Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
Very mixed feelings about this. Ranieri is paying for his astonishing achievement last season, because all it seems to have done is make influential people at Leicester think that titles and Champions League qualification should become the norm - that is ridiculous.
The trouble is though that Leicester looked every inch a relegation team against Swansea, they folded as soon as they went behind against Manchester United and looked like a team that believed they were going to lose against Millwall - people talk about an improvement against Seville and, based on recent standards, I suppose it was to some extent, but, even so, I don't think a three goal victory margin would have flattered Seville.
I believe that Leicester were heading for relegation under Ranieri, so his sacking is understandable in many ways, but, as is usually the case these days, it seems to me that the real villains of the piece, the players, get away Scot free. One of the key factors in Leicester's success over the past three seasons has been their dynamism as a team - they had it for Nigel Pearson and they had it for Ranieri last season, but, up to now, it's been absent this season except for the occasional flicker.