West Brom boycott

[Pliskin]

1 hour ago, Freddy said:

Buying a season ticket for the club i love and then stay at home match day, thinking it'll make any difference to anyone other than a few on this forum,  is the very definition of delusional. Why not go on hunger strike too, that'll show em. 

Or buying a season ticket for the club you love, going every week sitting in silence, clapping off the worst crop of personnel we’ve had play for us, and happily watch the club crash and burn?

 

Does that make a difference? 
 

Fans like yourself always see happy to make snide throw away comments yet offer no explanation yourself? What would make a difference then? 

Edited 8 January by Pliskin

[Yes N'Didi]

On 07/01/2026 at 08:50, Skidmark said:

Original Leicester Fosse colours were black with the light blue sash. 
 

Similar to how Man Utd used to wear the green and yellow scarves, I think we should go down this route too. 

Could get a load of these made up with F O S S E across the scarf.

[Voll Blau]

8 minutes ago, Yes N'Didi said:

Could get a load of these made up with F O S S E across the scarf.

Right or wrongly seen as Cov colours, sadly, unless it's specifically as a sash on a black background.

 

Black an easy colour to sort people wearing en masse. Insisting the sky blue is part of it makes it more complicated.

[sharpylcfc]

1 hour ago, Voll Blau said:

Right or wrongly seen as Cov colours, sadly, unless it's specifically as a sash on a black background.

 

Black an easy colour to sort people wearing en masse. Insisting the sky blue is part of it makes it more complicated.

Just throwing an idea out there what about Jade and Navy on a scarf it's a throwback to old kit yes but also unique to us. Terrible idea potentially but what do people think?

[Freddy]

1 hour ago, Pliskin said:

Or buying a season ticket for the club you love, going every week sitting in silence, clapping off the worst crop of personnel we’ve had play for us, and happily watch the club crash and burn?

 

Does that make a difference? 
 

Fans like yourself always see happy to make snide throw away comments yet offer no explanation yourself? What would make a difference then? 

Not at all, I've quantified why i take this stance already and do not wish to bore you further be repetition. Therefore it's not snide but previously explained.

[Freddy]

2 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

Thats the spirit 

 

Maybe it will, maybe it won’t. It certainly raised awareness in the media. 
 

To be against the boycott and mocking it means one of two things;

1. You are happy with the running of the club.

2. You don’t think the club is run well but think it will magically improve by doing nothing.

 

Take your pick…..

Not desperately happy but have seen this kind of poor management before and realise that the currant top will run it's course. 

[CosbehFox]

7 minutes ago, Freddy said:

Not desperately happy but have seen this kind of poor management before and realise that the currant top will run it's course. 

Which in the process (if we are talking administration) hurts the city, its economy and its hard working citizens 

[Freddy]

10 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Which in the process (if we are talking administration) hurts the city, its economy and its hard working citizens 

The title winning year proves that you are correct. And falling this far has been tough to take. All I'm saying is a good sit in after the game or march through the city for me not boycotting. 

[LCFCJohn]

11 minutes ago, Freddy said:

Not desperately happy but have seen this kind of poor management before and realise that the currant top will run it's course. 

But you haven’t seen a situation like this before because it hasn’t happened.

 

When have we been in this kind of position with the finances, paying out so much above where we are as a club, with people in charge who are showing no desire or capability to improve things. The closest you could suggest would be 2002/2009 time and even then, we weren’t in the same level of bother with the authorities and paying over 100% of our turnover on player wages!

 

But your ending part clarifies your thoughts. Sit around and wait for something to happy whilst criticising those trying to do something about it.

[LCFCJohn]

32 minutes ago, Freddy said:

The title winning year proves that you are correct. And falling this far has been tough to take. All I'm saying is a good sit in after the game or march through the city for me not boycotting. 

Fair enough and those would also be effective, perhaps more so.

 

The issue being we have a number of fans who are actively fighting (literally and physically) against pushing for change. You have to start somewhere and it was an effective start as it raised some awareness on the media and with other fans. You can think other ways would be more effective without pulling down the efforts of those trying to do something.

[Freddy]

6 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

But you haven’t seen a situation like this before because it hasn’t happened.

 

When have we been in this kind of position with the finances, paying out so much above where we are as a club, with people in charge who are showing no desire or capability to improve things. The closest you could suggest would be 2002/2009 time and even then, we weren’t in the same level of bother with the authorities and paying over 100% of our turnover on player wages!

 

But your ending part clarifies your thoughts. Sit around and wait for something to happy whilst criticising those trying to do something about it.

Criticising wasn't the aim but if you see it that way that's ok. Fans telling others that they are delusional just because they dont agree is as bad. Depends on your point of view. 

[LCFCJohn]

15 minutes ago, Freddy said:

Criticising wasn't the aim but if you see it that way that's ok. Fans telling others that they are delusional just because they dont agree is as bad. Depends on your point of view. 

Your comments on the boycott have come across as critical. If that wasn’t meant to be the case then fair enough. I did comment on your subsequent post about things like sit ins and that is fair. 
 

The issue is, when those who are in defence of the owner and shout down any criticism are challenged, they never actually give an answer. Obviously you have come across very much neutral. You aren’t defending things but have said the old seen it worse. Personally I think the worst this club has faced has been in that 2002/2009 range which most of us will have been around for. 
 

Genuinely, from here, what would have to happen to move you from that mindset to being angry at how the club is falling?
 

I feel a lot of people aren’t necessarily devoted to the owner but just of a similar mindset to the one you have described. It feels like more people will get there and people do get to their tether at different points which is natural. It is just a shame that most of the fan base can’t be more proactively united to do more about it whilst it is happening than letting it go on….
 

 

[when_you're_smiling]

38 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

But you haven’t seen a situation like this before because it hasn’t happened.

 

When have we been in this kind of position with the finances, paying out so much above where we are as a club, with people in charge who are showing no desire or capability to improve things. The closest you could suggest would be 2002/2009 time and even then, we weren’t in the same level of bother with the authorities and paying over 100% of our turnover on player wages!

 

But your ending part clarifies your thoughts. Sit around and wait for something to happy whilst criticising those trying to do something about it.

We were paying over 100 per cent of wages after parachute payments ran out, as this 2011 blog by Swiss Rambler after the KP takeover  states -  https://swissramble.blogspot.com/2011/03/all-change-at-leicester-city.html?m=1

It’s quite interesting reading in hindsight.

 

Of course we weren’t in trouble with the authorities at the time because PSR didn’t exist then. We would have been if it had.

[Freddy]

9 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Your comments on the boycott have come across as critical. If that wasn’t meant to be the case then fair enough. I did comment on your subsequent post about things like sit ins and that is fair. 
 

The issue is, when those who are in defence of the owner and shout down any criticism are challenged, they never actually give an answer. Obviously you have come across very much neutral. You aren’t defending things but have said the old seen it worse. Personally I think the worst this club has faced has been in that 2002/2009 range which most of us will have been around for. 
 

Genuinely, from here, what would have to happen to move you from that mindset to being angry at how the club is falling?
 

I feel a lot of people aren’t necessarily devoted to the owner but just of a similar mindset to the one you have described. It feels like more people will get there and people do get to their tether at different points which is natural. It is just a shame that most of the fan base can’t be more proactively united to do more about it whilst it is happening than letting it go on….
 

 

I'm already angry at Top and Rudders. I'm not missing games though. You can't control much in life. You can't control Top and Rudders.

 

 

 

[Pliskin]

1 hour ago, Freddy said:

The title winning year proves that you are correct. And falling this far has been tough to take. All I'm saying is a good sit in after the game or march through the city for me not boycotting. 

I’d be well up for either, and I agree with you, a march through the city would be impactful, if we can gather the right numbers. Perhaps we can try for a up and coming home game? Meet at the clock tower and proceed through to the KP. I’d also add potentially making us ten minutes late into the ground, a symbol of the ten year decline. 

[LCFCJohn]

12 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

We were paying over 100 per cent of wages after parachute payments ran out, as this 2011 blog by Swiss Rambler after the KP takeover  states -  https://swissramble.blogspot.com/2011/03/all-change-at-leicester-city.html?m=1

It’s quite interesting reading in hindsight.

 

Of course we weren’t in trouble with the authorities at the time because PSR didn’t exist then. We would have been if it had.

Yeah I am referring to the overall situation.

 

We have been in administration before. But that was down to the collapse of ITV Digital.

 

We have been down to the third tier. But for his faults, Mandaric knew football and made the right choice for us to bounce back. Our costs were not through the roof then.

 

Like you say, wages were high but even then, Vichai made the right choice to bring Pearson back who sorted it and yeah, no punishments then.

 

Its like all the worst individual situations we have been in look to be coming together to all hit at once is the best way I can describe it.

[blurryface]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arena-Black-Sky-Blue-Scarf/dp/B07F9WTYC3

 

[LCFCJohn]

15 minutes ago, Freddy said:

I'm already angry at Top and Rudders. I'm not missing games though. You can't control much in life. You can't control Top and Rudders.

 

 

 

You can’t control them. Fan bases can put pressure on though. I think Wednesday felt similar earlier on with Chansiri but eventually, enough of them came together to make his position untenable. The issue is, Aiyawatt and Rudkin are still getting (overall) an easy ride from our fanbase. 
 

But, I do think it’s important to tailor actions to reach supporters like yourself then. Clearly many are put off by chanting that crosses a line or just use poor language which is fair. If more people would feel included by alternative measures it should be taken seriously (like the sit in).

 

You did also mentioned a march through the city. Obviously this was what Project Reset did earlier in 2025 and into a few seems to support it. Perhaps more would now given things have continued to get worse…

[Old Fox]

6 minutes ago, Freddy said:

I'm already angry at Top and Rudders. I'm not missing games though. You can't control much in life. You can't control Top and Rudders.

 

 

 

This!

 

Everyone has a choice and fans criticising one another is really sad to see.

 

I cannot believe there is any city fans who are happy with the situation and the leadership is clearly failing and has been doing so for a long while.

 

You also cannot ignore that we have had a period of history that will never be repeated and over the last 50 years there has been equally inept management of our club.

 

I have had a season ticket for over 40 years and have not been to a game this season - why? because I do not agree with how the club is being ran and most importantly the players on the pitch nearly to a man are not fit to support!

I maintain it’s my right and it’s our football club and I won’t lose my seat as I am a fan of LCFC (my club) but also have not spent a penny on the club in any other way this season and won’t.

 

We have had other periods over the years where the club has been terribly ran and it is cyclical but abusing one another definitely does not help - finding educated ways to make the points we have is the best way but ultimately the owner needs to see the issues - I genuinely believe he knows how disengaged we are but whether he has the acumen and ability to manage I remain to be convinced.

 

It is a real sorry sad mess but however it is to be done pulling together and not fighting between ourselves has to be the way forward - change will happen and at least a large number of overpaid pre-Madonna’s will leave at the end of this season - I won’t be back at the KP until they have gone and hopefully the owner grows some courage in the meantime !

 

 

[Tommy G]

3 minutes ago, blurryface said:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arena-Black-Sky-Blue-Scarf/dp/B07F9WTYC3

 

Yeh lets buy some cov coloured ones, that'll do it

[Freddy]

12 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

I’d be well up for either, and I agree with you, a march through the city would be impactful, if we can gather the right numbers. Perhaps we can try for a up and coming home game? Meet at the clock tower and proceed through to the KP. I’d also add potentially making us ten minutes late into the ground, a symbol of the ten year decline. 

Brilliant to March to the ground 10 mins late....Brilliant idea.

[CosbehFox]

7 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Yeah I am referring to the overall situation.

 

We have been in administration before. But that was down to the collapse of ITV Digital.

 

We have been down to the third tier. But for his faults, Mandaric knew football and made the right choice for us to bounce back. Our costs were not through the roof then.

 

Like you say, wages were high but even then, Vichai made the right choice to bring Pearson back who sorted it and yeah, no punishments then.

 

Its like all the worst individual situations we have been in look to be coming together to all hit at once is the best way I can describe it.

Not solely though. There's very recognisable symmetry on then and now. 

 

The club placed themselves into a construction project which took considerable cash, the wage bill was far too high for the club, they had stopped selling players at the height of their value (Heskey went but years later no decent sale except Lennon). 

 

To come back to now, there are plenty of other clubs who gambled on the players in the mould Soumare, but we appear to be the only club what must be paying them way over the odds judging from being unable to sell them on and what information we know about our wage bill. Forest signed a player over the summer in very similar mould (different position) from Ligue 1 and he hasn't settle in England yet within six months, they have loaned him off to Eintracht Frankfurt with a deal at the end of it (not a Serie A/La Liga club scratching around for a loan deal at the end of the window). That's the difference and why us (potentially West Ham too) are different for the rest. 

[blurryface]

9 minutes ago, Tommy G said:

Yeh lets buy some cov coloured ones, that'll do it

was just in reference to the post further up

[Yes N'Didi]

4 hours ago, Voll Blau said:

Right or wrongly seen as Cov colours, sadly, unless it's specifically as a sash on a black background.

 

Black an easy colour to sort people wearing en masse. Insisting the sky blue is part of it makes it more complicated.

True!

 

What about if it was just used as text, and not bars?

 

[Pliskin]

58 minutes ago, Freddy said:

Brilliant to March to the ground 10 mins late....Brilliant idea.

It was impactful whenever Sheffield Wednesday did it, there has to be some form of impact following a protest, something that makes people take notice.