Rudkin

[UniFox21]

1 hour ago, Wymsey said:

Thanks.

 

Why is this the case?

Can't be seen to do anything to jeopardize the player picture opportunities they get 

[ashbyj]

I wonder if we’ll be having this debate if we make 4 additional signing come the end of January, all of which hit the ground running and contribute to us escaping the trapdoor.

 

It’s the deluded hope that kills you.

[Leicesterpool]

3 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Can't some supporter group at he club try and arrange a meeting with him or Susan Whelan, demanding answers?

Both are cowards, in their minds there doing a good job.

[Mike Oxlong]

Top and Sue are paralysed by fear as neither would have a clue about how to select  a  decent DoF. So Rudkin continues to effectively get a free pass notwithstanding that he has overseen us being a team capable of regularly challenging for European places to one now looking at an extended period outside of the top division

[honeybradger]

1 hour ago, ashbyj said:

I wonder if we’ll be having this debate if we make 4 additional signing come the end of January, all of which hit the ground running and contribute to us escaping the trapdoor.

 

It’s the deluded hope that kills you.

Watch us pull off one of the greatest transfer windows in our history then sign Jan Bednarek and Jack Stephens for £10mil a piece in the summer.

[dillonpanthers87]

26 minutes ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Top and Sue are paralysed by fear as neither would have a clue about how to select  a  decent DoF. So Rudkin continues to effectively get a free pass notwithstanding that he has overseen us being a team capable of regularly challenging for European places to one now looking at an extended period outside of the top division

I can imagine Rudkin using all kinds of excuses to pull the wool - Top clearly doesn't understand football. 

[fox_favourite]

2 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said:

Top and Sue are paralysed by fear as neither would have a clue about how to select  a  decent DoF. So Rudkin continues to effectively get a free pass notwithstanding that he has overseen us being a team capable of regularly challenging for European places to one now looking at an extended period outside of the top division

Then you find someone who does. Wrexham boys got someone in that understood football for that very reason. It's solvable but its an issue they don't want to solve, so will find excuses. 

 

 

[Pliskin]

I still can’t believe there’s been only one addition to the backroom staff besides Ruud. I bet he’s ****ing regretting every moment of this… 

[fox_favourite]

14 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I still can’t believe there’s been only one addition to the backroom staff besides Ruud. I bet he’s ****ing regretting every moment of this… 

Didn't he speak to Enzo about it before taking the job? Ruud must have eaten Enzo's last rolo 

[Pliskin]

19 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

Didn't he speak to Enzo about it before taking the job? Ruud must have eaten Enzo's last rolo 

Enzo clearly fed him a load of bollocks. 
 

Plus one thing Cooper kept saying was how aligned the club was and he could see why we have success……

 

I mean, what does that mean? Clearly we aren’t? 

[fox_favourite]

5 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

Enzo clearly fed him a load of bollocks. 
 

Plus one thing Cooper kept saying was how aligned the club was and he could see why we have success……

 

I mean, what does that mean? Clearly we aren’t? 

I never understood that comment either. When Cooper arrived it sounded like he was reading from a script. This is club pish posh. Clearly we are not as we wouldn't be in this mess. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, Pliskin said:

Enzo clearly fed him a load of bollocks. 
 

Plus one thing Cooper kept saying was how aligned the club was and he could see why we have success……

 

I mean, what does that mean? Clearly we aren’t? 

The inner workings of the club are totally deluded. It's the only explanation. Keep your head down, don't question anything, everything is working as intended comrade!

[Soar Fox]

12 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Thanks.

 

Why is this the case?

Box ticking. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

12 hours ago, grth2004 said:

Susan Whelan is someone that seems to get away with a lot considering the mess our club is in I don’t hear her name mentioned enough. I thought her job was to run the financial side of the club ? I’m no expert but I’d say she failed catastrophically. 

Rudkin - football 

Whelan - stuff that isn't football 

 

This has been written multiple times by journalists that are clued up about us.

[Stadt]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Rudkin - football 

Whelan - stuff that isn't football 

 

This has been written multiple times by journalists that are clued up about us.

The personal loyalty to the Svriwaddywaddys is an issue for the football club and its fans. Unlike lots of industries the CEO is completely beholden to a function outside of their remit. The footballing function is disastrous and completely undermines every non-footballing dept, e.g - you can't run the commercial dept well if we're getting points deductions. Whelan is completely shafted but does nothing because she's a King Power loyalist and why cause an issue if you're well paid on the gravy train?

 

The same thing applies to Rudkin. If people think Top isn't the issue and we'd magically be ok with different directors you're absolutely cuckoo. There are ZERO standards at the club, the directors don't enforce them either they're not accountable either because the owner doesn’t crack the whip. Top doesn't care, simple as that or he's more stupid or cowardly than we realise.

 

The only significant change we've had a board level is literally because somebody died, that's what it takes. LCFC are a sclerotic organisation and their mismanagement will lead us into being the next Sheffield Wednesday. 

Edited 6 January by Stadt

[Tommy G]

2 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The personal loyalty to the Svriwaddywaddys is an issue for the football club and its fans. Unlike lots of industries the CEO is completely beholden to a function outside of their remit. The footballing function is disastrous and completely undermines every non-footballing dept, e.g - you can't run the commercial dept well if we're getting points deductions. Whelan is completely shafted but does nothing because she's a King Power loyalist and why cause an issue if you're well paid on the gravy train?

 

The same thing applies to Rudkin. If people think Top isn't the issue and we'd magically be ok with different directors you're absolutely cuckoo. There are ZERO standards at the club, the directors don't enforce them vocals they're not accountable either. Top doesn't care, simple as that or he's more stupid or cowardly than we realise.

 

The only significant change we've had a board level is literally because somebody died, that's what it takes. LCFC are a sclerotic organisation and their mismanagement will lead us into being the next Sheffield Wednesday. 

SW is 61, paid a few hundred grand a year - she can more than likely retire financially already but is probbaly thinking I'll see out another 3 years of this, net myself £1m quid and call it a day. She won't need to work again and the wrong age of 60, she's have to be paid off rather than chuck her notice in. If I was her I'd be doing exactly the same thing. 

[STEVIE B]

I find it amazing that anyone involved with the club's finances over recent times is still working for us.

Someone/people have to be accountable. 

[Iwebema]

4 hours ago, Pliskin said:

I still can’t believe there’s been only one addition to the backroom staff besides Ruud. I bet he’s ****ing regretting every moment of this… 

Sorry if I missed something here, do we know why this has happened (or not happened)? 

 

It's just so bizarre.

[Stadt]

41 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

SW is 61, paid a few hundred grand a year - she can more than likely retire financially already but is probbaly thinking I'll see out another 3 years of this, net myself £1m quid and call it a day. She won't need to work again and the wrong age of 60, she's have to be paid off rather than chuck her notice in. If I was her I'd be doing exactly the same thing. 

Is the CEO just coasting along, not upsetting the applecart good for the club? This is where Top’s disinterest stunts any change happening 

[Happy Fox]

1 minute ago, Iwebema said:

Sorry if I missed something here, do we know why this has happened (or not happened)? 

 

It's just so bizarre.

 

Utter incompetence as per usual.

[CosbehFox]

4 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Is the CEO just coasting along, not upsetting the applecart good for the club? This is where Top’s disinterest stunts any change happening 

It's like Succession. There's just too much they know to be fired. So we are in paralysis. 

 

You compare to any company of its size - it's not healthy to have the same rigid persons involved. Football club or not, there should always be some evolvement. 

[Babylon]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Rudkin - football 

Whelan - stuff that isn't football 

 

This has been written multiple times by journalists that are clued up about us.

The very same people, in the same articles also said she attends premier league meetings as our rep and has got involved in numerous transfers. She's on the board, whereas Rudkin is not. 

 

Also, she's the CEO. Of course, she's involved in football matters now... are those football matters picking scouts or coaches, discussing the style of play, and sorting out pre-season fixtures etc.? No, it's highly likely she also has minimal input. But there are going to be crossovers when it comes to money, she signs off the accounts, she's the one making statements on the accounts. Clearly she's going to have a large input on budgets and the like. She's our rep at premier league meetings, has always taken an active and well-respected role there (so we are told), and almost everything going on there is going to impact the football side of the club. 

 

What's classed as football can be split down into numerous categories. 

[Tommy G]

29 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Is the CEO just coasting along, not upsetting the applecart good for the club? This is where Top’s disinterest stunts any change happening 

Nope not good for the club - but she isn't a Leicester City fan like the rest of us, so will be thinking about her P60 every year.  

[Sol thewall Bamba]

12 minutes ago, Babylon said:

The very same people, in the same articles also said she attends premier league meetings as our rep and has got involved in numerous transfers. She's on the board, whereas Rudkin is not. 

 

Also, she's the CEO. Of course, she's involved in football matters now... are those football matters picking scouts or coaches, discussing the style of play, and sorting out pre-season fixtures etc.? No, it's highly likely she also has minimal input. But there are going to be crossovers when it comes to money, she signs off the accounts, she's the one making statements on the accounts. Clearly she's going to have a large input on budgets and the like. She's our rep at premier league meetings, has always taken an active and well-respected role there (so we are told), and almost everything going on there is going to impact the football side of the club. 

 

What's classed as football can be split down into numerous categories. 

Take it up with Rob Tanner, I'm not arguing with you about his responsibilities in 2025.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5492795/2024/07/26/jon-rudkin-leicester-city-director-football/

[KFS]

Endorse ‘Rudkin out’ on her LinkedIn page en masse 

 

Got to get creative here