THE BOARD

[STEVIE B]

53 minutes ago, turlo said:

They've dropped a bollock by not reinvesting much of the Fofana sale money into the first team squad. Totally understand that our wage bill is far too high for our revenue to cope with but to only spend 15 mill out of the 60 odd we got for Fofana could prove very costly. If the issue was not trusting Rodgers with the money then get him gone. 

I guess the Fofana sale being so late gave us little time to reinvest it all.

Players were targeted, or so it seems, but just didn’t happen. 
We are in a mess. 

[splinterdream]

2 minutes ago, turlo said:

Sacking Rudkin instead of Rodgers at this point isn't going to keep us up. That's not to say Rudkin isn't to blame for the situation we are in re unsustainable wage bill and inability to move fringe players on. 

I just can’t believe the lack of forward thinking by executives in a multi million pound premier league foo5ball club, maybe I’m a bit naive 

[Guest itude]

1 hour ago, kingston_fox said:

Nah, not having this. The board has over seen the greatest period in our history and laid the ground work to a sustainable future - for me they have plenty of credit in the bank. 

Its being used up......very quickly

[Guest Mee-9]

I think they have to be held accountable for the spending last year and before. The way the signings were made was atrocious, especially the standard of them. The hierarchy involved in doing this, negotiating wages and also scouting need to be cleared out.

 

 

[elvisfmcfly]

We are being run like an even shitter version of Man United. 

[Mr Weller 2]

Just now, Mee-9 said:

I think they have to be held accountable for the spending last year and before. The way the signings were made was atrocious, especially the standard of them. The hierarchy involved in doing this, negotiating wages and also scouting need to be cleared out.

 

 

How? They own the club. You can’t sack the owners and in our case I definitely wouldn’t want to.

[Manwell Pablo]

6 minutes ago, Mr Weller 2 said:

Yes there is, if the alternative is so much worse. Which other owners would you prefer? The Glazers? The Saudi blood money group behind Newcastle? A totally corrupt Abramovich? 

As you’re clearly not capable of having an intelligent conversation I’ll sink to your level. Jeff Bezos would do.

Edited 1 September 2022 by Manwell Pablo

[deep blue]

21 minutes ago, Manwell Pablo said:

 

It hasn’t really has it, we’re five games in, need a couple of good results to get us out of it.

 

11 or 12 games in is the time to get concerned but appreciate objectivness isn’t this forums speciality.

 

That said it’s looking pretty clear it’s not going to be a fun season. Can see us finishing bottom half. Which sacking the manager won’t change. 

If you look at the unconvincing way we've been playing, and add to that the fact that it's been declining well before the start of this season, then it's very hard to see where a couple of good results are going to come from under Rodgers.  If you take the realisticview, rather than the optimistic one, the more believable expectation is that after another 5 games we'll have precious few more points.  The longer you keep giving it "just a few more matches" you sleepwalk to the point where you're deeply in the mire and have lost any capability of turning things around.

 

The only thing that's going to change the negative mindset of our squad is to ditch Rodgers and get in someone who gives our players more confidence in themselves.  He must go ASAP.

 

 

[Mr Weller 2]

1 minute ago, Manwell Pablo said:

As you’re clearly not capable of having an intelligent conversation I’ll sink to your level. Jeff Bezos would do.

Ad hominem 

[Guest Mee-9]

Just now, Mr Weller 2 said:

How? They own the club. You can’t sack the owners and in our case I definitely wouldn’t want to.

Who signs the cheque at the end of the day that agrees the signings? Its certainly not Rodgers. If Top is that ‘hands on’ and involved in the running of the club, he must be in the know about signings and what calibre of player is coming to the club. The Tielemans contract debacle is another joke, especially with Soyuncu’s running out too. There’s 50m at least down the drain. That is poor business not moving them on or not getting them to sign new deals when things are good. 

[Babylon]

1 hour ago, Col city fan said:

I agree. The lack of transparency, communication and accountability is staggering.

We have gone, remarkably, from a brilliantly run club with fans who generate a great atmosphere, to a poorly run club, with fans who are quiet as church mice.

Rodgers has ruined to playing style but he is being hung out to dry also. 

He literally just wrote you a ****ing letter telling you the situation. We need to chill with the ****ing spending for a season.

[dylanlegend]

3 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

I think they have to be held accountable for the spending last year and before. The way the signings were made was atrocious, especially the standard of them. The hierarchy involved in doing this, negotiating wages and also scouting need to be cleared out.

 

 

Completely agree. You can’t keep backing a manager who has a consistent record of wasting your money with shit signings.

 

for the Vestergaard signing alone Rodgers should have been sacked. 

[Foxdiamond]

How much could the club get for Belvoir Drive and sending the ladies team to Seagrave

[SecretPro]

1 minute ago, Babylon said:

He literally just wrote you a ****ing letter telling you the situation. We need to chill with the ****ing spending for a season.

True.

 

But I'm more concerned about the dallying to get rid or at least some basic acknowledgement that the football is shit.

[Babylon]

4 minutes ago, Mee-9 said:

I think they have to be held accountable for the spending last year and before. The way the signings were made was atrocious, especially the standard of them. The hierarchy involved in doing this, negotiating wages and also scouting need to be cleared out.

 

 

They have too much power to the chump in charge, they did the same to Ranieri. They need to keep it to club men and **** everyone is coming else. Manager wants our fitness team, no. Manager wants head of recruitment, no.

 

Get leaders in those areas and **** the manager.

[John rayner]

3 minutes ago, elvisfmcfly said:

We are being run like an even shitter version of Man United. 

I've just read what Top has had to say  ,at least he is being honest  ,And I don't believe he will sell the club as rumours have Been written on the forum  ,Imo he will stick with BR

[Daggers]

7 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

I just can’t believe the lack of forward thinking by executives in a multi million pound premier league foo5ball club, maybe I’m a bit naive 

Feeling pretty confident in saying forward thinking is what has dictated the last couple of months.

1. Rodgers was going to get sacked.
2. No extra money was going to be spent on players.

Therefore, if you're recruiting a manager, it makes more sense to say 'We are going for a revamp and will support you in the future' rather than sacking him before the window closed and trying to find someone with a 'By the way, we won't back you in the window'.

 

I feel this has been choreographed. It's annoying, but I get it.

 

Naturally, this is me giving Top the benefit of the doubt on the basis that he's still building for the future.

[Manwell Pablo]

2 minutes ago, Mr Weller 2 said:

Ad hominem 

Not really mate you’ve basically stated we should stick with our current owners (which I haven’t even say we shouldn’t, I’ve just said they are accountable for what happens at this football club) because they aren’t two highly unpopular owners of other premier league clubs or a close associate to Vladimir Putin. Which is ridiculous.

[The_77]

This was always going to be an adjustment year. We just need to do what we have to do in order stay up. We have a season to figure out how to get to 17th place, reassess our approach to Football, sort out the finances, and/or find added investment.
 

Still no reason why we can’t add a cup run to the mix. 
 

Yeah, it sucks, but that’s where we are. Sometimes a little pain is part of the therapy. 

[Babylon]

Just now, SecretPro said:

True.

 

But I'm more concerned about the dallying to get rid or at least some basic acknowledgement that the football is shit.

They know, trust me. They know. 
 

The issue is, when you are the one signing the cheques and have to pay, and then pay again to get new people on board (dozens probably). You give the person in charge every last opportunity. There will be a cut off point, which I suspect is within the next three games.

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, Bordersfox said:

Said on BT the average length of time the players on the pitch had been at City was five years.  It all seems flat, stale.  Sleepwalking into deep trouble. 

 

Everyone knows that new signings at the very least bring fresh squad competition, impetus, even just new personalities - a buzz.  That's before you factor in the added quality they might bring.  

 

To see how poor we've been at times and not to spend a bit more money is in my opinion bordering on negligent.  It will cost the club far, far more if we are relegated than spending say £30m on a winger who can get the fans on their feet and get the squad enthused as well.

 

I just hope they have the bravery to sack Rodgers soon and that a new manager can provide the impetus we aren't getting through fresh blood.  

...if there was £30m to spare it would not have gone on an RW, we have had a few years waiting and it has always been an afterthought!!!

This is a more than adequate team to compete in this league, we only brought one in, and we did not refresh the squad this summer, there is no point going over it, it hasn't happened.

  A new manager in the hot seat will get the best out of our squad and the Board has been delinquent in not effectively communicating the situation soon enough. The consensus is that Rodgers has been hung out to dry, but the overriding thought was that monies should not be made available to him, due to his poor record of player acquisitions.

  The biggest problem that we have is a manager who is not fit for purpose, the negative feelings will be eradicated by the players on the pitch being successful in the upcoming games, it doesn't mean that we should ignore what has clearly gone wrong within the administration.

[The_77]

Just now, The_77 said:

This was always going to be an adjustment year. We just need to do what we have to do in order stay up. We have a season to figure out how to get to 17th place, reassess our approach to Football, sort out the finances, and/or find added investment.
 

Still no reason why we can’t add a cup run to the mix. 
 

Yeah, it sucks, but that’s where we are. Sometimes a little pain is part of the therapy. 

And, as it’s been said on this thread, I’d rather be owned by King Power than Saudi Arabia. Let’s see if our guy can sort it out, I think we all can agree that Top cares about the club. 

[fazzyfox]

I welcome Tops explanation tonight, but it might have been more timely to have it when season tickets were being sold and kids were having Forfana printed on their shirts. I agree with all of the logic within it and see he has identified and addressed our concerns about the overall financial security of the club. The one variable is where he says “make room in the squad”, Vestergaard, Perez, Mendy etc needed bids acceptable to the club and terms to the players but they didn’t come due mainly to their current wages, had this happened things may be different.
I hope “short term” means get through this season to a stage where several contracts are up and wiggle room is created whether those players like it or not. Two criticisms then, how did those players come to be on such big money and why were the club not this transparent in June?

[Guest Mee-9]

Just now, dylanlegend said:

Completely agree. You can’t keep backing a manager who has a consistent record of wasting your money with shit signings.

 

for the Vestergaard signing alone Rodgers should have been sacked. 

I think any football fan with a brain would know that signing players like Vestergaard and Bertrand would indicate the way your clubs going. 
 

It’s bad business. Top’s surrounded himself with Yes Men who sadly haven’t got a clue about setting transfer philosophy or a philosophy and culture around the club. We used to sign young up and coming talent, players like Maddison, Justin, Gray (to an extent) and so many more players. Now we’re frankly buying any old shit to plug a gap. It’s poor business. 
 

Appealing to the fans in the programme is a bit shocking too. Justify yourself by putting what is best for Leicester first, by sacking the manager, taking accountability for your bad financial decisions and ultimately getting the fans on side. Fans respect owners more who do the right thing at the right time. We could see what was happening against Southampton at home. Fans don’t want free beers that they have to throw seconds before entering the turnstiles or clap banners or flags, they want attacking football and entertainment. 

[Daggers]

2 minutes ago, Babylon said:

They know, trust me. They know. 
 

The issue is, when you are the one signing the cheques and have to pay, and then pay again to get new people on board (dozens probably). You give the person in charge every last opportunity. There will be a cut off point, which I suspect is within the next three games.

It'll be long enough to find the replacement rather than results/performance - for reasons I gave above.