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Ruud van Nistelrooy - New Manager - Official

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Madelin21

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I agree mostly with that. I think Cooper was an uninspiring signing. I personally was shocked how we've shown grit in recent games and stayed in the game and nicked points. I haven't seen that in years!! I liked that. Fact of the matter is Coopers Welsh, Forest and he ain't exotic which the bew breed fans expect now. I don't disagree with the decision but I disagree with players disrespecting him on a day of a game and bringing leicester city's name into distribute. A lot of our fabs think the ranieri, rodgers era is the norm. Trust .me it ain't  

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Madelin21

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26 minutes ago, Sly said:

People will get behind him, once we see that we are capable of playing football. Whatever Cooper was trying to do with his anti-football was an immediate cue to be negative. 
 

I’d rather get relegated trying to play football and be entertained, than bored to sleep doing literally nothing. 
 

It has been about as fun as watching paint dry, watching Coopers football. 

Sly, I know your a proper fan hence the time. Do tou think there's a problem.... say younger people expecting success to older people not joining in singing. I think we've become a "oh I'm at the football" club!

Sly

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4 minutes ago, Madelin21 said:

I agree mostly with that. I think Cooper was an uninspiring signing. I personally was shocked how we've shown grit in recent games and stayed in the game and nicked points. I haven't seen that in years!! I liked that. Fact of the matter is Coopers Welsh, Forest and he ain't exotic which the bew breed fans expect now. I don't disagree with the decision but I disagree with players disrespecting him on a day of a game and bringing leicester city's name into distribute. A lot of our fabs think the ranieri, rodgers era is the norm. Trust .me it ain't  

I have absolutely no issue with him being Welsh, or ex Forest to be honest. I know some people are against it, however it was and always should be about having the right person for the job. 
 

We have a squad of players that are use to playing a particular type of football, that has been developed by various coaches proper to Cooper. Cooper tried to employ tactics that just didn’t suit them, so he was always going to get backlash. 
 

If Cooper had continued the style of the previous coaching staff, he’d have been accepted by the fans and players.

 

It’s like the old saying, “if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid”. This is why you often see the “new manager bounce” as new coaches play to strengths of the players to get results. 

 

Rightly so, this season, is about maintaining our place in the league. On the where do we rank in terms of expectations piece, it’s always difficult. With what we’ve achieved the bar will always be set higher. I saw it quoted somewhere yesterday that in reality, we are potentially one of the most difficult clubs to manage outside of the top 6. With what we we achieved, staying up whilst its achievement and logically where we should be aiming, the reality is, with our wage bill, turnover, facilities etc, we should be aspiring to be so much more than that. 
 

Like any business, once you’ve achieved success, that’s the bench march you strive to keep. If Netflix had stayed as a DVD rentals business, it would have gone the same way as Blockbuster. Expectations change as the image, fan base, wage bill, success etc do.
 

It‘s like asking Primark to get get back in its box, as they’re occupying the floor space of Marks and Spencer’s, Debenhams and Woolworths. 
 

We’ve got one of the best training facilities in world football for a reason. Vichai wanted us to be amongst the elite. Maybe controversial but I’ll type it, I think part of that was to promote Thailand and King Power, however as supporters, we have benefited from that. Whether Too aspired to that, who knows! 
 

Like other businesses, football clubs come and go. It’s hard to stay at the top of the pile over a consistent period. If you look through history, I think we rank 18th in the all time list now of major honours of English clubs.
 

Look who is above us though and it’s intriguing. 

 

West Brom, Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland, Blackburn, Wolves etc. Clubs that are no longer in the league we are in. 

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Sly

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20 minutes ago, Madelin21 said:

Sly, I know your a proper fan hence the time. Do tou think there's a problem.... say younger people expecting success to older people not joining in singing. I think we've become a "oh I'm at the football" club!

I think it’s a generational thing to be honest. it’s not just a Leicester issue, every club has this challenge. 
 

Being stereotypical, younger people maybe aren’t as engaging and don’t have the attention span to watch 90 minutes of what we perceive as typical football.

 

So they try and orientate it toward a “family day” and an experience. 

 

The older generation will detest it. The younger generation might connect more.

 

You’ve only got to look at how successful the Kings League is to see that shorter, sharper games draw a younger audience, which is your audience for the future. 

Madelin21

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Sly. For me, the main problem for is me plastic fans. That's our main issue over anything and people don't want address it. In regards to the football you and me clearly both didn't care of the background of cooper. I respect him for taking us on when nobody else wanted it. For me our club is rotten from the owner, to the board (who have no clue)  to this fan base who get to go every week because they attended Filbert Street in 98. To the new fans who are oblivious to reality! It's a shame. I've been going since 96 as a child and I've been all over Europe with them. I'm starting to resent the club.

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Sly

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30 minutes ago, Madelin21 said:

Sly. For me, the main problem for is me plastic fans. That's our main issue over anything and people don't want address it. In regards to the football you and me clearly both didn't care of the background of cooper. I respect him for taking us on when nobody else wanted it. For me our club is rotten from the owner, to the board (who have no clue)  to this fan base who get to go every week because they attended Filbert Street in 98. To the new fans who are oblivious to reality! It's a shame. I've been going since 96 as a child and I've been all over Europe with them. I'm starting to resent the club.

It’s the reality of modern sport, not just football. 
 

Why attend in person, when you can watch it  in the comfort of your own, warm home. It cost significantly more than it does in the 80s and 90s to even attend. 
 

The owners will not care if you’ve been a fan for 70 years, or 2. To us, we’re customers of the King Power brand. 
 

The board I think are trying to move away from the fan base as it is now, to try and target younger supporters. They are the “customers” of the future. I think it’s part of the reason the expansion has been delayed. Will they fill it week in, week out? 
 

If you ever see how American sports have targeted audiences, even down to things like  pre game shows, half time shows etc, people will attend just to watch that. It’s more than the sport now, it’s about entertainment. 

 

The game is changing and that will always split opinions on if that’s right or wrong. 
 

Not really a discussion for this topic really. 
 

To pull it back inline, I’ve watched some of Ruuds tactical analysis from his time in Holland. I just hope he adopts a similar system to Maresca, albeit I don’t know how he does this without Ricardo. I do wonder if we go radical and maybe see a Midfielder like Skipp, Winks or Soumare adopting that position. 
 

So we defend as a 4-4-2. Then attack as a 3-6-1 with the box midfield to smoother the opposing team with a gengen press. 
 

If he can get Daka scoring, that is going to be a major bonus. Daka did play on the right hand side, with his mate Haaland up top at Salzburg. If he can actually get him into the system and working, maybe he occupy that slot? Allows maybe El Khannouss and Buonanotte  freedom to pay as advanced 8s within the same system.
 

Who knows what he’ll do. We will have a better idea after Tuesday. 


I could see something like this in possession: 

 

 

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fox_favourite

fox_favourite

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3 hours ago, Sly said:

It’s the reality of modern sport, not just football. 
 

Why attend in person, when you can watch it  in the comfort of your own, warm home. It cost significantly more than it does in the 80s and 90s to even attend. 
 

The owners will not care if you’ve been a fan for 70 years, or 2. To us, we’re customers of the King Power brand. 
 

The board I think are trying to move away from the fan base as it is now, to try and target younger supporters. They are the “customers” of the future. I think it’s part of the reason the expansion has been delayed. Will they fill it week in, week out? 
 

If you ever see how American sports have targeted audiences, even down to things like  pre game shows, half time shows etc, people will attend just to watch that. It’s more than the sport now, it’s about entertainment. 

 

The game is changing and that will always split opinions on if that’s right or wrong. 
 

Not really a discussion for this topic really. 
 

To pull it back inline, I’ve watched some of Ruuds tactical analysis from his time in Holland. I just hope he adopts a similar system to Maresca, albeit I don’t know how he does this without Ricardo. I do wonder if we go radical and maybe see a Midfielder like Skipp, Winks or Soumare adopting that position. 
 

So we defend as a 4-4-2. Then attack as a 3-6-1 with the box midfield to smoother the opposing team with a gengen press. 
 

If he can get Daka scoring, that is going to be a major bonus. Daka did play on the right hand side, with his mate Haaland up top at Salzburg. If he can actually get him into the system and working, maybe he occupy that slot? Allows maybe El Khannouss and Buonanotte  freedom to pay as advanced 8s within the same system.
 

Who knows what he’ll do. We will have a better idea after Tuesday. 


I could see something like this in possession: 

 

 

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I was really confused for a second and wondered why you put Vards in goal?! 

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Big_Nige

Big_Nige

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2 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Did Top/Rudkin ask the most important question in the interview?

Do you have a plan B?????

 

After Cooper i’ll take just having a Plan A for now

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los dedos

los dedos

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9 hours ago, ALC Fox said:

I for one CANNOT WAIT to see every bugger in Wetherspoons in their new roll necks that they got for Christmas

I read that a burger, thinking why would spoons put burgers in roll necks. 😅

STEVIE B

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10 minutes ago, Dames said:

I’m very happy with this, i think he’ll be successful here. 

The thing is, most people gauge being successful differently. 
I suppose staying up this season will probably be a start, then become a steady, established mid-table side, maybe a cup run occasionally. That’s probably my take. 
Maybe some would see that as having no ambition & we should be pushing for top 6 year on year. It’s a tricky one. 

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Jonezy

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I am not fully convinced, he can sort our mess out, but then again, I don't think anyone really can. We do have a knack for hiring gold at the manager position (Pearson, Ranieri, Maresca and for 2 seasons Rodgers), so hopefully it just clicks with Ruud and we can have a team to believe in again. 

 

Girlfriend's comment: 'Whoa, he is a good looking fellow.... He will do well for Leicester!'. lol

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lfu

lfu

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26 minutes ago, sylofox said:

Did Top/Rudkin ask the most important question in the interview?

Do you have a plan B?????

 

I understand that Ruud is a very handsome chap, but I don't think there's any chance of him accidentally impregnating either of Top or Rudkin and them requiring the morning after pill.

AjcW

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1 hour ago, foxinsocks said:

Any new about comings and goings of back room staff?

I think Darren Fletcher will come in, in some capacity, hopefully the technical director Ruud has requested.

 

Other delays likely mean more Dutch coaches who need Visas like ruud. 

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