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[Chelmofox]

57 minutes ago, markko said:

We should have stuck with Cooper. We would not be in this mess financially. We would not have been any worse. We may well have gone down but we did anyway. We got most of our points from bottom 2 and Spurs. We would certainly be having a better preseason.

Nah - we had to do something. It had got really bad under Cooper and i think there was more rot in the dressing room than we realised. Ruud just turned out to be another bad appointment. 

 

But I still maintain we were always on a hiding to nothing with our squad. We just didn't recruit well enough and lost a significant player.

[Chelmofox]

8 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Danny Rohl’s style of football in the Championship is the same as Dyche’s. 

ChatGPT says you lie 

 

No, Sean Dyche and Danny Röhl have very different footballing styles, especially in the context of the Championship.

Sean Dyche

• Style: Direct, physical, defensively organised.

• Typical formation: 4-4-2 or variations of it.

• Philosophy: Prioritises shape, structure, and resilience. Uses long balls, second balls, and set pieces effectively.

• Example teams: Burnley (most famously), Everton.

• Championship suitability: Proven and effective at grinding out results, particularly when managing limited squads.

Danny Röhl

• Style: High pressing, possession-based, energetic.

• Typical formation: 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 with tactical flexibility.

• Philosophy: Influenced by modern German coaching — proactive, fast transitions, tactical intelligence.

• Example team: Sheffield Wednesday (where he made a notable impact in 2024–25).

• Championship suitability: More progressive, but higher risk; requires technically capable players and full buy-in to a demanding style.

[pmcla26]

3 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

ChatGPT says you lie 

 

No, Sean Dyche and Danny Röhl have very different footballing styles, especially in the context of the Championship.

Sean Dyche

• Style: Direct, physical, defensively organised.

• Typical formation: 4-4-2 or variations of it.

• Philosophy: Prioritises shape, structure, and resilience. Uses long balls, second balls, and set pieces effectively.

• Example teams: Burnley (most famously), Everton.

• Championship suitability: Proven and effective at grinding out results, particularly when managing limited squads.

Danny Röhl

• Style: High pressing, possession-based, energetic.

• Typical formation: 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 with tactical flexibility.

• Philosophy: Influenced by modern German coaching — proactive, fast transitions, tactical intelligence.

• Example team: Sheffield Wednesday (where he made a notable impact in 2024–25).

• Championship suitability: More progressive, but higher risk; requires technically capable players and full buy-in to a demanding style.

Burnley in the Championship were higher pressing than they/Everton were in the Premier League, and Rohl goes deeper and more direct against sides that are better than his Sheffield Wednesday team in the Championship. 

[kingfox]

20 minutes ago, pmcla26 said:

Danny Rohl’s style of football in the Championship is the same as Dyche’s. 

Everton 23/24 season under Dyche - Long Passes attempted per90(1st)

Sheff Wed 24/25 season under Rohl - Long Passes attempted per90(21st)

 

In terms of squad profile, both of them have seemed to prefer a big man up front, with players who also possess decent crossing ability. 
 

But if Rohl came to Leicester, I’d expect to see a more possession based game, mixed with high energy aggressive pressing. Dyche, you expect old school long ball. 

[Realist Guy In The Room]

34 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Everton 23/24 season under Dyche - Long Passes attempted per90(1st)

Sheff Wed 24/25 season under Rohl - Long Passes attempted per90(21st)

 

In terms of squad profile, both of them have seemed to prefer a big man up front, with players who also possess decent crossing ability. 
 

But if Rohl came to Leicester, I’d expect to see a more possession based game, mixed with high energy aggressive pressing. Dyche, you expect old school long ball. 

 

[FrankieADZ]

6 hours ago, kingfox said:

You can be in denial all you want mate, look at some of the players he helped develop at Burnley. 
 

Trippier was 21/22 when Dyche came into Burnley, Ben Mee(23), Danny Ings(20). Then as I’ve said already, some of the players he signed himself consist of Nick Pope, James Tarkowski, Nathan Collins, Michael Keane. At Watford he had a mixture of experience and players under the age of 25, Troy Deeney at 23 was top scorer under him. 
 

I’ve said already that he has a habit of signing experienced players, Burnley always had one of the more experienced squads in the Premier League and Championship during his tenure, Everton the same. 
 

But I’m not going to deny the fact, that he’s developed some really decent players throughout his career, who were under the age of 24 when he had them. 
 

If he did the same at Leicester, some fans would be relatively happy. 
 

But the two big turn off points for me are.

 

1) His style of play

2) Even though I’ll defend him in terms of younger players, I think it’s a guarantee that he’d also bring a few more experienced players into Leicester City

 

Ideally many fans, myself included, don’t really want to see that after Steve Cooper’s antics. 
 

Finding a manager though who prioritises youth is tricky, the most experienced one readily available is Hasenhuttl, but some fans won’t want him because we beat his team 9-0. 

im not denying he hasnt developed some decent players, im saying he rarely uses youth players from within the club(U23 etc)only 1 i can think of is McNeil at Burnley(and he came to them from Utd) and Branthewaite at Everton(even then he made that mark by going on loan to PSV) ,all you mentioned ones youve mentioned are ones he brought in, so of course its more likely hes going to play/develop them

 

a stat within this thread shows that(he used the least about of players under 23 years old too)

Edited 13 June 2025 by FrankieADZ

[l444ry]

Must be a lot of young FIFA computer managers commenting on here if they think Sean Dyche is just a “long ball manager.” That or they’ve never played the game against superior opposition at any level of the game.

[kingfox]

11 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

im not denying he hasnt developed some decent players, im saying he rarely uses youth players from within the club(U23 etc)only 1 i can think of is McNeil at Burnley(and he came to them from Utd) and Branthewaite at Everton(even then he made that mark by going on loan to PSV) ,all you mentioned ones youve mentioned are ones he brought in, so of course its more likely hes going to play/develop them

 

a stat within this thread shows that(he used the least about of players under 23 years old too)

Just look through Burnley’s squads during his era, then you’ll quickly see why only Dwight McNeil was deemed to be of Premier League standard. The majority of their academy products from that era ended up at League 1 level or worse. The only one’s he really missed the boat on were Jimmy Dunne and Bobby Thomas, but were they going to get in ahead of the likes of Tarkowski, Mee, Keane and Collins, no chance. 
 

As for the names I mentioned, I just mentioned them to showcase that Dyche has actually showed willingness to use and develop players under 24.

 

But as I’ve also said in other posts, it’s highly likely that he’ll sign a bunch of experienced players if he was appointed, it’s something that has always been in his nature. 
 

I’ll happily defend him in certain aspects because I think he gets harsh rep, but in certain other aspects, in particular his style of play, he can get in the bin. 

[Groby_Blue]

After all this discussion, it's not going to be Dyche anyway is it. 

[Freeman's Wharfer]

2 hours ago, izzymuzzet said:

Not sure there's a perfect candidate out there tbh, but then there rarely is.

 

Muslic would have been my first preference but he's gone to Schalke. I'd like us to look at coaches who have punched above their weight in some of the smaller European leagues. Maarten Martens at AZ or Alexander Blessin from Union SG for example. In England, maybe Wellens. Not totally sure about Rohl yet but I wouldn't be unhappy with him. 

Unfortunately this is so far removed from Rudkin’s ability as a DOF. If they haven’t got Premier League experience, are a name 90%+ of English fans would know or aren’t brought to him by an agent, they’re not in the reckoning for the Leicester job.

 

The pool we fish in with managerial appointments is so small.

[FrankieADZ]

29 minutes ago, kingfox said:

Just look through Burnley’s squads during his era, then you’ll quickly see why only Dwight McNeil was deemed to be of Premier League standard. The majority of their academy products from that era ended up at League 1 level or worse. The only one’s he really missed the boat on were Jimmy Dunne and Bobby Thomas, but were they going to get in ahead of the likes of Tarkowski, Mee, Keane and Collins, no chance. 
 

As for the names I mentioned, I just mentioned them to showcase that Dyche has actually showed willingness to use and develop players under 24.

 

But as I’ve also said in other posts, it’s highly likely that he’ll sign a bunch of experienced players if he was appointed, it’s something that has always been in his nature. 
 

I’ll happily defend him in certain aspects because I think he gets harsh rep, but in certain other aspects, in particular his style of play, he can get in the bin. 

true but i doubt Dyche even gave a second look at some of the other talent in the burnley yts, and of course they wouldnt get ahead of the other names, since they was brought into the club etc

and as someone else said within this thread, Dyche has used/given the least amount of minutes to players under 23/4s in his time in the premier league

and the stats really dont lie on that front

dont get me wrong i actually like the guy, think hes a good bloke etc 

but given the way the club has set up to play a certain way from youth level to seniors, dyche just doesnt fit etc, hed be like a square peg in a round hole at this point

[funkyrobot]

25 minutes ago, Groby_Blue said:

After all this discussion, it's not going to be Dyche anyway is it. 

Hope not. He’s not going to enhance the careers of players like Alves, Monga etc with his style of play. I’m not even sure footballing centre backs like Nelson are what he likes. He generally prefers lumps like Tarkowski. 

[Pita]

I think the club will stick with Ruud as getting rid will cost them money. 

[kingfox]

13 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

true but i doubt Dyche even gave a second look at some of the other talent in the burnley yts, and of course they wouldnt get ahead of the other names, since they was brought into the club etc

and as someone else said within this thread, Dyche has used/given the least amount of minutes to players under 23/4s in his time in the premier league

and the stats really dont lie on that front

dont get me wrong i actually like the guy, think hes a good bloke etc 

but given the way the club has set up to play a certain way from youth level to seniors, dyche just doesnt fit etc, hed be like a square peg in a round hole at this point

But you’re just making an assumption with baseless evidence. Dwight McNeil came through because he was rightfully deemed good enough. The majority of the rest ended up in League 1, League 2, Scotland, Ireland and Australia because they simply weren’t Premier League standard. 
 

The facts also are that he’s showed willingness to use players under 24, and developed some really decent players in doing so. But as I’ve said, you’ll get both ends of the spectrum with Dyche, a cluster of younger players and a bunch of heavily experienced ones. 
 

What is the “certain way” that Leicester City has been set up to play though? Because I don’t see one and neither do most of our fanbase. 
 

If we wanted more continuity, then I expect to see us go back to a possession plan. 
 

So why weren’t our fans advocating for Russell Martin? Because his possession style is fvcking boring and our fanbase would rather see something different. 
 

If we want another possession based manager, then Carrick is a good alternative. But why on earth would we want a manager who got progressively worse at Middlesbrough, couldn’t set up a defence, got criticised for being too “soft” and thought it would be a good idea to replace Emmanuel Latte Lath with Kelechi Iheanacho. 

[Silebyfox_89]

Cleverly to Plymouth.

Good luck to him should do well there 👍 

[K789]

1 hour ago, Groby_Blue said:

After all this discussion, it's not going to be Dyche anyway is it. 

Think it's very obviously dyche and not rohl. We aren't paying a release clause and the fact thst he interviewed for wolfsburg job last week intimates we have no interest.  Expect dyche to be in July 1st or 2nd 

[ClaphamFox]

38 minutes ago, K789 said:

Think it's very obviously dyche and not rohl. We aren't paying a release clause and the fact thst he interviewed for wolfsburg job last week intimates we have no interest.  Expect dyche to be in July 1st or 2nd 

I have a feeling Dyche will show up somewhere else before we get to July 1st.

[JimJams]

Dyche will wait for a firefighting opportunity when someone shits themselves in the Prem by Christmas.

[Tommy Fresh]

4 hours ago, izzymuzzet said:

Not sure there's a perfect candidate out there tbh, but then there rarely is.

 

Muslic would have been my first preference but he's gone to Schalke. I'd like us to look at coaches who have punched above their weight in some of the smaller European leagues. Maarten Martens at AZ or Alexander Blessin from Union SG for example. In England, maybe Wellens. Not totally sure about Rohl yet but I wouldn't be unhappy with him. 

Two well run moneyball clubs, they'd look at us behind the scenes and run a mile, even if we had any initiative to approach them in the first place

[markko]

8 hours ago, TamuffFox said:

How's the job hunting going Steve? 

 

Great thanks. Living off my pay off!!

[Claudio Fannieri]

9 hours ago, JimJams said:

Dyche will wait for a firefighting opportunity when someone shits themselves in the Prem by Christmas.

Couldn’t agree more, I think that will become his role in the future, appointed mid season by a club in trouble and then in post for about 18 months before the club moves him on for a more progressive appointment, rinse and repeat. 

[Muzzy_no7]

I think it will be Rohl, Pederson, Powell and Lense 

[Winstonthedog]

Ruud like Rogers before him has the club over a barrel he only has to sit it out for a huge pay off ... like a good few players .. there is no queue for them ... total inept management of the club ... another ostrich head buried in the sand from Top and Rudkin ... they really do not deserve loyal support 

[fox_favourite]

10 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I think it will be Rohl, Pederson, Powell and Lense 

What makes you think that? 

 

I wouldn't be against it at all and I think it'll be the right conclusion, but I just can't see it. 

[Muzzy_no7]

5 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

What makes you think that? 

 

I wouldn't be against it at all and I think it'll be the right conclusion, but I just can't see it. 

It isn’t far for them to move/commute.

 

Its a good pay rise for the lot of them and a logical next step.

 

If Rohl was going the Bundesliga he would’ve gone by now. 
 

We’ve obviously already been linked with Rohl himself but also Pedersen. 
 

Powell lives close by and I think would love to come Back here. His appearances on BBC RL are fairly telling IMO. 
 

The fact the club are set to get some money for a couple of our coaches also adds weight, for me.