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We’re going to become a case study at business schools: the rise and fall of Leicester City - lessons in leadership

Totally idiotic by Okoli. Obvious red

the BBC is an organisation. It can't lie, or speak the truth. It's journalists try their best to find the truth, but the truth is often hard or impossible to find. Do people working for the BBC make editorial mistakes? Of course they do. Often all of us are guilty of saying 'that's a great article/story' when it reinforces our worldview. We it doesn't, it's all to easy to accuse it of bias.

Two people I've met down here over the last couple of years knew him from his Hemel days and said he's a really lovely bloke. If a new manager can get him committed to the cause for the next three months it has to be good for us

I get that a change of manager is simply not going to make things better. But perhaps a new regime will get rid of the playing out from the back nonsense that clearly invites pressure and mistakes, and make us better organised defensively. Abandon the inverted full back tactic, as that exposes us when we lose the ball too. We have the ability to score goals. What we desperately need in the next three months is the ability to grind out 4 or 5 dull 1-0 wins. We also need to resolve the Winks situation. Grown ups need to take charge. No one is going to buy him in the next week. We cannot afford to have a potentially helpful asset twiddling his thumbs when we are already desperately short of capable personnel

So limited. Receive the ball from one centre back. Pass back to the other. Rinse and repeat. Strolls around the place like he’s some footballing genius. He absolutely does not try hard enough

This. It is so sad to see how far we have fallen in ten years, and frankly how much worse things might get before they get better. Feeble on every level

Our inexorable slide into league one continues. This is so miserable.

In my opinion the focus is Top. He is the absent leader. I would happily delay entry until the 16th minute, carrying a simple placard saying: ”where’s Top?” simple, non hostile and to the point.

Feeble Chairman Feeble Director of Football Feeble Manager Totally disillusioned Supporters The only good thing at the moment is the 2016 trend on social media. And we're not even doing that.

The fact that three 17 year olds are on the pitch, and Evans isn’t, might tell us more about Jake than Marti

it's point E I find the most sinister. Don't say anything nasty. Perhaps we shouldn't sing 'you're shit aaaaahhhhh' at the opposition goalie in case it damages his mental health. It's Trumpian in its over-reach, and suggests leadership are woefully over-sensitive. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in side management meetings at LCFC. I suspect it would give me abundant material for an award winning comedy series

like the only club whose attendance figure isn't published soon after a game is completed. Are we simply incompetent at everything?

He’s just a bit pathetic really, isn’t he?

"From Top to Bottom"

It's certainly down there, and I think for most of us, having a leader who is a) vain glorious b) not seemingly that interested c ) arrogant d) lacking much football knowledge makes things worse, as it's quite clear we haven't hit the bottom yet. A second visit to League One looks more likely than not to me.

I even left early. Before last season I reckon I'd only left a game early twice since I started going in 1975. I've left early about five times in the last year.

County will play in Division One of the County Championship next summer

At least today’s 7 hour round trip has clarified my thinking for Monday night

The whole place was devoid of atmosphere. Even when we scored it was muted. Feels like we have all been consumed by an overwhelming apathy

That’s about as bad as I’ve seen. This club, at the moment, has relegation written all over it, that’s without a points deduction

If you happen to read this do your job and communicate man. At least talk to the local newspaper and try to explain what’s going on. Otherwise what is the point of carrying on in your job?

He has a very clear role now, and looks so much more assured, strong, energetic, calm and creative. Really caught the eye today.

Except when we did the exact same thing when 2-0 up at Watford (Mads to Winks)

Silko just messaged me and said could you let ‘Pliskin’ know he’s the player’s least favourite poster. It seems the feeling is mutual!