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Exactly, one thing knowing what he’s going to do, another stopping it.

We’re just being pressed, we need to sort the shape out

Coventry are pressing high, if we break that, we’ll rout them

Still very tough at that angle

Get Luke Thomas back on them!

Great start from that corner

The man pockets greats like Salah. He’s got this!

Expecting this to be 0-0 after the spunkfest Sky have given this Coventry attack

Daka has been off form for years and we’ve not seen Cazz yet, he could be dreadful for all we know

I really hope Mav is up for this. We could do with him turning into prime Messi.

I always welcome the views of other fans. I think as we are only really a one team county, depending on where you are from in the area, will largely change your opinion on which team gave you stick when we lost to them. I was surrounded by Forest and Derby fans growing up. However I can appreciate that if you’re from Hinckley, Narborough, Enerdby, South Leicester area, then you’ll know more Coventry fans. Whilst every fan wants to see their rivals lose, we also want to play each other, as these games have that bit of extra spice, that makes football what it is. I’d rather we play each other every season, albeit in the Premier League!

That big nosed bird on East Midlands Today, has just said we haven’t played each other in over a decade

Yes ……

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Losses and football sort of go together in all honesty. Prior to PSR, it had started to become a billionaires play thing in the Premier League. Unfortunately if we can’t increase our commercial revenue we are going to struggle at that top table, as others are so much better at this. Expanding our stadium is only one part of the puzzle and we’ve stalled (for reasons I believe which I highlighted earlier this week). By expanding the stadium and surrounding area, you can increase ticket sales, merchandise, shop footfall, food and drinks sales and you’ll also get more for your VIP packages. With that extra income, you’re then back into the Premier League which comes with higher TV money, better uptake on club subsection services (membership ) and other things like increased sponsorship potential. When you look at Sponsorship you’ve got main kits, training kits, water bottles, stadium hoardings, the stadium name etc The biggest thing for extra room with our expansion though, was potentially using the upgrade to make it a proper multi-use event venue. The reason Tottenham will start to grow as a club and I think hinge toward a super power, is that stadium is potentially the best one in the world. It can hold any type of event. Our expansion plans weren’t just an extra 8,000 seats. It was increased hospitality area, a residential tower, a hotel, large fan store and a multi use indoor arena alongside the stadium and a full upgrade for it to be used outside of match days. It was estimated to add around 1,000 extra jobs to the Leicester employment pipeline once it was finished, so it was a significant size. I really don’t think King Power can financially now push on to make those investments to take us to that level. The reason I mentioned Turki Al-Sheikh, is if he’s interested in Bristol City, it’s potentially due to him having sold Almeria to other Saudi investors. Turki Al-Sheikh might just be looking for a way into English football, so if we have become available for sale, we might gain a bit more interest once the points deduction has been decided. We stand a great chance of going back to the Premier League and that’s where any potential investor will want to be. Al-Sheikh is though potentially the grandest showman in the world now for sports promoters. Whoever he buys would potentially be on a whirlwind of investment and further growth. You can guarantee they’d become media darlings with Wrexham like coverage, major infrastructure investment, then links to super enhance the image. If that’s us, I’m Not sure the plans King Power had in place for us, are grand enough for him. I think he’d want to go larger.

We’ve all watched The Summer I Turned Pretty finale …… right?

He’s only worth around £2.1b. Kuhn Top is worth around £2.8b.

Turki Al-Sheikh looking at Bristol City

I think this was the debut of Wout Faes Dublin got sent off after 17 minutes against West Ham in 2004. For me, the funniest Worst Debut ever is Messi for Argentina. Sent off after 3 minutes after coming on as a sub!

If we go an insurance based model for medical healthcare, please could I get a refund on what I’ve paid in and not used? I’ll be owed £1000s. It’ll be like the new PPI claims ….

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Yes, I can’t see him getting away with that really. I‘m surprised it’s still up!

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is today. The sooner they’d have moved on construction of this, the less this will cost in the long run. All businesses know this, so they tend to move quite quickly if they want to get something done. I wonder is the initial rise in interest rates impacted us. Companies will always look at short, medium and long term strategies, one of which will be growth and expansion through upscaling. We haven’t just slowed us up in terms of PSR. Unfortunately as the off field financial situation changed with heavy losses at Leicester, this was coupled with a change in King Powers priorities due to challenges in Thailand and the financial impacted they have also faced. The potential King Power priority check has happened in terms of longer term investment into the overall business and they have potentially adapted to a model whereby they’ve just got to stem the bleeding, rather than growing. You don’t make money in football unless you have a conveyor belt of talent and sell more than you buy. How many clubs do that? Whilst we do have the facilities to do this, the reality is, no one at the level Vichai aspired for us to be at have a continual nett positive profit set of accounts. We can assume by our transfer activity that our strategy has changed. PSR is a convenient excuse, however I don’t think King Power / Top want us, or can afford for us to be bleeding money at the rate we have been for the past 10 years. We also like to leverage our assets to secure loans, so how are they doing this? Would they use the current stadium as collateral? It’s on hire purchase to the club from another King Power business, so that’s a little messy as well. The model we had was always semi unsustainable, as we gambled and didn’t sell out depreciating assets (the players) at the right time. We have gone to a lot of effort, to generate plans, concept designs etc, just for it to be used as an upsell gimmick to sell the club. We are at a crossroads though, if the longer term plan is to sell then the leg work has been done I guess. The cost to build the stadium, hotel, extra hospitality, additional sports stadium etc is going to cost potentially £250m - £300m realistically. That is only going to add in the region of £150m - £250m to our valuation, making us a £500m - £600m purchase. If King Power do plan to sell, maybe they are thinking sell and let someone else build, as it generates further losses for them, thus placing more financially burden on a business which has faced its challenges in the past year. If you are a potential buyer of a football currently, if the rumours are true, quite a few clubs are on the table. Bristol City - £150m Leicester City - £300m (£600m with rebuild) Southampton - £250m Tottenham - £3b Manchester United - £6b We have upscale value against some others and will have a current depressed value due to our status outside the Premier League. We have a decent catchment as a one club city however. When you consider who would potentially be buying us and then pouring money in to undertake the expansion etc, it’s an entire host of people that supporters will rebel against. You’re looking at Gulf investment firms, Asian consortiums, with potentially betting links (albeit the upside of betting is slowing down), American investors who want to engage in sports etc. The supporters will kick back whoever buys us, as top level sport isn’t really local or a family run business now. The entire future and how we operate, could change dramatically. 1. We could sell our souls to the devil and push to be a top, unethical club. You can see how well that isn’t going for Newcastle and Aston Villa in that regards. I mean, could you see us as Red Bull Leicester, with the expanded Red Bull Stadium? 2. We meander back to a club that ticks over, balancing the books and only spends what we earn. This feels like where OHL are sort of at. This likely sees us stay continuously in the Championship. 3. The place gets asset stripped and we are sold off piece meal, similar to what happened with Bolton, Bury, Wigan etc. We are in a bit of a stick or twist moment in terms of where we are at as a club but unfortunately, we are halfway through the cycle of current Premier League money, with the next re-bid likely in late 2028. Football is at a bit of a crossroads itself, as PSR is strangling investment and it’s geared toward supporting the current big six clubs. Longer term, are the TV rights worth as much of the current deal, therefore reducing the money in the Premier League and again lowering all clubs value outside those clubs. It would be an interesting topic of debate for @Ric Flair and the @BLSBPod to debate. Unfortunately as communication from the Club / King Power is like shouting into a vacuum in outer space, we are all, literally speculating on what the long term plans are.

Mine kicks in at 19c. It came on yesterday.