Football gone mad. What on earth does a manager have to do to stay in a job. So what if they are struggling, its leicester city not barca. A disgraceful way to treat a genuine man

Shocked, even if they went down, they would have been one of the favourites to bounce back, they must have someone lined up

Makes you kind of hope that they go down now.

I'm not sure they had much choice really. Hes spent a decent amount of money since the summer and there's no way they should be near relegation. I think last seasons performance was out of the blue as opposed to the normal (in terms of ranieris performance) His jobs before went disastrously.

Not much in football surprises me these days but tonight's sacking Raneiri is unbelievable they really do need to remember their true status in the football world which actually is far lower then there current status a few  years ago they where penniless and bankrupt built a new stadium then went into administration leaving many businesses in deep excrement a disgraceful act by a disgraceful club

Victim of his own success. If he'd finished 17th last season with them he would still be in a job now. Crazy that they have sacked him at this stage.

Timing seems odd considering in reality they have been struggling for a while and a new manager can't bring in any signings. Still think that Saville will win in Leicester but a 1 - 0 home win would see them through to the quarter finals so in theory they are still in the Champions league..  

Just shows that even the greatest of fairy tales will always end up in the swirling cesspool of Premiersh*te materialism.

Bonkers. The season before last was it when they avoided relegation by the skin of their teeth.

Dilly ding

Dilly dong

Mr Ranieri's gone.

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Makes you kind of hope that they go down now.

They would have gone down if they didn't boot him out, best decision for the club.
As well we know you can hang on to a failing manager to long.

Think he's overrated and very luckily inherited a team that Pearson had put together the previous season and had gone on a mad winning run from relegation places to mid table. Right place right time for Ranieri in my opinion. Once they lost Kante, he had no answers.

Disgusting decision - unfortunately rich owners of clubs that seem to be out of touch with proper footballing roots

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Timing seems odd considering in reality they have been struggling for a while and a new manager can't bring in any signings. Still think that Saville will win in Leicester but a 1 - 0 home win would see them through to the quarter finals so in theory they are still in the Champions league..  

What's it got to do with that dirty b@stard?

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What's it got to do with that dirty b@stard?

Oops!!! - Seville (spelling?)

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What's it got to do with that dirty b@stard?

Cheers mate
Best laugh of the day 😂😂😂

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Think he's overrated and very luckily inherited a team that Pearson had put together the previous season and had gone on a mad winning run from relegation places to mid table. Right place right time for Ranieri in my opinion. Once they lost Kante, he had no answers.

I dont normally disagree with you Ginny but i think to call a man who guided leicester to the premier league title as overrated is ludicrous

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I dont normally disagree with you Ginny but i think to call a man who guided leicester to the premier league title as overrated is ludicrous

He didn't build that side, he just kept it ticking over. Look when their winning run started. It was the season before he arrived and he only got the job because Pearson was booted out for personal reasons. Of course i respect your view but his recruitment from winning the Prem last season was rubbish and he fails at most clubs.

Ermmmm...won 5 league games all season....won 1 in the last 10.....lost 5 on the bounce....lost 7 of the last 10......why the fck wouldnt you sack him ?
They have consistantly shown this season that they cant defend and have little attacking threat......its his squad now and they are terrible....if i was a Leicester fan i would not be happy with the above, one flukey season doesnt give you a lifetime of immunity.

It'll cost them a few bob. Didn't they give him a new 5 year contract last season?

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He didn't build that side, he just kept it ticking over. Look when their winning run started. It was the season before he arrived and he only got the job because Pearson was booted out for personal reasons. Of course i respect your view but his recruitment from winning the Prem last season was rubbish and he fails at most clubs.

To be fair, he did sign Kante.

Been on the cards for ages. No worse than Morhino being sacked last season. Taken as a whole the season has been very poor for Leicester considering the money them have spent. I have been backing them to go down for months.

Quoted from ginnywings

Think he's overrated and very luckily inherited a team that Pearson had put together the previous season and had gone on a mad winning run from relegation places to mid table. Right place right time for Ranieri in my opinion. Once they lost Kante, he had no answers.

Absolutely.

Ranieri is a very nice chap. He did one thing well last season, he left the side alone. He didn't build it and all he did was adjust it a bit and then they took off. They had a couple of class players, good organisation, a simple game plan, no injuries to speak of, no Europe to bother about and six or seven players who were playing out of their skins.

This year they lost some class, had a few injuries, got sussed out in their game plan and players have been back at their normal form level especially in the back four.

That is when you need a good manager, not when things are going well but when things need sorting out. In that respect Ranieri has failed by any measure almost all season, but especially since Christmas. I am honestly surprised he has been given this long. Nobody can afford to be this sentimental in football. Loyalty does not extend to football suicide which is what has been happening to Leicester.

I'm sure when he sees his severance cheque in the bank and some other team give him a contract, he'll get over it. Anyway, it's the Prem and i don't give a shoite to be honest.

Quoted from ginnywings

I'm sure when he sees his severance cheque in the bank and some other team give him a contract, he'll get over it. Anyway, it's the Prem and i don't give a shoite to be honest.

hard to be sympathetic if you think his severance pay alone would probably pay our entire playing budget for the next 4 seasons.

Everyone mentions Kante going but nobody says about Steve Walsh going to Everton. Massive massive loss.compare and contrast their recruitment in the Pearson era to the diabolical signings made last summer

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Everyone mentions Kante going but nobody says about Steve Walsh going to Everton. Massive massive loss.compare and contrast their recruitment in the Pearson era to the diabolical signings made last summer

Excellent point. Kante wasn't signed by Pearson or Ranieri.

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Everyone mentions Kante going but nobody says about Steve Walsh going to Everton. Massive massive loss.compare and contrast their recruitment in the Pearson era to the diabolical signings made last summer

Yep and he did similar with Pearson at Hull. It was Walsh who decided to spend 1 million on Vardy and that was seen as risky and too big a jump for the player at the time. Think he also identified Mahrez as a target. He is doing a good job at Everton now.

As for Ranieri, him and his backroom staff were hated by the Chelsea players and they stopped performing. Seems the same has happened at Leicester.

Does he struggle when he needs to motivate and reenergise players? It isn't difficult to motivate players when you're winning. It takes a special kind of personality to drag teams up from the depths. Allardyce and Pulis have mastered it. I still think Palace will stay up. When it goes wrong it seems he can't save anybody.

The kings power has been eliminated, great for his cv, premier league champions, last 16 for champions league. good pay off, always a hero for the foxes, great bit of work.

Seems wrong to me when he did the simply unbelievable, but on a purely footballing level I can see its understandable. Think he still deserved to stay whilst he had a chance of pulling off the unbelievable twice by winning the champions league, and they were still outside relegation.

It is well known that Leicester's scouting area is ridiculous and responsible for most of the signings. As Ginny says, Leicester had started playing well from around March the previous season; I firmly believe their momentum carried on. Kante was obviously class and his loss is showing. Last season was also several players hitting their absolute peak i.e. Vardy, Morgan, Drinkwater, Mahrez. One of the biggest hangovers seen in football.

Ranieri seems a nice guy but his record since is pretty woeful. If he can win them the league last season, why is he not able to get them winning as this season?

Quoted from ginnywings

Think he's overrated and very luckily inherited a team that Pearson had put together the previous season and had gone on a mad winning run from relegation places to mid table. Right place right time for Ranieri in my opinion. Once they lost Kante, he had no answers.

I don't think there's many managers out there that would have an answer, Kante's that good. Pretty much he's the only change in Chelsea's line up this season and they've improved as much as Leicester have worsened..

A perfect example of why I couldn't give a flying f**k about the Premiership.
It lost touch with real fans long ago.

Teams have figured Leicester out, just let them have the ball and they can't break you down, and Ranieri has failed to adapt his team. They mastered the art of counter attacking football last season and had the players suited to that style. The defence sat deep and narrow and defended their area with Huth and Morgan designed to shut down oppositions attacks. Kante did the work of 2 men in the middle of the park, having the work rate, positioning and ability on the ball too. Drinkwater and Vardy seemed to have a telepathic understanding of the long pass behind the opposition. Mahrez could produce something out of nothing while Okazaki harassed defences into mistakes. All of that added up to the perfect recipe for counter attacking football. This season losing Kante was huge, I can't put into words just how good this guy is, you've only got to look at where his current employers are to realise. Teams have now now decided to play them at their own game and let them have the ball, something they seem to be uncomfortable with. They're slow in possession, there's a lack of movement against now deeper lying defences, which gives Vardy no space to get in behind, or Mahrez with 3 or 4 tightly packed players to get past instead of the acres of room he was afforded last term.

Ranieri has failed to address these issues in enough time and now they're deep in the brown stuff. The sentimental decision would have been to keep him but for the club I think they've made the right call, but that will only be the case if the new man keeps them in the PL, and that's looking a tough task.

I don't think he could have adopted the team. I think it was just an extraordinary circumstance of having a bunch of players, all hitting their prime, within the perfect formation that suited them all. Vardy for example is no way near as good as people believed, but thrived off the long ball which played to his strength. It's also worth noting how shite the league was last season. And I honestly believe it shows how, relative to their position, Kante is up there with the messis and Ronaldos, the guys ridiculous.

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A perfect example of why I couldn't give a flying f**k about the Premiership.
It lost touch with real fans long ago.

A lot more fans support premier league teams than league two teams. Slightly arrogant to claim we're real fans and those who happen to support other teams are not.

All very sad it's a shame it's all gone wrong. But there is a bright side.. It's time for an ex Mariner to step in and becomes a Premiership Manager when he takes the helm for Leicesters next game.
Good look Craig

All is forgiven Mr Pearson,  Please come back ?

This year was always going to be 'after the Lord Mayor's Show' wasn't it? Like Jim says in his post, other sides have sussed out the way Leicester played and Ranieri simply did not have an answer.

People have short memories because he didn't have an answer at Chelsea either when things went pear shaped. He fiddled about, got himself the name Tinkerman. Lo and behold, that was what he's been doing at clubs ever since and without success. Really short memories haven't we? There was much raising of eyebrows when Ranieri was appointed because he hadn't achieved anything of note with anyone since Chelsea.

According to reports he has done the same thing at Leicester this year and just like at Chelsea he has lost the dressing room with changes to selection and tactics he hasn't explained to players, just sprung on the side at the last minute before games. His summer signings were a waste of cash and the side looks as poor as it did before Pearson got that run going at the end of the season before last and got sacked.

I am not surprised an idiot like Lineker would support him but frankly I am surprised at the support Ranieri has had on here from people I always thought of as football savvy.

Nobody has yet posted us a proper counter to the criticisms or given one good football reason why he should have been kept on. It's all the old loyalty argument. But just because you've enjoyed a brilliant ocean voyage doesn't mean your captain should be allowed to run the ship into an iceberg.

Quoted from ginnywings

I'm sure when he sees his severance cheque in the bank and some other team give him a contract, he'll get over it. Anyway, it's the Prem and i don't give a shoite to be honest.

This sums up my thoughts exactly.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

This year was always going to be 'after the Lord Mayor's Show' wasn't it? Like Jim says in his post, other sides have sussed out the way Leicester played and Ranieri simply did not have an answer.

People have short memories because he didn't have an answer at Chelsea either when things went pear shaped. He fiddled about, got himself the name Tinkerman. Lo and behold, that was what he's been doing at clubs ever since and without success. Really short memories haven't we? There was much raising of eyebrows when Ranieri was appointed because he hadn't achieved anything of note with anyone since Chelsea.

According to reports he has done the same thing at Leicester this year and just like at Chelsea he has lost the dressing room with changes to selection and tactics he hasn't explained to players, just sprung on the side at the last minute before games. His summer signings were a waste of cash and the side looks as poor as it did before Pearson got that run going at the end of the season before last and got sacked.

I am not surprised an idiot like Lineker would support him but frankly I am surprised at the support Ranieri has had on here from people I always thought of as football savvy.

Nobody has yet posted us a proper counter to the criticisms or given one good football reason why he should have been kept on. It's all the old loyalty argument. But just because you've enjoyed a brilliant ocean voyage doesn't mean your captain should be allowed to run the ship into an iceberg.

Interesting views from Lineaker (spelling?) who on social media publicly balked at the appointment of Ranieri when it was announced, great player Gary but as a pundit he tends to follow which way the wind blows. In simple terms whatever he was and wasn't good at or won last season a manager Ranieri in this case knows the dangers of flirting with relegation and understands the possible consequences.

Last season worked for him in that Kante protected an aging back 4 but also allowed Drinkwater and Marez some space to play, Vardy's pace running channels worked for them too. O.K. they lost Kante and he would always be very difficult to replace but Ranieri never had a plan B or indeed recruited players that would put the likes of Vardy under pressure for their place thus potentially keeping his performance levels up.

He also failed to twig that Fulkes, Morgan and Huff (spelling on all 3?) where in reality either average players or past it and the defence needed freshening up. So despite the timing feeling odd he should have gone at Christmas  IMHO the above amongst other things suggests you reap what you sew or don't sew in his case.

What will be interesting is who they bring in as if they go down (I think they will) they will no doubt lose the so called "stars" and a rebuild will be required.

Leicester started to improve before Ranieri was appointed and if Pearson hadn't fallen out with management they wouldn't be where they are now- facing relegation. Ranieri reaped the rewards of Pearsons team that he inherited-now he will have reaped the rewards for his own failure with cash in the bank. Pearson might not be a likeable person [no pun intended] but he definitely has a footballing brain.

To be fair to Lineker, I can't remember anyone saying it was a good appointment at the time. As for the poor recruitment, I'm not sure how much of it (if any?) was down to Ranieri.

And I think some are underestimating Ranieri's impact - turning a 9 game run of momentum into a 47 game one can't be that easy!

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To be fair to Lineker, I can't remember anyone saying it was a good appointment at the time. As for the poor recruitment, I'm not sure how much of it (if any?) was down to Ranieri.

And I think some are underestimating Ranieri's impact - turning a 9 game run of momentum into a 47 game one can't be that easy!

Just out of interest, who thinks they would have won the Prem if Pearson had stayed?

Quoted from AussieMariner

Just out of interest, who thinks they would have won the Prem if Pearson had stayed?

Answer? - Nigel Pearson  

Quoted from Abdul19

To be fair to Lineker, I can't remember anyone saying it was a good appointment at the time. As for the poor recruitment, I'm not sure how much of it (if any?) was down to Ranieri.

And I think some are underestimating Ranieri's impact - turning a 9 game run of momentum into a 47 game one can't be that easy!

But that was last season Abdul, that's the point. Even if he had been the Messiah and Great God Of Footie rolled into one last season, which he certainly wasn't, this year he has looked clueless on how to maintain that progress and how to prevent decline. As someone else said, there are some managers who seem specialists in organising sides and arresting decline but this lad isn't one of them. Neither is Zola at Brum.

I don't dislike the bloke but his time is more than up.

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A lot more fans support premier league teams than league two teams. Slightly arrogant to claim we're real fans and those who happen to support other teams are not.

Read it again. The point I was making was the (foreign) owners have scant regard for real fans. I think the supporters of Hull City would agree.

Quoted from AussieMariner

Just out of interest, who thinks they would have won the Prem if Pearson had stayed?

Exactly - it's all well and good saying it was Pearson's side, but does anyone really think they would've pulled off this miracle with Pearson as manager?

Very harsh to undermine what an incredible achievement it was to guide Leicester City to 1st in the Premiership.

Quoted from sam gy

Exactly - it's all well and good saying it was Pearson's side, but does anyone really think they would've pulled off this miracle with Pearson as manager?

Very harsh to undermine what an incredible achievement it was to guide Leicester City to 1st in the Premiership.

Wasn't Pearson the manager earlier this season of the Derby side that hammered us 1.0 in the EFL Cup? Pretty much his only win before he got the boot...

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

But that was last season Abdul, that's the point. Even if he had been the Messiah and Great God Of Footie rolled into one last season, which he certainly wasn't, this year he has looked clueless on how to maintain that progress and how to prevent decline. As someone else said, there are some managers who seem specialists in organising sides and arresting decline but this lad isn't one of them. Neither is Zola at Brum.

I don't dislike the bloke but his time is more than up.

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Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

But that was last season Abdul, that's the point. Even if he had been the Messiah and Great God Of Footie rolled into one last season, which he certainly wasn't, this year he has looked clueless on how to maintain that progress and how to prevent decline. As someone else said, there are some managers who seem specialists in organising sides and arresting decline but this lad isn't one of them. Neither is Zola at Brum.

I don't dislike the bloke but his time is more than up.

Oh, I probably agree with that. It's the theory that he rocked up and won the league by doing nothing that I don't!

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Agree, but I think your wrong with the last ??? ;)

Lets hope Ranieri's massive payout will be the straw that breaks the camels back for a club that cheated their way to success.Only one way now watch all the hangers on players included jump ship. Vardy will be the first.

Like him or loathe him Ranieri is in a select few managers that have won the Prem title, I personally think the guy was the last piece in the jigsaw
that achieved something that will never be done again with a club the size (money) of Leicester.

Vardy made a big mistake turning down Arsenils advances, fool him.

Surprised Hurst isn't in the betting for the Leicester job .. :)    

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Like him or loathe him Ranieri is in a select few managers that have won the Prem title, I personally think the guy was the last piece in the jigsaw
that achieved something that will never be done again with a club the size (money) of Leicester.

Vardy made a big mistake turning down Arsenils advances, fool him.

Surprised Hurst isn't in the betting for the Leicester job .. :)    

Bet they have never heard of him like Shrewsbury a few months ago

Quoted from GrimRob

A lot more fans support premier league teams than league two teams. Slightly arrogant to claim we're real fans and those who happen to support other teams are not.

Maybe But to be fair, a high percentage of the ones I've met are tossers who have just bought into a 'brand' when selecting 'their' club.

So is Shakey the first Buckley accolyte to manage in the Premier League?

Maybe I'm the only one who understands and agree with the decision.if they get relegated it will cost more than any premiership win , and that's what it's all about £££££££££££ rainier in I struck lucky and good luck to everyone who did it and made millions out of it. However you lot got lazy and now you are in real trouble hence the need for change. Really disappointed for ranierir but if Leicester are saved they will get over it in a flash

Like said above though Ranieri will be very wealthy and get plenty of job offers life moves on.

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Maybe But to be fair, a high percentage of the ones I've met are tossers who have just bought into a 'brand' when selecting 'their' club.

As far as I am concerned anyone who goes to games is a "real" fan, whether it be in the Premier League or semi-pro non-league. Town could reach the PL one day, it's not inconceivable and there have been 47 teams who have been in it since it was founded which is more than half the total number of 92 teams. In just 25 years! Our day will come!

I don't have a problem with anyone going and watching a team they have chosen to support play. I am glad they do because bums on seats are the lifeblood of the game.

They real enemy is people who sit at home, watch televised games, and never set foot in a ground.

Leicester 2-0 up against Liverpool and looking a totally different side. Two good goals and deserved lead.

Clearly the players have found their mojo again, they will probably have to look a bit harder to find their integrity.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Clearly the players have found their mojo again, they will probably have to look a bit harder to find their integrity.

I doubt they can see much further than their bank balance.

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I doubt they can see much further than their bank balance.

And the threat of a 50% wage cut for those that signed big deals last year of they go down,

Fair play to them, played well tonight.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

And the threat of a 50% wage cut for those that signed big deals last year of they go down,

Christ yeah,  

imagine having to struggle by on only £20K a week instead of £40K. Poor fcukers.

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Christ yeah,  

imagine having to struggle by on only £20K a week instead of £40K. Poor fcukers.

:) :) :)

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Shakey to win the PL next year??

The report is that Shakey went back to the plan from last year - in your face chasing and close down the opposition then releasing Vardy much earlier. That seems to suit the players' strengths more than the slower build up Ranieri had been trying to get them to do for the last few months.

Ranieri given half of his £3 mill payoff to the Foxes Foundation charity.
Proper nice bloke 👍