Gary Rowett

[HankMarvin]

17 minutes ago, NewburyFox said:

I'm not a big fan but he has been better than Marti, who was fortunate enough to have a fully fit James. Our form falling off a cliff pretty much coincides with his injury. I've felt we've become harder to beat, but can't score. Regardless, we need a fresh start in the summer both in terms of management and squad. You'd hope we've been planning for this moment but I'm not holding my breath.

At the end of the day it’s football and it’s about getting as many points as possible. 
At this rate a whole season he would be on course for about 37 points.

Then you factor in the

similar abysmal run with Oxford 

His 36 game record this season across both teams puts him accumulating 42 points at the current win rate.

 

Bloomfield at Oxford before the inevitable 3 points today would be on course for 54 points.

Let’s hope reports of him not getting the job are correct, how many players has he improved? How many have performed worse?

it’s no coincidence across his last 2 teams he averages a goal a game.

 

Football is meant to be entertaining.

Whilst Garry hangs his cap on harder to beat, other new managers of various clubs have come in and won games.

There is a reason he was managing Oxford as an established Championship manager in the first place.

[MaidstoneFox]

40 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

At the end of the day it’s football and it’s about getting as many points as possible. 
At this rate a whole season he would be on course for about 37 points.

Then you factor in the

similar abysmal run with Oxford 

His 36 game record this season across both teams puts him accumulating 42 points at the current win rate.

 

Bloomfield at Oxford before the inevitable 3 points today would be on course for 54 points.

Let’s hope reports of him not getting the job are correct, how many players has he improved? How many have performed worse?

it’s no coincidence across his last 2 teams he averages a goal a game.

 

Football is meant to be entertaining.

Whilst Garry hangs his cap on harder to beat, other new managers of various clubs have come in and won games.

There is a reason he was managing Oxford as an established Championship manager in the first place.

I actually think we played better under King. He just didn't have the experience to manage the games. Rowett's been a mood hoover. Only Luke Thomas looks marginally better, but that's a low bar.

[HankMarvin]

15 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

I actually think we played better under King. He just didn't have the experience to manage the games. Rowett's been a mood hoover. Only Luke Thomas looks marginally better, but that's a low bar.

And when you consider the run Southampton have been on being 3-0 and losing 3-4 maybe not as bad as it first seemed 

[Claudio Fannieri]

He has been fecking pony just like the last 3 other managerial appointments by this mob, but and I repeat but be very careful what you wish for 😂

[Kitchandro]

Bringing on Winks, then starting Winks, along with the comments about the team can only play one way as if he has no responsibility to get a tune out of them or change tactics to have an effect on the game - wouldn’t be possible in any sane world. Winks should have been sacked immediately after his tirade, and Rowett should never have been given the job because he’s been worse than useless. He’s got no respect for us nor pride in his own professional performance.

 

Our club is a bunch of people who will say anything to get paid but will put absolutely no effort into their jobs. Scumbags.

[murphy]

I thought he would at least rattle some cages and kick some arses but he has been tepid and meek.  You wouldn't even know he was here.  

[funkyrobot]

7 hours ago, NewburyFox said:

I'm not a big fan but he has been better than Marti, who was fortunate enough to have a fully fit James. Our form falling off a cliff pretty much coincides with his injury. I've felt we've become harder to beat, but can't score. Regardless, we need a fresh start in the summer both in terms of management and squad. You'd hope we've been planning for this moment but I'm not holding my breath.

Rowett’s time has been significantly worse than Cifuentes. He’s not been better! 

[em9999]

1 minute ago, funkyrobot said:

Rowett’s time has been significantly worse than Cifuentes. He’s not been better! 

Both absolutely clueless makes me wonder how they ever became managers they know no more than the average fan probably less 

[ronnup]

7 hours ago, NewburyFox said:

I'm not a big fan but he has been better than Marti, who was fortunate enough to have a fully fit James. Our form falling off a cliff pretty much coincides with his injury. I've felt we've become harder to beat, but can't score. Regardless, we need a fresh start in the summer both in terms of management and squad. You'd hope we've been planning for this moment but I'm not holding my breath.

No

He hasn't 

 

Absolute nonsense factually 

[em9999]

We could have won more games with no manager than those two clowns 

[sm1]

He's won 1in13, and people are still making excuses for him. He's dogshit and to cap it all off, he takes the piss out of us by starting Winks.

[filbertway]

On 16/02/2026 at 17:08, filbertway said:

Cautiously optimistic on this one. Assuming Jordan James is back in March and stays fit, then I think he can have us mid table. There's not one team in this league that we should fear on our day. Desperate for someone to get in and get the player's looking fit, doing the basics and reducing the chance of errors.

 

Most important thing is him getting the man management right. Too many players who either can't be arsed or look shot confidence wise. Get their heads up and get a bit of positivity in the dressing room and we should be more than capable of picking up a decent haul of points.

 

This is a skillset I assume he has from what I've read and seen of his teams.

Jordan james did not stay fit

[Russell sprout]

19 hours ago, TrickyTrevLeftPeg said:

He's not been great. But there has been some serious failings from the players.

 

Strikers missing sitters, goalkeeper playing balls to opposition.

 

Defenders making silly mistakes.

 

Yes he picks them but he's not responsible for them making school boy mistakes.

 

I don't want him to stay on but he's not to blame in this

But he is to blame for playing this awful 4-2-3-1(which we’ve played for the last 3 season non stop)formation and picking the same players each match(don’t even need to see the starting line up anymore)

no plan B,

why not set up differently and go 3-5-2,

why do we always have 11 players back for corners but still concede the most in the division from corners/set pieces,

when we’re not even good at counter attacking,

and when we do we’ve got daka could not finish his dinner,

why bring defensive players on in the 90th minute when losing a game when there’s Richard’s on the bench,

it’s all a-bit grassroots esq in that he’s trying to keep players happy with game time and it’s not about the result,

when it is

[Edingleyfox]

Rowett probably has improved the team defensively in spite of the individual mistakes seen almost every week. However going forward Leicester are less effective maybe xg is marginally better but the goals aren’t happening. We are bottom of the league for passes in the final 3rd and how often do we see teams really opened up with several players getting in the box. We also don’t set up to be effective on the break as there is no confidence at the back and of course the usual build up play is so slow it is painful to watch.So it is all too cautious and negative and we play llke a team in trouble 

[Kinowe Soorie]

I’m not sticking up for Rowett, but you can only piss, with the dick you’ve got!

Play this formation, play that formation. It’s not always that simple.

[trooky]

15 minutes ago, Kinowe Soorie said:

I’m not sticking up for Rowett, but you can only piss, with the dick you’ve got!

Play this formation, play that formation. It’s not always that simple.

They're no excuses for Rowett or Cifuentes with this squad, every pundit still thinks we should have been promoted.

 

Look at the impact of Morrison at WBA and Eckert at Southampton

 

Our manegerial appointments have been shit, especially Cifuentes. 

 

 

Edited 26 April by trooky

[hebangsthedrums]

He's cack. 

Should run a ballot and let a fan have a go for Blackburn. I'd chin winks, throw all their boots off the bus and then flounce off. 

[lcfc_forever]

The performances initially were a lot better under Rowett, but he didn't have the same luck as Marti (nor Jordan James' availability).

 

But individual errors kept costing us - if we had won a couple more of those games when we were playing well, for example Thomas scoring that sitter vs Stoke or Daka converting the penalty vs. Watford, I think we would have started to create momentum to stay up. 

 

The failure to win those games we should have won knocked the confidence out of the players and you could see Rowett getting fed up as well. 

 

And then our defending at set pieces got even worse that wrecked any chance we had of staying up - that's on the players and Rowett. 

Edited 26 April by lcfc_forever

[murphy]

He's been crap, but at the end of the our predicament is down to the players and the toxic culture at the club. 

[funkyrobot]

1 hour ago, trooky said:

They're no excuses for Rowett or Cifuentes with this squad, every pundit still thinks we should have been promoted.

 

Look at the impact of Morrison at WBA and Eckert at Southampton

 

Our manegerial appointments have been shit, especially Cifuentes. 

 

 

Statistically that should read especially Rowett! He’s been terrible. Far worse than a rubbish Cifuentes - not only statistically but also with the way he’s ignored players like Page, Aluko and Souttar during his continually failing run in. Sacked by Oxford ffs. Relegated 2 clubs in 1 season. 

[MaidstoneFox]

5 points from the last 8 games, the most important games of the season, including that 1-1 draw at an abject Sheffield Wednesday (thrashed by Oxford yesterday) and the 0-1 defeat to a Swansea side in terrible form. That's how I'll remember him. Oh and the constant chewing and spitting.

[Chelmofox]

5 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

5 points from the last 8 games, the most important games of the season, including that 1-1 draw at an abject Sheffield Wednesday (thrashed by Oxford yesterday) and the 0-1 defeat to a Swansea side in terrible form. That's how I'll remember him. Oh and the constant chewing and spitting.

And showing no tactical nouse to adjust anything against any team. Could have gone more attacking against Wednesday but still started the same cautious setup. 

[NewburyFox]

13 hours ago, ronnup said:

No

He hasn't 

 

Absolute nonsense factually 

I mean, it's not, but okay. 

[markko]

He is the least of the problems we have.

 

Look at the four managers before him. Cooper barely given five minutes. Ruud was dreadful. I lost my love for LCFC during his reign.

 

People wanted Marti gone.The wish was granted. No idea of who to appoin to replace him. King given the gig. Disaster.

 

Rowett has done okay. The club culture is rotten. The players attitude and commitment stink. The ownership has not got a clue.and until that changes no manager has much of a chance. Honestly, with Daka and Ayew as your hope for goals is.it a surprise we cannot score. Clubs answer is to somehow find loan signings even less capable.

 

Rowett will not be here next year and having seen how things are you would have to be crazy to want the job with things as they are.

[everton carr]

On 25/04/2026 at 13:21, Chelmofox said:

Tough one this. I think after the Oxford game we dropped to 14th and that was before the points deduction. Before deductions we 6 points away from play offs. I always felt if we could just get a run of results together then we could be knocking on the door of that. But we never seemed to achieve that and it was one step forward 2 steps back. Then points deduction + King-gate put us in a relegation battle. That run of games were key, and it did very much put Rowett on the back foot.

 

However, I feel Rowett has dragged us down to new levels of sh1te. The way people stuck up for him you would think he only had 3 or 4 games and no players. At one time he had Lacelles, Okoli, Nelson, Vestergaard Hamza and Aluko and could have tweaked the setup. Binning off academy players has meant we have no energy and we've depended on the players who always let us down. Rowett has really had no distractions. No cups and he had an international break where, even though it might have just been misplaced optics, decided to take a short holiday.

 

His excuses are the same each week, and he still continued to do the same things he was moaning about. But the reality is that he has shown nothing. There have been no tactical tweaks to deal with different teams strengths. Same lineups, same systems, same problems. Teams walk through our weak midfield was so much ease, we may as well not be playing one.

 

We needed to be winning games. The list of draws where we should have won against teams bang out of form is horrific. This got called out 'making us hard to beat', but the reality is that we just lost from winning positions. We starting taking pot shots from everywhere towards the end, but out big chances didnt increase. We just got more panicked.

 

I think he had a very good path to keep us up and massively blew it. Both managers contributed, but i think Rowett had one task and he failed, so a lot of responsibility sits on him,

 

 

 

 

All that being said we have had enough chances to win most games still don't know how Thomas missed v Stoke the chances at Watford Sheffield Wednesday Hull etc Can't blame Rowett for everything