Interview with Connor Cody: Leicester defender ravaged by relegation | Club payments to not stick to identity | Football news

Connor Cody says he is “devastated” by the relegation of Leicester City, the first of his career. But he accepts it deserves it, but he is confident that once the lessons are learned, the gap between the championship and the Premier League can be buried.

“I have an opinion on it, see the opinions of others, agree with others, disagree with others. But when the club comes, I think we can prepare ourselves better. I really believe it.

“We weren’t good enough. That’s all. I’m responsible, but if we’re in a situation where the club probably wasn’t expecting, we have to adapt to it, for the best chance of doing well.

It partly mentions the fact that Leicester appeared from the championship, where he won the title under Enzo Maresca. They boasted 62.2% of their possessions during the season.

However, when Maresca set out for Chelsea in the summer, the idea appears to have left with him. Steve Cooper’s appointment saw a change in approach. This could be considered pragmatism, but it appears that Coady suggests they will catch up.

“We had a way to play in the championship last season that everyone understood and knew what they were doing. And obviously, not a club choice, the manager is leaving in the summer. And you have to start again a little bit.

“You only had six weeks to prepare what is the greatest league in the world, and the greatest league in the world with great players, great managers.

“But you have Pep Guardiola in the league. You have unai emery in the league. You have Eddie Howe in the league. You have Eddie Howe in the league. You have a manager that has been building over the years to get to this point over the years. It’s really tough and I think we felt the effect.”

Coady captains the team to advance from the championship from his experience as the last man and will compete in Europe the following season. He did it with the wolves in 2018. This is the team that Leicester will face in the Premier League this Saturday.

While Wolves only had two more points than Leicester as winners of the championship title, Nuno Espirito Santo’s side invested heavily in promotions, bringing in Joa Mutinho and Raul Zimenez, among other things. “The majority of that is money,” Cody accepts.

“But honestly, I think when we did it in Nuno before, it was one of the things I took from it, and one of the things I took from the clubs that did it in the past, that happened, was never changing what they were doing, what they built up in the championship.

“That was their foundation and what drove them out of the championship. They didn’t need six weeks to build the foundation in the pre-season. They’ve built it for the past nine months and used it in the Premier League. It really helped us with the wolves.

“We spent a full season working on it, like Sheffield United did when they finished ninth, like they did with the wolves, and Brentford did when they got up.

“As a football player, I think it’s useful when you have a certain way, an identity, an identity. The identity you really believe in, and you really trust and you understand it like the back of your hands. We lost it in the summer and were preparing under a new manager.”

It is worth pointing out that when Cooper was fired in November, Leicester was not in the relegation zone. Their record under Ruud Van Nistelrooy is getting worse. Coady knows that supporters will see players including him as part of the problem.

He admits that Southampton’s example is against his theory. Nevertheless, they stuck to their principles under Russell Martin. It can go the other way. “Of course it’s possible,” he says. But Coady is a student of this game.

“For example, you’re looking at Bristol City. You’re looking at their games. They’re looking at the top drawers, all the games are back five. I love watching the back five teams.

“It’s huge to have an identity that goes into the Premier League. If we saw how Leicester played in the Championship, we never changed. With Wolves, it was easy for players going to the Premier League, so they believed it and it was a big deal.”

As that belief began to fade, Leicester’s light-like form got worse from worse. The nine consecutive home defeats are dark enough, but nine consecutive home defeats without scoring goals can hardly explain them. But that’s the reality for this team.

My confidence has evaporated. “It happens, trust me. We are still humans and not robots at the end of the day. So when we have the opportunity to beat a man, but they have the opportunity to turn and return, you see it in our play,” explains Cody.

“It’s because it’s easy to get back. It’s not because they’re bad players. That’s because they struggle and think, ‘I don’t want to move forward in case I lose it.’ So what happens is that they are supposed to come back because they are confident. ”

In Molineux, they face the five consecutive wins wolves side. “Look at people like Matheus Cunha. The wolves have been fighting us this year. They have Cunha. What I’m reading is that he leaves for £60 million. It’s crazy where these leagues are.”

Is it proof of the size of the task Lester has been facing all along? But Coady maintains his mantra. That could have been different. “We weren’t enough. It’s devastating, it’s peers. Let’s be honest. I don’t know how broken I am with the situation,” he concludes.

“But what are we doing now? Do we feel sorry for ourselves? Or are we showing 32,000 people to King Power or 2,3,000 people when we travel, and we’re still fighting and trying to put this club in the best place for the summer?

“It’s about senior young people standing up and talking and being the real driving force in the dressing room. But it has to do that too about your own individual pride. This is what you sign up for as a professional soccer player. It’s not all roses, it’s all great.

“You sign up for life as a professional soccer player. That means you have to show yourself even more when things get worse. Things are really getting worse now and we don’t enjoy it. That’s not what we want.

“But what are you going to do when it happens? Do you want to hide and not become a part of it? Or are you going to stand up and count? Don’t look at your own situation.

“This club is in a situation so it shouldn’t.”