daddylonglegs Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 28 minutes ago, JonnyBoy said: I just can't wait for the season to be over now, has to be the worst season i have ever experienced supporting Leicester in 30 years taking all things into account I get this, but I'm completely apathetic about it now. It was worse when I cared and I just watched the club freefall from basically as soon as we got out of lockdown. This season should be a surprise to no one. We might be a few places lower than even the pessimists among us would've predicted, but ultimately - play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Top's been playing a stupid game for 5 years now and he's reaping what he has sown! 3
Slab Edd Posted 19 January Posted 19 January Its not that he's getting the team talk wrong,or even telling them to sit on a lead, should we have one. He's just not got the tactics to adapt, so we start really well,end the first half well, but the other teams manager makes tweaks to combat it and cifuentes idea to combat this is to do nothing, believing all football games have "up and downs" and we should just weather the storm, its kinda upsetting to look at 1
Winstonthedog Posted 19 January Posted 19 January On 18/01/2026 at 12:18, BeaumontFox said: There are a lot saying that the manager is the problem. Marti isn’t the best, but NOBODY is going to get a tune out of these pissants. Keep Marti unless we end up in the relegation zone, then rebuild in the summer. Yep ... Marti is not the problem .... but neither is he the solution.... tactically he's not great, team selection is confusing ... but he should still be able to get effort out of them as poor as they are ... so obviously motivation is not one of his strengths ... a good number of players neither want to play for him or the club ... so I agree keep him until the summer ... and then ... no hanging about start to rebuild 1 1
winteriscoming Posted 19 January Posted 19 January Clearly the major issues are at boardroom/ownership level but he really doesn’t help himself. He hasn’t improved 1 player. His in game management is dreadful. He’s completely clueless tactically. It’s taken him over 20 games to realize that the egos within the squad shouldn’t be anywhere near the first team. His lack of giving youth a chance especially Evans is awful. You might as well have Stevie Wonder giving the half time team talk with all the shit that Cifuentes does doing it. 4
john ridley Posted 19 January Posted 19 January On 18/01/2026 at 12:18, BeaumontFox said: There are a lot saying that the manager is the problem. Marti isn’t the best, but NOBODY is going to get a tune out of these pissants. Keep Marti unless we end up in the relegation zone, then rebuild in the summer. By the time we're in the relegation zone ,sadly it'll be too late . 1
oxford blue Posted 19 January Posted 19 January Y 30 minutes ago, winteriscoming said: You might as well have Stevie Wonder giving the half time team talk with all the shit that Cifuentes does doing it. Now that's an idea. So key lines might typically vary along these songs from Wonder: You Haven’t done Nothing ,Heaven Help Us All, You Met Your Match, For Once In my Life... I Don’t Know Why, Or the more optimistic version We can Work it Out, Keep on Running, Don’t Worry ‘bout a Thing. 1
kingfox Posted 19 January Posted 19 January Been a while since I did a statistical update, just ignore if you hate xG… xG - 30.19(17th in the Championship) Pressed Sequences - 270(16th in the Championship) PPDA - 13.1(14th in the Championship) High Turnovers - 160(14th in the Championship) And the most depressing of the lot… Goals Conceded - 40(2nd most in the Championship) xGC - 39.50(4th worst in the Championship) In terms of our attacking data, thank god for Jordan James and the numerous worldies that we’ve scored. Pressing stats continue to be mediocre, slight improvement from the first few months of the season. While our defensive data continues to be some of the worst in the league, has been like that since I started delving into Opta’s stats in October. Put that altogether with our lack of clean sheets, plus the non existent full 90 minute performances, how long left do we give him? Maybe give him the transfer window and see what happens over those Oxford and Charlton games. If we make signings and he still can’t get a tune and improve our defence, then surely it’s goodbye for him in February. 3
Richmondfox Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 16 minutes ago, kingfox said: Been a while since I did a statistical update, just ignore if you hate xG… xG - 30.19(17th in the Championship) Pressed Sequences - 270(16th in the Championship) PPDA - 13.1(14th in the Championship) High Turnovers - 160(14th in the Championship) And the most depressing of the lot… Goals Conceded - 40(2nd most in the Championship) xGC - 39.50(4th worst in the Championship) In terms of our attacking data, thank god for Jordan James and the numerous worldies that we’ve scored. Pressing stats continue to be mediocre, slight improvement from the first few months of the season. While our defensive data continues to be some of the worst in the league, has been like that since I started delving into Opta’s stats in October. Put that altogether with our lack of clean sheets, plus the non existent full 90 minute performances, how long left do we give him? Maybe give him the transfer window and see what happens over those Oxford and Charlton games. If we make signings and he still can’t get a tune and improve our defence, then surely it’s goodbye for him in February. If he can transfer a clue about football, tactic and the opposition then that will be great. He can’t manage these players and sets them up to fail and doesn’t change anything the next game. I have zero faith any player he gets in, especially ones he identifies, will actually make a difference. Wr need a manager who can tell a player to run with the ball, pass, run ahead to receive that pass and then cross the ball to a forward that hasn’t dropped to the wing or midfield. Something that 23 teams have done to us with ease. Marti is beyond a dud. If he was in any other industry he would either be in a PIP or not passed his probation.
BeaumontFox Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 3 hours ago, Winstonthedog said: Yep ... Marti is not the problem .... but neither is he the solution.... tactically he's not great, team selection is confusing ... but he should still be able to get effort out of them as poor as they are ... so obviously motivation is not one of his strengths ... a good number of players neither want to play for him or the club ... so I agree keep him until the summer ... and then ... no hanging about start to rebuild Completely agree with all of that. 1
oxtonfox Posted 19 January Posted 19 January I am sure he must know that he’s making zip all difference now. He sounds like a broken record before and after every match, same old platitudes and we will “identify the solution” bull. He’s stuck with this outdated formation that we’re simply not good enough to execute. He’s timid with his repeated negative approach in game management. Useless with half time team talks and too slow with subs. Hes losing the manager head to heads week after week. I’d take anyone even my aunt, she’d be flicking her tea towel at them. 3
RoboFox Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 2 hours ago, Sankey93 said: Lose tomorrow night and surely he’s done. I've seen this movie before. 2
Corky Posted 19 January Posted 19 January I agree with those who say the job is the biggest he'll get. He is struggling to justify it. Pundits who cover this league are not having our current position and statistics. You don't brush off or get away with Leicester being near the bottom of metrics tables in this league. You don't set up like we do in this league. 3
Sankey93 Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 1 hour ago, RoboFox said: I've seen this movie before. ABDUL 93rd Winner 😂
gurru991 Posted 19 January Posted 19 January Unfortunately Marti is just not a very good coach ... he appears to have zero tactical nous & is incapable of changing games. A poor team & a poor manager !!! what could go wrong. 2
Pliskin Posted 19 January Posted 19 January On 18/01/2026 at 12:18, BeaumontFox said: There are a lot saying that the manager is the problem. Marti isn’t the best, but NOBODY is going to get a tune out of these pissants. Keep Marti unless we end up in the relegation zone, then rebuild in the summer. I respectfully disagree. You can’t say with certainty that another manager won’t get more out this group…. As I’ve said before, it depends what type of character you go for…. For argument sake, and humour me….. A manager like Chris Wilder for example, probably would, because he wouldn’t be attempting to play “football” he will focus more of the strengths within the squad and play to them, and he wouldn’t probably lean on the academy players a lot more that Marti currently is. And the likes of Faes and Winks would have been out long ago, and probably wouldn’t have been given a chance to come back in. Most of the troublemakers are now out of the team….. we forget that this team does still have talented players, and it’s been proven time and time again at this level that you don’t always need the best talent to get out of it…. Organisation and a willingness succeed go along way. The biggest issues other that depth at the moment for us are: Fitness A clear tactical philosophy. Marti is to blame for what happens on the pitch, because if he was a decent coach/manager then he would stand a chance of getting this lot to play together. The first half against Cov just proved that there’s still quality in the team capable of producing. There are two trails of thought though, Marti isn’t the man to take this club forward…. He will be going at the end of the season regardless of what happens…. But, what if the ideal replacement becomes available now, and is willing to take the role…. Would it not be better to potentially get him in early doors so he can start to forward plan? I’m not for one minutes suggesting we need to think about promotion this season, but it’s likely to not improve under Marti, and if we do get a worse than expected points deduction we could be in the shit, and I’ve no confidence he would be able to save us. 4
deep blue Posted 19 January Posted 19 January 1 hour ago, john ridley said: By the time we're in the relegation zone ,sadly it'll be too late . So true. By the time we got into a relegation fight with Rodgers he had already regressed the squad into one that had no commitment about them ... they didn't have the mentality for a fight at the moment we most needed it (only a little more fight and purpose by the players would have been enough for us to have avoided relegation). Similarly, our players this season have so often demonstrated the lack of fight needed to hold onto leads and acquire points. Can you really see them being able to show sufficient commitment in a dogfight? We can't afford to think we can just coast along with Cifuentes to a mid-table position at the end of the season. The reset has to start now, and Cifuentes must be replaced with someone with more football nous and courage.
HankMarvin Posted 19 January Posted 19 January “It’s not Martis fault” That he can’t even get them to do the most basic of tasks like perform sprints, but he had an answer for that. It’s because we are not a counter attacking team and have more of the ball. Somebody should tell him we are 8th for possession, so by his own logic those teams that have more of the ball than us should be sprinting less than us. 2
Pliskin Posted 20 January Posted 20 January 1 hour ago, HankMarvin said: “It’s not Martis fault” That he can’t even get them to do the most basic of tasks like perform sprints, but he had an answer for that. It’s because we are not a counter attacking team and have more of the ball. Somebody should tell him we are 8th for possession, so by his own logic those teams that have more of the ball than us should be sprinting less than us. This is actually a very valid point….. We’re always running out of steam after 60 minutes, yet, statistically we run less than any other team in this league? So that argument of the “squad isn’t big enough” is bollocks, Marti simply isn’t using the players available intelligently enough….. And somehow we get knackered when we’re not running……. 2
Sly Posted 20 January Posted 20 January The RVN / Cooper debacle last season still got us 18th in the league, above both Ipswich and Southampton. However if you look at the stats, both of those teams are now finding their feet (Ipswich more) and will be in the playoffs come the end of the season as a minimal. Since the end of last season, this squad has now lost Ndidi, Vardy, Hermansen, McAteer, Justin, El Khannous, Coady, Ward, Iversen, Buonanotte, Edouard and Faes. That needed to happen to trim the wage bill and get rid of some significantly underperforming players in relation to the wages we were paying. We haven’t strengthened in key areas though and I really do think we’ll just cruise to the end of the season, accepting we are in a transitional phase. The frustrating thing about this entire season is, we all know it’s happening, however we’d all rather be watching Monga, Evans, Page, Nelson, Alunko, Braybrooke etc lose 2-1 to Coventry. Reality is, I think Cifuentes needs to ensure we stay up. I’m hoping the points deduction is imminent, so we know where the land lies. Once we know we are sort of safe, let us see more of the younger players, as we will engage with them more than the likes of Ayew. I think they’ll give him to the end of the season, as long as we are looking like we avoid relegation.
Chelmofox Posted 20 January Posted 20 January 2 hours ago, Sly said: The RVN / Cooper debacle last season still got us 18th in the league, above both Ipswich and Southampton. However if you look at the stats, both of those teams are now finding their feet (Ipswich more) and will be in the playoffs come the end of the season as a minimal. Don't disagree with most of your points apart from the bit about Southampton. Minus a bit of a new manager bounce, they are worse than we are. They are 2nd from bottom in the 6 game form guide and 3rd from bottom in the 10 game form guide. Last league win was December 9th and are 4 points below us. Southampton are not showing play off form
Katy Posted 20 January Posted 20 January I’m really interested to know what they actually do in training all week. It’s certainly not fitness related, is it? How are we so unfit and lack the stamina to compete for 90+ minutes in games with the facilities we have at Seagrave? These are rhetorical questions by the way, we all know the reasons. 2
MGLCFC Posted 20 January Posted 20 January The absolute perfect storm. Sh1t manager, Sh1t squad, Sh1t leadership, Sh1t owner, Sh1t DoF, and no money to improve things, all happening at the same time. 1
Popular Post Finnegan Posted 20 January Popular Post Posted 20 January (edited) 17 hours ago, kingfox said: Been a while since I did a statistical update, just ignore if you hate xG… xG - 30.19(17th in the Championship) Pressed Sequences - 270(16th in the Championship) PPDA - 13.1(14th in the Championship) High Turnovers - 160(14th in the Championship) And the most depressing of the lot… Goals Conceded - 40(2nd most in the Championship) xGC - 39.50(4th worst in the Championship) In terms of our attacking data, thank god for Jordan James and the numerous worldies that we’ve scored. Pressing stats continue to be mediocre, slight improvement from the first few months of the season. While our defensive data continues to be some of the worst in the league, has been like that since I started delving into Opta’s stats in October. Put that altogether with our lack of clean sheets, plus the non existent full 90 minute performances, how long left do we give him? Maybe give him the transfer window and see what happens over those Oxford and Charlton games. If we make signings and he still can’t get a tune and improve our defence, then surely it’s goodbye for him in February. Too much of it isn't about the personnel available to him, it's about his general style. The work rate and pressing stats, the lack of high turnovers, the overall low xG, there's no excuse for it when you've got Mavididi, Fatawu, Daka, Reid and James available to you as attackers. Enzo would have those personnel closing down all over the park and creating a solid amount of chances. Not because he's a tactical genius and I just love him so much I'm biased but simply just because his approach would suit those players. For whatever faults Mavididi and Daka have, they'll press when they're told to and they're quick, Fatawu is a hard working kid despite the flair JJ will run himself in to the ground and BDCR isn't anywhere near the donkey Ayew is. We don't have to be playing this way, we're playing this way because it's what Cifuentes believes in. He's used a passive mid block through the vast majority of his career. Edited 20 January by Finnegan 10 1
Pliskin Posted 20 January Posted 20 January 51 minutes ago, Finnegan said: Too much of it isn't about the personnel available to him, it's about his general style. The work rate and pressing stats, the lack of high turnovers, the overall low xG, there's no excuse for it when you've got Mavididi, Fatawu, Daka, Reid and James available to you as attackers. Enzo would have those personnel closing down all over the park and creating a solid amount of chances. Not because he's a tactical genius and I just love him so much I'm biased but simply just because his approach would suit those players. For whatever faults Mavididi and Daka have, they'll press when they're told to and they're quick, Fatawu is a hard working kid despite the flair JJ will run himself in to the ground and BDCR isn't anywhere near the donkey Ayew is. We don't have to be playing this way, we're playing this way because it's what Cifuentes believes in. He's used a passive mid block through the vast majority of his career. Exactly!
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