Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

[Corky]

23 hours ago, nettle said:

You'd like to think there would be a rumour somewhere wouldn't you. It's absolutely shocking really it must be the best job football abject failure but still safe in your job.

I don't think he is safe, per se. Just that we never plan for a bad appointment more than anything.

[Dan]

It's astonishing how much Aiyawatt has killed the pride in this club that a manager is performing one of the worst jobs in the leagues history and him keeping his job isn't even bothering me much. I was absolutely furious a couple of years ago with Rodgers. Sums up how much decline he's actually overseen.

[Dmitry]

1 minute ago, Dan said:

It's astonishing how much Aiyawatt has killed the pride in this club that a manager is performing one of the worst jobs in the leagues history and him keeping his job isn't even bothering me much. I was absolutely furious a couple of years ago with Rodgers. Sums up how much decline he's actually overseen.

It’s called conditioning. We are now fully OK with being dreck, thanks to the actions of our Chairman and his underlings, whereas two years ago we still harbored such harmful feelings as pride, expectation and hope…

[Dan]

27 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

It’s called conditioning. We are now fully OK with being dreck, thanks to the actions of our Chairman and his underlings, whereas two years ago we still harbored such harmful feelings as pride, expectation and hope…

I'm not OK with it but the anger amongst this fanbase isn't enough. We have become used to this now and you lose the will to fight for it to be honest. I really don't know what realistically is going to turn around how this feels.

[Nolucklcfc]

Just now, Dan said:

I'm not OK with it but the anger amongst this fanbase isn't enough. We have become used to this now and you lose the will to fight for it to be honest. I really don't know what realistically is going to turn around how this feels.

Selling up would be a start 

[Dmitry]

4 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

Selling up would be a start 

It’s probably the option that would merit at least some careful exploration, because the current condition can’t last without the club losing much of its value if we drop for a long time (in case the Chairman looks to at least get some money back from his poor business dealings). I wonder what the reasonable value of our club will be once we get relegated again. Probably at least a couple of hundred millions.

Sad state of affairs. 

[Filbert Fireworks]

How is he still here.

Another loss.

Another game without scoring. 

No improvement. 

 

It's astonishing. Has a manager ever performed worse and not been sacked. 

 

Will be 9 points adrift after Manure. We were what 15th when he rocked up. 

 

 

[foxer]

1 minute ago, Filbert Fireworks said:

How is he still here.

Another loss.

Another game without scoring. 

No improvement. 

 

It's astonishing. Has a manager ever performed worse and not been sacked. 

 

Will be 9 points adrift after Manure. We were what 15th when he rocked up. 

 

 

Because we can't afford to sack him and who on earth would want the job anyway? 

[Gazza M]

6 minutes ago, foxer said:

Because we can't afford to sack him and who on earth would want the job anyway? 

20 odd managers in the level below if we had the cash and thought they were any good. 

[foxfanazer]

Not defending him in the slightest but it's genuinely pointless sacking him now. The club gave up on this season before a ball was even kicked. He might as well see out this season now

[Les-TA-Jon]

22 hours ago, winteriscoming said:

What have we got to lose by replacing him? It can’t be any worse. 
I admit we’re down but what harm would it do getting a different voice on the touchline. 
Go down with someone with fight instead of a whimper.  

Probably money. When things are tight with PSR and we're 99% down regardless, why jeopardise the finances? 

 

There's a lot we don't know. Does RVN have a relegation clause? Do we need to sack him in the next accounting period? 

 

No one would want the job right now. Maybe we can't afford to sack RVN, then sack the interim in the summer, then make a permanent appointment in the summer? 

 

Anyone good enough for the permanent appointment is likely either unavailable and/or uninterested. And they certainly wouldn't want to and should be starting their tenure hear with likely losses and relegation. 

[The Bear]

I think guys like Le Bris, Lampard and Rohl would take a chance with Leicester purely due to the size of the club, and the constant limitations of their current clubs. 

[foxfanazer]

1 minute ago, The Bear said:

I think guys like Le Bris, Lampard and Rohl would take a chance with Leicester purely due to the size of the club, and the constant limitations of their current clubs. 

Would only want Rohl out of those 3. Maybe Cifuentes from QPR too

[TheGoldenGod]

13 minutes ago, foxfanazer said:

Not defending him in the slightest but it's genuinely pointless sacking him now. The club gave up on this season before a ball was even kicked. He might as well see out this season now

It's so boring reading the same stuff "why hasn't he been sacked" blah blah blah. What is the actual point at this stage? He's changed up the tactics and the shape and by all accounts, many said it was a "better" display. Yeah we didn't get anything but were people expecting us to beat Chelsea anyway?

 

He did what everyone was clamouring for...and we still LOST! It's staring everyone in the face that he isn't the issue. Troglodytes.

[Fox92]

11 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

Probably money. When things are tight with PSR and we're 99% down regardless, why jeopardise the finances? 

 

There's a lot we don't know. Does RVN have a relegation clause? Do we need to sack him in the next accounting period? 

 

No one would want the job right now. Maybe we can't afford to sack RVN, then sack the interim in the summer, then make a permanent appointment in the summer? 

 

Anyone good enough for the permanent appointment is likely either unavailable and/or uninterested. And they certainly wouldn't want to and should be starting their tenure hear with likely losses and relegation. 

We're not 99% down though. We're 6 points behind Wolves, with them to play, with 10 games to play.

 

Now would be a good time to get in an actual proper manager. Actually, about three months ago would have been a good time too.

[Fox92]

Just now, TheGoldenGod said:

It's so boring reading the same stuff "why hasn't he been sacked" blah blah blah. What is the actual point at this stage? He's changed up the tactics and the shape and by all accounts, many said it was a "better" display. Yeah we didn't get anything but were people expecting us to beat Chelsea anyway?

 

He did what everyone was clamouring for...and we still LOST! It's staring everyone in the face that he isn't the issue. Troglodytes.

Of course he's the issue. It's boring hearing people make excuses for him. He's the manager, he's to blame. A better manager would have got more points, even from this set of players. 

[TheGoldenGod]

40 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Of course he's the issue. It's boring hearing people make excuses for him. He's the manager, he's to blame. A better manager would have got more points, even from this set of players. 

Sigh....you a fan of the protests? If so then the person/s to "blame" is the people that appointed him. As were the people who appointed the previous bloke. Still not getting it? Then maybe you arent understanding why people are revolting.

 

RvN has done what everyone asked in the last game...we lost it. My lord, I'd be blaming the board, the players and then the manager in that order. Our decline began LONG before he was appointed. I'd be more stunned if we did sack him at this point.

Edited 12 March by TheGoldenGod

[Dmitry]

Won't be sacked, not now. Sacking now would expose the complete incompetence of the Chairman and his inner sanctum...

 

[joachim1965]

49 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

We're not 99% down though. We're 6 points behind Wolves, with them to play, with 10 games to play.

 

Now would be a good time to get in an actual proper manager. Actually, about three months ago would have been a good time too.

You are correct, we're not 99% down, we are 100% down, we ain't picking up any more points this season.

[Chown]

3 minutes ago, joachim1965 said:

You are correct, we're not 99% down, we are 100% down, we ain't picking up any more points this season.

Actually, the Opta Supercomputer currently has us at only a 98% chance of relegation. Must be one of RvN’s relatives in charge of it.

[kingpower]

I’d let RVN see the season out now, it’s a lost cause so no point creating further chaos by sacking him now. However, he is not who we want to pull us back up so sack him in the Summer. 
 

We’ll be an attractive option for a current Championship manager who is over performing or if we go down the Enzo route again. 
 

big overhaul of players needed tho otherwise I fear next season might go similar to this 

[Fox92]

49 minutes ago, TheGoldenGod said:

Sigh....you a fan of the protests? If so then the person/s to "blame" is the people that appointed him. As were the people who appointed the previous bloke. Still not getting it? Then maybe you arent understanding why people are revolting.

 

RvN has done what everyone asked in the last game...we lost it. My lord, I'd be blaming the board, the players and then the manager in that order. Our decline began LONG before he was appointed. I'd be more stunned if we did sack him at this point.

Of course I "get it" and yes I'm a fan of the protests but Rudkin and King Power aren't going anywhere so the next best thing is to hope for a new manager. However that won't happen either so we're stuck and ultimately, going back to my original point against yours, the manager is not getting as many point as the previous manager despite having the same players. Cooper wasn't great but at least he was picking up points and we were scoring. Now we offer nothing. This manager has made us worse and he is to blame for that. 

 

Tell me when the decline started? This time last season everyone was happy, we were top of the league and Enzo was seen as some sort of genius. Rudkin and King Power appointed him. Or was our decline before that, under Rodgers? If so, nobody blamed Rudkin and King Power then. Everything was Rodgers fault because, oh yeah, he's the manager.

Edited 12 March by Fox92

[RyCleary]

52 minutes ago, kingpower said:

I’d let RVN see the season out now, it’s a lost cause so no point creating further chaos by sacking him now. However, he is not who we want to pull us back up so sack him in the Summer. 
 

We’ll be an attractive option for a current Championship manager who is over performing or if we go down the Enzo route again. 
 

big overhaul of players needed tho otherwise I fear next season might go similar to this 

Beat wolves and it’s a 3 point gap. Proper manager can for sure keep us in the league which is worth millions…

[kingpower]

22 minutes ago, RyCleary said:

Beat wolves and it’s a 3 point gap. Proper manager can for sure keep us in the league which is worth millions…

Wolves have Southampton on Saturday so I doubt it - but I get your point 

[Parker Pen]

15 minutes ago, RyCleary said:

Beat wolves and it’s a 3 point gap. Proper manager can for sure keep us in the league which is worth millions…

Exactly!  There is hope , John Eustace has just won two on the spin with Derby. Money talks, bin him now and appoint someone until the end of the season, with a non relegation bonus. Plenty of mercenaries out there I’m sure. Someone who won’t play Vestergaard and Soumare or play Vardy for 90 minutes every week even if he tells you he is ok.