Gary Rowett

[FosseSpark]

12 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

What other candidates are: a) better qualified than Rowett for a Championship relegation scrap; and b) would take the job?

Rowett, over his past 283 champo games (so 7 or 8 seasons), has a win % of 36% and never over 40% during that period.

36% is just a smidge over our current and unprecedentedly dire form and will result in 5 wins from our remaining 14 games and relegation. 

The reason he is well qualified for a relegation scrap is that his win % is a guarantee of a relegation scrap.

Better qualified available coaches who could start immediately with better pedigree who dont just hang around the nether regions of the championship like a vegetarians fart are. 

Dyche

Bruno Lage

Carvalhal

Hassenhutl

 

[FosseSpark]

13 hours ago, MGLCFC said:

A bit like getting the man sacked by Greece after losing 1 - 0 to the Faroe Islands.

not really. if rowett had ever managed succesfully in the upper reaches of serie a and premier league then maybe. along with about 20 other factors that make it a poor comparison.

 

Edited 20 February by FosseSpark

[MGLCFC]

13 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

not really. if rowett had ever managed succesfully in the upper reaches of serie a and premier league then maybe. along with about 20 other factors that make it a poor comparison.

 

The comparison is, don't write a bloke off, who has had relative success at Championship level, just because he has been sacked from his last job at a club some consider well below us, just like Greece weren't a fashionable team at international level when Ranieri got sacked after losing to the Faroe Islands. We aren't in a position to attract elite managers anymore.

[Jon the Hat]

55 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Rowett, over his past 283 champo games (so 7 or 8 seasons), has a win % of 36% and never over 40% during that period.

36% is just a smidge over our current and unprecedentedly dire form and will result in 5 wins from our remaining 14 games and relegation. 

The reason he is well qualified for a relegation scrap is that his win % is a guarantee of a relegation scrap.

Better qualified available coaches who could start immediately with better pedigree who dont just hang around the nether regions of the championship like a vegetarians fart are. 

Dyche

Bruno Lage

Carvalhal

Hassenhutl

 

They turned us down.  All of them.  You are in dreamland.

[ClaphamFox]

56 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Rowett, over his past 283 champo games (so 7 or 8 seasons), has a win % of 36% and never over 40% during that period.

36% is just a smidge over our current and unprecedentedly dire form and will result in 5 wins from our remaining 14 games and relegation. 

The reason he is well qualified for a relegation scrap is that his win % is a guarantee of a relegation scrap.

Better qualified available coaches who could start immediately with better pedigree who dont just hang around the nether regions of the championship like a vegetarians fart are. 

Dyche

Bruno Lage

Carvalhal

Hassenhutl

 

So you completely ignored the second half of my question? 

[Claridge]

57 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

Rowett, over his past 283 champo games (so 7 or 8 seasons), has a win % of 36% and never over 40% during that period.

36% is just a smidge over our current and unprecedentedly dire form and will result in 5 wins from our remaining 14 games and relegation. 

The reason he is well qualified for a relegation scrap is that his win % is a guarantee of a relegation scrap.

Better qualified available coaches who could start immediately with better pedigree who dont just hang around the nether regions of the championship like a vegetarians fart are. 

Dyche

Bruno Lage

Carvalhal

Hassenhutl

 

The slight problem is that they almost certainly wouldn’t touch us with a barge pole and Rowett would.

[Dahnsouff]

30 minutes ago, FosseSpark said:

not really. if rowett had ever managed succesfully in the upper reaches of serie a and premier league then maybe. along with about 20 other factors that make it a poor comparison.

 

But we are not there currently, and have found ourselves shopping in a very different market due to clubs less than stellar board level performance.

[Donwebbio]

Clear plan for GR and one i really hope he instills:

 

- organised and committed backline with good spacing between players and using whatever pace he can at fullback (Aluko & VK although KV not fast). 

 

Only Nelson to play out from the back.

 

Play Daka to stretch the pitch.

 

Allow the 3 behind Daka to cook (Mukasa, Mav & Abdul).

 

Most of all, players need to be switched on and focused on the game. A lot of these headless chicken moments, red cards, missed tackles I believe are from not being ready to play, a lack of focus. We need 11 players locked in at 12 30pm tomorrow and then each of the last 13 matches after that one. Let's turn this around.

[markko]

Good luck Gary. You are going to need it. If he can keep us up he will have done his job. Perhaps it is now the time to put aside why Pep did not want the job or we could not prise Klopp from Red Bull and get behind the team. I have been very critical of how the club is being run, but it is part of us all and I want them to stay in this division. Relegation could spell the end for LCFC. I for one don't want that to happen. It starts tomorrow. COYB.

[izzymuzzet]

28 minutes ago, Donwebbio said:

Clear plan for GR and one i really hope he instills:

 

- organised and committed backline with good spacing between players and using whatever pace he can at fullback (Aluko & VK although KV not fast). 

 

Only Nelson to play out from the back.

 

Play Daka to stretch the pitch.

 

Allow the 3 behind Daka to cook (Mukasa, Mav & Abdul).

 

Most of all, players need to be switched on and focused on the game. A lot of these headless chicken moments, red cards, missed tackles I believe are from not being ready to play, a lack of focus. We need 11 players locked in at 12 30pm tomorrow and then each of the last 13 matches after that one. Let's turn this around.

This is a good summary. I think the task (essentially, stop conceding so many goals) suits GR. He's not being asked to build a team, just fix some obvious problems. 

[LCFCJohn]

2 hours ago, FosseSpark said:

Rowett, over his past 283 champo games (so 7 or 8 seasons), has a win % of 36% and never over 40% during that period.

36% is just a smidge over our current and unprecedentedly dire form and will result in 5 wins from our remaining 14 games and relegation. 

The reason he is well qualified for a relegation scrap is that his win % is a guarantee of a relegation scrap.

Better qualified available coaches who could start immediately with better pedigree who dont just hang around the nether regions of the championship like a vegetarians fart are. 

Dyche

Bruno Lage

Carvalhal

Hassenhutl

 

A bit simplistic that win percentage. A 36% win percentage would be fine if accompanied by a 40% draw rate and 24% defeats for example. That would see us on roughly 53 points. 
 

36% wins with 24% draw and 40% defeats would be around 50 points.

 

My point is, it’s as much about minimising defeats and turning defeats into draws. 5 wins (based on 36%) and mostly defeats and we are in a mess. But 5 wins (47 points) and a number of draws rather than defeats and we will clear the points required to stay up. 

[Foxin_Mad]

3 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

No way. They are 10 and 11 points ahead of us. I think we’ll be unlikely to reach their current points totals to be honest. Even if we exceed that by a few points, say 5, they would have to pretty much lose every game between now and the end of the season.

 

Anybody above Portsmouth we can not worry ourselves with. Blackburn, West Brom and Portsmouth are the ones to keep an eye on. And Oxford below of course.

I still think it could change quickly and the points needed to stay up will be around 50. 

 

If we are relying on catching Blackburn, West Brom and Portsmouth I would be worried as only West Brom look potentially worse than us. It really depends how much it can be turned around but there is generally always some expected teams getting dragged in towards the end in the championship. 

 

Really we need to win this weekend and that it. 

[Jazzy_Jeff]

1 hour ago, Donwebbio said:

Clear plan for GR and one i really hope he instills:

 

- organised and committed backline with good spacing between players and using whatever pace he can at fullback (Aluko & VK although KV not fast). 

 

Only Nelson to play out from the back.

 

Play Daka to stretch the pitch.

 

Allow the 3 behind Daka to cook (Mukasa, Mav & Abdul).

 

Most of all, players need to be switched on and focused on the game. A lot of these headless chicken moments, red cards, missed tackles I believe are from not being ready to play, a lack of focus. We need 11 players locked in at 12 30pm tomorrow and then each of the last 13 matches after that one. Let's turn this around.

Great post.

 

What those who are doubting him are forgetting is he won’t have had the attacking talent we have at the other clubs he’s managed.

 

If he can tighten us up (a lot) and get the ball to our attackers in good areas we will improve.

[andy peake]

I saw Oxford under Rowett a number of times last season. They were well organised and efficient although not particularly exciting to watch. I saw them defeat Sunderland and Sheffield United at home. No mean feat at that time. Here’s an article about his early time there. Not saying it will work for us but I think it’s a reasonable appointment given the lack of options available.

 

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/sport/24867801.gary-rowett-changed-fortunes-oxford-united/

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gary-rowetts-first-acts-leicester-10825217

 

Gary Rowett's first acts as Leicester City manager as he makes 'five years' vow
The new Leicester City manager has spoken to the media for the first time since taking over at the King Power Stadium on a deal until the end of the Championship campaign

Jordan Blackwell
16:37, 19 Feb 2026

Gary Rowett expects the Leicester City squad to meet his standards as he gets set to run the club like he’s been handed a five-year contract.

Rowett has been appointed to the hotseat at the King Power Stadium on a deal until the end of the season with the remit of keeping the club in the Championship.

But he said he’ll act like he’s at City for the long haul as he sets out his expectations of the players in order to draw the best out of them.

However, that does not necessarily mean he’ll be serving up hard truths over their position in the table. While City have majorly underperformed to find themselves in the relegation zone, Rowett says weighing them down won’t help.

 

“The work on the training pitch, it’s not just the shape and how we want to play, it’s also trying to affect the psychology of the team,” Rowett said at his first press conference on Thursday.

 

“How do we want to finish the season? We are where we are through, to a certain degree, our own fault, because of our performances over a period of time. We’ve got to do something about it. It’s showing the determination to do that. It’s trying to be positive.

“There’s no point me coming in and weighing them down with what’s happened and where they’ve been. I’m not interested in that. I’m interested in what we can do moving forward.

“Whether you’re 36 or 16, on a four-year contract or out of contract at the end of the season, it doesn’t matter. You finish the season as strong as you can and that benefits everybody at the football club and we’ll all feel better about ourselves. That’s been the clear message.

“It’s trying to give them a bit of freedom as well. Sometimes when you’re in the position, the pressure hits. Fans wonder if players are putting the effort in.

“But you can be affected by the pressure of where you are, so it’s taking that pressure away and showing the best version of the team.

“(Players that don’t show dedication) don’t play. In a perfect world, every player wants to do what you ask. We’ve had a really good response in the first couple of days.

“There are non-negotiables in terms of the standards. I’m here for 14 games, but I’ll lead the culture as though I’m here for five years. It doesn’t matter to me, it’s about what I believe is right and what I believe is wrong.

“I’m looking forward to seeing how they respond to certain situations. I’ve got my fingers crossed like everyone else that we can win games quickly. We’ll learn something either way and we’ll attack the game as positively as we can.”

As well as improving the psychology of the side, Rowett will know he needs to improve the defence. City are on a run of 26 games without a clean sheet in the Championship.

He said: “(The first priority) is to find the right balance. It’s a brutal league at times, with the number of games and intensity, and what the team have found is that it can be hard to find a stable platform of attacking but not conceding lots of chances.

“It’s about finding a balance to defend efficiently and effectively and consistently. That then gives the attacking players a really nice platform to be able to showcase their talents because we’ve got some very good players in the building.

“Sometimes it’s finding that right balance. It’s not always the best 11 players, it’s about the synergy between the team and understanding this league. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but you do have to work incredibly hard to win games of football.

“It all comes down to the organisation and the platform that gives the team the confidence to attack and keep attacking because you’re not having to constantly go and defend, and it becomes a basketball match.

“That’s the work we’ve done so far. A bit of clarity and a clear, direct message to the players over how we move forward.”

[StanSP]

11 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

 

 

He’s got Daka scoring already!

He was nearly playing in the formation too

 

[Fish]

 

[Leicesterpool]

I think too many fans are basing his time at Oxford and reading into that too much. You have to remember Oxford have the weakest squad in the championship as well most likely smallest budget. I did think Pep could not go in there create a miracle. 

Edited 20 February by Leicesterpool

[cityfanlee23]

I was having a good day today then I stubbed my toe and it's all King Powers fault.
I'm doubtful it will happen, but I'm just waiting for us to go on an insane run now under GR and for me to be even more pissed off at the incompetent board taking so long to do anything about Marti. We were effectively 10 points off playoffs with half the season to go (including the deduction) and they just had to take the piss allowing MC to stink the place out for 5-10 games too long, then took almost a month to replace him. 

We went from having a mathematical chance of saving ourselves a LOT of pain by looking UP the table and fighting for the playoffs, to now desperately looking over our shoulders at how low we can go if GR doesn't work a miracle. The board seems to think football waits. 

[Likely Fox]

Just get behind him & back him & sing your hearts out. The club & us fans need to be positive 

[lookwhaticando]

Has he dropped Ayew yet?

[marketharboroughfox]

He doesn't need to make us invincible, but he does need to make us significantly tighter at the back while giving more freedom to the attacking talent that does still exist in this squad. 

[Permafrost]

"I’ve got my fingers crossed like everyone else that we can win games quickly."

 

That'll do it Gary  

[fox_favourite]

17 minutes ago, Likely Fox said:

Just get behind him & back him & sing your hearts out. The club & us fans need to be positive 

I'm not going to be naked though 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

That presser is actually quite refreshing tbh. Again I think a lot of it will hinge on if our "senior" players will actually buy into what he tries to do.