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The reality is that Soumare is completely and totally rubbish and offers us nothing and never has. It is the single most stupid thing that confirms that Mr Cooper is clueless. Even in the Championship he could not compete we should just use him to sell programmes. Sorry but I can no other use for him.

Great point and I would say in the aftermath of our Premier League win the profile of Leicester City ballooned and most anywhere in the world people recognized and wanted to talk about the dream. In Africa people now asked for Leicester City shirts alongside the big names. In America especially with proper football fans from South American backgrounds it was the same. I don’t class the MLS as real football (sorry to those offended). I am sure to some degree in the Clough era Forest saw something similar but it has long faded into the mists of time. Sadly I am sure the same will happen to Leicester but we have the memory advantage of social media and while we are in the Premier the highest valued national competition. Maybe the new FAB heritage group can reignite global interest.

Was the same here chased them got an email the next day not accepted for interview. Clear that the process has gone on just cannot meet deadlines.

I think it is just the math we have 3000 away seats, 23000 season ticket holders and 3000 hospitality seats so pretty much 29000 paying spaces accounted for out of a potential 32000.. That leaves maybe 3000 paying spaces to play with spread over 4 diverse areas of the ground and probably 12 cost/sales opportunities. Displacing say only a thousand disgruntled customers and relocating to somewhere amenable is not so easy. Southampton did it at substantial revenue reduction wait until you see the numbers. They had more spaces to play with which helps. I think it’s more about revenue loss in the challenge. To me make the rear rows of the Kop safestanding. Ask people to register and prepay by say March 31st. Thus you know how many rows to install. Come up with a 2 year incentive for those displaced. In the away end first 5 rows seated rest safe standing. 10 year ban then for anyone standing in a seated area. Probably the best you can do and the club get ear ache from someone whatever they do.

There is no doubt that football has changed but so have all sports. I used to go to football, rugby, cricket, motor racing and horse racing and now they are all different. None have the experience I seem to so fondly remember in the 70’s, 80’s and even 90’s. The world has changed the availability of spare cash moved sports from a local loyal based approach to a middle income occasional experience. Ladies Day at Ascot used to be sophistication but now is a middle class rabble. Money talks it’s that simple and if you want to participate at the pinnacle you need to shell out. We can reminisce but the train has long departed and may never return. So go and moan or adapt. I have adapted now I expect different things from a day at the football. Farewell to the old memories hello to the new ‘experience’. Clubs needed fans but that is no longer the case the ‘client’ experience at least in the EPL is now the norm.

Sorry to say your math forgets increased costs you are only talking income. We cannot sell out current corporate so very optimistic to get 2m new, after costs even if you sold all seats probably 1.5m at very best, arena have big doubts it’s too small and needs an anchor tenant I cannot see. A hotel making a 50% profit that is way too optimistic more like 15-20%. Apartments sell or rent? Sales one off margin, rental 13% yield. Car park will be even at best remember it will only be full maybe 200 hours a year. You build the outlay to get this done and it’s a bad investment with too much risk.

This is standard if you look Wolves do the same with the same bank Man Utd do the same with Bank of America. You know why rich people stay rich is the never use their money until they have to. Interest is deductible as a business expense so can be useful to reduce tax. Each business should finance itself once established and that is all that is being done here. At a smaller level it’s called invoice factoring. The way Premier League payments are made hinders cash flow as TV money comes in lumps at the end of a season. These charges give you cash now to pay wages etc. It’s just like your agreed secured overdraft. It’s good business sense. Chill folks.

Face recognition is too unreliable to handle thousands of recognition request in short time as would be required in the 15 minutes to kick off. 10% failures on a 60000 crowd would leave 6000 challenges about 25% of those in that 15 minute window. Chaos and violence would ensue. In general there is nothing wrong with NFT it works in lots of applications. It’s humans that mess the system up.

OK don’t shoot the messenger but I believe and to some degree know that these discussions take place outside of a single clubs influence. The police and safety authorities nationally point to an uptick in criminality at football and often those caught are not first purchasers (owners) of tickets and our own banning list supports this to some extent, Second big clubs see thousands of tickets per game on the secondary market at huge prices. Digital overall as we see with flights, trains, supermarkets and a wide array of others reduces the need for human staff so reduces costs. Our world has changed do I agree that digital will solve all these issues no but I am a realist the train has left the station and it’s not returning the only thing is pace of change. I shared a while ago that the EPL wanted all away tickets to be digital very soon guess what it’s mentioned, I shared that the wanted 70% by the end of the 25/26 season if not faster. Clubs are adapting individually but mark my words 100% digital not far away and if they can get face recognition to work your photo to buy and auto comparison at turnstile is not far away.

It makes sense to hold off now let inflation stabilize see if we can stabilize in the Premier. The one factor none of us know is how confident would we be to fill another 8000 or so seats. Is there really another 4000 odd people who will commit to a season ticket. We all like to think so but I am not so sure is it worth the risk. King Power just spent a lot on property in Thailand which needs a return. I run the numbers and to be honest over a 20 year period I cannot see the return on investment without the additional as yet not detailed or approved hotel, apartments etc. That is most likely the scenario that the calculators say no. Even with the extras is a City like Leicester going to generate the high end income required. We are in the Premier and not all hospitality for the season is sold out.

You are correct hold out as long as possible. OFGeM says they are safe. The report from GCHQ into are they hackable especially by the Chinese sits on the fence it says that as far as they can determine they are OK not an outright OK. They tell you they mostly come from a Spanish company but follow the money they are all sourced from China. What better way to mess with a country than have the ability to remotely turn off the power.

The worst fact is it’s about a 1.47% response rate based on last Saturdays attendance at the game. It is therefore statistically insignificant. You can read into this that many fans are happy with things, you could interpret that the majority of fans don’t care. It is truly a disappointing response so maybe the Trust is not as engaged with supporters as it thinks. Is it maybe that Leicester as a city and county is just not that vested in football in a tribal way say a Newcastle is? I don’t believe there is enough substance in this survey to draw any conclusions.

Wording is a bit dodgy should surely tell you which lounge, where your seat is. I would call the club before anyone sets out to make sure it’s kosher.

Yes just got back. 55 people applied all invited. Did not do an accurate head count but was about 40 people there. Meeting led by Jim on behalf of the club as advertised the group provided input on enhancing the match-day experience, criticized catering, discussed clappers, expanding singing section and safe standing. Varied opinions but thought it was a start let’s see what transpires. They announced the Fan Engagement that hit the website as we were meeting.

Completed for you as many have said the questions could have been better given the current stadium did not create a lot new as an existing stadium was replaced. I would download and read many of the documents submitted for the recent planning application some of what you want to understand are answered there. Transport is particularly relevant. Good luck.

Mine has already updated for first game

Thanks for the praise I accept it. You just forget the modern world it’s not just King Power it’s just how it is. Why moan about the cost of a shirt you don’t need it to support the team so just don’t buy them. It’s not just football shirts jeans made in the far east at the same cost are 50% cheaper in the US than the UK. I am the mouthpiece for King Power but none of you will call out the biggest cost center the players. The argument about ticket income is insignificant buys into the argument of some owb]ner ban live fans, save stewards, policing, maintenance etc and the books look better. We as fans do not and never have owned the club it’s all about owners and players egos now. And just so we are clear as a supposed King Power mouthpiece I la most of the blame at Tops door. But I realize currently it’s his club.

I get some people are upset but the reality is the price point is about right for the times and the anticipated product. The club has for many years got pricing wrong, 8 seasons without price hikes put the prices artificially low and when you do an adjustment like this the optics are bad. The pricing is badly constructed. I can see no reason to give discounts for Under 22, Under 18 and Under 16 they should all be full price and that might be revenue that could be used to balance out fair value elsewhere. I question the under 12’s we may discount family stand and other fans are excluded there so it’s enough no discounts elsewhere in the ground. The over 65’s of which I am one should be means tested. Anyone with income above the state pension should pay full price. This of course will not be popular with the what about my kids and what about the next generation? There is no proven connection between discounts and long term retention the world changed. The real culprits in pricing are the players and their agents. The salaries and bonuses are what is pricing fans out of games but most give their sainted heroes a pass. Their greed drives bad decisions at the FA, EPL, EFL and then club management. If it’s about the football we should all be happy with playing in League One but secretly we all want to watch the cream of the game. Well guess what these days that costs simple.

You must have a software version older than A9 so it must be a very old phone. I am assuming you have tried to update the software and it will not take. This is a typical problem with phones designed to run Android that will not take software updates past 2-3 years. This is not a mobile ticket issue this is a phone issue. You really need a new phone the version you are running now has so many security vulnerabilities you should be deleting all apps and using it as a doorstop. Remove Google wallet and when you get an email for a you should be able to save and use the QR code but Android can be stubborn. Call the club say you are too poor to own a SmartPhone and need a nine ticket de what you get.

It’s the wrong question because you make the assumption they are in charge. In 2023 Top changed the articles of Association of the club to make the Board voting quorum one person. I have never seen that in a major company. The only logical deduction is that he wants to be an ultimate sole dictator. Therefore everyone does as he says without any consultation. That’s perfectly OK but he carries the can when it goes wrong. The poll should be do you trust Top because if you do then you accept what cascades from him. If you do not support him then you vote for a real pitch into the abyss with new unknown owners. Football is a mess and we cannot change it the pendulum has gone too far. As others said we rolled the dice on a giant rollercoaster we enjoyed the highs and bemoan the lows but compared to many other supporters what a ride.

Once flew Kuala Lumpur to Burnley and the game was abandoned. Flew Houston to Leicester and found out at the ground game v Tottenham had been called off.

Many fans were consulted my wife and I received feedback questionnaire a couple of months ago where these were specific questions except for the % rise. The Trust represents a small amount of the fan base so even if you were not consulted does not mean fans were not. Digital ticketing works its here to stay move on we have bigger challenges. The 5% and !0% in premium areas are actually very reasonable. The 25 quid for accommodating extra work seems reasonable I would charge similar in my business. Success in football comes at a price.

I have had it since the beginning usually get the next game automatically within 12 hours of the last game finishing. I bought extras for last Saturday link game by email 4 days before game forwarded to my guests they all downloaded to their phones instantly and had no issues. I have had NFT tickets at multiple grounds with no issues. Oh and for all the ageist fools I am a pensioner.

We have to realize that like many things in society the best of times has come and gone. Only revolution would give want many here are asking for but you have to understand you are now the minority. It’s not just us the atmosphere at grounds like Anfield is not what it was in the past. The world has been sterilized and the majority have no time for the passionate groups. union FS is a handful, the supporters club died decades ago, the Foxes Trust is a handful. Watch the stream to and d from the ground I yearn for the excitement and atmosphere but it has gone. They destroyed Wembley. At every club it’s all about the money, players, agents, managers, PGMOL, the TV Companies, The FA, The EPL and EFL Management don’t want what those posting here desire. We are a dying breed I am sorry to say and it’s gone too far to change.

Revisiting this why are the players not on the list they pocketed millions and delivered nothing. Susan Whelan was paid 301,000 pounds but must be hung out to dry. Did any player warrant their millions last season. Yes we overpaid but they demanded and then failed to deliver. I believe they have to shoulder a lot of blame in this supposed wheel but everyone seems to give them a pass.