StriderHiryu

31 minutes ago, ScotFox1 said:

On a side note, what I have also been told is that Whelan told Top it was either her or Rudkin.  He chose Rudkin and she left!!  

 

In an alternate reality, LCFC is a competently run club with Enzo Maresca off to Man City after successfully winning the League Cup in his third season as LCFC manager thanks to star player and captain KDH as commercial revenues hit record highs. 

8 hours ago, RoboFox said:

Can’t stop thinking about @StriderHiryu’s  allusion to Game of Thrones and Rudkin giving off Hand Of The King vibes. 
 

Always shadowing Aiyawatt. Whispering in his ear.
 

Lineker got it bang on when he said “he’s wormed his way into a position of power” 

I am convinced once Vichai passed away Rudkin used the situation over time as an opportunity to seize power, hence why Susan Wheelan left and why he ends up as the CFO. Classic Power Battle and we lost out. 

Wheelan herself I know has many detractors at the club but by comparison she is a big miss. 

2 hours ago, Mapperleyfox said:

Jon Rudkin, effectively an academy coach, wholly unqualified in all things business, is effectively responsible for running our multi million pound football club and is given free reign by the absent owner to do what he wants without repercussions. Let that sink in....

Which is why he is about to follow up the most embarrasing relegation from Premier League history with the most embarrasing relelgation in Championship history.

On both occassions, we will be the team with the highest wage budget and wages to revenue ratio to get relegated in history. 

The Cuck Power FC fanclub can say "we were there supporting the club in League One" whilst being oblivious to their lack of action being one of the many reasons why the club finds itself in that position in the first place. That's the one thing some can look forward to.

For everyone else, I implore you NOT to renew your season tickets and for the love of god do not buy new kits or merch from the club. The hierarchy do not care about you and one of the only ways to force some change is to show your dissatisfaction in a way that hurts them the most. If you did that then maybe the one thing to look forward to is the club finally acknowledging how badly they have treated fans over the last 5 years and might start changing things. I can't see it though. 

1 hour ago, turtmcfly said:

 

You mean just positionally or in terms of players as well? 

 

I would have changed players, probably Mavididi or one of the CB's just to shock the team into action and provoke a reaction. Pretty much the entire first half just drifted by. I suppose we did have some chances like the Skipp opportunity, but an intricate 4231 needed to be thrown out of the window after 1 minute and 11 seconds when we went behind.  

If you're thinking "but it would damage Mavididi's confidence", that guy is already beyond saving. I make that 16 games now without either a goal or an assist. I almost punched my monitor when he tried that outside of the foot shot. 

Millwall. Most obvious loss of the season, a team that will bully us and easily win the game, especially when under pressure. 

26 minutes ago, FoxSince88 said:

Gerry taggart “Other than the 3 goals it weren’t a bad performance” absolute idiot 

This grinded my gears so much. The definition of Cuck Power. 

1 hour ago, Freeman's Wharfer said:

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.

Depends on the new Sporting Director, as it should be noted that Man City recently massively modified their style to be able to deal with the massive shift to man to man marking across the pitch and away from positional play. 
 

I’m inclined to agree with you but surprisingly our attacking patterns and chances in open play have improved a lot under Rowett, and that’s with a team whose confidence is in the bin. I expected our work-rate, defence and attacking set pieces to improve but not our overall performances too. 
 

As such I could see a two year deal being put on the table if we stay up. 

2 hours ago, Haywood_6 said:

Well done to all involved. Couldn't be there today but protest has been shown on Sky and looked a great turnout. Definitely think I saw @StriderHiryu as well 

To be honest the protest was as flaccid as the performance from the players. The Police escorting the march were laughing. 
 

Respect to everyone that showed up but it’s clear the protesters are clearly in the minority. Many people turned their noses up or mocked the group. At one point an elderly in hospitality flipped off the protesters 🤣!

Too many people in Leicester live in the past. To quote the comment in Sky at the end “Leicester City are going from the impossible to the unthinkable!” But the fanbase as a totality will allow it to happen. 
 

I find the lack of action more depressing than the team. I feel like as a society we have forgotten to fight back or to fight for what’s right. People are too easily placated. 

I had grave concerns over his injury but fair play he was the bright spot today. 

7 minutes ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

The timing of the red today too - just as we’ve got back into the game and started building some momentum.

 

I also thought his halftime switch was brave and it seemed to be frustrating Birmingham quite a bit before the goal.

We discussed King a fair bit on Blue Tinted Glasses at full time and the guys will be covering him tomorrow too. I think you could criticise him for not making changes fast enough, Birmingham made a tripple sub and scored shortly therafter, with our players tired because of having to cover so much ground (though Winks should not have been as tired as the others). But at the end of the day he's been completely let down. Ricardo in particular who is supposed to be the Captain with an absolute brain fart was criminal. 

13 hours ago, LCFCCHRIS said:

@StriderHiryu

Wonder if you guys could touch on this on the next show? Honestly think this would be great for the fanbase and club. @foxtrotoscar 

@Ric Flair 

There's going to be a few shows in the next few days on BTG.

Tonight we are going to lok at why Marti failed in terms of his team setup and selections, and as part of that we will look at who comes next. We will also touch on the Top interview, though there will be a show dedicated to that tomorrow night. 

5 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

I'm guessing that's Swedish Krona? Which is 2-3M.

Leicester City basically agree with Gais on a transition for Ibrahim Diabaté, experienced Sportbladet.

Now it is up to coach Marti Cifuentes to make a decision regarding the striker.

Something that is expected to be done soon. 
 

Ibrahim Diabaté won the Allsvenskan shooting league on 18 goals in 2025. He shared the win with Djurgården's Danish forward August Priske.

After the success season for the 26-year-old, the rumours have been many around the shooting king. 

Now Sportbladet is experiencing Leicester City in English The Championship after the striker.
 

The club's sporting management wants Diabaté into the January window and is prepared to meet Gai's demands, where both a loan with call option and a sale, have been discussed.

What remains is for Leicester's coach, former Hammarby coach Marti Cifuentes, to make a decision whether he wants the striker or not.

The club has a couple of other tracks they work with in parallel, so it remains to be seen if they take in the all-Swedish shooting king or not.
 

Cifuentes is expected to make a decision regarding Diabaté in the near future. Leicester is currently in 12th place in English The Championship. Even Welsh Wrexham are interested in signing the striker, according to Sportbladet's data.

Gais has expected to sell both Diabaté and Amin Boutri in this window and enlisted striker Samuel Salter from Atletico Ottawa in October. The 25-year-old is seen as a replacement for the ivorian.

20 hours ago, MPH said:

Maybe if he’s not in England he can’t get the collections man coming after him

You jest, but this though has crossed my mind too. Or it could be that he can't leave Thailand because of financial pressure there.  

I've worked for several Asian companies in my life and whilst I enjoyed working for them, one thing I noticed is how because of pride they will never tell you if things aren't working out till the very last moment. It starts with some subtle things; events are cancelled at the last minute, payment dates get move back and expenses take longer to process. And of coure the killer, upper management is hard to reach and never around... 

5 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

Incredible deal for him, some players are just plain lucky.

Involved in two relegations, makes a number of errors this season in the Championship, pisses off the fans to the point that they despise him, not involved in the first team in a team mid table in the second tier and still blags a move to Monaco, not only a very good team, but in an idylic location. Bro should downright play the lottery at this point, but he's already a millionaire!