Claudio Ranieri sacking makes Leicester a laughing stock but owners may have last laugh
We were the darlings of the world and now we the world is starting to laugh at us and suggest we acted dishonourably
SHOCKED. Stunned. Gobsmacked.
Those three words sum up the mood of most Leicester City fans as we try to digest the latest instalment on the six film Hollywood blockbuster movie.
A movie that should be called the Fall & Rise & Rise & Fall and… well, we don’t know what it should end with yet!
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I honestly cannot believe I am about to say this, but could the ending this season be with Leicester City as Champions of Europe - but also relegation?
Last night, the man who we need to immortalise and build a golden statue outside the King Power stadium to honour him has gone.
“Hail Ranieri” were the cries around not only Leicestershire but the world last May… and now Caesar has fallen.
It wasn’t just the fact that he has gone but the timing of it.
If he had been sacked after one of our lacklustre defeats at Swansea, Southampton or against Man Utd - or even after the humiliation of a defeat to ten man League One Millwall in the FA Cup - then perhaps it would have made more sense.
But to go after a decent 2-1 defeat in the last 16 of the Champions League seemed odd.
Losing away but scoring a goal at one of Europe’s most established European sides such as Sevilla is really a dream result considering we were playing Yeovil not so long ago in the league... so most fans came away from sunny Spain with a glint of hope.
The players had looked like they were up for it again, and we know the lads in blue ARE good enough to sort this out - we all hoped that we had turned a corner.
And then twitter explodes. Caesar has gone, Rome has fallen, or in this case Leicester has fallen.
We were the darlings of the world so recently and now we the world is starting to laugh at us and suggest we maybe acted dishonourably to our leader.
But the owners have to do what they feel is right, and in the cold light of day, they had to act – ruling with the head, perhaps it will be the right move.
Most fans would agree we owe everything to our Thai owners, so if they think this is the way to go, then we will back them.
So WHO should be next in the hotseat at Leicester is a question that is already splitting the Foxes fans.
For me, we need to play a short term game - we have 13 league games left and maybe one more in the Champions league.