Ric Flair Live & Direct on BSLB Podcast

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Great podcast again this week boys 👏

[LVFox]

Fantastic guest, always feel the journalists you get on add an incredible level of detail and oversight on us.

 

[Philkeavo]

Great pod guest this week. Jonathan Northcroft was erudite and insightful. Such a contrast to Guy Branston who I found puzzling and a bit of an idiot tbh.

[RoboFox]

Pretty insightful stuff from Northcroft. 

 

I've never been a "get Big Nige back" advocate

 

But after listening to him, I'm more convinced than ever that he'd be the perfect DoF for us.

 

 

[VLC86]

10 minutes ago, RoboFox said:

Pretty insightful stuff from Northcroft. 

 

I've never been a "get Big Nige back" advocate

 

But after listening to him, I'm more convinced than ever that he'd be the perfect DoF for us.

 

 

I’m not 100% on him being our DOF but as a minimum you would want him to be doing some consultancy type role where he is advising us of the way out of this mess and putting a structure back in place.

[Sunbury Fox]

A much better guest than last week's! And not only because he said things that most of us agree with, but also because he expressed his views clearly and coherently. 

[RoboFox]

7 minutes ago, VLC86 said:

I’m not 100% on him being our DOF but as a minimum you would want him to be doing some consultancy type role where he is advising us of the way out of this mess and putting a structure back in place.

Perhaps, but as you say the structure is completely ineffectual. There clearly needs to be an urgent and dramatic culture shift starting right at the top otherwise there's only one direction we are heading. Throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks is not an effective strategy for running a successful football club. I'm starting to feel more and more like huge amounts of luck - rather than good planning - brought us our success. 

 

Aiyawatt is weak and incompetent, and Rudkin is enabling him because he knows there's no chance he's getting another job like it anywhere else. It's properly jobs for the boys. 

 

Clearly the club is a closed shop, so realistically they aren't going to go out and appoint anyone externally. Pearson has been there - and by all accounts - done it before and still has a good relationship with King Power.

 

Come home, Nige. 

[CosbehFox]

The big plus with Northcroft is as an Aberdeen fan he gets the position Leicester fans are. Aberdeen had a glorious 80s and should have established themselves as the 3rd best in Scotland but they are incredibly inconsistent. 
 

His point about indifference is huge. That’s the most worrying thing at the moment. Our fanbase is largely not bothered 

Edited 25 April by CosbehFox

[Happy Fox]

46 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

The big plus with Northcroft is as an Aberdeen fan he gets the position Leicester fans are. Aberdeen had a glorious 80s and should have established themselves as the 3rd best in Scotland but they are incredibly inconsistent. 
 

His point about indifference is huge. That’s the most worrying thing at the moment. Our fanbase is largely not bothered 

I think the KPFC contingent are regrettably so far removed from reality, they think and perceive just because of the past success it will continue again, without any effort, but we know that’s not the case.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 minutes ago, Happy Fox said:

I think the KPFC contingent are regrettably so far removed from reality, they think and perceive just because of the past success it will continue again, without any effort, but we know that’s not the case.

Absolutely. I would wager a large proportion of King Power FC fans don't know about the foundations set by Pearson (who King Power fired as their first action as owners of the club) and the work that went in behind the scenes to set the foundations of our success.

 

They'll think we just "kept the faith" and "Vichai led us to the trophy". 

[teblin]

Really enjoyed the pod, made a long flight go quickly. Great stuff guys. 
 

JN was brilliant and insightful.

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Absolutely. I would wager a large proportion of King Power FC fans don't know about the foundations set by Pearson (who King Power fired as their first action as owners of the club) and the work that went in behind the scenes to set the foundations of our success.

 

They'll think we just "kept the faith" and "Vichai led us to the trophy". 

The big part of this is that Northcroft would have been a novice as well but had to dig dip for his book and job. 

[Philkeavo]

2 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

The big plus with Northcroft is as an Aberdeen fan he gets the position Leicester fans are. Aberdeen had a glorious 80s and should have established themselves as the 3rd best in Scotland but they are incredibly inconsistent. 
 

His point about indifference is huge. That’s the most worrying thing at the moment. Our fanbase is largely not bothered 

The many Leicester fans I know are apoplectic. It is the sense that nothing will change that is driving the indifference. 

Edited 25 April by Philkeavo

[AKCJ]

2 minutes ago, Philkeavo said:

The many Leicester fans I know are apoplectic. It is the sense that nothing will change that driving the indifference. 

Exactly. The same happened with Newcastle under Mike Ashley. Few rumbles of discontent when we went down but otherwise people know nothing will change so why bother?

 

What's also hurting is that Aiyawatt is seemingly a pretty nice bloke. He isn't in the media every week telling us how lucky we are to have him there or how without him we'd be back in League one etc like the dickhead that owns Sheffield Wednesday. 

[Corky]

3 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Absolutely. I would wager a large proportion of King Power FC fans don't know about the foundations set by Pearson (who King Power fired as their first action as owners of the club) and the work that went in behind the scenes to set the foundations of our success.

 

They'll think we just "kept the faith" and "Vichai led us to the trophy". 

It is why we won't get the reboot we need as such a desperate time. Any new person arriving would be dealing with people who would turn around and say their methods won the league and cup. 

 

They were our greatest days but will also hold the club back as it lives in the past. Pearson came back at a higher point after he was ridiculously allowed to leave and sort out the mess created in the 16 months he was away. Totally different scenario now.

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, AKCJ said:

Exactly. The same happened with Newcastle under Mike Ashley. Few rumbles of discontent when we went down but otherwise people know nothing will change so why bother?

 

What's also hurting is that Aiyawatt is seemingly a pretty nice bloke. He isn't in the media every week telling us how lucky we are to have him there or how without him we'd be back in League one etc like the dickhead that owns Sheffield Wednesday. 

Not my take personally. 

[AKCJ]

7 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Not my take personally. 

Outside of being a bad chairman and being a bit of an attention seeker when things are going well, what has he ever really done?

 

He's nothing like the truly terrible owners like Chansiri or Ashley.

[Dan]

On 24/04/2025 at 09:46, Ric Flair said:

Jonathan was absolutely top class, quite possibly my favourite ever guest for insight in to how our club does or doesn't operate. Found his comments on what we are potentially lacking in the role Rudkin is being asked to do very affirming. We need more football people doing a lot of that role, we've been swept aside by teams who have the structure in place.

Came in here to say the same - thought he was really, really good.

[Dan]

4 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

The big plus with Northcroft is as an Aberdeen fan he gets the position Leicester fans are. Aberdeen had a glorious 80s and should have established themselves as the 3rd best in Scotland but they are incredibly inconsistent. 
 

His point about indifference is huge. That’s the most worrying thing at the moment. Our fanbase is largely not bothered 

I thought this as well. Quite comparable in a few ways. You could tell he could relate to our frustration having likely gone through very similar.

[Dan]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Exactly. The same happened with Newcastle under Mike Ashley. Few rumbles of discontent when we went down but otherwise people know nothing will change so why bother?

 

What's also hurting is that Aiyawatt is seemingly a pretty nice bloke. He isn't in the media every week telling us how lucky we are to have him there or how without him we'd be back in League one etc like the dickhead that owns Sheffield Wednesday. 

Triple post here but I know a Newcastle fan who says these things to me in that a lot of their fans became incredibly apathetic about things as well. As low as I feel on us it isn't just us. Though it does feel unique to this country.

[CosbehFox]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Outside of being a bad chairman and being a bit of an attention seeker when things are going well, what has he ever really done?

 

He's nothing like the truly terrible owners like Chansiri or Ashley.

Laughing when the likelyhood is that a fair few staff are going to laid off in the next four months?

 

By being largely mute and void, he’s dislodging himself from the responsibility on himself. If you ask me, that’s a purposeful act as though not to be criticised. In any role what requires decision making, the lack of action is a worse course of action than a clear yes or no. 
 

He’s repeated shown a love for the attention when it’s all going good. Either surrounding himself with Thai social media influencers or by making the players mates 

Edited 25 April by CosbehFox

[Claudio Fannieri]

Brilliant episode, Jonathan Northcroft was an absolute superb guest offering great insight was a really interesting listen. 
 

The quality of the content every episode is top drawer, with balanced opinion and engaging debate, delivered with minimal ego and a great smattering of humour. 
 

keep up the great work fellas as its getting better and better every episode 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Laughing when the likelyhood is that a fair few staff are going to laid off in the next four months?

 

By being largely mute and void, he’s dislodging himself from the responsibility on himself. If you ask me, that’s a purposeful act as though not to be criticised. In any role what requires decision making, the lack of action is a worse course of action than a clear yes or no. 
 

He’s repeated shown a love for the attention when it’s all going good. Either surrounding himself with Thai social media influencers or by making the players mates 

None of what you've said makes him a bad person, it makes him a bad business owner.

[Oasisedup]

I agreed with most of the complaints about Guy Branston last week, however it doesn't seem very fair to the bloke that you don't challenge him at all when he's actually there to defend his points, but throw him under the bus for about 20 minutes in the next episode.

 

At least give him a right to reply if you're going to start challenging him.

[Ric Flair]

14 minutes ago, Oasisedup said:

I agreed with most of the complaints about Guy Branston last week, however it doesn't seem very fair to the bloke that you don't challenge him at all when he's actually there to defend his points, but throw him under the bus for about 20 minutes in the next episode.

 

At least give him a right to reply if you're going to start challenging him.

Eh? Jake did question him on the assessment of Rudkin (being the best in the business) given we've then declined and his answer wasn't very forthcoming. I also asked why we can't blood more academy players and " because you can't " is hardly very ground breaking. Jake and Jord both thought Guy was a very good guest and said so this week. So I presume you mean me?

 

Having listened back I was irked by how Branston talked about our academy, especially comments about Ben Nelson and said so. Don't think any of us have thrown him under the bus, as I've said Jake and Jord think he was very insightful, but it was amusing him thinking McAteer was 6ft 4 or whatever.