st albans fox Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 I posted on a few occasions that Rafa is not a fire fighter however, it’s come to my notice that he took the newcastle job on that basis but then stayed so I row back on that comment …… But I’m still not thinking that Rafa will want to take a short term deal to keep us up for someone else to then benefit with a long term contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mr Weller 2 Posted 4 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 4 April 2023 Some people on here, honestly. We sack our manager on Sunday, everyone gets excited. We haven’t appointed anyone in 24 hours, everyone panics. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 Just now, Jon the Hat said: There are no databases on managers, becuase no one makes any money when a manager moves. Surely there are still agents to pay, and clubs get compo for having their managers poached? Not suggesting it's purely a Leicester City problem, seems to be widespread. Feel like there's money to be earned out there for someone who sets up an agency that pairs managerial candidates with clubs based on data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyC74 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 1 minute ago, st albans fox said: I posted on a few occasions that Rafa is not a fire fighter however, it’s come to my notice that he took the newcastle job on that basis but then stayed so I row back on that comment …… But I’m still not thinking that Rafa will want to take a short term deal to keep us up for someone else to then benefit with a long term contract. Agreed. Very unlikely Rafa agrees to come in for 8-10 games. Given his CV and cash he is only coming if he is offered a permanent deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vazman Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 16 minutes ago, Wilfcho said: Why is no one mentioning Ole Ole, Ole Ole Ole No way, its Ole. Finished the song off for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 It's one thing having an idea who to approach but then another getting them to agree to it. Board were clearly hoping Rodgers had enough to keep us up, and weren't bothered if we finished 17th or above. As soon as we've gone into the relegation zone they've acted. Far too late obviously but they were hoping to see it through to the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AjcW Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 5 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said: It's one thing having an idea who to approach but then another getting them to agree to it. Board were clearly hoping Rodgers had enough to keep us up, and weren't bothered if we finished 17th or above. As soon as we've gone into the relegation zone they've acted. Far too late obviously but they were hoping to see it through to the summer. Personally think listening to someone come out after the way the palace game went and say 'there wasn't much in it' was the final straw for whoever it is on the board that already didn't like him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiv Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 Logical thing would be to interview candidates this week and then make a decision after Bournemouth on whether an interim is needed or not. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diffco Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 Someone mentioned there maybe was a non compensation release clause if we entered the relegation zone. Makes sense if that's why it took so long to cut ties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcbluearmy Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 12 hours ago, CrispinLA in Texas said: We need someone till the end of the season to fight this relegation battle.....so my choice would be Shakespeare and Appleton as his assistant. Both out of work and know the club and Appleton was given a caretaker manager for a game which Leicester won https://twitter.com/Exploding_Heads/status/1489589643179925508?t=ONffdNdTW08QWpnnVnibeg&s=19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lako42 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 The fact we didn't even have a whiff of a plan in place to replace a manager who has been in terminal decline for 2 years is an absolute disgrace. Heads should roll at the very top of the organisation. Whelan and Rudkin have fallen asleep at the wheel and it's actually negligent. SACK THE BOARD 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 Interim appointments aren't always that straight forward, those willing to just come in for a short period might limit the talent pool available and then if the worst happens and we get relegated rhe financial fall out will be far costlier than having to risk appointing someone who's not seen as an interim but you might want to change it up next season anyway. It's very trendy to talk about interims, but more often than not they are already employed coaches whom they can ask to step up. At this stage in the season I dread to think what sort of manager would take it on for just 10 games and a possible bonus for staying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin1969 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 (edited) Potter has said he doesn't want the Leicester job Graham Potter rejects approach from Leicester days after being sacked Edited 4 April 2023 by merlin1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboFox Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 The board will wait and see what happens tonight IMO. Get a win and they’ll try to see out the season with SAS and hope we can pick up enough points to avoid the drop, then reassess in the summer when we’re much more likely to get the calibre of manager we need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesterlad Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 What I can’t understand is this sacking has been comng for a long time, how can we not have a replacement lined up. Surely that’s Rudkin’s job to sort out and have an idea who we get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcbluearmy Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 2 hours ago, SemperEadem said: The lack of planning is so poor. Because it's been a whole day and we haven't appointed anyone yet....? I think we will have someone in by Saturday the club will have a list of preferred candidates and will be working through it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Lesterlad said: What I can’t understand is this sacking has been comng for a long time, how can we not have a replacement lined up. Surely that’s Rudkin’s job to sort out and have an idea who we get? Very few managers currently in work would be willing to walk out of their clubs at this stage in the season. That gives us a much shallower talent pool to fish in than we'd have in the summer. The talent pool is further reduced by the fact that the kind of candidate we'd like to attract will probably want to see whether we survive before committing. So the chances of us finding the right permanent manager at this stage in the season are very low. Good interim managers are also hard to come by as few would likely want that kind of role. Sacking at this stage in the season is highly problematic, hence why our best hope is probably that that Stowell maintains his excellent record as an stop gap manager with us. Edited 4 April 2023 by ClaphamFox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriderHiryu Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 50 minutes ago, moore_94 said: I mean that tends to be the way things go with a lot of managers that end up sacked Overall though I don’t think the fans of Valencia, Liverpool, Chelsea or Newcastle would particularly dislike him when looking back on his time at their clubs The Chelsea fans hate him, but that's mainly because when he was Liverpool manager he stoked the fires between the two clubs when they played one another. He won the Europa League with them, but the fans never liked him. I think they booed him when he was first unveiled as their manager even! Rafa's style of football is a tough watch in the modern game, but he's got experience of winning and knows how to sort out a defence. For a fire fighter to stay up he's probably as good we can get right now. Totally the wrong choice for a manager to do a rebuild, but that's a problem for the summer... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Adster Posted 4 April 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 4 April 2023 11 minutes ago, Lako42 said: The fact we didn't even have a whiff of a plan in place to replace a manager who has been in terminal decline for 2 years is an absolute disgrace. Heads should roll at the very top of the organisation. Whelan and Rudkin have fallen asleep at the wheel and it's actually negligent. SACK THE BOARD Seriously? Come on, man. I get that we're all frustrated at our current situation at the moment. But throwing around mindless statements such as this without any hard evidence is just plain stupid. You have absolutely no idea what is going on behind the scenes. Neither do I, nor does anyone else. Just because you've heard nothing in the media (which is often a load of BS anyway)? Are you that dense? Recruitment doesn't happen overnight, there is a process to follow, same as everything else. I'm not saying the board are perfect or anything but use your brain please before coming out with such utter guff. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfcsnow Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 We're going to witness the opposite of a new manager bounce with his first game away at Man City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 Tbf, recruitment in football is speedy as **** compared to the real world. If I want to recruit a new person for my team at work, we're talking 2-3 months minimum even at the speediest turnaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosbehFox Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 41 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: There are no databases on managers, becuase no one makes any money when a manager moves. Norwich developed their model to identify managers. Doesn’t need something overly complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, lcfcsnow said: We're going to witness the opposite of a new manager bounce with his first game away at Man City. New Manager trounce 😪 Edited 4 April 2023 by weller54 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahnsouff Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 3 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: The Chelsea fans hate him, but that's mainly because when he was Liverpool manager he stoked the fires between the two clubs when they played one another. He won the Europa League with them, but the fans never liked him. I think they booed him when he was first unveiled as their manager even! Rafa's style of football is a tough watch in the modern game, but he's got experience of winning and knows how to sort out a defence. For a fire fighter to stay up he's probably as good we can get right now. Totally the wrong choice for a manager to do a rebuild, but that's a problem for the summer... yes, but we are outrageously double standards, as we always repeat the ‘previous fans told us this was the case’ type line, but in the case of Rafa, excluding bipolar Chelsea, fans of Rafa’s previous clubs are almost unanimous in their praise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 4 April 2023 Share Posted 4 April 2023 13 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said: Because it's been a whole day and we haven't appointed anyone yet....? I think we will have someone in by Saturday the club will have a list of preferred candidates and will be working through it Yeah to be honest, look at the position we are in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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