League One - Who manages us?

[Marky mark]

She wasn’t in a coma 

just a long nap watching us play sidewards backwards etc …..

#rip

[Craig]

17 minutes ago, lcfcbluearmy said:

This is taking a while just typical leicester or 2nd thoughts due to the reaction?

They won't care about the reaction.

They will 100% be thinking that if they'd ignored us in the first place and appointed him, we wouldn't be where we are now.

[Foxin_Mad]

1 hour ago, Clogger_ said:

A few thoughts on this...

- "Tinpot" PL clubs often in wealthy areas, commanding higher ticket prices. Wonder how this impacts gate receipts

- The location of said clubs is often a draw to players, whereas Leicester... (Look how we had to overpay to attract players to the club in our PL spell) 

- Gate receipts no longer quite as important (or differentiating) in the TV era

- I wonder how resilient our attendances will be over time. "Reversion to mean" is on my mind here

- What evidence is there that we have monitised our social media follows?

- Historically we've been a yo-yo club, right? I don't see how anything has changed in a positive direction from a structural perspective, and maybe our competitors have made greater strides in this regard

- I see Seagrave as an unnecessary millstone

-There have been clubs like Burnley, Hull in recent years in not so wealthy areas, Burnley struggled to fill the ground frequently last year. Bournemouth have been pretty successful in a relatively wealthy are with very limited gates, its true Brentford and Fulham probably have the London draw. I think we have overpaid players because we aren't very good at doing business, Leicestershire is pretty nice and within a reasonable distance of Airports and London (if you are that way inclined, I personally detest the place).

-I think all clubs except the London clubs struggle getting certain players, not that I think we should be shopping in that market, we need to step back and take young players, maybe released by big clubs who have something to prove (like Drinkwater, James, Vardy etc) for most of them we are still an attractive club.

-Gate receipts outside the Premier League are still quite a big revenue turner, the TV money outside the top flight is pretty pitiful for the amount of fixture disruption it causes for fans. TV revenue in League 1 is £2 million a year, Championship £8 million, our gate receipts are around 500-800k per match.

-Our attendances have been above 20k since we moved from Filbert Street, even for long periods there it was full, we have a catchment area of over 700000 people in the county, and a 1 club city, I don't see that attendance will drop below 20k unless we really stagnate in League 1/2 for a number of seasons.

-We haven't monetised our social media exposure, as I have mentioned the club have been particularly poor at capitalising on the success commercially because they are run by morons.  

-Again you are correct re the YO-YO club, however we are now far below that, we have kind of forgotten what we are, the club is still running itself like a top 8 premier league club, when it isn't. Delusions of Grandeur amongst Top and Rudkin are much of our problem, absolutely we have not capitalised on our success, and in reality the club has been run terribly for a multi million pound company. Rudkin is not fit to clean toilets let alone be a director. However, we have always been amongst the top 30 clubs in the country (with the most success in the past 50 years outside the top 6), with half competent ownership and leadership there is absolutely no reason why we cant get back to Challenging at the top of the Championship (at worst), especially when last year saw the likes of Millwall and Hull towards the top. With a proper vision and identity the club can get back to competing in the Premier League. 

 

Unfortunately the ineptitude of the ownership and his chosen leadership has failed us, and looks like it may continue to. 

[pazzerfox]

1 hour ago, LadyFox53 said:

perfect pic for a caption - wonder what Susan is thinking as she stares at Rudkin's head

Didn't realise Rodgers had let himself go quite as much!

[Broof]

3 hours ago, Foxin_Mad said:

I think our turnover is likely to be higher overall as even last season we had the 2nd biggest average attendance in the Championship, also with our recent success we do have pretty big social followings. We probably get an average attendance this year a lot larger than a lot of Championship clubs, and even some of the tin pot Premier League clubs.  Unfortunately the club isn't very good at  using either of these advantages,

Why do you think this is valuable? The only use we have for social media is happy birthday posts which get around 20 replies almost entirely abusing the club. We must have one of the worst engagement rates in the world. 

[TamuffFox]

1 hour ago, LadyFox53 said:

 

 

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[davieG]

2 hours ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

I wish I'd been in a coma for three years tbh

Ahh wishing for the Dallas shower episode

 

The "Dallas" shower scene is one of the most iconic and infamous plot twists in television history. At the end of the ninth season in 1986, Pamela Ewing (Victoria Principal) discovers her deceased husband, Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy), alive and lathering up in her shower. It was revealed that the entire previous season was just a dream.

[Foxin_Mad]

53 minutes ago, Broof said:

Why do you think this is valuable? The only use we have for social media is happy birthday posts which get around 20 replies almost entirely abusing the club. We must have one of the worst engagement rates in the world. 

Its not valuable at current, but to a well run business it could be a massive opportunity. People literally pay for accounts with that much exposure. If the club had any competent senior business professionals working within it they could use this, instead of doing shady sponsorship deal with some made up bit coin gambling business. 

[DAS Boot]

2 hours ago, Craig said:

They won't care about the reaction.

They will 100% be thinking that if they'd ignored us in the first place and appointed him, we wouldn't be where we are now.

This is exactly what they’re thinking.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 hours ago, Craig said:

They won't care about the reaction.

They will 100% be thinking that if they'd ignored us in the first place and appointed him, we wouldn't be where we are now.

King Power don't make mistakes comrade!

[winteriscoming]

I doubt that we have but I wonder if we’ve actually tried to get anyone currently at another club or have we just gone for anyone previously connected to Southampton. 
Out of a job or some previous link with Southampton seems to be the requirement. 
Instead of targeting the best realistic option. 

[FLAN]

First goal in the World Cup was a blueprint for many we will concede with him in charge 

[winteriscoming]

A certain ex Southampton manager has taken a job elsewhere………..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry it’s Will Still. 
He’s gone Auxurre. 

[oxford blue]

26 minutes ago, FLAN said:

First goal in the World Cup was a blueprint for many we will concede with him in charge 

I think you are spot on - the interview below shows he won't change from his 'principles' (about 1.45 in) https://www.facebook.com/5liveSport/videos/-does-russell-martin-have-regrets-about-his-time-at-rangers️-i-wish-id-been-more/1647126146473291/  when he says he won't criticise a player for losing the ball on the edge of the penalty area. A good manger will adapt playing style depending upon players and circumstances: the fairly recent interview suggests he won't. The City squad should be better than most in League 1 so may work, but it is not a long term blueprint for success.

[AKCJ]

33 minutes ago, FLAN said:

First goal in the World Cup was a blueprint for many we will concede with him in charge 

Goals like that don't annoy me half as much as goals where we're just a soft touch.

 

Long balls not dealt with, strikers bullying defenders, an inability to stop a cross etc... these basics of defending drive me loopy and these are the goals we will concede under a manager like Martin.

 

I can accept losing the ball under a press leading to goals conceded because the idea is objectively right and you're still only relying on a player getting the basics right (touch and pass).

 

Beating a press leads to chances, counter attacks and goals.

[murphy]

7 hours ago, Clogger_ said:

A few thoughts on this...

- "Tinpot" PL clubs often in wealthy areas, commanding higher ticket prices. Wonder how this impacts gate receipts

- The location of said clubs is often a draw to players, whereas Leicester... (Look how we had to overpay to attract players to the club in our PL spell) 

- Gate receipts no longer quite as important (or differentiating) in the TV era

- I wonder how resilient our attendances will be over time. "Reversion to mean" is on my mind here

- What evidence is there that we have monitised our social media follows?

- Historically we've been a yo-yo club, right? I don't see how anything has changed in a positive direction from a structural perspective, and maybe our competitors have made greater strides in this regard

- I see Seagrave as an unnecessary millstone

We didn't 'have to overpay' to attract players, for instance, as a club chasing champions league, the dross we signed post FA cup would have jumped at the chance to sign for  us.  We overpaid  because we had a ridiculously incompetent dof.

Edited Friday at 17:09 by murphy

[murphy]

2 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Goals like that don't annoy me half as much as goals where we're just a soft touch.

 

Long balls not dealt with, strikers bullying defenders, an inability to stop a cross etc... these basics of defending drive me loopy and these are the goals we will concede under a manager like Martin.

 

I can accept losing the ball under a press leading to goals conceded because the idea is objectively right and you're still only relying on a player getting the basics right (touch and pass).

 

Beating a press leads to chances, counter attacks and goals.

Can you back up this claim that the 'idea is objectively right'?  The risk of an interception on your own penalty area seems much greater than the potential reward to me.

 

Plus it makes you look a tit.

[CloudFox]

3 minutes ago, murphy said:

Can you back up this claim that the 'idea is objectively right'?  The risk of an interception on your own penalty area seems much greater than the potential reward to me.

 

Plus it makes you look a tit.

No football idea is objectively right. That's kind of the brilliant thing about football. But there is merit in inviting pressure and passing past opposition players, because it takes them out of the game.

 

But yes, if you get it wrong it doesn't make you look a tit. To be fair though, getting most things wrong tends to make people look like tits .

[Silva Fox]

On 11/06/2026 at 18:35, ramadaone said:

Not quite sure why people are still throwing different names into the hat when Percy has said who it is going to be ?

 

Announced before the weekend

 

 

Which weekend?

[Sol thewall Bamba]

On 11/06/2026 at 18:35, ramadaone said:

Not quite sure why people are still throwing different names into the hat when Percy has said who it is going to be ?

 

Announced before the weekend

 

 

Tick tock!

[Blarmy]

When does the weekend officially start? 

[worthosoriginals]

50 minutes ago, Blarmy said:

When does the weekend officially start? 

It used to start Thursday  nights in the pub.

[deep blue]

5 hours ago, oxford blue said:

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The City squad should be better than most in League 1 so may work, but it is not a long term blueprint for success.

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I'm intrigued with this statement as I see no justification at all for making that assumption.

 

There will be a limited number of players left from last season, most of whom were well below par last season.  The rest will be made up of players from our development teams (however promising they may be it's expecting a lot that they will immediately be able to slot into div 1 action) and new signings/loanees (our record on those over the last couple of seasons has been abysmal).

 

So what do you base your assumption on?

[Claudio Fannieri]

Deal has fallen through and Fussell is on Celebrity gogglebox with his Mum

 

[GLC]

Tops back in the country this week because of Ascot. 
This’ll be announced by Monday 

Edited Friday at 21:33 by GLC