Foxestalk opinion: Next manager

[ClaphamFox]

5 minutes ago, Nolucklcfc said:

We do need to get real here. Ange is way above us now sadly. 

Given that people were so against Russell Martin because of his inability to coach a defence and his inflexible adherence to a style of play that wouldn't work for us in the PL, I'm amazed that anybody wanted Ange. 

[justfoxes]

It’s getting to the point now where I don’t actually care who the next manager is so long as he has a knowledge of the game and can turn our form around, but then if and when we do get a new manager will King Power actually financially back him to rebuild the squad ?

But whilst the likes of Jon Rudkin and CO  are still in power can we actually believe they will do anything other than continue to break PSR rulings as it looks like they haven’t got a clue making us a regular target for EFL repercussions, and will Top ever come out and let the fans actually know what his hopes and visions are for the club in the coming years the bloke needs to be upfront with the fans and let them know what the hell is going on behind the Toxic doors at LCFC  ?

Edited 11 June 2025 by justfoxes

[Claudio Fannieri]

I voted for Wellens, think he has a touch of the Pearsons about him, works well with young players and can work within a tight budget. 
 

he won’t cost us the earth and think he would be perfect to come in and implement a 3-5 year project. 

[LFEFox23]

Rosenior for me!

 

Intelligent, young, ambitious, creative. 

[Winstonthedog]

Realistically Ruud until Christmas... calm things down .... sort finances and possible points deduction... get rid of any staff who are not up for a struggle and not ready to want to put things right on the pitch and give the fans something back 

Edited 11 June 2025 by Winstonthedog
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[Tommy G]

2 hours ago, Winstonthedog said:

Realistically Ruud until Christmas... calm things down .... sort finances and possible points deduction... get rid of any staff who are not up for a struggle and not ready to want to put things right on the pitch and give the fans something back 

Ruud wouldn't be able to get Ryan Giggs motivated for a swingers convention let alone this squad which he proved for 6 months+ last season.

 

He can't ''sort the finances'' and these won't be resolved in one season. There have been plenty of staff that havent been up for the struggle and remain at the club, mainly the BoD's and a whole host of playing staff. 

 

We need a new manager at the very least, even if it's to get more out of the current roster of players and young talent, Ruud isn't it.

 

It's like getting smacked round then face.....then going hmmmm that was nice do it again please. 

[Winstonthedog]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Ruud wouldn't be able to get Ryan Giggs motivated for a swingers convention let alone this squad which he proved for 6 months+ last season.

 

He can't ''sort the finances'' and these won't be resolved in one season. There have been plenty of staff that havent been up for the struggle and remain at the club, mainly the BoD's and a whole host of playing staff. 

 

We need a new manager at the very least, even if it's to get more out of the current roster of players and young talent, Ruud isn't it.

 

It's like getting smacked round then face.....then going hmmmm that was nice do it again please. 

Agreed we do need a new manager... but the same old non inspirering names keep being regurgitated... and who would want the job with their hands tied behind their back ...  the job needs to be attractive... not a poisoned chalace... the changing room is toxic ... and either clear the lot out or stand firm let contracts run out and they can put themselves to the sword ... players can only be inspired if they have the attitude open to be inspired 

 

[whoareyaaa]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Ruud wouldn't be able to get Ryan Giggs motivated for a swingers convention let alone this squad which he proved for 6 months+ last season.

 

He can't ''sort the finances'' and these won't be resolved in one season. There have been plenty of staff that havent been up for the struggle and remain at the club, mainly the BoD's and a whole host of playing staff. 

 

We need a new manager at the very least, even if it's to get more out of the current roster of players and young talent, Ruud isn't it.

 

It's like getting smacked round then face.....then going hmmmm that was nice do it again please. 

He didn't have a pre season though and key players where injured, he inherited a squad that was not interested after losing Enzo in the Summer and employing Cooper.

 

He is ready to play youth, can spot weaknesses (Thomas in for Kristensen) and also ruffle some feathers.

 

We beat the two teams we will be facing next season albeit we wont have Vardy but I don't see the harm in giving him till Christmas. 

[Realist Guy In The Room]

2 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

He didn't have a pre season though and key players where injured, he inherited a squad that was not interested after losing Enzo in the Summer and employing Cooper.

 

He is ready to play youth, can spot weaknesses (Thomas in for Kristensen) and also ruffle some feathers.

 

We beat the two teams we will be facing next season albeit we wont have Vardy but I don't see the harm in giving him till Christmas. 

Meh

[Motty]

On 11/06/2025 at 16:16, Tommy G said:

Ruud wouldn't be able to get Ryan Giggs motivated for a swingers convention let alone this squad which he proved for 6 months+ last season.

 

He can't ''sort the finances'' and these won't be resolved in one season. There have been plenty of staff that havent been up for the struggle and remain at the club, mainly the BoD's and a whole host of playing staff. 

 

We need a new manager at the very least, even if it's to get more out of the current roster of players and young talent, Ruud isn't it.

 

It's like getting smacked round then face.....then going hmmmm that was nice do it again please. 

 The last bit might appeal to quite a few people😇😇

[cityfanlee23]

If the club are still determined to play boring sideways football  wouldn’t be against giving it back to Puel to be honest. It wouldn’t be my first choice at all, but he’s proven as a builder, he has a clear direction, isn’t afraid to drop players and would certainly shift on the deadwood. His record in the transfer market is generally very positive throughout his career, he knows the club, knows the owner and I think would stabilise us and fight for playoffs providing the deduction isn’t stupid. 
 

Plenty of others I’d rather go for like Rohl or Hassenhuttl, but Puel could also provide the direction the club needs as a whole, I think most people would agree he would be a very good choice for DOF, if he still wants to manage maybe he’s the sort of person we need to manage on the pitch and drag this incompetent ownership forward off the pitch. 
 

[whoareyaaa]

10 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

If the club are still determined to play boring sideways football  wouldn’t be against giving it back to Puel to be honest. It wouldn’t be my first choice at all, but he’s proven as a builder, he has a clear direction, isn’t afraid to drop players and would certainly shift on the deadwood. His record in the transfer market is generally very positive throughout his career, he knows the club, knows the owner and I think would stabilise us and fight for playoffs providing the deduction isn’t stupid. 
 

Plenty of others I’d rather go for like Rohl or Hassenhuttl, but Puel could also provide the direction the club needs as a whole, I think most people would agree he would be a very good choice for DOF, if he still wants to manage maybe he’s the sort of person we need to manage on the pitch and drag this incompetent ownership forward off the pitch. 
 

If we was going down that road may as well go for Southgate but he probably thinks he is above us after managing England, would get the best out of the youth as well and would probably be able to get some good players in

Edited 14 June 2025 by whoareyaaa

[cityfanlee23]

49 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

If we was going down that road may as well go for Southgate but he probably thinks he is above us after managing England, would get the best out of the youth as well and would probably be able to get some good players in

Yep, I don’t want either really as I can’t stand the football but Southgate would be the most KPFC signing ever.

[DezFox]

5 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Yep, I don’t want either really as I can’t stand the football but Southgate would be the most KPFC signing ever.

Given the mess we are in and current culture at the club. I think Southgate would be brilliant. I would give him and his team full autonomy to sort out the entire structure. 
 

This comes from a culture and atmosphere prespective, I’m not actually a fan at all of Southgate’s tactics or overall football.

 

he could set us up long term even if he is not the one who reeps the reward! 

Edited 14 June 2025 by DezFox

[cityfanlee23]

28 minutes ago, DezFox said:

Given the mess we are in and current culture at the club. I think Southgate would be brilliant. I would give him and his team full autonomy to sort out the entire structure. 
 

This comes from a culture and atmosphere prespective, I’m not actually a fan at all of Southgate’s tactics or overall football.

 

he could set us up long term even if he is not the one who reeps the reward! 

Ordinarily I’m of the opinion that the club needs to build a vision and philosophy, then sign head coaches (not managers) and staff around that vision, similar to the Red Bull network. Then when they either get sacked or poached, we sign a new head coach that fits into the mould of the club. 
 

We built a foundation under Pearson of signing young, hungry players with a point to prove and clear sell on value, slightly moved away from it under Ranieri and then Puel pulled the club back on track with the transfers he brought in. 
 

Since then we’ve dismantled everything that made this club great. 

I’m slightly of the opinion that right now, we don’t need a head coach, we need a manager who can sort this mess out, drag the incompetent owners into place and then we can build the foundation for the future. 

I don’t think the owner/board know how to rebuild the foundation that Pearson and Puel were building and they are clearly incapable of bringing in people that can. 
 

If we brought in someone massively ambitious as DOF I’d not be so concerned about the head coach as the club would be moving in a clear direction, right now we are completely directionless. 
 

If we are not going to bring in another DOF then I think we may need a Puel/Pearson/Dyche mould of manager. That kind of goes against my top pick, but I just can’t see where we are going at the moment apart from backwards, our young exciting players are literally the only reason I even care about this club at the moment. 

Edited 14 June 2025 by cityfanlee23

[OntarioFox]

1 hour ago, cityfanlee23 said:

If the club are still determined to play boring sideways football  wouldn’t be against giving it back to Puel to be honest. It wouldn’t be my first choice at all, but he’s proven as a builder, he has a clear direction, isn’t afraid to drop players and would certainly shift on the deadwood. His record in the transfer market is generally very positive throughout his career, he knows the club, knows the owner and I think would stabilise us and fight for playoffs providing the deduction isn’t stupid. 
 

Plenty of others I’d rather go for like Rohl or Hassenhuttl, but Puel could also provide the direction the club needs as a whole, I think most people would agree he would be a very good choice for DOF, if he still wants to manage maybe he’s the sort of person we need to manage on the pitch and drag this incompetent ownership forward off the pitch. 
 

At the time I was incredibly angry with the way he treated a few of our established players, especially Kingy who he effectively froze out and barely spoke to in his entire tenure. If he didn't have him in his plans, he should have just sat him down and told him, but he never did. That was not the way to treat the club's longest-serving player who had been with us through our worst and best times. It was part of a necessary refresh though, to stop the title winning squad slowly falling apart with no succession plan. Ultimately it was his structure that helped Rodgers benefit in his first two seasons with us.

 

This lot by comparison though? Wouldn't be against it, Seagrave needs a proverbial bulldozer driving through it and hi-viz giving to the kids to help rebuild. We're not getting Pearson back realistically, who would be the person I most trust to revive the culture we've lost, but Puel in hindsight didn't do a bad job either. At the very least he managed to keep the culture of standards set by Nigel going, before it was gradually dismantled by Brendan. The football was crap, but we did have players with qualiteeeee and intensiteeeeee.

 

The real issue is - King's now got a prominent role at the club and by all accounts can't stand the bloke, so would they be able to work together?

Edited 14 June 2025 by OntarioFox

[LCFCJohn]

11 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Ordinarily I’m of the opinion that the club needs to build a vision and philosophy, then sign head coaches (not managers) and staff around that vision, similar to the Red Bull network. Then when they either get sacked or poached, we sign a new head coach that fits into the mould of the club. 
 

We built a foundation under Pearson of signing young, hungry players with a point to prove and clear sell on value, slightly moved away from it under Ranieri and then Puel pulled the club back on track with the transfers he brought in. 
 

Since then we’ve dismantled everything that made this club great. 

I’m slightly of the opinion that right now, we don’t need a head coach, we need a manager who can sort this mess out, drag the incompetent owners into place and then we can build the foundation for the future. 

I don’t think the owner/board know how to rebuild the foundation that Pearson and Puel were building and they are clearly incapable of bringing in people that can. 
 

If we brought in someone massively ambitious as DOF I’d not be so concerned about the head coach as the club would be moving in a clear direction, right now we are completely directionless. 
 

If we are not going to bring in another DOF then I think we may need a Puel/Pearson/Dyche mould of manager. That kind of goes against my top pick, but I just can’t see where we are going at the moment apart from backwards, our young exciting players are literally the only reason I even care about this club at the moment. 

I always appreciated Puel for what he did in terms of building the club and the squad even when many were losing their minds about him so I get this.

 

He also is good with youth players, he brought Barnes through and Fofana and Saliba at St Etienne come to mind. He lowered the age of our squad overall I think as well.

[Pita]

On 11/06/2025 at 12:29, justfoxes said:

It’s getting to the point now where I don’t actually care who the next manager is so long as he has a knowledge of the game and can turn our form around, but then if and when we do get a new manager will King Power actually financially back him to rebuild the squad ?

But whilst the likes of Jon Rudkin and CO  are still in power can we actually believe they will do anything other than continue to break PSR rulings as it looks like they haven’t got a clue making us a regular target for EFL repercussions, and will Top ever come out and let the fans actually know what his hopes and visions are for the club in the coming years the bloke needs to be upfront with the fans and let them know what the hell is going on behind the Toxic doors at LCFC  ?

I sure Ruud got a good knowledge of the game but it the board hang you out to dry. He had no chance of any success 

[Langston]

Claude Puel 

[Guppys Love Child]

On 03/06/2025 at 20:03, whoareyaaa said:

Dyche is more of a gamble than Ruud could work out though but still a gamble.

 

Rohl, Ruud or Dyche I could get behind.

Wind up,  yes? 

 

 

Edited 14 June 2025 by Guppys Love Child

[whoareyaaa]

12 minutes ago, Guppys Love Child said:

Wind up,  yes? 

 

 

Yes dunno why I posted that must have been drunk.

[Guppys Love Child]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Yes dunno why I posted that must have been drunk.

Get some coffee down your neck kid 😀😃

[justfoxes]

17 hours ago, Pita said:

I sure Ruud got a good knowledge of the game but it the board hang you out to dry. He had no chance of any success 

It’s frustrating how they do this to almost every manager in the last 8 years or so, when is Top going to wake up smell the coffee and disassemble this board along with Rudkin bring in people who actually know what they are doing and sorry all this schitt out?

[norwichfox]

Can't see any names that I want to be manager of my club, can't think of any that would want to come here, I sincerely hope it isn't RVN taking us down another level...but then again perhaps it would make Top lose enough face to sell up for the clubs full worth - 10/6d plus training facility.

[TonyN11]

Not really an exciting list to choose from.

Voted for Wellens. Thought that might give us some consistency. If we got Rohl he'd likely be off after one season.