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11 minutes ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

Saying Vichai died for the club is quite insulting. It was an unfortunate accident. It wasn’t in defence of LCFC in which it occurred. Horrendous use of words

It’s also quite lucky no civilians on the ground were killed for such a reckless disregard of safety. There was never a good reason for having a helicopter take off on the pitch over a busy area, it’s just something rich people do to make a point.

1 hour ago, SecretPro said:

We relegate?

We League One long time

On 12/02/2026 at 11:08, Tommy G said:

Shocked how high the yes vote is tbh

It’s the reason I gave up on any sort of positive change at this club years ago. No one cares, no one’s gonna do anything, no one’s going to protest or risk a ban or risk missing games against Bromley. It takes most people 3 years too long to see what’s going on - with Rodgers, with Rudkin, with Top. Meanwhile they mock those that see it sooner. Well everyone who did care and wanted change is apathetic by now.

It’s just easier to stop caring and replace football with a passion you can actually contribute to. I’m mildly annoyed when we lose and that’s it. 

The fanbase has lost me as much as the owners have. They’ve made their bed. Collectively, our fans deserve this.

26 minutes ago, Kilworthfox said:

We had success in both of Pearson's spells as manager. As I see it, that both times he left us better off, than before he arrived.

 

It wasn't just the results, or lack of them when he was in charge that was important to me as a fan. It was more the feelings I had about the club overall, including how I felt that the first team staff and players exemplified a culture I could positively identify with.

 

When the bigger success came after I was riding a crest of a wave with positivity about my club, however it felt like a bewilderment occured, along with that success. Within the club.

 

I think when Pearson and Walsh left, we lost competence within our first team player recruitment, almost like we now have these results which has risen expectations, now that we aren't repeating these successes, we don't know why, so maybe throwing more money at it could bring the answer... It's not their money they are spending, it's Tops, but who proposes and then agrees to the budgets? 

 

Ultimately Top, but having seen the recent interviews, at best he seems a naive man. 

 

 

I don’t disagree with any of that. I was always a Pearson fan. My criticisms of him in 2014/15 don’t diminish that.

What I take issue with is that he takes credit for Ranieri’s title winning tactics - which he didn’t generally employ himself. You don’t pull off what we pulled off, with largely inferior players, without being tactically astute. That was never Pearson’s strong point and as much as I love him, we’d never have finished higher than 7th with him.

Just some respect on Claudio’s name would be nice on this forum. For the poster I was quoting to say that he didn’t ‘do well’ is obviously false. Seems a cultural trait that we just repeat this Pearson worshipping because it’s a comfortable narrative until it has rewritten history. Pearson had his limitations, and even for a long-time KP hater like me, I can accept Vichai made more than one correct decision (even if more by luck than judgement!).
 

Ranieri did well, not because of what Pearson did, but because of what Ranieri did. It’s as simple as that.

7 hours ago, CL Fox said:

Personally think Vichai's success and nous is completely overstated. Appointed several shite managers, only really Pearson did well and that was on Birch's recco.

 

We won the league which was one in a trillion. Several ****ing awful decisions - notably Puel.

 

That said he was miles better than Top.

There was that other bloke that won the Premier League, forgotten his name.

It’s extremely weird that Pearson gets a pass for underachieving with a great side and being in a relegation scrap, yet the manager who masterminded the greatest overachievement in the history of English football doesn’t, and is even actively disrespected by our fans.

Meanwhile we’ve got some trying to argue Puel was a success. Up is down, black is white.

Disclaimer: This is not to be considered a defence of Vichai or any of his subsidiary children.

5 hours ago, pkonline said:

Attending a match doesn't mean you support all the bad decisions at the Club.

 

Many supporters go to the football for reasons that are personal to them. Anything from it may be their only time of the week to spend with their children or parents, or a bit of escapism from the problems of everyday life, or it might be the only time of the week they see anyone else. It may be that they have been to every game for 40 years and this is just what they do.

 

They should not be told they are part of the problem, and anyone who suggest that is arrogant and mean spirited.

It’s more concerning to me that people would try to convince themselves all these excuses are valid just to do something that is obviously really unenjoyable. That’s the bit that gets me.

It’s a rip off experience and people just lie to themselves. I find it almost offensive that people would accept this level of insult from what are essentially just a load of self-interested rich people. They are the same kind who simp for rich people in other contexts. They have no self-respect. It makes our fanbase look utterly embarrassing and our club small-time.

The reputational hit to the club by accepting and supporting this level of decline makes us look a small club. It reduces pride in the whole institution, which reduces the meaning of the act of supporting a local club. Without pride it’s just paying rich people to bore you, annoy you, and even take the Mickey out of you. Anyone who retains that deep feeling of pride in the club they’ve had since childhood is ashamed to be associated with the fanbase for saying ‘we’re a small club and deserve to be below all these clubs that love mocking us’.

There’s no rule that you can’t spend time with family outside the football. Or watch other football matches. 
 

There might be the odd person who is struggling so badly and they have found no other effective distractions despite trying, or those who can’t really get out of it because it isn’t their choice (such as the example on the previous page). But let’s be honest, these are a tiny minority. It’s not 10s of thousands of people. What it is for most people is a misguided belief that being a ‘proper fan’ means always turning up, a refusal to analyse the situation, or a force of habit.

I don’t demand people protest. It’s perfectly valid to feel football has largely lost it’s meaning to you, that there are more important things than football to put such energy into (socially as well as personally), or that you wanted to protest years ago and have to begrudgingly accept we don’t have enough hard line fans willing to make a real impact. Protesting outside the ground for hours sounds a great idea, I support it, but I suggested it weeks ago and people decided to just attend the match and shout a bit instead. If you don’t live in Leicester, travelling there and hoping that our fanbase magically grows a pair would be a waste of your time.
 

But the vast majority of people who make excuses to go (even those who convince themselves that a few disorganised and disparate bits of shouting inside the ground will send enough of a message) are embarrassing themselves and the club. The optics make us look a loser club.  
 

If people attend and there’s a real disruptive protest that the media and owner can’t ignore then brilliant. But nobody who attends genuinely believes that will happen, that’s not why they are going.

I hate these threads. Just pointlessly sadistic shite.

We need someone with a particular set of skills to keep us up. Now I’ve not actually watched Taken but my understanding is that Liam Neeson just kicks everyone’s arse for 90 minutes. So if we hire him to manage these cretins I’ll be happy. Plus his mind games and man-management of Ralph Fiennes when he was causing problems was Fergie-esque.

I’m sure this thread was a parody but it’s difficult to tell on the internet.

We do need a proper manager though.

13 hours ago, Corky said:

We shut them down and hammered them on the break. Remember thinking during the game that we would be horrible to play against- brilliantly coached and unafraid of anyone.

This was the vital thing that season, something we’ve almost never had before or since. It’s a rarity for clubs like ours. Ranieri was the only manager who could have won us that title. And that doesn’t get said enough.

47 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

I literally disagree with all of that.

 

He was a part of the squad with the right mentality. The problems all occurred from signing players that didn't have his attitude and work rate yet wanted higher wages.

I’m confused people saying about his work rate. Perez spent most of his time on the floor because he’d tripped over the ball. I don’t remember him being an energetic high press merchant at all.

I’d agree with Stadt that signing him arguably cost us the Champions League. Massive weak link, waste of money and wages, missed that sitter at Chelsea. 
 

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he was completely unsuited to English football due to a lack of physicality, but his touch was also awful so I don’t know maybe we just signed his twin by accident.

45 minutes ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Give the guy a chance.

If he turns out to be the new Soumare then it’ll be on Rudkin and Co. 

I mean I’m not going to be watching him either way.

Let’s just be honest with ourselves and say he’s gonna be shite. I’ll be shocked if he isn’t.

Can’t we just split the club in two. KPFC can keep this one, we’ll secede FC United of Manchester style and claim all the club’s history anyway (they can argue with us all they like we’ll just ignore them).

Not interested in supporting the same club as these people.

47 minutes ago, Beachyboy said:

If you take the whole of the clubs history from 1884 we are top 6 I'd guess of the 2nd tier, we've spent more years in the second tier than either the top tier or the third tier. 

Except there are about 20 teams above us with less time in the top tier and smaller fanbases. Including several in the Prem.

I’m guessing there was no boycott or protest.

45 minutes ago, davieG said:

Chris Coleman, the former Wales and Fulham boss, is under consideration for the vacant manager’s job at Leicester City, sources have told Football Insider.

Coleman is well-known to the Leicester ownership, having worked for their sister club OH Leuven in Belgium before his dismissal in June 2025.

The 55-year-old helped steer Leuven steer clear of relegation in his first season in charge, having taken over when the club were third-bottom of the Belgian Pro League.

Leicester are searching for a new manager following the sacking of Marti Cifuentes over the weekend, with first-team coach Andy King placed in interim charge.

The Foxes have high hopes for coach King and see him as a future manager, and feel Coleman could be the perfect mentor due to their long-standing association together with Wales.

Coleman is free and available having left Greek side Asteras Tripolis earlier this month, and would be interested in working alongside King to help the former Wales midfielder in his fledgling coaching career.

Imagine you’ve just broke up with someone. You’re low on confidence and ugly as fvck so you just scroll through your old numbers for anyone you already know who’s desperate enough to have a go with you.
 

I’m not sure where I’m going with this. Am I on the wrong forum?

1 hour ago, dannythefox said:

A young man with billions in investments and business needs better people around him if he doesn’t fully understand things. Like I’ve said  l can’t see him ever selling up especially with how his father died at the ground. Hopefully he’ll get these new people in and start the change that we desperately need. 

The thing is, surely businesses have accountants etc who know the ins and outs of stuff like PSR. I imagine it’s fairly basic stuff for a professional. The CEO isn’t likely to be doing it himself.

To me, it’s obvious there are people around him who can explain things to him and advise him and he either ignores them or minimises them if it doesn’t fit his narrative. He surrounds himself with yes men instead, people out for themselves who aren’t necessarily even qualified.

Anyone who had any self-awareness or care for the club wouldn’t have put it in this position. It’s not hard to get a consensus or listen to more knowledgeable people. The only explanation is that he’s actively chosen not to. Saying he’s just thick is giving him too much credit.

I have a sneaky suspicion they will do this though. Because it’s easy and he’s popular with the fans.

Honestly someone like Warnock would suit me. Not actually Warnock, but someone who can motivate the ones that can be motivated and scare the ones with an attitude problem into submission. We need to stay up this season and all that requires is a bit of grit and togetherness.

Inevitable from the very first match.

18 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Was that the  'delusions of grandeur' episode? 

 

I remember listening it live on the radio at the time and falling in love with the man even more as he was completely right.

 

A lot of fans getting above their station at the time and needed a check. 

‘Delusions of grandeur’ was after we lost 2-1 at home to Barnsley in 2012.

Safe to say we weren’t much better that season than we are now and rightly had higher expectations.

It’s not abundantly clear what he meant but my interpretation was that the fans expected more but the team was crap. Needless to say the squad had major changes and thus reality started to meet our expectations.

He wouldn’t have said we should accept lower midtable like this melt is.