When do we blame the players?

[The Quick Brown Fox]

When they've all been given a fair crack of the whip. 

 

Hard to blame them when they're being selected and told to do the same shite that's seen them beaten so many times. 

 

One bloke has the power to select different players but he picks the same ones. 

[justfoxes]

19 hours ago, CrispinLA in Texas said:

We wish...for that to happen Rudkin and Top have to go.

We all know what the route problem is and I've given up because nothings going to change and the football club will continue making the same mistakes.

I'm not even bothered about thinking who's going to replace RVN when he goes. There's to much sh*t hanging around the club and other issues like the lack of coaching and other footballing staff aren't being addressed also

Who will actually want to replace RVN what with the toxicity against the board from the fans the lack of commitment and funding towards signings the incompetence at running a football club by the board the players who some seem to have given up, up until and even when RVN Goes the stubborn fucher needs to pull his attitude from up his Ar5E stop believing the players and tactics are good enough we are being found out every game change things around you stubborn fool and do it soon or just bugger off Ruud !!

[SK3Blue]

Didn’t we all blame Wellens? It’s been a while..

[foxinsocks]

15 hours ago, splinterdream said:

When you see Youri Tielemens giving his all for Villa, and you remember him in our 22/23 season, overweight, lazy, blowing after 45, but getting picked every game, who do you blame?

He was running his contract down.... that's a lesson rudders haa not learnt

[splinterdream]

1 hour ago, foxinsocks said:

He was running his contract down.... that's a lesson rudders haa not learnt

Then we should have thrown him.in the under 16's

[foxinsocks]

33 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Then we should have thrown him.in the under 16's

Correct.  Any one who doesnt renew by 12 mths to go gets sold or plays in the kids teams 

[justfoxes]

5 hours ago, splinterdream said:

Then we should have thrown him.in the under 16's

Don’t you mean over 16 Stones the way he was puffing and blowing ?😉😂🤦‍♂️

[Chrysalis]

I have never felt the players are a innocent party, my issue has always been individuals being picked on rather than blaming as a unit.

 

Completely unacceptable behaviour to not give 100% to a Manager's idea.  How that isnt a pay deduction punishment I dont know.

[accessory]

On 22/02/2025 at 13:14, justfoxes said:

Really Annoys me when you See our Goat looked beaten and upset following another loss yet again he’s the only one to come out and thank the fans after such a dismal depressing performance, is it time to rest up this goat before he burns out?

 

Don't feel any sympathy for him, especially as he sees more money in a day than most Foxes will do in a year.

 

As "captain", Vardy has been expected to set standards for his team-mates and fellow squad members. And so he has done - but not in the way we may have hoped.

 

How can he call out sub-standard team-mates when his own performances have so often come up well short of the mark?

 

He was over the hill two seasons ago and is even more so now.

 

Anyone who can't see he is one of the biggest scammers at the club, is (as St Nigel might put it) an ostrich.

[Dickov22]

On 22/02/2025 at 12:39, SkidsFox said:

Hard to blame a player for just not being good enough. And if they really are lacking effort then it's down to whoever trusts and selects them. 

If Ruud watches the fourth goal back (which he will), and then picks Faes on Thursday, then that is unbelievable and proves he will never be a good Manager 

[Dickov22]

5 minutes ago, accessory said:

Don't feel any sympathy for him, especially as he sees more money in a day than most Foxes will do in a year.

 

As "captain", Vardy has been expected to set standards for his team-mates and fellow squad members. And so he has done - but not in the way we may have hoped.

 

How can he call out sub-standard team-mates when his own performances have so often come up well short of the mark?

 

He was over the hill two seasons ago and is even more so now.

 

Anyone who can't see he is one of the biggest scammers at the club, is (as St Nigel might put it) an ostrich.

How can you possibly criticise him for his performances?! He’s rubbish and has needed replacing for years but that’s not his fault, it’s the clubs. He’s pretty incredible considering he’s 38.  Doesn’t mean he should be in the team but you can’t say he’s coming up ‘well short of the mark’

[Vazman]

40 minutes ago, Chrysalis said:

I have never felt the players are a innocent party, my issue has always been individuals being picked on rather than blaming as a unit.

 

Completely unacceptable behaviour to not give 100% to a Manager's idea.  How that isnt a pay deduction punishment I dont know.

If pay was based on performances, we would never have PSR issues...

[Vazman]

10 minutes ago, Dickov22 said:

How can you possibly criticise him for his performances?! He’s rubbish and has needed replacing for years but that’s not his fault, it’s the clubs. He’s pretty incredible considering he’s 38.  Doesn’t mean he should be in the team but you can’t say he’s coming up ‘well short of the mark’

At present he is neither short or ahead of the mark, he is incredible in that he sets the standard, playing at 38 often for the full 90 and no serious injuries at this level, he is LCFC through and through, but his wage and presence beyond this season is likely a step too far, it's sad he has to be part of what's happening at present with the club.

[TeamRocket]

All have, it such a shame no players really wanna play for us anymore. Honestly feel like that. We need to some how get back to basics. Get someone like NP or if he's up to him. Rebuild the back room staff, the tea room, the players, the fan base, the attitude, guess everything. Make want players wanna play for us and the min they stop playing sell or send em to the under 21s only have players who want to be here, staff who care about the club and kick out the bandwagon fans and bring back the fearless foxes attitude or even the foxes never quit.

[DJ Barry Hammond]

 

😂😂😂
 

 

[Gamble92]

11 hours ago, foxinsocks said:

He was running his contract down.... that's a lesson rudders haa not learnt

And you still get fans who won't hear a bad word against him. Kind of sums up that type of fan that have become so complicit in our demise. 

[Dickov22]

10 hours ago, Vazman said:

At present he is neither short or ahead of the mark, he is incredible in that he sets the standard, playing at 38 often for the full 90 and no serious injuries at this level, he is LCFC through and through, but his wage and presence beyond this season is likely a step too far, it's sad he has to be part of what's happening at present with the club.

I totally agree. I wouldn’t have kept him on this season but if he’s crap then that’s not his fault.  He’s 38, not sure what we expect. Should be nowhere near the team but we don’t have anyone else! 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

The player culture here stinks, almost to a man our starting XI are currently either aging to the point where we're their last payday, or players that were on loan at a higher level last season ( ) and will piss off again when we're relegated again. 

 

It's hideous.

[desertfox2]

The last time we went down we had enough quality to probably finish top half so it was different. I don't think this time you can actually blame the players, they haven't downed tools, the effort is there, we just don't have enough quality and that puts the blame right at the top as they have overseen this whole mess. It hasn't happened overnight. Our recruitment has been poor since Puel left and even between Pearson and Puel really. That's a long time to sign players who aren't good enough. We went down last time with Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison a younger Vardy etc. Who possibly thought that we would do better with the replacements we have? It makes no sense. The defence has been a mess for years now and we haven't sorted it out.  We've conceded 59 goals with a good GK playing for a lot of the games. How could anyone think we would score enough with a front three of BCR, Ayew an aging Vardy? BEK is incredibly talented but he's young and inexperienced. He's not going to score 10 goals in the prem is he, in his first season. The players don't sign themselves or give out contracts this is all on the board. 

[Foxin_Mad]

6 minutes ago, desertfox2 said:

the effort is there

I'm not sure it is.

 

I mean if the effort was there on Friday, against Everton or against Wolves, then you have to question if some of these lot have made the right career choice. 

 

Like you see lower league teams in the FA Cup manage to fight and battle a 0-0 or better.

 

We are seeing errors week in week out that frankly highly paid professionals should not be making. 

[Chrysalis]

49 minutes ago, desertfox2 said:

The last time we went down we had enough quality to probably finish top half so it was different. I don't think this time you can actually blame the players, they haven't downed tools, the effort is there, we just don't have enough quality and that puts the blame right at the top as they have overseen this whole mess. It hasn't happened overnight. Our recruitment has been poor since Puel left and even between Pearson and Puel really. That's a long time to sign players who aren't good enough. We went down last time with Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison a younger Vardy etc. Who possibly thought that we would do better with the replacements we have? It makes no sense. The defence has been a mess for years now and we haven't sorted it out.  We've conceded 59 goals with a good GK playing for a lot of the games. How could anyone think we would score enough with a front three of BCR, Ayew an aging Vardy? BEK is incredibly talented but he's young and inexperienced. He's not going to score 10 goals in the prem is he, in his first season. The players don't sign themselves or give out contracts this is all on the board. 

Sales of KDH and Barnes.   Barnes had the making of a striker in my view, lot of his goals were on the break and in the corner of net.  People always say big money sales are prudent, can replace them, I have never been convinced by that.   Include Maddison and thats 3 proven quality attacking players.

Edited 24 February by Chrysalis

[Fox92]

I just haven't been arsed with them all season. They're all a disgrace. Showed nothing all season.