comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
posted 23 minutes ago
Leicester had the lowest expectations of any reigning champions I can remember, "don't get sucked into a relegation battle" was pretty much their remit for the PL this season.
Even they could get out of their CL group then hey, another good season for Leicester but neither the manager or the players could rise to that incredibly low bar.
Ranieri's a legend at the club, and judging from some of the callers on Talksport it's the players could be getting it on Monday night against Liverpool, and rightly so.
That said, I do think he needed to go, not a single point in 2017 and out of the FA Cup to a League 1 team, I don't get the outpouring of anger and bemusement from fans and the media.
Leicester were going down with him in charge, it's not surprising he was sacked, what are the owners supposed to do? Sit back and watch the club drop into the Championship?
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Exactly.
Something has been dying in football a long time, his sacking just confirmed this game has finally gone to to the dogs. A farking disgrace as Drogba would say
I'm surprised when people don't get the :outpouring', He was manager of the champions and still in the CL. A genuinely nice guy, and with the full backing of the board five days before. The owner, according to the rags, spending half a million on wine on the day he was fired doesn't help.
I think his sacking takes a lot of the "fell good atmosphere" and joy out of LCFC winning the PL last season, It will always make their moment of joy bittersweet, Pity the man who cones into this now poisoned chalice. And there's no Big Sam available folks. Sad days for football. Shirt sales will plummet immediately, too. Hope the board eats that.
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posted on 25/2/17
comment by BruceAndPally (U8201)
posted 23 minutes ago
Leicester had the lowest expectations of any reigning champions I can remember, "don't get sucked into a relegation battle" was pretty much their remit for the PL this season.
Even they could get out of their CL group then hey, another good season for Leicester but neither the manager or the players could rise to that incredibly low bar.
Ranieri's a legend at the club, and judging from some of the callers on Talksport it's the players could be getting it on Monday night against Liverpool, and rightly so.
That said, I do think he needed to go, not a single point in 2017 and out of the FA Cup to a League 1 team, I don't get the outpouring of anger and bemusement from fans and the media.
Leicester were going down with him in charge, it's not surprising he was sacked, what are the owners supposed to do? Sit back and watch the club drop into the Championship?
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Exactly.
posted on 26/2/17
Something has been dying in football a long time, his sacking just confirmed this game has finally gone to to the dogs. A farking disgrace as Drogba would say
posted on 26/2/17
I'm surprised when people don't get the :outpouring', He was manager of the champions and still in the CL. A genuinely nice guy, and with the full backing of the board five days before. The owner, according to the rags, spending half a million on wine on the day he was fired doesn't help.
posted on 26/2/17
I think his sacking takes a lot of the "fell good atmosphere" and joy out of LCFC winning the PL last season, It will always make their moment of joy bittersweet, Pity the man who cones into this now poisoned chalice. And there's no Big Sam available folks. Sad days for football. Shirt sales will plummet immediately, too. Hope the board eats that.
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