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Not really bothered about the result nor expecting things to turn round. But we could have seen a bit of something positive, some quicker play or more aggressive pressing. What we actually saw was a stereotypical Puel performance in that it was very slow and boring. I say stereotypical because...

It really doesn't matter. If the idea of the appointment was that he's a natural fit for the team then we should have seen signs of what he can do today, but we didn't. It was as lethargic and boring a performance as anything we saw under Puel in the league. The alternative is that he should be...

First half was the worst performance I've seen from us all year. Second half marginally better and then we go and give it away. If Rodgers was supposed to be able to come in and inject a bit of energy then he's failed. Looks like we're back to square one "in need of a rebuild" but we won't...

I don't think there's necessarily anything wrong with tasking a manager to get the most out of the players at his disposal by playing a system that suits them. But it should be recognised that this is a short term objective, where a long term objective might be to give game time to youngsters or...

While I can understand the sacking based on recent results it does leave me a bit clueless as to what the club is trying to achieve and what would be considered success. Because it seems that Puel had a remit to move us on from the league winning team, develop a sustainable style of play, and...

Pickford comes out of the tournament looking good. The back three, for all the praise they got for looking a bit exotic on the ball, never really convinced in the somewhat important realm of actual defending. That said, Maguire will probably come out of it with an enhanced reputation among all...

If there was any chance of us beating France, that's surely gone now with them having an extra day and us having to play extra time, so we might as well go out on penalties in classic England style.

Cautiously optimistic. He’s had a decent career. The main complaint seems to be stemming from Southampton fans saying that he was too defensive, but Southampton’s squad suited defensive football because they had basically no strikers. They’ve hardly been pulling up any trees in the goalscoring...

Just proves once again that there’s not much wrong with our 442 and that these players are capable of turning up if they’re in the right mood. The challenge now is finding a manager who can inspire them to performances like that on a weekly basis.

The whole Okazaki coming off thing is starting to seem like they're copying what Ranieri did without knowing why he did it. Shinji has been our best striker all season. For me it doesnt make any sense to bring him off.

The formation isn't why we've been struggling and I expect the players to prove that today. 0-3

We weren’t playing 442 before Ranieri arrived so that’s one change straight away. Throughout that season we kept 442 but evolved in style from gung ho counter attacking to being a rock solid defensive side using counter attacks more sparingly, so there’s another change. No surprise that having...

Up to you but I think most fans would value things like loyalty and respect for the club in a manager.

I think a lot of managers won’t talk to a club until there is a vacancy. Especially not the more principled ones, who we want, and especially not when they’re already employed as that would be disrespectful not only towards the manager of the club you’re being approached by, but also towards...

We need somebody who can A) command respect from players who still consider themselves champions B) break the player power clique while keeping important players on his side C) be neither too old nor too inexperienced D) find and implement a successful tactical system that requires no decent...

Consistently lose against the big clubs - ok as long as you’re beating the lesser teams. Draw against the lesser teams away - ok as long as you beat them at home. Fail to beat the lesser teams at home - you’re going down.

It’s funny how football brings out the socialist in everyone. On the one hand overseas tv money is generated mostly by the top-6. Liverpool v Man Utd will attract probably several times more overseas viewers than Leicester v West Brom. Man Utd sell more shirts abroad as well but you wouldn’t...

Quite like the idea of a Christmas Eve game myself. Better than Boxing Day when everyone is hungover, constipated and in a lot of cases going back to work the next day. I bet the atmosphere on Christmas Eve would be great.

Apologies for the link to that other forum but https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/112193-shakespeare-the-poll/ Only 24% against and that's on a forum full of people who think Jesus himself would take the job if only we approached him. Fans 'IRL' in my experience tend to be a lot more...

Ranieri had to go and I think Shakespeare had to be given a chance after he rescued us from relegation and gave us one of the greatest nights in our history against Sevilla. Easy to say it was a mistake in hindsight but I think if you'd done a poll at the end of the season you'd have found most...

We hadn't scored for two games prior to that midfield diamond masterpiece so you can hardly blame him for omitting all of our creative players and focussing on shutting up shop. That was one of the games where Pearson talked about 'fine margins' and he was sort of right, it was only 0-1 but we...

Can't see what Pearson would add at the moment. If Craig can't get the players motivated then I doubt Nigel would be able to either. Unless the 5 central midfielder diamond is what's needed to break us out of our current funk then I don't think Pearson is the man to lead a tactical revolution...

Briefly looked like we might be capable of scoring a goal when we had a front four of Gray, Mahrez, Nacho and Vardy. That's potentially quite a potent front line. For the other 89 minutes it was just terrible. The hoof ball is embarrassing. The total lack of desire to win the game was criminal...

Do we have to go one down before caretaker Craig will swallow his pride and bring Mahrez on?

Hard to believe this is a premier league game with the total absence of any quality from either team. We'd struggle in the championship with this team and this manager. Getting to the point now where it's clear things aren't working, and maybe it's time for the caretaker to move on.

Bournemouth will be encouraged by that line up. Mahrez paying the price for not being at his best despite still being our most creative outlet. It's a bald move and might invigorate Mahrez, but equally could go the other way, and Shakespeare's lack of loyalty to one of our best players might...

Agree to disagree then. Having spent a bit of time out there working, in my experience what you're describing isn't the norm. I'm sure it happens, but I don't think it's ubiquitous, and I can't see a family business like KP being involved. In the unlikely event that Vichai was supplying sex...

All well and good saying it's Liverpool, but that's a poor Liverpool team and we also lost to a poor Arsenal team. Substitutions didn't work again. It's far too easy for the opposition managers to counter and ultimately outsmart Shakespeare. You can get away with that if you have the best...

It's not unlikely that they went out on their own at all. They were completely unknown youth team players half way around the world in one of the world's biggest and most vibrant cities. They weren't under lock and key, and not a soul would have recognised them nor cared if they had. The king...

In need of a goal, Mahrez taken off, Vardy on the wing. Craig? Are you there craig?

Owners obviously don't hold grudges. Pearson's probably apologised so they've done him a favour by giving him a job. It's a curious career move for him though. The standard is league two at best. A backdoor route to Leicester maybe.

Disappointing to hear Shakespeare talking about luck. We didn't really get any bad luck today, we just weren't good enough when it mattered. Last season's win against Liverpool in his first game in charge aside, Shakespeare has now lost six in six against the top six, most of those comfortably...

I think the dig at Ranieri for not giving him token minutes at the end of the title winning season is a bit bollocks. There were players who actually took part in that season who didn't get to play either.

I was talking about terminating his current contract, thus making him a free agent, and then signing him up again. Won't work though because players have to have been a free agent at the end of thr last window, apparently.

Can we terminate his contract and then sign him back on a free or no? If we can I'd love us to do that, and then do it on purpose for a few more signings in future just to piss all over FIFA's chips.

Fifa of course have always been known as a credible organisation who uphold the highest standards of professional conduct. Hopefully we learn the appropriate lesson from this debacle and next time make sure the brown paper bag we send them is properly stuffed full.

I think the idea of us spending £24m on him and then just not playing him is cloud cuckoo land stuff tbh. At the bare minimum he'd have been coming off the bench for Shinji and when Vardy was out Musa would have been his direct replacement. Then consider the psychological impact of a transfer...

If we'd signed him in January 2016 when we had a bid of about £22m rejected (iirc they were holding out for £24m and we very nearly paid up), I think we'd have been compelled to play him, which would have disrupted our stable first 11 at precisely the time it needed no disruption and also...

Yep, another of Walsh's big money donkeys. Imagine we'd stumped up the cash and signed him in January 16 - we'd have probably never won the league.

I'm a bit meh about this one. He blew warm and cold as a player, never really got hot. He's a legend by default for his part in the league winning side, but he's not fit to lace the likes of Muzzy Izzet's boots in my eyes. On a personal level I too never warmed to him, especially after that...