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Published 10:17 8 Dec 2016 GMT
Updated 10:20 8 Dec 2016 GMT
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Sacking Ranieri after Leicester's heroics last season would surely be a crime against football, but it's clear there's something amiss at the King Power stadium with the team sitting in 16th place in the Premier League, with just 13 points from 14 games. Whether it's N'Golo Kante departing for Chelsea, opposition teams cutting off space for Leicester's counter-attacks or key players regressing to the mean after last season, something's not right and many have a theory on what has went wrong.Here's that comedy clip of the deluded Leicester fan calling for Ian Dowie to replace Claudio Ranieri! ??? #LCFC https://t.co/0QMTVhiGB0
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Roy Keane reckons, unsurprisingly, that it's down to the players losing their hunger.
The former Manchester United captain, speaking on ITV, also said key players have taken their eye off-the-ball after signing new big-money contracts.
As usual, Keane didn't hold back when analysing the team's poor form.
"The warning signs have been there for the last few months with their league form and to me, the basic fact is they have lost their hunger," Keane said on ITV's Champions League coverage.
"Over the last few months, we see a few of their players getting rewarded with new contracts. The financial rewards are fantastic, but it can destroy a club. Too much money too soon and they players take their eyes off the ball and they are in big trouble. "They have had a bit of success and it is hard to be critical of them, but you look at their manager, and he seems to be a very placid man, and he must be so frustrated. He must be scratching his head, him and his staff. "I think his players are trying. It's not like they have downed tools or anything like that, but their real desire not to get beaten has all gone out the window. "Football is all about good habits and they have lost all track of what they should be about. Their DNA last year, their work rate, it's gone.Diarmuid Connolly makes his long overdue GAA Hour debut and talks to Colm Parkinson about everything from the black card to his rivalry with Lee Keegan and how he honed the ability to kick accurately with either foot.
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