Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

[john ridley]

3 hours ago, coolhandfox said:

Dutch Peter Taylor, out of his depth.

 

 

More inclined to Dutch Wayne Rooney 

[Vazman]

3 hours ago, Free Falling Foxes said:

Just listened to his post match interview.

Disappointed to hear him say the second goal killed the game. Retrospectively, you can see that but I hope that wasn't his attitude after 30 minutes last night. If so, that mentality just transfers over to the players and will do the exact opposite of instilling a never give up attitude.

That 'Foxes Never Quit' over the players tunnel, needs painting over

It means nothing to the manager or the players, it's an excellent phrase, and has meant alot to the fans and players in years gone by, but is lost on this current team, all they are interested in is a cushy time at the Seagrave Hotel and Spa, and collecting eye watering wages for sub standard performances, all backed up and supported, by the owner Top and DOF of the club. It's sad and a real shame 

[Skidmark]

2 minutes ago, john ridley said:

More inclined to Dutch Wayne Rooney 

Even Rooney's Plymouth team had some fight. 

 

Ruud's much worse. 

[davieG]

Managing one of the worst Premier League sides of the modern era to then having to take charge of this Leicester side. It’s been a rough few months for Ruud van Nistelrooy.

[Tazfox]

13 minutes ago, davieG said:

Managing one of the worst Premier League sides of the modern era to then having to take charge of this Leicester side. It’s been a rough few months for Ruud van Nistelrooy.

At least credit Paddy Power if you're going to steal their material 

[joachim1965]

1 hour ago, Shaun the fox 1 said:

Just get behind the boys till we are down I think we will stay up foxes never quit 

We were in league one you know.

[Dan]

On 22/02/2025 at 07:08, Sly said:

I agree. The correct answer is Paul Jewell,L or Terry Connor.

 

De Boer had 5 games, and didn’t score in four of them. 

 

Siewert won 1 in 15.

 

Connor won 0 in 13. 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Paul Jewell (Derby County, 2007-08) – 5% win rate (1 win in 24 games)

• Managed Derby during their infamous 11-point season, the worst in Premier League history.

 

Worst by Points Per Game (Minimum 10 Games)

 

1. Terry Connor (Wolves, 2012) – 0.31 PPG

 

2. Paul Jewell (Derby, 2007-08) – 0.42 PPG

 

3. Jan Siewert (Huddersfield, 2019) – 0.47 PPG

 

4. Frank de Boer (Crystal Palace, 2017) – 0.60 PPG

 

5. Ralph Hasenhüttl (Southampton, 2022-23, last stint) – 0.64 PPG

 

RVN currently has 0.58 points per game. So he belongs in this conversation. 
 

Cooper was 0.83 points per game for Contrast. 

 

 

Russell Martin is on 5 points from 16 games - 0.3125 per game.

[fox_favourite]

On 22/02/2025 at 13:43, Shaun the fox 1 said:

Just get behind the boys till we are down I think we will stay up foxes never quit 

After the last performance and now 5pts plus goal difference cut a drift. Not a chance of survival. There's nothing to get behind. Players have given up, manager has given up and the board are scratching each others backs. 

 

Love your optimism, but alas there isn't any evidence to support your case. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

I wonder if Ruud will go after the West Ham game as it gives us 10 days before the next match to agree on an interim arrangement or potentially identify a replacement. 

Edited 24 February by Claudio Fannieri

[Sly]

18 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I wonder if Ruud will go after the West Ham game as it gives us 10 days before the next match to agree on an interim arrangement or potentially identify a replacement. 

That would seem a sensible approach. 
 

However, we tend not to do sensible.

[phoneticerror]

20 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I wonder if Ruud will go after the West Ham game as it gives us 10 days before the next match to agree on an interim arrangement or potentially identify a replacement. 

Leicester career starts and ends with West Ham. I like it. Get him gone.

[blue army 1988]

1 hour ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I wonder if Ruud will go after the West Ham game as it gives us 10 days before the next match to agree on an interim arrangement or potentially identify a replacement. 

You just watch......with that in mind we'll nick a last minute goal and win it

[RonnieTodger]

10 defeats in 11 games featuring three 4-0s. 

[Happy Fox]

3 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I wonder if Ruud will go after the West Ham game as it gives us 10 days before the next match to agree on an interim arrangement or potentially identify a replacement. 

 

King and Barry Murphy to take charge away to West Ham and hope the next interim manager is available for the game against Chelsea away.

[Langley]

Changing the manager only has helped 42% of the time. Changing with 16 or more games in the season only has a 20% chance of working. 

[Foxin_Mad]

On 22/02/2025 at 13:43, Shaun the fox 1 said:

Just get behind the boys till we are down I think we will stay up foxes never quit 

I hope this is banter?!

 

Did you see them quit in the first half against a distinctly average Brentford team? This team always quits 

[Foxin_Mad]

It’s laughable that people think that even if the club sacked Rudd that the inept idiots in charge would be capable of bringing in a competent replacement. 

[mod hero]

3 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

It’s laughable that people think that even if the club sacked Rudd that the inept idiots in charge would be capable of bringing in a competent replacement. 

I know, these dizzy ***** tried to get Jesse Marsh before.

[Foxin_Mad]

33 minutes ago, mod hero said:

I know, these dizzy ***** tried to get Jesse Marsh before.

Top is just on to Jesse now...

[HankMarvin]

With the squad we have, it’s a huge mountain to climb to stay in this league, a huge one. That’s the reality. Today it showed that when we make a couple of mistakes and we didn’t perform at our best, Brentford was too big a challenge for us.

“It’s not fair to have certain expectations. You cannot live up to them. You can only be the best you can be. We’ll see at the end if it’s enough or not. So far we’re in that bottom three for a while and every game we play, we almost face a better side than ourselves. Everything has to go right to get results and points and that’s the reality we’re in

 

 

No wonder they get pumped every week 

[Foxin_Mad]

It would help if we had a few shots on goal and attacks you'd think! 

Edited 24 February by Foxin_Mad

[Gamble92]

It's obvious there's a big gap but I'm not buying into this theory it was never achievable to stay up. 

 

Some of the decisions, like playing Vardy every single week are just bizarre. We have made a poor squad look worse. There were ways to organise this team and manage the squad to get us more than 17 points. 

[Happy Fox]

RVN's mentality is shot, and It seems from the outside he wants the sack, similar statements made by Rodgers as well..

[old koppite]

What really frustrates mean is that there is rarely a sudden burst of energy with real intent , like the JV effort in the 1st half when he made their CB look stupid, and the FB dribble and run on second half. 

[cruzFOX]

Yeh that statement says it all. He’s accepted defeat and is basically saying we should all accept our fate too. He has ran out of ideas, motivation, passion and will.

 

i think he will be gone soon and we’ll be back to the old tried & tested search for relegation battlers. In which order do we go? Shaky & smiffy? Dychee? Big Sam?

Edited 24 February by cruzFOX