OldBob

I know this will get hate but I think as much as the decision making has been poor and the fact we have gone from being a top 6 club to being relegated twice nearly, but for what the King Power have done for this club completely obliterates the negatives. Yes, We have an owner who is being incompetent through lack of business experience which has resulted in being too loyal to Rudkin and others by not sacking them. But this isn’t a case of him not loving the club still like some owners of other clubs have done. I take the view put pressure on him to make the hard decisions but don’t completely through him and the family business into the mud by displaying this banner. As well as someone else pointed out it being the same airspace his dads helicopter situation happened, it just makes us as a fanbase look a bit of joke to be honest. This is from someone who has not enjoyed the football style since 2017 and thought the countless managers we have employed haven’t embodied the football this club has built success on with Ranieri and Pearson and even to the O’Neill days.

Of course you can look at ticket pricing, cost of living, relegation etc but every other fanbase would have to deal with this. So why are we any different? I think there’s two huge factors that have knocked the atmosphere/passion out of the fan base. Firstly winning the league. it’s never ever getting better than that. What ever happens from here on, is secondary to what we have achieved. It’s like we’ve been in a hangover since 2016. Secondly is, we have played a brand of football that no matter what the football connoisseurs try and have u believe, it’s pure boring dross (Side to side, passing, back to the defenders constantly). Tactics that kill freedom of expression. I’m not just talking about highly creative players. Look at the likes of Paul Gallagher hitting shots from 30 yards, Steve Howard roughing up a defence, hitting the ball long to the likes of Jamie Vardy of old to run on to etc. The game should be more than just possession. I think If the club finds it’s identity in the way we play again (playing direct football and hard to beat like we did pre 2017) it would be a start to getting back to better times. Let’s be honest we haven’t played like a real Leicester City side since Craig Shakespeare was in charge.

The culture on the field was down to him and his head of recruitment (who he’d brought with him from Celtic) . Not Rudkin or anyone else behind the scenes. He set the tone. I actually believe the board put all their eggs in one basket with him in terms of backing him in transfer markets, letting him sink our club so far into his final season with us. Everything wrong about the current squad stems from his time at the club yes behind the scenes we have made way too many mistakes with buying and selling players etc but in my opinion, if we had at least a decent manager and not a career manager, we would of stayed up. That Scottish league has worked wonders for truly average coaches at best (Rodgers, Gerrard, Neil Lennon etc)

This! We can look at the board’s decision making behind the scenes all we want (and rightly so). But Rodgers impact was hugely negative. That FA cup win was the biggest plaster over a complete failure as a manager for us in the league. like what’s said above, he inherited a top squad. And make no mistake he was employed to get us top 4! We were on the brink of this despite Puel being a rubbish manager. Rodgers FAILED twice and then blamed the squad. The teams around us, trying to get that fourth position were all shockingly bad as well. This wasn’t entitlement, it was what should of happened under a decent manager. I started to doubt him as a manager around the same time as our FA Cup win. Our defence was getting worst and worst each year, the refusal to stop passing out from the back, when we were under pressure. And what everyone over looks… Vardy was a far better player before Rodgers came in. You can pull up all the stats you want, no matter what numbers you produce because on paper they were good numbers. He would have got twice as much if our owners had employed a counter attacking manager at the time. This was Vardy with unbelievable pace if you remember. The worst decision we made under his time as manager was employing his man from Celtic as our head of recruitment. That single handily impacted this club for years to come. This was the moment that started to change the mentality of the overall squad. Look at the players since then. Lots of talent in some cases but a poor mentality! I think the problems we have now are because the squad now still has that same mentality that Rodgers installed all those years ago, from his direct influence as a coach or the players he brought in at the time (Quitters, blame game, lack of focus and character etc). Biggest conman in football all hidden by amazing PR

Atmosphere wise, nothing will compare to the 2016 season but to say we only had a handful of games that it was rocking is just not true. I could point to the obvious seasons when we had successful campaigns like winning league 1 or getting promotion from the championship but even seasons that didn’t materialise at the end of them, had an all round better atmosphere at the King Power. The Sven era or the seasons with Pearson where we didn’t get promotion. Agree with your point about there being a feeling of us never getting to those heights again after winning the league. I do think that was factor, because even I began not being as bothered when we lost games as I would have before 2016. But I think now it’s been a couple of years since that season, the hunger is back for seeing our club do the very best it can.

Great PR for the club if they get Potter to be fair. The media love him. Apart from that, dreading his appointment. Would go far as saying, I’d even prefer the likes of Warnock and Big Sam. He’ll appease the football connoisseurs on here but mark my words, this man is Puel with an English accent. It’ll be side to side, slow ‘progressive’ football. The 5 minute highlight reels might look great but for us fans in the stadium, who have to watch the full game, it’ll be a soulless watch.

We did exist before 2016 you know… 2017 was a hangover season from winning the league. So it was expected (Apart from the champions league nights) the atmosphere fell off a little. But the real turning point was appointment of Puel. Since then it has massively declined. To the point of even when we have been winning matches and getting promotion. It hasn’t been nearly half as enjoyable as it should be. We’ve had seasons in the championship, where we haven’t got promotion at the end, that have been far more enjoyable and exciting to watch

You're talking codswallop son! Old Burnley and Old Bolton would have a field day against current Fulham and Brighton. Wouldn’t even be close. Real Madrid have just won the champions league having less possession and playing very direct…. West Ham have got into Europe in recent times and won a trophy playing that style… Everton would have finished mid table without the points deduction. Despite having no half decent striker most of season…

Only have to look at the atmosphere at the king power for the past couple years and realise it’s a result of this style of football. I remember Rodgers trying to claim the fans need to encourage the players more (ie be louder), when not understanding the reason the fans are quiet is because of his sides football is slow and boring.

He’ll be ready after a long hot summer

Dyche. But we’ve missed the boat with him unfortunately

Best comment I’ve seen on here for a while. Completely agree every point you made. It’s football for the prawn sandwich brigade who want a peaceful afternoon out

First one looks like a cross between the Milk Tray man and Captain Birdseye Second one, wouldn’t trust to walk my dog

Yeah, if you can’t win the game, don’t lose it. Someone should have told Rodgers this when we were plummeting down the league.

This! 💯 Also the point about us being poor after Kante left. Well we had just won the league against all odds… the team was always gonna have a dip after that. Seemed to do pretty well in the champions league anyhow. The myth about us just relying on those three players in Mahrez, Vardy and Kante is rubbish. Yes they had key roles but the whole team knew their jobs and played to their max. I remember when Vardy was suspended and Ulloa came in and did brilliant. That’s the type of versatility we miss!