2018/19 Manager Merry-Go-Round

Psycho Ned · 24 Feb 2019 at 12:36

Not sure where it went wrong with Puel, they beat City and Chelsea (back when the wheels hadn't totally fell off!) in December and drew with Liverpool but around those games they've lost to ones they should beat!

For me it's a bit of a tricky job to take on, what league position would satisfy Leicesters fans/owners now a days? They'll never win the league again nor probably make the top 4 but you kind of get the feeling they think they should be challenging up there.

Kenai · 24 Feb 2019 at 13:09

Leicester finally realised what Southampton did, despite some good looking on the surface stats, Puel is a negative toxic manager who will slowly but surely send the club backwards.

All Leicester need to do now is avoid picking a Pellegrino who has no idea how to reverse the rot Puel has started.

mysticsniper · 24 Feb 2019 at 14:47

Finally we've got rid of Puel.

His decline started way before the Chelsea and Citeh wins, they just prolonged our agony.

I would be happy to have Rafa from the toon as our new manager.

As a Leicester fan we should be pushing for a Europa place and a decent cup run.

Azza · 26 Feb 2019 at 08:25

It would be surprising for Rodgers to leave right now rather than the end of the season.

fez · 26 Feb 2019 at 09:16

Azza said:
It would be surprising for Rodgers to leave right now rather than the end of the season.

Depends if Leicester are willing to wait for him.

antijoke · 26 Feb 2019 at 09:23

I can't believe Rodgers is going to Leicester.

robfosters · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:19

antijoke said:
I can't believe Rodgers is going to Leicester.

Not that surprised. He’s taken the current Celtic squad as far as he can take them, and the board are not willing to back him with any decent funds to improve it.

Purdy · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:23

Think that’s poor form tbh

That said excited to see how Brendan does returning to the league, he reached the peak in Scotland so didn’t make sense hanging round past this season. (He’s not very good in Europe for whatever reason and Celtic are pretty poor on that scale also)

antijoke · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:35

robfosters said:
Not that surprised. He’s taken the current Celtic squad as far as he can take them, and the board are not willing to back him with any decent funds to improve it.

Yes, they are 8 points clear, but it's another title, just seems odd to jump now.

fez · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:43

Celtic will never invest more money in their team because there is almost 0 point. The Scottish league is **** and they win it at a canter and they are nowhere near good enough to do anything in Europe. For the sake of perhaps doing a tiny bit better in Europe they would have to spend a huge amount of money that they would never see a return on.

robfosters · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:54

fez said:
Celtic will never invest more money in their team because there is almost 0 point. The Scottish league is **** and they win it at a canter and they are nowhere near good enough to do anything in Europe. For the sake of perhaps doing a tiny bit better in Europe they would have to spend a huge amount of money that they would never see a return on.

It’s hardly a rewarding environment for a relatively young, ambitious manager like Rodgers is it?

Rannoch · 26 Feb 2019 at 10:58

Millions for him is no brainer.

The_One · 26 Feb 2019 at 13:28

I think its nice rodgers is returning to professional football

antijoke · 26 Feb 2019 at 14:52

The_One said:
I think its nice rodgers is returning to professional football

It shows great character.

mysticsniper · 26 Feb 2019 at 15:07

Looks like Rodgers is our new manager

Back to the big league.

Rusko187 · 26 Feb 2019 at 15:40

Psycho Ned said:
Not sure where it went wrong with Puel, they beat City and Chelsea (back when the wheels hadn't totally fell off!) in December and drew with Liverpool but around those games they've lost to ones they should beat!

For me it's a bit of a tricky job to take on, what league position would satisfy Leicesters fans/owners now a days? They'll never win the league again nor probably make the top 4 but you kind of get the feeling they think they should be challenging up there.

Heard this a lot, most of us will say top half finish and a good cup run is a great season for us. Puel did some good (bringing through the youth) but the performances against teams outside of the Top 6 were very poor and didn't reap the results. He's never adhered himself to the fans and frankly as a Puel out fan I'm glad he was sacked.

Very excited by Rodgers, nothing is set in stone with how he will perform but I've not been this excited by a managerial appointment for quite some time.

Tombstone · 26 Feb 2019 at 16:45

And if I am not mistaken, Leicester play Man City in the penultimate game of the season. Could Rodgers deliver the title to Liverpool after all !

Andybtsn · 26 Feb 2019 at 18:33

Tombstone said:
And if I am not mistaken, Leicester play Man City in the penultimate game of the season. Could Rodgers deliver the title to Liverpool after all !

No, cos it's at City

mysticsniper · 26 Feb 2019 at 19:49

Andybtsn said:
No, cos it's at City

We'll do what QPR couldn't

233 · 26 Feb 2019 at 21:34

celtic could have done a lot worse than bring Lennon back

good choice no cost to them as he's a free agent and he knows the club,

lot of people dont like him but he's a good manager and I think his time at hibs has done him the world of good