Tim Speaks

[davieG]

filbertfoxy00:

I e-mailed him yesterday asking if he realised the depth of passion of the football fan and that the present situation is unacceptable. Also I told him that I thought it was time that CL was relieved of his duties...here is his reply, does it mean CL is on his way soon?

I fully understand the domination and impact on our lives .... my dad first brought me down to filbert street in the late sixties and i have been hooked since.

I also know that we should as a minimum be at least challenging for play offs and not where we are. We have to in the short term do everything to get results .

Kind regards

Tim

Read into that what you will

[Matt]

filbertfoxy00:

I e-mailed him yesterday asking if he realised the depth of passion of the football fan and that the present situation is unacceptable. Also I told him that I thought it was time that CL was relieved of his duties...here is his reply, does it mean CL is on his way soon?

I fully understand the domination and impact on our lives .... my dad first brought me down to filbert street in the late sixties and i have been hooked since.

I also know that we should as a minimum be at least challenging for play offs and not where we are. We have to in the short term do everything to get results .

Kind regards

Tim

Read into that what you will

Nothing IMO

[ROSSINDA]

Nothing IMO

This just adds more weight to Collymore's **BREAKING NEWS** post yesterday, I do hope he is on his way

[Cal]

Could mean anything

[Lichfieldfox.]

Fence sitting again

[Jimmy]

he's hardly going to say "you know what your right, i'm going to sack him today" is he

[Cal]

he's hardly going to say "you know what your right, i'm going to sack him today" is he

True

[Lichfieldfox.]

filbertfoxy00:

I e-mailed him yesterday asking if he realised the depth of passion of the football fan and that the present situation is unacceptable. Also I told him that I thought it was time that CL was relieved of his duties...here is his reply, does it mean CL is on his way soon?

I fully understand the domination and impact on our lives .... my dad first brought me down to filbert street in the late sixties and i have been hooked since.

I also know that we should as a minimum be at least challenging for play offs and not where we are. We have to in the short term do everything to get results .

Kind regards

Tim

Read into that what you will

"my dad first brought me down to filbert street in the late sixties and i have been hooked since."

I hope my kids can say the same in 40 years time ....unlikely they'll be hooked after 1.5 seasons of rubbish they've endured so far..... however foxes might fly

[Craig]

Well, do everything we can, suggests to me that they'd be prepared to sack if they had to.

Also, Tim isn't giving Craig any support there.

And he also voices his own displeasure.

[MC Prussian]

To be honest, it doesn't say much at all. Sounds like a standard reply, slightly personalized.

[Scow]

I sent him an email yesterday, and this was the reply I received:

Thank you for your support of the club and for your rational arguments and

concerns below.

I am deeply concerned as you and sleep little in trying to find the solution and

agree with many of your paragraphs.

My main focus is now simple avoid relegation at all costs. I am not saying that

this is acceptable for a club like ours, it is not but this is where we are now.

I am not going to comment on individual players as Craig will be more aware than

anyone of players capabilities and he will be as desperate as us all to win

games. Subject to say I know Craig is aware of many of your points and working

on them. One minor point re formations = opinion burnley play 4 -5 -1 and get

results .

Kind regards

Tim

[ROSSINDA]

I sent him an email yesterday, and this was the reply I received:

Thank you for your support of the club and for your rational arguments and

concerns below.

I am deeply concerned as you and sleep little in trying to find the solution and

agree with many of your paragraphs.

My main focus is now simple avoid relegation at all costs. I am not saying that

this is acceptable for a club like ours, it is not but this is where we are now.

I am not going to comment on individual players as Craig will be more aware than

anyone of players capabilities and he will be as desperate as us all to win

games. Subject to say I know Craig is aware of many of your points and working

on them. One minor point re formations = opinion burnley play 4 -5 -1 and get

results .

Kind regards

Tim

Two points 1 we are not Burnley and that style may ssit their players not our's

.............. 2 Craig obviously isn't aware as he stil picks Kinsnorbo Sylla etc each match

[Scow]

This was the original email I sent him, it's fairly lengthy though! It's just bits and pieces I've already posted on here all merged in to one email.

Dear Tim,

I am writing to you to express my deep concern with the current situation at

Leicester City. I am a season Ticket holder and a regular away follower, and

it's time that the board and the management understand the general concerns

of the fans. I have outlined my own personal feelings regarding the

predicament we find ourselves in, which has been supported by a number of

people on www.foxestalk.co.uk - the biggest LCFC online site on the net.

- Levein has never fielded a consistent side. And, he has never solved the

left back position. He goes out and purchases Gilbert for 200k, thinks he's

not good enough after a few starts, and then ships him out on loan. Now we

don't know the situation behind Gilbert, but I find it shockingly poor that

Levein spends that much on a player, provides him with a chance despite not

being match fit, doesn't do himself any justice based on that reason, and

then finds himself shifted out. If there is another reason why Levein has

seemingly got rid of Gilbert, then fair enough, but he's never made it

public. So we'll judge him from the facts provided to us.

- Set pieces, both offensively and defensively. We're slightly better than

we used to be (defensively) but we rarely seem a threat from corners and

free kicks. There always seems a lack of preparation and thought in to what

we're trying to do. The Leeds away game recently highlighted our inability

to react to defending set pieces.

- Levein gives the impression he's tactically inept. He often plays players

out of position, and he's far too cautious of the opposition. Take Reading

last night. We need wins right now to lift us up the table, but he started

with a negative 4-5-1, which gave us little chance of attaining a result. We

may have kept it at 0-0 for 60 minutes, but we were not likely to hold out

with our inability to retain possession and create anything in the final

third. It was all too predictable.

Losing to Burnley twice in the space of a month was another deep concern.

Levein was outclassed tactically by one of our former Coaches (Cotterill)

not just once, but twice! That cannot be defended.

Neither can our set up at Wolves when we opted for an ultra negative 4-5-1.

Ok, we attained a point, but the likes of Burnley and Millwall have both

picked up 3 points there.

Levein is far too cautious, and that is reflected by the obscene number of

draws and narrow defeats we have suffered.

- Levein plays too many players who simply don't cut the mustard.

* Douglas - I've defended him, but I still don't think he's good enough. We

need someone who provides assurance behind the back 4. Whenever I've seen

Henderson (Derby and Bury away) he's been solid and reliable. I didn't go to

the Cardiff away game in the cup, but apparently he was superb there,

producing 4 world class saves, and still gets dropped, despite doing as much

as he can to get in the side. So what if Douglas has played for both Celtic

and Scotland, and played in front of crowds of 60,000 plus, that doesn't

mean he should automatically command a place in goal. He's playing in front

of less than 20,000 every week, so that argument shouldn't be used in favour

of Douglas. He is becoming a liability with his dreadful kicking, and his

rash decision-making.

* Kisnorbo - He just isn't a footballer. His passing is abysmal, he has no

positional sense, and is a liability when in posession of the ball. He also

doesn't hold a footballing brain and often finds himself overrun in

midfield. A half decent squad player perhaps, but nothing more.

* Sylla - Frustrates the hell out of me. No consistency and often no work

rate. He only plays when it suits him, and we can't have that in our team.

He can be good on his day, but he doesn't have too many of those.

* Hamill - Lightweight, average and non-effective.

* Tiatto - Simply a liability.

* Dublin - Fine as a centreback, but past it as a striker. Isn't justifying

the wages he's on.

* de Vries - Yes, he's our top goal scorer, but he holds us back. He has a

good first touch and turning ability, but he doesn't have the pace or

composure in front of goal to make a difference.

* Hammond - I don't think he will ever be a consistent goalscorer. Plenty of

running, work rate, pace and enthusiasm, but he doesn't have the killer

touch. 300k on that looks very poor business, especially given our financial

situation.

I imagine we don't have the resources to draft anyone else in, unless the

person who can improve our affairs isn't currently in a job. 20th position

in the Championship at this stage is a disgrace, and that cannot be

defended. I'm willing to persist with him for now, but if our current run

continues, then we need to consider what direction we take. Don't forget,

despite Levein cutting the wage bill in half effectively, he still has one

of the biggest budgets in the division, a fact that you admitted at the

start of the season.

Look at Cardiff - a massive turnover of players in the summer and riding

high in the table, with more constraints than us. Watford are the same to a

lesser extent, with a new manager arriving late in to last season, saving

them from relegation (Just like Levein) and then acting as play-off

contenders this season.

We've got ourselves in to a rut, with just one win in 10. We've not won two

consecutive games this season. We've only won once away in 2005. We can't

beat the likes of Brighton, Crewe, Millwall, and Burnley at home. At the

moment, we're relying on the bottom 3 being so poor, and we can't keep doing

that. We need to improve, otherwise we're in a dogfight until the end.

Although I appreciate what Levein is attempting to do in terms of rebuilding

the squad, now is the time to try and grind out some results. We have never

fielded a consistent line up because Levein doesn't know his best XI - and

we're 25 games in to a season, with a pre-season before that. We may have

played well in patches recently, but that is not enough. If we settle for

that, then we'll become another Forest.

Where do we draw the line? Do we carry on and persist with draws at home

against teams who are desperately poor? Do we persist with the woeful away

results, which has seen us win just once in 2005? Do we persist with the

fact we can't string a number of results together? Do we persist with the

fact we're 20th in the table after half a season? Do we persist with a

record with just 5 wins in 25?

I seriously hope the board are assessing their options. I imagine it's not

financially viable to sack Levein and his backroom staff, however, would it

be financially viable to be plying our trade in League 1? I suspect not.

Please reply as I'm interested in hearing your views on the situation. I

understand you're generally responsive to the fans, so I look forward to

your reply.

[Sparky]

i have to say fair play to tim for replying , most cheif exs would throw the letter straight in the bin . some cracking points scowy

[MC Prussian]

To be honest Scowy, that's another top-notch E-Mail to the club!

Shows me that I'm really not alone with my current disappointment and fears.

I'm still waiting to hear from Peter Jones...

[Head Honcho]

Great letter there Scowy!

Don't think I would have had the balls to critisise each and every player.

Credit for the reply though it shows that the men at the top are at least listening to the fans.

[Scow]

To be honest Scowy, that's another top-notch E-Mail to the club!

Shows me that I'm really not alone with my current disappointment and fears.

I'm still waiting to hear from Peter Jones...

Peter Jones was CC in the email sent back to me. I think they must have received a number of emails recently, and Tim is taking responsibility to reply to them all?

[HUUUUUUUUUUME]

what address do you email to

[Collymore]

Cracking email there Scowy. whats he on about with the sleep in this bit though... It doesn't make sense for a start..

I am deeply concerned as you and sleep little in trying to find the solution and

agree with many of your paragraphs.

You didn't mention you were having sleeping problems! He must think you sit in you're rocking chair everynight thinking about the situation!

[john_lcfc]

i seriously admire the guy for bothering to reply to these emails even if there mostly pre written

[Scow]

Cracking email there Scowy. whats he on about with the sleep in this bit though... It doesn't make sense for a start..

You didn't mention you were having sleeping problems! He must think you sit in you're rocking chair everynight thinking about the situation!

Hahaha, I thought that as well initially.

I think he just forgot to put a ',' in the sentence.

What strikes me about the email is that he fully recognises we're in a relegation battle, and he's made clear it's not acceptable. It's refreshing for the Chief Executive to reply in the way he has and be open about the situation.

[Anish]

Cracking email there Scowy. whats he on about with the sleep in this bit though... It doesn't make sense for a start..

You didn't mention you were having sleeping problems! He must think you sit in you're rocking chair everynight thinking about the situation!

It does make sense to me

He means that he (Tim) agrees with Scowy and he (Tim) has sleepless nights about thinking about the solution

[ian27]

Its really refreshing to have a Chief Executive reply like this to the emails hes been receiving, of which I imagine theres been a lot of recently. Whether people think Levein should stay or go I'm happy in the knowledge Tim Davies has a large influence on the decision on whether Levein stays or goes.

[City_4_Life]

I also know that we should as a minimum be at least challenging for play offs and not where we are.

I would of thought the season expectations would of been a safe mid table position considering the team was being rebuilt

[davieG]

I would of thought the season expectations would of been a safe mid table position considering the team was being rebuilt

Mid-tabling is pretty much the same as challenging for the play offs; I'm sure these clubs all feel they are challenging for the playoffs

Current: 6th place 38 mid-table =

10 Preston North End 25 7 14 4 27 21 6 35

11 Cardiff City 26 9 8 9 33 29 4 35

12 Norwich City 26 10 5 11 31 33 -2 35

13 Queens Park Rangers 26 8 8 10 28 35 -7 32