Martí Cifuentes

[dannythefox]

13 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Is Rohl's stint at Sheff Wed much different to Cifuentes at QPR? Possibly a bit less streaky and had more shit to deal with but not massively.

Both massive gambles which we can’t afford to take that said though they might be ok, we don’t know. Just a mad decision from Leicester once again 

[Raj]

How massively  underwhelming.

Hardly the news to get you excited about the season.

Good luck to him, get behind the team, the lads, macca, the tea lady  and all that bo11ox 

[Ric Flair]

6 minutes ago, dannythefox said:

Both massive gambles which we can’t afford to take that said though they might be ok, we don’t know. Just a mad decision from Leicester once again 

I think there's little choice if we want to get serious about the mess we are in. We have heavily restricted finances so managers such as Dyche or even Wilder with promotion experience we have been told were too expensive.

 

This squad has the best emerging talent (collectively) of academy players it has ever had and in this unique situation, a manager who is brave enough to use them is important. Cifuentes has done that with young players before, so in theory that makes sense and has surprised me in some ways the club have made that criteria more critical.

 

His experience and knowledge of Scandinavia is another asset, it's the one region that time and time again produces players that settle and prosper in England for very modest fees. 

 

Finally, when was the last time we were a team that pressed non stop? Saw it in glimpses under Rodgers and Maresca but it was special occasions or for shorter periods in games than a philosophy that was set. I am now looking forward to that style of play at least in the short term, I think it will engage the crowd again.

 

Sadly the way this club has been ran, we are having to take calculated risks whilst tightening the purse strings.

[iancognito]

After weeks of Martin, Wilder and Rohl chat, we end up with Cifuntes.

 

Good luck to the guy. Fans will find reasons and stats to moan about every appointment. At the end of the day, the manager isnt the club's biggest issue right now. 

 

Now for the guy above him.

[The Year Of The Fox]

Has he joined yet?

 

This is seriously going to ruin my week if he hasn’t 

[Claudio Fannieri]

Hopefully will be announced today and we can start to move forward, it’s a risk but so was Maresca and that made it a bit more exciting and something to rejuvenate support after a really disappointing relegation season, I see a lot of similarities in this appointment, we need a reset, a complete overhaul and a manager to engage the fanbase. 
 

If and when he arrives I will be backing him 100% and I will also be giving him time as we need a Pearsonesque rebuild and given his past record of promoting / signing younger players he could just be the man to do it, I really hope the club have not said it’s promotion or out and have instead set out a project that focuses on delivering sustainable long term success built around the academy and signing younger players with sell on potential. 

[Pliskin]

7 hours ago, dannythefox said:

Is he though? Not that I want Alex Neil either 

Yes.

[smudger63]

28 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Is Rohl's stint at Sheff Wed much different to Cifuentes at QPR? Possibly a bit less streaky and had more shit to deal with but not massively.

I was thinking the same.  Some of those that wanted Rohl so badly, are now underwhelmed by Cifuentes, when actually they've both achieved pretty much the same, with clubs in a similar situation when they took over.

For anyone for who this season is all about getting promoted, and anything else seen as failure, then Dyche was the manager that gave the club the best chance of that,  He also probably gave the club the best chance of staying up once they got there too, but I myself didn't really want Dyche because I didn't feel he would give our young talent a chance, and that's the route I'm hoping we re going to take now.

I've got to a point with the club now, for the first time in my 50 odd years of being a supporter, where I'm so apathetic to the club and football in general, that I feel like it is what it is, and it will be what it will be, and I hate that I feel like that.

I still love the club, I still remember what it's like to love football, but modern football, with all the tippy tippy go nowhere football, all the crap to do with what you are and are not allowed to spend, and the absolute shiteshow in which our club has been run in recent seasons, not just  their decision making on and off of the pitch, but more importantly, their complete disregard to engage and communicate with fans, and make us feel like we as fans make a difference, and are an important part of the club.  I don't feel like the club currently see me as a fan, more as a consumer who they don't care about, but who they can get money from.

It's all feels so sad to me, that after so many years of being there through all the highs and lows of supporting my club, that I've become so apathetic to it!

 

 

 

[Quorndon_Fox]

I’ll say it… who?

[dooflip]

We could have done a lot worse.

Ill definitely back him.

 

nobody’s first choice, but definitely nobody’s last either. Out of the names released, most were terrible. Rohl, Cifuentes and Svensson were the better ones.

 

im just glad we haven’t ended up with wilder or oneill personally.

 

now he just needs to get this rebuild going asap and ship out as many as he can!

[roblcfc84]

Genuinely think our fans wouldn’t be happy whoever we appoint. I think this is a smart appointment. He was working on a shoestring budget at QPR and managed to do a steady job. Let’s not forget Enzo had only managed once previous to us and it was a disastrous spell at Parma. 

[fox_favourite]

2 minutes ago, dooflip said:

We could have done a lot worse.

Ill definitely back him.

 

nobody’s first choice, but definitely nobody’s last either. Out of the names released, most were terrible. Rohl, Cifuentes and Svensson were the better ones.

 

im just glad we haven’t ended up with wilder or oneill personally.

 

now he just needs to get this rebuild going asap and ship out as many as he can!

And so proves the clubs sh** sandwich of links tactic works. 

 

But in all seriousness, I think it is an interesting one and one that even if it came out before it would get my interest. I'm not over the moon, but intrigued and probably the best we can get at the moment. 

 

I'll back him and see how he gets on. I feel a lot more positive going into the season than I was. 

 

But this certainly doesn't hide the cluster poo that is behind the scenes and the need for a proper DoF and a board refresh. That is still stinking out an already rotten swamp

[LCFCJohn]

Well the Facebook masses are in uproar so he gets the seal of approval from me 

 

By the way, the amount of people who say ‘who’ really shows how clueless are wider fanbase is. He’s managed in the Championship for the past couple of years and we have faced him on a a couple of occasions. Talk about barely scratching the surface level football knowledge!

[Andrew]

I must admit that I'm impressed having read what he's done at QPR. My one reservation is the respect or lack of it that he might recieve due to his not having the best of careers himself. According to Wikipedia he hasn't played senior football at all. 

 

He never played on the big stage or professionally and people will probably shoot me down on this one but I do think this will be a caveat for some of our players.

Edited 10 July 2025 by Andrew

[ealingfox]

5 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Well the Facebook masses are in uproar so he gets the seal of approval from me 

 

By the way, the amount of people who say ‘who’ really shows how clueless are wider fanbase is. He’s managed in the Championship for the past couple of years and we have faced him on a a couple of occasions. Talk about barely scratching the surface level football knowledge!

 

Crazy isn't it - we must have one of the thickest fanbases going. One of the reasons I can hardly face going any more.

[ClaphamFox]

2 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Well the Facebook masses are in uproar so he gets the seal of approval from me 

 

By the way, the amount of people who say ‘who’ really shows how clueless are wider fanbase is. He’s managed in the Championship for the past couple of years and we have faced him on a a couple of occasions. Talk about barely scratching the surface level football knowledge!

I’ve seen some of those facebook pages and had exactly the same thought. Why boast about your ignorance? Is it really something to be proud of? They seem to regard being chronically ill-informed on football matters is a badge of honour…

[Guest]

7 hours ago, MPH said:

 

need the pro license to manage in the championship 

You don't

[Tiny earl]

5 minutes ago, Andrew said:

I must admit that I'm impressed having read what he's done at QPR. My one reservation is the respect or lack of it that he might recieve due to his not having the best of careers himself. According to Wikipedia he hasn't played senior football at all. 

 

He never played on the big stage or professionally and people will probably shoot me down on this one but I do think this will be a caveat for some of our players.

That bloke at Arsenal didn’t do bad.

[HighPeakFox]

6 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I’ve seen some of those facebook pages and had exactly the same thought. Why boast about your ignorance? Is it really something to be proud of? They seem to regard being chronically ill-informed on football matters is a badge of honour…

Not only is it a national pastime, it appears to be a worldwide phenomenon. And it's not an accident.

[Jon the Hat]

1 minute ago, Tiny earl said:

That bloke at Arsenal didn’t do bad.

And that Portuguese bloke who wont the Champions league with 2 different clubs.

[Claridge]

9 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

 

Crazy isn't it - we must have one of the thickest fanbases going. One of the reasons I can hardly face going any more.

Because of a few people on facebook, you cant face going to the football

[ian__marshall]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Well the Facebook masses are in uproar so he gets the seal of approval from me 

 

By the way, the amount of people who say ‘who’ really shows how clueless are wider fanbase is. He’s managed in the Championship for the past couple of years and we have faced him on a a couple of occasions. Talk about barely scratching the surface level football knowledge!

Agreed, it's a shocker, but the reality is he's not a famous name who has previously been on tele week after week managing in the PL. 

 

Personally, I'm really excited by this appointment. Rohl was marginally my preferred candidate but there's a lot of similarities between him and Cifuentes.

 

I think there's a lot of recency bias with Rohl because of the current issues with the owner but QPR aren't exactly a well run club either, and the shower Ainsworth left behind shows what an incredible job Cifuentes did. Yes, they've been inconsistent but that's no different to the other 18 teams that finish outside of the top 6, it's that kind of league. Let's not forget though that the QPR squad he had to work with was very poor. Even though our perception is we're awful, the squad he has to work with here is by far one of the best in league so let's judge him once he's had a chance to work with these players. 

 

Edited 10 July 2025 by ian__marshall

[CrazyKopCorner]

I was going to say we're slipping but it's more like hurtling toward another 1987 - 1991 / 2004 - 2009 malaise 

 

Lets hope we can find another Brian Little or Nigel Pearson somewhere down the line to get us back after this latest ****ers ****ed it up 

[Finnegan]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Is Rohl's stint at Sheff Wed much different to Cifuentes at QPR? Possibly a bit less streaky and had more shit to deal with but not massively.

 

Yeah I'm sorry, I can't understand people who got themselves hyped as **** for Rohl but think Cifuentes is a no mark. 

 

I'd say they're very much taken from the same pond. 

 

I'd argue Cifuentes shows better consistency with our chosen way or playing, whether the fans like that or not. 

 

Both will be completely wasted if we persist with the same off-field operating model with Rudkin at the helm, anyway.

[HitchinFox]

**** it. I'm going to stay positive and say that I'm actually excited. 

 

Like @Ric Flair mentioned, Cifuentes will not hesitate to develop and rely on the youth. And we have plenty of talent in that department. 

 

Bringing in someone like Dyche (or Wilder to a slightly lesser extent) would, in my view, mean that we'd not utilise that pool of talent next season. With either of those two in charge, it could have even meant losing some of the younger players.