Leicester whispers to sack van Nistelrooy growing louder | OneFootball

Fans are rightfully upset after Leicester's latest 4-0 loss. The completely embarrassing defeat resulted from an overall lack of cohesion and effort by those on the pitch. Losing can sometimes be tolerated, but only if there are visible signs of growth potential. However, the result and how it happened are beyond unacceptable.

Some are now demanding immediate changes throughout the club. Meanwhile, others are becoming more insistent. Managerial change is often a highly desired solution for continued problems. Unfortunately for those who'd like to see that, the issues go well beyond who dictates the formation and where the players line up.

Clamors for Ruud van Nistelrooy to be removed are only increasing. The initial instinct is the correct one. Basic team concepts that under-12 teams learn appeared to be too much of a struggle during the Brentford defeat.

Notably, the defense invited too much room for opposing attackers. Both the midfield and back four appeared to be content with dropping deeper and deeper without making the person with the ball feel at all uncomfortable.

The first, second, and fourth goals resulted from that and the inability to properly clear the ball. In short, individual defending was poor, and multiple chances were gifted to the opposition. For a team that is in a relegation battle, spectators would hope that pride would begin to take over at a certain point.

It's worth noting that the third goal came from a set piece. A virtually unmarked Christian Nørgaard put the game out of hand from the free kick. Conceding weak goals from dead ball opportunities is also a usual sign of a team with a weak mentality.

Even when possession was won back, passes too often weren't finding anyone. Good runs failed to see good enough service. And the cast appeared unable to string together too much of a true threat on goal outside of Jamie Vardy. Since this is all the case, moving on to someone else in charge would make sense. However, another midseason transition would only result in continued disappointment for LCFC.

Another coaching change is not what Leicester City needs

Winning is a habit. The converse is also true. Players in the club haven't consistently played at a Premier League standard for a while now. Mistakes, switch-offs, and mental errors are now routine. And to a certain degree, mediocrity is too reinforced within the grounds at the moment.

Therefore, getting rid of van Nistelrooy is not an actual solution. While the press conference and news notification may bring some rejoying fans, it would only serve as a temporary appeasement. Critical on-field root issues would remain.

In truth, a full pre-season camp is needed versus looking to make tweaks from game to game with points on the line. Hitting another full reset right now would go in vain with the current roster. There's quality on the team. Woyo Coulibaly even showed positive glimpses in his Foxes debut. But switching out the head would only result in a frustrated coach further looking into the void of a mostly hopeless situation.

Fortunately, this East Midlands side is competing for 17th. The only objective is to find a way to hang on and stay in top-flight soccer. Other teams competing for this privilege are also poor and aren't too likely to create separation any time soon.

It's unknown if van Nistelrooy is a solution in any capacity on the sidelines. Regardless, the internal desire to not have these catastrophic outings will need to stem from those wearing the jersey.

A world-class motivator and tactician could be at King Power. Crosses need to be dealt with, the ball can't bounce around in the penalty area, and possession needs to have a semblance of potentially leading to a score. As long as these fundamental problems can be plainly seen, Leicester will, of course, be forced to make multiple changes. But it will be to prepare for a Championship slate.