FLAN Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 34 minutes ago, st albans fox said: Top will never get rid of rudkin whether the family might intervene is another question Clearly at some point his dad said John you have a job for life. Top can’t see past that and is giving him the job he wants not the job he “deserves” blind loyalty 1 1
Clogger_ Posted 13 February Posted 13 February Just now, FLAN said: Clearly at some point his dad said John you have a job for life. Top can’t see past that and is giving him the job he wants not the job he “deserves” blind loyalty Nah, I reckoned Top has no contacts or nous to identify a replacement. Also he's probably lazy, and you can tell he loves a toadie 1
murphy Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 1 hour ago, Grumpy Fox said: Guys you have got to stop living in the past. Football has moved on. For me Pearson was brilliant, unfortunately his Son was not. My heart would always say yes, get him back, he was the unsung hero of our greatest ever triumph. True fans know this but we have to move on, the game is different now, yes Pearson would come in and kick some deriers but that approach is not sustainable, you have to have the passion, but you also need tactics, a degree in understanding false 1 to 11s, finishers not subs, dieticians, Therapists, Dark arts training commonly known as cheating. Its a new game, Nigel Pearson was and always will be brilliant to me but he is not the future. Why do they call you grumpy fox? 1
TamuffFox Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 41 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said: I had a text earlier from a lifelong LCFC fan who got the bug from his now elderly aunt who's close to being 80 years old and also a lifelong supporter. He'd forwarded a text from her saying this is the worst she has ever known and has felt towards everything LCFC and even she can't see how we get out of the mess we are in. It's a sad indictment of where we are when even someone closing in on being an octogenarian lifelong LCFC supporter can't remember a time in our clubs history as bad as this. The old dear should stick to knitting cardigans 1
ElusiveEd Posted 13 February Posted 13 February (edited) 5 minutes ago, TamuffFox said: The old dear should stick to knitting cardigans Why? Is she not allowed an opinion? Edited 13 February by ElusiveEd
murphy Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said: I respect Dyche’s achievements but some of the mythology around him is a bit much. He was successful at getting a small club to punch above its weight for a number of years before they sacked him, and he’s been sacked from two bigger clubs since. Yet some people talk of him as if he’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. No, it's relative. When we were big kahunas we would have recoiled in horror at the thought of the old ginger growler. We have fallen so far that in our current plight, getting him in now would seem like a real coup. 1
murphy Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 1 hour ago, Bugg said: I remember there being a few who used to call him "NFP" and used to take a particular dislike to his white trainers. I always took the NFP thing to be an affectionate moniker and a nod to his no nonsense approach and the white trainers his trademark. 1
Clogger_ Posted 13 February Posted 13 February (edited) I have a good idea to improve our 'matchday experience'. Open a special gate for the anti-Pearson oddballs - give them their own section out of reach of the rest of us Actually, suspect that'd also filter out most of KPFC. This idea is a winner Edited 13 February by Clogger_ 1 1
J.Lisemore Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 21 minutes ago, FLAN said: Clearly at some point his dad said John you have a job for life. Top can’t see past that and is giving him the job he wants not the job he “deserves” blind loyalty Part of me feels sorry for Top as he’s put in a position where he wants to stay loyal to his dads words, but then he’s got to realise that Jon is taking full advantage of them words and sending us into oblivion because he’s a terrible director of football. Would Top know that we’ve doubled Luke Thomas’ wages until 2029? Probably not. Vestergaard in his thirties.. another 3 years when his contract had ran out? Fvcking ridiculous and we all knew it. It’s going to take someone very close to him to say this can’t go on, otherwise if we get relegated to League One it’s curtains on the club.
Popular Post Mickyblueeyes Posted 13 February Popular Post Posted 13 February 1 hour ago, BigGibbo said: From 15.58 if it hasn't already been posted. Seems to think we're on deaths door. It’s really interesting insight just from a business mind. I think he is spot on with vast amounts of what he says. Seagrave was always a bad idea. I know people have challenged that “great sporting facility” etc. it is. But for a club of our size, even if we didn’t go down and with the size of the city etc. it was far too extraordinary and always will be for us. You build something like that after 5 PL wins, 3 fa cups and a Champions league final. Not where we were. It’s now a vice around the neck. And I think that is a reality people need to see aside from the great faculty that it is. the wage bill which was unmanageable in the PL really needs to be looked at. Who drove that. Because purely from a business perspective, taking a risk which quite clearly wasn’t calculated or without any form of contingency and (I am assuming) based purely on - we just need to get to the CL. Is beyond stupid. A senior people, past and present should be ashamed of themselves. operational costs are going to kill this club. Whelan, Rudkin and co. Have put us in a position of great difficulty. Administration is inevitable. My hope is? The PL and the attention from it still lingers to make us a draw for a consortium of some sort. This is over now but it’s on life support. There is no “promote next season” we are in for a period of suffering and hope for new hero’s. its very sad but has been coming for years now. 12
deep blue Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 1 hour ago, ElusiveEd said: I had a text earlier from a lifelong LCFC fan who got the bug from his now elderly aunt who's close to being 80 years old and also a lifelong supporter. He'd forwarded a text from her saying this is the worst she has ever known and has felt towards everything LCFC and even she can't see how we get out of the mess we are in. It's a sad indictment of where we are when even someone closing in on being an octogenarian lifelong LCFC supporter can't remember a time in our clubs history as bad as this. I'm of the same age group as the elderly aunt and I completely agree. In our worst lows over the last 70 years there has never been a disconnect so bad between club directors and fans, and never such a forlorn feeling among those fans who can see the way things are going. 2
Clogger_ Posted 13 February Posted 13 February Personally think Marinakis will buy Seagrave for the lolz. Won't even cost him much when we're in receivership. (Completely agree it was a vanity project - overpowered)
TonyN11 Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 32 minutes ago, Clogger_ said: Nah, I reckoned Top has no contacts or nous to identify a replacement. Also he's probably lazy, and you can tell he loves a toadie But do you think he's an idiot?
robski Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 23 minutes ago, TamuffFox said: The old dear should stick to knitting cardigans Embroidered with Div 1 22 minutes ago, ElusiveEd said: Why? Is she not allowed an opinion? It’s a lot cheaper and she won’t make mistakes every week😟
Pita Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 5 minutes ago, deep blue said: I'm of the same age group as the elderly aunt and I completely agree. In our worst lows over the last 70 years there has never been a disconnect so bad between club directors and fans, and never such a forlorn feeling among those fans who can see the way things are going. I’ve been supporting Leicester since 1958/59 and I’ve never known it so bad 1
Clogger_ Posted 13 February Posted 13 February (edited) 5 minutes ago, TonyN11 said: But do you think he's an idiot? Not sure that's the word I'd use...but I don't see many (any?) positive attributes that we'd look for in an owner Edited 13 February by Clogger_ 1
Grumpy Fox Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 50 minutes ago, murphy said: Why do they call you grumpy fox? Ha ha, sorry was not meant to be a Grumpy comment. I have seen many changes at City but this one is particularly Sad maybe because of the miracle 10 years ago. As you get older you do get grumpier. Good times will come around again and hopefully I will see them, smile and stop having to air my frustrations on here. 1
robski Posted 13 February Posted 13 February 2 hours ago, emmo1987 said: Give it the gravel eater until June He won’t want it if he’s got a pay off and doubt he’d be interested.
MPH Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 1 hour ago, FLAN said: Clearly at some point his dad said John you have a job for life. Top can’t see past that and is giving him the job he wants not the job he “deserves” blind loyalty make him the tea lady..
1972 Fox Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 5 hours ago, J.Lisemore said: It’s going to take someone very close to him to say this can’t go on Someone like Mick McCarthy? 1
Claudio Fannieri Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 7 hours ago, Clogger_ said: Personally think Marinakis will buy Seagrave for the lolz. Won't even cost him much when we're in receivership. (Completely agree it was a vanity project - overpowered) PNE picked up Wigan’s training ground in similar circumstances, picked it up for next to nothing, can see something similar happening here. 1
Claudio Fannieri Posted 14 February Posted 14 February This time last season John Eustace walked away from play off chasing Blackburn to take over at relegation threatened Derby …..,so there is no reason why we should be writing off taking an ambitious manager from another club, however with that in mind you have to question if it’s the horrific idea of working for the self preservation society that is Aiyawatt and Rudkin that is the problem.
BigGibbo Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 9 hours ago, Nolucklcfc said: It’s really worrying but noting said here is anything we don’t already know. It feels like we are heading into 2002 … Sure, but with much higher running costs and an owner in financial turmoil outside of football as well as in. I'm just praying they somehow get lucky with the next appointment again. 🙏🤞🍀 1
BigGibbo Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 9 hours ago, grth2004 said: Very interesting indeed. Susan Whelan doesn’t come out of this well. I’ve been banging on about her inadequacy in this whole story for years but some people like to think she was just doing her best. Complete and utterly pathetic work all round from the club. Yea, I don't think anyone in upper management comes out of this well and still think the even more inept actors in Rudkin & Top threw her under the bus in an attempt to save themselves. 2
BigGibbo Posted 14 February Posted 14 February 9 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said: It’s really interesting insight just from a business mind. I think he is spot on with vast amounts of what he says. Seagrave was always a bad idea. I know people have challenged that “great sporting facility” etc. it is. But for a club of our size, even if we didn’t go down and with the size of the city etc. it was far too extraordinary and always will be for us. You build something like that after 5 PL wins, 3 fa cups and a Champions league final. Not where we were. It’s now a vice around the neck. And I think that is a reality people need to see aside from the great faculty that it is. the wage bill which was unmanageable in the PL really needs to be looked at. Who drove that. Because purely from a business perspective, taking a risk which quite clearly wasn’t calculated or without any form of contingency and (I am assuming) based purely on - we just need to get to the CL. Is beyond stupid. A senior people, past and present should be ashamed of themselves. operational costs are going to kill this club. Whelan, Rudkin and co. Have put us in a position of great difficulty. Administration is inevitable. My hope is? The PL and the attention from it still lingers to make us a draw for a consortium of some sort. This is over now but it’s on life support. There is no “promote next season” we are in for a period of suffering and hope for new hero’s. its very sad but has been coming for years now. Yea, to end up with wages more than 100% of income on top of our running costs when you include Premier League income is criminally negligent. I'm still clinging onto the hope that we can somehow limp along with Seagrave at the same time as keeping the Cat 1 youth academy as that's our main edge over other teams outside the top half of the EPL. 🙏
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