ian__marshall

@Silva Fox Finally

Don't understand why you're all being so critical. Such a well written piece, demonstrating his passion for the cause. He comes across as such an articulate, well educated young man. Evidently has the best interests of the club at heart. Can't believe we have fans questioning his motives. People have short memories around here. You do realise it wasn't that long ago we were playing League One football. You should all be so grateful for the last 10 years. If it wasn't for him and his family we'd still be playing the likes of Yeovil Town. Just highlights the hypocrisy amongst our fans on this forum. Bet you'll all happily tuck into your free Doughnut and enjoy your Coconut drinks tomorrow.

The lad's incredibly talented, has the technical ability to go on and be a superstar. His biggest shortcoming at the moment is he tries too hard and doesn't always release the ball when he should. That said I don't think it's any coincidence that this has become more prevalent since Ruud came in and suddenly just benched him despite being our best player at the time. That would have rocked his confidence massively. He's at that age where he wants to prove himself, and most players at his stage of development who suddenly find game time limited instinctively will default to trying a risky flick, taking on one man too many, or looking for the killer pass that has a 5% chance of success to try and impress the coach, even though the reality is that when it doesn't come off it only reinforces the reasons for not playing them. It'll be exacerbated by the fact that he'll know Brighton will be tracking him closely too, so will also be keen to impress them and stake a claim for 1st team football. Whilst I understand the need to sometimes take a hard line stance with flair players and reign in their tendency to over play in-order to instill the mindset that you also have to be less reckless, there is a fine line, and if you're not careful you can coach the creativity out of them to the point where they end up looking like a shadow of the player they're capable of being. I think he needs to play more personally. I just think Ruud needs to coach him better on the situations and areas of the pitch where you can and can't take risks.

I take it that was how much we were willing to pay another club to take him off our hands?!?

Please do one Ric, getting withdrawal symptoms. Please don't deviate, it wouldn't be the same without a Ric Flair Rudkin transfer rant, and let's be honest we're all thinking the same and it's a weekly dose of therapy for a lot of us 😂

Agree with this 100%. The original breach was serious mismanagement of the finances, but giving the club some leeway they gambled and it went very wrong. However the transfer fees recovered over the past 2 year's, and more importantly the wages that have dropped out of the accounts should surely see us in a much healthier position. If that's not the case given how much wages in particular accounted for, then we have some catastrophic issues in terms of the day to day running of the club.

I guess it depends which stat you look at approx. 1 in 2.25 per 90, or 1 in 3.74 goals to appearances. Agree with the point about playing level, big question mark for me,especially given his stats are solely derived from lesser leagues. The fact he's 29 with no resale value, I'm not convinced he's what we need, unless we are looking to recruit for next season in the Championship, in which case it could be a decent signing as he has a decent return at that level.

Akpom's goals to games ratio is awful, surely we can do better than this.

Wow, was livid with the line up but Dad's Army have come up with an amazing result!

Listening to 5live with a slight delay and following the game on this forum isn't good for the nerves.

Surely he's on borrowed time now. I don't disagree that we need a culture reset and a reshuffle both on and off the pitch. This pretty much confirms relegation now. There's simply not enough time left. Whether Ruud is the right man to oversee the revolution I have no idea. What is alarming is that he seems happy to call out a young player and another player who's struggling to get minutes, yet seems content with keepung senior players who've consistently been poor onside. Where's the criticism of Faes, Justin and Ward for all the howlers? Winks and Skipp for regularly putting in half arsed performances, and Vards for missing 4 sitters in the last 2 games?!? Instead he wants to call out a kid who's developing, for a 20 minute cameo which whilst poor, certainly wasn't any worse than anyone else, along with accusing another who hasn't stepped onto the pitch for months of falling over all the while. It's just utterly bizarre behaviour and borderlines either a bully boy mentality or someone who needs support in terms of their mental health. I swear that in some alternate universe, Leicester City is a highly popular soap opera watched by millions. You just couldn't make up half the stuff that goes on at our club.

Yet another glowing example of how well our club is run. Wait until the final stretch of the window with the world and his dog knowing how desperate we are for new players, then borrow money knowing full well it'll have to be filed with a public body. Everyone now knows not only are we desperate but we also have a a load a cash in the bank. Genius idea when you have someone like Rudkin negotiating deals on your behalf, what could possibly go wrong?!?

Got absolutely nothing against the bloke on a personal level, but he's not the right man for the job at this moment in time. If there's even the slightest possibility we could bring in Dyche it's a no brainier for me. We simply have to stop conceding the number of goals we have all season. If the board aren't willing to invest in a better defence, they need to bring in a manager with a track record of setting up a hard to beat team. Dyche wouldn't be pretty but he knows how to organise a defence and expects 100% from his players. At this stage I'll take unattractive football if it gives us a chance of staying in the league. With the run of fixtures between now and Wolves away, we have everything to gain as my most optimistic outlook is 5 points during the run ahead under Ruud's leadership. That would leave us having to achieve near title winning form from our remaining 5 games which being realistic isn't going to happen, so we might as well roll the dice and see what happens.

Thought Buono was OK the other night. Don't mind Ayew but he's not a starter, and agree with the comment above, as much as I dislike Daka, it's a lot to ask of Vardy to yet again lead the line.

Desperately need a win today. The run of fixtures after this game up until the end of April is scary. At best I can see us picking up 5 points over those games. With a win today that'd put us on 22 points. We'd then need a minimum of 12 points from the final 5 to stand any chance. Hate to say it but the our chances of survival look bleak unless we have a sudden unexpected upturn in form.

Absolutely awful performance tonight, really have to question why we as fans bother to go at times. There's so much wrong with this team it's shocking! The back four all need replacing. Not a single one of them is PL standard. Until that happens we'll not improve. Our movement in the final third is also non-existent. The amount of times tonight the ball was picked up in midfield and Winks in particular looked up and there were no options on. He looked so frustrated with the situation. What are the coaching staff doing in training, or is this simply down to the fact that the FBs can't defend and the wingers are having to cover so deep that it's impossible for them to get that far forward on the turnover?!? Our patterns of play to the eye look like they've improved which is a positive since RVN came in, however we're still conceding two goals every game, and no team can stay up under those circumstances. Furthermore, whereas before we were at least scoring goals, they've now dried up too. RVN needs to sort the defence out ASAP if we're to stand any chance of surviving because we're giving ourselves way too much to do every game. I felt for Vards tonight. Absolutely love the bloke as a player, but he's no longer the man who can be our saviour. No team with any aspiration of survival in the PL should be relying solely on a 38 year old as their goalscorer for the entirety of a season. His age is catching up with him and he should be our option off the bench rather than starting every game. That said, Daka certainly isn't the man to replace him so we need to consider other options. Having now had a chance to catch up with the TV highlights and watch the goals back, both are truly awful. I've been relatively supportive of Jannick until now, but after watching that 1st goal back, what on earth was he doing? Mateta is literally next to him throughout the whole play and he still let's him get on his wrong side. As for the 2nd, some serious questions need to be asked about our defending of that set piece. When the ball is played into the box we have 7 Leicester outfield players plus the keeper defending against 5 Palace players. Neither CB is picking anyone up. Justin and Skipp are both man marking the same player who incidentally is the man Faes should be marking. As a consequence with Justin positioned centrally he's not covering the right side leaving McAteer responsible for looking after Guehi. The whole thing is just a mess, and you have to question whether this how they're being coached to defend such situations, and if it is who is responsible as they need to be shown the door sharpish. To conclude my cheerful summary, Palace were almost as bad as us tonight, but yet again just like the Wolves game we've not only thrown away an opportunity to get some points on the board but we've also given a direct competitor the chance to put a bit of daylight between us. We either need to back RVN in the transfer market this window and go for broke, or accept we've got the appointment completely wrong and look to appoint someone who can actually set this lot up to stop conceding sloppy goals left, right, and centre.

I'm not sure that Sunderland deal is that attractive as I can't see them going up this season so unless the loan fee is high (which it won't be) I don't really see the point. That said I would use it as a bargaining chip with Sheff Utd, and say we'll accept £7m, with 25% sell on clause, and buy back option of £12m. It's then over to them to see how desperate they are to sign him.

Anyone else reading this and getting Ant and Dec jungle vibes?!? Chelsea... It could be you. Leicester City... It might be you. Brighton... It's NOT you. Man City... It may be you. Liverpool... You're safe, it's not you. 🤣

Don't think he's anywhere near as bad as people are making out. He's clearly experiencing a crisis of confidence and like any winger when that happens you end up looking like a donkey. Barnes was no different at times. When he wasn't on it he was awful at this level. Mavididi is a bigger threat than Perez ever was and yet he somehow managed to carve out a relatively decent PL career for himself. You can see in his performances it's a confidence issue as he's turning back in situations where the full back is caught flat footed rather than pushing the ball beyond them and getting the run on them. So long as RVN sticks with him he'll come through this patch and when he does he'll have be on fire for a period of time.

Should be hitting the target from there

That's just a weird selection. Where's VK and FB?!? VK hasn't been great but if anyone needs to drop out of the backline surely it needs to be Justin. Just when it was feeling like we were starting to find a decent side this feels like a step backwards.

Yeah, wasn't sure if this is one of those grey areas as I believe if the data is available to share with a public service it falls under FOI (don't quote me on that as I'm no data governance expert). I had assumed that as what is being alleged is technically a criminal offence that said data should in theory be available to the Police therefore making this readily available even though it is a private entity. If not, maybe worth looking down the GDPR route.

No offense taken and thanks for sharing the information. Please don't give up on this, you need to fight to clear your name even if that means making the tough decision to ditch the club and take your business elsewhere. Ultimately, this will go down as a black mark against your name whether that be in future years at LCFC or even if you decide to go elsewhere which isn't right if you are innocent. I'd definitely contact a solicitor, and I'd also request a copy of the CCTV recording so that you have the evidence for your own records. I'd not normally say this, but if you're worried about legal costs, then maybe consider setting up a Go Fund Me page or similar. I know on principle alone I'd happily make a contribution and I'm sure others would too. Food for thought but worth considering.

@Dan LCFC From what you have said it sounds like this happened at an away game. Could you not submit a Freedom of Information request for the CCTV footage from the ground? There will be evidence somewhere. Not sure if you also happen to know any of the people around you at the game, but I would have thought that if you do, a testimony from them stating that they didn't witness you undertaking said act would shift the balance of probability in your favour as it'd then be on them to put forward a stronger case. Don't mean to pry but in the interests of balance had you received any previous warnings with regards to future conduct or has this come out of the blue? By all means I appreciate it may be a sensitive question so don't feel that you have to answer, but just trying to gauge the severity of the clubs actions.

Completely agree with both points. I think both can be mitigated by giving Ruud more input into the transfers. If he can a) use his contacts in the game to either get some top players who aren't getting game time or some up and coming talent who'll struggle for 1st team football at their current club, and b) sells the vision of bringing in enough quality to survive the next few seasons, I think this can be achieved in a similar way to what Howe did when he first went in to Newcastle when they were staring relegation in the face. If however it's left to Rudkin, we might as well get the wheels in motion to set up a phoenix club, as there won't be much left after the EFL have had their wicked way with us. My thoughts are we're screwed regardless, so we might as well roll the dice and hope for the best. If we overspend we know that the worst the PL can chuck at us is a 9 point deduction. If the team assembled can comfortably amass 50 points next season then we should take the hit.