We asked you for your opinion on the links between former Southampton and Rangers boss Russell Martin and the vacant managerial seat at Leicester City.
It’s certainly got tongues wagging, that’s for sure.
Here is a selection of what you had to say:
Enzo: Unfortunately we are now in the market for a manager with a blotted copybook. We just have to hope he’s learnt from his mistakes and ‘has a point to prove.’ Specifically, there is more than one way to win a football match; respond to the conditions.
Pete: What an own goal. We’ve wasted weeks in appointing a manager when it was vital to get that done ASAP in May given the sheer amount of transfer business we need to do (10-20 players out and replaced).
Martin represents the opposite of what we need: a return to the ponderous, time wasting passing of Maresca that falls flat when you play someone as good as you. Should have sounded out Scott Parker and, if not, get Rowett in early doors as he knows the players already and could have been getting on with things weeks ago.
The club need to wake up and realise our true identity is about fearless positivity, urgency, passion and a never-say-die attitude, NOT an obsession with pass completion rates. We’ll get behind whoever the manager is but Martin is a big disappointment.
Philip: A thought. What would be wrong with appointing Christian Fuchs as manager supported by a returning Jamie Vardy?
Think about it, Vardy wants to continue playing. So, supporting his former team in need of some serious inspiration, then go for a one-year player contract for Vardy working alongside his former team-mate Fuchs.
Robert: Russell Martin would be a sound appointment. He has an impressive background and he knows the style he wants to play.
More important, it indicates the board are aiming for a period of stability instead of quick-fix poor decisions, with the aim of getting back into the Premier League with one manager.
Alex: I have mixed opinions on Russell Martin, based on what other clubs’ supporters think of him. If he has learnt from his time at Southampton and Rangers and is willing to change tactics, then I think he will succeed.
If he hasn’t, then I think he’ll struggle like at Rangers.
However, whoever it is needs backing strongly by the board. No more time wasting. Get the backroom staff sorted pronto and build a squad to compete for first place as soon as possible.
HJ: Russell would be an exciting choice. His style of play is far more positive than Gary, a defensive specialist. Avoiding financial mishaps, would a double promotion be too much to ask for?
Richard: The most important thing for the board right now is to rebuild trust across the club, fanbase and community and recreate the unity lost over the last three to four years.
Russell Martin is known to be unpopular among fans, regardless of any perceived technical merits, and so, for the board to ignore that and choose him, comes across as arrogant, threatening to fuel further division. Someone like Christian Fuchs or Richie Wellens would at least start with the fans onside.
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