Claudio Fannieri

Are you able to enlighten us?

You would like to think that one or both parties have had the weekend to make a final decision and that we will see some significant movement today in terms of a formal offer being made/accepted to one of the main candidates.

He looks a great player, so comfortable on the ball and a very good defender as well.

The longer this is going on makes me wonder if we have our eye on a manager involved in the euros we have previously shown interest in Roberto Martinez and Kasper Helmund of Denmark

It has gone a bit quiet, nothing from any media accounts to suggest an appointment or announcement is close. Either the club are doing a great job of keeping things under wraps or we are still some way off.

They were great days and so many of my LCFC fave players, Tommy Wright, Stevie Walsh, Gary McAllister to name a few

Thank you for posting this ❤️ the game was played on my 16th birthday and living in Preston, I went with my Dad and a couple of mates, what a day and result.

We don’t hear from Rudkin in good or bad times but he was clearly visible at PNE away on the pitch celebrating. I just think given all that has gone on, relegation with the most expensive squad, impending penalties and PSR breaches, it would be good for him to be interviewed and shed some light and context on what has happened and most importantly how the club propose to navigate through these potentially choppy waters

Horrible news, remember watching Kev play at Blackburn away during his loan spell and he was unplayable that day, absolutely bullied their defenders with his power and pace, had we been able to extend his loan to the end of the season, I honestly believe we would have gone up, he transformed that Pleat side and gave us a real cutting edge. RIP Kev 🦊

Absolute nail on the head for me, much of the angst, frustration and finger pointing at all senior executives and the ownership, including Rudkin, is they are all very visible during the good times but as soon as things go wonky, the silence is deafening. I don’t think I have ever seen or heard Rudkin making any kind of quote, statement or comment. Given the situation around the club, maybe if he had an hour with BBC Radio Leicester where he could explain strategy and the reasoning behind certain decisions and situations then maybe just maybe it would help the fans better understand the challenges and direction of travel. At times it is easier to know the inner workings of North Korea than it is the club, that has created a real disconnect with the fanbase, a lack of trust and to some degree led to so much conjecture and rumour as to the current workings of the club etc. I am not suggesting 100% transparency to each and every decision, but some engagement explaining the failings of the last 2/3 seasons and what those financial implications potentially mean and how that impacts our short, medium and long term strategy might help start to the repair the damage and rebuild the trust and connection with the fanbase.

Would love to see him involved at the club, very good coach and would be good to Kingy involved too, both would be great with the academy players and as both have been exemplary professionals, would be great role models as well

Reckon this could be a loan with an option to buy dependent on us securing our premier league status and him achieving a certain number of appearances, similar to the Fatawu and Yunus deals.

Not a lot has happened as unfortunately Rudkin has been distracted and spent most of today posting on his many Foxestalk burner accounts 😂😂 I am only joking so please don’t take offence 😊

Again at what point have I said he is responsible for sponsorship or corporate sponsors, I have questioned the elements that are within remit of football operations. You are throwing in so many curve balls to deflect the blame. I have never said Rudkin is to blame for all our woes, it has been a collective effort however he is very much culpable and for that reason I believe he should have been relieved of his duties a while back and in my opinion until he is moved on, then I fear we will continue to make poor financial decisions in relation to our football playing side budget and PSR performance.

The school yard bullying comment has really riled me, the majority of the posts have been well structured with genuine reasons to challenge his effectiveness, if there was loads of posts just calling him names or derogatory comments about him then I would agree, but on the whole the discussion yesterday and today has been conducted with respect and constructive posts.

At what stage have I said he needs to be a fully trained accountant? However as a senior leader and director of a multi million pound organisation, he should have a decent appreciation of financial management, understanding of PSR rules and how he manages a budget. Do you not agree that it should be a basic requirement for someone employed as a Director and highly likely to he earning a six figure salary?

None of us know the finer points of his contract however we all have a fair idea what the general role of a director of football entails. so I pose a question back to you, what reason do you believe and evidence you have to validate that Rudkin is not accountable or to blame for any of the failings?

Sorry but challenging the role and effectiveness of a man employed and very well rewarded to direct the day to day football operations of our football club, that has presided over us breaching PSR rules and on the brink of a significant points deduction before we even start the new season, is not school yard bullying. I am far from happy with many of the senior leaders of our club as they have presided over what can only be described as a complete and utter shit show these last 3/4 years, where at no point has any of them challenged the strategy or direction of travel that has contributed to us falling away from a position of strength to now a club quite likely to yo-yo or battle against relegation for a number of seasons until we can consolidate again. He, Top, Whelan and anyone else involved in this debacle should be held to account for their actions and involvement. If this was any other business that had experienced such a calamitous performance, the heads of a number of senior executives would roll. How people can defend Rudkin is absolutely beyond me. It isn’t all his fault however he carries a significant role and responsibility so therefore fully deserves to have his performance and ability to continue to undertake the role scrutinised and challenged.

You mean getting the blame for things that are directly in his remit? I know you can’t force players to move on, however you can be innovative and look at providing incentives to help grease the wheels or to ensure they sign an extension to their contract. for example with Youri, we could have agreed a fairly low release clause of say £15-20m with an additional incentive that he gets 10% of the fee, whilst we restrict ourselves in some way we are at least making it worthwhile for him to stay and in the same way we ensure we recover some sort of fee. A deal like that would still have seen us bank between £13.5m and £18m whilst Youri would benefit to the tune of £1.5m - £2m.

And yet still he survives, it is no wonder the club has fallen away,, since we won the league we have employed 5 permanent managers, the next appointment will be number 6 and yet despite the impending points deduction and likelihood we will be severely hamstrung in the transfer market as a consequence of our change in strategy, we seem so reluctant to change our Director of Football. I honesty believe had we had a more experienced and savvy operator at the club in the last 3-4 years we would have made an additional £100-150m in transfer revenue and without doubt found a way to move on some of the deadwood.

More importantly you will all be pleased to know that Potter is a good mate of Guillam Balague

Seems very similar to how the Maresca to Chelsea deal played out in the media and social media, reckon this is pretty much done, wouldn’t be shocked to see done deal tweets in next few hours and an official announcement in the next 24-48 hours.

Pretty sure this is a long standing interest from Rodgers time at the club, we were linked prior to VK coming in.

FFS we are truly going to repeat the same mistakes with potentially the 3rd manager in a row and hide what spend is actually available until it blows up in our faces and in 12 months time Potter will no doubt have John Morris working on his exit plan. If this is true and I have no reason to doubt it, what an absolute laughing stock we have become. I wouldn’t trust this current mob to run me a bath.

No it doesn’t, it depends on the severance package that is stated, hopefully will no more than 12 months and certain performance clauses inserted.