The definitive list of King Power / John Rudkin c**k ups.

[Tommy Fresh]

59 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

• Allowed Schmeichel to leave in the summer of 2022 and did not replace him, basically relegating us that season.

If we'd of played Iversen all season we probably stay up, he's not great by all means but he can actually make saves 

[leicesterseddon]

In terms of a single decision, it's hard to look past giving Vestergaard another contract, especially a three-year one.

 

In terms of a long-term failing, I'd actually say the lack of young players coming through the academy (or, given the chance to progress) has been the most disappointing.

 

(Obviously we've had Barnes & KDH in recent years, but they both made their 1st team debuts years ago now and no one has broken through since).

[Free Falling Foxes]

As things seem to get progressively worse, I would say the boards next decision - whatever it may be - could probably be added to the list...............and the next...........and then the next........

Edited 28 February by Free Falling Foxes

[Fox92]

The fact Mahrez only went for £60m is still sickening. 

[honeybradger]

2 hours ago, Tuna said:

benkovic

Would be happy if we signed more players like Benkovic. He was considered similar to Gvardiol when he was at Zagreb talent wise.

 

Maybe we could have done more due diligence on his fitness and mentality, he was never the same after that big injury at Celtic

[orangecity23]

Failed to agree a break cause in January for Odsonne Edouard's loan from Palace, despite the fact that we previously loaned out Luke Thomas to a Prem club (Sheff United) and let them have a clause to terminate in January, so were perfectly aware that it was a thing and might be a good idea.

 

Didn't Slimani have a release clause, which we waited until after it expired then signed him a few weeks later for more money than the clause amount?

[Vazman]

The "Relegation Review" so TOP Secret a 100 year non-disclosure of content, for Rudkin and Whelans eyes only!!

[Gravel]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

I'm sure I'm not the only person who gets asked what has actually gone so badly wrong at the club and it's difficult to be able to provide a good answer so I propose we club together to put all of our reasons of our downfall into one succinct post.

 

I'll add a few off the top of my head to get the ball rolling but otherwise fire away and I'll add to the list.

 

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• Sold our best player and thought we could replace him before the window shut. Missed the deadline to sign Adrien Silva by 14 seconds.
• Went from Rodgers to Smith to Maresca to Cooper to Van Nistelrooy with each manager being completely different to the last.
• Refused to pay the £14m fee for Ademola Lookman. One year later he's nominated for the Balon d'Or.
• Promised a review of the failings that resulted in our relegation in 2023 yet no outcome is shared with the fans.
• £25 million pounds for Oliver Skipp.
• No transfer funds made available despite being in 18th position.
• Invited the entire nation of Thailand to celebrate winning a division we shouldn't have been in with actual fans shafted.
• Over £130m worth of players in Tielemans, Soyuncu, Amartey, Evans and Perez being left to walk for free.
• Allowed Schmeichel to leave in the summer of 2022 and did not replace him, basically relegating us that season.
• Arranged for a pre-season friendly against Spurs in monsoon season in Thailand. The game was inevitably rained off, and Spurs couldn't reschedule so a behind-closed-doors friendly against a Thai team (Port FC) had to hastily be arranged.
• Iheanacho missed a vital Europa League game against Warsaw (that we ended up losing) because the club couldn't correctly organise his passport.
• Banning a large number of supporters for little to no reason.
• Putting multiple obstacles in UFS's path despite the fact their only objective is to support the team.
• £25 tax on supporters who want a physical season card as opposed to an e-ticket.
• The scandal with BC Game and the fact the board are doubling down on their decision to take their money.
• The out of control wage bills crippling the club. Examples like £100k a week for Connor Coady.
• We all watched as Jannik Vestergaard wasn't anywhere near good enough in the Premier League only to give him a deal that will keep him here until he's 35.
• Turning down a "substantial offer" for Kasey McAteer from Sunderland when he's out of favour and would represent 'pure profit' in terms of PSR.
• Rejecting an offer for Daniel Iversen in 2023 from Crystal Palace for £4m. He's played 0 times for us since then and will leave for nothing in the summer.
• Failed to agree a break cause in January for Odsonne Edouard's loan from Palace, despite the fact that we previously loaned out Luke Thomas to a Prem club (Sheff United) and let them have a clause to terminate in January, so were perfectly aware that it was a thing and might be a good idea.

But apart from that, what has he ever done wrong? 

 

[moore_94]

The list I did previously in the Rudkin thread

 

17/18

Adrien Silva - 14 seconds late

 

18/19

Danny Ward - £12m on a backup keeper

 

19/20

Ryan Bennett - only signing in January on deadline day whilst fighting for Champions League

 

20/21

Islam Slimani left for free (cost £28m)

Adrien Silva released by mutual consent (cost 22m)

 

21/22

Jannick Vestergaard

Ryan Bertrand

We genuinely signed half of the defence we stuck 9 past previously

Filip Benkovic released by mutual consent (cost £13m)

 

22/23

Sold Kasper

Fofana dragged on until the end of the window

Only signed Wout Faes

Unable to sign Lookman

1 permanent first team signing and 0 loans in

Finally decided to spend in January and spent it on shite and a fake Brazilian

Rodgers in charge for WAY too long

 

23/24

£107m worth of players left for free

Tielemans left for free (cost £40m)

Soyuncu left for free (cost £19m)

Amartey left for free (cost £5m)

Perez left for free (cost £30m)

Mendy left for free (cost £13m)

Had to sell Maddison and Barnes under their value

Conor Coady 3 year contract

 

24/25

Hired Steve Cooper

Had to sell KDH who didn't want to leave

Iheanacho left for free (cost £25m)

Praet left for free (cost £18m)

De-Cordova Reid - 3 year contract

Jordan Ayew - 2 year contract + £5m

Oliver Skipp - £20m - bench player

Caleb Okoli - £13m - bench player that might leave already

Odsonne Edouard - loan with no option to terminate and apparently expensive loan fee/wages covered

As of 2nd February whilst under serious threat of relegation again we have only signed 1 player - a back up right back for £2m

[Stadt]

Roughly chronologically:

 

- Signing Inler for circa £6m, left on a free the following season.

 

- Signing a 28 year old Slimani for c. £30m when he’d play as the most advanced striker - that was Vardy’s position. Left on a free to Lyon after three loans.

 

- Signing Kapustka for c. £5m on the back of the Euros. Made 3 apps, left on a free.

 

- Signing Mendy as a Kante replacement. Totally different types of players, Mendy’s tackling stats were miles off. Then he was given a new 2 year deal in 2020 after starting 31 league games in 3 seasons.

 

- Giving Matty James a 4 year deal in 2017 after injuring his ACL. He started 17 league games over those 4 years, left on a free.

 

- Aforementioned Silva fiasco, 14 seconds etc. Signed for c. £20m - left on a free.

 

- Appointing Shakespeare permanently, he did a stellar job to keep us up but by the end of 16/17 it was apparent he wasn’t the Roy fit.

 

- Appointing Puel. Not a disastrous appointment in his own right but the process behind it is symptomatic of the lack of vision. He was cheap and known to us after being sacked by Southampton - we’d never have appointed him from Nice.

 

 

Will add more soon.

 

[RowlattsFox]

The amount of players who have left for nothing is huge. Especially the ones we didn't really want. Offering huge contracts in the first place caused us to be stuck with players. 

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 hour ago, moore_94 said:

The list I did previously in the Rudkin thread

 

 

17/18

Adrien Silva - 14 seconds late

 

18/19

Danny Ward - £12m on a backup keeper

 

19/20

Ryan Bennett - only signing in January on deadline day whilst fighting for Champions League

 

20/21

Islam Slimani left for free (cost £28m)

Adrien Silva released by mutual consent (cost 22m)

 

21/22

Jannick Vestergaard

Ryan Bertrand

We genuinely signed half of the defence we stuck 9 past previously

Filip Benkovic released by mutual consent (cost £13m)

 

22/23

Sold Kasper

Fofana dragged on until the end of the window

Only signed Wout Faes

Unable to sign Lookman

1 permanent first team signing and 0 loans in

Finally decided to spend in January and spent it on shite and a fake Brazilian

Rodgers in charge for WAY too long

 

23/24

£107m worth of players left for free

Tielemans left for free (cost £40m)

Soyuncu left for free (cost £19m)

Amartey left for free (cost £5m)

Perez left for free (cost £30m)

Mendy left for free (cost £13m)

Had to sell Maddison and Barnes under their value

Conor Coady 3 year contract

 

24/25

Hired Steve Cooper

Had to sell KDH who didn't want to leave

Iheanacho left for free (cost £25m)

Praet left for free (cost £18m)

De-Cordova Reid - 3 year contract

Jordan Ayew - 2 year contract + £5m

Oliver Skipp - £20m - bench player

Caleb Okoli - £13m - bench player that might leave already

Odsonne Edouard - loan with no option to terminate and apparently expensive loan fee/wages covered

As of 2nd February whilst under serious threat of relegation again we have only signed 1 player - a back up right back for £2m

This post needs to go to the tabloids 

[Aus Fox]

The two seasons we ended up finishing 5th, the failure to invest in January, and then watch as we fell away at the final hurdle was a disaster. To do it once, was crazy to do it twice in a row was negligence at best.

[Foxin_Mad]

Wout Faes, Harry Souttar, the worst Brazilian, Tom Cannon in the world… why?

 

Just an utterly clueless bunch of useless *****

Edited 28 February by Foxin_Mad

[ashbyj]

Demari Grey is always my first thought..

[The Year Of The Fox]

3 hours ago, Fox92 said:

The fact Mahrez only went for £60m is still sickening. 

That’s not something I’ve ever thought about to be honest.

 

£60m back then is probably £100m now in the football world. 
 

As class as he was for us, it was still a bit of a big gamble for Man City as to whether he’d cut the mustard on the European stage- in my opinion.

Edited 28 February by The Year Of The Fox

[murphy]

I think that the consequences of allowing players to run down their contracts and leave for free are greater than just the loss of transfer fee.  Was Tielemans really giving his all in our relegation season?  Too many players with their eyes on the exit door rather than the job in hand imo, thanks to contract mismanagement. 

[Steve Earle]

4 hours ago, AKCJ said:

I'm sure I'm not the only person who gets asked what has actually gone so badly wrong at the club and it's difficult to be able to provide a good answer so I propose we club together to put all of our reasons of our downfall into one succinct post.

 

I'll add a few off the top of my head to get the ball rolling but otherwise fire away and I'll add to the list.

 

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

• Sold our best player and thought we could replace him before the window shut. Missed the deadline to sign Adrien Silva by 14 seconds.
• Went from Rodgers to Smith to Maresca to Cooper to Van Nistelrooy with each manager being completely different to the last.
• Refused to pay the £14m fee for Ademola Lookman. One year later he's nominated for the Balon d'Or.
• Promised a review of the failings that resulted in our relegation in 2023 yet no outcome is shared with the fans.
• £25 million pounds for Oliver Skipp.
• No transfer funds made available despite being in 18th position.
• Invited the entire nation of Thailand to celebrate winning a division we shouldn't have been in with actual fans shafted.
• Over £130m worth of players in Tielemans, Soyuncu, Amartey, Evans and Perez being left to walk for free.
• Allowed Schmeichel to leave in the summer of 2022 and did not replace him, basically relegating us that season.
• Arranged for a pre-season friendly against Spurs in monsoon season in Thailand. The game was inevitably rained off, and Spurs couldn't reschedule so a behind-closed-doors friendly against a Thai team (Port FC) had to hastily be arranged.
• Iheanacho missed a vital Europa League game against Warsaw (that we ended up losing) because the club couldn't correctly organise his passport.
• Banning a large number of supporters for little to no reason.
• Putting multiple obstacles in UFS's path despite the fact their only objective is to support the team.
• £25 tax on supporters who want a physical season card as opposed to an e-ticket.
• The scandal with BC Game and the fact the board are doubling down on their decision to take their money.
• The out of control wage bills crippling the club. Examples like £100k a week for Connor Coady.
• We all watched as Jannik Vestergaard wasn't anywhere near good enough in the Premier League only to give him a deal that will keep him here until he's 35.
• Turning down a "substantial offer" for Kasey McAteer from Sunderland when he's out of favour and would represent 'pure profit' in terms of PSR.
• Rejecting an offer for Daniel Iversen in 2023 from Crystal Palace for £4m. He's played 0 times for us since then and will leave for nothing in the summer.
• Failed to agree a break cause in January for Odsonne Edouard's loan from Palace, despite the fact that we previously loaned out Luke Thomas to a Prem club (Sheff United) and let them have a clause to terminate in January, so were perfectly aware that it was a thing and might be a good idea.

Excellent post, but it only scratches the surface!

 

A couple of years ago, on the Big Strong Leicester Boys podcast, @Ric Flair had a monumental rant, with each of a long list of negligent leadership accusations ending ‘f**k you!’ aimed at the person responsible. From memory, the utterly absurd contracts given to semi-broken players like James, Ricardo & JJ, or to past-its like Albrighton featured heavily. I’d love to hear it again - it was absolutely spot on! 

[murphy]

Over paying wages on mediocrity such that it has proven impossible to move them on. 

 

Giving in to Rodgers by abandoning a previously successful transfer policy and also giving in to him to appoint Congerton, a proven failure. 

[StanSP]

13 minutes ago, murphy said:

I think that the consequences of allowing players to run down their contracts and leave for free are greater than just the loss of transfer fee.  Was Tielemans really giving his all in our relegation season?  Too many players with their eyes on the exit door rather than the job in hand imo, thanks to contract mismanagement. 

Still happens now which to me is indicative of the culture at the club. 

 

Of course there's always going to be players using us as a stepping stone, but so far we've had Faes x2, Soumare, Vestergaard and Coady all being strongly linked with leaving or wanting to leave. 

 

 

[Stadt]

10 minutes ago, murphy said:

I think that the consequences of allowing players to run down their contracts and leave for free are greater than just the loss of transfer fee.  Was Tielemans really giving his all in our relegation season?  Too many players with their eyes on the exit door rather than the job in hand imo, thanks to contract mismanagement. 

It’s appalling. We lose out on a player AND a fee AND we have to pay for a (usually) worse replacement.

 

In a normal business if you had multi-million assets being sweated into a zero value, heads would roll.

 

Rudkin has done it again and again because he routinely fails to sell anyone we want rid of. Normal clubs sell players with a year left - we don’t.

[murphy]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

Still happens now which to me is indicative of the culture at the club. 

 

Of course there's always going to be players using us as a stepping stone, but so far we've had Faes x2, Soumare, Vestergaard and Coady all being strongly linked with leaving or wanting to leave. 

 

 

I wish they'd get on with it. 

[murphy]

Wilfully being in possession of a criminally slapable face. 

Edited 28 February by murphy

[wurmer]

Club is fundamentaly broken.
 

Things won’t improve unless there’s a seismic change in personnel or approach.

 

Until then, it doesn’t matter what manager we have, everything is on sand….

[Vestan Pance]

Pretending Hamza Choudhury on loan to Watford with an option to buy was a good deal for the club, in actual fact his agent had negotiated a year extension into the deal, so it was pants down time again for LCFC as Watford didn't take the option to buy.

 

Oh yes then they extended his deal again!