Manager for the Championship rebuild - who do you want?

[Dan]

Wasn't too keen on the Hoefkens idea at first but the Leuven fans comments on him make me a bit happier with it.

[RonnieTodger]

I signed Hoefkens for Leicester on FM 2007. Make of that what you will.

[Vindaloo FOX]

4 minutes ago, Dan LCFC said:

Wasn't too keen on the Hoefkens idea at first but the Leuven fans comments on him make me a bit happier with it.

Where are theses comments ? 

 

 

[UniFox21]

5 minutes ago, Vindaloo FOX said:

Where are theses comments ? 

 

 

15 hours ago, Bonanza said:

He played attacking football with Club Brugge, which is pretty normal if you have one of the best squads of the league.

He did an exeptional job in the Champions League by qualifiying for the round of 16 in a group with Porto, Leverkusen and Atletico Madrid. 

 

If he gets the job I'm 99% sure Rik De Mil will join him as the new assistent manager.

16 hours ago, Bonanza said:

I think he's one of the best (young) Belgian managers alongside Kompany (Burnley), Clement (Monaco), Vrancken (KRC Genk) and Karel Geaerts (Union).

 

I would've loved him as the new manager at Leuven. He interviewed for the job as well. This interview took place at Leicester by the way. He must've impressed TOP and the board of Leicester.

 

 

Here are a couple of them.

[Danny280995]

We'll be waiting awhile knowing our club to get a manager, but at the same time I do understand we have to get it right, the right manager with have huge influence and attraction for players to come, but pre season starts in what 7 weeks?

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, Danny280995 said:

We'll be waiting awhile knowing our club to get a manager, but at the same time I do understand we have to get it right, the right manager with have huge influence and attraction for players to come, but pre season starts in what 7 weeks?

i think pre season starts in under three weeks 

[The Horse's Mouth]

So let me get this straight, the favourites for the job are two geezers that got sacked by club brugge

[ClaphamFox]

7 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

So let me get this straight, the favourites for the job are two geezers that got sacked by club brugge

Yep. But Parker's win ratio there was 17% whereas Hoefkens' was 56%, so we're talking about different degrees of failure.

Edited 12 June 2023 by ClaphamFox

[Patrick]

So they're seriously considering appointing a PE teacher with an Instagram bio of 'Crossfit Lvl 1, Nutritionist, THE BEST IS YET TO COME' and a profile full of 'live, laugh, love' tier motivational quotes. Would take Smith on a 10 year deal over this guy.

 

https://www.instagram.com/carlhoefkens/

[Thebluefox85]

Scott Parker can just **** off sacked twice in a season and is just a wannabe Rodgers no he’s not the fit for Leicester 😩

[SK3Blue]

11 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

So let me get this straight, the favourites for the job are two geezers that got sacked by club brugge

Seems that way, aiming high here aren't we! 

[Tommy Fresh]

3 minutes ago, Patrick said:

So they're seriously considering appointing a PE teacher with an Instagram bio of 'Crossfit Lvl 1, Nutritionist, THE BEST IS YET TO COME' and a profile full of 'live, laugh, love' tier motivational quotes. Would take Smith on a 10 year deal over this guy.

 

https://www.instagram.com/carlhoefkens/

Looks like an active instagram that mate

[coolhandfox]

3 minutes ago, Patrick said:

So they're seriously considering appointing a PE teacher with an Instagram bio of 'Crossfit Lvl 1, Nutritionist, THE BEST IS YET TO COME' and a profile full of 'live, laugh, love' tier motivational quotes. Would take Smith on a 10 year deal over this guy.

 

https://www.instagram.com/carlhoefkens/

Luckily job appointments aren't made on the back of Instagram Bio or Foxestalk posts, because if they were 99% of us would be unemployable 

[mozartfox]

20 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

So let me get this straight, the favourites for the job are two geezers that got sacked by club brugge

 Very few coaches have never been sacked and we ain’t getting Pep, Kloppers or Artita.

[FrankieADZ]

cant get why people want Parker or Gerrard, 

personally think both are awful

 

[VLC86]

14 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Luckily job appointments aren't made on the back of Instagram Bio or Foxestalk posts, because if they were 99% of us would be unemployable 

“So Mr Vardy, I know you might score 11 in a row on the way to a miraculous Premier League Title against all odds but can you explain your Facebook status Gettin Paid Gettin Laid please”

[VLC86]

Just now, FrankieADZ said:

cant get why people want Parker or Gerrard, 

personally think both are awful

 

Who does (Rudkin excluded)?

[FrankieADZ]

3 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Who does (Rudkin excluded)?

someone outside the norm for me, with fresh ideas

[RoboFox]

Hoefkens Instagram made me cringe so hard I had to go and neck a bottle of Pepto Bismol. 

 

Hire this man immediately. 

 

 

[inckley fox]

Hoefkens may well be a capable boss, but if 19 games of management (after which he got the sack) - at a level which is quite unlike the EFL and of lesser standard than the EPL - is getting you excited, then I must be missing something. If he is a competent manager, the first substantial shred of support for that being the case is something we've never seen (and getting through the group stages just before he was fired only counts if we're also willing to count Shakey reaching the quarters, by which measure we might as well just reappoint him). So it beats me that anyone could in any way think that he ticks boxes for a rebuild and a promotion. Unless, that is, those fans are gunning for the most random possible outcome for the next season or two!

 

I mean, I'm not keen on Gerrard, but he's managed in the EPL (successfully at times) and won a league. I'm not a fan of Parker but he's been promoted twice from the FLC. Pearson and Smith, who many also scoff at, have also won promotions from that league, and kept their sides up. Corberan, Robins, Carrick have all done well in the Championship. McKenna has won a promotion in English football.

 

I have to imagine that this a made-up story of Preki proportions, and that the board are basing their appointment on reality and credentials rather than whatever you'd be basing the appointment of Hoefkens (or, to a lesser degree, Martin) on. But is there any need for fans, who might not always be 'the voice of reason' but certainly have been in relation to our board's surreal way of operating, to take this seriously?

[KFS]

I get the feeling the club are putting conditions in place with Smith. He only comes if Terry does too, and he doesn’t want to drop down. 
 

All of the other names stink don’t they  

[ClaphamFox]

8 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

someone outside the norm for me, with fresh ideas

I think he meant, 'Who actually wants Parker or Gerrard?'

[FrankieADZ]

1 minute ago, ClaphamFox said:

I think he meant, 'Who actually wants Parker or Gerrard?'

see a few saying they wouldnt mind them

then again way its going we wont have a manager until least 2034

[LFox99]

16 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Hoefkens Instagram made me cringe so hard I had to go and neck a bottle of Pepto Bismol. 

 

Hire this man immediately. 

 

 

he'll sort luke thomas right out

[lcfcsnow]

I’ve worked it out, we’ll announce Smith is staying not long after 5pm on 14 June as that’s when the season ticket deadline is.