whelk Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Gone apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Really hope they go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 23 February, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 February, 2017 SSN aren't saying anything though. Still boring on with Rooney bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 (edited) Unbelievable. Odd timing after yesterday's decent result. Edited 23 February, 2017 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Really sad if true, but that doesn't necessarily make it the wrong decision. I would share the outrage if they were floating along in midtable, but Leicester are in exactly the sort of form that gets managers sacked every year without us batting an eyelid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Not Saints related, but if true this is utter madness. One of the worst sackings ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 23 February, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Mahrez and Vardy should be ashamed of themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellow&blue Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Just goes to show that there is no loyalty in football whatsoever......last season might as well never have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Mahrez and Vardy should be ashamed of themselves. well Vardy can go **** himself after what he did to Virgil so getting relegated would be karma ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Two former Saints managers are the favourites, Pardew and Pearson Third is Avram Grant. Lock up your business estates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 From the Foxes forum "Remember when everyone though Pearson was sacked and then we went on that great run when he hadn't, maybe we are trying to repeat the trick " Interesting theory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Hope they go down and stay down now, would serve them right for this disloyalty. It's the players who have let them down by revolting against the man who managed the most unbelievable feat in sport ever. Goes to show how stupid this sport can be. Also that's all they're going to be talking about instead of the final now, dunno if that's good news or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 I wonder how this could bounce back on the owners in future. If they still go down, or stay up but continue to struggle, they may not have the same goodwill they would have earnt with keeping Ranieri. But that's an outsider's perspective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Mahrez and Vardy should be ashamed of themselves. Bending over backwards to keep them and giving them £100+ a week contracts doesn't look like the good idea it did back in the summer. Vardy in particular always looked like a one season wonder that they probably should have cashed in on when Arsenal came calling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 23 February, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Hope they get relegated and those contracts will really hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 My god that is a list of old has beens, failures and Gerrard really inspiring if you are a Leicester fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Bending over backwards to keep them and giving them £100+ a week contracts doesn't look like the good idea it did back in the summer. Vardy in particular always looked like a one season wonder that they probably should have cashed in on when Arsenal came calling. So what was Vardy's secret last season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 I wonder how this could bounce back on the owners in future. If they go down or stay up but continue to struggle, they may not have the same goodwill they would have earnt with keeping Ranieri. But that's an outsider's perspective! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Surprised Mancini isn't on that list. Think he played for them very briefly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Henry Winter is claiming that the players want Nigel Pearson as manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bewildered Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Two former Saints managers are the favourites, Pardew and Pearson Third is Avram Grant. Lock up your business estates No happy ending for leicester if they hire avram grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 ****ing bonkers, the World has officially gone mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 No happy ending for leicester if they hire avram grant Thought that's one of the perks of Thai ownership? Would suit avram to a tee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 So what was Vardy's secret last season? momentum and confidence it can happen to any striker if they get a few goals under their belt. If you look at Vardy's career last season was a complete one off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Surprised Mancini isn't on that list. Think he played for them very briefly. how the hell is Alan Curbishley on that list when was the last time he managed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manuel Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Just goes to show that there is no loyalty in football whatsoever......last season might as well never have happened. Correct there isn't, or if there is it's rare. Business meetings discussing money is what it's about. Then again he had no connections to Leicester when he joined. He's achieved what the club wanted and can now be removed like a mechanic would chuck away a defective fuel pump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 That's pretty bloody shameful. He had earned the right to relegate them quite frankly. And I think a lot of Leicester fans would have forgiven him that. That said, I fully expected CR to cobble together enough points to stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Rumour has it he was seen openly eating a pie. If so you've got to say he left them no choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 23 February, 2017 Author Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Is it last 3 PL champions have sacked their managers? Two in the following season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Surprised Mancini isn't on that list. Think he played for them very briefly. That's the whisper I heard so asked 365 for odds , he's now 5/2 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 I don't think we can really comment after the appalling way we sacked a manager after back to back promotions and we weren't about to be relegated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Dilly Ding! Dilly Dong! Actually quite shameful the way that some players (The Pikey, Drinkwater and Mahrez) have under-performed this season. In some ways bound to happen as they have reached the high point and realistically have been left with nowhere to go beyond that motivation wise, as they were never going to defend the title successfully. Leicester have themselves to blame as they did not freshen up the successful side. Kante's loss needn't have been so crucial had they invested prudently in his replacement(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrZuess1979 the 2nd Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Good Now I can REALLY start hating them The team is no more than religation fodder, last season was a complete fluke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Good Now I can REALLY start hating them The team is no more than religation fodder, last season was a complete fluke Something was odd about last season. More 'fishy' than the eastern end of the M27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 claude puel out. ranieri in league title is ours 2017/18. in seriousness though, he should have been allowed to see the season out, and then their board should have moved on from there. i want them relegated because they are a club similar size to us so less rivals we have for a top half spot the better for any upcoming seasons. also having players like slimani, musa, mahrez vardy, danny drinkwater all on high wages might screw them with championship level funding. maybe give gary rowett the job for his work with Birmingham, the bloke needs to find PL experience from somewhere and he might be able to prove something, and be nice for more british managers to be in PL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW5 SAINT Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Not quite sure why it is such big news. It is after all the second season running that the manager of the reigning champions was sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris27687 Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Gettting relegated completed the legend. Would take Damari Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeham_69 Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Official club statement about the sacking is pretty nicely worded actually. Something had to give. Like many others, would have liked to see a bit more faith in him but that is the way these days - so much money comes from just being in the premier league and it really is getting to the pointy end of the season. The board will not have wanted to wonder "what if" had they gone down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Available... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Posted 23 February, 2017 Share Posted 23 February, 2017 Selling Kante. The reason Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Oh f**k off Leicester. You're a disgrace. Never been angrier about another club's managerial business before. Gutted for Ranieri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Oh f**k off Leicester. You're a disgrace. Never been angrier about another club's managerial business before. Gutted for Ranieri There were loads of comments like that about us when we got rid of Adkins as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 There were loads of comments like that about us when we got rid of Adkins as well! I'm sure there were. Adkins hadn't just won us the Premier League though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Personally think this is appalling and another major blow/indication of where the game (or rather business of football is these days). Was always neutral about Leicester - let's face it prior to last year there was nothing for a Saints fan to like or dislike particularly about them. Last year, what ever the circumstances, they simply pulled off a miracle and with old fashioned direct and exciting play - well done to them achieving something we will not see in the PL for a long long time (if ever) again - I was really jealous it wasn't us! However fair play to them - surely a more momentous occasion than our FA cup win? Had big LM relegated us the season after that, I for one would not have wanted him sacked for achieving history for us. Leicester will never again win the PL any time soon, without buying it - which the big teams and authorities will do their damnedest to stop. Most importantly, this type of moronic action by greedy non football (so called business) men completely drives coach and horses through the argument Poch, Koeman etc. should have been more loyal to Saints. If winning the PL against odds of 5000 to 1 only buys you 9 months in your current job, there is something seriously wrong with this game. Just glad I was around to enjoy the Dell days (not the poster on here) - honest pro's, loving the footy and fans (and smokes at half time!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Not shameful at all. They are heading down. Why should they allow that to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 I don't see what the issue is. He clearly got lucky last season and has been found out this. Good managers would have noticed the signs and shipped a few out and even Stevie Wonder could see he needed new centre backs. Lose the dressing room and you're gone, that's the modern way & has been for 20 odd years. There's not one club in the league that wouldn't bin a manager that the players wanted out, so the owner shouldn't get stick. I'd imagine a skate like fate could be awaiting them if they got relegated as none of their players on big contracts would appeal to anyone. Vardy & RM values have gone down the toilet & I doubt the new contracts have relegation clauses in. They were heading down, so had to act Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericofarabia Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Bending over backwards to keep them and giving them £100+ a week contracts doesn't look like the good idea it did back in the summer. Vardy in particular always looked like a one season wonder that they probably should have cashed in on when Arsenal came calling. Maybe Saints have been getting it right each season after all? If certain players, after such a successful season show signs that they think they are bigger than the club and need to be coerced into staying by chucking money at them ....... sod em, get rid whilst their stock is high and invest wisely. Maybe Ranieri has paid the price for being unable to adjust his tactics and get results when things were going bad, but there can be no doubt that he has paid the price for the players simply not doing their utmost for him. It was sheer team spirit and hard work that got them where they were last season, which has gone missing in bucket loads this season. The trademark Vote of Confidence from The Board last week really has come home to roost ....... and was removed from The Club's Twitter Account within minutes of the announcement of his dismissal being made public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 (edited) Maybe Saints have been getting it right each season after all? If certain players, after such a successful season show signs that they think they are bigger than the club and need to be coerced into staying by chucking money at them ....... sod em, get rid whilst their stock is high and invest wisely. Maybe Ranieri has paid the price for being unable to adjust his tactics and get results when things were going bad, but there can be no doubt that he has paid the price for the players simply not doing their utmost for him. It was sheer team spirit and hard work that got them where they were last season, which has gone missing in bucket loads this season. The trademark Vote of Confidence from The Board last week really has come home to roost ....... and was removed from The Club's Twitter Account within minutes of the announcement of his dismissal being made public. Ah yes, those note-able old one season wonders Mane, Lallana, Wanyama etc. I'm so happy we got rid. Edited 24 February, 2017 by farawaysaint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimatt Posted 24 February, 2017 Share Posted 24 February, 2017 Ah yes, those note-able old one season wonders Mane, Lallana, Wanyama etc. I'm so happy we got rid. Lovren, Shaw, Chambers. We can't keep everyone. We can't compete when the 6th biggest club in the country has double our wage bill. Leicester's success was on the back of the confidence/motivation of strong momentum. Next to no injuries, no cups, no Europe, meant the same 11 started virtually every game and were fresh. Never rated Morgan and Huth, bang average players, yet they defended as a team and had that huge run of 1-0 wins that got them the title. All the stars aligned. Mid table side that with the extra Europe fixtures drops a few places down the table like almost all clubs do. It's harsh on Ranieri since the expectations are so far above the level the teams actually at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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