The "do they mean us?" thread pt 4

[Golden Fox]

3 hours ago, filbertway said:

Pretty sure he's talking about the dodgy deal we had in 2013/2014 where a company called Trestellar, was created in 2014, bought the marketing/licensing rights to Leicester City and then sold them to King Power, who happened to be our owners.

 

It helped reduced our losses to a level where we could argue we were within the rules.

Leicester City and Football League continue financial fair play talks | Leicester City | The Guardian

 

Leicester City and the strange finances behind their rise to the Premier League pinnacle | Leicester City | The Guardian

Yes - and although I appreciate he wasn't talking about that season's expenditure exactly, he is using that article to link that dodgy deal to our "miracle" so it amounts to the same thing.

 

And the more I reflect on it, the more the whole "back in our box" thing infuriates me. Football is about the pyramid system and any club being able to dream. I grew up in an era when the likes of Everton and Leeds could win the league. And someone like Chelsea could come along and gatecrash it, and force other clubs to raise their level to respond. It is the fact these boxes have been created in the first place that is the fundamental problem, and his righteous attitude misses that completely.

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 01/10/2026 at 13:05, CosbehFox said:

Don’t trust Samuel’s words given his son has got a job with the City Group to which unsurprisingly his opinions have pivoted 

It does read very much like deflection and whataboutery.

[Trav Le Bleu]

11 hours ago, Vacamion said:

 

I posted the quote more for the last bit 

 

"Leicester are back in their box.  Leicester are done.".

 

That stings because it's true.

 

 

No. King Power are done. Slight difference.

[ChrisFilter]

18 hours ago, Golden Fox said:

Yes - and although I appreciate he wasn't talking about that season's expenditure exactly, he is using that article to link that dodgy deal to our "miracle" so it amounts to the same thing.

 

And the more I reflect on it, the more the whole "back in our box" thing infuriates me. Football is about the pyramid system and any club being able to dream. I grew up in an era when the likes of Everton and Leeds could win the league. And someone like Chelsea could come along and gatecrash it, and force other clubs to raise their level to respond. It is the fact these boxes have been created in the first place that is the fundamental problem, and his righteous attitude misses that completely.

I think you’re missing his point. The ‘back in their box’ bit was highlighting the unfair playing field, not saying we’re back where we should be. 

[davieG]

https://www.capitalfootball.co.uk/single-post/outclassed-bromley-given-a-taste-of-imposter-syndrome-by-dominant-leicester-city

 

Outclassed Bromley given a taste of imposter syndrome by dominant Leicester City
Writer: By Yann Tear at Hayes Lane
By Yann Tear at Hayes Lane

Foxes came out at night, alas for the Ravens : Picture by @YTJourno

Foxes came out at night, alas for the Ravens : Picture by @YTJourno

League One

Bromley (0) 0

Leicester City (3) 4 Alves 4,  Lundstram 16, Thomas 45+2, Riis 67

It's 10 years since the Foxes pulled off English football's greatest miracle and they have since fallen from a great height - but not enough to disguise a still-obvious gulf in resources.

This was a match which quickly lost all semblance of being a real contest as Leicester bagged two goals in the opening 16 minutes before inflicting a death by a thousand cuts.

They racked up  756 passes over the 90 minutes. Bromley 236. With around 75 per cent possession they completely controlled proceedings as the Ravens chased shadows.

But for a string of fine saves from Grant Smith, the winning margin would have been much greater. By the end, 4-0 felt like something of a moral victory for the hosts.

Of course this felt like a special night for the Ravens. It was their first ever meeting with the Foxes and seeing Hayes Lane packed to the rafters was a reminder of just how far this club has come. 

It is amazing to be playing a team like former champions Leicester City, who are surely destined to bounce back up to the Championship despite an atrocious start to the season.

But for Bromley,  it is going to take an almighty effort to avoid a quick return to League Two. They are bottom of the table and leaking too many goals but should console themselves they won't have to face this kind of quality every week.

City may have had to assemble a new team with very few well known names but Russell Martin - under fire after overseeing a dire start to life in League  One - surely has the players to do the job.

Bromley boss Andy Woodman is not one to accept any cause is totally hopeless and he made a quadruple change at the interval, which initially promised to stem the one-way traffic. Perhaps they can take comfort from only losing the second half 1-0. But this was still a humbling night.

It took the Foxes just four minutes to assert themselves- Will Alves firing in after being set up by Sammy Braybrooke.

Skipper John Lundstram doubled the lead, picking up the pieces on the edge of the box to fire into the bottom corner and Luke Thomas got on the end of a Braybrooke cross from the right just before the break. 

It did look as if the provider was offside when he raced down the right flank but the linesman close by was unmoved, much to the fury of the home supporters, who saw their last vestige of hope evaporate in that moment.

New signing Emil Riis put away a fourth after another assist from the excellent Braybrooke and we were treated to an impressive late cameo from former Fulham striker Bobby Decordova-Reid  whose pass to Liam Cullen almost resulted in a fifth goal. Only Smith's fingertips prevented it happening.

Mitch Pinnock kept plugging away down the left but chances were scarce for Bromley. There were ironic cheers when JJ McKiernan hit a powder puff shot at the keeper and Pinnock himself had a deflected shot palmed away. 

But with City monopolising proceedings, the Bromley faithful aired a self-mocking chant of "We've got the ball" during the rare moments their team was actually in possession. It was that kind of night.

Ravens: (4-1-4-1) Smith - Ifill, Sowunmi (Cheek h/t) Jackson (Miller 81), Taylor (Jones h/t) - Saville - Whitely (Grant h/t),  Hondermarck, Pinnock - Adeboyejo (Conteh h/t)

Foxes: (3-4-2-1) McCarthy - O'Hara, Souttar, Okoli - Alves (Howell 77), Lundstram, Page (Chaplin 72), Thomas - Braybrooke (Smallbone 72), Doyle (Decordova-Reid 77) - Riis (Cullen 72)

[DJW1]

There was no offside for the third goal. 

[ealingfox]

How strangely bitter, given by the writers own admission simply sharing the pitch with us made it the greatest night in their history.

Edited 5 hours ago by ealingfox

[Sol thewall Bamba]

2 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

How strangely bitter, given by the writers own admission simply sharing the pitch with us made it the greatest night in their history.

It was the same when we first went down to the Championship, it quickly turns from "we can give these a game" to "it's not fair they have XYZ player how are they even in this league" etc etc. Boring. 

[Les-TA-Jon]

7 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

It was the same when we first went down to the Championship, it quickly turns from "we can give these a game" to "it's not fair they have XYZ player how are they even in this league" etc etc. Boring. 

Kinda true of any underdog vs any 'big' team in football though right? You win and you treat it as a 'scalp' and you lose and you can easily point to the gulf in quality/resources. 

[davieG]

17 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

Kinda true of any underdog vs any 'big' team in football though right? You win and you treat it as a 'scalp' and you lose and you can easily point to the gulf in quality/resources. 

I'm sure plenty of our fans have done it in the past

[CosbehFox]

The 'offside' was hilariously onside. 

 

Tbf there's a Bromley blog on twitter last night who called it spot on.