Cifuentes OUT

[trooky]

6 hours ago, LeePhilpottsBaldSpot said:

We can't keep blaming every manager when the problem is clearly deeper than that.

 

Somewhere within the club we need a genuine leader who will identify and act on whatever the toxic elements are and build the club back up again with an ethos we can actually enjoy.

Agree, everyone complaining about the team last night, but we have 3 games in a week so he's rotated. 

 

With the excemption of Nelson. Everyone has had a chance. 

[The Doctor]

talks a good game, does absolutely none of what he says. Just, keep your word and play front footed football with some of the kids Martí for the love of god, or **** off.

Edited 22 October 2025 by The Doctor

[Dan]

Absolutely baffled how incapable so many of our fans are of realising that it's possible that Cifuentes is shit (he is) and the board and ownership are shit (they are).

 

I absolutely despise this board. They run the club how I would if I somehow inherited Nottingham Forest. But that doesn't mean Cifuentes is good enough - there is not a single positive you can cling onto now that the fluke unbeaten run and playoff position has gone. Not a single one. I'd love to see anyone attempt to name one.

[Dan]

8 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

I’m starting to wonder 

I am as well as ridiculous as it seems. It isn't even necessarily just disagreeing with his decisions - it's completely at odds with everything he said. It's like Enzo Maresca saying all he did when he came in and serving up Dycheball.

[LCFCJohn]

20 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

He has absolutely nothing about him and should not be anywhere near the managers seat but the problem is Top. It will always be Top until Top ****s off. 
 

We get rid and then what ? Top goes and hires Martin because that is the only manager he knows out there to play a style that doesn’t work for us and a squad lacking the technical ability to play it. 
 

Further lies on transfers, players not good enough being rewarded with large contracts,  Martin fails and we fall 

 

Yes Cifuentes needs to go but this energy should be pointed at the man whose own mother thinks he is an idiot. Ousted by his entire family. Now sitting in the chairman and ceo of seat of this club. A fool doubling down. 
 

When will we wake up Leicester to the number one problem at our club. 

I agree. Marti has lost me. Nice guy, really wanted him to do well but he committed down the ‘experience’ route and it has backfired. I’d forgive the results/league position if we were future planning but he is doing nothing. It’s been suggested that it might be dictated to him. In that case, have some pride and backbone. 
 

But we know who the replacement will be if Marti is giving his orders in the near future and it will be a disaster. The fact we are inclined to keep our manager in place due to fear of knowing who the replacement will be and what will happen if that was the case is laughable itself.

 

All on Aiyawatt.

[shilton_fox]

Needs to drop some of the old guard. Faesand soumare should be nowhere near the pitch with the dross they’ve served up over the years. Same as daka but sadly he’s probably our best striker currently. Put in players that want to be here and want to perform. This is a far deeper problem than just Marti but at the moment he is not helping himself, the starting 11 yesterday was appalling and deservedly was 2 down at the break. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

20 minutes ago, Dan said:

there is not a single positive you can cling onto

That the nucleus of this side won’t be here next season.

 

It’s not our first rodeo where most players are of contract and or don’t give a ****, and yet we don’t learn. I wonder who is the responsible person overseeing squad building?

[Horibbly Wrong]

I'd like to see him be more drastic, like starting the next game with the formation that we ended the game with yesterday... Aswell as Nelson, Evans etc. Just go for it

[funkyrobot]

Cifuentes getting battered on here for not playing multiple 17 year olds in a Championship team all at the same time is very unfair. I can’t remember another team that would play the likes of Evans, Page, Aluko alongside Monga all at the same time. It’s unrealistic and unfair on him and the lads that would ultimately get hung out to dry as we drop down the table. He’s got a squad weakened from last season that was already weakened after Enzo left. He’s trying to juggle long term fitness issues with Ricardo and Ramsey and deal with an imbalanced squad lacking in vital areas. Hence why he selects Hamza, moves James and chooses Soumare and keeps juggling strikers who don’t score. 
 

It’s rare that as fans we will agree with a manager about everyone in the team. I personally don’t agree with continuing with Thomas but tbf to Cifuentes, VK is only a slight improvement at best. Nelson is more an alternative to Vestergaard than to Faes and Vesty has been good this season. As for Okoli, many on here were calling him out earlier in the season for his passing and even his heading. He’s improved his reputation by not playing. 
 

I still think Nelson will get his chance and one or two of the other youngsters will get rotation time this season. Page, Aluko, Evans and Silko will get bench time, occasional starts but realistically we are playoff level at best unless Cifuentes is helped during the January transfer window. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

41 minutes ago, Dan said:

Absolutely baffled how incapable so many of our fans are of realising that it's possible that Cifuentes is shit (he is) and the board and ownership are shit (they are).

 

I absolutely despise this board. They run the club how I would if I somehow inherited Nottingham Forest. But that doesn't mean Cifuentes is good enough - there is not a single positive you can cling onto now that the fluke unbeaten run and playoff position has gone. Not a single one. I'd love to see anyone attempt to name one.

er ...... let me think ....... er ......... No I'm stumped 

[South Shire Fox]

6 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Cifuentes getting battered on here for not playing multiple 17 year olds in a Championship team all at the same time is very unfair. I can’t remember another team that would play the likes of Evans, Page, Aluko alongside Monga all at the same time. It’s unrealistic and unfair on him and the lads that would ultimately get hung out to dry as we drop down the table. He’s got a squad weakened from last season that was already weakened after Enzo left. He’s trying to juggle long term fitness issues with Ricardo and Ramsey and deal with an imbalanced squad lacking in vital areas. Hence why he selects Hamza, moves James and chooses Soumare and keeps juggling strikers who don’t score. 
 

It’s rare that as fans we will agree with a manager about everyone in the team. I personally don’t agree with continuing with Thomas but tbf to Cifuentes, VK is only a slight improvement at best. Nelson is more an alternative to Vestergaard than to Faes and Vesty has been good this season. As for Okoli, many on here were calling him out earlier in the season for his passing and even his heading. He’s improved his reputation by not playing. 
 

I still think Nelson will get his chance and one or two of the other youngsters will get rotation time this season. Page, Aluko, Evans and Silko will get bench time, occasional starts but realistically we are playoff level at best unless Cifuentes is helped during the January transfer window. 

Agree about the 17 year olds part. However, his biggest problems are that hes still playing Soumare and Faes who should be being turfed out in Jan.

- Ayew still be used as a striker which has been clear to everyone since the first game that he stifles our attack with his lack of movement.

-Thomas being our first choice LB when hes not athletic enough anymore

-Having a system that creates absolute zero oppurtunities for our strikers and just relying on individual brilliance for goals

[Gazza M]

We dont know the expectations the board have set him. He may not have the luxury of a rebuild. Instant return may be what he has been told which is impossible.

 

Piper on RL did highlight his worries after Portsmouth that he isn't necessarily getting the tactics across. I fear the egos are switching off again unfortunately. 

[Pliskin]

Marti doesn’t help himself with some of the decisions he makes, but he too hasn’t been helped. 
 

It’s clear he’s been told something, because why would you just revert to playing shit like Faes? The guy plays like he couldn’t give a shit week in week out, yet continues to be played and continues to concede poor goals. 
 

The whole club is just on a downward spiral, Enzo arrested the decline just because he’s a ****ing good coach, and from day one didn’t come here and act like a rabbit in the headlights, he came here from day one and said “it’s my way or the highway, and I’ll leave if you want me too”…….. 

 

To manage this football club, you need to be a bastard, stick two fingers up to the useless board and just hope that you can let the performances and results do the talking. 
 

Otherwise Too and Rudkin clearly steer the ship, and we know that they’re incompetent and can’t do that. 
 

Part of me kind of hopes we get hammered with a points deduction, just to paper over the cracks of what is going to be a horrific season.

Edited 22 October 2025 by Pliskin

[Fox92]

After the Wrexham game I said he is a mid table manager. I’ll stick with that. 

[LiliansLeftPeg]

We all know the squad needs an overhaul. There's a core of players who are rotten. They've been abysmal under Cooper, RvN and now Marti and yet it's Marti who needs to be sacked?

 

The only criticism that sticks IMO is his avoidance of Page, Silko, Evans etc. but I'm not convinced that throwing them all in is the answer - Monga is a talent but incredibly inconsistent (which is reasonable) so would expect the same to happen with the others. 

 

Anyone who knows anything about leadership will know "culture eats strategy for breakfast". Cooper, RvN and Marti all have different strategies and tactics and have struggled to get a tune. This won't change until those ~10 contracts expire in the summer. To this point, it doesn't matter who the manager is before then.

 

Axing Marti at this point makes zero sense. It'll set us back further and reminds these players that they don't need to try or adapt to a managers system because he'll just get sacked anyway. They won't suddenly become good if we bring in someone else. 

[RowlattsFox]

I have sympathy due to the squad. Its short and bloated at the same time. He could chuck a load of 17 year old in but that is a huge risk, not just for him but for them.

 

Ricardo couldn't play, we have no other right back option. Ramsey was ****ed on sat so I could see why he didn't start, not many options to replace him. Monga looked better coming off the bench too and without Mavididi again there isn't much option. He clearly only plays Kristiansen as a last resort so that leaves him with Thomas. 

Silko Thomas is a weird one, carries him around and names him on the bench a lot but I couldn't pick him out a crowd, why not just chuck him on. 

 

Taking Jordan James off last night was a mistake, unless there is a knock. 

[Muzzy_no7]

The more I think of it the more I really get would up by what he’s done and doing: 

 

 

• Disregard of Nelson - he should’ve been prioritised this season and developed alongside Vesty with Okoli rotating. Faes should’ve been sidelined.
• Use of Soumare - he’s had WAY too many chances here and the amount of minutes he’s been given this season is a disgrace, like Faes he should’ve been sidelined and alienated from the group.
• Use of Ayew- as a ****ing striker, unreal decision.
• LT- he’s pants, everyone can see it. We all know VK hasn’t pulled up trees but there’s no doubt he has a higher ceiling and would likely do better than LT given a run. 
• Page - what’s happened?
• Evans and Aluko -should be getting chances
• Hutchinson? We need a goalscorer
• Lack of overlapping full backs- it’s killing us, again everyone can see it.
• The early season persistence of Soumare and Skipp in that double pivot Jesus wept
• Mavididi -Should’ve been dropped earlier
• Alves -strange call?

[Spanner73]

1 hour ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

He has absolutely nothing about him and should not be anywhere near the managers seat but the problem is Top. It will always be Top until Top ****s off. 
 

We get rid and then what ? Top goes and hires Martin because that is the only manager he knows out there to play a style that doesn’t work for us and a squad lacking the technical ability to play it. 
 

Further lies on transfers, players not good enough being rewarded with large contracts,  Martin fails and we fall 

 

Yes Cifuentes needs to go but this energy should be pointed at the man whose own mother thinks he is an idiot. Ousted by his entire family. Now sitting in the chairman and ceo of seat of this club. A fool doubling down. 
 

When will we wake up Leicester to the number one problem at our club. 

Some of us see it exactly the way it is but a lot of fans still don’t think Top is the problem as hard as that is to believe 

[ALC Fox]

I feel like we can't really judge him while we have so many of our dross still on the books and who are genuine options in our team.

 

I want to see the youngsters on the pitch but too many at the same time isn't going to work, not when they struggle to see games out at U21 level.

 

Our rotation options among the first team are garbage though. As well as some of our starters. The squad needs a big overhaul, and at the same time I'm not sure we can afford better. We need really strong recruitment over the next two to four windows as I think it may be that long before we sort this mess out.

 

Then I think it'll be time to judge Cifuentes properly with a squad he's built with what he thinks is the aim of going up.

[Spanner73]

24 minutes ago, Gazza M said:

We dont know the expectations the board have set him. He may not have the luxury of a rebuild. Instant return may be what he has been told which is impossible.

 

Piper on RL did highlight his worries after Portsmouth that he isn't necessarily getting the tactics across. I fear the egos are switching off again unfortunately. 

They do what they want 

[Ric Flair]

The bloke talks about how he likes to look from within for solutions and that this is the start of the process and rebuild but we aren't rebuilding. He's saying one thing and doing the opposite. 

 

The whole last few months has been beyond odd.

[LiliansLeftPeg]

16 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

The bloke talks about how he likes to look from within for solutions and that this is the start of the process and rebuild but we aren't rebuilding. He's saying one thing and doing the opposite. 

 

The whole last few months has been beyond odd.

Let's be fair here. He's stuck with Jakub who was anything but established before this season. He's integrating youth into training and he's rotated Page, Silko and Monga between matchday squads. You could even argue that keeping Hamza and Luke Thomas in and around the XI supports the vision of an academy 'production line'.

 

He's had 12 competitive games and **** all pre season to assess the youth while working out which of the senior team he can trust and has us at the right end of the league while doing so. 

[Winstonthedog]

For me we employ a manager to play a system for players we obviously don't have in the squad ...  we are a few months away from a lot of players being shown the door ... at that point we need a manager with a different system and rebuild the team to suit .... this Pep style system is boring to watch and not suited to us and the squad  .... this could be Marti or not 

Edited 22 October 2025 by Winstonthedog
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[Mike Oxlong]

His post match comments don’t gloss over all that is wrong with this squad and its mentality but the lack of improvement indicates that he hasn’t a clue how to fix things

[The Doctor]

6 minutes ago, LiliansLeftPeg said:

Let's be fair here. He's stuck with Jakub who was anything but established before this season. He's integrating youth into training and he's rotated Page, Silko and Monga between matchday squads. You could even argue that keeping Hamza and Luke Thomas in and around the XI supports the vision of an academy 'production line'.

 

He's had 12 competitive games and **** all pre season to assess the youth while working out which of the senior team he can trust and has us at the right end of the league while doing so. 

Jakub was number 2 last season and Hermansen was sold, becoming number 1 was natural, Monga was already in the squad when he came in. it's a stretch to give him credit for those