Club Thanks Smith, Shakespeare and Terry

[urban.spaceman]

https://www.lcfc.com/news/3540596/dean-smith-a-thank-you-from-all-at-lcfc

 

Dean Smith: A Thank You From All At LCFC

Published 3 mins ago

Arriving in April with eight games of the 2022/23 Premier League season remaining, Dean and his team performed admirably in leading City’s fight against relegation to the Championship – a task that proved insurmountable despite victory on the final day of the season.

The team secured nine points from Dean’s eight games in charge, including wins over Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United at King Power Stadium.

Leicester City Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: “I’m enormously grateful to Dean who, together with Craig and John, agreed to take on a big challenge in those final eight games and gave everything to help us retain our Premier League status. Our quest was ultimately unsuccessful, but the confidence and fight demonstrated during the run-in were born of Dean’s qualities as a coach and a leader, and the work of his staff to help the squad move forward.

“I offer my thanks and very best wishes to Dean, to Craig and to John in their future pursuits and look forward to welcoming them back to King Power Stadium as guests and friends of the Club.”

An announcement on the Club’s next permanent manager will be made in due course.

[dmayne7]

The last bit cracked me up. The new manager has already been announced 

[Gamble92]

Should have released this statement the week after the West Ham game. Bit shit how we left him waiting while we made a decision to be honest. I think he will do well in his next job. I certainly don't hold him responsible for anything, and i thank him for restoring a bit of fight and passion in the team for the last bit of the season. Yes, the bar was that low.

[foxfanazer]

Feels rushed.....

[Guest Mee-9]

We all thought we were getting the 3 muskateers.

 

We ended up with a Po short of a full set of teletubbies. Guess who was Tinkywinky. 

[420Hashish]

Wish them best of luck in the future. They came here and tried but couldn't get us over the line, albeit only by 2 points. I have no ill feelings towards them and they at least gave us hope of staying up until the final game. 

[Globalfox]

What exactly are we thanking them for being well paid and overseeing the final failure. Football really is a sad profession.

[Tuna]

Good luck to three amigos, they did their best and if we weren't flirting with Jesse Marsch for a week they'd probably have pulled off another great escape.

[themightyfin]

2 minutes ago, Globalfox said:

What exactly are we thanking them for being well paid and overseeing the final failure. Football really is a sad profession.

So are you. 

[shailen]

If they had a few more games and an international break we'd have stayed up imo. Our board was indecisive and his record is still better this season per game then Brendan, including games against Man City, Liverpool and Newcastle. The game against Fulham was the major disappointment. 

[foxes_rule1978]

Thanks for coming in and giving it a go, not to blame for the relegation. Wish them all luck for the future. 

Edited 16 June 2023 by foxes_rule1978

[AjcW]

Had that written a while then  

 

I had a nightmare with a press release today so I feel in good company now 

Edited 16 June 2023 by AjcW

[HankMarvin]

10 minutes ago, shailen said:

If they had a few more games and an international break we'd have stayed up imo. Our board was indecisive and his record is still better this season per game then Brendan, including games against Man City, Liverpool and Newcastle. The game against Fulham was the major disappointment. 

There was also a lot of easy games 

[shailen]

15 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

There was also a lot of easy games 

He didn't lose any and whilst I agree we could have done better, both Leeds and Everton will feel the same way. 

[Ely fox]

Thanks alot now Fook off

[Corky]

The more you read about and hear from this squad, the fact he got 9 points from 8 games will seem a great effort.

 

He wasn't special but took over a terrible situation. We had a semblance of attacking football and a likeable bloke. Some selections were odd and a couple of performances dire, however.

 

Hope he does well elsewhere, no bitterness from me. The right thing to part ways.

[HankMarvin]

15 minutes ago, shailen said:

He didn't lose any and whilst I agree we could have done better, both Leeds and Everton will feel the same way. 

My point was when people say he had a better points total that the other nob, statistically we had a easier run in as per the Opta stats 

 

so if its a easier run in then the harder fixtures have been played. 

Hard to compare the 2 on ppg 

Edited 16 June 2023 by HankMarvin

[whoareyaaa]

If we didn't get Enzo then I would have wanted us to get Smith, JT and Shakey.

 

Prob go to Leeds or Southampton

[alanf0x]

Worries me big time that they haven’t said thanks to Stowell and Saddler yet 

[Gamble92]

Just now, alanf0x said:

Worries me big time that they haven’t said thanks to Stowell and Saddler yet 

I wouldn't worry too much about Stowell, when there's a manager there his job is to open a folder with instructions on it and say do this.

[alanf0x]

Just now, Gamble92 said:

I wouldn't worry too much about Stowell, when there's a manager there his job is to open a folder with instructions on it and say do this.

Just think they need to have a complete clear down, refresh and re-set

[Gamble92]

Just now, alanf0x said:

Just think they need to have a complete clear down, refresh and re-set

Stowell is as loved as Rudkin by those above. Get the feeling the club ask that he's kept whenever they appoint anyone. He even survived Rodgers and he didn't seem to like anyone.

[alanf0x]

4 minutes ago, Gamble92 said:

Stowell is as loved as Rudkin by those above. Get the feeling the club ask that he's kept whenever they appoint anyone. He even survived Rodgers and he didn't seem to like anyone.

Imagine him to be a yes man. Has as much to blame on the relegation as anyone. Ward cost is massively over the season. Stowell should have been recommending a change from game 10! 

[Gamble92]

Just now, alanf0x said:

Imagine him to be a yes man. Has as much to blame on the relegation as anyone. Ward cost is massively over the season. Stowell should have been recommending a change from game 10! 

So many have benefited massively from the rise under Pearson and the title win. Schmeichel being the pro he was and improving so much would have looked very good on Stowell. I can think of 10 Goalkeepers off the top of my head who were absolute dogshit under Stowell. Think we had about 5 in that League One season. 

[beepee1984]

1 hour ago, urban.spaceman said:

An announcement on the Club’s next permanent manager will be made in due course.

Due course was 1 minute later.

 

I’m glad the club thanked Smith, but they may as well have done it in the same statement as appointing Maresca