HarryTheGenie

One thing that absolutely dumbfounds me is the absolute reliance of 4 at the back, 3 in midfield (in a one defensive 2 box to box or 2 defensive and 1 attacking), 2 wingers, 1 forward... ... we have done this exclusively for years, under numerous managers, with our defensive frailties not a single manager has thought, this shape is not working, lets give 3 at the back a try (or maybe 2 up front).... and I know that we probably haven't got the personnel for that, but at this point continuing to do the same thing and staring down the barrel of another relegation and the actual abyss. Why not try something a little different.... Take Saturday for example, losing at home 1-3 to a side that is 0-12 on aggregate in their previous 4 games, we are chasing the game, we ultimately finish the game with 4 defenders, 3 midfielders, 2 wingers and 1 forward.... we even put square pegs in round holes to accomodate it, the obsession is really strange.

Why is the Director's Box first row always empty when the Chairman is not in attendance. Now I can understand why Vichai's seat is always left empty and indeed Aiyawatt's seat is left empty when he is playing polo. But why is the whole front row of the Director's Box then left empty in Aiyawatt's absence. It just stinks to me, looks horrendous on the TV. Are the other Director's not capable or worthy of sitting a row in front? Does Aiyawatt demand this as a show of respect? The optics just look awful to me, I know we have bigger problems but the culture of the club is just all wrong from top down. Surely no other club does this?

How can a manager come in and not see the leadership problems in this squad and not change the captain or vice captain. Not that we are awash with candidates. Changing the culture starts with captains. How Okoli, Ayew, Stolarczyk, Mavididi, Choudhury are continuing to be given minutes is just beyond me at this point.

He tackled well and recovered from mistakes, in possession he is just absolutely awful. Wasteful, lazy, lax... just stolen a living on good money for years. How has he got the armband too, disgrace.

The scariest part of this is this remark: "Leading our Senior Leadership Team, Kevin and Jon bring more than 45 years of combined organisational knowledge to their roles and a deep understanding of the Club’s culture and traditions." So, during the biggest downturn in affairs on and off the field in the clubs history. The men in charge of the purse strings and the football team are being promoted. This is now beyond parody. I am absolutely dumbstruck by this approach! Culture. What a word. Anyone with even the smallest percentage of any of their basic senses can see the culture is rotten throughout. This is yet more evidence of more back slapping and being blind to the truth. I think this is the death knell of this great football club. Today should be seen as the beginning of the end. We are sleepwalking to oblivion and if we don't get these sycophantic charlatans out of this football club we will fall out of existence. On a less serious but nonetheless important note, the commerical director whose served for a hated far-eastern owner at other clubs is yet more evidence of the insular parasitic leadership. The technical director is taking some chance on this all working out. I cannot fathom why you would leave Man City to come here, even for a promotion. No issues solved, no internal reflection of where did it all go wrong? Just doubling down on the broken model and effectively putting that broken model on steroids. Madness.

Fingers crossed this useless mercenery is now as far away from Rowett's plans as can be. Pathetic tonight. With someome more lively up front we may of nicked that.

Aiyawatt's gone and really f**ked it up! Really f**ked it up! Really f**ked it up! (Yellow Submarine) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're killing our club You're killing our club King Power You're killing our club ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wages at 110% of turnover, you'll never sing that! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- F**k off Jon Rudkin, Oh what can it mean to a brown nosing b**tard and a s**t football team! (Sleepy Jean)

This!

He's just crap. Add him to the list.

The bloke is poison. Yet we pander around him as fans and the club. We should publicly shame him, a manager with b*ll*cks would say. Yes he is the highest earner in the squad and his attitude is disgusting. Unless his attitude changes he will not be playing for the club.

Picking up a wage for another 18 months.

Keep picking merceneries. They will keep letting you down. Braindead to go in for that challenge. Clear red.... then laughing and joking on the way off. Another one here semi-retired. Picking up a pension boost. I hope he never plays for us again.

Honourable mention for Marton Fulop RIP. Was brilliant for a short while and the biggest standout keeper we had from Ian Walker leaving to probably Kasper coming.

Have a day off! He's so bad!

It's been pretty obvious for a number of years (since we moved to the £100m 5 star hotel and health and wellness spa at Seagrave, ironically) that we haven't been anywhere near it fitness wise. We are outran and out-desired by every team we play. Steve Cooper had them fit and running for the short time he was here. If he stayed it may of gone a long way to having a chance of actually staying up. I distinctly remember Dean Smith commenting on it when he arrived too. It comes down to culture, leadership and desire... and we have none.

Puel - the bloke thought Demarai Gray was a better option up front than Jamie Vardy. On this alone, he should be recognised how poor he actually was. Rodgers - bottled top 4 twice, won FA Cup in mostly empty stadiums, built the current toxic, egotisical, spineless squad we are currently struggling to dismantle. All on mega money! What exactly has been made up?

He needs to go. That much is clear. However the bigger issue is the fact that the Owner and Director of Football can't select anyone noteworthy. This goes back through all of the King Power years in all honesty. If you look through every appointment they've made, apart from realising the mistake in sacking Pearson the first time and bringing him back, every other appointment has been a questionable... Sven - big name disaster Ranieri - Lucky pick (probably only got the job because Vichai was a Chelsea fan) and long term fell apart Shakespeare - picked with emotion attached, good number 2s don't always make great number 1s. Puel - Boring, painful, egotisical Rodgers - self-obsessed, image obsessed, took too much control and dismantled successful recruitment for his own ends, the real beginning on the current decline Smith - Bad choice considering others who could of done better short term at that time, could of been OK if given 3 more games. Maresca - selfishlessly sold himself to the first highest bidder - only ever going to be short term. Cooper - Doomed to start with, cheap option, too hasty to sack RvN - poor, out of his depth, unproven Marti - cheap, out of his depth, clueless We hear alot about aura, great interviews, the people in charge of our football club seemingly always get the wool pulled over their eyes by snake oil salesmen. Either that or Rudkin is that paranoid about being outed as the fraud he is he scuppers any decent appointment in favour of poor ones so his authority remains unquestioned.

..and still the best centre forward on the books. Makes me physically sick.

Has been for 2 and a half years.

For their second today, a decent keeper will make 1 of 3 choices. 1. Get it and win it... 2. Make a proper attempt at winning it and get clattered and fouled (need bottle for this!) 3. Stay on your line and deal with a header on goal... The option he took, standing where he thinks the ball will land at head height expecting to catch it unchallenged then falling over expecting a foul was shocking. Yet another sad indication of the mental fortitude this crop of players hasn't got.

Leadership - The biggest problem at the club is culture. That comes from the top, pun not intended. Aiyawatt is AWOL most of the time, Rudkin runs the club day-to-day, he clearly isn't respected by players or fans and makes poor decision after poor decision on recruitment and retention. He is teflon. The club is a rudderless ghost ship. The squad - 6 out of the 10 highest earners in the division play for us, 4 of them can't get a game (Winks, Faes, Soumare, Daka) they are exactly why we struggle as it's probably £1m a month in wages on them alone, imagine this better invested! The other 2 are Skipp and Vestergaard. Vestergaard is everything that is wrong with this club too, honking attitude, toys out of the pram on multiple occasions, on the pitch slow cumbersome and horrendous attitude. Like it or not, Ayew is the best option up front, I hate to say this as I think he is a horrible footballer, another with a poor attitude, but other than playing an unproven 17 year old there, he's the best option. (For what it's worth I'd rather see the 17 year old!) Our Captain's legs are failing him, another I'd imagine on top money, our vice-captain is the drink-driving oaf who should of been sold/released/disposed of long ago! We gave a 4 year contract doubling our Left-back's wages when it is highly doubtful he is capabale of consistency in this division. We have a bang average goalkeeper. Our starting wingers have shocking attitudes and are Jekyll/Hyde type performers, more often Hyde. The squad have been weak mentally for some years, since the Brendan Rodgers downfall really, there aren't any real inspiring leaders within. No one who will take the bull by the horns and drag the rest of them through. The manager - to not know his playing style, what he wants out of the side, his philosphy, his impact, his clear lack of consistently being able to motivate the squad is a huge worry. For what it's worth I think the issues highlighted amongst the squad it would be difficult for anyone to get a consistent tune out of what we have. He needs to show more courage to completely banish the bad apples, and protect the young lads coming in. He needs to publicly state his intentions, publicly out wantaway bad attitude players. How refreshing would it be if he came out and said: "Winks, Faes and Soumare have no future at this club and will not be picked whilst I am the manager! That being said the young lads filling their spots will make mistakes but their effort and development is what we are trying to encourage." But he won't, if you keep going back to a poisoned well and expecting fresh water, eventually it will cost you. He will pay with his job for not showing the courage to do what every fan can see, if he called it out at least the fans would respect him, he is towing the company line and he will probably be disposed of anyway. He might aswell go down swinging. On the pitch the least he should be doing is ensuring we are defensively sound and physically fit, I don't see either! How do we go forward from here.... apart from a Nigel Pearson/Martin O'Neill type character we will struggle to stay in this division this season with the impending points deduction, despite spending fortunes on wages and transfer fees over the last few years. We have assembled a squad of feeble minded prima donnas. The abject decline of this football club under this ownership is quite frankly a disgrace and the legacy Vichai left has completely eroded now. The sooner King Power up and leave us the better. I fear with the sentimentality of the stadium they will only leave kicking and screaming after every last molecule of what was previously built has been destroyed.

It's like they none of them are wanting to get hurt or be too tired for their big Christmas Night out in London later.... a gutless, spineless bunch we have. Disgrace.

That is the worst performance since Forest away in the FA Cup. 2 steps forward 3 steps back. He will never acheive consistency.

This bloke isn't anywhere near it. He's a liability.

Needs a song. I think he can be a real cult hero for us if he keeps this up! "I would rather be a Skippy than a Winks, I'd rather be a Skippy than a Winks, I'd rather be a Skippy, rather be a Skippy, rather be a Skippy than a Winks, he's a cvnt!"