@ Radio Leicester Sport

[dillonpanthers87]

Why do you continually seem to skirt over the fundamental issues within the club, specifically King Power, sponsorship, club treatment of fans, now club treatment of their own staff and delayed payment? I know there are several answers to this, access and relationship etc. But, this is a unique position we are in as a club. The future of Leicester City is currently deeply entwined with a failing business, who is putting the future of our club at a significant risk through year on year mismanagement in every sense, ran by a nepo-baby, absent owner (albeit from his scripted, propaganda style "wanting to be closer to the fans" while in a Bangkok corporate HQ wearing a suit interview, which RL lapped up)

 

We all know the playing side and manager are atrocious, specifically the players who for 98% of them, are deluded, lazy, self centered clowns, but the easy ride given to King Power, Aiyawat, Rudkin) is not representative of supporters opinion (apart from the sheep who still applaud them off after relegation, abysmal performances, while the likes of Harry Winks, Faes, others, pick up 40-90k a week)

 

You ask the same questions of the manager every single week. There is no real drive behind any questions, it's a checkbox exercise. No wonder managers like Cifuentes and RVN can get by with platitudes and monotonous manager-speak every week. Where are the difficult questions? 

 

Do you wonder why podcasts like BSLB have such a connection with the fans? Because they often speak for the majority of fans (although I should add they have never intended or suggested this was the case - I say this with my own opinion)

 

The radio station was rightly strong enough to call out Brendan Rodgers when he started attacking the club (mostly Matty P), but you seem to barely register the fact staff have not got paid as agreed. This is more-so on the club as it is the station - but the fact the station has failed to get an interview with anyone at the club in a leadership position has to be considered evidence as a lack of the club feeling accountable with the local media. 

 

Urge you to take a more direct and journalistic approach especially given the foxes trust board elections coming up. 

[Buzzard]

They've always got a fine line to tread for better or worse - go in too hard and they lose their 'privileges' no doubt. 

 

Liked the post match interview with Bobby, he thought we were 1-0 at half time 

[TheGoldenGod]

Owynn "I suppose" Palmer-Atkin

[Aleksz]

Because they don’t want to upset Anthony. 

[dillonpanthers87]

Just now, Buzzard said:

They've always got a fine line to tread for better or worse - go in too hard and they lose their 'privileges' no doubt. 

 

Liked the post match interview with Bobby, he thought we were 1-0 at half time 

Today (on top of other weeks) is what did it for me today. Totally appreciate they have a balance to make, or guidelines to operate under, but a good broadcaster or journalist will find moments, or be able to navigate these relationships. I view it in a similar way to staff in the club, the fanbase etc. - it's easy to coast when things are going well, and by all means we should enjoy that, but when things start to impact the club we care about, anyone with an interest or passion in the club should try and dig us out the hole. Local media is a huge part of the following, like it or not. I wonder if it has a part in why some of our fanbase is so passive. That's likely unfair. I'm frustrated all round. But I stand by what I said and our local media needs to provide better representation to not only support our local lcfc community, but to compete with other outlets.

[Nolucklcfc]

Pipes has spoken against the owner before in fairness. Owynn has to be impartial because he works for the BBC 

[dillonpanthers87]

The annual "we asked for an interview with Rudkin/Whelan" etc is often touted. Is the response to that "ah well, we tried"? And if there is more to the relationship in the club, requiring certain editorial content etc, then publish that.

 

It's like the fan committee meetings - the fact the actual minutes etc don't get published speaks more than what the actual content could say.

 

I'd love for RL to actually address some of this stuff. What do they want their role here to be? Because it's beyond on the pitch performance right now.

Edited 26 December 2025 by dillonpanthers87

[Blueman1967]

Piper compare us to a u13 Leicester City side, which wouldn't be acceptable

[Dan]

You're wasting your time listening to them for anything objective tbh. All very controlled.

[Sunbury Fox]

I do like Pipes on the whole but I've stopped listening to When You're Smiling. Independent podcasts are able to be far more honest about the current situation, so I prefer them. 

Edited 26 December 2025 by Sunbury Fox

[Cropwellfox]

Pipes calls it pretty much as it is. Owynn wouldn’t know a tricky question if it propositioned him and the editorial directive is clearly appeasement rather than reporting 

[splinterdream]

Bring back the moan in

[Ian Nacho]

I listen to the podcasts more out of habit than anything. You'll rarely get anything deeper than post-match analysis. They have the same rotation of guests who all have different points of view which results in a very sanitised product. 

[RoboFox]

They’ve got strict impartiality guidelines to adhere to and the football club have a history of becoming upset with media if they feel criticised. RL do a decent enough job with this in mind IMO.

[scinnell]

9 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Bring back the moan in

Imagine 😂

[Levi Port]

I like Owen and Piper, they’ve done a good job on the show after Ian. The relationship with the BBC and the club is significant and they can not ask the questions they want. Owen and Pipes are one of us, dont bring them into this mess

Edited 26 December 2025 by Levi Port

[boots60]

52 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Bring back the moan in

You mean the hour where 3 or 4 handpicked passive fans manage to get on air with pathetic excuses for the club?

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

27 minutes ago, boots60 said:

You mean the hour where 3 or 4 handpicked passive fans manage to get on air with pathetic excuses for the club?

 

They weren't handpicked, I got Tilley off here to ring up in 2010 to complain about "Paul Soozer" and that he "couldn't look his crying son in the eyes" 

[Wink84]

What do people expect from a BBC radio station? Your better off listening to some of our fans podcasts or YouTube channels. Pipes calls it pretty balanced but Owynn has to remain partial due to his employer. 

[deep blue]

2 hours ago, RoboFox said:

They’ve got strict impartiality guidelines to adhere to and the football club have a history of becoming upset with media if they feel criticised. RL do a decent enough job with this in mind IMO.

I don't understand.  If there are rules of impartiality why are they broken by (a) reporting the concerns expressed by many fans and (b) asking questions of the club?

[Freeman's Wharfer]

Invited them to the Trust End of Season Survey stuff and emailed the survey results in case there is any interview with Top upcoming. No responses.

[dillonpanthers87]

7 minutes ago, deep blue said:

I don't understand.  If there are rules of impartiality why are they broken by (a) reporting the concerns expressed by many fans and (b) asking questions of the club?

Exactly this. 

[dillonpanthers87]

2 minutes ago, Freeman's Wharfer said:

Invited them to the Trust End of Season Survey stuff and emailed the survey results in case there is any interview with Top upcoming. No responses.

The fact it seemingly wasn't even acknowledged is poor. But hey let's sit on a pod /radio week after week talking about why we don't have a better squad.

[fabufox]

The Leicester City Pubcast calls it as it is…

[Guesty]

It's nothing to do with impartiality. Stringer and Bourne used to be totally impartial. It's all to do with access. They can't afford to upset LCFC and have their access reduced.

 

They banned Stringer from interviewing them when Pearson was here. Radio Leicester have even less power now. Especially with teams having their own online radio commentary. It's just not worth it for them to upset the club unnecessarily.