kurtsimonw Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 3 hours ago, VillaChris said: Frank De Boer could be a contender aswell. A man who was on course to relegate a club who has never been relegated in their history this season, albeit small sample size, is probably not the man you want to keep a small club up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisvilla4 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I hope they go down now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I think they would've survived under Ranieri. Whilst they lost against Sevilla that second half performance felt like a turning point, Ranieri finally had something to work with going forward and got a reaction from the players, to sack him now was totally wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Evidence of how awful the so called 'beautiful game' has become. Have to agree hope they go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I dont think this is a great job anyway. Ranieri is a difficult act to follow and a major rebuilding job is needed if keep them up probably end up with Pardew or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I bet Claudio is not too disappointed. Signed a big money contract this year so will be getting a bumper payoff, won the league last year and someone else will have the potential relegation on their CV. If Carlsberg did football management... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Could we convince him to come here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted February 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2017 44 minutes ago, LondonLax said: Could we convince him to come here? I think he would be terrible for us to be honest. Not the man we need right now imo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 So according to the papers the players got fed up with him rotating the squad to much and complained to the owners. Papers also says Vardy and Schmeichel among others got a grumpy when he replaced the chicken burgers with pasta in the cantina . Really does seem like a case of players getting too big for themselves thinking they are superstars and no longer wan't to put the necessary job in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2017 According to the papers, they're considering Mancini and Hiddink - if that's true, then I think we can see that the owners perhaps don't appreciate that last year was a complete freak and maybe don't understand where Leicester's natural position is. I'd be amazed to see either of those two managers take over at Leicester. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 13 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: According to the papers, they're considering Mancini and Hiddink - if that's true, then I think we can see that the owners perhaps don't appreciate that last year was a complete freak and maybe don't understand where Leicester's natural position is. I'd be amazed to see either of those two managers take over at Leicester. The thing that could swing it in their favor is money and that neither of Mancini or Hiddink are likely to be sought after by any of the biggest most ambitious clubs anymore. Already all PL teams earn more money per season than all but a handful of teams in the rest of the world. With Leicester getting another £50m or so from this seasons CL they will have money to throw at any managerial target. Hiddink and Mancini will not get such high wages at any other place bar Qatar or China. But I agree, they are very optimistic if they are setting their sights on these two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted February 24, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2017 Plus Mancini played for Leicester, and is a bit of a journeyman manager in the last few years so might jump at a big contract. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, OutByEaster? said: According to the papers, they're considering Mancini and Hiddink - if that's true, then I think we can see that the owners perhaps don't appreciate that last year was a complete freak and maybe don't understand where Leicester's natural position is. I'd be amazed to see either of those two managers take over at Leicester. They are in with a very good chance of reaching the last 8 champions league so not sure they are reaching above themselves with those two but are they the men to get them out of trouble, I don't think so. Pearson would be far more likely to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tommo_b Posted February 24, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted February 24, 2017 The senior players complained, of all the players you wouldn't think the senior ones would, they should be grateful for what they achieved, they were all lower league players and expected relegation candidates until Ranieri came in! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 24, 2017 Moderator Share Posted February 24, 2017 Just now, PaulC said: They are in with a very good chance of reaching the last 8 champions league so not sure they are reaching above themselves with those two but are they the men to get them out of trouble, I don't think so. Pearson would be far more likely to do that. Right now they are, yes - but lets face it, the chances of Leicester being in the champions league again in the next twenty years are pretty remote. What you have is a club that naturally sits in the lower half of the Premier league battling relegation; and what you have is a team that has some good players that are ageing. Last year was a perfect blend of confidence, luck, ability, players peaking, a great attitude and decent management - it was freakish - in any normal season, escaping relegation should keep a Leicester manager his job and finishing top half should be seen as an achievement. I don't associate Guus Hiddink with trying hard to finish in the top half - I just can't see him taking over at Leicester. The team needs a revamp, and their glory days will be over in a fortnight - the fact that their board think they can attract some of Europe's bigger managerial names is probably a decent clue as to why they thought sacking Ranieri was a good idea. I have a feeling the next three of four years might see them fed a great big dish of reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Czechlad Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 They have a talented squad. New manager will be told he has to keep them up and try to keep them in champs league as long as possible, but if Leicester stay up, next season will be very interesting for them. Will the owner invest heavily to get Leicester back to the top, or will he just be content with keeping Leicester in the prem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 24, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) It annoys me that so many people are annoyed by this They're going down. They need to change something. An amazing achievement last season, but if they want to stay in the league he has to go. I also find it quite patronising that people are saying stuff like "Yeah but this is where Leicester were before Ranieri so they should be ok with it" Why? They won the **** league, they should be rightly furious that he didn't build on that whatsoever. Sentiment is fine, but sometimes managers are good at one thing and not another. Ranieri was clearly brilliant at harnessing the momentum they gained last year and keeping the team motivated to win the league. But defending a title or winning it a second time is way different than that, and clearly Ranieri hasn't got whatever it takes to do that with Leicester. Edited February 24, 2017 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Mid-table while having a decent run in the Champions League was really a decent expectation this season. He's given them the latter, so it's a shame he couldn't get a bit longer to get them safe. I don't think they'd have made the change unless they'd had some sort of nod from Mancini that he'd be interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnbull Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Rot in Hell, Leicester City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 19 minutes ago, sharkyvilla said: Mid-table while having a decent run in the Champions League was really a decent expectation this season. He's given them the latter, so it's a shame he couldn't get a bit longer to get them safe. I don't think they'd have made the change unless they'd had some sort of nod from Mancini that he'd be interested. I think he was given more time than he normally would have because of the CL run abd the title tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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