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If someone said "let's meet up next weekend" to me on the Tuesday 4th, I'd be sat on my arse on Saturday 8th planning to see them on the 15th. It baffles me anyone would think different but that's the beauty of the English language, clearly.

The pressure on this managerial appointment is absolutely insane for the ownership. They need to appoint someone like Maresca who will get us back up and help paper over their mess, give them promotion, a celebration to hijack and provide more fuel for the KPFC lot to keep going in their staunch defence. Mess it up with a divisive, un-inspirational figure who has us in 12th place come the start of December and the zombies/KPFC lot might, just might start waking up.

The "Let's Be Having You" podcast, the 00s successor to Quickly Kevin. I know that not listening to it is an option, but sometimes it's quite enjoyable, and the Ray Stubbs episode was really good to hear his stories. But just to get it off my chest, a quick list of the gripes: A Beautiful Day instrumental is far too long between the intro and them talking. It goes on forever The correspondence is absolutely rubbish, and when they do have it they go off on weird tangents The music used for how to get in touch is some kind of 1920s circus music style?? It's nowhere near 00s The quiz at the end of rubbish because they persist with 11v11 line ups when they know eff all. They chose a 1990s (1990s!!!!!!) Liverpool game v a niche Eastern European team for the Ray Stubbs episode. Absolute bollocks The general banter and chemistry just seems... off? Compared to QK it's not in the same league Despite this whining I'll persist with it, but I can't see it lasting more than four series. Just doesn't have the warmth or humour as its predecessor.

Supposed to be a blinding day on Saturday, so heading to have a pub lunch, few bevvies and then to watch Hinckley. Was planning to watch the Brighton game but that, frankly, can piss off.

Chris Sutton is doing exactly what he sets out to by this thread being created. A click based, anger baiting idiot. Why you lot let him and his ilk get under your skin I've no idea, particularly whilst we're a complete crock of shit. In fact, if he's going to be negative about us now it's probably the most valid and accurate he's been all this time. Anyway, stop giving rage baiting pundits the time of day and chill out

The naysayers posting like Winks has a 9-5 or "normal" job. He's a professional athlete on millions of pounds a year. Stop treating it like it's your dead-end boring corporate shit and realise that this is a team game. Two things can be true. RvN is a shit manager, shit appointment and indicative of the shit decisions we've taken. We're also being taken the piss out of by someone earning so much fvcking money our eyes would water at the thought of staying here one night a week. Some senior people stay in hotels all the time for their employers. Are we having sympathy for them. People on their knees for Winks and flying in front of his bullet are fine, but realise his lack of flexibility says a lot about both him as a person, but also the ingrained shit culture about this club.

Can we do an open top relegation parade just so Rudkin can interview Vardy on the balcony to ask if he's going to get a new contract and stay? It seems to be an effective way to get employees sacked...

I was going to go to this as I'd missed the last three due to a stag/couldn't be bothered on a Friday night/knew we'd get beaten. Not now. Empty seating it and will probably be asleep by the time we're 3-0 down mid way through the second half.

It's certainly come down after a big spike 2019: £11.5m 2020: £41.1m 2021: £50.5m 2022: £34.2m 2023: £8.2m 2024: £7.1m As a comparable, Brighton have £18.4m based on their most recent accounts.

I've had these tickets in the basket three or four times now but I can't bring myself to spend £60 on it to endure the inevitable lacklustre defeat and gloating.

Tbh I don't think Sky paid much, if anything for this. You'll see the pundits talking using non-Sky Sports branded mics - it was also broadcast on the Baller League YouTube. Feels as though they've basically been given this, helps them target the younger audience, pads out their Monday night and gives them some Sky Sports News/YouTube content of their own. Apparently all the famous people are contracted to post about it and appear 6/10 times, hence Micah/Lineker/Shearer not being there on Monday. It also made it even more hilarious how seriously the coaches were taking it when they cut to them. Just to note also, the first night on the Baller YT had 1m views on the stream and around 400k on the highlight videos they've put up. How much money that translates too I'm not sure, but Sky aren't the lynchpin in this by any means.

Can anyone watch/listen to this and list the timestamps for when he talks about Leicester? I love the man but I can't spend near 90 mins listening to these total banter merchants if someone can give me a shortcut.

Either Chelsea FA Cup QF in 2018 or Wolves 2022. Chelsea was mid-March but we'd had a cold snap, arctic wind and snow roll in that weekend. Game went to ET and I genuinely struggled to walk properly for about a quarter of a mile heading out afterwards. Knees has seized up from the cold. Wolves away I got absolutely pelted with an enormous rainstorm walking to the ground. Piss wet through and the February cold that evening was unbearable The Ipswich away debacle in 2010 runs them close and Brentford 2020 FA Cup at Griffin Park was annoyingly cold, especially as fvck all happened in that game from memory.

Tuchel can shit on Southgate as much as he wants tbf, and he was far from perfect, but he reached a semi, a final, a QF and a final in his four tournaments in charge. Come back and quote me if we're world champions or take a team to penalties but lose in NJ next year, but results matter. Talk the talk, walk the fvcking walk. As shit as we were in moments last year I adore the points of joy I saw under Southgate. A QF or RO16 exit now wouldn't touch the sides. Deliver, Thomas, deliver. Unless people on here think a useless early exit on here is better than the results we had in major competitions under Gareth???

Look, fox in the fox, Mr KPFC embodiment themselves can spout the "I'm better than you" nonsense about going to games or not and do the mental gymnastics as to why people don't attend now and did in X time Let me tell you this, though. I spent my 20's going to games - home and away. I was on coaches all day losing one of my weekend days to watch us. That coincided with mediocre nonsense under Sousa and Sven, as well as winning the fvcking Premier League and the UCL adventure. As time has gone on there's been a mixture of the spark fading enormously, as well as my free time has becoming much more valuable to me. What has hastened all of this, however, is just how woeful the whole experience of supporting this club has become in the last three years or so. Why then would I drag myself to the game last night? A match I knew we were going to lose, and lose easily. I did the same for Brentford. I couldn't be bothered. I dictate how I spend my free time now, not the club's fixture list. Not going out of some blind loyalty of "go through thick and thin," not worrying about missing out on a stunning victory, a spine tingling atmosphere. I dictate how I spend my free time, my free will and how I want to show my dissatisfaction with the club - just like other people are entitled to do and are doing. If people still have that burning spark inside them, have excited kids, chance to catch up with family that is actually quite nice. If you're going down because of some weird sense of pride cos "GOOD TIMES N BAD" then that is entirely within your gift - but don't be surprised that many of us are just completely sick of this club's hierarchy, players, attitude to us, the atmosphere and the zombies who sit in silence for 90 mins before polite applause off the pitch. Football is cyclical, and I am confident that in 2035 we'll be in a better position than we are now. I've no idea what the trigger point will be and when it'll come, but I know it will. Until then me and many others will decide to spend our free time, energies and attention elsewhere. This club has done everything to turn me off being as close to it as I was. (Oh, let's also remember they do not give a shit about you. They'd take your season ticket off you in a heartbeat if they thought they'd get double the price from tourists. They'd make up something or a hypothetical to revoke your season ticket if they wanted to (cos, as we've seen on here, they have already). They'd target you for away checks if they wanted to. The relationship you have with this club is entirely one way. Nothing wrong with that, just as long as you go in with your eyes wide open and realise it.)

Yeah. But no. Not the thread for this, but the man had bust his leg about two yards off the pitch. Medical staff, paramedics, stretcher. What happens when there's a corner or action down in that section and a sliding tackle, ball whacked out of play or a collision of on-field players with the medics or, god forbid, the injured player? Yes he's technically off the pitch, and perhaps if he had a bout of cramp or some other non-serious issue then maybe I could understand the frustration, but his leg was literally being put in an inflatable cast. How could people not see this was something worthy of stopping play for? In fact maybe it is the place. We're calling the change at the top and to reiterate that all our fans seem to get passionate about is the care a player is receiving after getting a bad injury.

Man's broken his leg, paramedics needed near to the touchline and could easily interfere with play. Yet idiots in the stand and on here think play on. The lack of intelligence football fans possess is astounding.

Same here in terms of not being arsed. KO time is also a large part of the reason. Genuinely intrigued as to how many more of us there are.

Precisely. But this is what people wanted, wasn't it?

Genuinely can't believe it's 2025 and the council are still getting the blame. We're such a good fanbase at making excuses. Does anyone have any hard evidence that the council cocked up? Planning can take a long time anyway, nevermind something like this. Please stick the receipts in here as to why the timescales that weren't stuck to were the city councils, I'd be intrigued.

Outside reminds me a lot like this: I suspect they're trying to go for something akin to SoFi stadium though:

Don't forget we'd sold off Corica and Joachim for healthy fees around the time we signed Claridge, so with him and Lennon coming in as permanent players we had the money covered even if it was a high fee. I guess it highlighted the faith management had in MON to get the players he needed. Also, can we talk about his goal against Man Utd in the Coca-Cola? That flick from Heskey and finish from Stevie. Lord almighty if that was scored in this media landscape you'd be seeing it for weeks. I guess Cottee & Fenton coming in didn't help things, but his ending here just seemed to peter out quite quickly? Without having to read all the Fox Fanzines again can anyone remember whether it was just him falling down the pecking order, or was it something else that led to his departure?

Yeah, it'll be enforced strictly in August. There will be outcry from fans, pundits, press, managers etc and then they'll forget about it by the time the first international break is over... at which point fans, pundits, press, managers etc will complain it's not being enforced.

Absolutely terrible idea, and you're making it even worse by being a proper defensive princess. These people are not high profile politicians, they're footballers paid to do a job. They're allowed to expect downtime. The odd bellend like yourself, of course, but let's not encourage this kind of behaviour. I'm sure harassment of our players is the ultimate motivator for people. For sure if someone openly criticised me for the work I do in the pub or on a chance encounter, it'd probably have the opposite effect. The fact you think this is acceptable says a lot more about you than anything. I'm heartened so many are calling it out on here tbh.

A friend told the story when she worked for a local council in Leicestershire. A woman sent an all users email (which has all contractors included on the mailing list) complaining about the shit on the floor in the ladies toilets. Problem was she'd also attached a photo of said shit on the floor in the ladies toilets in the ALL USERS email. From what I gather she was given quite the talking to.