Spot on buddy ... Inler for us ... Makalele for Chelsea - he knows how to set teams up ... I've also noticed how the incumbent players have taken to him ... Vardy the latest to express his appreciation ...
must have missed the bit where you've given Ranieri any credit at all ... have you been on holiday? We are second and unbeaten ffs Fair play to Pearson for what he achieved ... but it wasn't faultless ... and if it our rise is purely down to evolution it hasn't beem without some teething pains ... Nigel at times seemed incapable of managing the team out of a rut ... whilst only time will tell, personally I've been very encouraged with the tactical decisions that Ranieri has made to date ...
I have given Ranieri credit on here several times, for realising we were already on to a good thing before he came and not blowing it out of the water with all-out change. I notice most pundits are saying the same thing now. He will inevitably want to make his mark though, and that's when we'll see his true colours. Then, and only then, will he get the full criticism/praise he deserves... and I will be first in the queue to hand what's due.
Have to say this is about the most blinkered if not bitterest post I've ever seen on here from a Leicester fan ... Most pundits, including those that were predicting our demise, are now conceding that they we have kicked on - .. we are unbeaten and sitting second in the league ... So your view is that any positives are purely down to Nigel Pearson and Ranieri has had no positive influence? ... in fact we are worse that in the run-in and lucky to be winning ?... in contrast I can recall the the dour games last season like Stoke, Sunderland, Hull, Crystal Palace and West Brom at home (there were others) where the frustration at our inability to make any positive tactical changes was doing my bonce in ..... Well it's your opinion and of course you are entitled to it ... but I have to say I have far more respect for Proud in this, arguably Pearson's staunchest fan, who has embraced the new regime and is fully behind the new manager and the team ...
So the only credit you are actually giving him is for adhering to Nigel's 'master plan' ... fair play then
Ranieri has already made his mark, positively. The players seem really happy and the way he handles himself in public is immeasurably better than Pearson. Tactically he is far more astute than Pearson was or ever will be. We're obviously are not going to remain 2nd but I'm more confident of a consistently good season under Ranieri.
Bitter? No bitterness involved! I'm a Leicester fan so seeing my team do well is first and foremost to me, but that means the long-term as well as the short-term. I'd say that's completely the opposite of blinkered - tell that to the fans talking about qualifying for Europe or winning a cup just because we scraped points against sides like Bournemouth and Villa! . These long-term fears will only be answered by time. It's too early to give Ranieri much credit as everything that's working was working before he came in. Yes, it took Pearson and his team some time to find the right combination, plus our side had to adjust to a big step up, but even with that in mind, the performances were never much worse than those mentioned above from this season. What makes you think I'm not behind the new "regime"? Because I've made some slightly critical observations??? Blimely, you're a sensitive soul FF!
There is no point lying on a forum - i miss Pearson still as I thought he transformed our club and I had full confidence in how he was running it. But ranieri has done nothing wrong and looks good
You're right. Ranieri is a better PR man. That doesn't go far with me though. The players were happy under Pearson too. Tactically astute? Well, that remains to be seen. I think he's got his tactics wrong in the last two games though, but I suppose 3/5 isn't bad.
It's the owners that run the club, Pearson didn't meet with their required standards and paid the price for his blinkered ignorance.
Pearson got his tactics wrong numerous times during our WINLESS run last season, continued to pick players who should have been dropped and refused to select players who could of made a difference. In the end Pearson had little or no choice left but to play attacking football. Ranieri will lose games but he won't be pig headed about changing players/formations.
I thought it was because of being 1/2 season bottom placed, the swearing at fans, the attacking of opposition players, the couple of hours sacking, the dickhead attitude towards the media and the defending of whoremongering racists. Those are are all facts, so what other opinion do you have for him being sacked?
I don't like to gossip , but I would guess it would be something that isn't known in the public domain.
... in a nutshell ...your negativity at what we have done so far ... a point at a Bournemouth side that were on the back of taking West Ham apart and had been the better team at Anfield was to me a good result from a potentially tricky game ... they targeted and clattered our star man in the first minute ... yet we adjusted and got a hard earned point ... for me we would have lost that this time last season under Nigel ... The football has been exciting and we are scoring goals ... Mahrez and Drinkwater look far better players ... pure coincidence? ... pure evolution? ... or perhaps knowing that they have the confidence and backing of the manager ... a manager with an excellent pedigree in the top leagues in Europe ... You seem very reluctant to give Ranieri any credit whatsoever ... for me he has steadied a ship that was in danger of imploding from self inflicted, ill judged (and then ill managed) impropriety ... that could have sent the club into instability ... all credit to the owners for identifying the man to manage that potentiality ...
... bloody hell ... if there is something else n addition to the things that are known then his sacking would seem justified beyond question?
Standing by players is not getting tactics wrong. It's about supporting them if you truly believe they're good enough. A LOT of players struggled with form last season (Mahrez, Vardy, Morgan, Drinkwater, Albrighton obviously wasn't getting picked for a reason) and standing by many of these eventually saw them come strong. Pearson wasn't forced to play attacking football - if anything, playing another CB was an effort to make us more defensive (hence it was first used during that tricky run against the top clubs). Building around a sturdier defence allow us to be more expansive. Ranieri will, I can guarantee, stick by players that the fans don't agree with. ALL managers do, because we ALL have different opinions. Whether you call him pig-headed or not will probably depend on your preconceptions about him.
