Metz Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Just shows what a sad state of affairs football is in with absolutely no loyalty to a guy who contributed massively to something just short of a miracle has no leeway to try and secure their premiership safety. Shame on Leicesters owners. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 What an undignified end to one of the best achievements by an unfancied club since we tanked Celtic in 1971. Gutted for Ranieri, he is one of football's good guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Well, that says it all for foreign ownership of clubs; they want instant success, are not prepared to stick by managers through thick & thin. King Power wouldn't have given Fergie the chance to turn round Man U. What a way to treat a great manager. I hope Leicester get relegated now, they deserve it. Idiots 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonehJags Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 Im worried incase they take Archie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 (edited) Think the Leicester fans might vote with there feet over that one. Another example of its only money that matters. If they ask me to take an SPL win but you get relegated next year, myself and I think most jags fans would bite there hand off. Edited February 23, 2017 by topcat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulguy jag Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 An absolute disgraceful decision.The epl must be the most ruthless league in football due to the high stakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 An absolute disgraceful decision.The epl must be the most ruthless league in football due to the high stakes. Not sure. Yon English Championship has some turnover of managers as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted February 23, 2017 Report Share Posted February 23, 2017 I think the only possible justification for this is that they maybe can't afford to go down. I'd guess that Vardy, Mahrez and a number of others got very lucrative new contracts to keep them at the club and they'd be ****** with the drop in income in the championship, even with the stupid amounts of money they'll have been given for being in the Champions League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulguy jag Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Not sure. Yon English Championship has some turnover of managers as well. The championship has a lot of big clubs striving for premiership status due to the big bucks involved. The owners are looking for instant success , so managers are not getting any time to succeed. Its therefore not surprising that the turnover of managers is high . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 As the OP said: Shame on Leicester City's owners. Rainieri signed a 4-year deal less than a year ago; I hope he gets what they owe him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) If Thistle judged by the same exacting standards that being near the relegation zone brings dismissal then Archie would have been sacked at some point of all our 4 seasons in the top league. Credit to the Board as with the financial implications of relegation and the tendency for teams to slide and slide (eg St Mirren), the stakes are pretty high here as well. Was it Take That who sang 'Have a little patience'? Edited February 24, 2017 by partickthedog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Was it Take That who sang 'Have a little patience'? Harold Shipman. Oh no, sorry; that was "Have a little, patients." Coat is on..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Quite simply disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 Think the Leicester fans might vote with there feet over that one. Sadly, I think a lot of the fans thought that he had to go. If you listen to the phone-ins, it is all about how miserable it is to be a Leicester fan this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Quite simply disgusting. It wasn't that bad a joke... Edited February 24, 2017 by Mr Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindau Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Sadly, I think a lot of the fans thought that he had to go. If you listen to the phone-ins, it is all about how miserable it is to be a Leicester fan this season. If that's the case, they are as bad as their board. As has been said, hope they now get relegated. Players need to take a long, hard look at themselves as well with SSN reporting that senior players approached the board after the Seville game to say they had lost confidence in Ranieri Edited February 24, 2017 by Lindau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashman Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 When they've lost 5 on the spin and are hovering around relegation, the senior players should be taking some responsibility on the park. I hope Leicester don't go down, but if they do the fans will still have the memories of being champions and making the Champions League knock out stages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metz Posted February 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 As usual players take no responsibility and look to the manager. I personally hope they get relegated and don't get promoted any time soon they will have deserved that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) I felt the writing was on the wall just under two weeks ago when the board gave Ranieri their unconditional backing. Up till then I didn't think there was any way could've done the dirty on him like this. The money he must've generated for the club will be simply massive; and that's just for the League win alone, not counting the silly money they'll be getting from being involved in the so called round of 16 and the enhanced financial benefits this year's TV exclusivity brings. I thought he was treated like shite by Chelsea all those years ago, but he showed his absolute class as a man by the way he dealt with it, going on to take his thoroughly unfancied Leicester collection of has beens, journeymen and unheard ofs to a place that Chelsea could only salivate over, last year. Well, as others have said, correctly in my opinion, I hope the wee Thai cartel's treachery comes back to bite their bollox off. It might just teach them a lesson in humanity. They'll always be light years behind Mr Ranieri in that regard. Edited February 24, 2017 by Blackpool Jags 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 24, 2017 Report Share Posted February 24, 2017 The money he must've generated for the club will be simply massive; and that's just for the League win alone, not counting the silly money they'll be getting from being involved in the so called round of 16 and the enhanced financial benefits this year's TV exclusivity brings. Always arbitrary of course, and obviously based only on recent turnover, but I read somewhere that Leicester City are currently the 20th richest club in the World. Ranieri will no doubt be due a handsome pay off, but in relative terms it'll be chicken feed when comparing the way he leaves the club as to its state when he took over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Craig Shakespeare punted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 cos they were near Bottom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 cos they were near Bottom Heard it was over a difference of opinion. Probably much ado about nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 Oh Lib, that’s awful. I have to say a feeling of schadenfreude rolled across my mind tonight; Shakespeare knifed Ranieri, he’s now been killed by Lady Macbeth. ‘Is this a dagger I see before me...?’ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Oh Lib, that’s awful. Well, seeing as you like it, here's another awful one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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