New Ownership - Is it time?

[Lako42]

6 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Ownership is completely fine and not the issue.

 

We need Rudkin and whelan gone. To be replaced with:

 

A new Chief exec.

A new Sporting director 

A new DOF/Technical director. 
 

 

So the ownership isn't 'completely fine' then

[Pliskin]

5 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Ownership is completely fine and not the issue.

 

We need Rudkin and whelan gone. To be replaced with:

 

A new Chief exec.

A new Sporting director 

A new DOF/Technical director. 
 

 

If Top is serious, he will do what’s necessary….. but the questions remain, will he? 

[Muzzy_no7]

13 minutes ago, Lako42 said:

So the ownership isn't 'completely fine' then

F***ing hell.

 

 

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Wouldn't surprise me if Top sits there during a game dreaming about his next polo match, or wondering about the result of the 3.20 at Sandown.

[Chrysalis]

4 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

F***ing hell.

 

 

That's your response to the obvious being pointed out?

 

Or do you think the CEO etc. will sack themselves?

Edited 23 December 2024 by Chrysalis

[sly1]

WHAT

[Muzzy_no7]

3 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

That's your response to the obvious being pointed out?

 

Or do you think the CEO etc. will sack themselves?

Top is the owner and chairman along with one of his relatives. 
 

His ownership and funding of the club right now isn’t the problem, it’s the people below him who he’s trusted for way too long. 
 

I still believe he could realise and change it. 

 

Selling up and changing the guard would take months. (Which medium to long term would probably be beneficial, but right now in this pivotal season it wouldn’t be for the best). 
 

 

[Muzzy_no7]

8 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

Wouldn't surprise me if Top sits there during a game dreaming about his next polo match, or wondering about the result of the 3.20 at Sandown.

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

[Finnaldo]

2 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

 

3 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Top is the owner and chairman along with one of his relatives. 
 

His ownership and funding of the club right now isn’t the problem, it’s the people below him who he’s trusted for way too long. 
 

I still believe he could realise and change it. 

 

Selling up and changing the guard would take months. (Which medium to long term would probably be beneficial, but right now in this pivotal season it wouldn’t be for the best). 
 

 

This is exactly the issue though, he’s no interest in running it and left it to the only people he knows to run it. They’ve shown to be grossly incompetent and even on getting us relegated they were essentially allowed to review themselves and find no issue. If he wasn’t going to realise then when is he going to cotton onto it? 
 

This all points to bad ownership, I struggle to see how not being bothered and leaving it in the hands of incompetents shows any level of competency on his behalf. Even if he ‘realises’ now it’s too late and years of damage going back to the PL win have already set us back massively. 
 

This appears to me as years of poor senior management and ownership come home to roost, it’s not an out-the-blue shock. People seem afraid to say it but Vichai wasn’t all that much better in that regard, Rudkin had several massive operational failures under him too (the Andre Silva fiasco to note one). A lot of very good fortune and the perfect storm in 15/16 brought a lot of time and goodwill that some seem shackled to today.

 

[BarringtonHayles]

Even if you remove the footballing side of things which the owners are clearly not going to change, for supposed 'retail experts' every other aspect of the club is being ran poorly as well.

 

Too much of the fanbase (not on FoxesTalk admittedly) buy into the weird King Power 'Great to see you Khun Top!' nonsense every time he deigns to show up. The defence of King Power is purely emotional at this point, it's not based on logic, they have been failing as owners for years now. We are nothing more than numbers on a spreadsheet to him, he is not and will never be your friend, no amount of high fives and free Changs will change that.

 

The common defence is we won the league and be careful what you wish for. The league win is approaching a decade old at this point. If we get relegated, which looks likely, we will be left with an overpaid and poor quality squad in the championship with few players worth selling, with extortionate ticket pricing and awaiting a big punishment from the Football League. How much worse can it get under new owners?

 

King Power out.

[Dahnsouff]

1 hour ago, Lako42 said:

So the ownership isn't 'completely fine' then

What the actual ****? Maybe I missed something. 

Edited 23 December 2024 by Dahnsouff

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

By "very good authority" you mean the blindingly obvious yeah?

[Muzzy_no7]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

By "very good authority" you mean the blindingly obvious yeah?

Well that and being told by both current and former staff 

[Dahnsouff]

How many owners are really engaged with their clubs?

[Chrysalis]

1 hour ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Top is the owner and chairman along with one of his relatives. 
 

His ownership and funding of the club right now isn’t the problem, it’s the people below him who he’s trusted for way too long. 
 

I still believe he could realise and change it. 

 

Selling up and changing the guard would take months. (Which medium to long term would probably be beneficial, but right now in this pivotal season it wouldn’t be for the best). 
 

 

I think you have misunderstood again, if Top wont get rid of these people, then he becomes the problem, they wont resign themselves.

 

He also isnt just here for funding either, is involved with some decisions.

Edited 23 December 2024 by Chrysalis

[moore_94]

The only way I can see us getting any change in the big roles below Top is if King Power sells

 

Seemingly they all got away with it after the 22/23 relegation, and I have no reason to believe any of them would be found liable and lose their jobs if it happens again this season

[ajthefox]

1 hour ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

This is directly contradictory to what you've said about ownership being a problem, surely?

[Daggers]

6 minutes ago, ajthefox said:

This is directly contradictory to what you've said about ownership being a problem, surely?

I have it on very good authority that you are correct. 

[Bluearmyfox28]

5 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

Then why not sell? Where’s a Saudi prince when you need them! 

[foxinsocks]

12 minutes ago, Bluearmyfox28 said:

Then why not sell? Where’s a Saudi prince when you need them! 

All at king Charles' Dunwhatnot house

[Bilo]

I've said before and will say again that I'm not too bothered if he lives and breathes Leicester City, so long as he appoints competent people who do to run the club and he signs the cheques.

 

He isn't interested, he isn't putting the right people in place and he isn't going to. Get it sold.

[murphy]

6 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

I thought (and I might well be wrong) that vichai bought the club, basically to give his football mad son something to do and it was always Top that was the more passionate about it? 

 

We have lots of evidence in recent years of a club being poorly run, but do we have any evidence that Top isn't intetested?  I think the tragedy will forever tie Top to the club as he will seek to build a legacy to honour his old man.  He's just not been very good at it lately. 

[Nolucklcfc]

6 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

I have it on very good authority that he is nowhere near as interested in running this club as his father was at present. Not just from the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. 

Good, the more pressure, the more likely he is to sell up. 

[MattFox]

5 hours ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Well that and being told by both current and former staff 

I’ve heard Top doesn’t interact with anyone at the club bar Rudkin and a few of the players and that’s more of a social thing 

 

None of the staff (including Directors) etc have anything to do with him

 

 

[phoneticerror]

Some might say it’s been time for a while