League One - Who manages us?

[Fox92]

6 minutes ago, Blue ROI said:

In 2008 we got Pearson from a bottom half Championship club so that could be an indicator of where the appointment could be.

 

Is there anyone in that area that would be worth a punt?

Pearson got sacked by Southampton though, we didn’t just take him from there.

[FoxinNotts]

2 hours ago, fox_favourite said:

I do reckon they'll want to go for Chris Davies, as I think the board will think he's got Brum out of the league and will be sacked by Brum

 

I'm not so sure he's the right man. 

I think they'll go for Davies too

[fox_favourite]

6 minutes ago, RedSoxUK said:

Shit, it's Russell Martin then...

 

Not who we wanted really.

I doubt it. But it will show the club haven't learnt anything and haven't got the will to change. 

 

We need a fresh break and a new direction. Possession football is dead. 

 

But like I say, I doubt he'd come, it'll beneath him. 

[Blue ROI]

7 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Pearson got sacked by Southampton though, we didn’t just take him from there.

Yeah.

 

Id say got as in we appointed him. Knew he was dismissed.

 

Highly unlikely we get something as magical as that now.

[stu]

43 minutes ago, Turtle27 said:

Will Still….. watch this space.

 

its not who I would want though 

Never knew he was Belgian, until now. Always thought he was English. No idea why, mind.

[Danno]

8 minutes ago, stu said:

Never knew he was Belgian, until now. Always thought he was English. No idea why, mind.

Born in Belgium to English parents tbf 

[Tiny earl]

3 hours ago, Rubbersoul said:

Chris Davies will be absolutely hated by our fans. His personality is awful and can tell he’s been around Rodgers 

And he’ll bring Ben Petty with him - heartbreaking.

[Vindaloo FOX]

Make your dad proud Top you twat, bring the King home .

[Leicesterpool]

3 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

What makes you think Dean Smith is returning? 

I just feel like Smith as unfinished business here.

[fox_favourite]

4 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Dean Smith is returning i think, how would fans feel about that considering what happened last time? 

I quite liked Smith tbh. He wasn't given enough time. And unlike Rowett, he was unlucky not to keep us up. 

[Raj]

Does anyone have any faith in this management  team appointing a decent manager?

 

No chance.

[alanf0x]

31 minutes ago, Raj said:

Does anyone have any faith in this management  team appointing a decent manager?

 

No chance.

Need Rudkin gone first with him removed from the appointment process 

[PhillippaT]

31 minutes ago, Raj said:

Does anyone have any faith in this management  team appointing a decent manager?

 

No chance.

Nope.  I'm dreading the start of next season already  

[DLH]

Ideally, we have someone in place by the start of June.

 

If we want to hit the ground running and change the culture within the club, we need a new manager in place, at the earliest opportunity.

 

The longer it drags, the worse the atmosphere deepens at the club for the players and the fan base.

 

Do I have any faith in this happening? Not really, unfortunately.

[LCFCJohn]

It really isn’t a subject I can get enthused about.

 

We know this will rumble on. The one positive if you can even call it that, of us knowing our fate quite early is that we have time to turn that into an advantage and get the ball rolling early. 
 

But you know that they just won’t have even accepted relegation yet let alone thought about this. It will likely be well into June before we even hear anything official about Rowett which will be that he is not staying. New manager will not be announced until maybe the second week in July if we are lucky.

 

And all for what? We know whoever it is will fail. We’re going to do through all this for whoever it is to be binned in February time with us languishing in the bottom half.

 

Vile club. 

[Mike Oxlong]

Rick Passmoor. Bought out of his LCFC women's team contract and given a 4 year deal by the men's team. 

[Gazza M]

Matt Piper with Hamza Choudhury as club captain. 

[nnfox]

As much as bad decisions have harmed the club, I'd argue that periods of indecision, especially around managers have cost us more.

 

I'm genuinely at the point of not particularly caring who the manager is right now, but what I would like to see is some quicker decision making.

 

If Rowett is going, announce it this weekend.  If he's staying, announce it this weekend.  If he does leave, get on with appointing someone asap.  Please don't drag it on as we have done previously, let's get someone in before 1st June so they can have a decent summer of watching the tapes back, understanding what players we have, what we need and then get cracking so that we hit the ground running on the first day of pre-season training.

 

My fear is that after the final whistle this weekend, Top and Rudkin will switch their phones off and put their out of office on until the training ground reopens for pre-season and we'll be starting from the pit lane, instead of being at the front of the grid waiting for lights out.

[trooky]

28 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

It really isn’t a subject I can get enthused about.

 

We know this will rumble on. The one positive if you can even call it that, of us knowing our fate quite early is that we have time to turn that into an advantage and get the ball rolling early. 
 

But you know that they just won’t have even accepted relegation yet let alone thought about this. It will likely be well into June before we even hear anything official about Rowett which will be that he is not staying. New manager will not be announced until maybe the second week in July if we are lucky.

 

And all for what? We know whoever it is will fail. We’re going to do through all this for whoever it is to be binned in February time with us languishing in the bottom half.

 

Vile club. 

Last season we knew our fate early, and did nothing for months. 

[LVFox]

9 minutes ago, trooky said:

Last season we knew our fate early, and did nothing for months. 

I think this is the biggest factors to our relegation. The only player who’s looked capable of running this season is JJ, who did pre-season with Rennes. The wait to hire Marti was criminal

[ClaphamFox]

9 minutes ago, trooky said:

Last season we knew our fate early, and did nothing for months. 

RVN was on a long term contract and we had to wait until 1 July to sack him for PSR reasons. Rowett’s contract ends after we play Blackburn. 

[teblin]

Just now, ClaphamFox said:

RVN was on a long term contract and we had to wait until 1 July to sack him for PSR reasons. Rowett’s contract ends after we play Blackburn. 

I think they’ll just do a thank Gary for his efforts on Sunday.

[Glovermagic555]

On 08/04/2026 at 22:50, Muzzy_no7 said:

The defeats to Charlton, Oxford and QPR at home followed by the awful draws against PNE and Sheff Weds have sent us down.
 

We aren’t going to stay up.

 

Who manages us?

 

Pearson isn’t going to happen.

 

Rowett has gone the wrong way and proven incapable.

 

Skubala won’t abandon a promoted Lincoln before anyone suggests him.

 

King isn’t anywhere near ready. 
 

So come on, realistically who’s taking over? 

See my new book just out on Amazon, 'From Heroes to Zeroes, How LCFC went from winning  the Premier League to playing third-tier football, in 10 years.' There are lots of decent managers about and when I say decent I mean managers who have a proven track record of success. LCFC are not going to get the head coaches at Lincoln and Cardiff in L1 and Paul Warne at MK Dons in L2 (for example) who have just got their clubs promoted. But we could try and get a manager such as Nathan Jones at Charlton. He played a vital role in Luton's rise from League 2 to the Premier League in 2 successful spells and was also Brighton's Assistant Head Coach. Leicester are a bigger club than Charlton and I believe Jones would be tempted by the challenge having secured Championship survival for Charlton this season. And btw, I don't think Andy King is management material. 

[Outfox the Fox]

11 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Dean Smith is returning i think, how would fans feel about that considering what happened last time? 

Yep, Dean Smith as Manager, Fuchs as Assistant.

[Glovermagic555]

On 08/04/2026 at 23:10, alanf0x said:

We will spend the summer chasing Enzo, Potter and Dyche no doubt. Haven't got a clue at boardroom level

None of them will come. I mean seriously? Marsesca?? After the sh*tty little stunt he pulled on us?? Potter??? Gary Megson in disguise and Dyche (the draw specialist) haven't we suffered enough under the clueless Rowett???? I've touted Nathan Jones at Charlton.