Christian Fuchs

[Guest]

It does feel like we might need to take a chance on someone like this because I'm not convinced we'll attract (or target) anyone genuinely impressive and going for a safe, "proven" option at this level seems like a good way of getting someone who's "proven" that they aren't actually very good. Not necessarily an endorsement of Fuchs specifically, and after hearing the way the likes of Huth and Albrighton talk about us I'd be very wary of bringing anyone from that era back at a time when we badly need to become less sentimental and more ruthless/meritocratic.

Edited 4 May by Guest

[Reg Vardy]

On 04/05/2026 at 09:06, Old Fox said:

With probably the worst squad in league 2 with the smallest budget - we are in league one so we either get some has been or someone with potential - personally could buy into an ex-Leicester connection but more importantly he is bright and a winner - he will go on to have an exceptional management career if he puts his mind to it. His businesses are a success and he is ambitious - perfect mixture plus as an member of our greatest team he gains instant respect plus he is smart enough to deal with JR and Top plus the fans will get behind him generally ……no brainier for me!!!

May not have been you, but sure somebody wrote the same things about Andy King…..just saying

[FoxinNotts]

Fuchs / Okazaki / King management team. I'm sure we could get behind this

[izzymuzzet]

Have thought about this and decided I'm up for Fuchs on condition that he ditches the skinny jeans. 

[AjcW]

Seems quite flexible too, just looking at set ups and appears to have used 9 different formations across his 29 Newport games.

 

I would like to see this sort of flexibility/different set ups for different opposition going forwards.

[gerblod]

On 03/05/2026 at 15:43, trooky said:

Hardly the same calibre, Fuchs 31 games 29% win percentage in his first job.

 

If he wasn't a title winner and affiliated to the club he wouldn't even get a mention on here. 

Lies, damned lies and statistics. The reality is that he became manager of Newport when they were firmly fixed to the foot of the league. He's had to turn the spirit of the squad around. Stats don't reflect what he's achieved. 

[john ridley]

Could change the moto "Foxes  never  quit " to "No Fuchs Given"?

[Merchant_Banker]

1 minute ago, john ridley said:

Could change the moto "Foxes  never  quit " to "No Fuchs Given"?

The team this season didn’t give a Fuchs, so not sure that is a good idea. 😕

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

15 hours ago, Guest said:

It does feel like we might need to take a chance on someone like this because I'm not convinced we'll attract (or target) anyone genuinely impressive and going for a safe, "proven" option at this level seems like a good way of getting someone who's "proven" that they aren't actually very good. Not necessarily an endorsement of Fuchs specifically, and after hearing the way the likes of Huth and Albrighton talk about us I'd be very wary of bringing anyone from that era back at a time when we badly need to become less sentimental and more ruthless/meritocratic.

He’s also shown some metal at a struggling team with no budget, albeit ideally I’d like him to have had more experience. He’d also not command a big salary. He also gets what a positive culture is, and perhaps he could bring in some of the former title winners to move back in that direction. He’d also get a lot of fans back on side.

 

Could be worth a gamble, but he is very inexperienced as a manager.

[StanSP]

17 hours ago, Magnum said:

 

The Blue Man Group look different these days. 

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

He’s also shown some metal at a struggling team with no budget, albeit ideally I’d like him to have had more experience. He’d also not command a big salary. He also gets what a positive culture is, and perhaps he could bring in some of the former title winners to move back in that direction. He’d also get a lot of fans back on side.

 

Could be worth a gamble, but he is very inexperienced as a manager.

I think we should be careful not to put too much emphasis on this. Yes, a former player like Fuchs would probably get the fans onside in the short term, but that wouldn't last very long if he doesn't make a strong start. Personally I'd prefer us to recruit the best candidate for the job rather than go for an ex-player just because the fans will like it.

Fuchs may well turn out to be a very good manager. And we if do recruit him, I'll get behind him. But would we even be considering him based on his experience alone? I don't think so.

 

 

[davieG]

There's always the likes of Michael Appleton, Will Still, Chris Hughton, Tony Mowbray, Ryan Mason, Barry Ferguson, Eric Ramsey, Steve McLaren, Steve Bruce, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Paul Ince, Mick McCarthy, Alan Pardew.

 

If you prefer an unemployed manager/coach

[Bluearmyfox28]

9 minutes ago, davieG said:

There's always the likes of Michael Appleton, Will Still, Chris Hughton, Tony Mowbray, Ryan Mason, Barry Ferguson, Eric Ramsey, Steve McLaren, Steve Bruce, Steven Gerrard, Wayne Rooney, Paul Ince, Mick McCarthy, Alan Pardew.

 

If you prefer an unemployed manager/coach

Tony Mowbray is a very underrated manager in my opinion. 

[trooky]

48 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

He’s also shown some metal at a struggling team with no budget, albeit ideally I’d like him to have had more experience. He’d also not command a big salary. He also gets what a positive culture is, and perhaps he could bring in some of the former title winners to move back in that direction. He’d also get a lot of fans back on side.

 

Could be worth a gamble, but he is very inexperienced as a manager.

Nelson Jardim was Newport manager for season 24/25 finished 20th with no budget, are we saying he should be considered for the Leicester job? 

Edited 5 May by trooky

[Finnegan]

Foxestalk gets mad when we're linked to the same names over and over again like there's no imagination at the club. 

 

Meanwhile, foxestalk getting obsessed that we should almost exclusively hire nothing but former players. 

 

**** sakes, people. The world is big. There's seven (?) billion people in it. Broaden your horizons. 

 

Edit: **** me it's 8bn now. Planet is doomed anyway what the hell does football matter. We'll be living in the post apocalypse before LCFC makes profit again. 

 

Edited 5 May by Finnegan

[indierich06]

17 minutes ago, trooky said:

Nelson Jardim was Newport manager for season 24/25 finished 20th with no budget, are we saying he should be considered for the Leicester job? 

No, but I think the context of Fuchs' existing relationship with this club and its fans, coupled with what he's achieved at Newport and the fact that he clearly wants the job, means that he will be talked about in connection with the vacancy. For what it's worth, I think the club are more likely to go with a 'name', but as I've mentioned in previous posts, I think the key job this summer is to get someone in who can reset standards across the football club, and that's something he appears to have done in an - albeit short - stint at Newport. Although he never played under Nigel Pearson, he was a Pearson signing, and the majority of that squad who won the Premier League really embodied the spirit and standards that we have been sorely lacking in recent years. So, in terms of helping the club to rediscover and reconnect with its identity, Fuchs could be an interesting option - I really think we should be prioritising a man-manager over a tactician this time around. I think it's probably too soon for Christian Fuchs, and he would do well to get some managerial experience under his belt at a few different clubs, maybe at League One level, if he can get a job at that level - I think there would be other clubs in the division that would be willing to take a punt on him after what he achieved at Newport. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

I think we should be careful not to put too much emphasis on this. Yes, a former player like Fuchs would probably get the fans onside in the short term, but that wouldn't last very long if he doesn't make a strong start. Personally I'd prefer us to recruit the best candidate for the job rather than go for an ex-player just because the fans will like it.

Fuchs may well turn out to be a very good manager. And we if do recruit him, I'll get behind him. But would we even be considering him based on his experience alone? I don't think so.

 

 

I agree with your points. I’m not totally sold, but you can see an argument where it might make sense, but the lack of experience is a major issue 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

36 minutes ago, trooky said:

Nelson Jardim was Newport manager for season 24/25 finished 20th with no budget, are we saying he should be considered for the Leicester job? 

Don’t know who he is, but he’s for a foreign name and that is exciting. I think he’s worth considering.

[trooky]

39 minutes ago, indierich06 said:

No, but I think the context of Fuchs' existing relationship with this club and its fans, coupled with what he's achieved at Newport and the fact that he clearly wants the job, means that he will be talked about in connection with the vacancy. For what it's worth, I think the club are more likely to go with a 'name', but as I've mentioned in previous posts, I think the key job this summer is to get someone in who can reset standards across the football club, and that's something he appears to have done in an - albeit short - stint at Newport. Although he never played under Nigel Pearson, he was a Pearson signing, and the majority of that squad who won the Premier League really embodied the spirit and standards that we have been sorely lacking in recent years. So, in terms of helping the club to rediscover and reconnect with its identity, Fuchs could be an interesting option - I really think we should be prioritising a man-manager over a tactician this time around. I think it's probably too soon for Christian Fuchs, and he would do well to get some managerial experience under his belt at a few different clubs, maybe at League One level, if he can get a job at that level - I think there would be other clubs in the division that would be willing to take a punt on him after what he achieved at Newport. 

Yes, I agree we need a man manager and somebody who's able to reset the standards, create a team spirit and restore authority over the players. 

 

This current group of players seem to have gotten away with so much recently. 

[indierich06]

10 minutes ago, trooky said:

Yes, I agree we need a man manager and somebody who's able to reset the standards, create a team spirit and restore authority over the players. 

 

This current group of players seem to have gotten away with so much recently. 

Yes, agreed. I don't think it even needs to be a 'hard man' or an authoritarian necessarily. Pearson always seemed to be able to command respect and set standards without needing to resort to those kind of tactics. The players all loved him and would have run through walls for him. 

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, Finnegan said:

Foxestalk gets mad when we're linked to the same names over and over again like there's no imagination at the club. 

 

Meanwhile, foxestalk getting obsessed that we should almost exclusively hire nothing but former players. 

 

**** sakes, people. The world is big. There's seven (?) billion people in it. Broaden your horizons. 

 

Edit: **** me it's 8bn now. Planet is doomed anyway what the hell does football matter. We'll be living in the post apocalypse before LCFC makes profit again. 

 

I don't think you can blame fans for wanting have some sort of connection between the stands and the team.

 

It's been non-existent for over 2 years now.

 

Much rather someone with an immediate connection to the club who will resonate with the fans like Fuchs than some "grew up somewhat near north east Spain so he must be like Pep Guardiola right" type twat.

[Finnegan]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

I don't think you can blame fans for wanting have some sort of connection between the stands and the team.

 

It's been non-existent for over 2 years now.

 

Much rather someone with an immediate connection to the club who will resonate with the fans like Fuchs than some "grew up somewhat near north east Spain so he must be like Pep Guardiola right" type twat.

 

The only connection Nigel Pearson had to Leicester City was captaining a team against us in a cup final.

 

I don't want staff with a connection to the club, I want competent staff with a good attitude hired on merit. 

 

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

The only connection Nigel Pearson had to Leicester City was captaining a team against us in a cup final.

 

I don't want staff with a connection to the club, I want competent staff with a good attitude hired on merit. 

 

Amen.

 

[Finnegan]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

The only connection Nigel Pearson had to Leicester City was captaining a team against us in a cup final.

 

I don't want staff with a connection to the club, I want competent staff with a good attitude hired on merit. 

 

 

And Martin O'Neill played for ****ing Forest. 

 

[AKCJ]

2 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

The only connection Nigel Pearson had to Leicester City was captaining a team against us in a cup final.

 

I don't want staff with a connection to the club, I want competent staff with a good attitude hired on merit. 

 

Obviously, and we'll more than likely hire an experienced manager. But right now you can't blame fans for wanting someone who gets it in charge.