PSV UPDATE

[SemperEadem]

Just now, K1FOX said:

I think the only issue with it is any semblance of a relationship built with middle management goes out the window once you go over their heads. If Top doesn’t work basically screwed going forward 

Yep nailed it

[SchmalleyBoots]

Got the tickets I wanted back of SK1. Were 1200 left in there so everyone pile in that wants to be in there anyway and we will have the section we all want.

[goody2028]

How many do we think will be in SK1 come tomorrow morning. Can get mine now but would ideally buy with my mate tomorrow, who’s a member? 

[The Year Of The Fox]

15 minutes ago, K1FOX said:

I think the only issue with it is any semblance of a relationship built with middle management goes out the window once you go over their heads. If Top doesn’t work basically screwed going forward 

True but this current relationship with middle management is hardly great is it, judging by what gets said on here.

 

Equally heads could roll if Top found improper fan/club relations and communications 🤷🏻‍♂️
 

If it didn’t work, then would be the time to give up your ST (if serious) knowing full well that you’d done all you could and that it was never going to get any better 

Edited 24 March 2022 by The Year Of The Fox

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

5 hours ago, Union FS said:

As an aside: It is an international break, so a slow news period at the Merc. Have you thought about putting out a professional looking press release? Something with several sourced quotes and not too confrontational? Maybe with the the headline "Leicester City fans determined to bring the noise to PSV game, despite lack of club support." 

 

It should mention the previous "sanctioned" singing sections, what efforts have been made to engage the club, etc. etc. and probably sent not only to the Mercury, but all the other LCFC friendly journalists out there, including Radio Leicester.

 

Often, if the press release is well written, it will almost be published verbatim, with a few added extras by the reporter.

 

Just an idea.

[K1FOX]

4 minutes ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

As an aside: It is an international break, so a slow news period at the Merc. Have you thought about putting out a professional looking press release? Something with several sourced quotes and not too confrontational? Maybe with the the headline "Leicester City fans determined to bring the noise to PSV game, despite lack of club support." 

 

It should mention the previous "sanctioned" singing sections, what efforts have been made to engage the club, etc. etc. and probably sent not only to the Mercury, but all the other LCFC friendly journalists out there, including Radio Leicester.

 

Often, if the press release is well written, it will almost be published verbatim, with a few added extras by the reporter.

 

Just an idea.

Again like the sound of this. Not sure what’s @unionfs thoughts are?

[RonnieTodger]

3 hours ago, volpeazzurro said:

There's enough room for everyone and respect that different supporters prefer different things and enjoy their match days in different ways. Belonging to any of those groups doesn’t make anyone more or less a true supporter or less committed. 

That’s precisely the point. 
 

Currently, supporters of different mindsets are scattered and likeminded fans can’t get a big enough group together because any sizeable area will inevitably lead to displacing some fans. 
 

I’m pretty sure Palace and Derby had to do it and it’s worked wonders. 
 

The irony is that I bet UFS would be more than happy to relocate, but wherever they’d end up, they’d be met with NIMBY supporters.
 

I believe the only current “STH only” area is L1. 
 

I realise people get comfortable with their seats and routines, but I find it surprising that fans sitting in a stand known as “The Kop” would be so against a move conducive to a good atmosphere. 

[AllGoneTitsSchlupp]

good availability at top of sk1 when i got ours. 

[sacreblueits442]

54 minutes ago, The Year Of The Fox said:

I still strongly feel that this singing section problem as well as all the other atmosphere issues need to be raised directly to Top himself somehow. Whether that be by numerous emails, (possibly templated by UFS) should someone somehow have access to his email address. 
 

 

That or a letter written to him by UFS. And handed to him personally at a game sometime soon. The letter would have to include all issues obviously whilst also stating the means already tried and then rejected by middle LCFC management. 
 

State the general feeling of a lot of fans who are now considering jacking it all in after becoming disenchanted with it 

 

I’d guess Top would be horrified at the thought of such unrest amongst the ranks, and would at least strive to look in to it

 

Middle management may well not give a flying fcuk, but I’m pretty sure Top will. 
 

This post is bound to get some 😂 reps but it’s deadly serious.
 

Boycotting a game won’t achieve a thing.

 

Jacking your ST in will not bother middle management in the slightest- they’ll just replace you with the type of sanitised fan they’re supposedly after.

 

You’re clearly getting nowhere consistently with the huge efforts you currently put in to improving the atmosphere, but now is the time to take it to the top. No pun intended.

 

Whilst I always take quotes from our club about how amazing our fans are and how valued we all are with a pinch of salt, I reckon the one person who does actually care is Top himself. And he’s also the one with the final say.
 

For all we know, the management could be given free reign on what happens on match day and Top assumes this sanitised home atmosphere is precisely what the fans are happy with.
 

Believing he won’t care is a pretty negative outlook to take too. Even if he doesn’t care about the fans, we all know, believe and have witnessed our fans inspire the team to victories we otherwise wouldn’t have had. Results= £££ if you believe Top only cares about that side of running LCFC
 

At the end of the day, to my knowledge, no-ones tried this route yet. He’s the one in charge. Do what it takes to get through to him, as nothing else is working at all.

 

 

 

 

🤷🏻‍♂️

.....I would believe he is more than aware of the disenchantment of some of the supporters, it will be impossible to believe that he is not!!!

I would envisage this situation will be resolved when the East Stand is reconstructed, just needs the finer points to be sorted. The benefit of announcing this now for the club is negligible, doing it nearer the time will make more sense.

  Communication does need to be better, I can agree with that.

[BlueBoy1]

Moved ticket to SK1 for this. Well up for it!

[Spudulike]

3 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

I realise people get comfortable with their seats and routines, but I find it surprising that fans sitting in a stand known as “The Kop” would be so against a move conducive to a good atmosphere. 

This is true. I'd have thought that STH's in this area that don't want to get involved in creating the noise would relocate for some peace and quiet and not have to constantly tell people to sit down as they can't see. They also avoid having those annoying flags passed over their heads when they want to watch the players coming out. There can't be that many that would need to be asked if they would mind relocating, surely. 

[Mr Weller]

14 hours ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

Something like this is probably the only way to get noticed.

 

Not much to play for in the PL for the rest of the season like you say, so I would suggest that at a set minute (eg 25) in the first half of a match @Union FS organise a throwing of clappers onto the edge of the pitch at the front of SK1 followed by a staged walk out to the SK1 concourse, they can then have 20 mins of singing and atmosphere down in the concourse before HT. Others from the kop and all other areas of the ground that feel the same way about this can join them at the same time by walking out to their concourses.

 

If there are a significant amount of empty seats around the ground midway through the first half it might get the message across.

Yes, great idea. Upset the guy whose family have bankrolled us for a decade and whose father died leaving the ground he loved just because you don’t like clappers.

 

That’ll work.

Edited 24 March 2022 by Mr Weller

[K1FOX]

9 minutes ago, Mr Weller said:

Yes, great idea. Upset the guy whose family have bankrolled us for a decade and whose father died leaving the ground he loved just because you don’t like clappers.

 

That’ll work.

Upset the guy? He owns ourfootball club. If we are dissatisfied with something we are allowed to show it. In the same way we’ve been full of appreciation for everything good they’ve done for us too. 
 

And what’s Vichai dying got to do with anything? 

[Mr Weller]

53 minutes ago, K1FOX said:

Upset the guy? He owns ourfootball club. If we are dissatisfied with something we are allowed to show it. In the same way we’ve been full of appreciation for everything good they’ve done for us too. 
 

And what’s Vichai dying got to do with anything? 

Shows we’re an ungrateful bunch of idiots?

[K1FOX]

8 minutes ago, Mr Weller said:

Shows we’re an ungrateful bunch of idiots?

So you will now accept anything they wish to do with the club due to the recent success we’ve had? 

[lee7]

7 hours ago, Mr Weller said:

Shows we’re an ungrateful bunch of idiots?

 Jesus christ  

[phoneticerror]

9 hours ago, Mr Weller said:

Yes, great idea. Upset the guy whose family have bankrolled us for a decade and whose father died leaving the ground he loved just because you don’t like clappers.

 

That’ll work.

Congratulations on the most ludicrous comment of the week. How you managed to make a link between clappers and the helicopter crash is beyond me.

Edited 25 March 2022 by phoneticerror

[davieG]

10 hours ago, Spudulike said:

This is true. I'd have thought that STH's in this area that don't want to get involved in creating the noise would relocate for some peace and quiet and not have to constantly tell people to sit down as they can't see. They also avoid having those annoying flags passed over their heads when they want to watch the players coming out. There can't be that many that would need to be asked if they would mind relocating, surely. 

Aren't these the cheapest seats though?

 

That will attract people on low incomes which will most likely include OAPs and people with some disability that prevents them earning a higher wage both of whom might have difficulties singing and standing.

I'm too old to spend the game singing and standing but then I moved out of the Kop to G1 but can fortunately afford the extra cost.

 

Any increase in prices in the stadium is going to attract more people like that

[Spudulike]

7 minutes ago, davieG said:

Aren't these the cheapest seats though?

 

That will attract people on low incomes which will most likely include OAPs and people with some disability that prevents them earning a higher wage both of whom might have difficulties singing and standing.

I'm too old to spend the game singing and standing but then I moved out of the Kop to G1 but can fortunately afford the extra cost.

 

Any increase in prices in the stadium is going to attract more people like that

I think the cheapest areas are A and C blocks in the West Stand corners. Both areas offer great views (especially the higher rows) and would be the place to go for those on a tight budget and want to watch without hassle. The 'Kop' isn't the cheapest. 

[CosbehFox]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

Aren't these the cheapest seats though?

 

That will attract people on low incomes which will most likely include OAPs and people with some disability that prevents them earning a higher wage both of whom might have difficulties singing and standing.

I'm too old to spend the game singing and standing but then I moved out of the Kop to G1 but can fortunately afford the extra cost.

 

Any increase in prices in the stadium is going to attract more people like that

That’s where the problem all began in the first place. Most affordable tickets positioned in the stand which was supposed to replace the Kop

[davieG]

Just now, Cardiff_Fox said:

That’s where the problem all began in the first place. Most affordable tickets positioned in the stand which was supposed to replace the Kop

Aye, they could raise the prices for the kop or a section but would that be fair when a big majority of the singers/standers are young people also on low incomes.

 

The best way to have a singing section is to combine it with a standing section eliminates most people who don't want to sing, can you sing properly sitting down, I never thought so.  Fat chance though.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

100 sold in SK1 since 8am, let's pack it out!!

[Guest Lako42]

10 hours ago, Mr Weller said:

Yes, great idea. Upset the guy whose family have bankrolled us for a decade and whose father died leaving the ground he loved just because you don’t like clappers.

 

That’ll work.

'Ruthless businessman with questionable ethics upset due to clapper insult' 

 

Ridiculous 

[CosbehFox]

10 hours ago, Mr Weller said:

Yes, great idea. Upset the guy whose family have bankrolled us for a decade and whose father died leaving the ground he loved just because you don’t like clappers.

 

That’ll work.

He’s probably more worried about the increasing audible criticism regards King Power back in Thailand. 

[Lesterlad]

I thought more season ticket holders would of taken the option to buy for this game, it is a quarter final of a European completion. I don’t think £25 is a bad price either