King Power Out

[Stadt]

7 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

No one as a custodian of a football club should downplay the history, size and success of a football club they own like he successfully did in that interview. 

 

'A small club in Midlands' 

 

That comment is proof that he's completely disattached from understanding English football and the city ('they have done a lot for the city though'). 

 

We get relegated, this club is going to be see hundreds of job losses. 

We should have seen hundreds of job losses already, the fact we haven’t is part of of the problem.

 

He either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about the perilous financial position. 

[FrankieADZ]

8 hours ago, FLAN said:

Not sure if this is posted already but it is pretty grim listening 

 

 

heres a YT version(as shown in the wheres the money gone thread), more people need to watch it

 

Edited 12 February by FrankieADZ

[Parafox]

Do you think we'd be in this mess had the helicopter crash never happened?

[Ashley]

3 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Do you think we'd be in this mess had the helicopter crash never happened?

No

[MattFox]

12 hours ago, Stadt said:

We should have seen hundreds of job losses already, the fact we haven’t is part of of the problem.

 

He either doesn’t know or doesn’t care about the perilous financial position. 

We have a bigger headcount than most premier league clubs and actually increased it over the last couple of years 

 

Quick look on companies house shows we have more staff than Newcastle for example 

 

We’ve still been recruiting for non core positions this season

 

Absolute Shambles

[MattFox]

29 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Do you think we'd be in this mess had the helicopter crash never happened?

Nope

 

I don’t think Vichai would have signed the poor deal with the Thai government Aiyawatt did in 2019 which essentially was the start of KP’s troubles

[ClaphamFox]

28 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Do you think we'd be in this mess had the helicopter crash never happened?

No. That faulty component the tail rotor of the helicopter changed our history. We went from being run by a hard-headed, successful businessman to being run by his well-meaning but pampered and utterly clueless son. And we will be reaping the cost of it for many, many years.

[SemperEadem]

5 minutes ago, MattFox said:

Nope

 

I don’t think Vichai would have signed the poor deal with the Thai government Aiyawatt did in 2019 which essentially was the start of KP’s troubles

Is that not the sort of thing they ‘have to do’ by virtue of being in bed with the Government there so much.

[Mickyblueeyes]

40 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Do you think we'd be in this mess had the helicopter crash never happened?

No. Vichai had faults but he was a business man. Look at who he attracted to the board. Susan Whelan as his ceo - very hands with Vichai there. Dan Barnett a very well respected commercial director. Simon Capper - a highly respected CFO. Matthew Phillips and the creation of the general counsel role. People will say yeah but he gave Rudkin his big break. He did but look at the infrastructure behind him. 
 

all of those respected c-suite personal have left. Two haven’t been replaced. Ones role has been downgraded and the fourth has been replaced internally. 
 

As the video above says, Top is a bit of idiot. Some realised this in 23, some in 24, some more in 25 and a lot more (whether they’d admit it or not, in 26). 
 

to add, never would a business man like Vichai become “acting ceo” and put his bit on the side in place. Had Whelan wanted to leave, he would’ve said, sure, before you go, you’ll find an interim and a list of appropriate candidates to replace you full time as part of the settlement. 

Edited 12 February by Mickyblueeyes

[DJW1]

Thanks to developments in film technology, the old and the new have been combined to bring us "Carry On King Power", featuring
 

Jackie Chan as hapless owner "Top Boy". You´ll crease up every time he utters his catchphrase "We promote"

Jim Dale (or Hugh Grant) as likeable young coach Andy King, who just can´t get it up (LCFC`s league position, that is)

Barbara Windsor and Charles Hawtrey, who always win the 50-50 tackles against the Leicester midfielders

 

In a surprise turn of events, Sean Dyche (Jason Statham) and grizzled veteran Nigel "Ostrich" Pearson (Clint Eastwood or Ray Winstone) parachute in to depose Top Boy and his evil sidekick "Dud-kin" before saving the club from relegation.

[Stadt]

48 minutes ago, MattFox said:

We have a bigger headcount than most premier league clubs and actually increased it over the last couple of years 

 

Quick look on companies house shows we have more staff than Newcastle for example 

 

We’ve still been recruiting for non core positions this season

 

Absolute Shambles

It's insane. No CEO, no commercial director, finance director is out of his depth. The DoF responsible for a lot of this gets promoted. We're not cutting costs, we have two training grounds.

 

What have we spent of lawyers over the past 5 years? That must be 7-8 figures. What have spent on the financial facilities on the KP loans and with Macquarie? It ends in administration, as Top does not have the wherewithal to get us out of this, nor does he have the capability to recruit someday that does.

 

 

[Xen]

50 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

No. That faulty component the tail rotor of the helicopter changed our history. We went from being run by a hard-headed, successful businessman to being run by his well-meaning but pampered and utterly clueless son. And we will be reaping the cost of it for many, many years.

Plus, because of the success we had under Vichai and the (understandable) view that the club is a part of his legacy, Top's even less likely to sell up/move on.

[ClaphamFox]

1 minute ago, Xen said:

Plus, because of the success we had under Vichai and the (understandable) view that the club is a part of his legacy, Top's even less likely to sell up/move on.

Yes, I think Top will not sell up while we're in the shit because he won't want to dishonour his dad's memory. Unfortunately he shows no sign of being able to get us out of the shit. So we may be stuck in this deeply unhappy marriage for some time.

[MattFox]

1 hour ago, SemperEadem said:

Is that not the sort of thing they ‘have to do’ by virtue of being in bed with the Government there so much.

I think he had slightly more nous to play the system to his advantage 

 

Aiyawatt on the other hand just does what the Thai government/military (and organised crime syndicates….probs best not libel on here though) say 

 

Could be wrong though 

[Donwebbio]

I think this will go down as not only the most catastrophic period in the club's history, but probably the most dysfunctional and mismanaged of any club this country has ever seen. If we have a club left at the end of their tenure then we will be doing well.

 

Edited 12 February by Donwebbio

[Pita]

39 minutes ago, Stadt said:

It's insane. No CEO, no commercial director, finance director is out of his depth. The DoF responsible for a lot of this gets promoted. We're not cutting costs, we have two training grounds.

 

What have we spent of lawyers over the past 5 years? That must be 7-8 figures. What have spent on the financial facilities on the KP loans and with Macquarie? It ends in administration, as Top does not have the wherewithal to get us out of this, nor does he have the capability to recruit someday that does.

 

 

He’s totally clueless bringing in a call centre manager ( temporarily) but does not understand English football. 

[Gazza M]

Bring on administration to get rid of them. 

[James.]

On 11/02/2026 at 10:14, Tomo260 said:

I honestly think I'm going to follow a premier league team for a while and have Leicester on a back burner until Top sells. 

Support your local non-league team.

[Voll Blau]

12 minutes ago, James. said:

Support your local non-league team.

Ennit.

 

Wild that any Leicester fan would follow a Premier League side just because we're not in it.

[CL Fox]

Personally think Vichai's success and nous is completely overstated. Appointed several shite managers, only really Pearson did well and that was on Birch's recco.

 

We won the league which was one in a trillion. Several ****ing awful decisions - notably Puel.

 

That said he was miles better than Top.

[filbertway]

2 minutes ago, CL Fox said:

Personally think Vichai's success and nous is completely overstated. Appointed several shite managers, only really Pearson did well and that was on Birch's recco.

 

We won the league which was one in a trillion. Several ****ing awful decisions - notably Puel.

 

That said he was miles better than Top.

Puel took over an aging team that could barely string 2 passes together, rebuilt and put together the bones of a squad that was capable of challenging the top 6.

 

His football was dull, but there's no way he didn't have an overall net positive impact on the club.

 

Vichai made some poor calls and mistakes, while they're not ideal I think they are to be expected. Dealing with them and rectifying them is important. He also got people around him that knew that they were doing and were good at their jobs. That's something he seemed to do fairly well.

 

Top will go down as one of the worst and destructive chairman/owners in modern history though. They're so far apart on the spectrum I don't think there can be a comparison haha.

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

36 minutes ago, James. said:

Support your local non-league team.

City are about to be 

 

*Just seen the context of the previous post, why would you support a PL team??

Edited 12 February by Stuntman_Mike

[Stadt]

19 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Puel took over an aging team that could barely string 2 passes together, rebuilt and put together the bones of a squad that was capable of challenging the top 6.

 

His football was dull, but there's no way he didn't have an overall net positive impact on the club.

 

Vichai made some poor calls and mistakes, while they're not ideal I think they are to be expected. Dealing with them and rectifying them is important. He also got people around him that knew that they were doing and were good at their jobs. That's something he seemed to do fairly well.

 

Top will go down as one of the worst and destructive chairman/owners in modern history though. They're so far apart on the spectrum I don't think there can be a comparison haha.

 

Puel could muster up a 9th placed finish at best with peak Vardy, Mahrez, Ndidi and Schmeichel - rubbish 

 

Lost out an Europa place to Burnley 

Edited 12 February by Stadt

[AKCJ]

Nothing out of the club regarding Tuesday's debacle other than a couple of 1/2 minute interviews with Kingy and Begovic.

 

They keep saying "we need to communicate more" yet never seem to actually want to.

 

Sick of the lot of them.

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

On 11/02/2026 at 10:14, Tomo260 said:

After sleeping on it I'm still seething, first time ever after all the tripe we've gone through the past 2 seasons.

 

My joy, hope, passion has all been completely drained by Top etc.

 

I want to enjoy football and I can't in any aspect while following Leicester, haven't for some time. 

 

I honestly think I'm going to follow a premier league team for a while and have Leicester on a back burner until Top sells. 

Leicester are your team, following a premier league team just won’t be the same, who will you pick and how? These things just can’t be chopped and changed . 
I once had a mate, we always used to go Filbert St together, we lost touch and he sadly passed away, his coffin came out draped in a Man Utd flag, just couldn’t believe it, I just don’t understand changing teams. 

Edited 12 February by Mark 'expert' Lawrenson