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BBC News
08-07-2025
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Leicester 'scraping barrel' in search for new boss
Former Leicester city striker Matt Piper is scathing in his criticism of the club's search for a new boss as BBC East Midlands Today looks ahead to the upcoming season. The candidates for the top job at the King Power Stadium are pored over, with fans sharing their thoughts, while BBC Radio Leicester's Owynn Palmer-Atkin also shares his views on how the side is shaping up after the exit of boss Ruud van Nistelrooy and departure of club legend Jamie Vardy.
BBC News
08-07-2025
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🎧 Managerial chaos but is it exciting?
"The one thing that hasn't changed is the chaos in the situation."Could Leicester's new man in charge be former Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder? Sheffield Wednesday head coach Danny Rohl? Former Burnley and Everton manager Sean Dyche? Or could they look at ex-Wolves boss Gary O'Neil?The When You're Smiling team take a look at the candidates for Leicester City's vacant managerial role, but former Foxes winger Matt Piper isn't feeling all that enamoured."Flip-flopping around from different managers, different journeymen, just reeks of what we've all been pointing fingers at the club for," Piper said."It all seems a little bit unprofessional, not well planned out and scraping the barrel."No candidates really on that list that you're really excited about or I'm certainly not anyway." Listen to the full episode and more on BBC Sounds.
BBC News
20-05-2025
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'Nails a Red Bull can in 10 seconds and goes on to win the game'
Former Leicester City winger Matt Piper has admitted he will sorely miss commentating on Jamie Vardy. The forward made his last appearance for the club against Ipswich Town and scored his 200th goal in a 2-0 win. Earlier this season, Vardy announced that he would be leaving the club at the end of the campaign."It's felt like a brilliant day," Piper told BBC Radio Leicester. "I know we have been relegated this season, and it has been a desperately poor season."But the GOAT - Jamie Vardy - getting to 200 goals in the way and the manner he did it, the player he has been for this club, you have to forget about the relegation for just a day and think about Jamie Vardy."The incredible player he has been for this football club for the past 13 years - 500 appearances, 200 goals, Premier League, an FA Cup, Community Shield, going deep into the Champions League. He's been a colossal player over the years, the greatest to ever do it in a Leicester T-shirt and he will be missed."He will certainly be missed by me - said it many times, he's been my favourite player to commentate on over the years. As we sort of head into an era where not that many characters are left in top-flight football, he's definitely one of them."I am going to miss sitting behind him in a stadium like the Emirates, nails a Red Bull can in 10 seconds and goes on to win the game."Listen on BBC Sounds
BBC News
03-05-2025
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🎧 King Power Stadium goal drought is over
The latest episode of the When You're Smiling podcast has Leicester's Conor O'Grady is joined by former Foxes winger Matt Piper to discuss Saturday's victory against to the full episode on BBC Sounds
BBC News
29-04-2025
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Van Nistelrooy 'failed miserably' but hierarchy need 'thinking time'
Former Leicester City winger Matt Piper believes the club's hierarchy are "struggling" to make a decision on Ruud van Nistelrooy, after the Dutchman revealed he is "still waiting" to have talks about his managerial future at King Power on the When You're Smiling podcast, Piper says he expected the club to have already initiated talks but doesn't think they should be "in any rush" to sack him before other important decisions have been made."What's probably going on is that people are pointing fingers at the hierarchy of the club and the club feel they cannot afford to get another big decision wrong," he explained. "They are probably panicking."I can't imagine Ruud being here next year. It's not that it just won't look good, it's that he has failed miserably."I don't think the club are leaning one way or another. I really think they are struggling with it because they cannot afford to get another decision wrong."This is why 'Top' needs to really look at his position first and think about whether this is still what he wants to do. Then the club can look at making changes or bringing in more support at boardroom level because things have been going drastically wrong for a while now."These are decisions that need to be in place first, then they can make a decision on the manager."I don't think they should be in any rush to sack Ruud. This has been a disastrous season so it isn't going to make much of a difference now if you leave him in post and give yourselves some thinking time over the summer."It is one big struggle at the football club at the minute. It's not just the guys on the pitch that are letting things down at Leicester at the minute, it's all the way through the club."Listen to the full podcast on BBC Sounds
