I thought you were scoffing at the idea of Hodgson being Leicester manager as you said their owners were about to wum them with his appointment.
And now you seem to be advocating his appointment as a good thing for Leicester ?
I'm not saying he should be appointed manager at Leicester, certainly not with so much opposition from the fans.
What I am saying is that, in my opinion, he'd do no better or worse than other managers, and those that might be considered to be a bit more
exotic than him.
My view is that they should keep that Shakespeare follow until the end of the season, as he seems to know the players, and they clearly seem to want to play for him in a way that they no longer wanted to play for Ranieri (as evidenced by the game against 'Pool).
As for Simeone, I think you're off your head.
Why? The arguments I put forward are reasonable.
I think you are falling into the trap that, just because Simeone is foreign and has done well abroad, that he'd be automatically be able to get LCFC out of trouble. Sorry, but I do not accept that.
You continuing to bang about my comparison between Simeone and Hodgson/Moyes is disingenuous. I am not saying - nor have I ever said - that either of Moyes or Hodgson is better than Simeone. I'm merely saying that there is no guarantee that Simeone would be any better at saving LCFC from relegation than either Hodgson or Moyes.
I cannot see why that should be so startling for you to hear.
Simply because Moyes and Hodgson have PL experience, it doesn't make them better managers than Simeone would be in the PL.
Accepted.
But do you accept that simply because Simeone has an exotic name and has done well abroad that that doesn't mean that he would have any better chance than either Moyes or Hodgson in saving LCFC from relegation?
I think that Simeone would do better at Arsenal or City than would Hodgson/Moyes, and better than he would do at Leicester.
Personally I think he'd do a brilliant job in the PL, because he understands how to set teams up to defend as a unit and when to attack. I think his tactics and man management would be well suited to the PL.
He may well do, Pix. I cannot say that you are either right or wrong to hold that opinion. We won't know until he tries.
However, the hard fact is that only a handful of foreign managers have been a roaring success in the Prem, compared with the number of failures there have been. There was a debate on Adrian Durham's show, tonight, which mooted the question as to whether or not Klopp should be sacked, bearing in mind that he's doing worse than Rodgers did. When Klopp can to the Prem, most pundits were raving about him just as you are about Simeone. The facts will inform you that Simeone has more chance of emulating Klopp than Conte.