What is progress to you? To me progress is not getting in a relegation battle - remember that we were bottom 3/4 of last season.
Im with AKCJ. Dont trust the appointment one bit. I dont like Ranieri as a manager and im not happy one bit he's our manager I will get behind him though because he's our manager but i dont think he will be for long I wouldnt be surprised if come the final game of the season the difference's between the board and NP are over and he's back in charge. Or Cambiasso starts another rescue act as manager
Ranieri is the wrong man, at the wrong club at the wrong time The players dont fit his style of play one bit. He likes playing football from the back Good luck with that when Morgan, Huth and Wasilewski are the centre halfs
... that's fine, but why? ... the blokes not even had a chance yet ... as I've said elsewhere he wasn't even on my radar but he appears to have improved most clubs he has been at and there are some pretty impressive names there ... I'll also take 14th again ... particularly if it's secured much earlier than with one game to spare ... and I'd see that as progress...
He's really not. I think some of us are missing the point regarding this being an "uninspired" choice. Many of us were not expecting a world class manager (never believed Hiddink, Klopp or even O'Neill would come) but even then, Ranieri is a disappointment. I'm afraid he has has "Sven: part 2" written all over him. The only difference is that Ranieri has SOME knowledge of this division - albeit ten years ago and at the opposite end - but as a manager he's past his best, looking for a last pay cheque from a wealthy yet low ranking club. He'll spend, hopefully more successfully than Sven, but probably not. And after literally YEARS of putting up with fans moaning about Pearson DESPITE success, I love how those currently unhappy with recent events are being told to stop moaning and remember who we support after TWO WEEKS! Unlike Pearson critics, I will GLADLY change my attitude if Ranieri proves me wrong. Until then, I will remain uninspired.
Fair play to you and I'd expect nothing less from you ... Never going to happen buddy - I'm afraid that ship has well and truly sailed ... "irreconcilable" differences are just that - time to move on - whether Ranieri is the answer or not remains to be seen ...
I'm afraid I agree with FF there - Pearson will probably never return to our club, certainly not while King Power rules. Our loss will be another club's gain.
... on the last point he is widely accepted by Chelsea fans as orchestrating John Terry's rise to prominence and he also brought Robert Huth to the Prem ... I don't really view either player as a ball playing centre back ... seems to be that he's shown he can mix it up a bit if it needs it ...
I want a manager who coming here seeing us a progression in his career and trying to take us to the next level NP has always done that, MON did it before Sven and Ranieri have come here purely because of the money. They dont care about the club and will get players in with the same attitudes. Look how much trouble we had shifting Sven's deadwood Danns, Mills, Beckford, Peltier, Pantsil, Ball, Gallagher (after Sven gave him a massive contract on a 4 year deal) Wellens (see Gallagher) St. Ledger, Johnson, Fernandes We have a young and progressing team which Ranieri will probably pull apart and sell most of it off and replace it with player who dont understand English football and are here for the money Who ever sanctioned his appointment I have 1 question for them. Are you an ostrich?
1) How on earth do you know that? 2) Why would he pull it apart? - and like bringing in Frank Lampard to Chelsea for instance? - suspect Chelsea fans think they got their money's worth with that transfer ...
1) are you an ostrich? Sven has followed the money throughout his career. Hes been from League 2 to China chasing money Ranieri would never have come here if it wasnt for the money. Would he have taken the Norwich job for example where you get a fair wage and a fair budget to work with? No He came here because he's getting a massive contract and a big transfer budget 2) wow he signed 1 player. You cant live off the fact you signed 1 decent player 15 years ago. Were Leicester City and buying a "Frank Lampard" wont happen He even signed Falcao for £50M. How did that turn out? Crippled after 6 months and spat his dummy out on his return Pearson signed a team of quality players through scouting. Not writing massive cheques and taking gambles
Give the owners some credit, they wouldn't have appointed him if they thought he was going to be like Sven.
.. you are going to have to let Nigel go now buddy .. I realise you are still hurting... and I may be an Ostrich but Nigel is now a Dodo as far as LCFC os concerned.. time to move on . .
Chelsea were one of the richest clubs in the land (yes, even before Abramovich) when they signed Lampard, who EVERYONE knew about at West Ham. Don't really so what the achievement is there. Terry made his Chelsea debut two years before Ranieri took over, and Huth wasn't really good enough for a top-of-the-table team; whilst clubs like ours, Middlesbrough and Stoke are thankful he brought him over, he wasn't really up to the job Ranieri signed him for.
As much as MON worked wonders during his tenure with us and I idolised him , I didn't then & still don't class him as a world class Manager because without the copious amounts of success north of the border, which ain't hard ,I think the rest of his managerial career since has been mediocre, at best ! I think it's those with the SAME rose tinted O'Neill glasses that were advocating Lenny' as the next incumbent ! I also think Sven would do a better job with us in the prem than his time in the championship ? For me , the jury is out but what I do know is CR has achieved more than he's given credit for ? We're all foxes so let's back the the guy and see what happens eh ?
Some good points there Mick. Apart from CR's achievements - we've all seen the lists over the last couple of days. Made me reminisce about the gold old 1990s...
My point being that they will have learned from that mistake. CR may bring a few in, but there's alot less work to do in the transfer market because Pearson and co have built a good squad. I wouldnt be surprised if he only bought in 3 more (including Cambiasso).
