Next Manager

[Tommy G]

2 hours ago, messerschmitt said:

This topic has started to sound like a drunken discussion with your mates about whether you'd sooner have Rolf Harris, Jimmy Saville, or Stuart Hall as your babysitter.

What a prolific front 3

[DJ Barry Hammond]

3 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Boro preferring the man that has taken Luton from the Premier League to League One in about 15 minutes over Cooper but we shouldn't have sacked him don't forget!!

Cooper will get the Boro gig before Christmas I reckon.

 

I don’t see Edward’s being a good fit for Boro.

[Wymsey]

On 16/06/2025 at 17:03, Dan said:

That message is something he's sent not received  

 

23 hours ago, VLC86 said:

All had a few beers in the sun haven’t we.

 

On 16/06/2025 at 16:39, ClaphamFox said:

If there's going to be an 'announcement', it suggests a managerial change. But the timing doesn't make sense. If PSR isn't an issue and we can afford to sack RVN now, why delay the announcement until next week? If PSR is an issue and we can't sack RVN until July, the announcement clearly won't be next week. Neither scenario is plausible.

 

On 16/06/2025 at 16:05, Chelmofox said:

Wasn't this said 2 weeks ago (not by you)?

 

I love the 'likely' bit, just to cast a little doubt. 

 

On 16/06/2025 at 15:47, Claudio Fannieri said:

On that basis could be as early as Monday 23rd or late as Sunday 29th. The wording would suggest Ruud leaving so potentially that could be announced at the beginning of the week with his replacement announced at the back end of the week. 
 

Timing would be strange as wouldn’t tie in with PSR timeline. 

 

I had forwarded the original WhatsApp message from the original source who said it to someone else.

 

(Awaits next week, and hope is proved right..)

[Guest Bilo]

3 hours ago, messerschmitt said:

This topic has started to sound like a drunken discussion with your mates about whether you'd sooner have Rolf Harris, Jimmy Saville, or Stuart Hall as your babysitter.

They were terrible in the England setup in the 90s.

 

They tried to put Seaman in the youth team.

[Lambert09]

I’m surprised Edward’s didn’t get the job here, after the excellent job he did confirming Lutons place in league 1 for next season. 

[CloudFox]

5 hours ago, hedersfox said:

Could RvN still be in charge for next sesson ??? 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-arsenal-transfer-35404862

Based on that story, that might be why he's finally getting sacked!!

[JimJams]

5 hours ago, Kitchandro said:

I would love Bielsa here. His reputation in England outside of Leeds is strangely bad but they love him and so would we. 
 

I think I read he didn’t want to manage another English club though. 

I'd love Bielsa but he's not giving up the Uruguay gig.

When the wheels came off at Leeds they well and truly came off though.

[Lambert09]

6 minutes ago, JimJams said:

I'd love Bielsa but he's not giving up the Uruguay gig.

When the wheels came off at Leeds they well and truly came off though.

Don’t think we’d get him but we’d definitely love him. 
 

Makes everyone graft, plays attacking football, passionate.  His first season in the prem  he did alright with Leeds and the type of signings made under him were encouraging. 
 

he also made so many awful players look good. bamford being a prime example. 

[MGLCFC]

2 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

Cooper will get the Boro gig before Christmas I reckon.

So Cooper persuaded Top to appoint him to lead a Premier League side last season, but Boro thinks Edwards is a better prospect than Cooper even after a dreadful time at Luton last year. Says much about the recruitment skills by those on our board. 

[AjcW]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

 

 

 

 

 

I had forwarded the original WhatsApp message from the original source who said it to someone else.

 

(Awaits next week, and hope is proved right..)

To be fair mate I’m not sure any of us will be able to argue against something being “announced next week”… could argue it’s anything they tweet  hardly like you’ve revealed anything more interesting than that…. Yet….. 👀

[fox_favourite]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

 

 

 

 

 

I had forwarded the original WhatsApp message from the original source who said it to someone else.

 

(Awaits next week, and hope is proved right..)

Give a Prayer for @Wymsey on Foxestalk next week 

Edited 17 June 2025 by fox_favourite

[DezFox]

11 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Give a Prayer for @Wymsey on Foxestalk next week 

I mean it’s not ground breaking. Something anounced next week. Yeah I would expect so. Not really telling us anything. 

[ClaphamFox]

2 hours ago, Wymsey said:

 

 

 

 

 

I had forwarded the original WhatsApp message from the original source who said it to someone else.

 

(Awaits next week, and hope is proved right..)

Well if it’s the name you’ve previously hinted at, then let’s hope you’re wrong for everybody’s benefit! 😁

[whoareyaaa]

7 hours ago, hedersfox said:

Could RvN still be in charge for next sesson ??? 

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-arsenal-transfer-35404862

this implies he staying

 

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[DJ Barry Hammond]

1 hour ago, MGLCFC said:

So Cooper persuaded Top to appoint him to lead a Premier League side last season, but Boro thinks Edwards is a better prospect than Cooper even after a dreadful time at Luton last year. Says much about the recruitment skills by those on our board. 

Hoooorah!

 

Lets make an empty point devoid of all context to bash the board once more - because there’s not enough of that on this forum.

 

Look - I get the frustration and feeling amongst fans over what has happened, but I’m starting to fear that the level of negativity a lot of our own fans are projecting is itself having an effect on the club.

 

And this sort of abject negativity is starting to get so tiresome because it’s not just us - it seems every fan base (of any sport) seems to be doing exactly the same thing over any little grievance or incident just to score social media rep points.

 

Mean, how is starting a fan pole of “worst player over the last 25 years” in any way, shape or form a good thing to be doing in terms of the best interests of this club when it is clearly in a serious situation? 

 

 

[whoareyaaa]

18 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

this implies he staying

 

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That’s why the announcement is next week 

[DezFox]

11 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

Hoooorah!

 

Lets make an empty point devoid of all context to bash the board once more - because there’s not enough of that on this forum.

 

Look - I get the frustration and feeling amongst fans over what has happened, but I’m starting to fear that the level of negativity a lot of our own fans are projecting is itself having an effect on the club.

 

And this sort of abject negativity is starting to get so tiresome because it’s not just us - it seems every fan base (of any sport) seems to be doing exactly the same thing over any little grievance or incident just to score social media rep points.

 

Mean, how is starting a fan pole of “worst player over the last 25 years” in any way, shape or form a good thing to be doing in terms of the best interests of this club when it is clearly in a serious situation? 

 

 

Because then we will finally know exactly who really is the worst player to player for us in the last 25 years. It’s a really head scratcher 😂

[Spanner73]

26 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Because then we will finally know exactly who really is the worst player to player for us in the last 25 years. It’s a really head scratcher 😂

“Any little grievance or incident” 

Wow have you been on planet Mars for the past few years  ? 

wake up !!!!!! 
Unbelievable !! 

[Lad1966]

55 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

this implies he staying

 

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Doesn’t make any sense, why have all his coaches gone or about to leave, if he’s staying??

[jonny_wright]

Leicester’s Van Nistelrooy limbo is excruciating and fuelling anxiety around the King Power

Rob Tanner

The opportunity to become Cardiff City head coach was one Brian Barry-Murphy could not turn down.

The highly-rated coach, who only joined Ruud van Nistelrooy’s staff in December last year, cut his coaching teeth with the Manchester City development squad in a similar manner to former Leicester City boss Enzo Maresca, and now has the chance to forge his own managerial career.

Having only been with the club for six months and having never worked with Van Nistelrooy before, there was no pre-existing bond that had to be broken.

Perhaps of greater significance has been the interest from Brighton & Hove Albion in one of Van Nistelrooy’s other assistants, Jelle ten Rouwelaar, who also looks set to leave the club.

As The Athletic reported earlier this month, Brighton head coach Fabian Hurzeler is keen to reunite Ten Rouwelaar with Brighton’s first-choice goalkeeper and fellow countryman Bart Verbruggen, with the Dutch international having worked with him at NAC Breda in the Netherlands and Anderlecht in Belgium.

If Ten Rouwelaar — who worked with Van Nistelrooy at Manchester United before arriving at Leicester shortly after the manager’s appointment as Steve Cooper’s successor — also decides to jump ship this summer, that could reveal a lot about the destabilisation behind the scenes.

Many of Van Nistelrooy’s staff and others around the club believed that Leicester were set to make another managerial change after relegation to the Championship was confirmed in April. Then they thought the move would happen after the final game of the season, but still nothing happened.

Until there is clarity for Leicester about the club’s vision for 2025-26 and whether Van Nistelrooy is to get the opportunity to prepare for the new season, there will be remain uncertainty and confusion about what the plan that chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha mentioned in his matchday programme notes before the Southampton home game on May 3 actually is.

The clock is ticking.

Pre-season plans are being made, with friendly fixtures against Peterborough United, OH Leuven and Fiorentina already announced. The Championship fixtures for next season are revealed next week and the players who haven’t been on international duty are set to return to pre-season training by the end of this month.

The issue has to be resolved by then. The players have to know who will be leading them next season and what the manager has planned in the transfer window. Do they have a future at the club under Van Nistelrooy or whoever may succeed him?

As for possible new recruits, it would be bold for them to commit to joining a club when there is so little clarity over who will be leading the team — let alone the uncertainty over the profit and sustainability (PSR) charge Leicester face from the Premier League for the 2023-24 season, when they were last in the Championship, and what sanctions the EFL could impose on them in conjunction with a charge from the Premier League.

So far, the only changes to the squad have been the expected departures of the three senior players who were out of contract: Jamie Vardy, Danny Ward and Daniel Iversen.

There are eight players who are now entering the last year of their contracts in James Justin, Conor Coady, Patson Daka, Boubakary Soumare, Harry Winks, Luke Thomas, Jordan Ayew and Ricardo Pereira. Decisions have to be made on their futures.

Van Nistelrooy has repeatedly stated publicly that he has revealed what his plan is for Leicester’s recovery to those above him. “I know what my plan is to bring the club back, but I am waiting on alignment,” he said after relegation was confirmed with defeat by Liverpool in April. “The quicker the better for the football club.”

Two months later, it remains unclear how aligned the club is with Van Nistelrooy.

Even after the final game of the season at Bournemouth, he was still unable to confirm whether he would still be manager come the start of pre-season and that he had received no word from the club’s decision-makers.

Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is the man in charge of Van Nistelrooy’s future (Michael Regan/Getty Images)
Since then, he has been on holiday with his family. Others at the club have taken the opportunity to recharge their batteries, including chairman ‘Khun Top’.

While other clubs are starting to get their ducks in a row for the new campaign, there has been radio silence coming out of Seagrave. But it could still be quiet before the storm.

If, as expected, there remains a desire to make a change, then it is a question of timing. Leicester could be waiting for the end of the financial year on June 30 to avoid having two managerial changes included in the same financial year’s accounts, to avoid doubling up after Cooper’s sacking in November.

That would certainly help with PSR calculations but would mean Leicester start pre-season without a manager in place. Following Barry-Murphy’s exit and Ten Rouwelaar’s probable departure, that would leave Andy King and the long-serving fitness and conditioning coach Matt Reeves to oversee pre-season while Leicester work to bring in a replacement.

It would also mean this summer would be the third consecutive pre-season in which the club have made a managerial change.

Who the next incumbent will be also remains uncertain and the club has yet to meet with any potential suitors. Sheffield Wednesday’s Danny Rohl has been consistently linked, but would be very expensive to prise out of his contract. Sean Dyche has also been mooted and would be free, although his wage demands would be high. The former Burnley and Everton boss is a strong character who would want total control.

A young up-and-coming coach who plays a progressive, possession-based style, and who is available, malleable and cheap — with his own staff as well — seems to be the direction Khun Top would want to go in.

If that is the direction of travel, then the journey needs to begin now.

[whoareyaaa]

6 minutes ago, Lad1966 said:

Doesn’t make any sense, why have all his coaches gone or about to leave, if he’s staying??

Only one isn't it ?

[FoxinNotts]

1 minute ago, whoareyaaa said:

Only one isn't it ?

Really don't get why you're so desperate for statistically our worst ever manager to stay?

[jonny_wright]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Only one isn't it ?

Read the Tanner article I just posted that dropped this evening, GK coach off Brighton…. Everyone’s trying to jump ship as they are sick of being left in limbo…: everyone’s in the dark and no manager has been approached or talked to, Rohl is too expensive and Dyche wages are too high.

 

this is a complete and utter catastrophic mess 

[hackneyfox]

6 hours ago, LCFCCKEANO said:

Know it won’t ever happen, but hypothetically could we hire and buy out Rohl and make him a ‘coach’ and then sack off RVN and internally promote him after the July PSR deadline?

No!!!!

[whoareyaaa]

16 minutes ago, FoxinNotts said:

Really don't get why you're so desperate for statistically our worst ever manager to stay?

I am not desperate for him to stay, calm down.