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Leicester mishandle Claudio Ranieri sacking but had reasons for doing it

If this was an ordinary sacking, you could cover it from the familiar vantage points. Did Claudio Ranieri deserve to get the boot? Who will replace him? Can Leicester City stay up? Did the owners handle it properly?

We've had some of it so far. Just ask Jose Mourinho or Louis van Gaal: as so often happens, Ranieri's mistakes were readily aired by those glad to see him gone. In this case, he apparently "confused" and "angered" players with inexplicable "tactical changes" -- you would have thought that changing tactics when you're sliding down the table might make sense, but whatever.