LCFC Supporters Club Statement

[Tommy G]

15 minutes ago, Ian S said:

Would actually like to see Foxes Trust counter this statement pointing out exactly how out of touch it is.

@CosbehFox 

[beepee1984]

The fans are cheering when the players actually put in any effort and booing at the end of halves when we realise that yet again the players don't give a sh*t

 

The players clearly don't want to be here and the board should have done a full squad overhaul by now, but the club is just ignored as Top and board are not interested in actually running the club

[VLC86]

19 minutes ago, Ian S said:

Would actually like to see Foxes Trust counter this statement pointing out exactly how out of touch it is.

And call for the club to suggest actions to rebuild the fans trust in the club and relations with the players.

[purpleronnie]

wait.... we have a supporters club?

[Winstonthedog]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Or of leaving their own workplace early.

Or going to work to do nothing productive and not being really that bothered 

[Winstonthedog]

To summerise... it is King power, playing staff and the board who have broken the club. Alienated the fans, inability to communicate  .... but they still expect us to rock up and buy the merchandise/ food and drink .... and above all cheer and clap for the dross we are having to put up with 

[Winstonthedog]

26 minutes ago, Nods said:

It's nothing to do with fvcking losing games 😂

 

It's the attitude, the lack of effort and the absence of professional pride. 

 

And to some extent, yes, the mistakes. Mistakes happen, and that's fine. But our brain dead playing squad seem to have this fantastic ability to string together brain farts into double figures in the space of a few minutes. 

 

It all adds up to a playing squad that doesn't care. Professional footballers don't make that many mistakes when they're concentrating.

True ... I accept losing games as long as I see effort, passion and pride from the players on the pitch ....

[beepee1984]

Just a reminder that we supported people like Trevor Benjamin, Ade Akinbiyi, Junior Lewis and Elvis Hammond (and even Ian Holloway as a manager) to name a few - trust me the players have supported some complete dross in our time - it is not about the players ability, we will get behind players we see trying, but the club are showing no effort whether it be the playing staff or the people running the club

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

@CosbehFox 

 

*Individual opinion rather than a Trust 

 

What does gain the Trust in that circumstance? 

 

Just baring in mind that this whole

statement plays directly into the hands of the club in dividing the supporters. (Not that most supporters will particularly read the LCSC statement or most would just simply dismiss). 

 

Think the Trust have made clear to the club our position backed by a survey of over 3k respondents what the fans opinion is. 

Edited 20 August 2025 by CosbehFox

[R7RPR]

What happened to Project Reset out of curiosity? Their statements were more to the point and a better reflection of things going on

[CosbehFox]

Btw I think we are getting to the point of silly shit releasing statement after statement. Bordering into satire. Alan Partridge or Chris Morris will pop out in a minute. 

Edited 20 August 2025 by CosbehFox

[Craig]

4 hours ago, VLC86 said:

Just googled Linda, wow.

I am astonished 

[The Year Of The Fox]

Now I know why the settee comment was deleted last night 😂

Just now, Craig said:

I am astonished 

 

[VLC86]

Oh no, what have I started.

[Stadt]

14 hours ago, Stadt said:

There were 11 people at their AGM  

Actually it was 14, if you search Ginetta 14 in a search engine you'll see an update 

[Winstonthedog]

35 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Btw I think we are getting to the point of silly shit releasing statement after statement. Bordering into satire. Alan Partridge or Chris Morris will pop out in a minute. 

My worry is that the club believes these statements they and the supporters club are putting out ... but whatever .... its what we see on the pitch that matters ... the clue is in football ⚽ club 

[Stuntman_Mike]

44 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Btw I think we are getting to the point of silly shit releasing statement after statement. Bordering into satire. Alan Partridge or Chris Morris will pop out in a minute. 

If they hadn't disabled comments, it might have just been a good option to put a short post disagreeing with their statement, or referencing the survey results that counter what they're saying.

 

I agree that a statement reply/response to their 'statement' would be a bit much. It's not worth the time. 

 

 

[Libertine]

45 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Actually it was 14, if you search Ginetta 14 in a search engine you'll see an update 

I used to go to away games on the Supporters Club coach when all that was going on. Proper awkward. 

[Phil Mitchell]

17 hours ago, davieG said:

 

 

[inckley fox]

Cliff is obviously a perfectly nice chap, from what I've seen, and entitled to his view. It's usually wrong, but he's entitled to it anyway.

 

However, in my experience a vote of confidence from his supporter's club is the death knell for an era. Until January 1991 there was a growing rift on the board between the Shipman faction and certain members, like Martin George and John Elsom, who wanted the club to show more ambition. Now, you could argue that this ambition got us into a lot of trouble under Elsom a decade later, but back in 1991 it was the difference between a future with David Pleat in charge and one with the likes of Brian Little and Martin O'Neill as manager, and many years of top flight success.

 

There were regular protests outside the ground. We were shipping goals at an alarming rate, in freefall towards the third tier. I remember Shipman, to his credit, came out to speak to the baying mob on at least one occasion. He was well-meaning but deluded. He argued that we'd tried to sign Alan Butcher (he meant Terry) and that was about as much as he had to say in his defence. It was a hostile atmosphere week-in week-out, with attendances dipping well below 10,000 on a regular basis, a deteriorating stadium and almost universal disdain for Shipman, Pleat and co. Bricks were thrown through windows, there were banners aplenty (including one from a plane calling for Shipman and Pleat to go... Only for the latter to miss it because he wasn't even attending the game!). I'm sure many of you remember it all well. It was a vital, pivotal moment in our history. Something either changed or we'd go the way of some of the other clubs we were competing with back then (many of which were above us in the table), like Bristol Rovers, Notts County, Port Vale, Plymouth, Oldham and Oxford. There was no guarantee that our future would be any brighter than theirs.

 

Anyway, I say 'almost universal disdain' because at this juncture Cliff started cropping up in the Mercury or on the radio, or wherever anyone would have him, telling us that everything would be fine. Shipman was doing his best. Pleat was doing his best. Stop complaining. Get behind the boys. Nobody could have been more out of touch and at times it felt like he was doing Shipman's bidding.

 

At last, under the sheer weight of popular demand, Pleat and Shipman were swept aside. We stayed in the second tier and then enjoyed arguably the best period in our history up to that point. I honestly thought that was the end of Cliff as a 'voice of the fans'. I didn't see how someone could have been so wrong on so many occasions, about such crucial issues, and yet still pipe up.

 

But he did, and if you fast-forward thirty years (past the bit where he thought Big Nige was doing untold damage to the club!) to this, you can see him still peddling the same dreary line. If he picks a side, it's probably not only the wrong one, but actually essential that you as a fan do the precise opposite of whatever he proposes!

[OntarioFox]

1 hour ago, CosbehFox said:

Btw I think we are getting to the point of silly shit releasing statement after statement. Bordering into satire. Alan Partridge or Chris Morris will pop out in a minute. 

'Leicester City's terrible form and lack of transfer activities led to relegation, leaving the club trapped in League One with their notorious Director of Football. King Power have released a statement saying: 

 

[Stadt]

58 minutes ago, inckley fox said:

Cliff is obviously a perfectly nice chap, from what I've seen, and entitled to his view. It's usually wrong, but he's entitled to it anyway.

 

However, in my experience a vote of confidence from his supporter's club is the death knell for an era. Until January 1991 there was a growing rift on the board between the Shipman faction and certain members, like Martin George and John Elsom, who wanted the club to show more ambition. Now, you could argue that this ambition got us into a lot of trouble under Elsom a decade later, but back in 1991 it was the difference between a future with David Pleat in charge and one with the likes of Brian Little and Martin O'Neill as manager, and many years of top flight success.

 

There were regular protests outside the ground. We were shipping goals at an alarming rate, in freefall towards the third tier. I remember Shipman, to his credit, came out to speak to the baying mob on at least one occasion. He was well-meaning but deluded. He argued that we'd tried to sign Alan Butcher (he meant Terry) and that was about as much as he had to say in his defence. It was a hostile atmosphere week-in week-out, with attendances dipping well below 10,000 on a regular basis, a deteriorating stadium and almost universal disdain for Shipman, Pleat and co. Bricks were thrown through windows, there were banners aplenty (including one from a plane calling for Shipman and Pleat to go... Only for the latter to miss it because he wasn't even attending the game!). I'm sure many of you remember it all well. It was a vital, pivotal moment in our history. Something either changed or we'd go the way of some of the other clubs we were competing with back then (many of which were above us in the table), like Bristol Rovers, Notts County, Port Vale, Plymouth, Oldham and Oxford. There was no guarantee that our future would be any brighter than theirs.

 

Anyway, I say 'almost universal disdain' because at this juncture Cliff started cropping up in the Mercury or on the radio, or wherever anyone would have him, telling us that everything would be fine. Shipman was doing his best. Pleat was doing his best. Stop complaining. Get behind the boys. Nobody could have been more out of touch and at times it felt like he was doing Shipman's bidding.

 

At last, under the sheer weight of popular demand, Pleat and Shipman were swept aside. We stayed in the second tier and then enjoyed arguably the best period in our history up to that point. I honestly thought that was the end of Cliff as a 'voice of the fans'. I didn't see how someone could have been so wrong on so many occasions, about such crucial issues, and yet still pipe up.

 

But he did, and if you fast-forward thirty years (past the bit where he thought Big Nige was doing untold damage to the club!) to this, you can see him still peddling the same dreary line. If he picks a side, it's probably not only the wrong one, but actually essential that you as a fan do the precise opposite of whatever he proposes!

Ginetta

 

Edited 20 August 2025 by Stadt

[Craig]

On the face of it, whilst obviously released with good intentions... this seems to have been a bit of an own goal for the Supporter's Club  

[VLC86]

55 minutes ago, Libertine said:

I used to go to away games on the Supporters Club coach when all that was going on. Proper awkward. 

It was happening on the coaches?

[daddylonglegs]

18 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Just something incredibly patronising and self-important about those statements. 

I don’t think it’s deliberate in fairness, I think the author is pretty clearly at best illiterate and at worst a complete cretin.