King Claudio

Not sure he'd even want it. 

Good episode.

One point on the pod really hit home for me — the whole “agents” issue. It barely gets discussed, yet for me it’s one of the biggest frustrations with KPFC.

The attitude from some of these players is embarrassing, and the recruitment has been a shambles. We’ve ended up with a string of duds, and somehow we’re the ones paying agents for the privilege. The likes of Wasserman are taking us for idiots

In any normal situation, if you kept buying something that turned out to be rubbish, you wouldn’t keep going back to the same shop. But in football, we seem stuck in the same cycle with the same agencies, burning through what little money we have.

2 hours ago, splinterdream said:

Which seasons cock ups is worse do we reckon?

 

16/17 

22/23

24/25

25/26

 

????????????????

21/22 was pretty bad... according to transfer market.com

Daka 30m Euros

soumare 20m Euros

vestegaard 17.5m Euros

bertrand - vaguely remember him being in 90k a week. 

11 hours ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

Why isn’t Robbie Nielsen mentioned? 

He was terrible 

1 hour ago, LukeyZade said:

Walsh?

Remember that crap winger we kept getting on loan from Sunderland. Actually his name was Welsh 

3 minutes ago, alanyoung said:

Colin Hill got Player of the Season!

I was referring to Ricky Hill. Colin Hill was decent. The first player I saw who was an international 😂 

Tough call Pressman or  Mcgivern, Hill, Maybury, Hughes, Hamill, Johnson, Lewis, Low, Walsh, Hammond, 

13 minutes ago, rruunneerr said:

Would Make sense as he has a sizeable buyout clause, also no doubt want to finish the season and get Lincoln promoted. 

So Lincoln go up and we go down (which is a reality with Kong in charge) I can't imagine he'd want to move to us 

1 hour ago, Happy Fox said:

If King is given the league game against Southampton we are well and truly ****ed, another game where we won’t even get a point.

Surely, even if they announced something tomorrow, they'd likely only be "in the stands" for Southampton. We really need to avoid that scenario for the following game. 

1 hour ago, stu said:

As someone who grew up with him, if I got the opportunity to speak to him again I’d tell him to stay the hell away, keep on doing his thing at Lincoln and get that promotion under his belt, then reassess in the summer.

 

In the condition the club is in now it would severely damage his career if comes now.

 

We are on the way down and anyone associated with the club will be dragged through the mud with us, he doesn’t want that on his CV.

 

Stay at Lincoln and become a legend there first before you consider anything else.

I'd counter that by asking what job realistically would he be hoping for? Taking my blue tinted specs off, there aren't many bigger jobs in the championship even consodering three relegated clubs next season. 

If I were assessing Prob Leicester, Ipswich, Birmingham, Southampton, Sheffield united, Norwich if you take out Cov and Boro plus maybe Wolves and West Ham are the bigger teams and one of those is available now, why wouldn't you jump?

I always thought Mark Davies looked excellent when we signed him from wolves on loan. 

7 minutes ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

Maybe the yet to be announced manager is,  influencing behind the scenes whilst his contractual situation is being sorted, Mr X who's  presented a wish list of loan prospects and player profile targets? 🤷‍♂️

Do we know anyone that would have first hand knowledge of Man City and Chelseas top class youngsters and be very specific on what's required 🤔

 

I initially thought similar - however id be more inclined to believe it is straight out of the glover playbook- Raid man city and Chelsea for their youngsters. A little lazy but tried and tested.

I could also believe we tapped up Maresca to give us a tip off about potential targets which would if true make a mockery of our scouting system. 

What has Carsley done that makes people think he would do a decent job? He looked pretty woeful when in charge of England. 

13 hours ago, FLAN said:

OPA is spineless in his interviews. First time I’ve heard him actually put anything to Marti this season about the lack of fight but frames it as “everyone else is saying”. Get some guts 

It's not a case of being spineless. When someone’s job is to ask questions, they should reflect what people are already discussing, not their own views. If many are raising a concern, bringing it up isn’t bias — it’s simply doing the job. Their personal opinion doesn’t matter, because the question is grounded in public discourse, not individual judgement.

13 minutes ago, Fox85 said:

What evidence do you have that Andy King is a worse manager than Marti?

 

Andy King might not be as experienced but I can guarantee he will get a tune out this team and put together decent results until the summer.

 

 

I don't think you can guarantee that. 

He's a big part of the set up now so I can't imagine it would improve much of at all. 

9 minutes ago, Kasey Keller said:

Because he paid his own release clause and we are skint.

We could have gone for Wilder who wouldn't have had a release clause. Would have been a lot better 

He's only training with us.

No co-incidence this comes in a week following the rumours of Winks poor attitude in training.

If he's an experienced pro with a good attitude, it can only be a good thing that some of this is passed onto the youngsters 

Similar mindset with the Begovic signing

Another great pod- always enjoy the alert telling me there is a new episode. 

Interesting that you all believe the crowd would support us if we were three down with young players in the team- of course this is the way it should be. 

I'm not convinced myself - last night there were quite a few on the pitch and the negativity is back with a bang.

It was an atrocious second half. 

3 hours ago, Kent said:

The Telegraph article directly contradicts that.

 

"Traditionally, a technical director is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the football aspects of a club, overseeing recruitment, coach development, performance analysis, sport science and strategy.

 

Telegraph Sport understands that while Rudkin remains a key figure in the club’s hierarchy, the plan is to appoint a new technical director to take control of recruitment and scouting."

If they are serious about improving communication, a good start would be to clarify the structure and who's role is what so we know who is accountable. 

18 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Apple AI summary of the article:


Leicester City are undergoing a major overhaul of their football operations, appointing their first-ever technical director to take control of recruitment and scouting. This move comes amid pressure from supporters due to recent relegations and financial struggles. While Jon Rudkin will remain as director of football, the new technical director will oversee various football departments, working closely with the head of senior recruitment.

Can someone explain to me what the point is of having a Technical Director to "take control of recruitment and Scouting" when we have Martyn Glover who's job title is "Head of Senior scouting and recruitment". 

Rudkin in the background sticking in his worthless two penneth as well At best it's going to be a case of too many chiefs with them all tripping over themselves. 

Can we please stop creating extra tiers of management to protect people who aren't good enough. 

3 hours ago, AjcW said:

I can't ****ing stand the 'we don't care' chant, needs to just switch back to clear and simple "we want Rudkin out" along with other KP/Top stuff.

Agreed. Ripped off from Newcastle and doesn't even make sense in our scenario. 

16 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Looking at the odds for the Southampton job will be a mirror image of us if we get rid of Cifuentes. 
So based on that and the fact we won’t look at anyone who hasn’t managed in this country and has to be readily available it’s gonna be one of - Hassenhutl, Gary O’Neil, Martin, Carvahal, or Wagner. 
I think it’ll be Martin unless Southampton are stupid enough to reappoint him. 

None of these inspire much confidence 

Great comments from Jord re the manager. Fully agree regarding we need to try and get behind a manager and changing won't have the impact people seem to think it will. 

I'm still trying to work out the Kylie comment but did make me laugh 🤣 

2 hours ago, Spanner73 said:

Absolutely !!!!!!!!!
We’ve got some thick fookers here honestly brain dead and can’t see a disastrous regime right in front of them, let’s blame the manager again ! Give me strength ffs 

I can't see that another manager would have any more impact. Marginal gains at best. 

We aren't suddenly going to have a decent striker.