Next Manager

[AjcW]

He was very honest yesterday.

 

As was McKenna.

 

..... doubt we will hear similar reality at 10pm tonight.

[EnderbyFox]

13 hours ago, honeybradger said:

The second we saw articles that Martin was a 'Brendan Rodgers regen' you just knew that they club are going to move Heaven and Earth to make him our manager.

 

 

 

 

#AnnounceRylan

[Kitchandro]

On 06/04/2025 at 10:14, Jazzy_Jeff said:

I was impressed with him on the MNF a little while back.

 

This experience has appeared to humble him and he was very open to the fact that he was naive and made mistakes.

 

If it was him, and he was able to combine the fluid attacking style with a most risk adverse defensive structure it wouldn’t be the worst move we could make 

That’s not the way Russel Martin teams play. So he wouldn’t do that.

[Libertine]

 

[cityfanlee23]

On 06/04/2025 at 10:28, Ricey said:

This obsession with playing like Man City has to stop.

 

It fails miserably in the Premier League and, even when it works in the Championship, everyone hates it.

 

The board need to realise that Leicester fans expect aggression, high intensity and resilience as a bare minimum. Until they do, the disconnect will continue.

 

Besides that, if we truly are ambitious, don’t hire a manager that has failed spectacularly in the Premier League.

 

This. This. This. This. 
Got hammered so many times last season because I was bored of the sideways and backwards ball, Opposition camping in their own box mainly because of our painfully slow buildup giving them all the time in the world to settle into a deep block, then having fans lazily branding anyone who disagreed with the style as some sort of dinosaur fans who wanted route 1 football. 
Absolutely not. Give me Red Bull ball, Give me German heavy metal football used by the like of Klopp and Rangnick, I want to see players breaking their neck to get to the ball first and press, I want to see players who can run for 90+ minutes like KDH could. I want to see players who will "F'ing die to get 3 points" in the words of Neil Warnock. 

I want route 1 football like I want a hole in the head. 

[RoboFox]

1 hour ago, Sionnach gorm said:

I would like to see someone like Roberto De Zerbi.  He did very well with Brighton in 22-24 seasons, getting Brighton into Europa for their first time.  Furthermore this year, he’s managed Marseille to a second seat in the French Ligue 1.  It seems he might be available soon! 

Expectations adjustment required here.

 

De Zerbi ain't coming to terribly-run Champo mid-table fodder KPFC. 

[TheGoldenGod]

1 hour ago, Sionnach gorm said:

I would like to see someone like Roberto De Zerbi.  He did very well with Brighton in 22-24 seasons, getting Brighton into Europa for their first time.  Furthermore this year, he’s managed Marseille to a second seat in the French Ligue 1.  It seems he might be available soon! 

Sorry....WHAT?!?! This forum really is in mental territory. 

[whoareyaaa]

I’d rather we played like Villa, Newcastle, Brentford, forest than Chelsea, Man City and Arsenal,

 

The former teams also play with no fear.

[Foxin_Mad]

Unless we get rid of the clowns running the show, we probably end up with Martin. 

[Leicester_Loyal]

23 minutes ago, Libertine said:

 

What a surprise. Football host in being clueless shocker.

 

Sat defending Martin in the comments as well

[coolhandfox]

50 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Southampton have got rid of Juric today

 

Means they can have a go at getting in someone like Rohl right now whilst we have to wait around to get rid of the muppet

I think it's down to a clause, Southampton pull the trigger as soon as relegation was confirmed.

 

That's probably means it was cheaper to sack Juric due to a contact clause.

 

I assume we will do the same once relegation is confirmed.

 

I'd rather we took our time, hopefully we move Rudkin upstairs and bring in a new DOF who selects the new manager.

[Leicester_Loyal]

1 minute ago, coolhandfox said:

I think it's down to a clause, Southampton pull the trigger as soon as relegation was confirmed.

 

That's probably means it was cheaper to sack Juric due to a contact clause.

 

I assume we will do the same once relegation is confirmed.

 

I'd rather we took our time, hopefully we move Rudkin upstairs and bring in a new DOF who selects the new manager.

Rudkin should be nowhere near the club in any capacity, he's so far out of his depth. Doing this would just create even more problems.

[moore_94]

8 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

I think it's down to a clause, Southampton pull the trigger as soon as relegation was confirmed.

 

That's probably means it was cheaper to sack Juric due to a contact clause.

 

I assume we will do the same once relegation is confirmed.

 

I'd rather we took our time, hopefully we move Rudkin upstairs and bring in a new DOF who selects the new manager.

Depends how long all of that takes to happen though

 

The club need to be sorting out a new DOF by the end of May realistically to ensure we have enough time for a proper transfer window and pre-season

[Tommy Fresh]

47 minutes ago, Libertine said:

 

If you were undecided on Martin before, Jake Humphrey sticking up for him should help you decide

[Claudio Fannieri]

8 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Depends how long all of that takes to happen though

 

The club need to be sorting out a new DOF by the end of May realistically to ensure we have enough time for a proper transfer window and pre-season

Spot on, we have to hope if the club are looking to making changes to how we are structured then we have already got the new DoF lined up ready to go as soon as

the season ends. 
 

trouble is do we have a strategy for next season and beyond, the club should continually be evaluating performance and be planning for how we want to move forward, however my big fear is we will be as reactionary as ever and do absolutely nothing until after the last ball has been kicked and end up massively behind some of our rivals. 
 

Whilst we are not mathematically relegated this season has been enough of a mess that the club could and should have identified the current style of play and model is outdated and not fit for purpose. And have already identified the way they want to move forward in terms of playing style, potential managerial candidates and future squad and transfer strategy. 
 

As soon as relegation is confirmed and no doubt greatly reduced severance package for Ruud the decision needs to be made immediately to shake hands, part company and already have identified the short list and be a long way down the road to make the appointment. It is crucial we hit the ground running this summer. 

[Turtle27]

We cannot sack RVN until after we are confirmed relegated. It will cost us to much. Once our fate is confirmed he will be gone and we will have a caretaker until the end of the season.

 

this is exactly why Southampton have only just sacked there’s. 

[AjcW]

3 minutes ago, Turtle27 said:

We cannot sack RVN until after we are confirmed relegated. It will cost us to much. Once our fate is confirmed he will be gone and we will have a caretaker until the end of the season.

 

this is exactly why Southampton have only just sacked there’s. 

Does RVN strike you as someone who talks like he agreed to a relegation break clause? 

[LVFox]

2 minutes ago, AjcW said:

Does RVN strike you as someone who talks like he agreed to a relegation break clause? 

Does our board strike you as one competent enough to insist on a relegation break clause? 

[AjcW]

4 minutes ago, LVFox said:

Does our board strike you as one competent enough to insist on a relegation break clause? 

So... what i've just said  

[CosbehFox]

13 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

Spot on, we have to hope if the club are looking to making changes to how we are structured then we have already got the new DoF lined up ready to go as soon as

the season ends. 
 

trouble is do we have a strategy for next season and beyond, the club should continually be evaluating performance and be planning for how we want to move forward, however my big fear is we will be as reactionary as ever and do absolutely nothing until after the last ball has been kicked and end up massively behind some of our rivals. 
 

Whilst we are not mathematically relegated this season has been enough of a mess that the club could and should have identified the current style of play and model is outdated and not fit for purpose. And have already identified the way they want to move forward in terms of playing style, potential managerial candidates and future squad and transfer strategy. 
 

As soon as relegation is confirmed and no doubt greatly reduced severance package for Ruud the decision needs to be made immediately to shake hands, part company and already have identified the short list and be a long way down the road to make the appointment. It is crucial we hit the ground running this summer. 

Key point this.

 

If there is one take the club should make from this season is that any plan to get promoted should be a two year plan. The signing of Hermansen and Fatawu last time was a good start but Coady & Winks, the anti. Many on here mention this at the time but other supporters wanted 'experience'. 

 

Take Vardy's renewal? Yeah he might do a job for next season but at 40 is he going to score goals in the PL? They won't though. There is no proper self assessment at the club. So why not sign a Richard Kone with an eye to give a year to bed down etc? 

 

If we get promoted too, there is a whole load of contract renewals to sort. So every decision made in the summer should be with an eye of Summer 2026. 

[kingfox]

1 hour ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Give me Red Bull ball, Give me German heavy metal football used by the like of Klopp and Rangnick, I want to see players breaking their neck to get to the ball first and press, I want to see players who can run for 90+ minutes like KDH could. I want to see players who will "F'ing die to get 3 points" in the words of Neil Warnock. 

I want route 1 football like I want a hole in the head. 

This style would be my number 1 choice above all. 
 

Even though they’ve dropped off lately, Bournemouth under Iraola have been one of the best teams to watch in the Premier League this season, intense pressing, players grafting and giving 100%, imo it’s the style that is most fun to watch. 
 

No chance of getting him now, but I mentioned Matthias Jaissle when Rodgers left. His Salzburg team were incredibly fun to watch because they pressed intensely and busted their asses. 
 

Give me someone like them over a Russell Martin type any day. 

[cityfanlee23]

8 minutes ago, kingfox said:

This style would be my number 1 choice above all. 
 

Even though they’ve dropped off lately, Bournemouth under Iraola have been one of the best teams to watch in the Premier League this season, intense pressing, players grafting and giving 100%, imo it’s the style that is most fun to watch. 
 

No chance of getting him now, but I mentioned Matthias Jaissle when Rodgers left. His Salzburg team were incredibly fun to watch because they pressed intensely and busted their asses. 
 

Give me someone like them over a Russell Martin type any day. 

Yep I remember you mentioning him and I was alongside you there. I love the Red Bull system that Rangnick pioneered which is why I've often said the club should go all out to offer Rangnick anything he wants to become DOF, I also still quite like Hassenhuttl despite the disappointments at Southampton and he's done a decent job turning around Wolfsburg who were going down before he arrived and are now 6 points from Europe albeit in a very tight mid table. Marco Rose was also on my list when Rodgers left, as was Adi Hutter and Roger Schmidt (I would love to see us contact Schmidt in summer as he's taking a break for the rest of the season, I think he's above our level though), Kovac was a manager multiple people mentioned here over the last few years.
The Red Bull network just constantly produces talent on and off the pitch and has one of the best scouting networks in the world, and with Jurgen Klopp now "Head of Global Soccer" there the sad thing is, right now, I would happily take Red Bull as owners. I genuinely believe that network would see us return to the top half of the premier league. 

Sorry, went off on a bit of a tangent there! 

[Tommy G]

49 minutes ago, Turtle27 said:

We cannot sack RVN until after we are confirmed relegated. It will cost us to much. Once our fate is confirmed he will be gone and we will have a caretaker until the end of the season.

 

this is exactly why Southampton have only just sacked there’s. 

Has he got the same clause then? News to me 

[Tommy G]

3 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Yep I remember you mentioning him and I was alongside you there. I love the Red Bull system that Rangnick pioneered which is why I've often said the club should go all out to offer Rangnick anything he wants to become DOF, I also still quite like Hassenhuttl despite the disappointments at Southampton and he's done a decent job turning around Wolfsburg who were going down before he arrived and are now 6 points from Europe albeit in a very tight mid table. Marco Rose was also on my list when Rodgers left, as was Adi Hutter and Roger Schmidt (I would love to see us contact Schmidt in summer as he's taking a break for the rest of the season, I think he's above our level though), Kovac was a manager multiple people mentioned here over the last few years.
The Red Bull network just constantly produces talent on and off the pitch and has one of the best scouting networks in the world, and with Jurgen Klopp now "Head of Global Soccer" there the sad thing is, right now, I would happily take Red Bull as owners. I genuinely believe that network would see us return to the top half of the premier league. 

Sorry, went off on a bit of a tangent there! 

First time I've not seen you mention Danny Rohl-me over-and -tickle me 

[cityfanlee23]

2 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

First time I've not seen you mention Danny Rohl-me over-and -tickle me 

I need to take a break from this forum if we do actually sign him