Post#728 » by HIF » Sun Apr 2, 2023 7:41 am
When I started this thread back in 2015, we had never won the top division of English football, never won the FA Cup and never played in the Champion's league. We were sitting tailed off at the bottom of the Premier league, favourites for relegation and known as a yo-yo team.
At that time I had faith in my team and believed we'd survive relegation because we had a manager who knew how to manage, a man who created an identity for the team and made sure that the team over-performed the sum of its individual parts. Nigel Pearson created the team that would go on to win the title after manufacturing the greatest escape of all time.
We also had a great owner in Vichai, who had principles and knew that kindness in business is important but that didn't mean bending over backwards. Vichai sacked Nigel for non-football reasons - the actions of Pearson jr in Thailand and Nigel's stance alongside his son. Ranieri came in and built on the team spirit to take a ragtag bunch of lesser players to the greatest title win of all-time. He was one of the nicest men football has ever known but when standards dropped Vichai sacked him. Shakespeare was given his opportunity but 42% wasn't good enough and Claude Puel was brought in. Puel rebuilt the team but sadly played some incredibly boring football which the fans, as a whole, hated. Mid table Vichai sacked him. And then Brendan arrived, he benefitted from a well built Puel/Pearson squad and he won us our first ever FA cup but there was always something missing. Identity and spirit. We lost out on top 4 despite being so far ahead of 5th and then the next season we missed out on top 4 again. The FA cup papered over the cracks but in reality it was Youri Tielemans (a Claude Puel signing) who was carrying the team not Brendan. Brendan had the reputation of a player manager who improved players but I ask you in all seriousness, who has he improved over his tenure? KDH for sure, though this year he's gone backwards, Maddison, possibly but most of the other players have gone backwards under his tutelage. And this year has been a total disaster. He should've been sacked after a start that saw only 1 point from 7 matches, he should've been sacked before the world cup break to give the new manager the chance to get us to top 8 where we should be, he should've been sacked after every disappointing week that has passed since football returned on December 26th. But Sadly Top is not his father. He is a nice man, with a good heart but his doesn't understand that friendship and business are not good bed fellows. He doesn't have the balls to act when he should and now it is too late.
We sit one from the bottom, yet still easily saveable with 9 teams so closely packed and a squad with skill but we have no heart, no spirit and definitely no identity. We also have no youri to carry us to safety. Brendan has killed the club and our Golden era has ended less than 7 years after it started.
The East Midlands are red, Leicester are once again the lowest of the 4 Midlands clubs and Villa are the undoubted midlands champions. As has been the case for most of my 60 years with the club, Leicester seem to be a yo-yo club again.
It was great whilst it lasted but the rapid decline is unforgivable and I lay the blame at the door of Brendan Rodgers, Top and the management team of Leicester city.
Sack him NOW and we can still survive in the premier league, at least.
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