Players Party in Copenhagen

[fox_favourite]

Top taking control of a business that has been turning into a mess and maybe he's realised and not impressed. Dodgy sponsor, manager that wasn't a fit for the players, players not performing. I like the fact he's been around and is taking control as it's needed. Rudkin and Whelan ha e been trusted to run the club and they're making a hash of it. 

 

Top might be pushed too far, but it's good to see him stamping his authority. This is the wake-up call the board and players probably needed for a while. 

[Dahnsouff]

Don’t find it laughable at all, they have been shit. The manager has been shit. Everyone gets a bollocking and quite right. Players are protected like massive babies anyway, worse they cannot be sacked. Manager can and rightly was given the heave Ho. Think telling them that derailing the manager (regardless how poor he is) from day one is poor at best and unprofessional at worst.

[Collymore]

Hahahaha Top - Family club! That's unbelievable. That's wind back a few months.....

 

Advisor "Top, the report you asked for on the new sponsors:"

 

"Pepsi Co - a global instantly recognisable brand who would really help with the 'family image' you want to develop."

 

Top: "Anyone else?"

 

Advisor "well there's this dodgy crypto company called BC Game - I didn't think you'd want to consider them as it's as the opposite to 'family image' you can get.

 

Top "how much they paying?"

 

Advisor "Top sir, you don't understand, they look dodgy as hell, there's questions over their longevity. Anyway, would you want a gambling firm on shirts that  young fans are going to see all the time? We're trying to be family club aren't we?"

 

Top "how much they paying?"

 

Advisor "Twice the amount of Pepsi Co"

 

Top "Go BC Game" 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 27 November 2024 by Collymore

[Stuntman_Mike]

It wouldn't surprise me if Top hasn't actually grilled the players and this story has just been released to make give look stronger and to gain more respect from outside the club. He's probably had a good laugh with Vardy about how shite the appointment of Cooper was and that it will all be fine with the new manager.

[ElusiveEd]

I don't want a "Family Image"

 

I want my club back, along with the support and atmosphere we once had.

 

It's his "Family Image" vision that's killed the match day I once loved.  

[Jattdogg]

I never read into these articles too much as some of it could be bollocks.

 

Top and Rudkin need to hold their hands up when they fail. Looks like top has with firing cooper but needs to bin off rudkin too.

 

He will get them someone else but put a fukin shift in and make it count lads!

 

 

[jonny_wright]

Whilst Top, Rudkin and Whelan are running this club it will be in a downward trajectory…. The absolute mess those 3 have overseen in the past 3 years is unforgivable - yet they survive

[jbflcfc]

I don’t get why people are against him giving the team a bollocking, maybe he himself has grown a pair & deciding to act like an owner should now!

 

I don’t agree with the family statement though, ticket prices etc 

[Lako42]

It's the Thai royal family image you idiots. 

 

 

[Corky]

Time for some of these lads to step up now. 

[eblair]

2 hours ago, jonny_wright said:

Whilst Top, Rudkin and Whelan are running this club it will be in a downward trajectory…. The absolute mess those 3 have overseen in the past 3 years is unforgivable - yet they survive

I might not like it, but Top owns the club. He’s not really accountable to anyone but himself

[Bert]

Why does it always take a saga for us to get our arsed into gear?  

[Buzzell]

I didn’t realise Top had a pair of bollocks.

[Chrysalis]

That video is not a good luck for the club, we dont know who was holding the sign, someone asked by the players, or one of Enzo's fan girls who managed to be at the event as well.  But no club will want that sort of thing from their players, they should always be respecting whoever their current boss is.

As I tried to mention in the expectations ve reality thread I made there is much bigger issues at the club, Cooper may have failed to get respect from some of the players, and not performed to the level Top expected, but Top also needs to look in the mirror at his own decision making, he still has a clown for a DoF, and has overseen an era where we were on the brink of PSR failure, whilst falling backwards on squad value relative to other teams.

[Ricey]

That article has really rattled me.

 

You can't sack a manager after 12 matches and then blame it on the players. It is your fault for hiring him in the first place and your fault for not sacking him before the international break.

 

You can't sanction a Christmas party for players and then accuse them of it being unsavoury. They didn't really do anything wrong, it was just unfortunate timing.

 

You can't constantly push back against fan groups, treat the average fan with absolute contempt and jump into bed with any old Triad-backed sponsor, but then preach about the "family image" that is apparently so important to you.

[norwichfox]

12 hours ago, Buzzell said:

I didn’t realise Top had a pair of bollocks.

Why do you think Rudkin went on Top's honeymoon?

[Buzzell]

28 minutes ago, norwichfox said:

Why do you think Rudkin went on Top's honeymoon?

[Skidmark]

Admittedly I don't necessarily understand how Top has been able to speak out at the players about anything BUT the Enzo sign. 

 

The Enzo sign is the damaging thing. He would have approved the Xmas Party probably, especially with the string of games coming up. 

 

Also if he wanted to minimise damages, he should have got rid of Cooper during the International Break. The situation would have been dealt with, and there would be less 'disgrace' piled. 

 

But being honest. Player misses ex coach and has a laugh. That's the real headline. The negativity only increases following the sacking of Cooper, which should have been done earlier. 

[HybridFox]

Model pro Coady being one of those at the forefront of that clip. But professionalism has been issue for a while. Remember Wes Morgan was also one of the players present in that houseparty before the game 

[Skidmark]

3 minutes ago, HybridFox said:

Model pro Coady being one of those at the forefront of that clip. But professionalism has been issue for a while. Remember Wes Morgan was also one of the players present in that houseparty before the game 

I did think that. A man brought in pretty much solely for being a dressing room leader at the heart of it. 

[CrazyKopCorner]

On 27/11/2024 at 18:35, ElusiveEd said:

I don't want a "Family Image"

 

I want my club back, along with the support and atmosphere we once had.

 

It's his "Family Image" vision that's killed the match day I once loved.  

I liked it when the kop end at Leicester (Filbert Street) was criticised   for its malevolence - loved it    

[ElusiveEd]

Just now, CrazyKopCorner said:

I liked it when the kop end at Leicester (Filbert Street) was criticised   for its malevolence - loved it    

Just the 1 letter i in the word malevolence and you have male violence.

 

Was criticised for that too.

 

[oz was my hero]

On 27/11/2024 at 17:28, foxile5 said:

He can get right in the proverbial bin. 

 

The club is operating to price out families, to make it difficult for generational support, and it doesn't have any clear moral compass when it appoints seedy gambling scams as principle sponsors. 

 

Absolutely.  My kids 12th birthday  this week. Happy birthday  from KPFC, your ticket price has nearly doubled. That means you can't go as much unless you contribute.  Maybe go work in a Thai sweatshop knocking out adidas football shirts that can be sold for a fortune . Family club my arse. 

[BKLFox]

Chris Sutton comments on christmas party as part of his predictions "There are photos of the squad out in Copenhagen this week for their Christmas party, and if they are holding that in November then something is wrong..." given the December / festive schedule when would the oracle suggest a team holds it's Christmas party, January? what a Trotters Independant Trader

[Trav Le Bleu]

Foxes' players told behaviour unacceptable - Dawson -

 

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cy9j7wwpzrdo