he didn't he couldn't play because he got suspended, before then he was starting, since he hasn't played as well as before, he was really poor on Wednesday and rightly dropped, if we stick with this formation I'd bring him back in for Spurs
Ruud van Nistelrooy | Leicester Manager
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Getting Skipp in for 25m was a monumental waste of money considering they already have similar midfielders like Ndidi, Winks and Soumare.
Also botched the striker recruitment in the summer and then got Edouard last minute who's done nothing and will be sent back.
So it's just not the manager but recruitment issues for many years.
Someone on their forum said they should've just refused to sell Dewsbury-Hall and taken a points deduction as they could have more points that way now.
Go back five years and they had a fantastic midfield of Ndidi-Tielemans-Maddison-Barnes so sad to see how quickly their 11 has declined in creativity and talent.
Also botched the striker recruitment in the summer and then got Edouard last minute who's done nothing and will be sent back.
So it's just not the manager but recruitment issues for many years.
Someone on their forum said they should've just refused to sell Dewsbury-Hall and taken a points deduction as they could have more points that way now.
Go back five years and they had a fantastic midfield of Ndidi-Tielemans-Maddison-Barnes so sad to see how quickly their 11 has declined in creativity and talent.
KDH would have made very little difference
RVN was a legend as a player and rightfully so. (Though went off him a bit after the whole bullying incident)
As a coach/manager I think many United fans were overrating him. I said at the time that I saw McClaren as our safety net should things go bad, not Ruud. He himself says that after his experience with PSV his one thought was that he felt he wasn’t ready for anything more than coaching. In fact he even tried to resign from PSV before the season ended but the club talked him into staying.
But if anyone thought that an I experienced manager could walk into that mess at Leicester and do much better then I’d say they’re dreaming.
I feel he should move away from the ETH style and make things compact and tighter. Be harder to beat. Give themselves a chance
As a coach/manager I think many United fans were overrating him. I said at the time that I saw McClaren as our safety net should things go bad, not Ruud. He himself says that after his experience with PSV his one thought was that he felt he wasn’t ready for anything more than coaching. In fact he even tried to resign from PSV before the season ended but the club talked him into staying.
But if anyone thought that an I experienced manager could walk into that mess at Leicester and do much better then I’d say they’re dreaming.
I feel he should move away from the ETH style and make things compact and tighter. Be harder to beat. Give themselves a chance
RVN inherited a very poor squad. As you say the Summer recruitment was extremely poor especially the Skipp & Edouard moves. Apparently we can't return Edouard in this window so RVN is really handicapped by poor upper management.
Has Edouard had many chances to play? Surprised it’s gone so badly, was only 18 or so months ago that he was first choice ahead of Mateta.
not really no, he got injured and by the time he returned Daka was back, made the bench for the Liverpool game when Vardy was injured. Honestly him being 6'2" and being more physical might be worth a shot at this point
He has not made the bench most weeks & there are lots of rumours that he arrived out of shape & hasn't trained well.
Would make sense as to why he couldn't hold a place down at Palace either. Mateta is obviously a good striker but Édouard is more talented for me. Needs a lot more than just talent though to be successful.
Yeah I used to be Edouard > Mateta but JPM’s just the all round better player these days…better in the build up, better movement, a lot more physical, better finisher, think he’s become a really good PL striker. Edouard’s movement is good and he’s a good finisher but you don’t really get anything else from him, can see why he scored a bucket load of goals for Celtic and has struggled with us both. Still think he’s worth a shot in your predicament though.
They have two massive games coming up.
Spurs (A) and Everton (A).
Season defining games you'd imagine for those 3 clubs.
Spurs (A) and Everton (A).
Season defining games you'd imagine for those 3 clubs.
They could lose heavily at Spurs. As bad as Spurs have been, they're capable of thrashing teams. I'd also back you to beat them, Moyes should manage another win without many problems.
I'm not sure he's really done much outside of what I'd expect?
Lost to basically every team that is better than them (which is essentially 17 clubs) and had a very tiny bounce when he came in. When you think the team above the 3 promoted teams is Wolves, who have spent huge money and just avoided PSR because of it to maintain their hope of staying in the league. Then it's Everton, Spurs, WHUM and us! High risk going there and will be high reward if he can keep them up but it seems unlikely.
Lost to basically every team that is better than them (which is essentially 17 clubs) and had a very tiny bounce when he came in. When you think the team above the 3 promoted teams is Wolves, who have spent huge money and just avoided PSR because of it to maintain their hope of staying in the league. Then it's Everton, Spurs, WHUM and us! High risk going there and will be high reward if he can keep them up but it seems unlikely.
Ironically I think he's going to be the man who helps guarantee United's safety by ensuring at least one other team gets relegated.
The Leicester squad is terrible tbh. Wolves are like an elite squad when you compare them with Leicester.
What's the deal with him nowadays? I was looking at a possible RWB options for United and saw he was out of contract in 2026 and thought he might be a potenetial short-term, cheaper option for them - homegrown player, still only 26, has played on both sides extensively and seems to have a goal in him.
Seems like he's gone off the boil completely especially defensively from what I've read of late, do you think that's largely down to the 2 major injuries and loss of the pace he had at his peak?
not quite the same since his serious injury and also not helped with Ricardo being injured, having just replaced him so his poor form was forced to continue when he wouldn't have been playing.
He's being asked to basically be our entire right flank which he's not really up to as he gets exposed, especially next to Faes, he'll come good he just needs a spell out of the side.
There's also a school of thought he's better at left back anyway, which is where he got his England cap
He won one league game vs West Ham?
I watched it and West Ham had 30 shots and could have scored 5 or 6 goals, it was like watching Utd under ETH, they had chance after chance and Leicester got very lucky.
I think he was mad to go there.
He started with a win and a draw (WHUM and Brighton) - hence why I called it a tiny bounce. Their form before was DLLDDLWWLDLLL but yeah, he said as much in his presser (I watched it too) that they were not great. Their only hope is smash and grabbing enough to points to give themselves a slim hope of survival but I am confident all three newly promoted teams will be relegated this year.
Apparently is close to resigning. Was promised new players in Jan but hasn't happened.
I thought he’d take some of our lads on loan.
We can’t have anymore Premier league loans without the current ones leaving.
We have Buonanotte, and then Edouard who he’s not playing.
Edouard apparently has a break clause in the loan that if we send him back, we still pay for him. He’s also reject a transfer today to the MLS.
Rumblings that RVN is going to walk as well, after not being backed. Purely rumours I’d imagine but we are in a serious mess with PSR.
We aren't winning any of those games.
You could put a case together for us not winning another game this season!
Tom Cannon sold tonight, should give us some PSR room for more signings, Atleti and Monaco reportedly interested in Ndidi too
Which ones?
Looks like he’s pressed the old ‘if you don’t grant this request, I’m not certain I’ll be able to carry on with my job’ button.
Well his stock has only gotten higher considering he made the team look decent in his short time at United. Considering the results lately, it makes his job look much better during his time.
So I presume Leicester have done the same to RVN as they did Enzo, promising but not delivering transfers.
Reports he had a bust up with Buonanotte in the dressing room. Surely they can't afford to sack him?
Just play Buonanotte, it's really not that difficult. 
I'm surprised they haven't sacked him already, just not what they need now so a heavy defeat to Spurs team in crisis and he'll be gone on Monday I reckon.
Hard ask but two years ago Dyche came in when Everton were in shambolic form and they won 1-0 against Arsenal and then won another 4-5 games to stay up on final day so perhaps he could do the same at Leicester as there is still over a third of the season left.
I'm surprised they haven't sacked him already, just not what they need now so a heavy defeat to Spurs team in crisis and he'll be gone on Monday I reckon.
Hard ask but two years ago Dyche came in when Everton were in shambolic form and they won 1-0 against Arsenal and then won another 4-5 games to stay up on final day so perhaps he could do the same at Leicester as there is still over a third of the season left.
I doubt Leicester will be even thinking about sacking him at this point
They've lost seven straight so not sure how many more they can lose. Always remember them in their relegation season keeping Rogers until mid April when there were opportunities to sack him earlier in the season and it cost them their prem status in the end.
They're in a poor position currently but far too early to just give up especially as they end the season with home games against Southampton and Leicester. Everton away is also a must not lose match, have they got more chance of achieving a draw there with RVN or someone new?
we would have lost most of those games regardless of who the manager was, only really Wolves and Palace are games we could have won on paper, I don't mind players having a fall out if its over playing time, that said when he played vs Palace, his last start Bounanotte was poor so was dropped for Fulham, no issue with that either.
Its all well and good saying sack him but who comes in? Dyche wouldn't be a popular appointment and I don't think we have the players to play his style effectively
Its all well and good saying sack him but who comes in? Dyche wouldn't be a popular appointment and I don't think we have the players to play his style effectively
Thought Okoli looked like he had potential at start of season. Guess his performances dropped but surely need to bring him back in as any of Vestegaard, Coady or Faes in a back 4 is basically a goal down. Your keeper has been a big miss last six weeks aswell, I assume he's back soon?
I've long wanted Okoli next to either Vestergaard or Coady but there talk of him going back to Italy, Hermansen is still out will miss Sunday too.
Hope he can manage to keep Leicester up and safe.
Never really understood why he wanted to be Manchester united manager - the fans kept booing him every game when interim manager.
Never really understood why he wanted to be Manchester united manager - the fans kept booing him every game when interim manager.
Every premier league player is capable of Dyche ball.
Not if you have very few players taller than 6ft
Still capable. It's shite no matter how tall you are.
No they didn’t