Newly appointed Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers watched from the stands as he witnessed the first test of his managerial time at King Power Stadium. The fact that Claude Puel had just left the chair and a new man was appointed just hours after the departure, might give an idea of how clear it was…
Month: February 2019
Leicester 2, Brighton 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Mike Stowell and Adam Sadler was in charge for this one against Brighton, as new manager Brendan Rodgers were in the stands watching a team chasing a win to satisfy the former Celtic boss. The team selection was as Tcf would have said, spot on, just playing the obvious eleven that all of us would…
The way forward, the manager candidates, positives and negatives
Leicester City will be searching for a new manager and so far it’s very early days with Adam Sadler and Mike Stowell given the job until a new solution is found. Claude Puel was an odds favorite before the season to be the first to leave his job, so candidates have been listed up one…
Claude Puel, sacked!
Leicester City decided today to sack Claude Puel after recent bad results, not able to win a single game in the last six played. Puel took charge of Leicester City back in October 2017, and had a relatively turbulent time at King Power Stadium. Puel took over a team who had been on a rollercoaster…
Leicester 1, Crystal Palace 4, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
The form lately has been positive, looking at the way Leicester City have played in recent games, but the final package has not been delivered, looking at points picked up. Against Crystal Palace we all hoped for both, and the start was really promising. Demarai Gray was “surprisingly” missing from the starting line-up, as he…
Leicester v. Crystal Palace, Match Preview, Fans View, Who’s in, Who’s out
After a long break, without any FA Cup games and really being able to prepare and return to winning ways, Claude Puel must satisfy fans and not “pity” himself as he did in the press conference. It’s obvious that the manager is in a collision with fans. There are still many in the fanbase that…
RIP Gordon Banks, former great passes away, 81 years of age
Most is said and written about one of the greatest goalkeepers the World have ever seen, the 1966 World Cup winner and The Euro 1968 Bronze medalist, passed away on the 12th of February, and will be heavily missed as one of those real icons of football. The whole World shows their respect and condolences are…
Claude Puel, your calculation doesn’t add up, a new man needed next season, and that is …
To see Jamie Vardy left out of the Leicester City team is like telling a joke, and just start to wonder if Claude Puel has had a total black out. His theory doesn’t add up and surely he has no consultancy among his assistants, or are all thinking like this, then it’s no hope. The…
Tottenham 3, Leicester 1, positives and negatives, player ratings and match report
Claude Puel had again made a surprise selection, leaving Jamie Vardy on the bench, and giving the chance up front to Demarai Gray, who is not really comfortable in the role as a lonely forward. The other change was Papy Mendy who had left his place to newly signed Youri Tielemans. Leicester managed, as they…
Foxes A to Z, Don Revie, Leicester City ws his base for a sensational life in football
Through the controversies of his management career seem to have set the tone of posterity’s overly harsh judgement on him, Don was no stranger to acrimony even in his early days at Leicester. A teenage signing from City’s short lived North East nursery club, who was taken under Sep Smith’s wing and thought the basics…
