'Not a punishment for ambition, a punishment for sustained mismanagement' - Foxes Trust Statement On Points Deduction

[foxinsocks]

6 minutes ago, CornwallFox said:

That season we ended up 2 points from safety, so either 2 or 3 points from staying up depending on goal difference which the table i just looked at didn't show. Keeping schmeical would have probably seen is mid table. Dropping ward a month earlier would probably have seen us safe. Playing soyuncu over Amartey would've helped too. 

at the time  i reviewed the games and calculated ward had cost us 9 points

[foxinsocks]

Anthony should not have exposed Top to the interview - they make him look foolish and naïve at best.  Once again Top is poorly served by his advisors - but he is too dumb to realise.   He is exposed as having little understanding for running a club  or what has gone on.   The PSR failure was form his willingness to bet the farm on Rodgers - oh how I wish out board could have sent him packing with a statement like that from the celtic guy.   
Tops face is lost - and that id sown to he attachment to Rudkin.  Even now Rudkin hides from us.  I am not sure Top can repair his reputation - he is exposed as foolish.  What he could do is to say "The best I can is put the club in the hands of competent managers" and call a taxi for rudkin and anthony.  Top's failure to do so suggest he is gormless.

[Corky]

10 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

Encouraged by the reaction to this across all formats. Always some critics but think the balance is spot on 

Think generally across the media our reaction has helped. This is a very tribal sport with one eyed fans claiming conspiracy over anything and everything and I think the lack of outrage towards the authorities and acceptance of our own wrongdoing has been almost welcomed by a media used to pushbacks and arguments.

[Terraloon]

14 hours ago, Analysethis said:

I disagree with the statement if I am honest.

 

We finished 5th.5th and then 8th and won the FA Cup. This was all a few seasons after winning the prem. We played Champions League and were regulars in Europe. We also managed to get relegated with players such as Tielemans, Barnes, KDH, Ndidi and Madison, Vards. JJ, Caglar, Riccardo P, 

 

We had plenty more Prem standard players and started the season with an established manager in Brendan Rodgers, who for all the hatred in the end was a decent manager but messed up with the group.

 

There is no way any of us would have though we would get relegated the first time around. We Royally messed up but the manager and especially the players ballsed things up, not the owner. What happened after is arguably mismanagement but that group was to blame.

It’s disappointing that there are still some that haven’t woken up to the sweet aroma of a Latte!
 

The  three finishes in the PL era that bought about European football were adventurers but as they say the league table doesn’t lie, well it certainly doesn’t at seasons end, no matter what the individual ability of the players who were  at LC during the last 2 relegation seasons the squad, the players and yes the manager weren’t up to it . 

The writing was on the wall in season 22/23 after  10 games. Those 10 games yielded just 5 points any competent football club senior management team including the owner would have changed so yes the players, the manager cocked  it up but any competent ownership would have acted way before Christmas 22
 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 7 February by Terraloon

[Pliskin]

14 hours ago, Analysethis said:

I disagree with the statement if I am honest.

 

We finished 5th.5th and then 8th and won the FA Cup. This was all a few seasons after winning the prem. We played Champions League and were regulars in Europe. We also managed to get relegated with players such as Tielemans, Barnes, KDH, Ndidi and Madison, Vards. JJ, Caglar, Riccardo P, 

 

We had plenty more Prem standard players and started the season with an established manager in Brendan Rodgers, who for all the hatred in the end was a decent manager but messed up with the group.

 

There is no way any of us would have though we would get relegated the first time around. We Royally messed up but the manager and especially the players ballsed things up, not the owner. What happened after is arguably mismanagement but that group was to blame.

The board room is completely to blame. Especially Top…..

 

Cast your kind back to that season, Rogers himself was culpable, because he clearly downed tools…. But he made it clear plans were put in place in terms of recruitment and when he returned from the pre season, those plans had not been followed through and had suddenly changed. 
 

What this was, was the football club coming to the realisation that they had ****ed their finances up, and were on the verge of breaching PSR…. So they put the breaks on and clearly didn’t have this conversation with Brendan, who says multiple times he had no idea what was going on. 
 

There is no one else to blame other than Top and Rudkin….. Rudkin handed out the suicidal wages, and Top sanctioned them….. we abandoned a model that was successful, and took a very un calculated, amateur risk that subsequently backfired. 
 

It’s been alleged that we’ve breached again for the previous two seasons….. if so, this is not a vendetta against us from the EPL and EFL, it’s not Brendan Rodgers’s whoopsie coming back to haunt us…. It’s continual mismanagement of the club, season after season since Top took over we’ve been making more mistakes…. It’s a continual mismanagement that’s got us into this position, continual poor decisions……. 

The statement is spot on, Rudkin and Top need to come out and offer some accountability for the mess we’re in, not come out with piss poor attempts an self preservation, speaking on behalf of the fans as if we’re all thick and don’t understand how football works. 
 

The fact some still can’t see this is baffling. 
 

Whilst Top remains chairman, we will continue to regress. 

Edited 7 February by Pliskin

[LCFCJohn]

14 hours ago, Analysethis said:

I disagree with the statement if I am honest.

 

We finished 5th.5th and then 8th and won the FA Cup. This was all a few seasons after winning the prem. We played Champions League and were regulars in Europe. We also managed to get relegated with players such as Tielemans, Barnes, KDH, Ndidi and Madison, Vards. JJ, Caglar, Riccardo P, 

 

We had plenty more Prem standard players and started the season with an established manager in Brendan Rodgers, who for all the hatred in the end was a decent manager but messed up with the group.

 

There is no way any of us would have though we would get relegated the first time around. We Royally messed up but the manager and especially the players ballsed things up, not the owner. What happened after is arguably mismanagement but that group was to blame.

Not all of us didn’t see it coming. Speak for yourself fine. Some of us was calling it pretty soon after the FA Cup win/community shield. I remember saying it around an October 2021. The signs were there.

[Collymore]

It's really worrying when you see out of all the football league and premier league clubs it's us and Sheffield Wed that have been deducted points. Just shows you the levels of mismanagement. 

[honeybradger]

29 minutes ago, Collymore said:

It's really worrying when you see out of all the football league and premier league clubs it's us and Sheffield Wed that have been deducted points. Just shows you the levels of mismanagement. 

The two worst run clubs in English league football. 3rd place isn't close either.

[Foxes_Trust]

On 06/02/2026 at 20:40, Manwell Pablo said:

 

All true, I like what is happening at the Trust at the moment.

 

That said, and this is a genuine question not a dig. How long does John Rudkin get to hide (as we all know he will instead of answer your request) until you get on board with unite for change?

Any official support from the Trust for campaigns such as this would require a mandate from our members. If the majority of members want the Trust to focus on a particular issue or topic then we will do so (as a member-driven organisation).

 

Additionally, when we run things like our End of Season Survey, this gives us lines to take and an indication on issues that we can focus on on behalf of the wider fan base. We did everything in our power to ensure those results were seen at every relevant level of the Club and one of our calls to action was to appoint a proven Director of Football (the Club subsequently chose the route of appointing a Technical Director).

 

There will be upcoming opportunities for all fans to share their perspectives with us and any member can email us at any time to share their thoughts via [email protected]. If there's enough support for the Trust to get behind a particular topic from our members, being a democratically led organisation means we will do so.

[Chrysalis]

On 06/02/2026 at 21:16, Analysethis said:

I disagree with the statement if I am honest.

 

We finished 5th.5th and then 8th and won the FA Cup. This was all a few seasons after winning the prem. We played Champions League and were regulars in Europe. We also managed to get relegated with players such as Tielemans, Barnes, KDH, Ndidi and Madison, Vards. JJ, Caglar, Riccardo P, 

 

We had plenty more Prem standard players and started the season with an established manager in Brendan Rodgers, who for all the hatred in the end was a decent manager but messed up with the group.

 

There is no way any of us would have though we would get relegated the first time around. We Royally messed up but the manager and especially the players ballsed things up, not the owner. What happened after is arguably mismanagement but that group was to blame.

Sorry, your head is in the sand.

 

We were budgeting with no head room, had a horrid salary to revenue level, managed the situation very badly, and then ended up breaching the limits in following seasons as well whilst still giving out generous contracts, we also still continue to turn down offers for players in favour of them running down their contracts.

We have no CEO, Sporting Director and Manager all at once, we have just made a statement which has no recognition we have ****** up.  

Failed to expand the stadium when the time was ripe, you are just looking at the player and managerial side of it, there is a lot more to running a football club than games.

[Footballwipe]

On 06/02/2026 at 21:16, Analysethis said:

I disagree with the statement if I am honest.

 

We finished 5th.5th and then 8th and won the FA Cup. This was all a few seasons after winning the prem. We played Champions League and were regulars in Europe. We also managed to get relegated with players such as Tielemans, Barnes, KDH, Ndidi and Madison, Vards. JJ, Caglar, Riccardo P, 

 

We had plenty more Prem standard players and started the season with an established manager in Brendan Rodgers, who for all the hatred in the end was a decent manager but messed up with the group.

 

There is no way any of us would have though we would get relegated the first time around. We Royally messed up but the manager and especially the players ballsed things up, not the owner. What happened after is arguably mismanagement but that group was to blame.

This is insane. This is what we're up against, folks. This kind of cultist behaviour really need to stop.

[RonnieTodger]

The Facebook reaction compared to here and X is hilarious

[ramboacdc]

1 hour ago, RonnieTodger said:

The Facebook reaction compared to here and X is hilarious

Always makes me laugh. "But we won the league once" and all that. 

[Corky]

3 hours ago, RonnieTodger said:

The Facebook reaction compared to here and X is hilarious

There is more nuance and a broader knowledge and research base here.