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The OP makes a very good point, which it really feels worthy of considering - not that we are to blame - but that we do genuinely have the ability to impact the situation and the outcome of a game and season. We are all in a position, each time we take our seats, that we (as individuals) have almost no control over the outcome of the matches we are watching. That's the hardest thing about being a fan. However as a collective, we genuinely can make a massive positive difference. The die-hard fans are the most vocal, and the ones that generally set that tone for the whole stadium, and those are the people with the biggest opportunity to shift the narrative. That's not to dismiss the pain of sitting through what we've all witnessed. It was horrible, and has been for some time. We've all got the same frustrations with the lack of respect both club and fans have been shown by players and senior management alike. That however can now be consigned to history, if we put it behind us. We now, have an opportunity to shift that narrative. Each of us, and we as a collective, get to make a choice as to how we greet the new season, each player old and new, and the team as a whole. If we get behind them, we can make a huge positive difference. We get a chance at a fresh start - just as others at the club get. Shifting our collective mindset and the overall narrative could genuinely be the difference between an amazing season, and another painful one.

Just a heads up for any Leicester fans who subscribed to the Foxes Hub “Audio Monthly Game Pass” to go check your bank/PayPal accounts. Despite the season having ended and there being no more fixtures, my subscription has just auto-renewed and taken another payment. Worth checking in case the same has happened to you. This may be the same for video passes too but I'm not sure? I’ve contacted StreamAMG to request a refund and cancellation. If useful, I got ChatGPT to write a template message you can send to them at: [email protected] ---- Subject: Unexpected Renewal Charge – Leicester City Audio Pass Dear Sir/Madam, I’ve just noticed that my Leicester City Audio Monthly Game Pass has renewed and charged my account, despite the season having now ended and there being no remaining Leicester City fixtures covered by the package. The pass description specifically referred to access for Leicester City Championship, Carabao Cup and FA Cup matches, so I do not believe this latest renewal charge is appropriate. Please could you refund the most recent payment and cancel the subscription so that no further charges are taken. Kind regards, [Your Name] ---- Hopefully saves a few people getting caught out paying for something they shouldn't be charged for.

Only possible positives I can see are: The ending of several contracts of overpaid and toxic characters whose contracts we can feel pretty confident the club now won't attempt to renew. The fact that the wages of other bad apples who remain will hopefully be on a lower basic wage, meaning we'll now hopefully be able to move some of them on and out too - so often the barrier to getting rid of scumbags in the dressing room has been that we are paying them more than anyone else would ever be crazy enough to. If they've had their wages halved twice over the last two seasons (wishful thinking perhaps) then at least those wages may be within the ballpark of what other clubs higher up the league would be willing to pay. We bring in a coach that will give some of the talented youth a chance, and can use the opportunity to build a foundation for them so we have some players to be proud of again and who can bring some revenue back in to the club in the long run through earning moves at a higher level. We get chance to finally clear the decks enough to finally re-set the energy of the club and make it enjoyable to go to games again. I'd take a less-talented team that fights and tries hard, giving the blood and sweat that we would give, over the bunch of overpaid and entitled fashionistas we have at the moment, as I'm sure would pretty much all.

Couldn't agree more with everything you've said here. It feels as though the club has lost its heart and soul. I mean that as much in a literal as well as a figurative sense. The thing that made it special and that made miracles happen. The core of everything. Pearson, Shakey, Walsh - along with Way and the rest of the team were all people that had slogged their way up the ladder. They weren't fashionable, they weren’t cool, they weren't entitled. They were real, solid, honest pros that valued their opportunities and gave everything. They worked their absolute backsides off and found innovative and forward-thinking ways to take players that had been ordinary as individual athletes (as ordinary as any professional footballer can be) and turn them into a team that was truly exceptional. Combined with the incredible recruitment that plucked the occasional superstar out of nowhere too. Vichai saw that, because he'd build his business in exactly the same way. You're bang on that the club has neglected those key elements of the infrastructure that were the foundation to everything. It has been filled with people that are way too comfortable. The people here now have been born into comfort or become incredibly comfortable through the complacency of time. Lost is the raw desire that comes with professionals who have a point to prove, people who don't feel they 'deserve' to achieve, but who desperately feel they 'have' to achieve. Fighting as though their livelihoods depended on it, as it so often did. It feels like the club needs to re-discover that, and everything you've said here would be important steps on the way forwards.

So, years of mismanagement, years of complacency, years of appalling fiscal planning and a complete naiveite when it comes to forward thinking strategies to manage worst-case scenarios. We all are witnessing the absolutely gutting scenario of the team we force ourselves to watch every week being humiliated again and again. I often look at the business, and the club, and consider what I'd do if I was in the thick of it, and could actually influence the decision making going forwards. So, my question to everyone is what would YOU do if you were handed the reigns of the club tomorrow. I'm talking from say a DOF standpoint. If Rudkin was finally unglued from his supposedly immoveable perch, and, in a flash of Championship Manager / Football Manager'esque brilliance, you found yourself parachuted in to the top job. What would be the key points you'd look to change, both immediately, and in terms of long term strategy? A stringent wage cap? Would you pay someone to take a heat gun to all the faded blue seats? How would you re-connect with the fans? Would you look to re-jig the squad's use of the training ground in order to create a bit more professionalism? What would you look to do with the management team and structure? There must be a bunch of people on here that run successful companies, in various different fields. All with different experience of tough economic times. There must also be a bunch of young and enthused young people that see the world through new and innovative eyes. There must also people that see things from the front lines of the workforce and can see where the people up top are getting it wrong. I'd love to know what you'd do if you were given that top job.