Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

[Lcfcwigstonblue]

10 minutes ago, shiv said:

It’s a bit of a strange article. There is a lot of focus on RVN and talks of the club’s mismanagement but no real finger pointing. I also find it interesting that there’s a part in there that essentially says something like “is Rudkin even in charge of contracts?”.

 

Maybe I’m wrong, but it would not surprise me at all if this was a leak from Rudkin to alleviate pressure from himself and push the narrative of manager / player fallout.

Well someone feeds Percy with this information and have been for years.

Not many left at the club it can be.

Vardy, Rudkin, N’Didi 

[CWLCFC]

Depressing stuff

[HankMarvin]

It’s ok being a bastard of a manager if you are getting results. Unfortunately in this day and age players can turn quickly. Especially ones with history of doing so

[AKCJ]

8 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Some fringe players who were not selected for the Fa Cup game against QPR went to ask Ruud privately and wanted to know why they were not picked Ruud responded with ‘There are no Christmas presents at Leicester City’
 

 

YES BOSS!

"There are no Christmas presents here but if you want a raise just go and knock on Top's door. He's handing out 100k a week to anyone that asks".

[Gamble92]

3 minutes ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said:

Well someone feeds Percy with this information and have been for years.

Not many left at the club it can be.

Vardy, Rudkin, N’Didi 

There's about 8 board members who've been there long enough to remember Alan Birchenell with a learner plate glued to his crotch on a lamppost after the Crystal Palace play off final.

 

There's plenty it could be. 

Edited 24 January by Gamble92

[VLC86]

This Vardy Netflix documentary is going to be wild.

[Pliskin]

3 minutes ago, Lcfcwigstonblue said:

Well someone feeds Percy with this information and have been for years.

Not many left at the club it can be.

Vardy, Rudkin, N’Didi 

It’s through agents, not players. 

[lcfc_forever]

The RVN press conference today could be box office 

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, lcfc_forever said:

The RVN press conference today could be box office 

 

No chance the club will let him speak, expect it to be Ben Dawson in charge on Sunday.

[Pliskin]

2 minutes ago, lcfc_forever said:

The RVN press conference today could be box office 

“Any squad updates Ruud”

 

”Yes, they are all shit”.

[moore_94]

2 minutes ago, lcfc_forever said:

The RVN press conference today could be box office 

If he even turns up…

[Iwebema]

13 minutes ago, shiv said:

It’s a bit of a strange article. There is a lot of focus on RVN and talks of the club’s mismanagement but no real finger pointing. I also find it interesting that there’s a part in there that essentially says something like “is Rudkin even in charge of contracts?”.

 

Maybe I’m wrong, but it would not surprise me at all if this was a leak from Rudkin to alleviate pressure from himself and push the narrative of manager / player fallout.

The fact we had multiple papers releasing similar stories all at once before this, suggests someone higher up is not happy or as you say in self protection mode.

 

Imo it is suggesting Top is so desperate to be mates with the players he's been over ruling many things. But that's just me reading between the lines. What we can be confident in is it's as much of a clown show as many on here have suggested for a while.

 

Whilst the stories of RVN having a pop at Okoli over boots are a bit silly, if we believe all that's there I am actually OK with him trying to be stricter with the squad. It's a culture change that's needed as its too soft from the Top down.

[Parker Pen]

I’m glad Ruud is calling the players out!

Maybe Okoli should change his boots, Ruud probably saw that he was wearing two left ones.

 

He probably doesn’t like a back chat and feels that the younger players need to earn his respect and learn some manners. And after watching the Coulibaly10 minute video  of him arriving at Seagrave you can see why as bang average players are being treated like Kings!  He must have seen a similar carry on at Carrington.

 

I hope he survives and puts Ange to the sword on Sunday, galvanises the squad and keeps us up, maybe then he will be in a better position.

 

 

[Ian Nacho]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/01/24/leicester-turmoil-van-nistelrooy-fights-drift-relegation/
 

After the Fulham defeat, Van Nistelrooy clashed with Buonanotte over his performance as a substitute but the most alarming row was with defender Caleb Okoli, who did not play at all.

 

It is understood that Van Nistelrooy turned on Okoli, a £13 million summer signing from Atalanta, over his choice of football boots and insisted they made him frequently slip over.

 

Okoli was so stunned by the confrontation that he demanded a meeting with Rudkin and now appears certain to leave before the window closes.

He's lost the dressing room for sure but I'm backing him. The culture and the attitude of the players stinks. They need to be told some home truths and if they don't like it they know where the door is. 

 

We're in that much of a mess at the moment the people management is far more important than the tactical side of things. 

[21st Century Fox]

10 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

We got relegated 20 months ago and absolutely nothing changed.

That's what I'm saying. We all hoped the silver lining to the last relegation would be a reset. If it were somehow guaranteed this at the cost of a relegation, I'd snap their hand off to get out of this spiral.

[Mickyblueeyes]

Just now, Parker Pen said:

I’m glad Ruud is calling the players out!

Maybe Okoli should change his boots, Ruud probably saw that he was wearing two left ones.

 

He probably doesn’t like a back chat and feels that the younger players need to earn his respect and learn some manners. And after watching the Coulibaly10 minute video  of him arriving at Seagrave you can see why as bang average players are being treated like Kings!  He must have seen a similar carry on at Carrington.

 

I hope he survives and puts Ange to the sword on Sunday, galvanises the squad and keeps us up, maybe then he will be in a better position.

 

 

I desperately want him to succeed. Just like Enzo. Its a battle to fix our club due to the ownership and we need someone with a big rep to put Top in his place. 

 

Do I think he will ? Unfortunately not. 

[Tuna]

Wow. We really are a complete shambles. We all knows how this ends of course, once the manager loses the dressing room they are done. Absolute circus of a club.

[VictorFox]

I still think it’s weird having coopers back room team here, just shows how skint we are 

[Pliskin]

2 minutes ago, VictorFox said:

I still think it’s weird having coopers back room team here, just shows how skint we are 

We’re not skint, we are paying below average players far too much money. 

[jonny_wright]

I actually want everyone out now, the owner, the board, the coaching staff and most of the players. It’ll all needs a broom sweeping through it.

 

id rather at this point be a well run championship club with everyone pulling in the right direction than what we are currently 

[foxinsocks]

10 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

He's lost the dressing room for sure but I'm backing him. The culture and the attitude of the players stinks. They need to be told some home truths and if they don't like it they know where the door is. 

 

We're in that much of a mess at the moment the people management is far more important than the tactical side of things. 

I think he is right too.  But with top and rudkin in place he can do nothing

[Houdini Logic]

I can't even remember what it was like to have one normal and boring day at Leicester

[James_lcfc]

Aside from BEK and Mads, there isn't a single player I'd be disappointed to see leave now.

 

...and I'm not surprised he's called out Bounanotte - I've never seen a player lose the ball as much him...massively outweighs any positives he brings. Infuriating at times.

[Spudulike]

Boots seem to be an issue at the moment. Hopefully he also lambasted Ayew for being unable to tie his shoe laces, 4 times against Palace. 

[HankMarvin]

This was the second time in as many matches that temperatures were raised in the changing room. Mail Sport understands that following the 2-0 home defeat by Crystal Palace on January 15 some senior players held an inquest with the rest of the squad, trying to generate greater resolve and determination to escape the bottom three.

 

The message did not seem to be heeded, as Leicester’s display against Fulham was worse than the Palace one and caused fans to turn on the board and Van Nistelrooy

Edited 24 January by HankMarvin