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Never seen a striker tackle so hard. The needless one against a Wolves player that got him a red card. Broke the lad in two. You just love to see it.

An attempt to add some names from further afield: García Pimienta Just left Sevilla, but he's not the only manager in recent times who hasn't been able to get them back where they want to be. Made his name at Las Palmas, earned his badges at La Masia. Got Las Palmas promoted from the second tier, and kept them up. If you want to try and replicate what Maresca did with our bunch in the Championship, this guy is very similar. Las Palmas had the second highest possession stats in La Liga with him in charge. Subscribes to the rule - if you have the ball the opposition can't score. Has proven this strategy can be implemented with inferior players, but the "Gerrit forward" brigade probably won't enjoy it.

HOLD ON commercial revenue for the last year we were in the Prem was £300k?! Yet in the Champo we brought in nearly £10mil. WTF was the commercial team doing?! Ryan Reynolds probably charges that for one advert. We can have a go at Rudkin for his incompetence, quite rightly. But how on earth does a Premier League football team only bring in £300k in one year - that falls on the CEO and owner, right?! Read the statement wrong... Rudkin, Whelan and Top are still clowns, though

I can't do the screenshot approach, my phone won't let me (just get a blank image). However I do have the little "share" icon in the top right corner. Has anyone else got this, and has been able to share successfully?

Wouldn't have needed to do that if he ran the club properly in the first place

New lyrics to classic chants. Might as well embrace the mess we're in... Straight back down, straight back down, Leicester City Straight back down, straight back down, I say Straight back down, straight back down, Leicester City Playing football the Rudkin way - On Wednesday night, under the lights We'll be in Watford We'll be in Stoke Queens Park Rangers will never phase us As we go and follow our team - We're all going on a Championship tour, a Championship tour, a Championship tour, We're all going on a Championship tour, a Championship tour, a Championship tour, Dilly Ding, Dilly Dong, Dilly Ding, Dilly Dong

Fantastic article. Couldn't agree more. It's as if some members of the club have naturally run their course, and they have never bothered to replace them. I wouldn't be surprised if the younger generation of fan doesn't know who the Birch is. Where's the community outreach? Mascot prices are extortionate. Where are the guests from local schools and clubs? Where's any half time entertainment? They barely even put the scores on the screens at half time. So much is happening in Leicestershire, every day, so many people that would love to do something pre match or at half time - for free and just to be part of the club for a day. These aren't radical suggestions that you only see in American sports and the best clubs in the world, these are suggestions of stuff we used to do, and you see every weekend up and down the footballing pyramid.

Here's some context you can share with those casual football fans, or football fans that have never noticed Leicester were in the Premier League. 2015-2022 7 years, not just a blip, not just a fluke or a miracle, 7 years when Leicester were a top side. That included: Only 1 season where they finished in the bottom half. That season was the season played in the Champions League. 2 fifth-place finishes. 1 season where they spent the most time in first place (before Liverpool eventually won it) 1 year in the Europa League 1 year in the Conference League, with a semi-final finish 1 Community Sheild 1 FA Cup 1 Premier League title With all of that success, the club never capitalised commercially or organisationally, leading to, between 2021-2023 the club losing over £210million, when the Premier League rules only permit £105mil over the same period. Relegation to the Championship followed an 8th placed finish, and the year in Conference League. And now Leicester are headed for an eternity in the EFL fighting court cases, transfer embargoes and points deductions. We're not "entitled" as a fan base, we actually were a "top side", we've won trophies more recently than some other "top sides". We are entitled to a voice. Let's use it.

I think it comes back to the lack of PR and Communications at our club. Us fans feel disenfranchised by our club - with strange "business" decisions and lack of accountability. That's bad PR. But other clubs and the media don't know what's going on at Leicester, and don't have anything to report. That's bad PR. To be a good PR & Communications director you have to build relationships in the industry. We don't have a good director, so no one in the industry knows what's going on.

Has anyone actually managed to sell their ticket via the resell platform? Last season, and this, I've not been able to make a handful of games, every time I've put them on the platform, and each time they've not been sold. Also tried "forwarding" my ticket to my dad for a game, and the platform wouldn't let me, rang the ticket office, which was closed, at 11am the day before the game... Scam.

I've always found the PR and Communication from KP/Leicester City to be minimal. It didn't matter so much when we were winning, when we were making shrewd signings, selling players for mega, and announcing new training grounds and stadiums. It's why we never get a fair crack in the media and on shows like Match of the Day (Linekar will make some joke, and one of the bald ones will throw some shade), it's why good journalists struggle to write stories about us, it's why we hardly ever get linked to new transfers, it's why when they make club statements they feel so far removed from the situation, it's why when prices increase they make no sense to us. It's a strategy, it needs a PR team to be making connections with those in the media, so Leicester get some air time, but also so they can share news. It also needs a team to reach out to the community, engage with younger fans, fan groups like Foxes Trust, Union FS etc., so when they are planning a big change like season ticket prices/ digital tickets, they know how to handle it. It doesn't need Rudkin doing a Q&A or Whelan filming a selfie. It's also more than a free beer and doughnut before the game. But the fact that writers like Blackwell from the Mercury or Tanner from The Athletic never write about Rudkin or Whelan suggests to me they don't have a connection with them. But I fear there isn't a media/PR/comms team. There's no transparency around who even works at the club. My gut says it is literally Rudkin and Whelan talking to the social media guy to put out a statement when we have news to break... Tin pot.

Unfortunately, I think we've got another season and a half of the current situation. The financial rules (FFP/PSR), and the club will blame the financial rules, mean that we need to get out of this mega-debt 3-year cycle. So they'll batten down the hatches from a financial point of view, go with the bargain manager and loaning in star players, until we're out of it. Then we can rebuild. I guess the thing is us fans want to see a rebuild now, we want to see a club with a plan and an identity. But who is going to invest in a club that is riddled financially, has two league organisations breathing down its neck (EPL & EFL), and has a bunch of morons running the thing?

"I wasn't worried until you told me not to worry." I read that statement to tell us BC Game haven't actually paid for their sponsorship yet, so we could be ducked

I'm 100% here for Cooper's comments on VAR and referees. We've been nicely nicely Leicester for too long in my opinion (Play like that and we'll be absolutely fine, someone once said). I want the fight back in my team, I want "game management", I want hard tackles. If we are to be relegated this season, I don't want it to be easy for the opposition. Cooper's comments weren't really for the players, he'll be giving his instructions in the training ground. Those comments were for us the fans, and for the Premier League. The referees in this division are shite, and we can make King Power a horrible place for a referee to come. The referees in this division are incredibly easily influenced, and if a raucous King Power intimidates them into a decision in our favour I'm taking it.

The Titanic is sinking, but don't worry, they've brought a bucket.

Thought he was reborn as the "inverted full back" role next to Winks in midfield. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the legs to be bombing up and down the wing all day anymore. But he does still have the technical quality and the football brain to play in the middle. Made a huge difference last season when he was out for a few weeks and Hamza tried to play a similar role.

Enraged by the fee to watch the friendly against Shrewsbury online: £10 here, £25 there, £15 increase on kits etc etc. This isn't going to solve our financial problems, rid us of PSR worries, or generate that much revenue. It's just going to PISS OFF a lot of people. Those amounts mean far more to us the fans than they do to the club.

Definite snake behaviour from Enzo. But referencing loyalty in their statement whilst the club continues to make decisions that alienate fans. Where did I put my tiny violin?

It was so good having The Birch back before the game against Southampton. He can, and he does make a difference... Made me think, the pre-match/halftime entertainment this season has been almost non-existent. Half time they read a few birthdays out, that's it. I know The Birch can't be there every game, bless him, but who should we have to replace him??

They'd rather an empty seat than allow me to give my ticket to someone else. I've had situations this season where I've put my ticket on the resell platform, and it not sell. Whereas I could've given it to a mate, for free, who would have definitely gone. They've already had money for my season ticket, so why should it matter who sits in my seat? Is there really that much of a ticket-touting/ reselling issue at Leicester City??

The club want us to use our phones at the stadium, but don't have enough signal to send a text at half-time

Nigel as DoF 😍 Hasn't Big Wes just done his Director qualifications?

There's a difference between owners and those that run the club. Top writes the cheques. Rudkin, Whelan (and some others we have no idea about) run the show. I would like the cheques to continue. But Top needs serious help, and Rudkin and co aren't providing it.

I thought the crowd reaction at home to Norwich on Monday was what changed the game. I love Enzo-ball, the patient/baiting style. But lately teams have worked out how to play against us. Once we went one nil down to that ridiculous corner, the lads continued to play with their studs on the ball. And I think the fans could sense another 1-0 loss. So the crowd noise started... But it worked. We can still play the controlling/possession game, but play it proactively. "Get stuck in" as some fans like to say. In some ways I don't think the players changed their attitude out of spite of Enzo, I think they changed it out of spite of the crowd.

I've been an Enzo fan from the beginning, I really like the patient/baiting style we play. But it hasn't been working the past few games, teams have worked out how to play against us. We can still have loads of possession and play "tiki taka" football, but can break the opposition's defence down by being proactive with the ball. Once we went one nil down to that ridiculous corner, the lads continued to play with their studs on the ball. And I think the fans could sense another 1-0 loss. So the crowd noise started... But it worked. The response to "Get into them, f*** them up" was big headers and big tackles 25 mins of avoiding Fatawu - when that first cross-field ball from Doyle came, the crowd celebrated like we had just equalised When the ball was carried forward I heard cheers, when it went back I heard moans and grumbles And what happened? We equalised. Start of the second half, the back three were constantly looking for the cross-field ball. Fatawu and Mavididi had their best games in weeks. Basically what I'm trying to say is the jeering/moaning/cheering/shouting/swearing worked. We won 3-1. We turned the result around.