Financial compensation

[stockyfox]

I ask:

Given that the referee, having had full responsibility and due regard for the paramount safety of all the players in increasingly atrocious weather conditions which resulted in a rapidly deteriorating playing surface, did nevertheless so consider that at no time, in his judgement, were those conditions per se, so bad as to give cause for reasonable concern or pose any tangible threat or risk of serious injury to those on the pitch and thereby obliged the teams to continue playing, are Leicester City FC now entitled to seek financial compensation from the Football League for the injuries sustained by Miguel Vitor in particular and other players - Davies, Gallagher and Kirkland, which were attributable in no small part to them being so obliged to play in such adverse conditions and as a result of which the Club will now subsequently be denied their services, certainly as regards Vitor, for several important forthcoming fixtures.

If Premier League clubs can receive compensation when they are similarly denied the availability of a player who is injured whilst playing for England, then to my mind, the Football League are obliged to shoulder and accept full responsibility for the actions of their employees.

[Daggers]

STUPID^stupid

[Finnegan]

[Wymsey]

I reckon then the players should wear wellies and those scarves that Tevez etc wear then it should be fine

[Steven]

I ask:

Given that the referee, having had full responsibility and due regard for the paramount safety of all the players in increasingly atrocious weather conditions which resulted in a rapidly deteriorating playing surface, did nevertheless so consider that at no time, in his judgement, were those conditions per se, so bad as to give cause for reasonable concern or pose any tangible threat or risk of serious injury to those on the pitch and thereby obliged the teams to continue playing, are Leicester City FC now entitled to seek financial compensation from the Football League for the injuries sustained by Miguel Vitor in particular and other players - Davies, Gallagher and Kirkland, which were attributable in no small part to them being so obliged to play in such adverse conditions and as a result of which the Club will now subsequently be denied their services, certainly as regards Vitor, for several important forthcoming fixtures.

If Premier League clubs can receive compensation when they are similarly denied the availability of a player who is injured whilst playing for England, then to my mind, the Football League are obliged to shoulder and accept full responsibility for the actions of their employees.

Agree completely. Chances of the FL paying up - nil. <_<

[Mr B]

Tbh i would have agreed, but after meeting Howard Riley (ex player) earlier, who actually wondered what all the fuss was about. I'm not so sure, if they could do it in the 60s and be fine, why not now?

[davieG]

If that's the clubs thinking then maybe they should financially recompense those fans that attended the game and then do the same subsequently every time the team fails to turn up and play.

[Mr B]

If that's the clubs thinking then maybe they should financially recompense those fans that attended the game and then do the same subsequently every time the team fails to turn up and play.

Looking at some threads on here, we would be in Administration come the end of the season

[Foxblogger]

I suspect the club would have trouble proving beyond reasonable doubt that the injuries sustained by the players concerned were a direct consequence of playing in those conditions.

[The Padster]

I was wondering when this thread would turn up.

[Criggers]

Let's face it, even if we could claim compo, three of the players you talk about are loan players. As in, not even ours!

[Babylon]

Let's face it, even if we could claim compo, three of the players you talk about are loan players. As in, not even ours!

We are still paying their wages.

[Zingari]

don't suppose it would hurt to give injurylawyers4u a ring

it costs nothing and you're guaranteed 100% of any compo

[Trav Le Bleu]

don't suppose it would hurt to give injurylawyers4u a ring

it costs nothing and you're guaranteed 100% of any compo

They're REAL lawyers - which is good cos those make believe ones are crap!

[stivesfox]

That referee is from Nuneaton and is a cov fan Mr Attwell,

[rams r4 sh*ggin]

way i see it is:- If the players genuinely felt any danger of injury to themselves then quite simply dont go out. stay in the changing rooms and force the point. They didnt they went out ok for the start knowing how the weather was, then when given ample oppurtunity before any goals were coneeded to again voice there concerns. Even if we tryed to claim any sort of compensation it would fall on deaf ears as they still got on with the game so hence deeming it not unfit to play on. Also the fact that we never really complained as a team till we found ourselves 3-0 down.

Why drag on this so called match with making claims. the result stands its 3 lost points. next up boxing day lets us and the players stay focused for that match! dont turn us into a laughing stock because of an inept ability to ref senseably or to be able to adapt to conditions.

[Kingylcfc]

i agree that they should pay compensation but its not going to happen and giving a ref who is a cov fan to ref a leicester game is stupid

[Blue Bob]

I think asking for composition is correct.

I am sure if this game was not televised on Sky that it would have been called off before it had even started. Plenty of other games were called off early both from players and fans safety point of view.

Once the game had started and they took the lead he was under further pressure to keep the game going.

Shame the ref didn't grow a pair and either not play it in the first place or when the pitch disappeared call it off! Other way round and Keane would have been screaming from the sidelines - Sven is way too polite!!

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Compensation issue fair enough id say. As for the game it was the same conditions for both sides, Ipswich who had lost last 6 games, played well and scored 3 good goals against a Leicester side that simply on the day wasnt good enough - No excuses!

[Leicester_Loyal]

If we didn't want to play, the players, the coaching staff and the manager should have refused to go back out, but they did and we deserved to lose. We are not going to get compo, so why bother trying.

[stockyfox]

Tbh i would have agreed, but after meeting Howard Riley (ex player) earlier, who actually wondered what all the fuss was about. I'm not so sure, if they could do it in the 60s and be fine, why not now?

In the 62 / 63 season, we were hailed 'Ice-Age Champions' but not one game was played in such atrocious conditions as Saturday.

One game that older fans may recall was at Filbert Street Boxing Day 1966. The opponents were Fulham. The pitch was covered with two to three inches of snow. We played like snowmen and lost 0 - 2.

Next day; saw the return fixture at Craven Cottage - which we also lost 4 -2

If that's the clubs thinking then maybe they should financially recompense those fans that attended the game and then do the same subsequently every time the team fails to turn up and play.

I would like to think that the reduced prices for the Donny game were a tentative step in that direction.

[Guest ttfn]

They're REAL lawyers - which is good cos those make believe ones are crap!

The thing that stands out about them is that they are 100% lawyers. With the exception of the man in the advert. Who is an actor.

[davieG]

In the 62 / 63 season, we were hailed 'Ice-Age Champions' but not one game was played in such atrocious conditions as Saturday.

One game that older fans may recall was at Filbert Street Boxing Day 1966. The opponents were Fulham. The pitch was covered with two to three inches of snow. We played like snowmen and lost 0 - 2.

Next day; saw the return fixture at Craven Cottage - which we also lost 4 -2

I would like to think that the reduced prices for the Donny game were a tentative step in that direction.

Fans fixtures are nothing new and bears no relation to compensation for a terrible performance.

I'd argue that conditions in the past were often worse because the basic pitches themselves were more or less 70/80% mud and not very level mud at that and therefore considerably more dangerous than this game.

[Houdini Logic]

I ask:

Given that the referee, having had full responsibility and due regard for the paramount safety of all the players in increasingly atrocious weather conditions which resulted in a rapidly deteriorating playing surface, did nevertheless so consider that at no time, in his judgement, were those conditions per se, so bad as to give cause for reasonable concern or pose any tangible threat or risk of serious injury to those on the pitch and thereby obliged the teams to continue playing, are Leicester City FC now entitled to seek financial compensation from the Football League for the injuries sustained by Miguel Vitor in particular and other players - Davies, Gallagher and Kirkland, which were attributable in no small part to them being so obliged to play in such adverse conditions and as a result of which the Club will now subsequently be denied their services, certainly as regards Vitor, for several important forthcoming fixtures.

If Premier League clubs can receive compensation when they are similarly denied the availability of a player who is injured whilst playing for England, then to my mind, the Football League are obliged to shoulder and accept full responsibility for the actions of their employees.

If the game didn't go ahead because of the Ref then you'd probably be trying to get compensation for the price of wasted train tickets, hotel, etc...

Move on

[Thracian]

Howard Riley seems to be one of the few talking any sense.

But then he played in these sort of conditions countless times, at a better level too and during an era when we did have the bottle to win things.

Sadly the continued carping draws me to only one conclusion. We've got no chance of winning promotion this season.

Cos you don't win anything with excuses.