davieG Posted 20 February 2006 Posted 20 February 2006 Hes a good bloke and hes turned our forum around.WHO NEEDS MORINIHO, WEVE GOT ROB KELLYOOO!!! I didn't know MrC was Rob Kelly Are you Kelly in disguise ?
Ultra Posted 20 February 2006 Posted 20 February 2006 Although the signs have been promising to date, it's still WAY too early to form a judgment on RK. Remember MON failed to win any of his first NINE games in charge of us, while Taylor started with an unbeaten run of EIGHT games (seven of which were in the Premiership). Wait until the end of the season before issuing proclamations. There are still potential pitfalls ahead in the next few weeks. The man himself knows that even if others don't!
Disillusioned Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 What are your views on RK? Above all else I think he's a motivator and realises players strengths and weaknesses and how to give them belief. That for me is just what this club needs and I can't see why we need to change things at the end of the season unless either he doesn't want the job permanently, the big test will be when we hit a tough patch. So far so good. Kelly has reversed the down curve on the graph. This is the usual pattern in the coach firing /hiring cycle. Over the long term though, the new guy tends to underperform the old guy so the real test is yet to come. As far as I am concerned Kelly has already earned his corn because he has almost certainly saved us from the drop after just 5 games. Remember, just a month ago, most fans would have kissed the feet of an incumbent who would have had us wait till the final day of the season for that outcome (and a sizeable number of Levein brown-nosers were quite reconciled to relegation to the third tier for the first time in our history eg Webmaster on Talking Balls who posted what a refreshing thing it would be to stand on the terraces of clapped-out Victorian stadia). I am cautiously optimistic about Kelly. But that isn't very hard to be. Emulating Levein should be a piece of piss when you bear in mind that statistically he was the worst manager in our history. So barring administrations, non-existent sex scandals and fractured cheek bones the Kelly curve should be heading north of the Levein line.
Disillusioned Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 Although the signs have been promising to date, it's still WAY too early to form a judgment on RK. Remember MON failed to win any of his first NINE games in charge of us, while Taylor started with an unbeaten run of EIGHT games (seven of which were in the Premiership). Wait until the end of the season before issuing proclamations. There are still potential pitfalls ahead in the next few weeks. The man himself knows that even if others don't! Intelligent post Ultra (he said in his most patronising tone). Remember though, that fans do not have the genes for patience, reason and statistics. But surprisingly when it comes to hero-worship, scapegoats and tactical gobbledegook they have the full set.
securedfox Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 Intelligent post Ultra (he said in his most patronising tone). Remember though, that fans do not have the genes for patience, reason and statistics. But surprisingly when it comes to hero-worship, scapegoats and tactical gobbledegook they have the full set. Oy maite wear nut arl fickies un ear tha nos
Katy Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 I dont care, I love Rob Kelly. Hes actually brought some optimism back to the Walkers, the whole atmosphere is different there now.
Ric Flair Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 He's given us a breath of fresh air, not a new lease of life just yet. That's the way I see it. The big test comes when we have abit of a bad spell, whether that's just one loss or a couple but the pressure will intensify more and that will be when we can see if Kelly has all the ingredients to be a success at Leicester. I see no reason why he can't because fundamentally he does things right. He's giving the players belief and if you couple that with players who are technically good enough to play at this level and beyond then we shouldn't have too many problems in pushing in the right direction. I certainly can't remember the cheer satisfaction like i've felt in the last 3 home games for a long while. We might only have won 1 of them and drawn the other 2 but the transformation and the change in passion from a month or so ago is blinding!!! Big game on saturday, it's crucial we play at the same level we have been doing.
Rugby Fox Posted 21 February 2006 Posted 21 February 2006 I didn't know MrC was Rob Kelly Are you Kelly in disguise ? Haha! Sorry i meant form...
Ric Flair Posted 22 February 2006 Posted 22 February 2006 PURE AND SIMPLE Next Story | Previous Story | Back to list Be the first reader to comment on this story BY BILL ANDERSON 10:30 - 22 February 2006 Of all Kelly's Heroes, the most reluctant to claim the tag is the man himself, for Leicester City boss Rob Kelly knows less has changed than many might think. Giving him the job until the end of the season after three wins in a row was expedient by the board who gave little sign that they really knew which way to turn any way, and so far it is working out fine. An 11-point haul in the last five games following the departure of Craig Levein sounds nothing short of an instant revolution but Kelly, pragmatic to the last, is not going to be fooled by that notion. He said: "Less has changed than most people think and it would be an over-simplification to think everything is fine now. "There have been little changes, nothing radical. Craig was along the right lines, no doubt about that. "What probably happened was the change gave a realisation to everyone where we were and what could happen. It made everyone focus on what was important. "What Mike Stowell and I have probably done is simplify things. The players know we believe in them, as Craig did of course, but things become habits and we were in the habit of not winning. "So we never lost our belief in the players, but maybe they had lost a little bit of confidence in themselves. "There comes a point when your backs are against the wall and you can only go forward. We had reached the point of no return." The first flush of euphoria has been tempered by two home draws in a row, and there are tough games coming up which could change the picture back again. Before being given the nod, Kelly wondered what might happen if the results took another downturn and again deflects the credit from his own head. He said: "All the players need to be given enormous credit for the way they have gone about it, not just the 11 in play. We have not got a big squad but the spirit is there. "Last week Momo Sylla was injured but was still in the dressing room with all the lads and, before that, Danny Tiatto and Alan Maybury, both unavailable, asked to go down to Brighton to sit on the bench and just be part of it. "Players are obviously disappointed when they are not playing but during this period they have over-ridden that selfishness we all have. "We are not going to get out of this with just 11 players, we will do it only as a unit, so the change in managership brought into sharp focus what we needed to do." A complete change in set-up, a new manager and new staff, would have meant City still trying to settle down after all the turmoil. A degree of continuity, then, is no bad thing. Kelly said: "In a strange way the change released the pressure. It was a watershed, you either pack in or give it a really good go and I never doubted they would choose the latter option. "Probably all they needed was someone who knew them to help them along. That is what we have done." To good effect so far and, if it keeps going, Kelly cannot really avoid the question he has been dodging all along - what about the fully-fledged managership? Again he played it cool, saying: "I am not thinking further ahead than Ipswich, and I think that is the sensible way to do things. "I am reluctant to talk about it because I know the priority, not in any unambitious way. "I have never coveted the next step, you get waylaid if you do that. I am dealing in reality, why wander into fiction? "All I can give is a straight answer which is that it is not on my agenda. The priority is the next game. That is all it can be." Another excellent interview with Kelly. I feel so re-assured hearing what he has to say. A few loses and I might be a little more nervous but if complacency is ever creeping in, this man is the man to stamp it out. He refuses to ever get carried away and that is what inmpresses me.
Chimp Posted 22 February 2006 Posted 22 February 2006 Hmmm, as long as there's some ambition and ruthlessness along with those heaps of humility then it's all good.
Ric Flair Posted 22 February 2006 Posted 22 February 2006 Hmmm, as long as there's some ambition and ruthlessness along with those heaps of humility then it's all good. I think the past 5 games have shown that though, don't you? Plus everything is short term at the minute, there's no time for thinking about future plans. At the end of the season if we've stayed up then that's where the next test comes. Kelly must keep up the motivation levels.
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