[Ruggs]

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[Coach]

Feb 23, 2017 21:09:37 GMT 1 Ruggs said:

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Not very loyal.

[proffesser]

As a Leicester fan this is a fu*king disgrace!

[ferg]

Your going down professer guaranteed now idiots !

[Pysgod]

Even with their poor form I didn't see that coming.

[proffesser]

The current "fans" and "owners" don't remember the yo yo years and rainy away days in Southend, Peterborough... last night in Seville... unbelievable....

[Larry David]

Are the Venkys proposing a takeover ....

The sorry state of premier league today.

[loother]

The problem is that the financial repercussions of relegation - because the Premier League clubs hoard all the cash for themselves and don't share in any rational way with the leagues below them - leave no room for sentiment. Really, having won the league Ranieri should be able to take Leicester down, and have a chance to bring them back again, with dismissal not even a notional possibility until December this year, and even then only if everything's going terribly. In any other era, that would have been the case. But cash is king these days, that's the way it is, and if they've got someone lined up who they think can drag them out of the mire they kind of had to do it. Still, I hope the fans give 'em hell.

[wisky]

ABSOLUTE F***ING DISGRACE

Ranieri 'The tinker-man' is a legend for football in general, but for Leicester fans......

UNBELIEVABLE!!!

[.dappy]

RM / AP / NP / AG / MW

[dreadnatty]

Total disgrace

[Deleted]

Very shortsighted

typical bean counter approach

[Hubble Bubble]

Awarded FIFA world manager of the year in January and sacked by the mighty world talent that is Leicester City in February.

Unbelievable.

[Morfx]

Utter disgrace!!! (on holiday at the moment with only Germany TV) just heard..

Who will be appointed?? Do the board genuinely think a top manager will come to Leicester City?? Given their position??

Worst decision in football history!!

Can't beat the drop now!!

Shame on you!!!

[iamzero]

This is what happens when you have the integrity to stand by your players... They treat you like a dick. Shameful.

[willamsa]

Leicester did well to get a manager of Ranieri experience - who are they going to get whose a relegation battler and can turn team around

[willamsa]

Maybe Nigel Pearson was the real builder of the Leicester title winning team and Ranieri just guided them along the way

Could they bring him back ?

[mutatis]

This smacks of naivety at boardroom level, especially at this stage of the season. What Ranieri has done for the club will live on and on probably never be bettered. This sacking sums up the "business" that is football today.

[Jeezuz Jones Snr]

I was hoping he stayed give Swansea a better chance of finishing above them who's favourite for the job?

[pking1601]

The Manager is sacked again but surely the players need to take a good long at themselves. Did he lose the dressing room? Have the players become complacent after all they achieved last season?.
I know one man doesn't make a team but a massive loss for Leicester was that they sold Kante who protected that back 4 so brilliantly. Who's idea was it to sell him for £30m (was it?) to Chelsea? The board? The warning signs were there then as it didn't show much ambition by the club/board for this season. You would have thought that after last season they would have fought tooth and nail to keep everyone of that squad together, regardless if a player wanted to go or another club was interested. He seemed such a major part of the make up of that team. £30m isn't that much in footballing terms nowadays. And by all accounts he is having a great season at Chelsea. That £30m might now seem a small price to knock back in comparison to their league position today.

[iamzero]

Feb 24, 2017 9:10:07 GMT 1 willamsa said:

Maybe Nigel Pearson was the real builder of the Leicester title winning team and Ranieri just guided them along the way

Could they bring him back ?

I've spoken to people around here that have dealings with the club and there's a lot of truth in this.

[Viking Surfer]

Silly silly Leicester.

[balibob]

Apparently 'several' players went to speak to the chairman about their dissatisfaction with CR. I wonder if any of the backstabbing bastards will have the courage and integrity to admit who they are. I doubt it.

They were pretty much everyone's second team last season, and I feel bad for the LC fans. I personally hope they now get relegated, and the one season wonder superstars who wielded the knives, who after grasping their new £££ contracts then strolled around all season with a 'look at me, aren't I great' attitude, get their just rewards.

Sickened

[bundy1959]

Feb 23, 2017 21:09:37 GMT 1 Ruggs said:

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Too sad... Shame...

[Daniel Silk]

Looks like Leicester are playing better now.

I was sad to see him sacked coz he seems the nicest manager ever! I would have thought any club would love to have him as manager.
What's he doing now? Has he been offered any new positions do you know?

[Cornish Crayon]

Mar 15, 2017 11:06:31 GMT 1 Daniel Silk said:

Looks like Leicester are playing better now.

I was sad to see him sacked coz he seems the nicest manager ever! I would have thought any club would love to have him as manager.
What's he doing now? Has he been offered any new positions do you know?

lmgtfy.com/?q=What+is+claudio+ranieri+doing+now+%3F

[electricyeti]

Whilst I was sad to see him go, there was clearly something wrong behind the scenes. He came across as a true gentleman and he finally achieved winning a league, the last game when Bocelli sang when incredible.

I'm a season ticket holder!