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3 hours ago, Craig said:
I can't stand the bloke, but he did a sensational job there - particularly that season.
His PPG (after taking over a side bottom of the Championship) would have been 92 points over a whole season.
They had a lucky decision in the final, but they were probably the better side and nothing to say they wouldn't have won had it finished level at FT.
Forest under Cooper were on course for yet another mediocre Championship season until THAT Cup tie against us.
Rodgers and Ward (the keeper that day) really do have a lot to answer for..😡
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3 hours ago, LCFCCKEANO said:
Think it will be Rohl or someone similarly young and driven, just don’t see us going for Dyche, would be a PR disaster that the club just can not afford right now, need someone marketable to try to bring back some of the sales they have lost
Except they haven't lost sales.
Those who have walked away have all been replaced - presumably by happy-clappies who have no problem with Rudkin and genuinely believe we'll cruise to another instant promotion no matter who the manager is.
Fear such folk could be in for a less-than-pleasant surprise..
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23 hours ago, Guppys Love Child said:
I'm inclined to agree with you there bud.
Playing god awful Enzoball invited, IMO needless pressure whilst we were pi$$ing around completing the thousand and two passes outside our 18 yd box, "looking for solutions" ( it still makes me chuckle when I think about that BS phrase dribbling out of Enzo's mouth) in the name of controlling the game. You need a top quality defence if you really want to adopt this style of play.
We were lucky most of the time...
Indeed.
Faes and Vestergaard were found out on a regular basis during the second half of that season.
If the manager. whoever he may be, is looking to rely on either or both of them next season, the coming months could be truly gruesome viewing..🤢
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Given the number of Saturday lunchtime games we'll have next season, Football Focus won't matter too much to us.
Especially now we're back outside the Premier League.
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2 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:
Hmm, Yorkshire or Miami... tough one.
Unless his Spanish is up to scratch, the second option isn't really available to Vardy.
But the Mercury told us up to FIFTEEN Premier clubs were in a bidding war for him.
The paper couldn't have been telling porkies, could it? 😯
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Carrick’s from the same "stable" (others may call it a swamp..😄) as Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville and a certain RVN.
So he shouldn't - and won't - be under any consideration whatsoever.
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4 hours ago, jayfox26 said:
We've spent hideous amounts of money on championship standard players. Skipp, Souttar, Coady, Daka etc. Not sure if Daka is even championship level to be fair.
Three of these players, including Daka, have Championship winners' medals (and in Coady's case, two).
But Souttar is still several months away from full fitness after a bad injury. So selling him won't be an option for us.
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8 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said:
Best way to consider it. Vichai left us with one of the best midfields in the league. Ndidi, Maddison and Tielemans.
Except Tielemans didn't sign for us until three months AFTER Vichai's death.
So it was Aiyawatt (NEVER use the nickname as it gives him a flattery he doesn't deserve) .who signed the cheque to bring him here, just as it was throughout the Rodgers era and under various managers since.
In fact he's spent more money during his time in charge than any other chairman in the club's history, Vichai included.
But far too much of that "investment" has been on dodgy managers and players, as well as the monumentally ill-judged, ill-timed vanity project at Seagrave.
The impact of the "world-leading training complex" on club finances has been clear ever since it opened. Sadly, the quality of the coaches and players using the facility to date has fallen well short of expectations.
Perhaps, as two years ago, the incumbent owner can find a hungry, creative and ambitious coach who can transcend (at least for a short while) the underlying toxicity at the club.
However the continuing presence of the dead hands of the clearly inadequate Jon Rudkin and Susan Whelan ensures that scenario is highly unlikely.
As the head of a young family, Aiyawatt must consider whether he is still able to give City the priority it needs, especially given the ongoing tensions facing his business in Thailand.
But he's unlikely to find anyone as willing to pour money into a financial black hole as he has been in recent seasons.
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On 04/06/2025 at 15:09, davieG said:
Not sure if true - from FB
Aston Villa's dystopian big woke joke!
Wasn't aware cave-dwellers could gain access to WiFi.. 😯
But Villa's offer is a matter for their fans to deal with. They're not being forced at gunpoint to attend WSL fixtures.
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6 hours ago, davieG said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqxe751z2z0o
What's going on with falling WSL attendances?
That article has brought out some Taliban-style types who delight in flaunting their hostility to women's sport in general, and football in particular.
But while the England team continues to be widely followed, at club level the game has become stagnant, with Chelsea winning every season, the usual suspects battling for minor places, teams like City content just to stay in the league (reminiscent of the men's teams of past eras) and promoted clubs not able to bridge the gap between the leagues.
In short, the WSL has become too predictable and it's not a surprise some are losing interest.
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3 hours ago, Bilo said:
And people on here had a pop at me when I said they were an objectively despicable club from top to bottom who relied on corruption, cheating and blind luck.
Who had a pop?
Trees coming out of the closet? 😄
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9 hours ago, Spudulike said:
Surprised that it took so long for Dawn French to remove that appalling video. Shameful on the back of other celebrities making similar mistakes. Not sure if this apology is going to be enough. M&S will be deciding if they want their brand associated with her.
BBC News - Dawn French says sorry for posting 'one-sided' Gaza video
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgmjdpme470oDreading what's going to be said by some of the Glastonbury performers.
Because saying some hurty words at a music festival is clearly equivalent to slaughtering 50000+ kids and starving even more..
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3 minutes ago, Long Eaton Fox said:
Soyuncu playing for Turkey tonight and leading so far v usa. What happened to him? He was a fantastic player
Last I saw, he was struggling to make the Fenerbahce first team under Mourinho.
Probably best to judge how he is in more competitive games, though.
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On 03/06/2025 at 22:52, Andrew said:
I can't think of anything positive to say about this man except we got 60 mill for him
FA Cup winner in his only full season for us.
Shouldn't that be positive enough?
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22 minutes ago, dayday said:
His stats was rubbish for his previous club Lille
What did our scouts see in him
Except they weren't rubbish.
Soumaré helped Lille win Ligue 1 that season, ahead of PSG.
But with Ndidi, Tielemans and Maddison as our midfield, plus Mendy, Choudhury and Pérez in reserve as well as KDH breaking through, did we really need to sign him?
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4 hours ago, James and his giant peach said:
Well you must have been able to see the future then, or were hugely ungrateful. I'm sorry but a cup win and 5th is pretty much the best season our club has ever had apart from the title win
The pandemic - and consequent lack of crowds - meant that 20-21 was slightly abnormal.
Rodgers set a record (which still stands!) of the most ever home defeats in a season for a single City manager.
Bottling a Champions League spot for the second season in a row after being in the top 4 up until the last 2 games showed the mentality issues within the squad Rodgers was never able to fix.
He never really wanted to stay with us more than two seasons anyway.
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10 hours ago, filbertway said:
I just went on to the fighting cock to see what the reaction was.
4th post i read said they should "go for the PSG guy". I closed the tab and am still none the wider.
Literally every forum has the same types of people, it's great
Even by message board standards, Fighting Cock is off the scale. 😄
There are no circumstances whatsoever where Luis Enrique would quit PSG for a basket case club like Tottenham.
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12 minutes ago, The Bear said:
If Spurs had a better season than Arsenal then they wouldn't have sacked their manager!
Spurs have been proper dog muck all season, finished bottom of the league without the relegated sides, and only just scraped past just as bad a side to win a tinpot European trophy.
Did you think the Europa League was a "tinpot trophy" when Wolves were contenders for it not so long ago? 😄
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5 hours ago, SecretPro said:
That's Soulsbys fault, he didn't want to be involved in the East Midlands Mayordom, as such we've been left out in the cold when it comes to Government funding. It's cost the city an astronomical amount of funding, all because that **** is on an ego trip and a one-man mission to take as many bungs for student accommodation as possible. Absolute ****ing rotten.
As a city leader, Soulsby passed his sell-by date in the last century (when he was actually sacked TWICE!). He has been a blight on the city for generations. 😟
But he actually did the right thing in steering clear of a deal where Leicester would have been stitched up by a Notts/Derby alliance.
He could and should be submitting Leicester's own bid for transport cash, including an expansion of bus services (especially on match days) and the building of new rail stations (including one behind the Kop).
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If these figures quoted are anywhere near accurate (recent experience, especially with attendances, suggests they should be treated with caution), then the club hierarchy will viewsthem as a massive vote of confidence.
Seems the overwhelming majority of Foxes (at least those who go to games) are willing to fork out hundreds of pounds each year for whatever dross is served up in the name of football.
It's highly unlikely that the latest stint in the lower leagues will prove to be as brief as the previous one was.
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3 hours ago, Skidmark said:
Protesting is a bit daft if i'm being honest. Yeah give up your ST because you've had enough, but protesting and getting rid of it purely for that reason plays into the clubs hands.
They sell your seat for more to a new customer, club makes more profit. Also with the price of match tickets being as they are, if they fill your seat for around 10 of the home games next season, they've made your dropped revenue.
Enjoy the games, be vocal in your need for change, but don't lose heart. We'll be back
Really?
The Championship is full of fading has-been teams (Stoke, Sheffield Wednesday, Derby among others) who thought they'd soon return to the limelight, only to be proved wrong.
What makes you so certain we'll dodge that fate?
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9 hours ago, davieG said:
Reports of deaths and injuries 'false and fabricated' - Gaza Humanitarian Foundationpublished at 11:11
11:11Breaking
The BBC has just received a response from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation following reports that dozens were killed after Israeli tanks opened fire near an aid centre in Rafah.
"It is false and fabricated. All aid was distributed today without incident," the GHF says, adding that there have been no injuries or fatalities.
"We have heard that these fake reports have been actively fomented by Hamas. They are untrue and fabricated."
As we've mentioned, our colleagues at BBC Verify are trying to establish the facts and we'll bring you the latest information as soon as we get it.
The same "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (in reality nothing of the sort) backed by both Israel and the US?
They're about as reliable, credible and impartial as "Comical Ali" was for Saddam Hussein.
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23 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:
First paragraph is obviously referring to Mandaric. Although he was Serbian/American. Although we were relegated to L1 in his time, the damage was done before 2007. He took the club on the down and ended up stabilising it and bringing in Pearson which is the best move ever done by an owner of ours. That is where you can trace all the success back to, the summer before the L1 campaign. The biggest criticism I have of Milan is who he sells his clubs to. Portsmouth and Sheff Weds were awful and we are now going that way.
I had hoped the era of sycophancy towards Mandaric had long since passed, even on here. But I was clearly mistaken.. 😟
But valiant attempts to rewrite history cannot obscure the fact he became - and remains - the only Leicester City owner to take the club to the depths of third-tier football, despite having the biggest transfer budget in the Championship that season.
He then struck lucky when Rupert Lowe at Southampton decided to dump the manager who kept his club up at our expense. Even then, less than two years later, he was happy to throw Pearson and co under a bus in order to advance his own financial interests.
The most that can be said about the Mandaric episode is that we finished it in the same division that we started it.
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12 hours ago, sishades said:
Do you also believe in alien lizard shape shifters attempting to create a new world order?
That quote isn't mine, so I don't know what on earth you're on about.
King Power: A Tale of Rise and Ruin
in Leicester City Forum
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A less-than-flattering portrayal of Aiyawatt & co.
But this outlet is apparently known for twisting tales to fit its own agenda - a Thai equivalent of GB News, perhaps?
The City owner, whatever troubles he may have in Thailand, will continue to rub shoulders with our own royal elite at polo matches in England.