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Ex Fox Calvin Bassey putting Fulham in front. Sweet..😎

He's stealing a wage, same as the players are. But there won't be a queue of quality candidates to replace him, given it's nailed-on they'd be stitched up by the "captain" and his cohorts on the pitch and by Rudkin and Whelan off it. We're reaching the stage where giving Andy King the gig for the rest of the season may be the only option available to the powers-that-be. 😟

Except he didn't. Three of the first-choice players (Fuchs, Kanté, and Okasaki) in the title side never played for him, while three others (Simpson, Drinkwater and Albrighton) were only fringe players. In addition, Mahrez, Vardy and Morgan all improved massively under Ranieri, plus Schmeichel was a Sven-Goran Eriksson signing. Even Pearson's own coaches admitted the great escape was largely down to Esteban Cambiasso's leadership on the field rather than the manager's off it.

Don't feel any sympathy for him, especially as he sees more money in a day than most Foxes will do in a year. As "captain", Vardy has been expected to set standards for his team-mates and fellow squad members. And so he has done - but not in the way we may have hoped. How can he call out sub-standard team-mates when his own performances have so often come up well short of the mark? He was over the hill two seasons ago and is even more so now. Anyone who can't see he is one of the biggest scammers at the club, is (as St Nigel might put it) an ostrich.

Except those of us who can look back well beyond 2010 know this is not true.

Knowing Rudkin as we do, there could well be a clause in Vardy's contract that states he has to start EVERY game when he's fit. RVN will also be aware of the tantrum Vardy threw when being subbed against Chelsea, which set off the chain of events that brought him to our club. The "captain" still has delusions that he can somehow spark the Great Escape Mark 2. But every game that passes sees the chances of that happening becoming ever more remote. Vardy has had his moments this season - most notably in both of the Spurs games and against West Ham and Brighton. More often than not, though, he's looked like a weak tribute act - a pale shadow of the force that once wreaked havoc on opposing defences. Hope he can make a dignified exit at the end of the season before his legacy is tarnished even further.

As, of course, is Jon Rudkin, who would have signed off this appointment.. Would like to think King has been fast-tracked into the position entirely on merit. But fear this may be another example of the culture of cronyism at work within our club.

As I recall, the Trust membership re-elected the leaders UNANIMOUSLY (or at least without any form of noticeable dissent) at the recent AGM. Breaking off relations with the club would have served no purpose, given that Whelan and co would still have been happy to give briefings to lapdogs like Cliff Ginetta and others.

Indeed, though Vichai made sure we only saw his good side whenever he came to Leicester. Skeletons or not, though, KP have kept season ticket prices (though not match day ones) relatively cheap compared to other Premier League clubs. This may help to explain why protests to date have been relatively limited and not reached the scale witnessed elsewhere (at Spurs, for example).

The Robert Peel's still about, though. It was my venue of choice for a lunchtime tipple while working at DMU back in the day.

David Lowe (ex-City striker from the 1990s) has the gig right now. He had a decent result yesterday, seeing off a Plymouth side who were flying after their two wins earlier in the week.

But this mentality has been around the club for decades, long before King Power came on the scene. Prior to 2010, successive owners had offered generations of largely lower-league dross. And there are plenty of folk, even on here, who would rather see us win regularly at Championship level (or even lower) than seek to compete with some of Europe's top sides. The reset is not only needed within the corridors of the stadium and Seagrave. It needs to take root within the minds of those conditioned to believe that ambition and imagination are dirty words. That process will be tough and isn't going to happen overnight. But those who want far more than the drivel served up by Leicester City in recent times must continue to speak out. It's the only way of bringing the change we need. If we fight, we may not win. But if we don't fight. defeat is inevitable.

The protest was not "silly", nor has it "failed". It has drawn national - perhaps even global - attention to the discontent that exists within sections of the City fanbase. And that discontent will remain for as long as the current "director of football" remains in his post. Promoted several levels beyond his capabilities, Rudkin has sought to hide his glaring inadequacies by over-indulging key personnel at the club. His persistence with Brendan Rodgers two seasons ago and, with Jamie Vardy now, are just two examples of his severely limited powers of judgement. But he will not enjoy the spotlight that is now being shone upon him. Foxes must take every opportunity to advise him that the spotlight will not go away, until he does!

We had a transfer embargo throughout 02-03 and a very limited transfer budget - among the lowest in Premier league history - the year afterwards, during which we also lost Muzzy Izzet (our top player in that side) for several months through injury. Relegation was therefore not a total shock. But Micky Adams was burnt out by the summer of 2004 and should have walked then. Instead, he flooded the squad with has-beens and set the club back years.

But he had a lot fewer injuries to deal with!

If you checked out the Foxes Trust website and read the match reports, you'd see many of the active members are anything but, "happy clappers".

Could it be forever before we stop seeing puns like this? Not that anyone under 50 will have a clue about them anyway.. 😄

Careful.. there are folk on here who STILL swallow the club's insistence that it's a "world-class" facility that inspires players of quality to give their best for Leicester City FC. In reality, it's a Rudkin vanity project, incurring debts which won't be repaid for decades.

At least there was some sort of excuse for that. There were playoffs the following week and players didn't want to risk injury for them.

Yes, and I was one of them. Unlike many, I stayed until the final whistle, then left. Some of those who went appreciated the hollow gesture from the players (just as some did after recent bad home defeats). Most recognised it for what it was, though.

Nope, that was Leeds. Although we did have a caretaker in charge that night. At least we created some decent chances vs Wolves. Apart from a late shot from Daka, which Pickford saved with ease, we created nothing whatsoever today.

And within seconds, some away fans started the "Jamie Vardy's magic" chant.. Needless to say, there was zero evidence of that today. Starting him every week at his age is insane enough. But giving him the armband too??

They never showed any in the game, though. So why expect them to do so afterwards?

He's working the ticket, just as Rodgers was two seasons ago. But he's been knifed by those who wouldn't give him any meaningful amount to spend in this transfer window. Not even Pep or Ancelotti could do anything with this weak squad. Expect maximum toxicity when Arsenal dish out a hiding in two weeks' time.

Best bet is to go across Stanley Park and drink in one of the pubs near Anfield.