Next Manager Rumour Mill

[RoboFox]

If it’s Darren Ferguson that’ll be me completely out. **** that.

[teblin]

1 hour ago, topguest321 said:

he won't be, took us a while to say Dean Smith won't be coming back

I believe Dean smith was reinterviewed or in consideration originally.

[RowlattsFox]

I don't know what's happening to me but I do think Darren Ferguson would probably take us up  

[ClaphamFox]

The source of the Darren Ferguson story appears to be the SportsBoom website, which published a story last week claiming that the club has “made contact’” with Ferguson about the role. SportsBoom is heavily linked with the betting industry—on its own pages it says that it “earns commission through affiliate links” to betting operators. In other words, its business model is tied to generating betting traffic and engagement around markets such as “next Leicester manager”.

 

The story has now been dutifully trotted out across other media outlets, but most seem to shy away from the claim that we’ve actually spoken to Ferguson. TalkSport—which also coincidentally has a betting site —claims that Ferguson “has been mooted” as a potential candidate, which just means that somebody somewhere unconnected to the club has raised it as a possibility. It seems they’ve then spoken to Ferguson or his agent and been told that he’d be “open” to it if offered, which does not sound like the kind of language somebody would use if they actually in talks about the job.

 

No credible journalists with a track record of breaking Leicester-related stories have bothered to pick up the story. I suggest there is a good reason for that.

[EnderbyFox]

20 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

If it’s Darren Ferguson that’ll be me completely out. **** that.

 

That's the pond we are fishing in now - we are about 6 months away from being linked to Steve Evans & Ian Holloway 

[Fox1norfolk]

28 minutes ago, EnderbyFox said:

 

That's the pond we are fishing in now - we are about 6 months away from being linked to Steve Evans & Ian Holloway 

Don’t dismiss Big Sam

[Lambert09]

It’s just absolutely essential that whoever it is is here early so we can get actually give someone a fair crack at shaping a squad. The preparation last summer was the worst it’s ever been at the club 

[Winstonthedog]

1 hour ago, Lambert09 said:

It’s just absolutely essential that whoever it is is here early so we can get actually give someone a fair crack at shaping a squad. The preparation last summer was the worst it’s ever been at the club 

You can forget the early bit .... totally out their thinking..... why give someone the chance to settle in and make plans and get in some new faces, tactics, build a squad to gel ..... when you can make the poor bastard that gets the job suffer and watch him struggle 

[surrifox]

3 hours ago, Winstonthedog said:

You can forget the early bit .... totally out their thinking..... why give someone the chance to settle in and make plans and get in some new faces, tactics, build a squad to gel ..... when you can make the poor bastard that gets the job suffer and watch him struggle 

Probably about right knowing this lot . Anyway those polo ponies won’t ride themselves - no interest in any more footy stuff with holidays to plan

[Wymsey]

Ferguson junior knows how to get out of the league, so there's a bit of logic to it.

[Claudio Fannieri]

Ferguson would be as underwhelming as when we appointed Cooper. Really do hope we don’t go down this route. 

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

8 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

The source of the Darren Ferguson story appears to be the SportsBoom website, which published a story last week claiming that the club has “made contact’” with Ferguson about the role. SportsBoom is heavily linked with the betting industry—on its own pages it says that it “earns commission through affiliate links” to betting operators. In other words, its business model is tied to generating betting traffic and engagement around markets such as “next Leicester manager”.

 

The story has now been dutifully trotted out across other media outlets, but most seem to shy away from the claim that we’ve actually spoken to Ferguson. TalkSport—which also coincidentally has a betting site —claims that Ferguson “has been mooted” as a potential candidate, which just means that somebody somewhere unconnected to the club has raised it as a possibility. It seems they’ve then spoken to Ferguson or his agent and been told that he’d be “open” to it if offered, which does not sound like the kind of language somebody would use if they actually in talks about the job.

 

No credible journalists with a track record of breaking Leicester-related stories have bothered to pick up the story. I suggest there is a good reason for that.

 

SportBoom are tier 1

[NewquayFox]

Sean Dyche, he’s yer man… 

[grth2004]

One thing King Power have shown us is  after last few appointments is that whoever anybody thinks on here it will be  that it definitely won’t be and be a curveball that nobody was thinking or wanted and then we will all hope he’s the new messiah until we fail miserably AGAIN. 

[volpeazzurro]

9 hours ago, Fox1norfolk said:

Don’t dismiss Big Sam

I’d love Colin willy puller personally!

[lcfc sheff]

It won't be Ferguson 

[winteriscoming]

1 hour ago, NewquayFox said:

Sean Dyche, he’s yer man… 

We didn’t get him/he didn’t want it when we were in the premiership or championship. 
In what world is he going to want to join us in league 1? 
 

[NewquayFox]

15 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

We didn’t get him/he didn’t want it when we were in the premiership or championship. 
In what world is he going to want to join us in league 1? 
 

Loads & loads of money… 

[jim5000]

8 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

It’s just absolutely essential that whoever it is is here early so we can get actually give someone a fair crack at shaping a squad. The preparation last summer was the worst it’s ever been at the club 

It’s Rudders that shapes the squad, not the manager 

[inckley fox]

44 minutes ago, grth2004 said:

One thing King Power have shown us is  after last few appointments is that whoever anybody thinks on here it will be  that it definitely won’t be and be a curveball that nobody was thinking or wanted and then we will all hope he’s the new messiah until we fail miserably AGAIN. 

I don't know. Everyone was pretty sure it was going to be Gary Rowett about four weeks before the board realised that literally nobody else wanted the job.

[Winstonthedog]

9 hours ago, inckley fox said:

I don't know. Everyone was pretty sure it was going to be Gary Rowett about four weeks before the board realised that literally nobody else wanted the job.

And that's why he will probably keep the job ..... its not a very attractive position for someone who thinks and speaks for themself.... 

[Tinman]

Get Paul Warne in.

[Ric Flair]

Had a horrible thought, was McCarron and Liam Manning at Lommel SK at the same time?

[Gazza M]

Can see in Tops pea size brain Ferguson selling more shirts in Thailand with his Dad's Man U connections. 

[Lionator]

9 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Had a horrible thought, was McCarron and Liam Manning at Lommel SK at the same time?

No Manning left for MK Dons in 2021, McCarron joined two months later.