How long should sven be given?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

turn it around but what do we do if he cant?

Two games into the season and people are on about 'turning it around.'

Jesus wept.

[Guest Basildon Fox]

WHere is the stupid thread and poll. Close it now option?

[Danno]

I bet fans from other teams only come on here for a laugh. Jesus wept.

[JadeFalcon]

fans need to stop expecting, we are not ****ing Man Utd, expecting to go up just add's more pressure and the more pressure, the more we are likely to fail.

we have lost ONE, yes ONE out of 2 matches ffs. start bitching when we've played 40 matches and won 10 of them

enough with these sven out / how long should he be given threads

[Guest Bilo]

Are we doing this already?

Fuck's sake, do people not remember our club being a total fucking laughing stock four years ago? Are we as a fanbase really so fucking deluded that we demand to go through the entire season unbeaten? One defeat, ONE, to a side that was 90 minutes from being a Premiership side in May, a team we never beat, and people are making out as though it's March and we're bottom of the table. Give me strength.

If we beat Bristol City on Wednesday and then do the same against Forest on Saturday, the same people calling for Sven's head will be saying how we're pre-destined to win the fucking league and popping into JJB Sports to get Premiership badges printed on their replicas. Can people please stop over-reacting to every result? Please?

[MC Prussian]

As long as he needs and as long as he likes. There's quite enough people out of work as it is and we've had so many managers in recent years it's nice to actually get o know one of them

Besides it would only mean another "all change" with the playing personnel if he went and, it we're not careful, we'll have signed everyone once and will only have to start signing them all over again.

We've never had a manager that's won as many things as Sven so it doesn't matter how long it takes cos we know from his record that he'll get it right in the end cos "In Sven We Trust", you should know that..

He's also quietly spoken, not like that brash ex-docker from London who caused such an unseemly upset even in the sedate Cotswold town of Cheltenham. Our owners are Proper Persons and Sven is a managerial Proper Person. When you get to the Top these things matter!.

If you're going to have a bronze statue outside reception it needs to be a proper person not some eccentric famous for stopping players from using the car park. It's not as if they drive Reliant threewheelers.

Seriously, Leicester can do well this season. There's still 44 games left and we're already better placed than this time last season under Soussa. If we win all our home games and draw the away games that should do it. It's just a case of getting the message over to the players and someone's printing one out as we speak.

Thrac, you okay?

This is one of the few moments where I'm baffled to read something positive from you.

[JohnnyB]

I can't believe this question is even being asked at this early stage. We are two matches in to a 46 match league season! Often there are unusual results at this time of the season, teams take time to settle and to get used to playing alongside each other. Ok, we appeared to do well against Real Madrid etc, but that's a friendly - it's a world away from a proper league match with points at stake.

Leeds and Forest have both been quite strongly tipped to be there or thereabouts come the end of the season, and they only have a point between them. There's more than enough time to rectify this, but it's important that supporters get behind the team. Booing the team (as happened on Saturday) will only undermine players confidence. I don't get it.

[Babylon]

Thrac, you okay?

This is one of the few moments where I'm baffled to read something positive from you.

I'm going to check the IP address, I think he might have been hacked.

[MC Prussian]

May I direct all the doubters' attention to QPR's and Norwich's opening record in the 2010/2011 campaign:

In their second game into the new season, the Londoners lost 3-1 to Port Vale in the League Cup and Norwich had to succumb to Watford on their opening day.

The rest is history.

I doubt there were as many knee-jerk reactions on their boards than there are here every time we lose.

[Nick]

I read that as satire!

[davieG]

May I direct all the doubters' attention to QPR's and Norwich's opening record in the 2010/2011 campaign:

In their second game into the new season, the Londoners lost 3-1 to Port Vale in the League Cup and Norwich had to succumb to Watford on their opening day.

The rest is history.

I doubt there were as many knee-jerk reactions on their boards than there are here every time we lose.

Oh i'm sure there was and on almost every other forum, we're not unique.

[Fox92]

We all love sven but at the end of the day we need promotion! Im sure theres a good chance he can turn it around but what do we do if he cant?

Turn what around? Our poor loosing streak of, one game?

[MC Prussian]

Oh i'm sure there was and on almost every other forum, we're not unique.

From a subjective point of view, I think we're simply blessed with more than the rest.

Ahem.

[danlcfc4ever]

****ing stupid poll.

[Guest Bilo]

****ing stupid poll.

I agree.

There should be an additional option that says 'What a stupid question, I'm not answering this bullshit.'

[Guest Col city fan]

As long as he needs and as long as he likes. There's quite enough people out of work as it is and we've had so many managers in recent years it's nice to actually get o know one of them

Besides it would only mean another "all change" with the playing personnel if he went and, it we're not careful, we'll

have signed everyone once and will only have to start signing them all over again.

We've never had a manager that's won as many things as Sven so it doesn't matter how long it takes cos we know from his record that he'll get it right in the end cos "In Sven We Trust", you should know that..

He's also quietly spoken, not like that brash ex-docker from

London who caused such an unseemly upset even in the sedate Cotswold town of Cheltenham. Our owners are Proper Persons and Sven is a managerial Proper Person. When you get to the Top these things matter!.

If you're going to have a bronze statue outside reception it needs to be a proper person not some eccentric famous for

stopping players from using the car park. It's not as if they drive Reliant threewheelers.

Seriously, Leicester can do well this season. There's still 44 games left and we're already better placed than this time last season under Soussa. If we win all our home games and draw the away games that should do it. It's just a case

of getting the message over to the players and someone's printing one out as we speak.

Blimey.... You've changed your tune here Thrac....

Why the sudden injection of positivism?

Brrrrrrr I'm going all goosey...

[Callabinho]

1995-1996 season

Game one Sunderland away won

Game two Stoke city home lost.

That season we won promotion to the premier league Via play offs.

[dannythefox]

If we don't go up I don't think he will be here next season.

[ozleicester]

I am confused, the people who want Sven out..or at least arent prepared to give him time, WHO WOULD YOU ACCEPT?

Wenger hasnt won anything for 6 years and before that had ups and downs. We need to make a commitment to a manager, Sven is one of the best around and if it takes time, im prepared to give it to him.

Every time you sack a manager you effectively need another season (at least) to rebuild, so you will almost definitly still be waiting.

An international standard manager, with good history and playing quality football, they dont just come around everyday, sign him up for 5 years Top.

:sge:

[Guest Col city fan]

I am confused, the people who want Sven out..or at least arent prepared to give him time, WHO WOULD YOU ACCEPT?

Wenger hasnt won anything for 6 years and before that had ups and downs. We need to make a commitment to a manager, Sven is one of the best around and if it takes

time, im prepared to give it to him.

Every time you sack a manager you effectively need another season (at least) to rebuild, so you will almost definitly still be waiting.

An international standard manager, with good history and playing quality football, they dont just come around everyday, sign him up for 5 years Top.

:sge:

I'm not calling for svens head... That would be ridiculous..

However, to say that any new manager invariably needs a new season to get success is simply not true... There have been quite a few managers who have come in early or even mid way through the season and turned a poor side into a much better one pretty quickly... I know what you are saying but don't cloud everyone's judgement with what, frankly, isn't true

[ozleicester]

I'm not calling for svens head... That would be ridiculous..

However, to say that any new manager invariably needs a new season to get success is simply not true... There have been quite a few managers who have come in early or even mid way through the season and turned a poor side into a much better one pretty quickly... I know what you are saying but don't cloud everyone's judgement with what, frankly, isn't true

1) there are people who have put 5-10 games as their vote... thats effectively calling for his head

2) i would be very interested to see the percentages on managers who have taken a side up in the first season of taking over, i dont know them, but im guessing it would be less than 5%

3) i havent said anything untrue, im not clouding judgement, merely expressing an opinion.

The best/most successful clubs in the world, DO NOT change managers every year or two (or every 6 months in our case). We need to build a squad, that begins with a manager and in Sven we have one of the better ones. His removal shouldnt even be under discussion its just knee jerk and damaging.

[Guest Col city fan]

1) there are people who have put 5-10 games as their vote... thats effectively calling for his head

2) i would be very interested to see the percentages on managers who have taken a side up in the first season of taking over, i dont know them, but im guessing it would be less than 5%

3) i havent said anything untrue, im not clouding

judgement, merely expressing an opinion.

The best/most successful clubs in the world, DO NOT change managers every year or two (or every 6 months in our case). We need to build a squad, that begins with a manager and in Sven we have one of the better ones. His

removal shouldnt even be under discussion its just knee jerk and damaging.

Oz I do agree with you... I will stick with giving Sven until Christmas time and then, if we are still the disorganised unit we looked on Saturday I will be worried...

On the subject of the best clubs having long term managers well... Who?

With the exception of Sir Alex I cannot think of any other club, over recent times, who have stuck long term with their managers?

Barcelona got rid of tons of managers before they finally discovered Guardiola... Real Madrid have been forever changing their bosses... Chelsea, Liverpool, etc...

The Italian clubs are renowned for manager rotation, even when their existing one has won everything he can (mourinho at inter, for example)

Even arsenal with wenger have won nothing for six years!

Which club over recent years, excepting man utd, have either stuck long term with their managers AND won anything with them.

It just don't happen anymore. Maybe you are right and maybe it should.. But it's become increasingly rare

[Heart-Shaped Fox]

1995-1996 season

Game one Sunderland away won

Game two Stoke city home lost.

That season we won promotion to the premier league Via play offs.

Thought that the other day as well.

2002-03 we have 6 points out of 9 from 3 games, could easily have the same start if we win on Wednesday.

[Corky]

And we also had a 6-1 mauling in those games.

[TMELcfc]

We don't have Steve McClaren, enough said.

Seriously though, I want us to just shut up and stick with a manager first. We are not Chelsea or Manchester Utd, where we can sack someone and then pick any other world class manager, we are in the Championship, wake the f*** up some of you!