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Marti Cifuentes appointed new manager

By Tuna, in Leicester City Forum

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inckley fox

inckley fox

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You never know which manager is going to click with your club. I'm happy that we have a young boss with a decent record who wants to be here.

 

I have serious doubts, of course. Firstly, simply because of the people who have picked him. My gut instinct, based on recent years, is that whatever they take to be in our best interests most probably isn't.

 

Secondly, it was mentioned on one or two occasions that, among the criteria for our manager, was his preferred 'malleability'. While I didn't want Wilder or Dyche, the last thing I think we need is the most malleable candidate. We need a very strong hand, with players and the board. If they've gone for the easiest option (and it's perfectly possible that they haven't) then it will end very badly.

 

The final concern, and one which would have been equally problematic for any appointment, is the timing. Our club is in an awful state but expectations are as high as ever. A manager could get us to 7th or 8th and, depending on the changes in personnel that we may or may not see in coming weeks, jt may be every bit as impressive an achievement as Maresca's in sealing the title. But I doubt this will satisfy people who think we should be walking the league with relatively minimal effort. Will this section of the fanbase turn on the board with renewed vigour, which might create an atmosphere in which success is unlikely, or do they - even worse - apportion a good degree of blame to the manager?

 

I don't expect this to work out. But he's as good an appointment as we could have made and, as we've seen in the past, the right manager at the right time can surprise everyone.

PaulW

PaulW

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24 minutes ago, MPH said:

Should we read into the fact they have announced him as first team manager and not just head coach?

Protecting Kingy's job?

Libertine

Libertine

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2 minutes ago, DJW1 said:

Bearing in mind the name of his assistant,  I hope we keep Calm and carry on

You absolute ****er. Beaten to it by a minute. Fine, have your like.

 

Dear lord, Jane, what a sad little life.

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Parafox

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It's taken me so long to sort out the drivel and negativity of so many posters that I've forgotten what I wanted to say...

 

Oh yeah. No matter what the situation is or what the positive potential might be, there's always going to be naysayers and I think most of us expect nothing more from them. They're regular pessimistic critics of anything good that might happen. 

 

It seems to me that these types could be shagging Rachel Riley and still not be happy.

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MPH

MPH

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Just now, PaulW said:

Protecting Kingy's job?


 

it’s possible. I find it encouraging that kingy is on the updated list of staff as ‘ first team coach’.  It’s been a  fairly successful  policy of some clubs to promote from working and I wonder if we are shaping up to promote King as manager in a few years?

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DJW1

DJW1

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8 minutes ago, Libertine said:

You absolute ****er. Beaten to it by a minute. Fine, have your like.

 

Dear lord, Jane, what a sad little life.

Sorry about that, but I saw the opportunity and pounced like Jamie Vardy

murphy

murphy

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11 minutes ago, Libertine said:

You absolute ****er. Beaten to it by a minute. Fine, have your like.

 

Dear lord, Jane, what a sad little life.

It was a crap joke but I had to give him another like for it after that lol

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grth2004

grth2004

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Happy to have a manager and will 100% back him as I do with all new Managers. 
He says the right things so far and I would say “But” , but I’m going to stay with the positives for now. 

murphy

murphy

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19 minutes ago, inckley fox said:

You never know which manager is going to click with your club. I'm happy that we have a young boss with a decent record who wants to be here.

 

I have serious doubts, of course. Firstly, simply because of the people who have picked him. My gut instinct, based on recent years, is that whatever they take to be in our best interests most probably isn't.

 

Secondly, it was mentioned on one or two occasions that, among the criteria for our manager, was his preferred 'malleability'. While I didn't want Wilder or Dyche, the last thing I think we need is the most malleable candidate. We need a very strong hand, with players and the board. If they've gone for the easiest option (and it's perfectly possible that they haven't) then it will end very badly.

 

The final concern, and one which would have been equally problematic for any appointment, is the timing. Our club is in an awful state but expectations are as high as ever. A manager could get us to 7th or 8th and, depending on the changes in personnel that we may or may not see in coming weeks, jt may be every bit as impressive an achievement as Maresca's in sealing the title. But I doubt this will satisfy people who think we should be walking the league with relatively minimal effort. Will this section of the fanbase turn on the board with renewed vigour, which might create an atmosphere in which success is unlikely, or do they - even worse - apportion a good degree of blame to the manager?

 

I don't expect this to work out. But he's as good an appointment as we could have made and, as we've seen in the past, the right manager at the right time can surprise everyone.

How would finishing 7th with a squad at least as good, if not better than Matesca's be an equal achievement to his winning the league? 

Phild

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"He arrives following an impressive spell at Queens Park Rangers, where he took over in October 2023, guiding the London side from the Championship relegation zone to an 18th-placed with five wins in the final eight games of his first season and improving on that again last term."

 

Wow, it really hits home how far we have fallen reading that. Depressing. 

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