Freeman's Wharfer

Trust took a position of highlighting this today (given the majority of members who responded to a Pulse survey said they were in favour of new ownership) and the Facebook comments are WILD!

No chance it’ll happen. We have an owner who thinks the right thing is for us to try and be a mini Man City. If we stay up it’ll be some kind of Russell Martin type and a version of Enzoball.

If we lose tomorrow night, it’ll debunk the nonsense that the protest was a reason we lost the Norwich match. Torn between wanting us to get the points and the nauseating “told you so” nonsense it will bring.

I’ll be there

You should get a renewal email to be able to do it via that. The email will come from [email protected] (the CRM system the Trust moved to last year) but should still show as ‘Foxes Trust’ in the email itself. A lot of emails from the new system are heading to junk/spam so worth checking there. If you’ve not received, email [email protected] and someone will pick up helping you!

Converting debt to equity is not the same as investing cash. We’d not be using these Macquarie Bank payday loans if King Power or the family were investing cash still. Clearly a tactic because the money has dried up and we need to do it to keep financing the running of the club.

Are King Power putting in the ‘maximum allowed possible’? Dig deeper and you might actually find there’s very little investment coming from King Power (even though the club is used as a billboard for them).

Got to just call this out as also incorrect. The Lineker consortium and work done by the Foxes Trust saved the club. Mandaric took it, unconventionally with the relegation soon after the purchase, back to the place that it had the chance to prosper again. But, yes, the notion that without KP we’d have not been in existence or not been promoted back to the Premier League is utter nonsense.

Drum roll for the big reveal on what you have planned…

“Now’s not the right time to protest” ”I’m not comfortable with the starting point” ”We should be united behind the lads to stay up, not creating toxicity” “Wouldn’t a better protest have been to…” I see the protest connoisseurs are back out in force whilst not actually doing anything themselves to affect change! The reality is that some people just don’t yet see it (the issues and the culpability of the ownership). That’s fine. Whilst I’m amazed you’re not, you don’t have to be there just yet. But stop with the flimsy critiques of those that are. A plan has been set out and it’s quite clear and simple what it is. If there were to be a march in support of Top/King Power I’d personally question the critical thinking skills of those in attendance (privately) but I’d be at peace with them making a show of their support. And I wouldn’t be making snide comments in supposed support of a better type of that show of support whilst not quite being aligned with their way of thinking. There’s no need for nuance in this one. If you’re fed up of the ownership and want change, get on the protest. If you’re not and you don’t, stay away. It’s fine to not want the ownership/Top out. I hope it’s a massive success today.

Listened the Cremona one on a flight and the pause midway through with a booming jet sound made me absolutely cack my pants that we were about to collide with another plane

Harry said it first! We’re so in-sync

A few volunteers who have been supporting for many years have stepped away as they didn’t want to continue after the election result. But it’s more that the new board wants to do more things than before, and that there is a lot of work to do, so the more people helping out the easier and quicker it will be! Something the Trust has missed in recent years - probably due to the fact it consistently took a kicking every time it spoke publicly - was proactive recruitment (of members and people to help).

Can we just ban the snide/smart arse “wouldn’t this or that be better?” types you get in threads like this? I’m fed up of the critiquing of those trying to make a difference in whatever way big or small they can, whether it’s Project Reset, individuals organising planes/boycotts, the Foxes Trust or Union FS. IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW A BETTER WAY THEN GET OFF YOUR ARSE AND ORGANISE IT YOURSELF.

Was going to say, given he’s supposedly a Leicester fan it makes his role in this shitshow even worse. Not seeing much passion from Luke to set the standard and stop ‘his club’ being dragged to the depths.

Pulis or Warnock or it’s League One.

Heard his BBC Radio Leicester interview in the pre-match build up and it spoke volumes for me. Couldn’t answer Owynn’s question on why things were not going well. There was a line in there about how much quality there was in the squad, cliches about training having gone up a notch with the new arrivals, needing to work harder to put this right etc etc. Referred to King as ‘Kingy’ throughout… If there was a ‘going through the motions’ interview, this was it. Got the sense he was pretty checked out.

Just listened and 100% agree. Direct call out of the running of the club by Ric and the lack of strong leadership. Panicked bring it back to banal chitter chatter about on-pitch performance and recent footballing form as a response.

Owynn sitting down to interview Top today by the looks of his post on Twitter. Pretty pivotal for him and the station. Years of keeping close to the club has got BBC Radio Leicester this opportunity - but if it’s just a nice sit down chat without tough questions about the running of the club, it’s decline and the current financial state, the station will lose all credibility with the fan base. Lets hope for their sake, his sake and our sake, he got it right…

After the car crash video interview in Bangkok, I think his lack of English proficiency might mean that he struggles to pick up on crowd chants. Needs visible protests too if people want him to understand.

Symptomatic of the lack of standards and accountability. Bad apple off the pitch, bad apple on it too.

Noticed the yellow jackets in the area below the Directors Box. Fair play to whoever said something. Hope it was genuinely deserving of them being kicked out and not some North Korea esque “how dare you question our leader” nonsense.

I think the criticism they are getting is fair. Yes, Matt Piper says it how it is, and isn’t afraid to criticise the club, but he’s almost become their box ticked for ANY kind of scrutiny. As if they let him have a bit of a rant knowing that as an ex-player with a decent following in the fan base he can probably be a bit stronger without consequence. But the fact the post match reaction and podcast discussion only ever focuses on trivial matters such as whether Mavididi is back in form, or how impressive Jordan James is, is a bit of a disgrace given the much bigger picture around the club right now. The voice notes from the same types like the ‘Leicester Fan TV’ guy just have such a rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic feel to them. BBC Radio Leicester need to remember that they exist for the benefit of, and are funded by, the local community first and foremost and not the club. So start actually covering the absent owner and the decline through horrendous mismanagement. If what @dillonpanthers87 says is true, and people are trying to get on to discuss these things but being kept off the show, that’s a disgrace.

Never seen a ‘striker’ so intent on taking up any position other than the one a striker should be in. He’s experienced enough to know what a striker needs to do, I think he’s just more interested in having the ball or going to try and get involved in things than doing what his team actually needs him to do. I was thinking earlier, though, I reckon the club gives him another deal. It will be the next brain dead decision taken by the management of this club just because he’s played so much and scored a few this season.

Did our fearless leader make it back for a local derby? Or does he do zero away games as well as 1 in 15 for the home games now?