| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager 23:13 - Apr 10 with 1559 views | Superblue95 |
Bit of an odd appointment. Surely they’d have been better off just keeping Rodgers? |  |
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| Now that is odd (n/t) on 23:40 - Apr 10 with 1483 views | unstableblue |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 23:47 - Apr 10 with 1479 views | hoppy |
I guess they should’ve been careful what they wished for…
They could’ve given Mick a run out seeing as he’s no longer at Blackpool… |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 23:51 - Apr 10 with 1470 views | clive_baker |
So random.
They’re going down. |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 02:40 - Apr 11 with 1384 views | J2BLUE |
It's an appointment which screams no one good was interested and we panicked.
Great opportunity for Smith. 8 games to stay up with their squad? I'll take the job. |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 03:33 - Apr 11 with 1355 views | bournemouthblue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 02:40 - Apr 11 by J2BLUE |
It's an appointment which screams no one good was interested and we panicked.
Great opportunity for Smith. 8 games to stay up with their squad? I'll take the job. |
A few managers seem to be failing up now, interim managers seem to have become the new trend? |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 07:54 - Apr 11 with 1184 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 02:40 - Apr 11 by J2BLUE |
It's an appointment which screams no one good was interested and we panicked.
Great opportunity for Smith. 8 games to stay up with their squad? I'll take the job. |
Bit too quick to be a 'panic' for me, seems to be pretty much in the first few they sounded out.
I think that after Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in the helicopter crash, and especially post Covid, the money been put in has been dwindling. Pretty much what all the Leicester fans feared.
The squad needed rebuilding and the funds don't seem to have been there. |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 07:57 - Apr 11 with 1173 views | Churchman |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 02:40 - Apr 11 by J2BLUE |
It's an appointment which screams no one good was interested and we panicked.
Great opportunity for Smith. 8 games to stay up with their squad? I'll take the job. |
It’s a really lazy appointment. Agreed - they panicked alright.
I’m a bit puzzled as to why you’d fire somebody so late in the season. What is the new dude actually going to do other than look concerned? Poke them with an electric cattle prod? If it was that simple the sacked bloke would already have done it, surely.
Leicester’s problem is that its best players are over the hill or not interested, from what little I’ve seen of them and what my brother in law tells me. They’ve been poor all season. That’s not going to change.
Wheeling in a new bod when you have nothing to play for, are going to make a change and give him an end of season to learn about what he has and wants is fully understandable. This isn’t it, any more than it is at ‘Frank Lampard’s Chelsea’, Blackpool or even QPR. |  | | |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 08:09 - Apr 11 with 1147 views | BlueandTruesince82 |
My is Leicester fan and I've wished him luck, he's not happy.
Should have stuck with Rogers to the end of the season |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 08:16 - Apr 11 with 1117 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 07:57 - Apr 11 by Churchman |
It’s a really lazy appointment. Agreed - they panicked alright.
I’m a bit puzzled as to why you’d fire somebody so late in the season. What is the new dude actually going to do other than look concerned? Poke them with an electric cattle prod? If it was that simple the sacked bloke would already have done it, surely.
Leicester’s problem is that its best players are over the hill or not interested, from what little I’ve seen of them and what my brother in law tells me. They’ve been poor all season. That’s not going to change.
Wheeling in a new bod when you have nothing to play for, are going to make a change and give him an end of season to learn about what he has and wants is fully understandable. This isn’t it, any more than it is at ‘Frank Lampard’s Chelsea’, Blackpool or even QPR. |
Hoping for a new manager bounce effect is the only reason for sacking Johnson now. | |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 08:26 - Apr 11 with 1081 views | Swansea_Blue |
I wouldn’t be surprised if they’ve blown it and would have been better off holding their nerve with Rogers. They’ve been a shambles since Rogers left apparently. |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 08:31 - Apr 11 with 1069 views | Churchman |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 08:16 - Apr 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Hoping for a new manager bounce effect is the only reason for sacking Johnson now. |
Well, of the recent ones Warnock managed it I suppose. Mick did it here after sadsack Jewell’s miserable efforts half way through the season. But as a general rule I do wonder how much of this ‘new manager bounce’ thing is a myth? Most of the time it seems to be a new manager splat, especially so late in the season. | | | |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 09:09 - Apr 11 with 1001 views | Bent_double |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 07:54 - Apr 11 by Cheltenham_Blue |
Bit too quick to be a 'panic' for me, seems to be pretty much in the first few they sounded out.
I think that after Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha died in the helicopter crash, and especially post Covid, the money been put in has been dwindling. Pretty much what all the Leicester fans feared.
The squad needed rebuilding and the funds don't seem to have been there. |
Won't they be hit with a massive fine if/when they return to the EFL?
No doubt it will be negotiated to a 'few million', but they will probably need to sell a player or two to fund it.  |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 09:54 - Apr 11 with 942 views | Radlett_blue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 03:33 - Apr 11 by bournemouthblue |
A few managers seem to be failing up now, interim managers seem to have become the new trend? |
Good managers don't like moving mid season as you have little chance to shape the squad to your liking. Then, your reputation will suffer. Leicester fans I know hoped they would get Potter, but this does smack of a panic by owners who aren't as rich as they were. |  |
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| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 09:55 - Apr 11 with 940 views | BloomBlue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 07:57 - Apr 11 by Churchman |
It’s a really lazy appointment. Agreed - they panicked alright.
I’m a bit puzzled as to why you’d fire somebody so late in the season. What is the new dude actually going to do other than look concerned? Poke them with an electric cattle prod? If it was that simple the sacked bloke would already have done it, surely.
Leicester’s problem is that its best players are over the hill or not interested, from what little I’ve seen of them and what my brother in law tells me. They’ve been poor all season. That’s not going to change.
Wheeling in a new bod when you have nothing to play for, are going to make a change and give him an end of season to learn about what he has and wants is fully understandable. This isn’t it, any more than it is at ‘Frank Lampard’s Chelsea’, Blackpool or even QPR. |
Probably because Crystal Palace did it with Roy and its worked. |  | | |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 10:36 - Apr 11 with 888 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Dean Smith the new Leicester manager on 02:40 - Apr 11 by J2BLUE |
It's an appointment which screams no one good was interested and we panicked.
Great opportunity for Smith. 8 games to stay up with their squad? I'll take the job. |
There used to be a bank of managers like Warnock, Allardyce and Mick that these clubs would appoint to keep them up. This and the Lampard appointments suggest there is a lack of that type around. Both of them must be astounded to be given the chance to mend their reputations. I wouldn't hold my breath for them improving, though. Lampard seemed to be throwing the players under the bus straight after his first match! |  |
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