Next Manager

[Brainy]

Just now, Trent Steel said:

Typical City arsing about trying to sign a new manager... and then we will end up signing some foreign dude who no ones heard of.

Probably be everybody's second choice behind Rohl

[MGLCFC]

Just now, Trent Steel said:

Typical City arsing about trying to sign a new manager... and then we will end up signing some foreign dude who no ones heard of.

No chance it'll be a foreign dude we haven't heard of - Rudkin is unaware of the serious pool of managers available on the continent.

[FrankieADZ]

4 minutes ago, Trent Steel said:

Typical City arsing about trying to sign a new manager... and then we will end up signing some foreign dude who no ones heard of.

tbf a good number of the fan based had only briefly heard of Rohl and dismissed what hes done anyway without looking into it etc

 

so no surprised

 

[Aleksz]

Hassenhuttl would be a good candidate, some of you have just got a bit too much Ex-Southampton PTSD which is fair enough I guess

[trooky]

1 hour ago, Brainy said:

It's no wonder all our hopes are pinned in someone with 18 months managerial experience when anybody who has anything resembling the smallest blot on their CV is greeted with a big fat no

I'm not saying no to anyone, I just couldn't care less who we appoint under Rudkin and Top. 

 

 

 

[MattFox]

32 minutes ago, Trent Steel said:

Typical City arsing about trying to sign a new manager... and then we will end up signing some foreign dude who no ones heard of.

Something we’ve never done under KP

 

Always gone for experienced faces, Maresca aside

Edited 5 July 2025 by MattFox

[foxfanazer]

3 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

Is the discontent caused by the fact we have succeeded in recent memory?
Those stating long term support, must have been content by mediocrity for some time, to only  then experience a period of previously unexpected success.

 

Not suggesting the ‘we were shit, so just be happy’ cop out for the board, but what causes now to be so bad? 

I think it's the self inflicted nature of it. The position we put ourselves in should have seen us cement ourselves as a premier league constant for many years imo 

 

Our "demise" was totally avoidable 

Edited 5 July 2025 by foxfanazer

[Dahnsouff]

1 minute ago, foxfanazer said:

I think it's the self inflicted nature of it. The position we put ourselves in should have seen us cement ourselves as a premier league constant for many years imo 

Whatever way it has panned out, there is no denying the fact we missed out on golden opportunity to become an ever present.

Not sure if it was just incompetence, or incompetence plus hubris (and maybe a little bit of not being able to adapt to changing market conditions, something that was always going to affect us more than the traditional clubs with massive commercial bases)

Either way, we were like a rabbit in the headlights of unexpected success and our lack of meaningful action crippled us.

[mozartfox]

1 hour ago, Trent Steel said:

Typical City arsing about trying to sign a new manager... and then we will end up signing some foreign dude who no ones heard of.

Yep I can so us going abroad and bringing in someone out of work journeyman like Dino Saure.

[LCFCJohn]

2 hours ago, deep blue said:

Just for perspective, I've supported the club for over 70 years and have never been as unhappy and disenchanted with the club (I.e. the owners) as I am now.

Fair play and to be clear, I am not saying that is everyone who has supported for that long. I am just saying those who use it as an excuse to dig out younger supporters for criticising, that might be the case.

[OadbyBlue]

1 hour ago, Aleksz said:

Hassenhuttl would be a good candidate, some of you have just got a bit too much Ex-Southampton PTSD which is fair enough I guess

All roads lead to Southampton

[Dahnsouff]

Panic over - https://eflanalysis.com/news/steven-gerrard-to-leicester-city-mooted-as-64m-questions-asked-by-sky-sports-pundit/

[lcfcbluearmy]

12 hours ago, Loxm said:

Dyche, Wilder, and O’Neil are  the holy trinity of football stuck in a rut. Seriously, just lazy manager picks for clubs that desperately need to sort the squad out. None of them are the future, they’re just quick fixes for a problem that’s been going on way too long... Ask yourself, do you really want us to build a Dyche squad? If so, get used to players like Ayew and Coady rather than players like Fatawu and Nelson.

It’s a complete myth that dyche favours older players he brought in multiple talented youngsters whilst at Burnley including Keane, tarkowski just the first of the job of my head

[lcfcsnow]

Just now, lcfcbluearmy said:

It’s a complete myth that dyche favours older players he brought in multiple talented youngsters whilst at Burnley including Keane, tarkowski just the first of the job of my head

They’ve got to be physical beasts before he even considers them though

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

They’ve got to be physical beasts before he even considers them though

Dwight McNeil?  

[murphy]

On 04/07/2025 at 11:40, mazarron fox said:

To all of the fans that have supported the club for many years ( over 60 in my case ) we have had the most incredible ride that has surpassed any other in the leagues to date. A real privilege to have witnessed it!

To all those more recent fans that have supported us since the premier and FA Cup win. ……. We are fooked! 
Amen

It is perhaps because have such a modest history that it stings all the more to have finally made it as an established premier League club only to then throw it all away with our own ineptitude.  

 

100% self inflicted and 100% avoidable.

 

Old timers should be just as frustrated as newcomers.

[deep blue]

2 hours ago, Dahnsouff said:

Is the discontent caused by the fact we have succeeded in recent memory?
Those stating long term support, must have been content by mediocrity for some time, to only  then experience a period of previously unexpected success.

 

Not suggesting the ‘we were shit, so just be happy’ cop out for the board, but what causes now to be so bad? 

But your assertion of "mediocrity" in all the earlier years is way off the mark.  We have had the period of the Ice Kings, 3 appearances in the cup final, occasional skirmishes in Europe, league Cup wins, etc etc. 

 

The fact is that in the decades from 1955 to 2005 we have switched between the old div1 and div2 with regularity, which has involved mediocrity in div2 but mixed with the many successes of promotion to div1 and several successful spells in the top division (e.g. the Bloomfield era when we had 3 England internationals in the team).

 

One of the endearing aspects of supporting City is that it's rarely been boring .. a few spells of bad management but mostly good.

 

What's different now is how abject is the whole mismanagement running right through the club, the apparent "don't care" attitude and the disdain shown for supporters.

 

The way that this neglect has seen us throw away a great opportunity to take a more permanent step up is infuriating to all true fans no matter how long they've been supporting the club.

[Kitchandro]

Just now, murphy said:

It is perhaps because have such a modest history that it stings all the more to have finally made it as an established premier League club only to then throw it all away with our own ineptitude.  

 

100% self inflicted and 100% avoidable.

 

Old timers should be just as frustrated as newcomers.

Also because more modest clubs are now established in our place.

 

It was the same when Wigan were winning the FA Cup and Bolton were in Europe etc. 

 

We can hardly say this is our level if Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth are where they are. Our fanbase is top 15 and most clubs our size have won the league and cup anyway. Our success just happened 30-40 years after everyone else’s.

[murphy]

2 minutes ago, deep blue said:

But your assertion of "mediocrity" in all the earlier years is way off the mark.  We have had the period of the Ice Kings, 3 appearances in the cup final, occasional skirmishes in Europe, league Cup wins, etc etc. 

 

The fact is that in the decades from 1955 to 2005 we have switched between the old div1 and div2 with regularity, which has involved mediocrity in div2 but mixed with the many successes of promotion to div1 and several successful spells in the top division (e.g. the Bloomfield era when we had 3 England internationals in the team).

 

One of the endearing aspects of supporting City is that it's rarely been boring .. a few spells of bad management but mostly good.

 

What's different now is how abject is the whole mismanagement running right through the club, the apparent "don't care" attitude and the disdain shown for supporters.

 

The way that this neglect has seen us throw away a great opportunity to take a more permanent step up is infuriating to all true fans no matter how long they've been supporting the club.

To be fair, for a city of our size and compared to most others, that is pretty much mediocrity.  One League cup in our first 100 years and that was before it was really established.

 

And it was 4 FA Cup Final appearances prior to winning it.  

[Dahnsouff]

2 minutes ago, deep blue said:

But your assertion of "mediocrity" in all the earlier years is way off the mark.  We have had the period of the Ice Kings, 3 appearances in the cup final, occasional skirmishes in Europe, league Cup wins, etc etc. 

 

The fact is that in the decades from 1955 to 2005 we have switched between the old div1 and div2 with regularity, which has involved mediocrity in div2 but mixed with the many successes of promotion to div1 and several successful spells in the top division (e.g. the Bloomfield era when we had 3 England internationals in the team).

 

One of the endearing aspects of supporting City is that it's rarely been boring .. a few spells of bad management but mostly good.

 

What's different now is how abject is the whole mismanagement running right through the club, the apparent "don't care" attitude and the disdain shown for supporters.

 

The way that this neglect has seen us throw away a great opportunity to take a more permanent step up is infuriating to all true fans no matter how long they've been supporting the club.

Forgive my mediocrity comment in relation to earlier years, as you are right, but it was regrettably before my time.

Yes, suppose the flip flopping years was in my mind with the mediocrity comment.

One of the issues we face now, along with poor decisions off the back of some success, is the forensic nature of it all.

This level of inspection was not really possible previous to the mid 90s?

The event of money have also driven a wedge between supporters and clubs.

However, not all clubs fail at these challenges to the same degree we have of late, so are right to expect better.

[MattFox]

Always find it fascinating that we didn’t do better in the 1920’s and 1930’s

 

Leicester was the richest city outside London in this era believe it or not 

[Eskay]

If King has a couple of really good performances and results in pre season I wouldn't put it past them to give him the job. 

 

After essentially hiring the last manager on aura....all bets are off. 

[oadby.fox]

Just give it Kingeh

[Hales]

Completely off topic but Dyche and Cooper hanging out at Oasis last night!

[Foxdiamond]

13 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Always find it fascinating that we didn’t do better in the 1920’s and 1930’s

 

Leicester was the richest city outside London in this era believe it or not 

But perhaps the club wasn't