Tielemans63 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 1 minute ago, Tuna said: 'Preferred' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 If it's only 8 games then fair enough but I'm convinced they'll end up giving him a 3 year deal. Smith until end of season then Rafa would be fine with me, even if we do go down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxUK Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 2 minutes ago, Tuna said: "Preferred" Lies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeg67 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 4 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said: So essentially, we have the Plan B of Smith and Shakespeare ready and in place while we work on Plan A, which is to convince Rafa to come here. Which he doesn't seem mega-keen to do. Is that how anyone else reads it? There's no plan. It's just reactive scraping the bottom of the barrel. The Championship is a tough league, full of hungry and desperate teams. We'd better have a plan in mind by the summer or we're looking at another relegation scrap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tielemans63 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 1 minute ago, nnfox said: Not quite, I think this must be Plan F or G. Or actually, it's an illustration that the word "Plan" isn't in the club's vocabulary. You know what I mean though. Smith is the back-up if/when Rafa decides he'd rather chop his own knob off than take this job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoopy87 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 2 minutes ago, nnfox said: Not quite, I think this must be Plan F or G. Or actually, it's an illustration that the word "Plan" isn't in the club's vocabulary. Bloody hell, reading that I'm starting to think we've got Ferrari's race strategists running us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxOfMelton Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 So it's between Rafa and Dean ****ing Smith, and we're choosing Smith? I just can't be ****ing arsed anymore. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post st albans fox Posted 10 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 10 April 2023 3 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said: So essentially, we have the Plan B of Smith and Shakespeare ready and in place while we work on Plan A, which is to convince Rafa to come here. Which he doesn't seem mega-keen to do. Is that how anyone else reads it? I think Rafa was plan A potter suddenly became plan A for an hour last Sunday we were unable to convince Rafa to take the job on our terms in any case last week we spoke with smith and Marsch on the off chance that we stayed up, Marsch was considered the better bet but we wanted the option to terminate his deal at the end of the season with bonus caveats - he wasn’t keen so we pulled the plug on him but he also didn’t want to proceed on our terms we went back to Rafa to see if we could negotiate something …….. Unable to left with smith 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wurmer Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 If it’s Smith over Benitez, then Top and the rest can just **** right off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian S Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 5 minutes ago, Tuna said: Less than 2 hours ago Jim White was saying we are close to getting Benitez, don’t remember the exact wording, so they clearly know nothing more than us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 4 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: If it's only 8 games then fair enough but I'm convinced they'll end up giving him a 3 year deal. Smith until end of season then Rafa would be fine with me, even if we do go down. That’s pointless? May as well go rafa now - he won’t take a championship club on anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 Surely we trust Romano over ornstein- am I missing something?? An hour ago Romano says Rafa- how the actual **** have we ended up with dean smith - what is going on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 1 minute ago, FoxOfMelton said: So it's between Rafa and Dean ****ing Smith, and we're choosing Smith? I just can't be ****ing arsed anymore. It’s not. Rafa is a long-term appointment, Smith is interim. Very different strategies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cropwellfox Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 1 minute ago, st albans fox said: I think Rafa was plan A potter suddenly became plan A for an hour last Sunday we were unable to convince Rafa to take the job on our terms in any case last week we spoke with smith and Marsch on the off chance that we stayed up, Marsch was considered the better bet but we wanted the option to terminate his deal at the end of the season with bonus caveats - he wasn’t keen so we pulled the plug on him but he also didn’t want to proceed on our terms we went back to Rafa to see if we could negotiate something …….. Unable to left with smith Great take on it, wouldn’t be at all surprised if it’d played out exactly like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 Just now, jv1 said: Surely we trust Romano over ornstein- am I missing something?? An hour ago Romano says Rafa- how the actual **** have we ended up with dean smith - what is going on here Ornstein is probably the best footy journo out there? Fab is just Twitter famous… 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jv1 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 Just now, AjcW said: Ornstein is probably the best footy journo out there? Fab is just Twitter famous… Jesus 🤦♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STUHILL Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 3 minutes ago, st albans fox said: I think Rafa was plan A potter suddenly became plan A for an hour last Sunday we were unable to convince Rafa to take the job on our terms in any case last week we spoke with smith and Marsch on the off chance that we stayed up, Marsch was considered the better bet but we wanted the option to terminate his deal at the end of the season with bonus caveats - he wasn’t keen so we pulled the plug on him but he also didn’t want to proceed on our terms we went back to Rafa to see if we could negotiate something …….. Unable to left with smith Think this set of events are pretty likely actually. If we stay up, I think we will have better options, but that is a big IF after how bad and how little fight we had on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickyblueeyes Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 I’m holding out for us being keen on Rafa and getting the deal done. If that wasn’t the case. smith becomes our manager days ago - he’s a fool without any options, what is there to negotiate. If we get him, we go down. It’s a cheap option. If Top learnt anything from his father (which is doubtful), he gets rafa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roblcfc84 Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 I know this won’t be popular but I do think this is probably the most sensible thing the club can do, way more so than Marsch. Fairly low cost, brings familiarity with him in Shakey. Could do a job in the championship but allows the club a get-out if we do stay up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosseSpark Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 How many people have Triple captained Haaland for Saturday..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLuke Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 19 minutes ago, Tuna said: Love that Jason Bourne has to highlight the time as it’ll have gone tits up within an hour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swarles Barkley Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 Why wouldn’t we get rafa on long term. When we get relegated he would be ideal in the championship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guesty Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, jv1 said: Surely we trust Romano over ornstein- am I missing something?? An hour ago Romano says Rafa- how the actual **** have we ended up with dean smith - what is going on here I think Benitez is talking to Romano. Ornstein is just parroting whatever Tanner is saying as they both work at the Athletic. Rafa knows we're weak and is pushing for as much power as possible (maybe a DOF and Manager role) he's always wanted as much power as possible at a club. The club are using journos with a LCFC links to scare him into lowering his demands. But Rafa's no fool. Edited 10 April 2023 by Guesty 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wortho Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 Another utterly ridiculous decision by the board and owners. League one here we come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daddylonglegs Posted 10 April 2023 Share Posted 10 April 2023 9 minutes ago, FoxOfMelton said: So it's between Rafa and Dean ****ing Smith, and we're choosing Smith? I just can't be ****ing arsed anymore. If Rafa sees that it’s a choice between him & smith, I’d imagine he would walk away 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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