Freeman's Wharfer

Bumping this. Just over one week left for Trust members to take advantage of this offer (tickets must be bought by Monday 6th April).

“Grandson, in a football stadium, there are going to be some naughty words - many of which you won’t understand at the age of 10. If I hear you using any of them away from the stadium then [insert appropriate punishment that will resonate with a 10 year old]”. Thats how it used to work, isn’t it? I don’t personally sing that chant because I just don’t think it’s productive for getting people on the same page. There are a lot of, let’s say “fans of a certain age”, for whom that word is far more significant than anyone under the age of say 30. Have a little browse of social media, go to a comedy gig or sit beside a group of young people in a pub and you’ll hear it very casually used. It’s lost its gravitas as a swear word in popular culture in the UK but there’s a whole chunk of our fan base still viewing it how it was used 20/30/40 years ago. Funnily enough, they’re the ones out of sync with social norms, not the people singing it in a football stadium. But, as I said, that doesn’t mean people should sing it if we’re trying to get as many people on the same page about this issue of Rudkin.

Add to the list of signs that there are cash flow problems…. Desperate for people to chuck some money in upfront now to keep things going until payday.

“Several clubs interested” but we still couldn’t get him out of the door (and even then only a loan with an option to buy). Add to the Rudkin masterclass list. It’s also interesting to hear him openly say that at the end of last season - whilst he still had plenty of time left on his contract - he knew it was time for him to leave the club. How many others have also had that realisation/hope and are sat still playing in our first team whilst longing for a departure? These are the kind of things that lead to what we’re seeing now: a load of players that have checked out and don’t believe they’ll be here to deal with the consequences of relegation. In actual fact, relegation probably furthers your aim to leave. How mad is that? That the likes of Winks and Mavididi probably want their next move and know they will get it easier if we drop. Are they really going to give it 100% effort?!

Not a fan of the “minus 6 who gives a ****” chant. Because I really do - it should never have happened. How about: Minus six, because of you You then promote the responsible two You want to get closer, to the fans Then hide in Thailand, sat on your hands You show you’re a fool, with “we promote” Sell the club, like the family boat

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.