Club Statement

[hackneyfox]

13 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Saw the statement and thought to myself, well it couldn't have been that bad. Oh how I was wrong.

How any single person can even begin to do anything but slate those involved in singing that I don't know. It's a game of football, you might not like people are the club, you might not like their decisions, but bloody hell that song, as the club said crossed a line. Well it doesn't so much cross the line, as jump over it by about 10 ft, then go back and shit on said line. 

 

There is nothing remotely "happy clappy" about thinking that's utterly disgusting. There is NO excuse for that, doesn't matter what they've done, and certainly not making some shit football decisions. That's not something blurted out in a moment of anger either, which I could understand at times, whilst not condoning.  

They've had to mull that over, come up with it, try and get it going goodness knows how many times.  And at no point did their tiny little pea brain think that was not a good thing to sing, wow. 

Welcome back, your moral compass has been missed, imo.

[AKCJ]

6 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Saw the statement and thought to myself, well it couldn't have been that bad. Oh how I was wrong.

How any single person can even begin to do anything but slate those involved in singing that I don't know. It's a game of football, you might not like people are the club, you might not like their decisions, but bloody hell that song, as the club said crossed a line. Well it doesn't so much cross the line, as jump over it by about 10 ft, then go back and shit on said line. 

 

There is nothing remotely "happy clappy" about thinking that's utterly disgusting. There is NO excuse for that, doesn't matter what they've done, and certainly not making some shit football decisions. That's not something blurted out in a moment of anger either, which I could understand at times, whilst not condoning.  

They've had to mull that over, come up with it, try and get it going goodness knows how many times.  And at no point did their tiny little pea brain think that was not a good thing to sing, wow. 

It was sung by a crowd of about 20 people around 10 minutes prior to kick off in the concourse and pretty much everyone else said "bloody hell, bit much lads". Clearly a group of pissed up idiots because they were all doing that ****ing daft jumping up and down trying to slosh as much carling down each other as they could while each of them had their phone out to record it. The type of kids who talk about "scenes" and "limbs" when describing football. I didn't hear it being sung in the stands.

 

Yes the lyrics, on paper, are absolutely abhorrent. However, there isn't any genuine threat to Rudkin. This wasn't exactly sung by a baying mob with pitchforks and torches outside of his house.

 

This was a group of young adults who got carried away. Unfortunately, it's the only time King Power Football Club have ever acknowledged that fans are frustrated yet they've not acknowledged the thousands of Leicester fans chanting "Sack the board" or "We want Rudkin Out" or "We don't care about Rudkin, he don't care about me".

 

All this has done is given the happy clapping mob further reason to avoid pushing the club for change. Their silence (coupled with King Power's silence) is the reasons that tensions and frustrations have boiled over to this point. 

 

Norwich fans have been penning their board in the ground. They literally haven't been letting their directors leave Carrow Road after home games yet we're supposed to have been the ones crossing the line because some (heavy emphasis on some) Leicester fans sang a pretty revolting song.

 

It's exactly the same situation here as to what happened at Manchester United (even the song is the same). Nothing changes when you protest 'fairly' so why bother? Why not turn the heat up on the board? This is the first time we've heard them interact with fans and they still avoided the core issue. Now we've got the same old Happy Clappers trying to tarnish everyone that wants Rudkin and AIyawatt to leave with the same brush as the idiots that sang this song.

 

 

[HarryDee8]

Nice of them to put a club statement out immediately when the fans have supposedly messed up, but where's their statements when they mess up? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

It was sung by a crowd of about 20 people around 10 minutes prior to kick off in the concourse and pretty much everyone else said "bloody hell, bit much lads". Clearly a group of pissed up idiots because they were all doing that ****ing daft jumping up and down trying to slosh as much carling down each other as they could while each of them had their phone out to record it. The type of kids who talk about "scenes" and "limbs" when describing football. I didn't hear it being sung in the stands.

 

Yes the lyrics, on paper, are absolutely abhorrent. However, there isn't any genuine threat to Rudkin. This wasn't exactly sung by a baying mob with pitchforks and torches outside of his house.

 

This was a group of young adults who got carried away. Unfortunately, it's the only time King Power Football Club have ever acknowledged that fans are frustrated yet they've not acknowledged the thousands of Leicester fans chanting "Sack the board" or "We want Rudkin Out" or "We don't care about Rudkin, he don't care about me".

 

All this has done is given the happy clapping mob further reason to avoid pushing the club for change. Their silence (coupled with King Power's silence) is the reasons that tensions and frustrations have boiled over to this point. 

 

Norwich fans have been penning their board in the ground. They literally haven't been letting their directors leave Carrow Road after home games yet we're supposed to have been the ones crossing the line because some (heavy emphasis on some) Leicester fans sang a pretty revolting song.

 

It's exactly the same situation here as to what happened at Manchester United (even the song is the same). Nothing changes when you protest 'fairly' so why bother? Why not turn the heat up on the board? This is the first time we've heard them interact with fans and they still avoided the core issue. Now we've got the same old Happy Clappers trying to tarnish everyone that wants Rudkin and AIyawatt to leave with the same brush as the idiots that sang this song.

 

 

Sickening behaviour. Singing in the concourse is completely pointless!

[Brooksy]

Good to see Rudkins back!

[hackneyfox]

6 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

It was sung by a crowd of about 20 people around 10 minutes prior to kick off in the concourse and pretty much everyone else said "bloody hell, bit much lads". Clearly a group of pissed up idiots because they were all doing that ****ing daft jumping up and down trying to slosh as much carling down each other as they could while each of them had their phone out to record it. The type of kids who talk about "scenes" and "limbs" when describing football. I didn't hear it being sung in the stands.

 

 

 

I didn't go on Saturday.

Think you're the first person to highlight the above, I'd assumed that it had been sung in the stands.

Edited 10 November 2025 by hackneyfox

[AKCJ]

Just now, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Sickening behaviour. Singing in the concourse is completely pointless!

Type of twats that just sit there in silence toking on a vape or going back to the bogs every 10 minutes for another bump. Yet get them in the concourse and they go nuts.

[Tommy G]

3 minutes ago, HarryDee8 said:

Nice of them to put a club statement out immediately when the fans have supposedly messed up, but where's their statements when they mess up? 

Have you ever pointed out to someone that they didn't pick their dog shit up?

 

But you've definitely not picked up some yourself. 

 

Same thing. 

[AKCJ]

Just now, hackneyfox said:

I didn't go on Saturday.

Think you're the first person to highlight the above, I'd assumed that it had been sung in the stands.

Just my experience of it. I don't remember hearing it in the stands.

[fatmando]

I was at the front and didn't hear anything. Saw the police recording and going up to the top. Someone therefore must have grassed them up for this rather than anyone hearing it clearly.

 

The club highlighting it as if the world had heard, rather than just contacting and punishing the minority involved, when they probably know who it was, is therefore really strange to me.

 

Yes it was wrong. Deal with the **** on your shoe quietly, quickly & professionally and move on / use your time to sort the big problems out. Why have a big public cry? Weak.

 

[Chrysalis]

So my take is, no communication, except when the fans start to chant against them, then they decide they want to make a statement.

[Foxin_Mad]

As much as I don't agree with personal chants. Its pretty pathetic with the club to come out with this in what appears to be a statement backing our Jon to the hilt.

 

He has clearly been one of the most incompetent football directors to grace this planet, spending £200 million on a bunch of players that quite often make a lot of pub teams look elite. The club have failed to even come close to acknowledging the absolute first rare ineptitude of their top man.

 

I don't agree with the methods, but after years of being absolutely blanked and ignored I understand why, its funny this is the one time the club is suddenly able to communicate, when their boy is upset.

 

Really its pathetic all round, a long standing pathetic attitude from the club towards the fans, and a small group taking something too far because they have been ignored for so long. Utterly tone death that they can talk about being together, and fan passion being important when everything these idiots do under the current leadership says otherwise. Want to be supported then talk to us, tell us whats going on, we might understand and be galvanised by the facts. 

[Chrysalis]

Need to keep doing it every game now, its rattled them.

[Corky]

Nothing in the ground will change. The super loyal KPFC lot never sing in support of the regime or the club. If they did, this would be drowned out.

[l444ry]

1 hour ago, hackneyfox said:

I didn't go on Saturday.

Think you're the first person to highlight the above, I'd assumed that it had been sung in the stands.

It was both and just as disgusting in both places. 

[AyewJoking]

the team won so probably thought they could put the statement out without too much ridicule.

 

Top has missed an opportunity here to release a statement of "Jon is my friend and no matter what you shout about him he is going nowhere"

 

 

[GLC]

1 hour ago, hackneyfox said:

I didn't go on Saturday.

Think you're the first person to highlight the above, I'd assumed that it had been sung in the stands.

It was in both. And it was more than 20 people singing it in the stands 

[Jobyfox]

1 hour ago, Tommy G said:

Have you ever pointed out to someone that they didn't pick their dog shit up?

 

But you've definitely not picked up some yourself. 

 

Same thing. 

That’s not fair I’ve never picked any dog sh1t up! Don’t tar me with the same brush

 

 

(Incidentally I’ve never had a dog. Does that make a difference  ) 

[waddadamadda]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

It was sung by a crowd of about 20 people around 10 minutes prior to kick off in the concourse and pretty much everyone else said "bloody hell, bit much lads". Clearly a group of pissed up idiots because they were all doing that ****ing daft jumping up and down trying to slosh as much carling down each other as they could while each of them had their phone out to record it. The type of kids who talk about "scenes" and "limbs" when describing football. I didn't hear it being sung in the stands.

 

Yes the lyrics, on paper, are absolutely abhorrent. However, there isn't any genuine threat to Rudkin. This wasn't exactly sung by a baying mob with pitchforks and torches outside of his house.

 

This was a group of young adults who got carried away. Unfortunately, it's the only time King Power Football Club have ever acknowledged that fans are frustrated yet they've not acknowledged the thousands of Leicester fans chanting "Sack the board" or "We want Rudkin Out" or "We don't care about Rudkin, he don't care about me".

 

All this has done is given the happy clapping mob further reason to avoid pushing the club for change. Their silence (coupled with King Power's silence) is the reasons that tensions and frustrations have boiled over to this point. 

 

Norwich fans have been penning their board in the ground. They literally haven't been letting their directors leave Carrow Road after home games yet we're supposed to have been the ones crossing the line because some (heavy emphasis on some) Leicester fans sang a pretty revolting song.

 

It's exactly the same situation here as to what happened at Manchester United (even the song is the same). Nothing changes when you protest 'fairly' so why bother? Why not turn the heat up on the board? This is the first time we've heard them interact with fans and they still avoided the core issue. Now we've got the same old Happy Clappers trying to tarnish everyone that wants Rudkin and AIyawatt to leave with the same brush as the idiots that sang this song.

 

 

Just to add, shortly after Norwich scored, it was sung in the stands. It was most likely the same group of people but I can confirm it made it up out of the concourse. Source: my own ears.

[Blue ROI]

No matter what the nature of the chants this is the 2nd time Top has had a moan about those pesky fans and gone playing the woe is me card.

 

As much as we criticised some things done under Vichai he always acted and whether you agreed or not he took decisive and corrective action 9 times out of 10.

 

And he wasn't going running to this sort of stunt to curry favour. And I admire him more for that.

 

If I was Top I would serious advise to keep his head down and stop pointing the finger at us. He can try and put this right and win the crowd back.

[fox_favourite]

18 minutes ago, waddadamadda said:

Just to add, shortly after Norwich scored, it was sung in the stands. It was most likely the same group of people but I can confirm it made it up out of the concourse. Source: my own ears.

It might be the same group that decided to disrespect the people working on the trains on the way home and with their banging on the walls actually broke part of the train and were smoking inside. They were heavily drunk, and not all young lads, but just brain dead. They had no respect for others and people just doing their job. I heard the chant on the train as well, with non footballing people complaining how disgusting it was. It's not giving our club a great reputation. 

 

I'm all for Rudkin to leave or to move away from the footballing side as he's incompetent in his role and one of the reason for where we are, but to chant for him to die is crossing a line in my opinion. He has a family for goodness sake. He can leave his role and then he'll be forgotten. 

 

I do think, as someone else said, the club could help by moving him out the firing line. The chant was a cocktail of people not able to control themselves and frustration, but doesn't make it right. 

 

Norwich did it without those types of chants and I thought it came across quite effective. Wanting them out then carrying it on outside the directors lounge. Never wishing people to not live their lives. 

 

It's a shame that a few people with drink and lack of brain cells get more attention that the actual protests that are directed at the job he and Top are doing. 

 

The statement is a bit hollow, if you ask me and again, as someone else said, probably better to sticking to type and not saying anything and leaving to fans groups to release statements and 'deal with it'. It could encourage more to say it as they got a reaction. If a toddler is playing up, just ignore and soon they'll get bored. Statements from the club need to be on the direction of the club, what's the plan, is Marti in for the long haul? Simply what is the plan, not a hollow one. 

 

 

Edited 10 November 2025 by fox_favourite

[Buzzell]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

It was sung by a crowd of about 20 people around 10 minutes prior to kick off in the concourse and pretty much everyone else said "bloody hell, bit much lads". Clearly a group of pissed up idiots because they were all doing that ****ing daft jumping up and down trying to slosh as much carling down each other as they could while each of them had their phone out to record it. The type of kids who talk about "scenes" and "limbs" when describing football. I didn't hear it being sung in the stands.

Ohh I remember my first big away game.

 

  

Edited 10 November 2025 by Buzzell

[Dan]

When Daka went down 'injured' the other day Norwich fans were singing "dig a hole and ****ing bury him"  

 

Presumably they'll have the same complaints about this as well?

[FLAN]

I heard 4 lads singing let him die when Dan Burn went down injured in a Cup game at the KP. Don’t recall any statements from the club then?

[OntarioFox]

5 hours ago, fleckneymike said:

The accusation of pearl clutching towards people who object to chants hoping for the death of Jon Rudkin is odd considering the most hyperbolic responses are from those who believe it’s ok to chant about the desire for Rudkin’s death because it’s only football or because it generated a response from the club that further enraged them. 
 

I’d hope that anyone who faces verbal threats at work would have the full support of their employer in saying it’s unacceptable. I’d hope anyone who has had verbal threats to life at work would also receive the full support of their employer in sayings it’s unacceptable. We’d all surely expect our employer to check on our wellbeing and not tell us ‘it’s only words’, or ‘you probably deserved it’ when faced with abuse at work.  
 

Agree, though in this case it's more like there's this one twat in a position of power at the company, and he's spent the best part of a decade doing everything possible to piss off the company's customers, failing to develop any coherent business strategy, and refusing to communicate whatsoever with shareholders concerned about the lack of forward thinking or vision. All of his failures lead to the company's decline as a serious business, jeapordising the job security of the staff in entry level positions by tanking the finances to the point there might be layoffs if not full administration... but inexplicably he is kept in post because the Chairman likes him and lets him tend his horses on weekends.

 

Then eventually a handful of absolute whoppers who rely on the company for their own business hear about how shite this person is on social media, and hop on the growing bandwagon calling for him to resign or get fired. The calls continue to grow louder and louder, but they lack the braincells to let it run its course and take it too far - one weekend, they get tanked up and decide to send the fella death threats through his letterbox. It quite obviously crosses a line and they're rightfully called out and, where necessary, prosecuted for inciting violence.

 

But they're still customers who have seen a company they rely on absolutely tank on this guy's watch, and they've every right to be angry. They can't go elsewhere because they're tied to the company on a lifelong contract. Some might say they have a deeper attachment to the company than is reasonably healthy, but they're still vital to it's existence and survival as a business. So it really pisses them off to see obvious, blatant mismanagement before their eyes go unpunished. And their pea brains think intimidation and hatred are the way to get a point across, so that's what they do. They can't sack him themselves, but they're not going to go sign a contract with a different company, it doesn't work like that.