From today's BBC football gossip: Leicester are considering the possibility of appointing former Southampton manager Russell Martin if they sack Ruud van Nistelrooy. (Sun) If there is any truth behind that statement then everyone at the top has completely lost the plot.
That’s got to be that for Ruud hasn’t it? Is that 15 losses in 16? What must spurs fans think of losing to us? Monga didn’t disgrace himself seeing as he’s only 15 still. Hopefully we see more of him. What was the attendance? Looked less than 20,000 on the telly.
Not sure we can afford to sack him I.e. the compensation that would likely be due to pay up his contract vis-a-vis PSR / FFP ... Can't blame him for the pile of ****e he inherited, squad wise ... but playing that same starting line-up for a fourth game in a row when they have been so embarrassingly bad is beyond belief ... and logic ... Monga should have been brought on at half time - not with 10 or so minutes left ... Season can't end too soon - but for the love of God, start Pereira, Couliballly, Okoli, Mavididi, Buenanotte and Monga at Brighton ... would also bring in Jake Evans, a kid who knows where the net is...
I’d like to think we inserted a clause that in the event of relegation we will part ways mutually. If we haven’t and the only option is to pay him off, then that’s bad planning. The decision makers behind the scenes would need to be inept, oh hang on.
The camera on Sky panned to 2 'mature' female Leicester supporters who looked less than impressed with what they had seen. They were both wearing scarves that displayed the letters 'LESS'. I would think by now that they have unpicked the first 4 letters and replaced them with 'CLUE'. Beyond annoying that Ruud can stand on the sidelines shaking his head in disbelief when he's playing exactly the same team again. Absolutely no shape or formation. Gaping holes everywhere. Doesn't matter who starts the next match. The damage has been done to the squad. No player has a clue what he's supposed to be doing and is making ridiculous mistakes. Worst Leicester side headed by the most inept and disjointed board I've seen in over 60 years.
Can't disagree ... I really don't have a clue what he thinks he is seeing ... we 'improve' (relatively) whenever he brings Buenanotte and Mavididi on ... so why aren't they starting ... we also have a goalscoring prodigy in the U21s who couldn't possibly be more ineffective than our current goalscoring threat...
Anybody watch the Villa game last night? ... star of the show, Desire Doue - 19 years old, made his debut fir Rennes at 16 ... Yamal also scored for Barca last night... Kids ripping it up ... Unleash!!
It's more usual to blood young players into a team where they benefit from playing with more experienced and better players so they can be 'guided' by them. I'm not sure we have that foundation in place. They will struggle if the senior players aren't making the right moves and are too afraid to receive a pass for fear of losing it.
I am just hoping that we are relegated before we play the Twigs! don't want them to be the side to put us down, was at the match Monday, and we were saying is this the worst city of all time? I can remember Mclintocks side all his old mates he signed! that was a bad side, but i think the present team is by far the worst of all time. Just cant wait for this season to end, been a nightmare
Me too mate ... only highlight was a 1-0 win at Hull in the FA Cup where we went in numbers and were given the whole of one side of the ground ... plus, copped off with a gal from Thurmaston
A ray of light in the gloom - the kids coming through - shame we are almost certainly going to (have to) cash in on El Khanouss ... but I hope we keep Okoli because he has a lot of potential ... bring in Brandon Cover and Ben Nelson and whilst it's a very young defence then, it has a lot of promise and valuable Championship experience...
It is a shame about El Khanouss. He's one of the few who haven't thrown in the towel. Great energy, very skilful and works his socks off up and back. He's too good for the Championship though. We also need to get rid of Faes and Vestergaard so that the manager (whoever it will be) isn't tempted to resort to them whenever things aren't going right. They aren't the future. Nor are the likes of De Cordova Reid and Ayew. And, sorry to say, Vardy should not be starting games next season and should only be used in situations where we have no other striker available. I'm sure he'd like to try and give it one more season at a lower level, but the club needs to move on and use every game next season to build a team that is not only capable of achieving promotion but be ready to compete in the Premier League. Off the pitch Top needs to get a grip of things and start running the club like his father. No silly spending, no lying to managers and no toleration of incompetence from those below him. The selection of the next manager has to be the right one (surely Ruud can't stay). Changing managers part way through a season is a recipe for disaster. Differing approaches to how the team should be set up and play leads to having too many players being square pegs in round holes.
I fear Ayew, Decordova Reid and Vestegaard will all be hanging around next season, simply because no one will touch them. That beggars the question, Why did we? Van Nistelrooy needs to be gone asap, and someone trusted to nurture the young players in place at the first possible moment. Van Nistelrooy has started to integrate the youth into the first team squad, I hope it’s not an attempt to shine a favourable light on himself for next season. Do Fatawu and Monga play in the same position, or would one of them be flexible to play elsewhere? I’d like to see Mavididi and Fatawu back on the flanks again next year, but Monga needs regular game time to persuade him he should stick around a while longer. Vardy would be ideal to bring on Evans, but would he be willing to start playing a lesser role, and how much of a pay cut should we offer him? One things for sure, no one can really picture what the team will look like next season, I know that I’d like to see it with a large sprinkling of homegrown players, but I fear the powers that be have helped part pick the team with the ridiculous summer transfer window we endured.
It looks like the Chelsea fans are losing faith with Maresca. Booing his tactics on Sunday, and he’s come back saying he doesn’t know any other way to play. If they fail to make the Champions League it will be interesting to see what happens. There’s obviously some friction building between him and the fans and what are the owners expectations for this season, surely Champions League qualification. Fans pressure snd a poor league position might force the owners to act. I wonder how we would have fared if he’d stayed. The football was turgid last season, as Chelsea are now finding out, but he couldn’t have done worse than what we’ve witnessed this year, not that I’m bothered he left, leaving after one season didn’t endear himself to anyone, delusions of grandeur spring to mind.
Mate, forget it's football for a minute ... if somebody offered to double your wages (or more) for doing the same job ... but with much better tools and a bottomless budget for your department... what would you do?
