Leicester might not have played over the weekend but there is still plenty to talk about because of the league position and lacklustre performances.
BBC Radio Leicester delves into things in the latest episode of the When You're Smiling podcast to look at how a club that was the envy of football for so long is now viewed very differently.
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Chris Forryan
Fan writer
Image source, Getty ImagesEat. Sleep. Watch Leicester City play. Write how awful they were. Repeat. Just read my last blog because nothing changes.
We still have a manager who does not seem to have a clue. We are still relying on a pensioner up front who gets no service from the rest of the team. We are still playing a system that none of our players can play. We are still picking the same personnel who are losing week in, week out. We are still picking players, none of whom are fit to wear the shirt.
How did Ruud van Nistelrooy get the manager's job? On the basis of two wins over a Steve Cooper Leicester side? Was Top so unable to see past appointing a 'famous' ex-player as manager? I mean, he might just appoint Wayne Rooney next!
The fans can see what is not working - why can't the manager and board? Do they have a post-match meeting where Van Nistelrooy has to explain himself? Does he turn up or just send in a tape of the previous meeting and say: "Same as last time" as the board doff their hats and say: "Thank you kindly, Mr Van Nistelrooy"?
The manager said we could do another great escape. More rubbish. Last time we survived we had a manager in Nigel Pearson that the players would walk on glass to perform for. A manager who had the nouse to know when things were not working.
Things need to change, from The Top down. Maybe no-one should turn up to the next home game, and we hit the club where it hurts: in their pockets.
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Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester City fan Kate Blakey, who is co-host of Leicester Till I Die TV, spoke to BBC 5 Live Breakfast after Leicester's defeat against West Ham on Thursday night.
On where the club are at right now, she said: "I think it's way more deep-rooted than a confidence issue. As a fan, it feels like a cultural issue and something that has gone so severely wrong, particularly in the last couple of months. We didn't have that feeling under Steve Cooper at all.
"Last night was just a carbon copy of what happened on Friday really and echoes of lack of desire, lack of pride, and lack of effort. Somehow we were kind of still in the relegation battle, it was three from any four but we weren't out of it. I don't think we totally are now. The belief has just totally gone out of the team.
"The biggest problem for us right now is that in those 12 games where we have had 11 defeats, we've only scored four goals. The goals have completely dried up under Ruud van Nistelrooy. Under Steve Cooper, in his first 10 matches, only him and Manchester City had scored in every game.
"So all of a sudden, Ruud is saying we can't compete, but we've just been away to Spurs and beat them and in the first 10 games of the Premier League, we scored in every one. I think we have got enough to compete."
Former Leicester defender Michael Morrison says "willingness to run and fight" was lacking from the Foxes' performance in Thursday's limp 2-0 defeat at West Ham.
Ruud van Nistelrooy's side have now suffered 11 defeats from the past 12 Premier League games and any hopes of survival this season seems to be fading rapidly.
"Tactically it was OK, it is OK to be in a low block, but it's that willingness to run and to fight," Morrison told the When You're Smiling podcast.
"Sometimes you don't realise you're not doing that as a player and you sit in your shape and you're comfortable. The reason why these deflected goals go in or it bounces of somebody and runs free is because you've been under that pressure for that long.
"As a fan you travel down from Leicester and you want to see your team fight, especially in the position you're in.
"There was too much respect shown and being a yard off their man."
Leicester had 10 shots on goal but five were from outside the penalty area, five were blocked, and only two were on target. Their 0.38 Expected goals was far below their opponents' 1.68.
"There wasn't any chances," Morrison added.
"If you looked at the xG it would show you a lot about the game. West Ham won at a canter. Leicester didn't carry enough threat with their defensive block which is why the West Ham fans stayed onside with their team.
"If they could have caused the home team some problems by nicking the ball a few times they might have got on their back but it was a defensive block and not a defensive press by getting out to people, blocking crosses and laying a glove on them. West Ham just had possession the whole time in the first half."
Image source, Getty ImagesWe asked for your views after relegation-threatened Leicester City fell to their 11th defeat in 12 Premier League games against West Ham United.
Here are some of your comments:
Wes: Disgraceful. How difficult is it to play in the other team's half of the field? Stop passing backwards and play with heart - these are not difficult tasks.
Neil: "Still in the fight". Are you joking, Ruud? The players have given up. It is a really sad demise. Do they realise that fans pay good money to go and watch whatever that was? Where has the pride gone? 'Foxes never quit' - well they certainly did here.
Andy: Our performances are deteriorating, with comical defending costing us dearly. On the evidence shown in this game, this group of players will struggle in the Championship next season.
Tom: Just awful. Those at the top of the club need to swallow their pride and admit they made a massive mistake in appointing Ruud van Nistelrooy. The players have downed tools and are accepting defeat from the first whistle. We have a manager who refuses to try anything new, even after so many losses and goals conceded. Insanity is ruling the roost at this club right now.
Jonathan: Utter rubbish - disconnected, naive and toothless. The players are way below their best levels. Ruud is way out of his depth. He must be sacked so the team has one final chance to turn it around, or it's certain to be Championship football next season and possibly for several seasons after that. Neil Lennon would be worth a short-term contract until the end of the season, then review.
David: Bin Ruud van Nistelrooy and put Brian Barry-Murphy in charge for the rest of the season. The players apparently respect him, he has some management experience, plus there's his association with Pep Guardiola. We are going down, but let's at least do it with our dignity intact.
Image source, Getty ImagesLeicester boss Ruud van Nistelrooy speaking to BBC Radio Leicester after the defeat to West Ham: "I look back at a very disappointing first half. We were very passive and looking for safety by going back. We sat too deep and lacked initiative.
"We need to push forward and play with some courage. We need to not be afraid to make mistakes but I understand that the confidence levels are very low. That showed in the first half. We get so passive because of that and we were not in the game. At least in the second half we went for it and created some opportunities.
"Players look for safety by going backwards, not forwards. At least in the second half, they showed what they were capable of that. That's the way forward.
"In the right moments, we put the opponent under pressure and took initiative in the game. That's the way we have to continue.
"We have to approach the games with initiative and not be afraid to lose. That was the difference between the first and second half.
"Confidence is a big part of this."
