Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

[robski]

2 hours ago, Filbert Fireworks said:

There was never a shred of evidence he was a good appointment. PSV finished runners up and improved when he left although arguably they sold playershe didn't want to let go. He fell out with the board and coaching staff. 4 games as caretaker at Man U with a star studded squad playing us......

 

I thought it was a dreadful choice but was accused of being a 'flask taker'. 

 

We should have gone for Moyes or Potter. 

 

RVN fraud. 

 

 

exactly 

how others can’t think the same is beyond me 

[Joe90lcfc]

Said he was way out of his depth when appointed no one like a “Told you so” …….

[filbertway]

Hard to trust any man that chooses Danny Ward to play in goal for them.

 

The reddest of red flags. Also losing 3-0 at home to a relegation rival is probably one.

[Joe90lcfc]

2 hours ago, Filbert Fireworks said:

There was never a shred of evidence he was a good appointment. PSV finished runners up and improved when he left although arguably they sold playershe didn't want to let go. He fell out with the board and coaching staff. 4 games as caretaker at Man U with a star studded squad playing us......

 

I thought it was a dreadful choice but was accused of being a 'flask taker'. 

 

We should have gone for Moyes or Potter. 

 

RVN fraud. 

 

 

I’m with you on this, I couldn’t understand the wank fest he was getting on here! The bloke has done absolutely nothing to warrant a job in the prem, he got the job for his playing career not managerial one! 

[kingfox]

What a difference two games make, he was deservingly getting praised for his in game management and substitutions against West Ham and Brighton, but today he got everything completely wrong.
 

Really don’t know how to feel towards him, because what he has been given in terms of our squad, the majority of them are bang average or shit at Premier League level. 

[Jabfox]

32 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Hard to trust any man that chooses Danny Ward to play in goal for them.

 

The reddest of red flags. Also losing 3-0 at home to a relegation rival is probably one.

Agreed, I’ll always try and back a manager but his decision to start ward was suicidal and his obsession with starting Ayew is a real concern imo, facundo on the bench was a bizzare shout as well against one of the worst defences in the league. Keep the faith! 

[Skidmark]

A ruud awakening to how incompentent the recruitment process was for a new manager.

 

Should have been Moyes.

[Jakemoore]

2 hours ago, dylanlegend said:

Has anyone got the email address for RvN? How is he not aware that playing Ward is an instant mauling? 
 

 

Yeah, it’s -

 

[email protected]

Edited 22 December 2024 by Jakemoore

[grth2004]

100% would rather have Cooper than this mess , I stuck up for cooper as I thought he would keep us up but got slaughtered on here. 
We had a manager who could organise a team to stay up but I’m not sure we have that now but I’m crossing everything on the massive gamble we’ve taken. 

[BenTheFox]

It was pure negligence from everyone involved in team selection not only for Ward to have started that game, but for him to have been allowed to carry on in the second half (despite the fact that we didn't conceded in the second half). He's made a rod for his own back with that. 

 

The whole club needs to shape up and fast.

 

 

[dylanlegend]

To be honest Wolves are in a false position. They actually have a decnet team and were never going down.

 

Still have hope for RvN but i cannot believe any manager would think starting Ward, Vestergaard and Soumare in the same team is a good idea. If be happy if all 3 never played for us again 

[BenTheFox]

2 minutes ago, grth2004 said:

100% would rather have Cooper than this mess , I stuck up for cooper as I thought he would keep us up but got slaughtered on here. 
We had a manager who could organise a team to stay up but I’m not sure we have that now but I’m crossing everything on the massive gamble we’ve taken. 

I mean, today was a complete shambles, as was last weekend, but let's have it right, it was far from organised under Cooper. None of us had any clue what he was trying to achieve.

[Gamble92]

I like him. He will also demand transfers and the quality of those transfers will be much better than anything Cooper would attract. 

 

We need to forget about today. Move on and look forward. No manager in the world would change everything around in the space of a few games with this side. 

[BenTheFox]

Just now, dylanlegend said:

To be honest Wolves are in a false position. They actually have a decnet team and were never going down.

 

Still have hope for RvN but i cannot believe any manager would think starting Ward, Vestergaard and Soumare in the same team is a good idea. If be happy if all 3 never played for us again 

They were also rubbish, mate. Honestly, two mid table championship sides would have been embarrassed by the football on display in that first half. 

[Dmitry]

Doesn't the manager see that Ward is a poor keeper? What was his rationale for starting Ayew, who cannot last more than 15-20 minutes on the pitch? What was rationale of keeping fully fit Buonanotte on the bench for 75 minutes? Are there even 2 defenders in the U-21 team that cannot be given a chance? Does he really think that our U-21 keeper would be worse than Ward?

In general, WTF, Ruud?!

[JJD_LCFC]

Should never have been appointed. A typical Leicester City board decision. No experience at this end of a league table. Appointed for 1 season of coaching experience in holland with the best team in the league, where he fell out with players and his own staff, and then a handful of games at man united. Moyes would have been far superior. 

 

why has he come in in his own without his own coaching team. His assistant embarrassed us at Brentford. And he is still having input into the team. 
Start Danny ward and still keep him on at half time. Incompetent decision making.

made 2 subs at half time, 4 minutes later makes another 2. All defensive changes 
keeps Facundo on the bench until last 5 mins. Even if Brighton are looking to recall him in January. Play best players whilst we have him. This game was essential. 
Firmly unimpressed with his appointment and is a real worry moving forwards. If he is to make signings. He needs by January 1st. Not end of January. 
 

[Deeg67]

I actually sort of understand why he might have felt trapped into playing Ward. Jakub after just one U-21 match would have been a huge risk and Iverson hasn't even been in matchday squads most of the season (which is itself an issue but not RVN's fault). But not starting Facundo and then not putting him on until the 85th minute is baffling and concerning. I don't think it should be him or Bilal but even if it is, he chose the wrong one.

[Royston.]

I was excited by his appointment and was hopeful he could inspire the team at least.

 

The west ham game was a fluke and we shithoused brighton.

 

It seems he has no magic after all however these players are a despicable bunch and Ruud seems to be the wrong man for the job.

Zero chance we strengthen significantly in January and the EFL will be getting wet thinking about how they can rape us

[ozvaldo]

The board have gambled our premier league future on him. 
 

Anyone with half a brain could make PSV or Utd look good (especially when they play us twice in a week). 
 

He doesn’t have the necessary credentials to keep us in the league. We really should have gone all out for Potter or Moyes to stabilise the ship.  Signing an up-and-coming manager to keep us in the league will turn out to be a horrific decision. 

[Dan]

6 hours ago, funkyrobot said:

Play Ward at Anfield and we could be looking at the 9-0 record being broken.

This is no joke. It really could happen. I don't think people grasp that this is a real possibility. It isn't hyperbole.

 

We're 22/1 to win the game. That's San Marino type odds.

 

Our only hope of not getting absolutely humiliated is that it's over Christmas, a busy period and that Liverpool may rest some of their better players, which should hopefully keep it down to 4/5. They have a much tougher game after us (West Ham, who are also shit).

[Lambert09]

5 hours ago, MattFox said:

Claudio was the most vibes based manager in the business tbf

 

Not really sure he was a details guy 

I don’t know about that. Might seem that way because of his casual approach with the media but everyone who works with him talks about how he spends every minute analyzing previous games and opposition. 
 

Obviously Claudio isn’t the best tactical manager out there, but that’s not for a lack of effort on his part. He gives himself as good of a chance as he can.  In many ways that’s how we won the title, he saw what we were doing previously that was working and built on it. small tweaks rather than a new base entirely. 
 

I think people sometimes get fooled because of his media facing approach…. Which in fairness is exactly why he does it 

[Matt]

5 hours ago, Gamble92 said:

I like him. He will also demand transfers and the quality of those transfers will be much better than anything Cooper would attract. 

 

We need to forget about today. Move on and look forward. No manager in the world would change everything around in the space of a few games with this side. 

It seems he's not even demanded a backroom staff of his own, never mind demanding or given the transfers he wants.

 

Edited 23 December 2024 by Matt

[volpeazzurro]

2 hours ago, ozvaldo said:

The board have gambled our premier league future on him. 
 

Anyone with half a brain could make PSV or Utd look good (especially when they play us twice in a week). 
 

He doesn’t have the necessary credentials to keep us in the league. We really should have gone all out for Potter or Moyes to stabilise the ship.  Signing an up-and-coming manager to keep us in the league will turn out to be a horrific decision. 

All this talk of Potter and Moyes? Does anyone not think the club might have made an approach and got rebuffed?

 

Why on earth do some people think they'd jump at the opportunity to manageLeicesterCity? Apart from Potter probably being on an exceptional compensation package from Chelsea which might have been affected, neither of these two, at this particular standpoint in their careers, would want the stain of a relegation on it. Both have a reasonable reputation. 

 

Both also probably did due diligence regarding playing staff and board, both probably didn't consider us worth the risk having done that. They probably have far better inside contacts than any of us on here. Cooper and RVN, for different reasons, are at a different standpoints in their careers (more desperate for a job) to Moyes and Potter which is why we probably ended up with them.

[LCFCJohn]

I think it’s clear he has poor judgement. I’d be inclined to say not to bother bringing any staff in for him and not to give him any input in any January signings as he pretty much certainly won’t be here beyond the end of the season. For once maybe we just sensibly look to long term stability rather that lurch from one **** up to another, putting the club at risk financially whilst doing so.

[Pliskin]

7 hours ago, Skidmark said:

A ruud awakening to how incompentent the recruitment process was for a new manager.

 

Should have been Moyes.

If you were going to get rid of Cooper, Moyes is the obvious choice. 
 

It wouldn’t surprise me if Ruud walks when things get properly nasty, the next three weeks are going to be the stuff of nightmares…… I’m genuinely terrified as to what Liverpool are going to do to us…. If they don’t break the premier league record for the highest home win, they’ve had an off day. 
 

It just shows how out of touch Top is with reality. I think yesterday really summed up the state of the club, we are in dire straits.