Ex Managers - They used to manage us

[Corky]

A call up for Jordan Dai Yew on the way.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

The Welsh are really gonna need a lift if they hire that conman.

 

Better call Michael Sheen up again and get him to do one of those cringe inducing motivational speeches about soil they seem to enjoy 

[Stuntman_Mike]

5 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

The Welsh are really gonna need a lift if they hire that conman.

 

Better call Michael Sheen up again and get him to do one of those cringe inducing motivational speeches about soil they seem to enjoy 

[lfu]

Cifuentes appointed the new Portland Timbers head coach
They accidentally leaked the news 😂

[KingsX]

Cifuentes, a 44-year-old Spaniard, will join the Timbers after the club parted ways with Phil Neville in May. Portland returned from the World Cup break Thursday night with an emphatic 5-1 win over the rival Seattle Sounders and sit 11th in the Western Conference, three points below the playoff line with 19 matches left. Cifuentes is set to take the reins upon the receipt of his visa.

 

The Timbers landed on Cifuentes for the permanent job based on his tactical acumen and attacking mentality, sources say. He is a young manager with plenty of experience, having coached Leicester City, QPR and Hammarby, among others.

 

Cifuentes was most recently with Leicester City. The club surprisingly fired him in January when the team was in 14th, but six points off the playoff places. Leicester would go on to win just one of its next 15 matches and were relegated.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7447147/2026/07/18/marti-cifuentes-portland-timbers-coach/

 

 

[Uncle Monty]

11 minutes ago, KingsX said:

Cifuentes, a 44-year-old Spaniard, will join the Timbers after the club parted ways with Phil Neville in May. Portland returned from the World Cup break Thursday night with an emphatic 5-1 win over the rival Seattle Sounders and sit 11th in the Western Conference, three points below the playoff line with 19 matches left. Cifuentes is set to take the reins upon the receipt of his visa.

 

The Timbers landed on Cifuentes for the permanent job based on his tactical acumen and attacking mentality, sources say. He is a young manager with plenty of experience, having coached Leicester City, QPR and Hammarby, among others.

 

Cifuentes was most recently with Leicester City. The club surprisingly fired him in January when the team was in 14th, but six points off the playoff places. Leicester would go on to win just one of its next 15 matches and were relegated.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7447147/2026/07/18/marti-cifuentes-portland-timbers-coach/

 

 

The tit s were most definitely up before sacking him.

[Tuna]

Look at Marti's career, barely lasts anywhere more than a couple of seasons. Such an embarrassing appointment for us.

[HankMarvin]

4 hours ago, Tuna said:

Look at Marti's career, barely lasts anywhere more than a couple of seasons. Such an embarrassing appointment for us.

Amazing to see all the recent ex managers flourishing 

[FoxesTalker]

 

[shen]

1 hour ago, FoxesTalker said:

 

Haha "my Leicester City". He made four appearances and was barely here a month 

 

It's great, but also damning, that it feels good to be getting a little good press/attention. 

We'll be living off bread crumbs for a good while I think.

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

11 minutes ago, shen said:

Haha "my Leicester City". He made four appearances and was barely here a month

Even with hardly any appearances you could still tell he'd been a class act though.

I think it's nice that he remembers us tbh.

[shen]

1 hour ago, Manley Farrington-Brown said:

Even with hardly any appearances you could still tell he'd been a class act though.

I think it's nice that he remembers us tbh.

Oh, of course. Seems his experience with us motivated him to come back to England and join Man City 

[ceebeefox]

1 hour ago, Manley Farrington-Brown said:

Even with hardly any appearances you could still tell he'd been a class act though.

I think it's nice that he remembers us tbh.

Savage used to say they watched him score some screaming free kicks over the wall and all stood and clapped him. Class player.

[PhillippaT]

1 hour ago, ceebeefox said:

Savage used to say they watched him score some screaming free kicks over the wall and all stood and clapped him. Class player.

He had that Baby Elephant Walk, though... No, wait...

[RonnieTodger]

Randomly decided to check on how Cooper did at Brondby.

 

”He would’ve kept us up!”

[Chelmofox]

5 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

Randomly decided to check on how Cooper did at Brondby.

 

”He would’ve kept us up!”

My favourite was a poster telling us we were ‘comfortably mid table’ under Cooper. Terrible manager and should never have gone near him. 

[FoxesTalker]

Today is the birthday of Matt Gillies, the longest-serving manager in our history. He managed us in Europe for the first time, led us to four major finals (including a first major trophy), and achieved four top eight finishes in the First Division. He was also the manager of the famous ‘Ice Kings’ side who were contenders for the League and Cup double in 1962-63.

[FoxesTalker]

On 06/08/2026 at 19:55, Chelmofox said:

My favourite was a poster telling us we were ‘comfortably mid table’ under Cooper. Terrible manager and should never have gone near him. 

Not as terrible as the appointment which followed though. The season wouldn’t have played out any worse by keeping Cooper. Easy to say now obviously.

[murphy]

58 minutes ago, FoxesTalker said:

Not as terrible as the appointment which followed though. The season wouldn’t have played out any worse by keeping Cooper. Easy to say now obviously.

It's difficult to argue that Ruud was any better than Cooper, but Cooper sunk us before a ball was kicked by blowing the budget on rubbish like Skipp, Reid and Ayew 

[FoxesTalker]

16 hours ago, murphy said:

It's difficult to argue that Ruud was any better than Cooper, but Cooper sunk us before a ball was kicked by blowing the budget on rubbish like Skipp, Reid and Ayew 

That summer was the big opportunity to re-establish ourselves in the league, and we will regret those signings for many years to come.

[shen]

19 hours ago, FoxesTalker said:

Not as terrible as the appointment which followed though. The season wouldn’t have played out any worse by keeping Cooper. Easy to say now obviously.

It's like comparing the plague with cholera. Cooper was appointed first and presided over a team and vetted signings that were dreadful. We didn't do wrong sacking him, but we compounded the mistake with another bad appointment (and another... and another!)
Out of all of them, Cooper was dealt the best/least worst hand though.

[FoxesTalker]

5 hours ago, shen said:

It's like comparing the plague with cholera. Cooper was appointed first and presided over a team and vetted signings that were dreadful. We didn't do wrong sacking him, but we compounded the mistake with another bad appointment (and another... and another!)
Out of all of them, Cooper was dealt the best/least worst hand though.

The managers (Cooper included) have proven to be less of the issue. The signings in the summer of 2024 were mistakes, but the criticism towards Cooper still felt partly misplaced at the time. The same story has played out since.

 

Edited 13 August by FoxesTalker

[Danizen]

I feel like Shakey would get this squad firing RIP.