Mack Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 This is really bad pr by the club. I know a few people from out here in the sticks that had spent the £20 a ticket to go and could not get there. You cant walk home to Markfield, Coalville, Whitwick etc. Given that we got stuck half way up a hill, did a 180 spin twice and saw others sliding all over the place it was hardly a safe or wise descision to travel into the city from out here. There are no trains, the buses stopped running, so what were these people supposed to do? I really am surprised some are defending the club on this, it's out of order in my opinion.
Fez of Mahrez Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 My flatmate doesn't even support Leicester, but decided to go along cos he fancied watching some football. He's in a wheelchair and he left Nottingham just after 6 to go to the game, got there two minutes before kickoff. I thought he was mental because it was on Sky anyway but he said it was a great atmosphere and the best game he's been to all season (he's got a season ticket at Northampton so that isn't saying much).
Raj Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Is this still Fvcking going on. Yes they should give you a refund, ar at least some sort of compo, but they wont. As a result you could take your business to another football club, but you wont. Pretty much all there is to it. About sums it all up really. WE dont owe the Club anything. The Club dont owe us anything. Go if you want/can. Dont go if you dont want to/cant. Simples?
demon_dog Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 I can understand the reactions of many fans to this statement. The weather on Friday was exceptionally bad. I know some people who made it to the game who are saying "we made it why didn't you your not true fans" In response I'd firstly like to say that many who made it to the ground either lived in Leicester or reasonably close to a main road that had been gritted, thus enabling far easier travel (despite the gridlock in the city). However a great many people do not have this luxury. Quite a number I know live out in the sticks as you would say. The roads in these areas are very low priority for the county council to keep clear. As such on Friday with the amount of snow that fell this made travel on these roads (even with a 4 x4) not only difficult but downright dangerous. I read that some of you are saying then you should have set off early. What then? For many it was a battle just to return home from work, some of whom left around lunchtime just to do this. I for one did not then fancy having to try to battle our way into Leicester especially not knowing if it would be possible to return home that night. It was still snowing at 9pm where I live. I feel that the club should have taken these factors into consideration and cancelled the game, however king Sky waved it's laden wallet and dictated the decision in my opinion. I don't know how much the club were paid for the match rights, what I do know is that in all probability it would take only a small fraction of the fee to offer the fans who couldn't make it a refund or alternative ticket. But no. Money grabbing - yes, but will it affect their future turnover regarding fans coming to matches, probably not. At least we all know what the club attitude is toward the fans now.
LJS Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 just had a ridiculous conversation with the hospitality dept at the club about how irrelevant the fans are in the running of the club. ...basically, i had 2 tix for Fusions restaurant & couldnt make it therefore losing £130. we emailed to complain but never had a response, so ive just followed this up with a call to same person i spoke with on Friday to see why they arent doing more for fans or have a contingency in place to for something like this etc. transfer to another game for example. I won't bore you with you with everything but, when i said the the football club is basically customer/fans centric & we are the soul of the club, he proceeded to tell me that the money fans spend wouldnt keep the club going, the fans are just customers paying for a service & that without our owners LCFC wouldnt exist! he even compared Friday to going to the cinema & not getting a refund... firstly i explained that i probably would be refunded as i called up in advance & secondly i dont spend thousands of pounds just to go to my favourite cinema. im an eternal optimist when it comes to LCFC but the response/treatment from the people ive spoke to at the club since friday has been a joke. What a disgusting response to you that was. - Without the owners the club wouldn't exist? As far as I recall,we were in no danger of implosion when they bought us out. Indeed we are further in debt than ever and vulnerable to extinction should the owners decide to disappear. - The money we spend isn't enough to keep the club going? Maybe so. But whilst without us the club can be rich on television money it cannot truly be alive if we aren't there. Sponsors would soon leg it if the stadium were empty every match. - We are just customers paying for a service? Again this is true. But many of us did pay and did not receive said service. - Cinemas/other businesses wouldn't offer refunds or seek to please their customer base in similar circumstances? Yes they would. They do so regularly. Vue did it last week. Starbucks started paying UK tax when they got scared that not doing so would annoy customers enough that they would go elsewhere. HMV began allowing customers to use gift cards after widespread public discontent. Businesses go all out to please their customers. Football clubs can behave differently because they know we won't just start supporting somebody else. Such an attitude to customers comes from the top in any organisation. Suddenly all those stories bout King Power shafting people in their duty free outlets make an awful lot of sense.
Bluetintedspecs Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Massively different. No school runners on the road, no rush hour traffic, people leaving straight from home, people able to leave out early instead of waiting to finish work etc. Might have been down a few who decided it wasn't safe to venture out, but I would say the vast majority would have been there. As they have been in the past during bad weather. Exactly, it was about circumstances not desire!!!
Vlad the Fox Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Bad news they said I'm not a big enough c***, and don't focus on the past enough to be a forest fan. They're getting all nostalgic over on ltlf about the winter of 1963.
fleckneymike Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Amazing how we managed to exist for 100+ years without fancy foreign owners. It's quite staggering how accepting a lot of people seem to be these days of people coming into a football club, running up debts that would worry most sensible businessmen and then basically turning around and saying 'well if you don't like it we'll fcuk off and you're all screwed'. and supporters seem to want and chase this, unbelievable. Yeah!!!! Except for when we went broke as Fosse and came back as City, or that time we went broke as City and wanted to come back as Fosse, or that time we sold to a fancy foreign owner, and that time that foreign owner sold to some other foreign owner.
adamrwood Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Perhaps you should try and claim money back from the council. The fact the roads were dangerous was their fault, not leicester citys. The council were warned well before the snow came and knew exactly when it would come. They probably gritted the roads thursday night and by the time mid morning came and the snow started most salt had got pushed to the side of the road by the cars getting to work in the morning. Why were the gritters not out in force throughout the day keeping the roads clear? The same always happens every time it snows. Other countries would laugh at the disruption that the little bit of snow we had caused!
Babylon Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 Perhaps you should try and claim money back from the council. The fact the roads were dangerous was their fault, not leicester citys. The council were warned well before the snow came and knew exactly when it would come. They probably gritted the roads thursday night and by the time mid morning came and the snow started most salt had got pushed to the side of the road by the cars getting to work in the morning. Why were the gritters not out in force throughout the day keeping the roads clear? The same always happens every time it snows. Other countries would laugh at the disruption that the little bit of snow we had caused! I've not seen nor heard a grittier all winter... And I live near a school which you'd think would be fairly high on the list of places to grit around.
Libertine Dream Posted 22 January 2013 Posted 22 January 2013 I wonder who made this decision exactly, it doesnt affect me but egen just some sort of offer on the Wolves game or something would be better than nothing. Of course our money wouldn't keep the club going but people unnecessarily doom monger our financial state without really know. I dread the day that the accounts are published, some reactions on here will be embarrassing
Mack Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I am also shocked but not surprised at the attitude of some of the staff at the club. I've also has occasion in the past to call the club and have at times found them unhelpful also. This is just the sort of story that Stringer usually gets stuck right into, maybe some of you should contact him? The attitude the club are displaying is based on the fact that you can give fans poor service and they will still come back for more. Attendances at Football across the board seem to be on the wain, and it's hardly surprising in the face of incidents like this. The club and it's staff would do well to remember that without any customers there would be no jobs in Fusions, hospitality, the shop, ticket office etc. So when said hospitality employee suggests the fans are not important that is one of the most absurd things I have ever heard. Did you get their name? If you did I'd be making a call or writing a letter to someone higher up.
Babylon Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Pie and a pint offer valid for Wolves game (oh and you can get a ticket for £15 as well, but any season ticket holder could have got you that) http://www.lcfc.com/...ers-614163.aspx At least it's something!
RyanLCFC18 Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 If the club wants to give themselves a pat on the back for allowing a match to be played in wank conditions infront of just 8,000 fans, then let them. Maybe one day they will understand that a football club is nothing without fans. Its a spectator sport with a huge chunk of money coming from ticket sales etc. Would like to see them get by if 8000 turned up every match. Maybe they would start showing us a bit more respect and put us first ahead of Sky. Dont cry...
RyanLCFC18 Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I know it annoyed alot of people but is it not time to move on? Grow up you ****. im not the one crying...The club is a business
Larry_LCFC Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 I know it annoyed alot of people but is it not time to move on? im not the one crying... The club is a business And you are clearly a moron. Think I'm entitled to be annoyed along with everyone else having lost out. Suppose you don't have that problem. Do you even know where the stadium is?
Jakemoore Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 It's not just about fans. The club has a duty to get the game on under the football league rules. They felt that the game could go ahead and so it did. Clearly no-one is that bothered because there's 4,000 of us going to Huddersfield on Saturday for what I see as a 'distraction' fixture. It's not just about fans. The club has a duty to get the game on under the football league rules. They felt that the game could go ahead and so it did. Clearly no-one is that bothered because there's 4,000 of us going to Huddersfield on Saturday for what I see as a 'distraction' fixture.
RyanLCFC18 Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 hope so as i somehow turned up! you are entitled but the club did what every club would of and everyone knew yhe game was on
Corky Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Pie and a pint offer valid for Wolves game (oh and you can get a ticket for £15 as well, but any season ticket holder could have got you that. http://www.lcfc.com/...ers-614163.aspx At least it's something! Good gesture by the club.
Babylon Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 The club has a duty to get the game on under the football league rules. They felt that the game could go ahead and so it did. And yet other teams have cancelled games because fans can't get to it. "The cold weather and poor road conditions have forced the cancellation of the Championship match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Derby County chief executive Tom Glick said the game had been postponed on safety grounds. The match was due to kick off at 12.15 GMT. The poor weather also caused travel disruption in both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with some bus services affected. The clubs called off the fixture after discussions with the match officials, police and the Football League. Mr Glick said: "The problem we have is that the roads are a nightmare so we have a safety issue and a customer service issue. "We have fans we know who couldn't get here because they couldn't get out of their drives or their homes." He said there was "massive anticipation" for the match, which has not yet been rescheduled." If the club had turned round to the match officials and the league and said our players are having to ditch their cars and run on ice/snow, the majority of our fans cannot get here we need to call it of... the league would have done so. The club wanted it on no matter what, that's it. Whether it was because of Sky or because Pearson wanted to play them when we were in form, and didn't want a fixture pile up, who knows.
Manwell Pablo Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Grow up you ****. Just for the record Larry, Ticket sales don't make up a huge proportion of our income. It's actually a very small proportion, And whilst we are in the Championship the club would struggle without us. In the Premier League they'd manage it no problem.
Manwell Pablo Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 And yet other teams have cancelled games because fans can't get to it. "The cold weather and poor road conditions have forced the cancellation of the Championship match between Derby County and Nottingham Forest. Derby County chief executive Tom Glick said the game had been postponed on safety grounds. The match was due to kick off at 12.15 GMT. The poor weather also caused travel disruption in both Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire with some bus services affected. The clubs called off the fixture after discussions with the match officials, police and the Football League. Mr Glick said: "The problem we have is that the roads are a nightmare so we have a safety issue and a customer service issue. "We have fans we know who couldn't get here because they couldn't get out of their drives or their homes." He said there was "massive anticipation" for the match, which has not yet been rescheduled." If the club had turned round to the match officials and the league and said our players are having to ditch their cars and run on ice/snow, the majority of our fans cannot get here we need to call it of... the league would have done so. The club wanted it on no matter what, that's it. Whether it was because of Sky or because Pearson wanted to play them when we were in form, and didn't want a fixture pile up, who knows. That wasn't last weekend was it? As it got played in the end.
Babylon Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 That wasn't last weekend was it? As it got played in the end. No think it said feb last year on the article.
Babylon Posted 23 January 2013 Posted 23 January 2013 Just for the record Larry, Ticket sales don't make up a huge proportion of our income. It's actually a very small proportion, I think our fan based income is our main source of income in this league.
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