Sousa and his excuses

[Uncle Connolly]

And you think he had been tracking Waghorn for months, do you, and was happy to spunk £2million on him ?


You can't have it both ways - Abe and Vitor are as much Sousa signings as Lamey, Moreno and Waghorn

That just made me laugh out loud

 

[Uncle Connolly]

Vitor - Always Injured. Only notable contribtion was being sent off against Pompey.

Moussa - Has looked completley out of his depth, no matter the opposition.

Abe - Pretty sure he was a TOP signing or at least some influence.

Very harsh.

 

[Macky]

Sousa looked stylish and had a great way with words

I take issue with your version of reality and replace with my own, in which Sousa looked as if he'd just been released after a night in the cells and he talked like a ****.

 

[FoxCovert]

I am not sure the style needed changing. We reached the play-offs under Pearson and with King, Morrison and Hobbs maturing plus a couple more good signings .I was really looking forward to the season. I was very sorry to see Pearson go but was relieved to see it was Sousa rather than the usual mediocrities who had been mentioned. I soon found that Southgate-Coleman etc would have been better.

Leicester under Sousa were not competitive. We soon found that they had not spent the pre-season building up their fitness. We then found Sousa was making quite silly comments after the game. I lost all respect for Sousa after a game we lost (I forget which one) because the other team was physical and we are not suited to play against physical teams. I wonder what Hobbs, Berner, Wellens and Howard thought about that.

It needs to be emphasized that Sousa has a pre-season. What would Sven have achieved if he had been appointed to replace Pearson.

Sousa looked stylish and had a great way with words but as I said at the time if those were the chief criteria Leicester might as well have appointed Brian Sewell.

:icon_bigg Thats good DG made me laugh anyway

 

[fleckneymike]

The 'facts' are being twisted here to suit arguments. Sousa was in charge of a different Leicester City to Sven.

Sven hasn't taken the same team and turned them round, he's had the ability and financial backing to bring in Davies, Cunningham, Naughton, Kirkland, Vassel, Bednar etc. I doubt many would argue that Sven's first XI is stronger than Sousa's (it doesn't contain Neilson for one).

To suggest the owners signed Abe is absurd, especially as it seems to based on nothing more than the fact they are Asian.

I don't think anyone is disputing Sousa was a failure but it seems grossly unfair to ignore some of the extenuating circumstances (Pearson's ousting, cost cutting across the board within the club, Brown's outburst, DJ's reluctant return).

 

[MHS]

The past is exactly that, I don't really give a crap about what Sousa has to say anymore. The future's bright, the future's Sven.

 

[Filthy Rich]

To suggest the owners signed Abe is absurd, especially as it seems to based on nothing more than the fact they are Asian.

Fully agree and it was something I pointed out months ago on here.

I'll repeat, even though Japan is as far away from Thailand as the UK is from Iraq, some morons on here still think Yuke Abe was signed by the new owners - even though Sousa publicly said he'd been tracking Abe for over a year.

Now watch the vitriol fly about again.....

 

[David Gwilliam]

The past is exactly that, I don't really give a crap about what Sousa has to say anymore. The future's bright, the future's Sven.

I do not understand that. The past is the most important thing there is - among other things it creates the future.
William Faulkner was right "The past is not dead. It is not even past."

The fact that you are a football fan and that the team you support is Leicester City comes from your History.
The fact that Leicester City play in blue comes from its early history - the fact that they play at The Walkers Stadium comes from its recent history.
The fact that there are eleven a side and that the goalkeeper can us his hands comes from the History of Football it did not just happen by magic.

If you have children one of the most important thing you can give them is a sense of their family's history. If you have young children at the match I am sure you tell them why those elderly gentlemen parade round the pitch every November.

If you really have no regard for the past (and I would guess that really you do) can I take it that you do not sit in that part of the ground called The Kop.

 

[Hazzman]

Fully agree and it was something I pointed out months ago on here.

I'll repeat, even though Japan is as far away from Thailand as the UK is from Iraq, some morons on here still think Yuke Abe was signed by the new owners - even though Sousa publicly said he'd been tracking Abe for over a year.

Now watch the vitriol fly about again.....

It was one of City scouts who earmarked Abe, same applies to Moussa. That's what I've been told. Possibly even true of Moreno considering Pearson nearly took him Hull.

 

[Kingy_85]

The 'facts' are being twisted here to suit arguments. Sousa was in charge of a different Leicester City to Sven.

Sven hasn't taken the same team and turned them round, he's had the ability and financial backing to bring in Davies, Cunningham, Naughton, Kirkland, Vassel, Bednar etc. I doubt many would argue that Sven's first XI is stronger than Sousa's (it doesn't contain Neilson for one).

To suggest the owners signed Abe is absurd, especially as it seems to based on nothing more than the fact they are Asian.

I don't think anyone is disputing Sousa was a failure but it seems grossly unfair to ignore some of the extenuating circumstances (Pearson's ousting, cost cutting across the board within the club, Brown's outburst, DJ's reluctant return).

How is it absurd ? When he signed the O.S mentioned that Top had brought him in and the article had little mention of Sousa untill the last paragraph. The fact that he stands head and shoulders above the rest of the signings shows that the guy cannot spot the difference between a decent player and a tea pot.

 

[Lako42]

Unbelievable

Really, which part?

 

[congofriday]

That just made me laugh. We started to play well without him.

 

[indierich06]

Sousa was in charge of a different Leicester City to Sven.

Sven hasn't taken the same team and turned them round, he's had the ability and financial backing to bring in Davies, Cunningham, Naughton, Kirkland, Vassel, Bednar etc. I doubt many would argue that Sven's first XI is stronger than Sousa's (it doesn't contain Neilson for one).

Was he? If you look at that list of players, only 2 of them are still at the club, there are 2 who had short, but very successful stints and 2 who were serious contenders for the worst players I've seen in a Leicester shirt since we got relegated.

How is it absurd ?

Easy. Please read the post below.

Fully agree and it was something I pointed out months ago on here.

I'll repeat, even though Japan is as far away from Thailand as the UK is from Iraq, some morons on here still think Yuke Abe was signed by the new owners - even though Sousa publicly said he'd been tracking Abe for over a year.

Now watch the vitriol fly about again.....

People seem too eager to slag off Sousa's signings, which seems daft to me, as while there were a few duds, they mostly turned out alright:

Waghorn - a very popular signing at the time, based on his previous loan spell at the club £2mill seemed like a decent price. If he had built on that and improved this season then it would have been a snip. It's not worked out for him so far, but I think he will come good and could play top flight football one day. On paper, it looked a very good signing.

Vitor - a very promising centre half who is good in defence and comfortable on the ball, with good distribution. Hopefully he'll feature again this season as he's preferable to Hobbs, who after two strong seasons where he has seemed rock solid, is having a pretty dreadful time of it this year by his high standards.

Abe - a revelation. Obviously needed time to adapt to English football and get past the language barrier, both of which he did very quickly, but he's turned into an absolutely key player for the side.

Moussa - very much in the N'Guessan mould - a lower league gamble who shows signs of promise, but is not really first team material. Worth having in back up though, which Sven obviously agrees with.

Moreno - a massive flop. But it wasn't an expensive waste of money, maybe just over half a million if what I hear is correct. Plus, if you believe what is printed in the papers, then Pearson was absolutely dead set on buying him anyway and he was quite close to going to Hull, so we would've been lumbered with him either way.

Crncic - bizarre. I can't even say he's a shit player because I've never seen him in a city shirt. For all I know, I could be a better striker than him.

Lamey - ok, you've got me, he's ****ing dogshit.

 

[Ike O'Noclassed]

People seem too eager to slag off Sousa's signings, which seems daft to me, as while there were a few duds, they mostly turned out alright

Well, demonising our managerial failures always means carpet bombing anything and everything so it's par for the course.

I still consider the squad Sousa left behind was stronger than the one he inherited a few months before - thought that's discounting the respective ways NP and SGE used the loan system. PS wasn't on the money there either, though Vitor could end up a big plus if he shakes off these niggly injuries.

I don't see how signing Crncic (just like Ajdarevic) could work when they're too old for the Academy and we have next to no reserve set up.

Think if the season had started 45 minutes later, things would have panned out very differently, but there we go.

 

[Kingy_85]

If this thread has done anything for me its that more than anything in the world I want to know who signed Abe. I just dont beleive that it was Sousa.

 

[Hazzman]

Sousa's best biggest problem was a complete disregard for fitness.

We always looked knackered and the players confirmed fitness work was rare.

 

[Boy Genius]

If this thread has done anything for me its that more than anything in the world I want to know who signed Abe. I just dont beleive that it was Sousa.

Does it really matter who signed him.

More importantly who paid for him? That would be LCFC.

 

[Lako42]

Does it really matter who signed him.

More importantly who paid for him? That would be LCFC.

I purchased a keyring last year so I think it was me actually.

 

[Redditch Fox]

Sousa gave the impression that he was more interested in how we played than getting results and that we weren't equipped for a physical battle...so if we lost against sides that didn't choose to play nicely then that was o.k. then.

The messages he gave out and the way we played was an open invitation for other teams to stuff us...and most of them did.

 

[Boy Genius]

I purchased a keyring last year so I think it was me actually.

you might buy a ticket one day.....:icon_bigg