"Evolved" Leadership Structure To Drive Long-Term Stability & Success

[Claudio Fannieri]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

Not necessarily. The argument that ‘he worked in the finance department during the mess so he must be responsible for it’ is basically guilt-by-association dressed up as analysis. It’s an easy assumption to make from the outside, but that doesn’t make it accurate.

 

If an organisation has been drifting toward an iceberg for years, someone inside it warning about the danger isn’t responsible for the situation simply because they were on the ship. And if that same person is later promoted and helps steer the organisation back to safer waters, they probably deserve credit for the recovery rather than blame for the previous mess.

 

The club could easily have appointed someone from outside just to avoid the optics of promoting internally. But optics aren’t competence. If the club were in a healthier place, promoting someone with Davies’ local roots and strong work behind the scenes would probably be welcomed. Instead, the reaction seems driven largely by the fact he comes from within the KP group. That may be understandable emotionally, but it isn’t necessarily fair to him.

I completely understand what you are saying which is why I used the words some level of accountability, I am not saying he is directly to blame, but if you are so opposed to what is happening at some point professional pride and your own self respect would lead you to move on, particularly as a well qualified professional. 

Edited 5 March by Claudio Fannieri

[ClaphamFox]

3 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

I completely understand what you are saying which is why I used the words some level of accountability, I am not saying he is directly to blame, but if you are so opposed to what is happening at some point professional pride and your own self respect would lead you to move on, particularly as a well qualified professional. 

It’s probably harder to walk away when you’re from the town and love the club. Sometimes emotional attachment is more powerful than professional pride. 

[Claudio Fannieri]

10 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

It’s probably harder to walk away when you’re from the town and love the club. Sometimes emotional attachment is more powerful than professional pride. 

That is a fair point, as a Business Transformation consultant I have reached out to the club to offer help and support as I see a number of potential opportunities to not only improve the performance of the club off the pitch but also to help raise additional revenue steams and improve the relationship with the fanbase. 
 

So I do understand how the emotional pull of working with your hometown club even in difficult and challenging times has a big emotional pull. 

[LCFCJohn]

3 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

That is a fair point, as a Business Transformation consultant I have reached out to the club to offer help and support as I see a number of potential opportunities to not only improve the performance of the club off the pitch but also to help raise additional revenue steams and improve the relationship with the fanbase. 
 

So I do understand how the emotional pull of working with your hometown club even in difficult and challenging times has a big emotional pull. 

I bet that offer has been embraced and jumped upon 

[Claudio Fannieri]

1 minute ago, LCFCJohn said:

I bet that offer has been embraced and jumped upon 

🤣🤣🤣 not even a courtesy response to say thanks but no thanks 🤣

[foxinsocks]

Bold statements of intent - but no recognition of how we got here

[davieG]

52 minutes ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

That is a fair point, as a Business Transformation consultant I have reached out to the club to offer help and support as I see a number of potential opportunities to not only improve the performance of the club off the pitch but also to help raise additional revenue steams and improve the relationship with the fanbase. 
 

So I do understand how the emotional pull of working with your hometown club even in difficult and challenging times has a big emotional pull. 

Unless you're offering to find other ways to turn LCFC into KPFC without the fans noticing and have big contacts with dodgy betting companies they'll not be interested.

[Foxin_Mad]

I will call in now. There is absolutely no way on earth that this club will become a sustainable and successful Premier League club whilst Rudkin remains in position. 

 

We will likely confirm or participation in EFL1 this year and EFL2 next summer. 

[Greg2607]

2 hours ago, Claudio Fannieri said:

That is a fair point, as a Business Transformation consultant I have reached out to the club to offer help and support as I see a number of potential opportunities to not only improve the performance of the club off the pitch but also to help raise additional revenue steams and improve the relationship with the fanbase. 
 

So I do understand how the emotional pull of working with your hometown club even in difficult and challenging times has a big emotional pull. 

apparently, if you have never worked in a football club, your skills wouldn't be welcomed by the fan base.... 

[Blue ROI]

1 positive step might do a lot to improve relations with the fans.

 

But this idiot in charge can't even do that right.

[Stadt]

Is Davies putting his head on the chopping block regarding the insalubrious betting companies? Reading between the lines it was the straw that broke the camel's back for Whelan, with the 8Win sponsorship it doesn't look as if we're slowing down either.

Edited 5 March by Stadt

[AjcW]

3 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Is Davies putting his head on the chopping block regarding the insalubrious betting companies? Reading between the lines it was the straw that broke the camel's back fro Whelan, with 8Win sponsorship it doesn't look as if we're slowing down either.

I highly doubt it, the guy we've hired from Wolves is a pioneer of this shit! 

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, Foxin_Mad said:

I will call in now. There is absolutely no way on earth that this club will become a sustainable and successful Premier League club whilst Rudkin remains in position. 

 

We will likely confirm or participation in EFL1 this year and EFL2 next summer. 

Forget even sustainable. I’ve been saying for ages, we will 100% not even participate in the PL ever again under Aiyawatt/KP’s ownership.

 

I’d go a step further and say we will not even manage to finish in the top 6 (or as I see in the Championship thread to be top 8) of the Championship again with them.

[Stadt]

12 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I highly doubt it, the guy we've hired from Wolves is a pioneer of this shit! 

Wolves were on of the clubs directly named by the UKGC and we already held the record - feels like it’s built on sand. The Chief exec is the one signing off on this shit presumably 

[Broof]

20 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Is Davies putting his head on the chopping block regarding the insalubrious betting companies? Reading between the lines it was the straw that broke the camel's back fro Whelan, with 8Win sponsorship it doesn't look as if we're slowing down either.

I thought Whelan leaving was because of a power struggle between her and Rudkin. Basically it's either him or me and he won.

 

I can't remember where I picked this up from though. 

[AjcW]

8 minutes ago, Stadt said:

Wolves were on of the clubs directly named by the UKGC and we already held the record - feels like it’s built on sand. The Chief exec is the one signing off on this shit presumably 

Probably another reason they're not that upset about us being in the EFL, because the front of shirt ban is only for the Premier League next season.

 

There's clear links between BC Game and DEBET too. Also if you remember the sponsor we were supposed to have at the start of the season that they pretended was a fake leak when it all kicked off? They were an offshoot of DEBET. 

[Tommy G]

4 hours ago, Stadt said:

He just isn’t a CEO, he’s barely even been FD for two years.

 

Given the total lack of experience elsewhere in the organisation overpromoting an FD when we’re going through the biggest sea change in the club’s history is incredibly shirt sighted. It’s nothing personal against him but we need a fresh pair of ruthless and experienced eyes to come in and enact  massive change.

Completely agree - worth listening above to what Simon Jordan says and he's right, the CEO will have his hands tied ultimately by Top - he could recommend all sorts of strategic change but if Top says no then if he's any good the new CEO would resign. Top wants people who he can control and with Davies and Rudkin he has that. 

 

If Top has a brain cell he should of appointed an external CEO and then get him to bring his own CFO or be involved in the process, alongside a new Sporting director. Top can then sit back and say get on with it and perform. 

[Stadt]

27 minutes ago, Broof said:

I thought Whelan leaving was because of a power struggle between her and Rudkin. Basically it's either him or me and he won.

 

I can't remember where I picked this up from though. 

The BC game sponsorship was announced very quickly after Whelan left, seems a bit of a coincidence. 

[CL Fox]

17 minutes ago, Stadt said:

The BC game sponsorship was announced very quickly after Whelan left, seems a bit of a coincidence. 

it was the final straw

[RoboFox]

Even many of the club’s most loyal KPFC flask-carriers direct their anger at Rudkin while somehow absolving Aiyawatt of responsibility. 

 

Elevating him despite that backlash is a clear signal of what the club thinks of fan opinion. It’s a slap in the face.

 

And it shows exactly the scale of the uphill battle facing organisations like the reformed FT, when the people running the club appear to view supporter voices not as stakeholders, but as an inconvenience.

 

They ****ing resent us.

 

Edited 5 March by RoboFox

[hackneyfox]

2 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

Forget even sustainable. I’ve been saying for ages, we will 100% not even participate in the PL ever again under Aiyawatt/KP’s ownership.

 

I’d go a step further and say we will not even manage to finish in the top 6 (or as I see in the Championship thread to be top 8) of the Championship again with them.

I’ll go a step even further.

We won’t win the. Champions League while Rudkin & Top are at the club.

[1969]

I’ll go further still….I’m not sure we will win another game while Top and Rudkin are at the club!

[Tommy G]

I'll go further even still...we won't win the world cup with Top at the club, not a prayer.

[Blue ROI]

How convenient this is announced before our next game which is away.

[Dan]

On 04/03/2026 at 10:44, CosbehFox said:

 

Anyone interested. It's worth having reading of the summary of Davies' witness statement. 

 

https://resources.premierleague.pulselive.com/premierleague/document/2026/02/05/2ca1ca85-183e-439f-9749-60ef533dd3e1/Commission-Decision-Premier-League-v-LCFC-February-2026.pdf

 

Pages 28-30. 

 

Assumed an 8th placed finish yet after 7 games had 1 point and the worst defence in history at that point of a season. And the manager kept his job. And they think that's a mitigating reason.