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From the Percy articles last year it was Rudkin that gave Rodgers carte blanche, whichever way you slice it, he's a serious problem. It's reductive to say it's all him as Top and Whelan are his superiors but as the literal director of football responsible for negotiating transfers and contracts - he should veto signings like Ward, Vestergaard, Praet when they were never going to be starters, represented a big outlay and long contracts with unsustainable wages. DoFs have agency (or should have), it's like he's just a functionary, a rubber stamp, rather than the strategic vision behind the footballing operations. Given he supposedly didn't even interview Maresca we have serious issues behind the scenes. If Rudkin is key to KP's horse racing he's far too close to Top, the DoF should be an independent voice rather than a lackey.

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Newcastle bought Livramento for a similar price to Barnes, we just don't negotiate well - attributing it to FFP is good cover for the club. Even in other non-sporting organisations as they grow, people are often out of the depth as the environment develops. King Power's COO or FD 15 years ago probably isn't the same one now, yet at Leicester none of the key personnel ever leave or get sacked behind the scenes. It's pretty stagnant and we've completely coincidentally I'm sure - been on the wane for years. Top is seemingly quite hands off owner, he watches ages but he doesn't;t appear to be involved in much of the day to day. Consequently, it's absolutely pivotal the CEO and DoF do a great job given massive losses and the worst PL relegation ever, it's not the case.

A Mendy-Ndidi midfield backed up by Benalouane and Bamba That Brighten game still haunts me, what the hell was Rodgers thinking. It'd be interesting to do our best European (Non-British or Irish) XI too and a ROTW XI Schmeichel Ricardo Soyuncu Huth Fuchs Kante Tielemans Izzet Knockaert Kramaric Perez That's an anaemic front 3. Keller Whitbread Morgan Souttar Elder Solano Cambiasso Corica Tete Ulloa Okazaki Mixed bag

Even if our mismanagement is due to FFP concerns Rudkin has to carry some of the burden for that. Our average wage was circa £84k pw at one stage (even including bonuses and whatever else it was unsustainable). He's a bad negotiator e.g the Kristiansen fee, the sums received for Maddison and Barnes were at the low end, we paid inflated wages and it takes so long to sign players. We're only good on the pitch atm, we need a refresh at CEO and DoF level but Top won't do it because those two are so embedded with KP.

The city centre is better and worse in some ways than I remember as a kid (b. 97). My perception was that it was far uglier and smellier then, much improved in that regard. Pedestrianisation, council office demolitions, Jubilee square etc have smartened up public spaces. It’s definitely lost some much loved independent institutions e.g Bruccianis, Fenwicks, Dominoes, pubs, clubs and god knows whatever else. Nicer but more analogous to average British city in the 2020s.

I can see us paying an OTT loan to get him for the rest of the season why his contract runs down

Another issue with the lack of general sale, these kids without LCFC supporting parents in the hinterlands between clubs will support clubs where they can actually watch them.

Even at home to Huddersfield we took our eye off the ball

That’s where Maresca seems to differ to Pep, he has a proclivity to be negative after going ahead sometimes

We have lots of idols, legends, heroes but my affinity for Pearson is different to any other. Great man.

It’s mental he hadn’t really stood out at Le Havre that much. 15/16 came out nowhere relatively. Not even in his top 10 goals but the Bournemouth free kick was very smart

I’ve barely met a Cov fan ever but they’re so ****ing thick on Twitter. “Interbred” is so pervasive, they have absolutely no self awareness, half of their fans are harping on about Villa and they don’t care about us (???? as is they don’t have enough teams that hate them) whilst selling out cinemas that definitely aren’t cinemas, just big screens.

Braybrooke

Unbelievable sporting heritage, history, cultural/musical output, hardy and understated people, the accent, cuisine(?) there's so much more. Some of these probably spill out into the county a but as the county town it's a quibble distinction. Sporting heritage Aside from counties with multiple teams nobody can hold a candle to Leicester(shire), hugely outsized success and I've never been able to ascertain why exactly. Greatest sporting story ever in our title win Leics CCC have overachieved relative to our size, most successful T20 side. Most successful British rugby team Most successful British basketball team Selby's success We're responsible for two England greats in Shilton, Lineker and a lesser extent, Banks Industry All sorts of manufacturing, I love old images from along the soar, so evocative. Easy to see why the city was purportedly the 2nd richest non-capital in Europe in the interwar years. Hosiery Aggregates Steelworks Mines Shoe making History Rich Roman history Richard III discovery 1st DNA conviction - fantastic scientific contribution 1st local radio broadcast Leics regiment - great storied history, shame about the amalgamation Thomas Cook's holiday innovation Henry Walter Bates first observed mimicry in animals Robert Bakewell's selective breeding - hugely influential discovery and utilisation. John Wycliffe's translation of the bible into English - probably the single most significant thing to happen in Leicestershire. Codex Leicester Architecture Great variety, it's a shame what's happened post-war, without any extensive bombing Lutyens' city hall and war memorial Town hall/square The Guildhall The Corah Suite Recognisable local red brick One of the eldest churches intact churches Abbey Park is great Accent Neither northern or southern, love the bluntness and the pace (fastest speakers statistically) Supposedly the birthplace of modern English Hard to mimic Cultural Gimson's furniture and design Sue Townsend The Attenborough brothers grew up here A Monty Python Music full or part contributions Another outsized contribution Kasabian Queen Bassment Jaxx Cornershop Englebert Mark Morrison h2O Sea Girls Matt Darey Mahalia Easy Life Fun Loving Criminals ...Cuisine? The crips, Walkers, KP, Cofresh Curries Stilton Red Leicester Foxs glacier mints Everards

I thought I'd exhausted nearly all of the wikipedia pages on English football records but I stumbled on this recently. We should be going joint 8th.

His movement in the box is fantastic, if Cannon needs taking off or rotating it's an option. I think I'd rather try Casadei up top than Mavididi

If he wasn’t the captain I wouldn’t care but the comments he made last season were pathetic. Otherwise he was a great player when fit.

I’d love to trounce Wrexham

Maidstone away

Get into them, (fkhum up

In terms of big away ends but yeah the feedback from that was terrible. Our very consequential away ends to be like that e.g Man United 2016. I think the ticket office stitches those games up

I don't think I've ever seen a player have such a range of ability within specific attributes. Sometimes he looks like great passer - great range, technique, volume etc. Sometimes he carries the ball gracefully for his size, look agile and composed etc. Then, sometimes he's really awkward, flustered in possession. He's young, yada yada yada and I've thought there's been more to come the whole time but he's quite a unique player. I think a more conventional midfield role suits him better than any slot in our 3/4 midfield tbh but I like him, he's bigger goal threat than Ndidi that's for sure.

MK Dons was *the* worst end I’ve ever been in

Ah I had no idea