I saw the Ian Wright text which says the same things.Donkey Toon wrote:Not surprised. Just confirms that loyalty has no place in professional sport.
The players have seriously let him down.
The players have under performed this season.
I saw the Ian Wright text which says the same things.Donkey Toon wrote:Not surprised. Just confirms that loyalty has no place in professional sport.
The players have seriously let him down.
I'm inclined to agree with what one journo said on Twitter, likelihood is they've finally identified his replacement. Any result other than a win probably meant curtains for him.ALF wrote:Disgraceful decision. Weirdest thing is the timing, a 2-1 defeat in Spain isn't a bad result at all.
He's an employee, he wasn't a Leicester out of charity. He did a very good job, then a very bad job, so they sacked him (no doubt with a big payoff).Donkey Toon wrote:Not surprised. Just confirms that loyalty has no place in professional sport.
The players have seriously let him down.
I had a look at one of their forums when it was announced, the majority seemed pleased and we're hoping for Mancini.skalpel wrote:Were most of the fans shouting for his head or something? Otherwise I can't understand the "I hope they go down" mentality. Its always the fans who suffer, so what victory for justice will relegation gain if they weren't desperate for him to go?
Or maybe I missed the Ranieri Out banners.
JeezTBC wrote:I had a look at one of their forums when it was announced, the majority seemed pleased and we're hoping for Mancini.skalpel wrote:Were most of the fans shouting for his head or something? Otherwise I can't understand the "I hope they go down" mentality. Its always the fans who suffer, so what victory for justice will relegation gain if they weren't desperate for him to go?
Or maybe I missed the Ranieri Out banners.
It looks like they are going to approach him. Not sure he's the right choice, grossly underachieved at Man City.
I agree. Mine wasn't an "up in arms" statement. I was pointing out the cynical reality. There is no loyalty in football and Leicester have seriously underperformed this season, due largely to under performing players. The main criticism you could lay at Ranieri's feet being that he has failed to re-motivate them for a new campaign challenge.Colback's Orange Tufts wrote:He's an employee, he wasn't a Leicester out of charity. He did a very good job, then a very bad job, so they sacked him (no doubt with a big payoff).Donkey Toon wrote:Not surprised. Just confirms that loyalty has no place in professional sport.
The players have seriously let him down.
Football is a fickle business, there will be dozens of managers queueing up for the job.Heisen wrote:Got a feeling they're going to have a poisonous atmosphere at every away game from now on.
I have no idea which manager would be stupid enough to walk into that job right now. They can't win really - keep them up and everyone will say that if he could have done it, then Ranieri would have done. They go down and he'll get the blame for it. This really is a very peculiar time for Leicester to have made this decision - I think everyone would have been a lot more understanding had they actually gone down and they'd sacked him.
The players have also dug their own grave if the rumours are true. Similar to the new manager, they also can't win regardless of what happens. Go on a miraculous run of form and stay up, they'll be vilified as they have performed so badly for the majority of the season. Go down and they'll just be labelled as s*** one season wonders who Ranieri dragged to the title.
What an absolute mess. I feel sorry for the fans but a lot of them wanted shot of him aswell.
For sure. Last season was effectively like going skinny dipping in a pool full of crocodiles and coming out without a scratch on you. Their form was poor but he'd have kept them up which should have been their only aim this season. Regardless of what happened last season they are a top end championship / lower end premiership team in reality.Hjl wrote:Last season shouldn't have even been considered in the equation. If he had kept them up he'd have done well.
This. People got over it at Southampton when Adkins was sacked but replaced with the impressive Pochettino, and Hazard and Costa are back to being w*nked over despite the disgraceful season they had last year.Bodacious Benny wrote:Football is a fickle business, there will be dozens of managers queueing up for the job.Heisen wrote: