As Enzo is reported to have signed a 5 year deal with Chelsea that leaves us without a manager (although I can't find any official confirmation from our club).
Latest odds show Corberan back as favourite:
Carlos Corberan 12/5, Graham Potter 8/1, David Moyes 9/1, Oscar Garcia 9/1, Liam Rosenior 10/1, Marti Cifuentes 10/1, Mark Robins 12/1, Steve Cooper 14/1.
I reckon any of the first three would be a decent appointment with the initial task of keeping us up. The problem being that we may not be that attractive a proposition for managers as we have been in the recent past given the potential difficulties in securing our status with FFP punishments and restrictions looming, possibly starting the season with negative points and lack of strengthening of the squad, maybe even weakening it.
One other bone of contention is Rudders, our DoF. Specifically it will be common knowledge that his communication was appalling with not just the last manager, but also the previous one. Would you want to work with someone who apparently didn't divulge critically important information about the club's capability to buy players in the run up to transfer windows?
On the plus side we are in the Premier League again and keeping us up would be a great addition to a manager's CV. The club is attractive as the owners treat managers well, it has a good stadium with excellent training facilities and a decent fan base.
Overall it looks a difficult ask. The bookies have us well ahead of the rest of the relegation pack, odds on for the drop. There is a strong argument for the potential candidates to sit tight and wait for the inevitable sackings at other clubs which are likely to happen in the autumn, then they might be asked to try and keep a more established side in the League which could be a better prospect.
Whoever is appointed it needs to happen quickly, the closed season is being disrupted with every passing day and making our chances of survival less. We all have full confidence in our DoF to make a prompt choice and get the new person in place, don't we? After all it can't be a complete shock that Maresca has jumped ship can it - there must be a succession plan surely?
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posted on 31/5/24
That list is missing Ruud Van Nistelrooy Nuneaton who has been gaining traction in press reports throughout the week. RVN also fits with the blinkered philosophy Top and Rudkin have which is to play possession football at all costs - so wouldn’t surprise me if we went for him
I can’t see us getting Potter, can’t see us being interested in Moyes or Cooper so would expect something completely daft. I hope for Corberan but concerned it’s RVN or Garcia
If it’s Garcia then the game really is up. A failed Watford manager currently plying his trade at OH Leuven would be hugely embarrassing
posted on 31/5/24
Hope you haven’t mugged us off for the 3rd time.
posted on 31/5/24
Probably a blessing for Leicester tbh. You probably need an old fashioned, basic, limited manager who knows how to get results in the PL at the expense of a quality style of play. Maybe someone like Moyes to get you through the points deductions
posted on 31/5/24
comment by ＴＬＬＬ (U4640)
posted 7 minutes ago
Hope you haven’t mugged us off for the 3rd time.
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Suspect Maresca may have mugged everybody off. He was reported as saying he was at Leicester for the long haul, whatever that means, but soon changed his tune. Five year contract!
Prepare to be bored rigid, although you do have much better and more technically gifted players, so who knows.
posted on 31/5/24
Warnock and Pearson as co Managers for Me. 👍
Enzo to win the League with Chelsea.
posted on 31/5/24
The Conference League? Maybe
posted on 31/5/24
Liam Rosenior Is supposed to be massively highly rated in the game. Heard lots of amazing things about him.
Very worried about Garcia. Please no! and RVN has fallen out with players and always struck me as arrogant which is my concern there.
Surely Potter is waiting for something or would have been in work by now?
I’m not gutted Maresca is going but the shortlist doesn’t inspire massively does it!!
posted on 31/5/24
Reality is Mersey that Top and the board have got the club in such a mess with FFP that a manager like Potter isn’t going to want to walk into Leicester. He will be on a hiding to nothing - no money to spend, points deduction and a likely relegation on his CV.
The ownership has effectively damaged the brand through their disastrous decision making 2 seasons ago and it’s going to take years to fix - if they’re capable that is.
That really leaves young and upcoming managers like Liam Rosenior for example or (fingers crossed) a Corberan who may not be put off by starting again in the championship. Those kind of decisions require Top and Rudkin to reset their thinking however. They have to abandon the Pep Guardiola delusion and start being realistic
posted on 1/6/24
Hey 99. My comment wasn’t really clear on Potter but i was saying the same thing as you there, just badly.
But I agree with everything you’re saying. It’s going to be a tough job for anyone that comes in to operate under the restrictions they will have so we need to find someone who can galvanise the players and operate within a small tight squad.
We’ve just got to hope we get it right.
posted on 1/6/24
Just as an example of how completely deluded Leicesters owners are - Italian press have reported this morning they’ve made contact with ex Chelsea, Napoli l, Juventus and Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri 😂 Naturally he’s turned them down
They really don’t have a clue do they? If they’re wasting precious time on Sarri, it shows they’ve got no intention of going for a Rosenior or a Corberan. Heads clearly in the clouds