Popular Post Winchesterfox Posted 31 May 2023 Popular Post Posted 31 May 2023 Mainly Rodgers for getting us into this mess. But also the Board for reacting too slowly. 5
Ian S Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 1 hour ago, CountesthorpeFox1 said: Top inherited a business empire, he didn’t create one. If he created one I’d totally agree. people go into business wanting to be the nice guy and the realise that it doesn’t work when they get burnt. You mention his football club, like it’s a drop in the ocean (and is a small part of his business no doubt) but this is still 100’s of millions of pounds we’re talking. I may be wrong and fear if I am it may cause problems further down the line if that’s the case. I don’t buy into you either are or aren’t though, you learn and adapt in everything you do in life. Worked alongside a lot of very senior leaders in my career and an awful lot can’t adapt and possibly like Top ended in the role by default so to speak.For a lot,if it’s not in them to be ruthless and make tough decisions then it’s just not there.He has had plenty of time to adapt and make these decisions and has been sadly found wanting.The worst decisions you can make are usually no decisions at all which is exactly what he did with Rodgers until it was literally unavoidable.There was so many occasions in the last 18 months when it was very clear a tough decision had to be made but misplaced loyalty was stronger than any perceived ruthlessness. Personally I think he is probably a really nice guy who lacks the balls, there is nothing wrong with that of course unless you are thrust into a position where you need balls.
CountesthorpeFox1 Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 18 minutes ago, Ian S said: Worked alongside a lot of very senior leaders in my career and an awful lot can’t adapt and possibly like Top ended in the role by default so to speak.For a lot,if it’s not in them to be ruthless and make tough decisions then it’s just not there.He has had plenty of time to adapt and make these decisions and has been sadly found wanting.The worst decisions you can make are usually no decisions at all which is exactly what he did with Rodgers until it was literally unavoidable.There was so many occasions in the last 18 months when it was very clear a tough decision had to be made but misplaced loyalty was stronger than any perceived ruthlessness. Personally I think he is probably a really nice guy who lacks the balls, there is nothing wrong with that of course unless you are thrust into a position where you need balls. I see your point. I hope it’s wrong mind, or else we will all be sorry I guess. who knew, a healthy disagreement/debate on a forum does exist! 1
Bryn Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 Brendan. Had more than enough at his disposable to keep the club in the top half, him that alienated the players and fans and him that bottled top four twice. 1
drofmor55 Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 5 hours ago, ForestAreMagic said: All of us at Forest couldn’t believe Leicester did that - you played most of the season with a keeper that’s worse than Hennessey, our back-up. I don’t watch Leicester much obviously, but from what I’ve seen Ward was terrible. When Henderson got injured, Forest went and got Navas. I think the biggest single reason Leicester and Leeds went down rather than Forest and Everton is quality of goalkeeper. agree....i think Rodgers thought Ward needed a run of games to gain confidence and improve..costly mistake Ps...i think the monks let us down badly as well
Winstonthedog Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 8 hours ago, CountesthorpeFox1 said: I think Top’s part is naivety and faith rather than gross negligence. I think he’s getting an unfair drumming from fans. Since KP have taken over they’ve been brilliant on the whole. I don’t think this happens with Vichai still around but I’m sure in his younger years he made some terrible business decisions that he learnt from and that’s why it wouldn’t have happened with him around All very true .... but now it's Tops time to show what he is all about .... when the going gets tough .... the tough get going 1
sylofox Posted 31 May 2023 Posted 31 May 2023 19 hours ago, djskydiver said: Rudkin - For allowing 8 players to be out of contract this summer This is the most ridiculous statement. Most are out of contract because the club don't want them, and no one else wanted to pay a fee and match wages. Soyuncu is because Rodgers didn't play him and he wants game time. Youri has refused every contract offered him. Odd club has looked at him but would not pay our fee and his wage demands, so a sale was not possible. Youri has gambled on a free and a huge wage signing on fee. I personally think he's not going to get what he thought he was. His forms been awful, not exactly put himself in the shop window. Yes Rudkin is out of his depth but no one can force an under contract player to stay or go. 1
Foxinscouseland Posted 1 June 2023 Posted 1 June 2023 23 hours ago, Supergray22 said: I’m most annoyed upset for having too high expectations and for letting myself get so upset sometimes. Been a fan since I was about four or five and the club have given me so many memories since then. This is just one of them and all part of the journey. We have had a wonderful 10 years or so, but City has always been like a roller coaster. I see a tough year or 3, ahead, but we will come back.
Get Carter Posted 1 June 2023 Author Posted 1 June 2023 On 30/05/2023 at 21:18, Get Carter said: https://foxesofleicester.com/2023/05/30/blame-relegation-leicester-city-1/ I'm going to be reviewing this in articles over the coming days/weeks (see above). But who are you most angry at for this situation and who should shoulder most of the blame. Rudkin? Top? Rodgers? The guy that sits behind you? your mum? that **** on Twitter? Just let it out 😉 Here's part 2 of my who's to blame for Leicester's relegation - https://foxesofleicester.com/2023/06/01/blame-leicester-city-part-2-managers/ BRENDAN RODGERS 😡 Sadler & Stowell 🫤 Smith 😒
Monk Posted 1 June 2023 Posted 1 June 2023 So many things went wrong this season, but I think you could point to our goalkeeping calamities and say that if we just got that right then we would likely have stayed up. We were led to believe our backups to Kasper were good enough and they just weren’t. Even with all of the other problems we had this season, fix the goalkeeper and we’d finish with 5-10 extra points.
Dahnsouff Posted 1 June 2023 Posted 1 June 2023 Obviously Top if Brendan was poor, sack him if Rudkin was poor, sack him If Susan was poor, sack her It really is that simple as these aren’t even sporting decisions, so no excuse 1
Popular Post kristianity77 Posted 1 June 2023 Popular Post Posted 1 June 2023 (edited) I don't blame Smith one bit for our relegation. Despite the fact he couldn't keep us up, he did manage 9 points from 8 games which was a damn sight better than Rodgers was averaging. Edited 1 June 2023 by kristianity77 10
Get Carter Posted 2 June 2023 Author Posted 2 June 2023 21 hours ago, Get Carter said: Here's part 2 of my who's to blame for Leicester's relegation - https://foxesofleicester.com/2023/06/01/blame-leicester-city-part-2-managers/ BRENDAN RODGERS 😡 Sadler & Stowell 🫤 Smith 😒 Part 3 of who's to blame for Leicester's relegation - GOALKEEPERS - https://foxesofleicester.com/2023/06/02/blame-leicester-city-relegation-3/ spoiler Guess which goalkeeper had the worst save percentage of any Leicester City goalkeeper of the last 9 seasons?? Then guess which goalkeeper had the second worst save percentage? Clue - they both played in goal this season oh and Alex Smithies is on £30,000 a week to be a third choice goalie who will never play for us This club is massively broken
Old Fox Posted 2 June 2023 Posted 2 June 2023 1 hour ago, Get Carter said: Part 3 of who's to blame for Leicester's relegation - GOALKEEPERS - https://foxesofleicester.com/2023/06/02/blame-leicester-city-relegation-3/ spoiler Guess which goalkeeper had the worst save percentage of any Leicester City goalkeeper of the last 9 seasons?? Then guess which goalkeeper had the second worst save percentage? Clue - they both played in goal this season oh and Alex Smithies is on £30,000 a week to be a third choice goalie who will never play for us This club is massively broken And ironically Smithies is better than both …….mind that does not say much!
NewEnglandFox Posted 2 June 2023 Posted 2 June 2023 Rodgers for picking Ward. Ward for being garbage. Repeat 25 more times. Also the 2 caretaker games were horrific. 1
Royston. Posted 2 June 2023 Posted 2 June 2023 Rodgers was farting in our face week after week by playing Ward, using zonal marking, freezing out Soyuncu... Above all that, Top was letting him do it and annoyance doesn't come close. 1
Saxondale Posted 3 June 2023 Posted 3 June 2023 This will be a deeply unpopular opinion but I’m actually most annoyed at the fans, who have been piss poor all season. The atmosphere has been utter shite. It’s no wonder the team looked flat. The club’s poor performance is due to myriad factors; it’s reductive, futile and flawed to try and pin the blame on one person. But the fans have been abysmal. Sections were booing back when we were actually playing decent football and losing by narrow margins. I feel like there is a large swathe of fans who were borderline chuffed when we got relegated, just so they could say “see, I told you we were crap”.
Chelmofox Posted 3 June 2023 Posted 3 June 2023 1 minute ago, Saxondale said: This will be a deeply unpopular opinion but I’m actually most annoyed at the fans, who have been piss poor all season. The atmosphere has been utter shite. It’s no wonder the team looked flat. The club’s poor performance is due to myriad factors; it’s reductive, futile and flawed to try and pin the blame on one person. But the fans have been abysmal. Sections were booing back when we were actually playing decent football and losing by narrow margins. I feel like there is a large swathe of fans who were borderline chuffed when we got relegated, just so they could say “see, I told you we were crap”. I dare you to give an example where the fans booed when we played decent football? 1
Get Carter Posted 3 June 2023 Author Posted 3 June 2023 56 minutes ago, Saxondale said: This will be a deeply unpopular opinion but I’m actually most annoyed at the fans, who have been piss poor all season. The atmosphere has been utter shite. It’s no wonder the team looked flat. The club’s poor performance is due to myriad factors; it’s reductive, futile and flawed to try and pin the blame on one person. But the fans have been abysmal. Sections were booing back when we were actually playing decent football and losing by narrow margins. I feel like there is a large swathe of fans who were borderline chuffed when we got relegated, just so they could say “see, I told you we were crap”. i'll be delving into that a bit more at some point...i try not to criticise our own fans at all if I can help it, we're all different and have different experiences in life, to expect others to act in a particular way or look down on them for not doing what you want them to do (whatever that is) is a bit condescending. Also it feels like it massively depends on where you sit in the stadium as to whether you will get a feeling of what the fans are like. We're all Leicester fans though, we should back the team where they deserve it which is most of the time, but they've fallen well below that level recently.
hebangsthedrums Posted 3 June 2023 Posted 3 June 2023 Beyond the obvious sleepwalking in to it, the fact that for a second year running we could have relegated Everton, one of several clubs that have stunk up the league for most of their stay, but theirs is the longest, and ****ed it again.
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