Leicester fans who want van Nistelrooy to stay do exist in the world | OneFootball

Yes, among a number of current disagreements among Leicester fans, there is a divide surrounding how much blame Ruud van Nistelrooy deserves. Although most will be happy and publicly call for the Dutchman to be relieved of his duties, there is a loud enough minority that is still backing the current LCFC manager.

No one is arguing that his tenure in charge has gone well or that he is absolved of all blame. If given the opportunity to give a full response in a reasonable discussion, RvN, too, would admit some areas where he's gone wrong and would need to do better in future years of his coaching career.

The fact of the matter is that managers often get too much credit and also receive too much blame. In the case of what is going on with the Foxes, the person at the helm of the player aspect of things is limited in what they can do. Similar to how a chef can only do so much with the ingredients, that analogy becomes even more true when the entire building that the restaurant is in is crumbling at the foundation and the operations are in total disarray.

It's known that the board is not supporting the club at the level that is needed to field a competitive Premier League side. Because of the complete disorganization and lack of a unified vision at City, anyone coming in will face something of an impossible task of trying to string together winning performances.

Then the issue becomes how much involvement a new man in charge should have in the roster acquisitions themselves. The adage of needing to have a chance with 'his players' is brought up. A manager given the chance to bring in talent that matches the vision he is trying to implement ideally helps to create cohesion.

As seen since van Nistelrooy took over, there is only a limited choice of formation that even gives the Foxes a chance. That being said, he knew the roster that he was taking over and would have likely said and believed that he could stay up without too much change for the rest of the 2024-2025 campaign.

Next phase for Leicester

Then the element of what to do moving forward comes up as well. X account, FOX50, for example, credibly questions and calls out what the board initially told the former Netherlands international, specifically in terms of spending.

At the end of the day, there has been a common denominator between the embarrassing showings, and RvN, being the newcomer to the club, is not one of them. This could end up serving as something of an eye-opening situation for him and end up being akin to Frank Lampard's second Chelsea stint. Leicester fans giving the current boss the benefit of the doubt are simply placing more of the blame on those who have placed the club in this current position.