Plane Banner - Liverpool at home.

[Claudio Fannieri]

42 minutes ago, Onions said:

Just to establish this, so it’s the boards fault for this, therefore it’s the boards who deserve praise when we do good too? 
 

 

And they did get praised constantly, the club were lauded by large sections of the media, fanbase etc which means when things go sour so spectacularly they also deserve a level of scrutiny, criticism and challenge. 

[LCFCJohn]

2 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Yes. That is how leadership works.

 

We praised them to the hilt when we were a regular top 10 fixture playing gorgeous football, winning trophies and competing in Europe because the praise was due. They're as responsible for the shitstorm since as they were for the success that preceded it.

 

Why are you so keen to boost the latter and suppress all talk of the former? 

Got to love the level of hypocrisy 

 

Make a point to try and take the high ground. But completely misses the point and does the exact same they are accusing others of just in reverse.

 

As you say, they took the plaudits when we were doing well. What people like Onions are saying is that we should have given them all the credit, worshipped them when it was going well but they get an opened ended free pass to do what they want, take us down the leagues without a bad word said! 

[Kitchandro]

51 minutes ago, Onions said:

Just to establish this, so it’s the boards fault for this, therefore it’s the boards who deserve praise when we do good too? 
 

 

Nope, that’s not how it works. The board is not the manager, nor the players, nor the scout. It’s those people who make successful football teams. Unless, of course, the owner is so much richer than the majority of clubs that spending power alone is the major reason for success.

 

If the club had consistently hired the right managers, the right scouts, the right directors of football, and had made changes in these departments as soon as things started to go south - you might have a point. But their strike rate has been extremely low in these aspects; and the dramatic difference in some of our seasons suggests their longevity here was not the main factor in any success - which certainly wasn’t constant. Pearson had to undo the mess they created in their first two years to get us promoted. We won the league in between two seasons where we were nearly relegated. People gave up their season tickets as we stagnated under the dreadful Puel, we had Champions League form, followed by bottom half form, followed by relegation form under Rodgers (some of that mixed into single seasons), and the less said about this season the better. There’s no evidence that there was a consistent plan or way of thinking that led to success.

 

The board aren’t making the football decisions, but can easily screw up a club due to being responsible for the money, hiring and firing - which we are a perfect example of. 

 

 

Edited 20 April by Kitchandro

[Bilo]

Just now, Claudio Fannieri said:

And they did get praised constantly, the club were lauded by large sections of the media, fanbase etc which means when things go sour so spectacularly they also deserve a level of scrutiny, criticism and challenge. 

I saw almost nobody on this forum criticising the board between 2015 and 2022 beyond doubts about the levels of King Power branding around the stadium and keeping the clappers after they went stale. Certainly very little criticism of the way they were handling the playing side.

[Dr The Singh]

3 minutes ago, Ryy said:

Faes is black!

Finally his hair will match his look

[Ric Flair]

12 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Yes. That is how leadership works.

 

We praised them to the hilt when we were a regular top 10 fixture playing gorgeous football, winning trophies and competing in Europe because the praise was due. They're as responsible for the shitstorm since as they were for the success that preceded it.

 

Why are you so keen to boost the latter and suppress all talk of the former? 

I'm sure Onions would have been on here up in arms with any threads created about our owners in the midst of the success.

 

Be careful what you wish for.

[NAKC20]

2 hours ago, WarehamFox said:

A simple question, what are you dickwades finding funny? Great effort from Oz, thank you. 

I wish our back 4 are as defensive as you are

[WarehamFox]

22 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

I wish our back 4 are as defensive as you are

Can you answer a very simple question? I’m sorry if you and your friends are simpletons. Such a simple question and I’m getting abused. 

[Legend_in_blue]

This it?

 

[coolhandfox]

I don't understand why people think you can't be critical of the board because were successful 2 or 3 year ago.

 

[SafewayFox]

1 hour ago, Onions said:

The same ‘points deduction’ you’ve been banging on about for 3 seasons now, without ANY point deductions…. 🤦

You mean the points deduction that we avoided due to a technicality?

 

Let’s pretend that we didn’t break PSR 🤯

[Legend_in_blue]

That wasn't it.  There's nothing tracking on Flight radar around Leicester right now either.

[The Year Of The Fox]

16 minutes ago, Legend_in_blue said:

This it?

 

Nah, it’s been up too long for it to be that

 

 

 

I’m going out to see if I can see it shortly  

 

 

Anyone watching on Sky, please post pictures of it if it makes the TV Screen

 

NOTAMS said there was an unmanned aircraft around the proximity of the stadium today, but I wonder if that was the police drone

Edited 20 April by The Year Of The Fox

[Lako42]

12 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

I don't understand why people think you can't be critical of the board because were successful 2 or 3 year ago.

 

 

Because they aren't very bright and completely lack critical reasoning 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Which direction is it coming from @ozvaldo

[MrsJohnMurphy]

On 19/04/2025 at 09:56, accessory said:

Ranieri raised Vardy, Mahrez and many other members of Pearson's squad - including fringe players like Drinkwater, Albrighton and Simpson - to levels they never even looked like reaching under NP.

 

He also signed Kanté - a player unsure about moving to England - and helped make him the world-beater he later became, when NP may well not have done so.

 

Sadly, Ranieri was undermined by a string of horrendous signings during summer 2016, in which Rudkin proved to be way out of his depth as a director of football, as he has done on many occasions since.

 

King Power's successes came largely through managers (Ranieri, Puel, Rodgers and Maresca) being proactive and seeking to use City as a vehicle for their own ambitions.

 

When they themselves have had to make the running, as with the last two disastrous managerial appointments, they've come badly unstuck.

 

They need to cut the cronyism, dump Rudkin (or at least offer him early retirement) and bring in a replacement who is genuinely up to the job.

Kante was a Pearson signing

Edited 20 April by MrsJohnMurphy

[djskydiver]

 

outside the KP now

Edited 20 April by djskydiver

[The Year Of The Fox]

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Edited 20 April by The Year Of The Fox

[The Year Of The Fox]

1 minute ago, djskydiver said:

Where’s this?

[WoodyFox]

 

[djskydiver]

Just now, The Year Of The Fox said:

Where’s this?

King power 

[Mickyblueeyes]

What was the reaction ??

[jimmer]

It's up a bit early isn't it? Will the board even be in their seats yet?

[The Year Of The Fox]

Just now, jimmer said:

It's up a bit early isn't it? Will the board even be in their seats yet?

They’re not going to see it anyway. Other than on TV

[broughtonblue]