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Post by numpty40 on Feb 23, 2017 21:40:52 GMT
But live and die by what happens in the pitch. Talk of good and bad windows and the ludicrous over hyping of transfer times are one of the shittest developments in the game. Glaziers have bad windows. Football managers make mistakes. That's easily said when it's not your money, the Leicester owners have thrown a hell of a lot of money at the manager this season, and they rightly expect better than potentially playing in the Championship next season. It's widely thought that Leicester winning the league last season was worth over £200m plus £32m for Kante. I think the Leicester owners are far more indebted to Ranieri than vice versa
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Post by kustokie on Feb 23, 2017 21:41:23 GMT
Loyality or relegation? Not much of a choice really.
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Post by samba :) on Feb 23, 2017 21:43:51 GMT
Loyality or relegation? Not much of a choice really. i think theres more chance they'll go down now
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Post by Davef on Feb 23, 2017 21:45:11 GMT
So much for that guff about taking relegation if it meant you could win the Premier League title.
Every last one of those Leicester directors would scrub it from the record books if it meant escaping relegation this season and judging by their message board a good percentage of their fans would as well.
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Post by kustokie on Feb 23, 2017 21:46:34 GMT
Loyality or relegation? Not much of a choice really. i think theres more chance they'll go down now Could be. However, signs are that he lost the dressing room, damned if they do, damned if they don't. In the end they had to show the shareholders they were doing something. Tough business.
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Post by JoeinOz on Feb 23, 2017 21:46:41 GMT
But live and die by what happens in the pitch. Talk of good and bad windows and the ludicrous over hyping of transfer times are one of the shittest developments in the game. Glaziers have bad windows. Football managers make mistakes. That's easily said when it's not your money, the Leicester owners have thrown a hell of a lot of money at the manager this season, and they rightly expect better than potentially playing in the Championship next season. I agree. But he is sacked because of results.
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Post by kustokie on Feb 23, 2017 21:48:36 GMT
There's a very good reason why the front window in a car is a lot bigger than the back one!
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2017 21:51:00 GMT
That's easily said when it's not your money, the Leicester owners have thrown a hell of a lot of money at the manager this season, and they rightly expect better than potentially playing in the Championship next season. It's widely thought that Leicester winning the league last season was worth over £200m plus £32m for Kante. I think the Leicester owners are far more indebted to Ranieri than vice versa They wouldn't be seeing those kind of figures again in the Championship, hence why they've acted.
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Post by raythesailor on Feb 23, 2017 21:52:37 GMT
GOING DOWN.
MAY MEET ASTON VILLA SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE.
Sad but true.
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Post by GrahamHyde on Feb 23, 2017 21:55:38 GMT
Money talks. Relegation will mean too much financially whereas I imagine most supporters couldn't give a shiny shite.
I like Hughes but it's telling when consecutive 9th place finishes lead to greater job security than actually winning the greatest prize in English football and slightly teetering on the brink of relegation the following season.
I can only hope Coates wouldn't push the panic button so soon.
Ironically, if they hadn't have won the title and had finished 16th last season then he would probably still be in a job right now.
A sad, sad day for football.
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Post by jarvinski on Feb 23, 2017 21:56:04 GMT
Leicester are a shit bagging bastard club who i really hope now go down
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Post by numpty40 on Feb 23, 2017 22:00:17 GMT
It's widely thought that Leicester winning the league last season was worth over £200m plus £32m for Kante. I think the Leicester owners are far more indebted to Ranieri than vice versa They wouldn't be seeing those kind of figures again in the Championship, hence why they've acted. You were justifying the sacking because Ranieri squished a few million in the transfer window, I was merely pointing out that Ranieri earned the owners far more than they're ever likely to earn again in a lifetime.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 22:06:21 GMT
Cannot help it boys, but I wish those glaziers at the shit would drop the biggest bollock of all time. I know it's Glazers but could not resist. I will repeat though, disgusting treatment of Claudio Ranieri. I hope they do drop like a stone now.
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Post by senojbor on Feb 23, 2017 22:07:34 GMT
Leicester are a cockroach of a club.
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Post by luke45 on Feb 23, 2017 22:11:09 GMT
It's absolutely the right decision in my opinion. You can't run a football club based on sentiment and past achievements, all that matters to Leicester now is their present form and it reads 9 points from their last 13 league games. They have 13 league games to go and with 21 points on the board they are probably going to need to gain at least 15 more points to survive relegation.
Personally, I haven't seen anything in their recent games to suggest they are going to produce that level of improvement over the next few months. Last night's result at Sevilla was credible but in all honesty Sevilla should've scored 5 or 6 and the tie should be over, they hit the post, cross bar and missed a penalty.
The players have let Ranieri down this season there's no doubt about that, there's no doubting that Kante has proven to be a huge loss as well, but let's not forget how much investment was made in Leicester's squad in the summer. They have spent in the region of £80 million on new signings this season and how many of those players have actually proven their worth? Ahmed Musa and Islam Slimani cost £44 million for the pair and so far this campaign they've produced 7 goals from 31 appearances between them.
I've never been a fan of managers being sacked at the first sign of trouble but this has been six months of gradual decline for Leicester now and there is too much at stake not to act on it when it's plain to see things are not improving.
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Post by Pugsley on Feb 23, 2017 22:12:01 GMT
What's the fuss? He's done a terrible job this season.
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Post by Olgrligm on Feb 23, 2017 22:12:37 GMT
At least we'll always have this:
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Feb 23, 2017 22:14:44 GMT
The players have a lot to answer for. They've just switched off - and unfortunately Ranieri doesn't seem to be able to re-motivate them. He was the perfect manager for them last year - that steady calm approach was exactly what was needed. It looks like they need more of a disciplinarian this year. The right man in the right place at the right time became the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A real shame it ended this way for one of football's remaining gentlemen.
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Post by Pugsley on Feb 23, 2017 22:16:21 GMT
The players have a lot to answer for. They've just switched off - and unfortunately Ranieri doesn't seem to be able to re-motivate them. He was the perfect manager for them last year - that steady calm approach was exactly what was needed. It looks like they need more of a disciplinarian this year. The right man in the right place at the right time became the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. A real shame it ended this way for one of football's remaining gentlemen. He's spent £90million on new players. He's done a shocking job.
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Post by LDE76 on Feb 23, 2017 22:16:34 GMT
At least we'll always have this: Lose the sideburns!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2017 22:18:38 GMT
So much for that guff about taking relegation if meant you could win the Premier League title. Every last one of those Leicester directors would scrub it from the record books if it meant escaping relegation this season and judging by their message board a good percentage of their fans would as well. Not wishing ti start that debate all over again but It's a sad state of affairs if just staying up means more than winning the league.
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2017 22:36:04 GMT
They wouldn't be seeing those kind of figures again in the Championship, hence why they've acted. You were justifying the sacking because Ranieri squished a few million in the transfer window, I was merely pointing out that Ranieri earned the owners far more than they're ever likely to earn again in a lifetime. Not really, as long as they're in the Premier League they'll still make a fortune every year from the tv money, granted not as much as when they won the league. Do you think they should have waited to be officially relegated before sacking him?
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Post by crapslinger on Feb 23, 2017 22:37:35 GMT
So much for that guff about taking relegation if it meant you could win the Premier League title. Every last one of those Leicester directors would scrub it from the record books if it meant escaping relegation this season and judging by their message board a good percentage of their fans would as well. Ungrateful bastards to a man, they should hold their heads in shame hopefully they will be relegated and never return to the PL. He took them from virtual relegation certainties to PL Champions and Champions League in a season a remarkable achievement and one they obviously did not deserve.
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Post by numpty40 on Feb 23, 2017 22:43:26 GMT
You were justifying the sacking because Ranieri squished a few million in the transfer window, I was merely pointing out that Ranieri earned the owners far more than they're ever likely to earn again in a lifetime. Not really, as long as they're in the Premier League they'll still make a fortune every year from the tv money, granted not as much as when they won the league. Do you think they should have waited to be officially relegated before sacking him? They may still be relegated, they might not, who knows? I'd rather have a proven Premier League manager in charge than a short term fix. Whether Leicester would have been relegated with Ranieri in charge is hypothetical now.
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Post by kustokie on Feb 23, 2017 22:47:19 GMT
So much for that guff about taking relegation if it meant you could win the Premier League title. Every last one of those Leicester directors would scrub it from the record books if it meant escaping relegation this season and judging by their message board a good percentage of their fans would as well. Ungrateful bastards to a man, they should hold their heads in shame hopefully they will be relegated and never return to the PL. He took them from virtual relegation certainties to PL Champions and Champions League in a season a remarkable achievement and one they obviously did not deserve. Except for one small detail: Ranieri collected a million pound bonus for winning the league and qualifiying for the Champions League. It's all about future performance. Leicester can't sell the PL trophy and deposit the cash in the bank because it's not theirs to sell - it's only on display until the end of the season. That's how it works.
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Post by Edward Tattsyrup on Feb 23, 2017 22:57:54 GMT
Mancini the early favourite,this could be interesting.
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Post by terryconroysmagic on Feb 23, 2017 22:58:30 GMT
I like Ranieri, he's as mad as a box of badgers with TB but I thought he was a class act last year and never one to be full of his own self importance.
I really hope the fuckers drop now and drag those Bournemouth bastards with them!!
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Post by chuckrocky on Feb 23, 2017 22:59:24 GMT
Not really, as long as they're in the Premier League they'll still make a fortune every year from the tv money, granted not as much as when they won the league. Do you think they should have waited to be officially relegated before sacking him? They may still be relegated, they might not, who knows? I'd rather have a proven Premier League manager in charge than a short term fix. Whether Leicester would have been relegated with Ranieri in charge is hypothetical now. It wasn't looking good for them at all though, no goals, let alone wins in the last six games, and there seemed to be a fair bit of disharmony within the squad. Maybe the board looked at the impact a new manager has had at Hull and Swansea. I'm sure they'd rather stay up with a short term fix than go down with a proven manager.
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Post by entropy92 on Feb 23, 2017 23:08:28 GMT
Hilarious. I hate Leicester and hopefully this seals their relegation. Nothing club in a nothing city fuck off and good riddance!
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Post by RichJonesy on Feb 23, 2017 23:17:00 GMT
No sympathy from the Japanese jury.. Surprised he can see anything.😉 Should have started that sentence "I'm not racist but..."
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