Shakespeare Sacked

give_us_a_wave · Oct 17, 2017

FOX Franks said:
Di Canio?

Hmm...he'd make the trains run on time at least

give_us_a_wave · Oct 17, 2017

popillius said:
Wow. Do you need a lie down or some ACE inhibitors after that?

Probably. Although I'd settle for a single malt in my comfy chair.

fitz · Oct 17, 2017

give_us_a_wave said:
Is there anyone available who's a complete bastard? Someone who'll come into the dressing room & say " I don't give 2 shits what any of you want. You'll eat what i tell you, play the formation I tell you or you can **** off. & btw...if you think anyone remotely decent will want to buy you on the back of the shite you've been serving up lately, well good luck with that. Now shut your holes & get on that ****ing training pitch. You're a bastard shambles" If so sign him up now as it's the only way forward. If these slacking ****s want to play Billy Big Bollocks they can do it on the ****ing pitch not in the dressing room. All of this has just revealed them to be small time wankers letting one big achievement go to their heads. Reminds me of all those 60s/70s rock stars that made shitloads of money & bought country estates so they could go hunting shooting & fishing to try & mimic the upper classes. ****ing pathetic.

You've won my vote. Give this one the job.

fitz · Oct 17, 2017

Jeff said:
Did you expect the players to be told before the manager?

I would expect our players to have the final say, sadly.

glyn · Oct 17, 2017

No uproar yet on which players have posted on social media and which haven’t?

Here’s one

LCFC'sGodWears9 · Oct 17, 2017

glyn said:
No uproar yet on which players have posted on social media and which haven’t?

Here’s one

No surprise it comes from one of very few who have actually put a shift in.

cambiassoo · Oct 17, 2017

Micky said:
Is it bad that I'm not feeling too bad about all of this? Winning that big shiny thing has really taken the edge off of football for me.

At the time of us winning the league I said I would be happy regardless of what the future brings.

But now I can't help but feel the complete opposite. I would say that winning the title has made events since even harder to accept.

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bocadillo · Oct 17, 2017

cambiassoo said:
At the time of us winning the league I said I would be happy regardless of what the future brings.

But now I can't help but feel the complete opposite. I would say that winning the title has made events since even harder to accept.

It's funny; I feel quite the opposite to you. We're back to where I feel comfortable. We're back to where we should be; where we always were. But I have the added of knowing what was always a fantasy was just for once a reality.

The pressure is off. Normality is all around.

Rock Fox · Oct 17, 2017

Kettering Pete said:
I read that the players weren’t told until after the sacking. Very interesting that.

Pity - they should have been told before Shakey was dismissed to win some ****ng games, otherwise their mate would get the sack... or are they really so thick that they didn't realise this is was inevitable?

MDDave · Oct 17, 2017

homer said:
H from Steps

Ranieri seems a nice chap

give_us_a_wave · Oct 17, 2017

bocadillo said:
It's funny; I feel quite the opposite to you. We're back to where I feel comfortable. We're back to where we should be; where we always were. But I have the added of knowing what was always a fantasy was just for once a reality.

The pressure is off. Normality is all around.

I agree it's where we always were but disagree that it's where we should be. We've always underachieved. Watching the Sheep & Trees win league titles while we managed a best placed 7th during the same period was always baffling to me. Of course now we know it was down to the utter lack of ambition of the board who treated the club as little more than a hospitality suite for their parochial business interests. We should probably have won the title at least once during the 60s & once during the 70s. But we didn't.

give_us_a_wave · Oct 17, 2017

glyn said:
No uproar yet on which players have posted on social media and which haven’t?

Here’s one

Great man. Great coach. He may as well have underlined "coach" & put it in capitals.

LudlowFox · Oct 17, 2017

Indeed. One has to wonder whether 'manager' was deliberately not said.

Mike - True Blue Tinter · Oct 17, 2017

give_us_a_wave said:
Is there anyone available who's a complete bastard? Someone who'll come into the dressing room & say " I don't give 2 shits what any of you want. You'll eat what i tell you, play the formation I tell you or you can **** off. & btw...if you think anyone remotely decent will want to buy you on the back of the shite you've been serving up lately, well good luck with that. Now shut your holes & get on that ****ing training pitch. You're a bastard shambles" If so sign him up now as it's the only way forward. If these slacking ****s want to play Billy Big Bollocks they can do it on the ****ing pitch not in the dressing room. All of this has just revealed them to be small time wankers letting one big achievement go to their heads. Reminds me of all those 60s/70s rock stars that made shitloads of money & bought country estates so they could go hunting shooting & fishing to try & mimic the upper classes. ****ing pathetic.

Mancini does not take prisoners in the dressing room.

SilverFox · Oct 17, 2017

Respect what he did as an assistant but thank **** for that.

Redditch Fox · Oct 18, 2017

David Gwilliam said:
I am sad for him as he seems a decent bloke. However, the failure to win against poor quality players at Bournemouth and home to West Brom were unacceptable
.

The results were very poor but the football played was worse. It was as clear as it could be that things are seriously wrong. Even the Mercury was starting to notice it. Now is the acid test - the owners can carry out a complete review and effect a re-structure or they can plan to fail by just installing a new fall guy. Easy to say but difficult to do with the season underway. The rot has gone a long way since May 2016 - players given OTT rewards; ego's boosted; terrible recruitment; the Silva fiasco.

tedfoxxx · Oct 18, 2017

Out, vile jelly.

Red Leicester · Oct 18, 2017

Well I never like to see people sacked, but CS should never really have been appointed. At the time there seems to have been a malaise at the club, probably been there for years. We got so lucky with Claudio that anyone appointed after would have had difficulties, similar to after the Pearson fiascos. I hope we get a "football" manager, even if he cant speak english, it wont really matter because players seen unable or unwilling to listen anyway.
Good teams need good players ie can pass, tackle, head, shoot and move into spaces for each other, with attitude and effort.
Good teams need a manager who commands respect and can coach and improve skills and identify strengths, weaknesses and personal relationships and combine them with tactical awareness to bring the best out of all the players.
I'm afraid CS was not remotely up to the job, but there are experienced managers out there at the moment, some have seemingly failed, some I would not be happy to see are Alladyce, Pardew, Strachan, Pearson, Moyes plus the countless failures currently unemployed.

cafe · Oct 18, 2017

Mancini could kip at Robbie Savage"s house so not too bad a commute.

alex · Oct 18, 2017

Mr Rudkin, could I see you please?

Outside of whether or not we feel Mr Shakey should have been sacked, I do hope Mr Rudkin is also hauled over many coals.

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