Martí Cifuentes

[FoxFossil]

So no Nr 9. Vardy really was irreplaceable.

Retire the shirt.

Edited 9 July 2025 by FoxFossil

[Merchant_Banker]

1 minute ago, FoxFossil said:

So no Nr 9. Vardy really was irreplaceable.

Retire the shirt.

Might be worth suspending it. Any player who wears number 9 for us this seaason is going to be under a lot of pressure.

[ts_1010]

Just now, Dahnsouff said:

Find this encouraging also

🎯 In Summary:

Yes, Cifuentes and Maresca are quite similar—both are Guardiola-influenced coaches with positional play foundations, structured build-up, and high pressing.
However, Cifuentes tends to be slightly more pragmatic and occasionally quicker in vertical play, while Maresca leans toward extreme control and patience.

If you like Maresca’s style, you'd likely appreciate Cifuentes too—though Cifuentes may feel a bit more adaptable, especially in the Championship

 

A bit like Maresca but not as inflexible. 

From what I've seen of Maresca Vs Pep. Even Pep is more pragmatic than Maresca. Pep is more than happy for the occasional route 1 long ball into Haaland. Maresca doesn't seem to use that option. (To be fair he never had Haaland as a Target man.)

[l444ry]

Don’t you just love people jumping through hoops to justify someone they’d barely have considered once RvN was sacked? 

[nnfox]

7 minutes ago, Merchant_Banker said:

Might be worth suspending it. Any player who wears number 9 for us this seaason is going to be under a lot of pressure.

Definitely think the number 9 shirt has to be earned rather than handed out.

[Dahnsouff]

4 minutes ago, l444ry said:

Don’t you just love people jumping through hoops to justify someone they’d barely have considered once RvN was sacked? 

Weird miserable bugger post, would you care to name names?

[blockheadder]

12 minutes ago, Merchant_Banker said:

Might be worth suspending it. Any player who wears number 9 for us this seaason is going to be under a lot of pressure.

No one will be forced to wear it. If they are offered it, and accept it, they will.know what it means.

[HankMarvin]

20 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Find this encouraging also

🎯 In Summary:

Yes, Cifuentes and Maresca are quite similar—both are Guardiola-influenced coaches with positional play foundations, structured build-up, and high pressing.
However, Cifuentes tends to be slightly more pragmatic and occasionally quicker in vertical play, while Maresca leans toward extreme control and patience.

If you like Maresca’s style, you'd likely appreciate Cifuentes too—though Cifuentes may feel a bit more adaptable, especially in the Championship

 

A bit like Maresca but not as inflexible. 

AI can find similarities with RVN if you ask it 

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, HankMarvin said:

AI can find similarities with RVN if you ask it 

Of course, not trying to claim any credit here, just had not time to get any info on him today, work has been so full on, so asked ChatGPT and found it interesting is all. 
 

We really have become an insufferable bunch of miserable bastards. 

[blue is the colour]

What’s he like on the touchline?. I like someone who loses his s**t not just standing there doing nothing or writing notes.

[Glasgowfox]

I know nothing about this guy so why do some people think he will be a success?  I wonder if it's because he's been on gardening leave and can sort the pitch out.

[pmcla26]

11 minutes ago, l444ry said:

Don’t you just love people jumping through hoops to justify someone they’d barely have considered once RvN was sacked? 

I was happy to have him last season when we were linked before appointing Cooper. 
 

Manager with similar ideas to Maresca was always the way to go for me, personally. 

[Ric Flair]

He'd be down the list of managers I'd have gone for but 1) he has a clear track record with developing young players, something certain recent managers have failed in the duty to do so 2) his experience in Scandinavia should open us further to a market that holds arguably the best value for money in the world and 3) he's cheap. If what I've been told is correct, our budget for a new manager is staggeringly low, upwards of ten times less than what Brendan earned here.

[FLAN]

Anagram of his name is Smuttier Fiancé. 
say no more 

[Glasgowfox]

1 minute ago, FLAN said:

Anagram of his name is Smuttier Fiancé. 
say no more 

Get her married

[Realist Guy In The Room]

6 minutes ago, blue is the colour said:

What’s he like on the touchline?. I like someone who loses his s**t not just standing there doing nothing or writing notes.

#pashun

[Stadt]

3 hours ago, LinekersLugs said:

If this doesn’t scare/concern folks I’m lost 

 

Marti will get my 100% support 

 

but I fear this one so much 

He took over a floundering side and did really well, after an initial bounce in 23/24 and not much businesses in the summer of 2024 he had a lower-midtable side where they should be.

 

I’m not exactly enamoured by the appointment but he’s clearly a competent coach working with a pretty mediocre at QPR.

[dillonpanthers87]

It's happening 🤯 

 

🟦 BREAKING: MARTÍ CIFUENTES TAKES LEICESTER JOB — “WE’RE COMING TO BURN IT DOWN”

📍 Sky Sports News | 9 July

Leicester City have detonated the Championship status quo by appointing Martí Cifuentes, the high-voltage, high-IQ Spaniard who’s less “manager” and more football cult leader. Known for tactical blueprints that look like military ops and press patterns that melt opposition midfields, Cifuentes arrives not to steady the ship — but to launch a missile.

This is the man who resurrected QPR from the dead using whiteboards, data, and sheer will. He doesn’t “organise” teams — he programs them like AI with a grudge. Expect inverted fullbacks, triple pivots, and a level of pressing that might require oxygen masks. One club insider said, “He made our current setup look like it was running on Windows 95.”

Cifuentes didn’t come to rebuild. He came to reboot the entire club. “We’re not just coming back to the Premier League,” he told the board. “We’re coming to burn down everything that’s stale in English football.” His goal? Promotion in 12 months. European chaos within three years. A footballing empire built on clarity, pressure, and absolute control.

And the message to the rest of the league? Sleepwalk into next season if you dare — but Leicester just strapped a jet engine to their badge. This isn’t a comeback. It’s a hostile takeover.

[Dahnsouff]

Now That’s What I Call AI - Volume XII

[SecretPro]

2 minutes ago, dillonpanthers87 said:

It's happening 🤯 

 

🟦 BREAKING: MARTÍ CIFUENTES TAKES LEICESTER JOB — “WE’RE COMING TO BURN IT DOWN”

📍 Sky Sports News | 9 July

Leicester City have detonated the Championship status quo by appointing Martí Cifuentes, the high-voltage, high-IQ Spaniard who’s less “manager” and more football cult leader. Known for tactical blueprints that look like military ops and press patterns that melt opposition midfields, Cifuentes arrives not to steady the ship — but to launch a missile.

This is the man who resurrected QPR from the dead using whiteboards, data, and sheer will. He doesn’t “organise” teams — he programs them like AI with a grudge. Expect inverted fullbacks, triple pivots, and a level of pressing that might require oxygen masks. One club insider said, “He made our current setup look like it was running on Windows 95.”

Cifuentes didn’t come to rebuild. He came to reboot the entire club. “We’re not just coming back to the Premier League,” he told the board. “We’re coming to burn down everything that’s stale in English football.” His goal? Promotion in 12 months. European chaos within three years. A footballing empire built on clarity, pressure, and absolute control.

And the message to the rest of the league? Sleepwalk into next season if you dare — but Leicester just strapped a jet engine to their badge. This isn’t a comeback. It’s a hostile takeover.

Sounds exciting at least.

[Merchant_Banker]

2 minutes ago, dillonpanthers87 said:

It's happening 🤯 

 

🟦 BREAKING: MARTÍ CIFUENTES TAKES LEICESTER JOB — “WE’RE COMING TO BURN IT DOWN”

📍 Sky Sports News | 9 July

Leicester City have detonated the Championship status quo by appointing Martí Cifuentes, the high-voltage, high-IQ Spaniard who’s less “manager” and more football cult leader. Known for tactical blueprints that look like military ops and press patterns that melt opposition midfields, Cifuentes arrives not to steady the ship — but to launch a missile.

This is the man who resurrected QPR from the dead using whiteboards, data, and sheer will. He doesn’t “organise” teams — he programs them like AI with a grudge. Expect inverted fullbacks, triple pivots, and a level of pressing that might require oxygen masks. One club insider said, “He made our current setup look like it was running on Windows 95.”

Cifuentes didn’t come to rebuild. He came to reboot the entire club. “We’re not just coming back to the Premier League,” he told the board. “We’re coming to burn down everything that’s stale in English football.” His goal? Promotion in 12 months. European chaos within three years. A footballing empire built on clarity, pressure, and absolute control.

And the message to the rest of the league? Sleepwalk into next season if you dare — but Leicester just strapped a jet engine to their badge. This isn’t a comeback. It’s a hostile takeover.

Hmmm, can't see that on the sky sports news website, can you provide a link? 

[dillonpanthers87]

“Martí walked in and said he’d burn the league to the ground and rebuild it in our image. I didn’t flinch. I told him: torch it. Salt the earth. Make every club regret we ever got relegated.”

 

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[Tielemans63]

52 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

 

Yes, Cifuentes and Maresca are quite similar.

However, Cifuentes tends to be slightly more pragmatic

Edited 9 July 2025 by Tielemans63

[RyCleary]

25 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He'd be down the list of managers I'd have gone for but 1) he has a clear track record with developing young players, something certain recent managers have failed in the duty to do so 2) his experience in Scandinavia should open us further to a market that holds arguably the best value for money in the world and 3) he's cheap. If what I've been told is correct, our budget for a new manager is staggeringly low, upwards of ten times less than what Brendan earned here.

You’ve referenced stuff you’ve been told a fair bit lately - any chance to summarise it somewhere? 

[st albans fox]

29 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

He'd be down the list of managers I'd have gone for but 1) he has a clear track record with developing young players, something certain recent managers have failed in the duty to do so 2) his experience in Scandinavia should open us further to a market that holds arguably the best value for money in the world and 3) he's cheap. If what I've been told is correct, our budget for a new manager is staggeringly low, upwards of ten times less than what Brendan earned here.

Our spend is relative to who we have to sell 

eg. If we dont sell everyone then we dont really need to buy apart from a CF which could well end up a free (anyone available ?)