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DJ Barry Hammond

Ruud awakening for the Premier League!

By DJ Barry Hammond, in Leicester City Forum

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RedSoxUK

RedSoxUK

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1 minute ago, Trent Steel said:

whats the delay ? I am starting to think there's something not right about this...

Club don't give a **** about updating the fans 

Maybe want to announce Ruuds team

Don't want to distract Dawson etc from game tomorrow

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leftsideoverhere

leftsideoverhere

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6 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

It is the fear of owners/staff being told they made a "ridiculous decision." It happens in all sports. I am from the United States, and you look at our teams in American Football, Baseball, and Basketball, and the same guys keep getting hired, even though they got fired from their last team for losing so much. People would rather fail and say "we hired an experienced person" than fail and say "we tried someone new". Of course, football is different, given how international it is, and the seeming distrust in the ability for English managers to win trophies. They'd rather higher someone from a second level European team winning a league where there aren't any other teams really top class than hire an English manager who did surprisingly well in the toughest national league in the world.

This. It's the footballing equivalent of "no-one ever got fired for buying an IBM" which is how that company managed to dominate the first three decades of office computing. But then, eventually, people discovered that the younger, more dynamic, more creative computer manufacturers could actually produce better products, with much more customisation to people's actual needs, for prices way below IBM. It took ages for that information to actually change purchasing trends though because big corporations were risk averse. 

 

In football it's not the biggest clubs which are the most risk averse, but those in the bottom half of the Premier League. They are, arguably, the clubs with the most to lose if their decisions go wrong. A bad season for a top six team might mean a slight reduction in TV and sponsorship income, and the indignity of playing in the Europa League, but one wrong decision for the likes of Wolves or West Ham (or us, obviously) and they could be facing five or six years in the wilderness that is the EFL, with all the financial and recruitment consequences that go with losing their place at the Premier League trough. So it's no surprise that those clubs recycle the same "safe pair of hands" managers over and over rather than taking a punt on someone who is doing well in league one. If they appoint David Moyes and get relegated then it's Moyes' fault. If they employ an unknown option and get relegated then it will be seen as the board's failure.

Filbertblue

Filbertblue

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12 minutes ago, Trent Steel said:

whats the delay ? I am starting to think there's something not right about this...

It's called Brexit. Is he a British citizen? No. Is his Manchester United work permit valid for Leicester City? No. Can you be patient? Obviously No! 😂

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Leeds Fox

Leeds Fox

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23 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

You're giving them way too much credit for thinking this far in advance and having a plan.


I know lol I was hoping there was some forethought to whatever is going on! 

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Trent Steel

Trent Steel

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6 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

how long its taking to be announced, this better be the best announcement video of all time

Directed by Martin Scorsese

Edited by Trent Steel
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Footballwipe

Footballwipe

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4 minutes ago, Filbertblue said:

A little bit of trivia for you while waiting for the announcement. What's Ruud Van Nistelrooy's real name? 

Wikipedia says it's Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij? Is that correct, I know wiki can be unreliable?

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