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can anyone post an update on this? thanks

I thought the deal was done just before June 30th? I remember at the time thinking we'd done it just in time

Can someone tell me how well this is selling so far? We're hoping to get tickets but we're in the all STH category so it seems unlikely.

No idea. All I remember is that at the end of the 21/22 season, Rodgers talked about a rebuild. Then a few weeks later he said he'd been told there was no money and we weren't signing anyone.

So clearly for the 3 year cycle of 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 we were overspent. We've got away with it because of the timing loophole. After accounts for 23/24 are submitted in December (along with all PL clubs) they'll look at the 3 year cycle 21/22, 22/23, 23/24. And we just have to hope that we weren't over spent in that cycle. In 22/23 we didn't spend much, because summer 2022 was when Rodgers had a strop at lack of signings. And 23/24 should be OK because of KDH and Maresca. So I guess it all hangs on 21/22, and how badly overspent we were in that season.

I could be wrong, but my understanding is that we were known to have breached the rules in 22/23 (our own published accounts showed that), but because we were in the championship by the time we were charged, the charge wasn't valid. We still breached the FFP rules.

My understanding is that we knew we’d be in breach for the last 3 year cycle ie 20/21, 21/22, 22/23. We’ve managed to avoid the charge for that 3 year cycle, due to being relegated in summer 2023. We’re going to submit accounts for 23/24, along with all the other PL teams, this December. Then they will look at the previous 3 years ie 21/22, 22/23, 23/24. We think we’re Ok for 23/24 because we sold KDH and Maresca. We should be Ok for 22/23, because summer 2022 was when we barely spent any money, leading to Rodgers having a big strop. So I suppose it may come down to how bad 21/22 was.

does anyone know what this actually means? Does it mean we're totally off the hook and there'll be no points deduction? Or does it mean that we've won one stage of the process?

as far as I can see, the dates for the matches haven't been confirmed yet, so I suppose we have to wait for that

What did he say?

I agree. Since we were last in the PL we’ve lost several good players - Maddison, Barnes, Tielemans, KDH, Castagna - and brought in cheaper players, which reflects our financial position. This season was always going to be a relegation scrap. I don’t know why anyone thought different. And as for sacking Cooper - well, I think even Pep would have a battle to keep us up this season. And we’re not the worst team so far!

That’s football though isn’t it. Teams have ups and downs. 23 years ago Ipswich beat Man City and relegated them.

I agree. I hate seeing Ricardo benched. Him and Mads are our best players. It makes no sense to waste his ability.

It was just a bit strange. We couldn’t be trusted to go into the stadium without riot police surrounding us, but once in, we were left to our own devices!

Was anyone else baffled by the way we were treated as away fans? We arrived an hour before kick off, walked the whole way around the stadium but couldn’t find our entrance. Asked several Lens fans who had no idea. We met other Leicester fans doing the same thing, all confused. Ended up back where we started , and found a load of other Leicester fans in a group, trying to speak to stewards and getting nowhere. One woman was quite upset as she had young kids with her who were really hot and thirsty. It was mostly families. No one was causing any trouble. Then police arrived, we were surrounded by police with riot shields, and escorted as a huge group to the away entrance (which wasn’t signposted).. There we were let in slowly through 4 turnstiles, which often didn’t work with the tickets. By this time it was nearly kick off. Some of the Leicester fans, who’d been chilled and placid before this madness, were starting to get a bit stroppy. Finally everyone was in, but it was probably about 15 minutes into the game. There were no stewards at all, no one directing us to our seats, so it was a total free-for-all. The netting around us was annoying, making the view even worse. I’ve taken my teens to a few away games and a lot of pre season friendlies, and never experienced anything like it! I don’t know why we couldn’t have just been directed to the entrance and made our own way there.

We’ve been STHs for several years, but barely been to any away games, because we can’t get tickets! Each year our points go up, and each year the cut-offs go up, so we’re stuck in the “all STH” category. It’s not often away tickets get down to that level.

I talked about a long term project, he got the players he wanted, he definitely led the owners to believe he was invested - and then he buggered off as soon as Chelsea clicked their fingers. And also it’s Chelsea - it feels like they watch our games and as soon as we’ve got a half decent player, they pounce. It’s human nature to want it to go wrong, if only for us to feel less pissed off that he left.

Is it still 1-0?

So sad, way too young to go, tragic news.

You can book parking at the local Tesco which is 5 minutes walk apparently

I’ve booked parking at the Sainsbury’s in the Meole retail park by the stadium. Does anyone know if there’s a short cut between the 2, because google maps shows a long way around.

What a performance! Screen froze, had to use my sons’s ipad instead, tried to log in to the account I’d created but it said invalid, tried to create a new account but couldn’t as email had an account already! So had to create a new account on another iPad using another email address!

I got the tickets in my basket, registered, now nothing happens when I click the basket. Any ideas?

The site seems to have crashed now

I chose seats, then had to register with the club, and now the screen has frozen