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The Super League was never about them leaving the PL it was a replacement for UEFA's competitions. They wanted both.

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I might have done a few years ago but age catches up with you I also have no confidence it will make any difference and the way it's crawled along so far doesn't help change that.

Wolves have had some big issues with club lately that will have increased 'engagement' / divorce comments.

Does this FAB have an power to change things, if all the fans reps are in favour of something will it happen? It strikes me as just a talking shop and from a distance LCFC aren't exactly known for listening and acting on fans requests/ideas etc. Been on a few of these in work and never been impressed.

I got the impression that Sky weren't to positive about if fearing the might not get any TV contract after all it's been a while since they've got any Euro matches.

Having read his book I find myself saying bring back Pierpoint he'd had this like FNF

All seem very middle class, not intending to be patronising and not even sure how to describe what I mean but where's your average joe (M/F) 'shop floor' person who's just goes to enjoy the football on and off the pitch with mates or family. It seems like their job roles has got them appointed.

They could no worse than to bring back Pierpoint.

Craig Pawson to referee Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest Ahead of Friday’s clash, the Premier League have now announced the match officials for every game this weekend. For the meeting at the King Power, Craig Pawson will be the referee, Eddie Smart and Nick Greenhalgh will be his assistants, Darren Bond is the fourth official and Paul Tierney and Harry Lennard will be on VAR duty.

A truck loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus crashed yesterday losing its entire load. Witnesses were stunned, startled, aghast, taken aback, stupefied, confused, shocked, rattled, paralyzed, dazed, bewildered, mixed up, surprised, awed, dumbfounded, nonplussed, flabbergasted, astounded, amazed, confounded, astonished, overwhelmed, horrified, numbed, speechless, and perplexed.

Confused - Will there be anyone there?

Is that true, I get the distinct feeling that OFWAT have been bullied / running scared of the Water Companies for years.

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/leicester-city-premier-league-meeting-9650094 Leicester City Premier League meeting agenda revealed after legal challenge and 'misleading' claim Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive as Premier League clubs will meet on Tuesday to discuss changes to the top flight’s financial rules ByJames PallattJamie Gardner PA Chief Sports Reporter 15:12, 21 OCT 2024 Premier League clubs will meet on Tuesday to discuss changes to the top flight’s financial rules in the wake of a legal challenge by Manchester City. Clubs, including Leicester City, will consider how to include shareholder loans within the league’s associated party transaction (APT) rules, after an arbitration panel said the rules breached competition law because they excluded such loans. Tuesday’s meeting is the first gathering of all clubs since the panel judgement was published on October 7. City accused the league of “misleading” clubs about what the judgement meant, with the four-in-a-row champions arguing all the APT rules are now void. The Premier League has sought clarification from the arbitration panel over the implications of its judgement, but in the meantime is pressing on with addressing the aspects of the rules the panel said were unlawful. The APT rules seek to ensure commercial deals between clubs and entities linked to their ownership are done at fair market value (FMV), to avoid such deals being artificially inflated to boost revenue. Clubs were asked to supply information to the league by October 10 about the mix of shareholder loans and loans converted to equity they currently have, and have had in the last three years. The understanding among clubs is that only new shareholder loans could be assessed for FMV, rather than existing ones. An FMV assessment might look at what rate of interest would be charged on such a loan in the open market, which could vary from club to club depending on their credit score. Crucially, this interest cost would then need to be included within a club’s calculation under the profitability and sustainability rules (PSR) and potentially put more clubs at risk of breaching those rules. The PA news agency understands there will not be a vote on any rule changes at Tuesday’s meeting. The rules must also be changed to give clubs an opportunity to access databank information being relied upon as a comparison by the Premier League board while it is making an FMV assessment, so that clubs can make representations based on that data before a decision is made. The tribunal found it was procedurally unfair not to allow clubs to comment on the data before the league’s board makes a decision. Some amendments to the rules voted through in February are also set to be rewound to the wording prior to that vote. The proposals to be discussed by clubs on Tuesday have already passed through two league working groups, including the financial controls advisory group (FCAG) which features the City Football Group’s chief financial officer Ingo Bank.

C0-commentators say some stupid things. A game yesterday there was a tackle and shouts for a free kick the CC said never a free kick, never has been, never will be. Then they showed the other view and you could clearly see no touch on the ball and hitting the players foot.

Where can I view it?

An Opposition view. - Sounds like a report of us in a few previous games. https://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/southampton/news/63174/ Southampton V Leicester City The Verdict Monday, 21st Oct 2024 08:55 Well what can be said about this game, it was a game of two halves where the biggest talking point was the referee, but lets also be pragmatic, Leicester played with organisation and passion and looked the better side for most of the game. This was a game that Saints should have won, 2-0 up at half time, it was surely all about game management in the second half, but the truth was we had none, just as we needed to keep it tight and batten down the hatches, a lack of leadership both on and off the pitch once again cost us dearly. But it started well, after hitting the bar early on a good run and cross from Ryan Manning found Cameron Archer who fired home to give Saints the lead after only 8 minutes, another fine run down the same wing from Kyle Walker Peters saw Joe Aribo double the lead and although Leicester hit the inside of the post we seemed to be holding firm and were good value for the lead, although the Foxes had shown enough to suggest it would not be an easy second half. That proved to be the case, Saints stayed strong for 15 minutes of so but then the game swung after Yuri Sugawara went off injured, Kyle Walker Peters switched to right back and within minutes Leicester had marauded down our left side and crossed for the Foxes to halve the deficit. Now it was truly going to be about game management. but we seemed to lack any both on and off the field, Leicester were now on top and pouring forward, we needed cool heads, but it was Will Smallbone who came on, now I am not a critic of Smallbone, but was he really the man to come and shore things up after being out injured for the last month or so. The obvious choice here was to bring on Charlie Taylor at left back and switch KWP, square pegs in square holes, but we changed 3 positions in one foul swoop and that broke our rhythm. The obvious choice would surely have been Adam Lallana, I have heard somewhere that he was injured in the warm up, but this is the 3rd game in a row he has not got off the bench, that is baffling, there seems to be a problem here. Off went Cameron Archer for Paul Onuauchu, and things did not get better, once again only minutes after a substitution came a goal conceded, we just couldn't seem to get organised and keep the ball and Leicester were rampant, a fine save from Aarron Ramsdale kept the ball out, most thought that we had somehow kept the ball out, VAR showed Ryan Fraser literally had a hand in it, tugging on a shirt and the resulting penalty was tucked away. Now we were down to 10 men and under the cosh, but somehow we held on till the final minute of 7 added for injuries etc, you all know what happened next. So where did it all go wrong ? Yes the referee was no help, he was awful, he did not let the game flow and flashed yellow cards for the most innocuous challenges, Ryan Manning was booked in the 6th minute, Matteus Fernades in the 10th and by the 36th, Referee Taylor had another 2 of our men in his book, not one Leicester player had joined them. Of course the big talking point was the fact that Taylor gave a penalty for Leicester, VAR was more responsible for that and in truth Fraser was guilty as charged, but Saints had a similar appeal turned down with Taylor only yards away and VAR not suggesting he take a look. But these things happen in football, we should never have been in this position, the game turned on game management, Steve Cooper made the right changes for Leicester and turned the game, we made baffling ones and threw it away. Russell Martin is suddenly turning to players that have done nothing for the club, it seems like he is desperate, Tall Paul Onuachu and Kamaldeen Sulemana have done nothing for this club in 2 1/2 years, and that didn't look like changing on Saturday. Just as we needed cool heads on the pitch, these two were brought on by Martin, the big question is why ! I could understand it if we had been in Leicester's position and chasing the game, but we weren't. On 68 minutes when Onuachu came on we were 2-1 up, we needed experience and work rate, Adam Armstrong would have been the obvious choice here, he will put in a shift and close down to stop build ups, Tall Paul is ok when the ball is near him, but he can't run. The introduction of Taylor in the 78th minute was about the only logical sub made out of 5 by Martin, when Tyler Dibling came off at the same time, why was it Sulemana who replaced him, a player that was injured in pre season and has not been fit, surely it is obvious that he is not the player to shore things up, nothing against Sulemana, aside from his lack of end product in his entire Saints career, but surely it was about firstly trying to hang on to what we had, batten down the hatches, not have two players on who are yet to make a notable contribution to this football club. So for me this was what cost us dearly, a total lack of game management, it was just as much about the players who did not get on the pitch, than those that were, no Adam Armstrong, no Adam Lallana, No Lesley Ugochokwu, these three stayed on the bench, when all three were those that could have made a contribution. Sulemana & Onuauchu have made it quite clear that they don't want to be at the club, how does that make those that do want to play for the club feel, not just those stuck on the bench, but those not in the matchday squad, Ben Brereton Diaz, Sam Amo- Ameyaw, Maxwel Cornet, even these three have better track records, these sort of selection's do not unite squads, they create division and tension and they make players question the manager. On Saturday Steve Cooper changed the game for Leicester and our manager seemed to be stuck in the headlights and not sure what to do for the best, I would love Russell martin to turn things around, I stuck up for him last season and I did so in the early games of this, but I truly cannot see anything at the moment that makes me feel that he can change things, he is just chopping and changing without any real conviction other than hoping something will work. That means there is only one solution and that is a change of manager.

While confirming the Cruyff example I found this old Merc article - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/kane-beckham-cruyff-eight-surprise-8279860 Kane, Beckham, Cruyff - Eight surprise transfers Leicester City came close to completing Latest Leicester City news from LeicestershireLive brings you a look at some of the players the Foxes came close to signing over the years, from Johan Cruyff to David Beckham ByLuke PawleyMidlands Football Writer 20:37, 22 MAR 2023Updated20:40, 22 MAR 2023 Leicester City have had their fair share of transfer sagas over the years. From the likes of Hossein Kaebi and Sergio Hellings, to Roberto Mancini and Esteban Cambiasso, it really has been a mixed bag over the years for Leicester City supporters. There have been plenty of big names who almost put pen-to-paper with the club too but ultimately decided that the bright lights of LE2 were not for them. Below is a look at some of the biggest names Leicester came painfully close to signing. Harry Kane Yes, Leicester City did once sign Harry Kane - albeit on loan in the 2012/13 season. But a year later, the club almost signed him permanently. Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood has revealed that Daniel Levy considered accepting a £600,000 bid for the striker in April 2014. Kane was put into the Tottenham team the following day, and he scored three goals in three games, leading to the bid being rejected. The following season, Kane broke through in the Premier League and scored 21 goals in 34 top flight appearances. The rest, as they say, is history. David Beckham Sven-Goran Eriksson has admitted that he tried to sign David Beckham while managing Leicester City in 2010. The former Man United and Real Madrid was playing for LA Galaxy at the time, and did not immediately say no to the East Midlands. But when his wife Victoria chimed into the conversation, City's hopes of signing him were over. Speaking on the Sacked in the Morning podcast last year, Eriksson said: “I asked him at a football event, and he was there with his wife. Before dinner we stood talking to each other. “I was at Leicester at the time, so I said to him: ‘When your contract finishes in the United States, why don’t you come back to England, sign for Leicester and take us up to the Premier League?’ “He said: ‘Maybe, yeah,’ because he doesn’t want to say no. Then Victoria says: ‘Sven, can you see me in Leicester?’ I said: ‘Well, maybe not.’ Finished discussion about Leicester.” Johan Cruyff In early 1981, Leicester City were battling to survive in the top division. The team were lacking a leader and a strong character in their team, but there was a buzz around Filbert Street when they all-but-secured their man. Jock Wallace had stayed in touch with Cruyff since the Dutchman ran rings around his Rangers team in 1973, and reached out. Cruyff, surprisingly, said yes. He wanted to join, and made plans to travel to Leicester. He agreed a deal worth £4,000 per match, for 11 matches. Speaking at the time, Wallace said: “Johan and I have already agreed terms. He has one or two problems to sort out, but I am very hopeful he will join us on Thursday. I would like to think that part of Johan’s interest is down to our personal friendship. I have known him since 1973 when he scored a fabulous goal for Ajax against Rangers when I was at Ibrox in the first European Super Cup. The negotiations have been going on by telephone over the past three to four weeks and now I think I have my man. He would teach my kids so much and be a great advert for Leicester City.” Much to Leicester's dismay, in the hours and days that followed, Cruyff negotiated and signed a deal with Levante in the Spanish second division. That May, after 10 games blighted by injuries, he left Spain. Edgar Davids Another Ajax great of a different era, Edgar Davids also came close to being a Leicester City player. After he left the Dutch giants in 2009 following a second spell, a 36-year-old Davids was the subject of an approach from Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric. "If we couldn't afford him we wouldn't be talking to him," Mandaric said at the time. "We are a very ambitious club but there is always room for improvement and our goal is to really give it a go and try to get up this year and players of that kind of profile will help us. "We are in conversation with Edgar and his agent, and at this point that's all I can say. We are progressing and it is potentially exciting, of course, but we are not there yet. I think things will be taking place very shortly and not more than a couple of days." Just nine days later, Mandaric confirmed that he had been unable to reach an agreement with Davids, and that the transfer pursuit was over. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink The Edgar Davids saga was not the only time Mandaric tried to get a big name through the door at Leicester. In 2007, while Martin Allen was manager, Mandaric tried to sign Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. In fact, it got so far that the former Chelsea striker was sat in the Marriott Hotel near Fosse Park with his representatives, ready to put pen to paper. Allen was against the deal, however, and was reluctant to play an ageing Hasselbaink if he signed. Allen and Mandaric fell out over the signing and, ultimately, the deal fell through. Allen left Leicester a short while later. Robert Lewandowski In 2010, a young Polish striker by the name of Robert Lewandowski was causing a stir in his native Poland with Lech Poznan. Leicester scouted him extensively and Mandaric told local reporters he was pushing the boat out to convince Lewandowski to make the move to England. The striker instead joined Borussia Dortmund in Germany that summer, opting for the dizzy heights of the Bundesliga over a Championship promotion push. Whatever happened to him? Robbie Keane In August 2011, it was reported by the Daily Mail that Tottenham striker Robbie Keane was "expected to sign" for City within 48 hours. Eriksson was chasing the striker after missing out on West Brom's Shane Long. Keane was offered a two-year deal at City, it was said. But the striker, who was 31 at the time, had a late change of heart and instead opted for a move to the states with LA Galaxy. He joined Victoria Beckham in making the mistake of choosing LA over LC. Robert Pires Pires confirmed in the summer of 2010 that the club was interested in him. He reciprocated that interest. "There 's a few big English teams chasing me. I'm told Leicester and Birmingham have made serious enquires. I still think I can play in the Premier League but the challenge of getting a team like Leicester promoted is very appealing, especially with maybe two seasons left in my legs," he said. "If the right kind of club expresses an interest, I have no problem going over and doing a pre-season so they can have a closer look at me." Pires, then 36, instead joined Aston Villa in the Premier League and made just nine appearances for the team. He was released at the end of the season and didn't play for another three years, until his brief stint in the Indian Super League with Goa in 2014.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink under Manderic / Martin Allen

https://www.google.com/search?q=Johan+Cruyff&rlz=1C1GCEJ_enGB1010GB1010&oq=Johan+Cruyff+&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIQCAEQLhivARjHARixAxiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQLhiABDIHCAcQABiABDIHCAgQLhiABDIHCAkQABiPAtIBCTQ1NTNqMGoxNagCCLACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 How Johan Cruyff nearly signed for Leicester City in 1981 Jock Wallace knew that an experienced player could save his young Leicester City side from the drop so spent a month negotiating a deal with Johan Cruyff. Unfortunately for Wallace, Cruyff signed for Levante and Leicester went down By Jeff Liv

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Leicester Memories John Finch · 17m · I was wondering if anyone remembered the University Rag Days that were held in Leicester every year, this photo shows 1957 procession going down London Road. The best part of the tradition was the students publishing their 'Rag Mag' for charity which was usually very funny and very blue as it was never censored. Was in one of these in 68

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/brussels-airlines-empty-flights-lufthansa-b1987187.html Brussels Airlines has operated 3,000 flights without passengers this winter to avoid losing take-off and landing slots. The airline’s parent company, Lufthansa Group, confirmed that 18,000 flights had been flown empty, including 3,000 Brussels Airlines services, reports The Bulletin. EU rules require that airlines operate a certain percentage of scheduled flights to keep their slots at major airports. No wonder I feel like I'm pissing in the wind recycling my plastic bottles