on free transfers. It happens at every football club. 
 

I’m not convinced that we are any better, or worse than any other football club for getting transfers right / wrong.

 

We tried to punch above our weight and for 5 years maybe, we got that right. 
 

That nucleus of that team was Pearson, Shakespeare and Walsh. They built a culture of statistical (money ball) type scouting and it worked. In that time, we also signed players than didn’t work. 
 

Pearson wasn’t the person to take us to that next level. Ranieri and his experience and improved tactical knowledge did. Again, we pulled the trigger at the right time as we’d have sunk without getting rid of Claudio.

 

Puel again added some stabilisation however Rodgers took us to the next level. 
 

People can only hear the same voice / message for so long before that drowns out. They don’t stay motivated. So you either change the players or the coach. Once everything is achieved, what are you chasing? 
 

It’s good to sometimes lose personnel at any level. You just have to succession plan for it. 
 

Who replaces Ruud? We didn’t have a plan it seems Rodgers failed. That should have been sorted months before. 
 

Who replaces Vardy. He’s a legend, however his wages have crippled us for years. If we’d have signed a player and moved him on at the right age, then we’d have maybe generated a transfer fee.

 

At the top level, you can’t make sentimental decisions. The greatest football managers and clubs know this. 
 

It’s why Pep, Mourinho, Ferguson have succeeded, as they don’t take the path of least resistance. Sometimes the hardest route is the correct one. 
 

Albeit you need to be brave and it maybe goes against the culture of respect that is within Thai culture. So whilst Rudkin isn’t the person for the job, to move him on when he was been at the helm for our most successful period, is totally, totally against the character of everything that King Power are about.

 

Additionally, we may have lost millions, however losing £140m, when you are a multi billionaire, is not the equivalent of someone having the debate on whether than money keeps the lights on if they didn’t pay the electricity bill.

 

Leicester, Leuvan, Horse Racing, Polo, football pitch building and everything else with the sports division of King Power is about expanding the Brand. If you lose £150m a year but it generates £500m elsewhere, you right it off as a loss leader for greater gain. To them, Rudkin could be doing an excellent job, as we don’t know what his targets are. 

[FrankieADZ]

Rudkin is a clown, nothing else

 

1 deal this window so far 

5 days to go it isnt on

[Out Foxed]

you can't get away with being shit at your job and/or a ***** in football commercial. people will either a. take advantage of you when word inevitably gets around that you're clueless or b. not even bother dealing with you because you're hard work 

 

rudkin seems to fill both criteria and we've been mugged off as a result.

[lcfcbluearmy]

12 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

Bit harsh on Shakey, god rest his soul, about Ranieri. To me, he never looked comfortable in the press and never looked keen on taking the job full time. 

 

But I will never hear a bad word against Shakey. He gave us a fantastic premier league win, got us to the champions league quarter final and is part of the whole success of Leicester City. He was one of the main reasons Vardy is a Leicester legend! Wagner wouldn't have done that. 

 

If Rudkin didn't like him that much, why was he back with Dean Smith? 

 

I would take this whole article with a pinch of salt, to be honest. 

 

For me, Rudkin has lasted longer than his used by date and we need fresh blood. Split his Jon into a more modern system

I'm fairly sure there is an interview somewhere with Shakespeare in which he said that he never really wanted to be a manager but the club asked him too so he took it as he loved the club

[HitchinFox]

On 28/01/2025 at 09:40, gerblod said:

Our initial recovery and success were down to Pearson and his team and Walsh and his recruiting. I don't know what Rudkin's credentials were before he came to City, but, in the jubilation that surrounded the title, I suspect he was included in the approval of Vichai. Vichai was new to the game and learning. Whether he'd have sacked Rudkin by now is a hard question to answer. But he died and Top took over. He hasn't his dad's business acumen, so I guess he's relied on Rudkin. Both of them are not doing City any favours. I don't believe Top has the decisiveness to sack Rudkin or to abdicate himself. It's the runaway train scenario. While this has all gone to fvck, we fans are relying on an inexperienced manager and a bare bones squad to save the day. It's football comedy hell.

He hasn't got any. Zero.

He has literally spent his entire working life with City, from a schoolboy trainee and part-time coach to somehow making it all the way to the top. 

It is exactly the reason for him being so out of his depth as he is. 


 

[HarryDee8]

If he doesn't free up money for recruitment, then we are more then likely to go downnnnnnnnn

 

 

 

 

[Ian Nacho]

Rudkin out signs at the darts. 

[dnewty]

[Raj]

The lack of recruitment at this pivotal time when we are in dire straits speaks volumes about this clown and the hierarchy.

Unbelievable