Positives

[stevostadium]

Lets make no mistake.

Dropping into L1 is not like it was previously under hollowhead.

Our wage bill is astronomical.

The Clubs cash turnover will be massively negative in terms of incoming and outgoings.

Half of these cretins (allegedly players) wont care about LCFC surviving and will stay and take the cash.

We only have Berkovic, daka, Ayew and Ricky P leaving on high wages.

W*nks BDBR Skipp Faes Vesty etc etc are still here.

We could very very easily drop again.

Geoff Peters alluded to this fact on talksport saying we haven't reached our lowest yet.

Either :

Top needs to a) fund the deficit of profit and loss next year - which personally i cant see happening

b) sell up

c) pull the plug and go in admin

 

These are seriously worrying times ahead.

 

On a positive spin, there is not 1 player who is employed by LCFC that i care about anymore in the first team squad.

[LCFCCKEANO]

5 hours ago, stevostadium said:

Lets make no mistake.

Dropping into L1 is not like it was previously under hollowhead.

Our wage bill is astronomical.

The Clubs cash turnover will be massively negative in terms of incoming and outgoings.

Half of these cretins (allegedly players) wont care about LCFC surviving and will stay and take the cash.

We only have Berkovic, daka, Ayew and Ricky P leaving on high wages.

W*nks BDBR Skipp Faes Vesty etc etc are still here.

We could very very easily drop again.

Geoff Peters alluded to this fact on talksport saying we haven't reached our lowest yet.

Either :

Top needs to a) fund the deficit of profit and loss next year - which personally i cant see happening

b) sell up

c) pull the plug and go in admin

 

These are seriously worrying times ahead.

 

On a positive spin, there is not 1 player who is employed by LCFC that i care about anymore in the first team squad.

Think out of the ones listed most if not all will find a move at a cut price. Vesty and Faes will end up in Europe, could see Reid in the MLS and some sucker will see what Winks did two years ago in the champ and buy into it. 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

14 hours ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Are there positives to this situation? There must be but I’m struggling to think of any expect the obvious ones like certain contracts coming to an end.

 

Though I must say I’m looking forward getting stuck into the Football Manager version where we’re in League One and I can rebuild the club 🤣 

There could be some positives in getting relegated.

 

1.) The drop in level should mean we can give our youth a proper chance; and our break through youngsters this season will be at a more realistic age profile to properly grow and develop.

 

2.) Rebuilding on a budget should be easier too. There’s always lots of free agents available at the level.

 

3.) By relegation happening now (unless something unbelievable happens), we avoid what could have been a long, season after season drawn out decline.

 

Next year’s Championship season already looks potentially tough; so we might be better off outside of that so we can properly rebuild rather than trying to apply sticking plasters.

 

4.) We’ve seen big teams fall into League one and return stronger in the long run - ourselves being a case in point, but also note Sunderland, Ipswich and Birmingham.

 

Compare that to the likes of Bristol City, Preston, Stoke and Swansea, who have just ‘existed’ in the Championship season after season.

 

5.) New grounds to travel to - hello Bromley! Blackpool away also looks to be on the cards.

 

Does this make anyone feel any better about the situation?

[Qwerty]

It baffles me that people on here think that any players are going to choose to stay at Leicester and play in league 1, because they’re on lucrative contracts!  It’s glaringly obvious that most of the team think they’re too good for LCFC, and are desperate to leave.

 

All the financial stuff has created a toxic atmosphere throughout the club, and they’ll literally be counting the days till the end of the season when they can start sorting moves elsewhere.  

 

Ultimately footballers have short careers, and they need to think about what is best for them in the long term.  Languishing unseen in league 1 can be career suicide, and their wages wouldn’t be worth it, 
 

Trust me, any of our current starting 11 who are still here next year, will have tried unsuccessfully to move. 

Edited 21 April by Qwerty

[Pliskin]

7 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

There could be some positives in getting relegated.

 

1.) The drop in level should mean we can give our youth a proper chance; and our break through youngsters this season will be at a more realistic age profile to properly grow and develop.

 

2.) Rebuilding on a budget should be easier too. There’s always lots of free agents available at the level.

 

3.) By relegation happening now (unless something unbelievable happens), we avoid what could have been a long, season after season drawn out decline.

 

Next year’s Championship season already looks potentially tough; so we might be better off outside of that so we can properly rebuild rather than trying to apply sticking plasters.

 

4.) We’ve seen big teams fall into League one and return stronger in the long run - ourselves being a case in point, but also note Sunderland, Ipswich and Birmingham.

 

Compare that to the likes of Bristol City, Preston, Stoke and Swansea, who have just ‘existed’ in the Championship season after season.

 

5.) New grounds to travel to - hello Bromley! Blackpool away also looks to be on the cards.

 

Does this make anyone feel any better about the situation?

None of this will happen….

 

And there’s nothing remotely good about it. 

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

7 hours ago, DJ Barry Hammond said:

3.) By relegation happening now (unless something unbelievable happens), we avoid what could have been a long, season after season drawn out decline.

 

Next year’s Championship season already looks potentially tough; so we might be better off outside of that so we can properly rebuild rather than trying to apply sticking plasters.

 

4.) We’ve seen big teams fall into League one and return stronger in the long run - ourselves being a case in point, but also note Sunderland, Ipswich and Birmingham.

 

Compare that to the likes of Bristol City, Preston, Stoke and Swansea, who have just ‘existed’ in the Championship season after season.

This is a good point 

[AKCJ]

One genuine positive is that we don't have international breaks in League One.

[ClaphamFox]

4 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

One genuine positive is that we don't have international breaks in League One.

That's only the case for clubs who have less than three international players. Clubs that have three or more players on international duty have their games postponed.

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, ClaphamFox said:

That's only the case for clubs who have less than three international players. Clubs that have three or more players on international duty have their games postponed.

Oh, well then yeah there are no positives.

[orangecity23]

International breaks have been the best part of the last 2 seasons. Gives you a weekend off from football.

[Chelmofox]

4 hours ago, Qwerty said:

It baffles me that people on here think that any players are going to choose to stay at Leicester and play in league 1, because they’re on lucrative contracts!  It’s glaringly obvious that most of the team think they’re too good for LCFC, and are desperate to leave.

 

All the financial stuff has created a toxic atmosphere throughout the club, and they’ll literally be counting the days till the end of the season when they can start sorting moves elsewhere.  

 

Ultimately footballers have short careers, and they need to think about what is best for them in the long term.  Languishing unseen in league 1 can be career suicide, and their wages wouldn’t be worth it, 
 

Trust me, any of our current starting 11 who are still here next year, will have tried unsuccessfully to move. 

It baffles me that people dont understand that money is the biggest factor in all of this. Do you think Vestergaard is going to cut his salary by 1/4, and who is going to take him anyway. He will rinse us for everything he can until his deal expires.

 

The sad thing is this might even mean loaning players like him with the loaning club only paying a small % of his salary, just so we can get some of it off the books.

Edited 21 April by Chelmofox

[CUJimmy]

7 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

It baffles me that people dont understand that money is the biggest factor in all of this. Do you think Vestergaard is going to cut his salary by 1/4, and who is going to take him anyway. He will rinse us for everything he can.

I think you mean cutting it to a 1/4 of its current level.  Average wage in the Championship is around £15k, ours is over £40k.  These players have no emotional attachment to the club (unlike eg KDH) so will only be thinking of themselves.  Those who have aspirations to play at International or PL level might be prepared to take a short-term hit but how many of ours does that apply to?

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

15 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

It baffles me that people dont understand that money is the biggest factor in all of this. Do you think Vestergaard is going to cut his salary by 1/4, and who is going to take him anyway. He will rinse us for everything he can until his deal expires.

 

The sad thing is this might even mean loaning players like him with the loaning club only paying a small % of his salary, just so we can get some of it off the books.

The whole squad will be up for sale and it will be interesting to see who we can shift and for what price.

 

I’m thinking of offering a £50 voucher for a Spanish tapas restaurant of Rudkin’s choice for Fran Vietes.

[Chelmofox]

Just now, CUJimmy said:

I think you mean cutting it to a 1/4 of its current level.  Average wage in the Championship is around £15k, ours is over £40k.  These players have no emotional attachment to the club (unlike eg KDH) so will only be thinking of themselves.  Those who have aspirations to play at International or PL level might be prepared to take a short-term hit but how many of ours does that apply to?

Vestergaard and Winks have no international aspirations anymore, and are big earners and both have 1 more year left.  Are they going to leave and take a big pay cut, or fleece us for 1 year? As someone else said, the club might be forced to loan them with the loaning club only paying maybe 30% of their wages, just to get that 30% off the books. So you are paying 70% of their salary and you dont even have the player!

 

Thinking these big earners are just going to go because they want to play football somewhere - not convinced. They can play hard ball for at least the first 6 months until the January window and we have no power at all.

 

That contract for Vestergaard was utterly pathetic.

[Chelmofox]

2 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

The whole squad will be up for sale and it will be interesting to see who we can shift and for what price.

Which is fine for the more junior players who aren't on big wages, although they are arguably the ones we would rather keep.

[ClaphamFox]

2 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Vestergaard and Winks have no international aspirations anymore, and are big earners and both have 1 more year left.  Are they going to leave and take a big pay cut, or fleece us for 1 year? As someone else said, the club might be forced to loan them with the loaning club only paying maybe 30% of their wages, just to get that 30% off the books. So you are paying 70% of their salary and you dont even have the player!

 

Thinking these big earners are just going to go because they want to play football somewhere - not convinced. They can play hard ball for at least the first 6 months until the January window and we have no power at all.

 

That contract for Vestergaard was utterly pathetic.

They all apparently have relegation clauses written into their contracts, so the assumption that they'd earn more by staying with us may be flawed.

[Wasyls Pec Deck]

4 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

That contract for Vestergaard was utterly pathetic.

Didn’t he sign an extension as well? I presume the thinking was to protect the value of an asset that was ageing and crap 🤣 

[Brixtonfox]

On 20/04/2026 at 09:36, Iwebema said:

The only positive I can think of is its the only timeline that gives us a chance at actually changing either the ownership or removal of Rudkin.  There was no way anything was changing if we stayed up.

 

I wont hold my breath. But I certainly think its increased the chances of real change.

Don’t you want to give the new leadership structure time to fully bed in?

[Chelmofox]

1 minute ago, ClaphamFox said:

They all apparently have relegation clauses written into their contracts, so the assumption that they'd earn more by staying with us may be flawed.

Not at all. We have no reason to believe that the relegation clauses bring them in line with the wage they could get at another club. 

 

It is conjecture. But assume Winks is currently on £50k a week (i think likely around that sort of number), and his relegation clause is 25% reduction. The resulting number is still way higher than what a championship club is going to give him (apart from Spurs - but doubt he goes there). I cannot believe these guys are on 75% relegation clauses?

[Chelmofox]

3 minutes ago, Wasyls Pec Deck said:

Didn’t he sign an extension as well? I presume the thinking was to protect the value of an asset that was ageing and crap 🤣 

Its the extension i am talking about. Everyone and his dog knew he wasn't good enough. 

[RonnieTodger]

No more of these 

[The Doctor]

4 hours ago, Qwerty said:

It baffles me that people on here think that any players are going to choose to stay at Leicester and play in league 1, because they’re on lucrative contracts!  It’s glaringly obvious that most of the team think they’re too good for LCFC, and are desperate to leave.

 

All the financial stuff has created a toxic atmosphere throughout the club, and they’ll literally be counting the days till the end of the season when they can start sorting moves elsewhere.  

 

Ultimately footballers have short careers, and they need to think about what is best for them in the long term.  Languishing unseen in league 1 can be career suicide, and their wages wouldn’t be worth it, 
 

Trust me, any of our current starting 11 who are still here next year, will have tried unsuccessfully to move. 

you assume they can get another move and have a career left. Vestegaard is done, this is his last big money contract and he's not gonna give it up. 

[Jabbaranks]

Big positive is not being tempted to watch that Benjamin Bloom twat with his insightful views on the Championship, with his twatty long horse face, constant water sipping, and a prime example of the 'hot take' social media generation.

 

Did I mention he's a twat?

[Chelmofox]

Doesnt preseason for League 1 start in about 4 weeks? Be great to get straight back on it after this season.

 

Another positive is we wont have to worry about all the breakthrough Worldcup players we might have thought we could buy, but never actually did.

Edited 21 April by Chelmofox

[CUJimmy]

24 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Vestergaard and Winks have no international aspirations anymore, and are big earners and both have 1 more year left.  Are they going to leave and take a big pay cut, or fleece us for 1 year? As someone else said, the club might be forced to loan them with the loaning club only paying maybe 30% of their wages, just to get that 30% off the books. So you are paying 70% of their salary and you dont even have the player!

 

Thinking these big earners are just going to go because they want to play football somewhere - not convinced. They can play hard ball for at least the first 6 months until the January window and we have no power at all.

 

That contract for Vestergaard was utterly pathetic.

Exactly my point.  I can see us being stuck with paying big bucks every week for players who don’t give a shît.  We might get them out on loan as others have suggested but that is unlikely to save us more than average Championship wages.

 

We know they had relegation clauses built in when we were in the PL but will the club have even considered the possibility of back-to-back relegations?  I have my doubts but would love to be proved wrong.