Leicester writing is on the wall after Man City defeat | OneFootball

It didn't even take Leicester two minutes to concede against Manchester City on Wednesday. The final scoreline may have shown 2-0 at the end, but that was generous. Traveling to the Etihad always presents its challenges, but the Foxes truthfully did not look anywhere near a Premier League-quality side.

Again, the 'narrow' two-goal defeat doesn't tell the full story here. This is a Pep Guardiola team that was missing its striker, Erling Haaland. The Spaniard himself wasn't even on the bench, and the game was essentially over after three minutes of play.

In this moment, the attention needs to be on Ruud van Nistelrooy. Presumably, he'll want to keep his current job, even when LCFC is relegated to the Championship. Fans have to legitimately ask about what the Dutchman has done to inspire confidence that he is the right person for this position, even at a lower level of play.

Every week, similar conversations are had about the side looking unprepared and overall too uninspiring. He did, granted, switch to a five-back system at one point. This brought some improvement in terms of stopping the bleeding. That can't be RvN's one and only calling card. Particularly seeing as the team still gives up a lot of weak chances and now rarely musters up anything serious in terms of a look in the attack.

Potential good manager, just not at Leicester right now

Van Nistelrooy has a calm, cool demeanor, and that suits him and would likely work out fine at some clubs. For the Foxes, they need someone who can inject some energy into the squad and who can inspire some flair, especially for the midfielders and forwards.

He understood what taking on this role at the point he accepted could potentially mean. The results aren't there, and the play is far off target. It's doubtful anyone at Leicester will sign off on another full season of this.