Watch hour-long Marti Cifuentes special

[davieG]

When You're Smiling

Watch a special one-hour episode of When You're Smiling, with Leicester City boss Marti Cifuentes in the BBC Radio Leicester studio.

Show is on from 18:00-19:00 BST on Thursday, 11 September, or watch again on demand afterwards.

[sharpylcfc]

Think this could be a very interesting watch tonight.

[Les-TA-Jon]

iplayer or something? 

[TheGoldenGod]

37 minutes ago, sharpylcfc said:

Think this could be a very interesting watch tonight.

Entirely dependent on the questions OPA asks....

[davieG]

51 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

iplayer or something? 

I hope so 

[niyaminski]

When’s this starting?

 

Should be now..

[mod hero]

Anyone got the link?

[davieG]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cq5jglzzzdgt

[Long Eaton Fox]

Very impressive performance from Marti. Knowledgeable and clear in his ideals. Really want him to succeed and give him the time to do so.

[RyCleary]

How do you rewatch it?

[Lambert09]

13 minutes ago, RyCleary said:

How do you rewatch it?

They normally get posted on Spotify. That’s where I listen back 

[Collymore]

It's on BBC Sounds. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0m299fs?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

[TheGoldenGod]

Quality listen. Just a lovely bloke who clearly cares about turning this ship around starting with the core principles!!!

[Cincinnati Fox]

Bobby

[lcfcsnow]

A good listen however I wasn't keen on when asked which players had impressed him most since joining, first few players he mentioned were Silko Thomas, Oliver Skipp and Decordova Reid 🤦‍♂️

[Paninistickers]

6 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

A good listen however I wasn't keen on when asked which players had impressed him most since joining, first few players he mentioned were Silko Thomas, Oliver Skipp and Decordova Reid 🤦‍♂️

It must've been some kind of macabre skit. Footlights stuff, selling out at the fringe. 

[brucey]

31 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said:

A good listen however I wasn't keen on when asked which players had impressed him most since joining, first few players he mentioned were Silko Thomas, Oliver Skipp and Decordova Reid 🤦‍♂️

He only mentioned Silko and Skipp as the players who had the highest numbers for ground coverage etc on the GPS tracking thing they use.

Did sound like he genuinely rates BDCR though. We'll see, redemption arc coming?

[ChrisFilter]

As we’ve discussed before, BDCR is unfairly maligned. It’s understandable, but it’s lazy. He might be shit, but he hasn’t had a fair crack of the whip enough for us to properly judge. 
 

I hope he does demonstrate his abilities with us. I’d hope everyone on here would hope for that too. 

[dillonpanthers87]

I don't listen to these things now. Managers at this level all need to speak very well. Cooper did at first, RVN did.

 

I'd listen to Nigel all day long for example, but that's only after a managers credit and trust is built. It's easy to say the right things, especially early doors, so I won't get sucked in personally. Glad he came across pretty well by the sounds of it

[STUHILL]

46 minutes ago, dillonpanthers87 said:

I don't listen to these things now. Managers at this level all need to speak very well. Cooper did at first, RVN did.

 

I'd listen to Nigel all day long for example, but that's only after a managers credit and trust is built. It's easy to say the right things, especially early doors, so I won't get sucked in personally. Glad he came across pretty well by the sounds of it

Same with player interviews. I listened to Skipp earlier and he said all the right things. Too easy to say what people want to hear. Judge them on their performances and results only

[ozleicester]

Enjoyed listening to that, he speaks well and sounds like he thinks about the beauty of the game.

 

I'm still positive this is the guy to lead us for many years

[Claudio Fannieri]

8 hours ago, lcfcsnow said:

A good listen however I wasn't keen on when asked which players had impressed him most since joining, first few players he mentioned were Silko Thomas, Oliver Skipp and Decordova Reid 🤦‍♂️

For context the question was in regards to impressing in training from a physical standpoint, he also mentioned Page. 
 

in addition he also gave a nod to Riccy P for his intelligence and Winks and Vestergaard for how they always want to talk football. 

[VLC86]

9 hours ago, lcfcsnow said:

A good listen however I wasn't keen on when asked which players had impressed him most since joining, first few players he mentioned were Silko Thomas, Oliver Skipp and Decordova Reid 🤦‍♂️

You’d prefer him not to be impressed with them? Weird that it upsets you, it’s in our interest for them to do well.

[ClaphamFox]

5 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

You’d prefer him not to be impressed with them? Weird that it upsets you, it’s in our interest for them to do well.

What exactly was Cifuentes trying to achieve by giving an honest answer about what he’s seeing in training? Did he not think to check what people on here think first? A worrying sign 😢

[filbertway]

6 hours ago, dillonpanthers87 said:

I don't listen to these things now. Managers at this level all need to speak very well. Cooper did at first, RVN did.

 

I'd listen to Nigel all day long for example, but that's only after a managers credit and trust is built. It's easy to say the right things, especially early doors, so I won't get sucked in personally. Glad he came across pretty well by the sounds of it

Yep this is pretty spot on. Huge difference between saying what the fans want to hear and actually following through.

 

I think we'll have a good idea by Christmas, once the new manager bounce has passed and the players feel comfortable. 

 

I hope he's the one as I've liked him for a few years now, but every manager is good with the media these days, even the terrible gaffers.