FOXYTALK Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Corberan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ClaphamFox Posted 29 May 2023 Popular Post Share Posted 29 May 2023 (edited) 23 minutes ago, roblcfc84 said: We need someone with championship experience, that’s an absolute must. Ideally someone for the long-term, but we absolutely need a manager who understands the division. No it isn’t. That would limit the field to a very small number of candidates and would be completely unnecessary. Lots of managers succeed in the Championship without prior experience - it’s not a uniquely challenging division that you can only navigate after years of trying… Edited 29 May 2023 by ClaphamFox 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger63 Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 42 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said: Serious suggestions only please! Jock Wallace. My favourite leicester manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Should be on the phone to Coventry this morning. Get Robins in. No way do we keep Dean Smith. Not convinced he has much of a clue tactically. We need a manager sharpish. Can't afford to wait until June. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silva Fox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Just now, adam said: Should be on the phone to Coventry this morning. Get Robins in. No way do we keep Dean Smith. Not convinced he has much of a clue tactically. We need a manager sharpish. Can't afford to wait until June. Knowing our Board they're probably off on their hols now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Just now, Silva Fox said: Knowing our Board they're probably off on their hols now! Guarantee it. Rudkin is probably sat at East Mids now in his Sombrero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityfanlee23 Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 (edited) I’m not saying this should happen at all, I’ve put forward a list of about 10 names I think we should seriously consider and this man isn’t anywhere near the top, but in hindsight, would anyone else genuinely consider Puel? I know I know the football was dreadful for a long while, but he was a stable pair of hands, he was also up against some very powerful players behind the scenes like Vardy and Kasper who I think we all knew didn’t like his plans, and over the years previous we had seen how much player power had an effect on club decisions. Puel did a fantastic job during the tragedy, and his rebuild was very very good, has a great eye for a player and we are in a league now which is obviously competitive but ultimately less talented. just have this feeling he’s the sort of manager who if given the reigns isn’t going to be a yes man and will drive forward with a plan, which is desperately what we need, take power away from the board. please don’t hurt me, just curious. edit: Sod it, give me someone unstable and exciting who just wants to attack the ball Jaissle in Edited 29 May 2023 by cityfanlee23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escape2victory Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 43 minutes ago, roblcfc84 said: We need someone with championship experience, that’s an absolute must. Ideally someone for the long-term, but we absolutely need a manager who understands the division. We don’t. Kompany zero championship experience. The year before, Marco Silva, zero championship experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LcFc_Smiv Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 37 minutes ago, FOXYTALK said: Corberan Clubs toxic enough without him anywhere near it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Has Smith's contract run it's course as of today? God help us if he gets an extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 5 minutes ago, adam said: Should be on the phone to Coventry this morning. Get Robins in. No way do we keep Dean Smith. Not convinced he has much of a clue tactically. We need a manager sharpish. Can't afford to wait until June. Do you know if robins is tactically astute ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Just now, st albans fox said: Do you know if robins is tactically astute ? Going by the way he has performed with cov over the last few seasons he must have some idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unabomber Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Our issue is we don’t just need a good manager we need someone to help sort the club out from top to bottom and that is a big ask. Last time we were in this scenario was when we went down to league one and Nigel sorted us out. I haven’t got a clue who could be the right person this time. I would say I am slightly more intelligent than Rudkin and know more about football than him, so wtf will he do if he isn’t sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowlattsFox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Not discounting the job he's done but Robins has a similar record to Smith doesn't he, without the promotion from the championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vindaloo FOX Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Paolo Di Canio for a laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 29 May 2023 Author Share Posted 29 May 2023 I think our board want someone with both championship experience and premier league experience so that rules out the likes of Mark Robins. They are probably hoping Graham Potter is interested.. but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 2 minutes ago, adam said: Going by the way he has performed with cov over the last few seasons he must have some idea. I’d need to know from someone who has actually watched Coventry and seen them adjust in games/set up differently game to game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue ROI Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Our board went know anyone adept so expect a typical big name journeyman appointment and we'll rot in the bottom half of the table. That's the beauty of the club under the current regime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Happy Fox said: I think our board want someone with both championship experience and premier league experience so that rules out the likes of Mark Robins. They are probably hoping Graham Potter is interested.. but I doubt it. I think it depends what offers potter has elsewhere - he may fancy the project as it’s quite a blank canvas the problem is that we need someone in NOW to help Rudkin/glover on who is being kept and who is going. Potter will be waiting to see what comes along. Edited 29 May 2023 by st albans fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 2 minutes ago, Happy Fox said: I think our board want someone with both championship experience and premier league experience so that rules out the likes of Mark Robins. They are probably hoping Graham Potter is interested.. but I doubt it. Graham Potter won't drop down to the championship. No way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox_favourite Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 If you want to be cheered up. On my way home from the football, I was listening to TalkSport and one Leeds fan wanted Rodgers and thought it was realistic for him to go there. The presenter just laughed and said "your club is a mess, he won't come!". I mean, he's good at creating mess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanf0x Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Will be interesting to see if Robins signed a 4 year extension on the eve of the playoff final to get Coventry more compo if he moves on, or if he genuinely wants to stay, build and take the club up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcfc_forever Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 I don’t think Smith was as bad as some fans made out - we had two fundamental issues of goalkeeper and fitness - that he couldn’t solve. Don’t get me wrong, Iversen was an improvement vs. Ward but we don’t lose 5-3 to Fulham with an experienced, quality keeper. Leno has been massive for Fulham, a big factor in their success. And we performed well on expected goals - it was fine margins in the end. But agree he’s not the right person - we need a younger, more energetic manager who will reform the club top to bottom. A younger version of Pearson. Who that is, I don’t know. Rudkin, in among his many failings, appears to lack European knowledge so unlikely we get anyone imaginative. It’s one of the reasons why we stuck too long with BR, he was a one-trick pony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copunk Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 Whoever it is he needs to be here within the next 2 weeks The amount of work to be done over pre season is going to be crazy You would hope the board have already agreed with someone over the last couple of weeks...🫠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnfox Posted 29 May 2023 Share Posted 29 May 2023 I think I'd keep Smith tbh. Level headed guy and was given no time to sort anything out. I think I'd trust him with a full pre-season and a decent say in transfers. All this chat about Robins and Potter is bonkers. Personally I think Robins would be too much of a gamble and Potter will bide his time for a prem job. I'd go so far to say that Smith was appointed with one eye on the Championship. If we stayed up, I'd expect we would have gone all out for Potter, but as we're down, I suspect Smith will be interviewed at length about what his ideas are for the squad, having gotten a feel for the club over the last couple of months. I think the job will be his, if he wants it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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