Leicester Thread

[hector]

I have much more hair than him as well

far too f**king much for a bloke of your age!!!!!!!!!!

[1964white]

far too f**king much for a bloke of your age!!!!!!!!!!

I knew that would bring you out of your hutch

[1964white]

Question is : Would you love Leicester or list it. Or just blow it up

[whiteswan]

far too f**king much for a bloke of your age!!!!!!!!!!

Jealousy will get you nowhere dear heccy

[1964white]

Former Cardiff goalkeeper Alex Smithies has joined Leicester City on a free transfer - their first summer signing.

[SG90]

Part of me secretly hopes they get relegated, just to see how Radz combusts!

[Cjay]

Very early of course but not surprised at all to see Leicester bottom.

Were one of my wildcard picks to struggle.

Beaten by Chelsea who had 10 men for an hour.

Been extremely reliant on Jamie Vardy for years and have always struggled without him (points per game is relegation level).

All it takes is for him to have a dip as happens to all players eventually as they get older and they were always going to struggle.

Owners unable to spend anymore because of covid and a few poor windows so not to many assets to sell

The Leicester model is always one step away from disaster imo (hope Radz is paying attention).

[andrewjohnsmith]

Very early of course but not surprised at all to see Leicester bottom.

Were one of my wildcard picks to struggle.

Beaten by Chelsea who had 10 men for an hour.

Been extremely reliant on Jamie Vardy for years and have always struggled without him (points per game is relegation level).

All it takes is for him to have a dip as happens to all players eventually as they get older and they were always going to struggle.

Owners unable to spend anymore because of covid and a few poor windows so not to many assets to sell

The Leicester model is always one step away from disaster imo (hope Radz is paying attention).

Agree. Leicester been on a steady if not dramatic decline for past 2 years. Rodgers seems to have a limited timeframe.

Struggled last year when Vardy was injured. Never found a suitable replacement. Difficulty finding a replacement may be down to Vardy's unique style. Never seemed to adapt to having a different striker up front. Vardy getting older, less reliable, and just tied up a new contract.

Fofana may be leaving. That will give them more money to play with. But it would also weaken them in the short term while new players adjust.

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I know several knock Radz for citing the Leicester model and are quick to point out it's flaws. I mostly agree with Radz in buying and selling players to improve the quality of our squad each year. Our advantage is that we have a better fan base and marketability. We can follow the Leicester model for a couple of years, but we're a better commercial product and have the capability to transcend it.

[SG90]

Very early of course but not surprised at all to see Leicester bottom.

Were one of my wildcard picks to struggle.

Beaten by Chelsea who had 10 men for an hour.

Been extremely reliant on Jamie Vardy for years and have always struggled without him (points per game is relegation level).

All it takes is for him to have a dip as happens to all players eventually as they get older and they were always going to struggle.

Owners unable to spend anymore because of covid and a few poor windows so not to many assets to sell

The Leicester model is always one step away from disaster imo (hope Radz is paying attention).

I always thought they'd go down once Vardy retired, but if he has a poor year, they will be in serious trouble.

Strangely they've rejected a £70m bid for Fofana, but have him training with the u23s.

[SG90]

Agree. Leicester been on a steady if not dramatic decline for past 2 years. Rodgers seems to have a limited timeframe.

Struggled last year when Vardy was injured. Never found a suitable replacement. Difficulty finding a replacement may be down to Vardy's unique style. Never seemed to adapt to having a different striker up front. Vardy getting older, less reliable, and just tied up a new contract.

Fofana may be leaving. That will give them more money to play with. But it would also weaken them in the short term while new players adjust.

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I know several knock Radz for citing the Leicester model and are quick to point out it's flaws. I mostly agree with Radz in buying and selling players to improve the quality of our squad each year. Our advantage is that we have a better fan base and marketability. We can follow the Leicester model for a couple of years, but we're a better commercial product and have the capability to transcend it.

Problem is though you have to guarantee the players will be better and you can't keep getting lucky. Especially as price tags and wages keep going up, but the quality isnt.

The best option is to sign young players and build a squad. Of course you won't keep them all, but it's a better model.

[Cjay]

[1964white]

Two signings including a sub goalie.

Check out their signings, results, scorers & other info on the opening post of this topic

One point out of fifteen.

Are the former PL champions going down?

[andrewjohnsmith]

It's not looking great for them. Even bets on Rodgers getting fired or quitting for another job.

[1964white]

The foxes start to the season is worse than ours last season,

Things not looking good for the ex-champions.

[Clacton White]

Don't really know what to think here , something tells me they may do a Newcastle and eventually steadily move away from the bottom , same with Villa .Hope not because every team doing badly is a good thing for Leeds .It only takes a couple of wins to be out of the more but only a couple of losses to be in it at this stage of the season .I can see Wolves staying in the relegation battle and hopefully Everton will too . I thought Brentford might get second season syndrome but no signs so far . Leicester though , it's a strange one but I don't see this continuing , too many decent players and Brendan Rogers .Mind you their board might do something like sack him and do a Burnley .

[SG90]

It's not looking great for them. Even bets on Rodgers getting fired or quitting for another job.

He'll get £27m payoff if they sack him, so can't see him quitting.

[Cjay]

Don't think they can afford to sack him?

The owners have really suffered because of covid business wise.

[SG90]

Don't think they can afford to sack him?

The owners have really suffered because of covid business wise.

Who could they afford that is better? A manager change won't fix the issues with the owners either.

[SG90]

The Leicester model!

[Cjay]

The Leicester model!

Always had a short shelf life

Shouldn't be forgotten though that the Leicester owners have provided £325million in funding at Leicester after purchasing.

They were sponsoring them for 3 years before the takeover as well.