League One - Who manages us?

[ClaphamFox]

5 minutes ago, Stavros81 said:

I can honestly see an appointment being made 2 weeks before the season starts. 

It won't be as late as this, but I can see it being early July if we need to pay compensation for somebody already in a job. 

[Craig]

They just never learn. 
 

Every day longer it takes is a day less preparation for probably the most crucial season in the club's history. 

 

[trooky]

On 10/05/2026 at 09:46, 1972 Fox said:

Quite a few were saying the same as this before the start of last season, and how wrong they were.

 

My view is that we will not walk this league at all.

 

Although I do realise you have the word could in inverted commas BTW.

I don't think anyone realized how divided and low on confidence the squad was after RVN stint as a manger. 

[ClaphamFox]

19 minutes ago, Craig said:

They just never learn. 
 

Every day longer it takes is a day less preparation for probably the most crucial season in the club's history. 

 

The problem is, while rushing to get somebody in may appease an understandably impatient fanbase, it wouldn't necessarily lead to us appointing the best candidate. Obviously the ideal scenario is that we get the best available candidate in and we do it soon, but IF the choice was between appointing a mediocre manager this week or waiting until July to appoint a very good manager, I would prefer us to do the latter.

Edited 11 May by ClaphamFox

[Bluearmyfox28]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

It won't be as late as this, but I can see it being early July if we need to pay compensation for somebody already in a job. 

See I know a lot of people have an issue with this, but this is what I would prefer. As others have previously mentioned if we held out for Rohl or Corberan we wouldn’t be in the position we are in now. If waiting means we get the man we want then let’s wait until the beginning of July.

[DAS Boot]

14 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

The problem is, while rushing to get somebody in may appease an understandably impatient fanbase, it wouldn't necessarily lead to us appointing the best candidate. Obviously the ideal scenario is that we get the best available candidate in and we do it soon, but IF the choice was between appointing a mediocre manager this week or waiting until July to appoint a very good manager, I would prefer us to do the latter.

I think this is slightly unfair.

 

The impatience isnt around rushing to appoint someone.  The impatience is that they shouldn’t need to as they should have contingency in place to be able to make an appointment in good time.

 

 

[ClaphamFox]

1 minute ago, DAS Boot said:

I think this is slightly unfair.

 

The impatience isnt around rushing to appoint someone.  The impatience is that they shouldn’t need to as they should have contingency in place to be able to make an appointment in good time.

 

 

But what if the club knows who it wants but is not in a position to appoint them until after the play-off situation has been resolved or the new financial year has begun?

[-sodapop]

He wouldn't come here, but Danny Röhl is on the outs at Rangers, I would 100000% take him.

[Mickyblueeyes]

11 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

The problem is, while rushing to get somebody in may appease an understandably impatient fanbase, it wouldn't necessarily lead to us appointing the best candidate. Obviously the ideal scenario is that we get the best available candidate in and we do it soon, but IF the choice was between appointing a mediocre manager this week or waiting until July to appoint a very good manager, I would prefer us to do the latter.

The problem I would say isnt how fast we get a new manager in - its all the things around it causing delay. We have seen this before - this will end one way. 5 years ago, you can check this forum. While there would be some murmurs around delays, lack of information, peculiar decision - most on here (and elsewhere) would be giving the board the benefit of the doubt. The problem is, 5 years of disastrous decision making (combined with unexplainable delays) means, rightly so, people are expect the worst.

 

We delay for the right candidate - then lose our cool and panic appoint a below average candidate (see last two seasons). 

We remove said candidate and have no real plan (see last two seasons). 

When we appoint said candidate its to tick a box not really combined with a plan - see last two seasons. 

 

The lack of decision making combined with the silent will lead to this:

 

1. Rowett staying on for far too long despite being on a short term contract.

2. Pre-season being disrupted again.

3. Some players being signed, not really fitting the new managers style. Most other signings happening on or just before deadline day. The club being desperately short in multiple positions. 

4. Manager being appointed with short prep time and based predominantly on interview style and agent recommendation. 

 

There is no plan here. How do you counter act that ? You appoint a DOF. The club is in crisis. The chairman and DOF are daft, they accept that, we know that. The DOF feeds through some form of communication - whether that be in a statement or better still, a social media video - completely normal practice. He has been here since June. 

 

What this club is doing right now - calling up agents and asking which candidates are out there and if they can assist with a shortlist. There is no reason to think otherwise. The only way we get a very good or even good manager is if it lands in our lap. 

[ClaphamFox]

Just now, Mickyblueeyes said:

The problem I would say isnt how fast we get a new manager in - its all the things around it causing delay. We have seen this before - this will end one way. 5 years ago, you can check this forum. While there would be some murmurs around delays, lack of information, peculiar decision - most on here (and elsewhere) would be giving the board the benefit of the doubt. The problem is, 5 years of disastrous decision making (combined with unexplainable delays) means, rightly so, people are expect the worst.

 

We delay for the right candidate - then lose our cool and panic appoint a below average candidate (see last two seasons). 

We remove said candidate and have no real plan (see last two seasons). 

When we appoint said candidate its to tick a box not really combined with a plan - see last two seasons. 

 

The lack of decision making combined with the silent will lead to this:

 

1. Rowett staying on for far too long despite being on a short term contract.

2. Pre-season being disrupted again.

3. Some players being signed, not really fitting the new managers style. Most other signings happening on or just before deadline day. The club being desperately short in multiple positions. 

4. Manager being appointed with short prep time and based predominantly on interview style and agent recommendation. 

 

There is no plan here. How do you counter act that ? You appoint a DOF. The club is in crisis. The chairman and DOF are daft, they accept that, we know that. The DOF feeds through some form of communication - whether that be in a statement or better still, a social media video - completely normal practice. He has been here since June. 

 

What this club is doing right now - calling up agents and asking which candidates are out there and if they can assist with a shortlist. There is no reason to think otherwise. The only way we get a very good or even good manager is if it lands in our lap. 

Do you know for a fact that this is happening? In other words, you're 100% certain that: a) the club has learned absolutely nothing from our recent terrible managerial appointments and catastrophic relegations; and b) the appointment of McCarron will make absolutely no difference to anything? 

I understand why people are cynical after the shit we've been through, but this assumption that literally nobody at the club is capable of reflecting on our mistakes and seeking to improve things, including our new sporting director, seems a little bit overdone to me. 

[LCFCCKEANO]

13 minutes ago, -sodapop said:

He wouldn't come here, but Danny Röhl is on the outs at Rangers, I would 100000% take him.

Two big ifs-

if he makes it through the first wave of post season appointments

if we actually have some money to spend (unlikely) as has been reported

 

If those work out for us, it’s an attractive job rebuilding a team that should have the resources and players to walk the league (won’t do it but we do have the resources).

 

I reckon we are waiting for the playoffs to end, could see us after Challinor or Alexander depending on how it shakes out 

[lcfcbluearmy]

53 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

The problem is, while rushing to get somebody in may appease an understandably impatient fanbase, it wouldn't necessarily lead to us appointing the best candidate. Obviously the ideal scenario is that we get the best available candidate in and we do it soon, but IF the choice was between appointing a mediocre manager this week or waiting until July to appoint a very good manager, I would prefer us to do the latter.

I generally agree rushing is a bad idea, however based on previous experiences it seems like what we actually do isnt take our time searching and finding the best candidate but actually we dont even start looking until late June early July then we rush then and appoint whoever we can find. Then we end up with the worst of both worlds with the wrong candidate and with very little time to prepare the squad.

 

So thats why the longer it goes on the more nervous I get about it

[Iwebema]

Normally I would say its the 11th May, I wouldn't be overly nervous at this stage, we have a couple of weeks yet...however I think its fair and understandable how nervous and concerned we are with the silence given the history, we have seen there is never a contingency plan, so we shouldn't expect anything extremely quickly.

 

I would say give it a week or 2 if we havent heard anything by the end of next week then I will be worried.

 

That said if we fart around for weeks and appoint a manager who isnt at a club the red flags are there again. If we are being brave and targetting a manager in a job then depending on who they are we will need to wait

 

[ClaphamFox]

5 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

I generally agree rushing is a bad idea, however based on previous experiences it seems like what we actually do isnt take our time searching and finding the best candidate but actually we dont even start looking until late June early July then we rush then and appoint whoever we can find. Then we end up with the worst of both worlds with the wrong candidate and with very little time to prepare the squad.

 

So thats why the longer it goes on the more nervous I get about it

We're all nervous, and with good reason. But personally I'd rather remain nervous for the next seven weeks than wake up tomorrow to discover we've appointed Russell Martin or Will Still.

[Mickyblueeyes]

15 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Do you know for a fact that this is happening? In other words, you're 100% certain that: a) the club has learned absolutely nothing from our recent terrible managerial appointments and catastrophic relegations; and b) the appointment of McCarron will make absolutely no difference to anything? 

I understand why people are cynical after the shit we've been through, but this assumption that literally nobody at the club is capable of reflecting on our mistakes and seeking to improve things, including our new sporting director, seems a little bit overdone to me. 

Ok so this question of do I or anyone else who is not within the club aware of what is going on is something that seems to be asked more and more as a sort of defence mechanism for those slightly more positive out there. And there is nothing wrong with being positive, its a good mindset. However, there are also facts and reasons for those not so positive. So to answer this question once and for all - god no, I have nothing to do with the current corporate set up at Leicester City - and thank god for that, I would be embarrassed. 

 

However, to pick on your point. And I am assuming here, your positivity is linked (solely) to the appointment of this new DOF who reports into Rudkin who continues to report into Aiyawatt. He could be a breathe of fresh air, educating Aiyawatt and Rudkin and guiding us back to some sort of normality and hopefully some success (whatever that looks like for us - for me, that right now would be a team that competes at any level). Let's again look at the facts. Today is the 11th of May. The season ended on the 2nd of May. We were relegated on 21st April 2026. That's nearly 3 weeks ago. We are told, Gary Rowett was appointed on a short term deal. After we took what 3 weeks to decide/go with him. 

 

The fact this club has not thanked him for his time and wished him well before today - meaning over a week after the end of the season means either of the following:

 

1. We are following things as we have done for the last 5 years - even worse if he is in fact on a short term deal because we do not have the longer contract/compensation aspect we had with RVN; or

2. We are considering him as a candidate. 

 

Now, its anyone guess what the reason is out of those two. Me, I think its the 2nd one. Which to me is absolutely crazy. This is a manager who didnt fit the bill for our owner previously. I think the reason for that is because he doesnt have the reputation/style we are so keen to play. - its why it took 3 weeks for the club to go with him - we went with him as he has saved teams before. Improved form drastically. Neither of which he did here. Had we won 4, shown real improvement and gone down on the last day by a point - I could understand it but we didnt. There was nothing like that. Now combine that with where we are, how this club for some reason wants to play, the reluctance to appoint him etc. the fact the DOF is here and has been for the last few months - what is the reason for the delay ?

 

Has this new DOF who is now in charge of football strategy (via Rudkin, via Top - so basically the same people) been here since April ? What conversations does he need to have today or yesterday or the day before that he couldnt have two weeks ago or three weeks ago. Because if we are considering Rowett as a candidate and he has failed miserably these last few months, we are therefore him considering as part of a wider strategy - therefore, ignoring what has happened on the pitch in the last few weeks. Why are we waiting until later this week or next week or the week after or longer to put in place a basic decision like this and updating the media and fanbase. 

 

Add to that, if we are considering him - who else are we considering ? Do they all fit a similar profile to Rowett ? Because if not, surely that is the same scattergun approach as the last 3/4 years ? Smith, Enzo, Cooper, RVN, Cifeuntes, Rowett - imagine that as an algebra question - what comes next ? **** knows - that's how different each style is. 

 

If he is a proactive, influential DOF which is what we need, not hindered by an ineffective corporate structure - why is Gary Rowett still (unofficially) here - because the answers to either reason is damming and consistent with the bullshit of the last two years. Even if they announce it by magic today. 

 

As I said, been there, done this. This fella who a few are hoping comes good, is basically, a new manager for the dream of Top and Rudkin - that dream at this stage is how do we **** a football until it needs lubrication to only **** it some more. He may be very talented but the structure will **** him. 

 

 

 

[lcfcbluearmy]

42 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Do you know for a fact that this is happening? In other words, you're 100% certain that: a) the club has learned absolutely nothing from our recent terrible managerial appointments and catastrophic relegations; and b) the appointment of McCarron will make absolutely no difference to anything? 

I understand why people are cynical after the shit we've been through, but this assumption that literally nobody at the club is capable of reflecting on our mistakes and seeking to improve things, including our new sporting director, seems a little bit overdone to me. 

I believe that McCarron could well point out lots of improvements that we need etc, I have no faith that Rudkin being his boss will allow him to implement the changes needed because it will show him up if he admits he ever got it wrong

[cityfanlee23]

59 minutes ago, -sodapop said:

He wouldn't come here, but Danny Röhl is on the outs at Rangers, I would 100000% take him.

 

Please don’t put £1 in the dickhead (me) again. 
 

If rangers sack Rohl. We need to throw the kitchen sink at him. Name the stadium after him. 

[ronnup]

10 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

 

Please don’t put £1 in the dickhead (me) again. 
 

If rangers sack Rohl. We need to throw the kitchen sink at him. Name the stadium after him. 

 

He isnt swapping one bellend Thai baby man for another 

[nnfox]

Doesn't the accounting period run until the end of June?  At present there is no manager drawing a wage.  I can see it staying like that until the last possible minute.  I can only hope that there are some managers who have either been sounded out about it or are proactively going through the archives to understand what needs doing.  I'm seriously starting to worry that we won't have anyone in until 1st July at the earliest.

[lcfcbluearmy]

31 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

We're all nervous, and with good reason. But personally I'd rather remain nervous for the next seven weeks than wake up tomorrow to discover we've appointed Russell Martin or Will Still.

True

[ClaphamFox]

33 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Ok so this question of do I or anyone else who is not within the club aware of what is going on is something that seems to be asked more and more as a sort of defence mechanism for those slightly more positive out there. And there is nothing wrong with being positive, its a good mindset. However, there are also facts and reasons for those not so positive. So to answer this question once and for all - god no, I have nothing to do with the current corporate set up at Leicester City - and thank god for that, I would be embarrassed. 

 

However, to pick on your point. And I am assuming here, your positivity is linked (solely) to the appointment of this new DOF who reports into Rudkin who continues to report into Aiyawatt. He could be a breathe of fresh air, educating Aiyawatt and Rudkin and guiding us back to some sort of normality and hopefully some success (whatever that looks like for us - for me, that right now would be a team that competes at any level). Let's again look at the facts. Today is the 11th of May. The season ended on the 2nd of May. We were relegated on 21st April 2026. That's nearly 3 weeks ago. We are told, Gary Rowett was appointed on a short term deal. After we took what 3 weeks to decide/go with him. 

 

The fact this club has not thanked him for his time and wished him well before today - meaning over a week after the end of the season means either of the following:

 

1. We are following things as we have done for the last 5 years - even worse if he is in fact on a short term deal because we do not have the longer contract/compensation aspect we had with RVN; or

2. We are considering him as a candidate. 

 

Now, its anyone guess what the reason is out of those two. Me, I think its the 2nd one. Which to me is absolutely crazy. This is a manager who didnt fit the bill for our owner previously. I think the reason for that is because he doesnt have the reputation/style we are so keen to play. - its why it took 3 weeks for the club to go with him - we went with him as he has saved teams before. Improved form drastically. Neither of which he did here. Had we won 4, shown real improvement and gone down on the last day by a point - I could understand it but we didnt. There was nothing like that. Now combine that with where we are, how this club for some reason wants to play, the reluctance to appoint him etc. the fact the DOF is here and has been for the last few months - what is the reason for the delay ?

 

Has this new DOF who is now in charge of football strategy (via Rudkin, via Top - so basically the same people) been here since April ? What conversations does he need to have today or yesterday or the day before that he couldnt have two weeks ago or three weeks ago. Because if we are considering Rowett as a candidate and he has failed miserably these last few months, we are therefore him considering as part of a wider strategy - therefore, ignoring what has happened on the pitch in the last few weeks. Why are we waiting until later this week or next week or the week after or longer to put in place a basic decision like this and updating the media and fanbase. 

 

Add to that, if we are considering him - who else are we considering ? Do they all fit a similar profile to Rowett ? Because if not, surely that is the same scattergun approach as the last 3/4 years ? Smith, Enzo, Cooper, RVN, Cifeuntes, Rowett - imagine that as an algebra question - what comes next ? **** knows - that's how different each style is. 

 

If he is a proactive, influential DOF which is what we need, not hindered by an ineffective corporate structure - why is Gary Rowett still (unofficially) here - because the answers to either reason is damming and consistent with the bullshit of the last two years. Even if they announce it by magic today. 

 

As I said, been there, done this. This fella who a few are hoping comes good, is basically, a new manager for the dream of Top and Rudkin - that dream at this stage is how do we **** a football until it needs lubrication to only **** it some more. He may be very talented but the structure will **** him. 

 

 

 

I'd describe myself as open-minded rather than positive. There has been a restructure of sorts and although it has been nowhere near as extensive as we all hoped for, there are at least some new people involved in making decisions. There might be a change of direction, there might not. I'm curious to know which.

 

I think you're right about Rowett. He's basically in the same position now as he was in the weeks before he was appointed in February: a back-up option. If he was first choice for the role, they'd have announced him by now; however, if he'd been completely ruled out they'd have probably issued a statement thanking him for his efforts, etc. As neither of these things has happened, we can only assume that we want somebody else but have not secured their services yet—and are not 100% sure whether we will do so.

My best guess? The club has a couple of ambitious options in mind and are negotiating (or seeking negotiations) with them, but are waiting for: 1) those individuals to give us an answer; 2) the play-offs situation to be resolved; or 3) the new financial year to start. And while the club doesn't really want Rowett, they also think he'd be a better option than some of the other names out there so don't want to burn any bridges with him just yet.

 

This is far from ideal, I agree. But I'd prefer us to at least explore a few ambitious options rather than rush to appoint an inferior candidate just because they're free and available. 

[Mickyblueeyes]

3 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

I'd describe myself as open-minded rather than positive. There has been a restructure of sorts and although it has been nowhere near as extensive as we all hoped for, there are at least some new people involved in making decisions. There might be a change of direction, there might not. I'm curious to know which.

 

I think you're right about Rowett. He's basically in the same position now as he was in the weeks before he was appointed in February: a back-up option. If he was first choice for the role, they'd have announced him by now; however, if he'd been completely ruled out they'd have probably issued a statement thanking him for his efforts, etc. As neither of these things has happened, we can only assume that we want somebody else but have not secured their services yet—and are not 100% sure whether we will do so.

My best guess? The club has a couple of ambitious options in mind and are negotiating (or seeking negotiations) with them, but are waiting for: 1) those individuals to give us an answer; 2) the play-offs situation to be resolved; or 3) the new financial year to start. And while the club doesn't really want Rowett, they also think he'd be a better option than some of the other names out there so don't want to burn any bridges with him just yet.

 

This is far from ideal, I agree. But I'd prefer us to at least explore a few ambitious options rather than rush to appoint an inferior candidate just because they're free and available. 

If this is true (and I think there is some truth in it) its further evidence that nothing has changed. Nothing has improved and we are screwed. There is no reason to have Rowett as a back up option (and if he is "back up" he is THE option). Its the same shit, different day. The new DOF may have some ambitious candidate - I can assure you he doesnt line up the same way Rowett intends to - so how can Rowett be the back up. 

 

This is another disaster playing out. Because our back up is the free, available and inferior candidate. Who is there to save face. 

[Broof]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

Do you know for a fact that this is happening? In other words, you're 100% certain that: a) the club has learned absolutely nothing from our recent terrible managerial appointments and catastrophic relegations; and b) the appointment of McCarron will make absolutely no difference to anything? 

I understand why people are cynical after the shit we've been through, but this assumption that literally nobody at the club is capable of reflecting on our mistakes and seeking to improve things, including our new sporting director, seems a little bit overdone to me. 

Brother these are the same people making the exact same mistakes time after time. At what point have any of them shown any ability to reflect whatsoever?? Promoting the main architect to a position that never existed and getting him an assistant has no chance of being a silver bullet. 

 

But despite this, I agree that Mickey is almost certainly wrong about what the club is doing. Odds are that they haven't even started thinking about this shit yet. 

[Dan]

Still nothing on Rowett's future then. Relegated 20 days ago. This is all very last year.

[Nolucklcfc]

2 minutes ago, Dan said:

Still nothing on Rowett's future then. Relegated 20 days ago. This is all very last year.

Genuinely don’t think they have spoken to him yet. Likely seeing if they think they can get better and if not, they’ll give it him.