Dan

Shakespeare to be named manager this week apparently.

Been linked to Watford and OGC Nice. Has been favourite for both recently.

Talksport did a poll not too long before he did end up getting the boot asking "would you have Ranieri at your club" and it was an overwhelming no. While I don't give him no credit, I think he got very lucky as well. I don't buy this notion that he's transformed us into title winners overnight. He took over the form team of the country and had a world class midfielder signed (who he didn't even want, he had to be convinced daily). I think he made some tweaks during games, and I think he played a blinder with the media throughout the season as well (although I maintain this is the most overhyped part of football management) but you only have to see what he did when he actually had the time to have a pre-season to show that it's not entirely down to his methods that we won it. As for Shakespeare, I'm not quite as confident as I was before, but at the same time I think recently his hands have been tied with squad selection. Our last three games we have been forced into playing a defence of Simpson, Benalouane, Fuchs and Chilwell. That's only one first choice player in their actual position. I cannot put the blame on Shakespeare too much when it's not his fault we lack depth, and he's been quite vocal about it too so I'm hopeful that he realises our issues. I think it's imperative he stays at the club, but I wouldn't be disappointed if he went back to being an assistant to a new man.

We weren't particularly entertaining to watch second half of the season but like I've said before people kept saying "wait until teams set up differently against you" and we still came through it. First half of last season we were fantastic to watch. Arsenal are very good occasionally but not that often now. You aren't what you were.

We can't win with some. No matter what we do. We beat teams in open, high-scoring games? We're told to wait until teams start playing defensively against us. We beat them too? No style, not attacking enough etc... It's footballing snobbery and nothing more. We've all got our own ideas on how we like to see the game played. There is no particular right one, and I would strongly dispute that it is "damaging" for the game if teams like us and Chelsea win things. What would be more damaging for the sport is if every team in the world adhered to one style of play. How boring would that be?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/17/craig-shakespeare-wants-quick-decision-leicester-city-job/

French league, Algerian, called Ryad (close enough)? £8.5mil is a snip

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of it to be honest. I'd imagine they will get a few youngsters on loan from us and we'll get first dibs on anyone they have that's any good, with an annual friendly or something. I will go away there if there is a friendly.

Officially confirmed that King Power have bought OH Leuven of Belgium's 2nd tier. It's likely that we will end up in some kind of feeder club partnership with them.

No he's just showing himself up to be arrogant as per usual. It's a total myth that us or Chelsea are bad to watch and a myth that Arsenal are that great to watch nowadays either. We defended when we had to? What a crime against football that is.

that is absolutely brilliant. But he's done it facing the bloody West Stand. It'll be upside down on TV.

It's a shame really because he was absolutely great once upon a time. Now he's going to be remembered as much for this last few years as anything else.

Beat me to posting that. Sums up how arrogant he is.

Superb summary on Leicester this is. Explanation of why Ranieri failed this year.

Nicely put and I agree. It's actually turned into quite a good season for us. I think we will probably come 9th or 10th because of who our last three games are. We'll do well to beat Spurs or Man City (although we don't have too bad records against either) but I'd imagine we'll beat Bournemouth (ironically a bit of a bogey team). Would be quite the miracle if someone managed to stop Stoke coming 9th. They've done it the last three years.

Could say it for a lot of players but he'd flourish in a better side. He above all misses Kante on the pitch.

I think I'd cash in on Mahrez now. He's had a disappointing follow up season to last year and if someone will still pay decent money for him then let him go. I think he wants to go to be honest. In other news, one of our owners (the son) is set to step down and buy OH-Leuven of Belgium - with the intention of building them a new stadium, proving a bigger transfer budget and attempting to get them into Europe, as well as loaning players off us. Unsure what to make to it really.

Agree fully. Nowadays most songs I hear on the radio range somewhere between crap and tolerable, but I genuinely really like this one. Can't even explain why.

Signed a new contract in the summer yet has gotten a new agent amid speculation linking him with Man Utd? Yeah, he's off.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/04/24/leicester-city-manager-craigshakespeare-insists-club-can-keep/ Looks more and more like it could be Shakespeare getting it permanently. I'll be really intrigued to see what he does next year. It's a gamble I'd happily see us take.

He's making the right noises in the media and making the right moves on the pitch. He's not been faultless, but there's obviously a big talent there and I expect him to have a very strong year next time out. I hope there's something behind what he's saying as well. We'd do well to hold onto the likes of Schmeichel now.

They look doomed either way to be fair to him.