I am not sure it’s right to say that people who were frustrated that we didn’t convert the opportunity to finish in the champions league places when in prime position to do so twice in a row and blew it, now have got what they deserve. It’s not the fans fault in the slightest, we are where we are now because of rank bad and reckless decision making by the people at the top.
My frustrations with where we are now is not because I think we should be challenging for Champions League football or that we shouldn’t be mid table in the championship, it’s the journey we have taken over the last 4/5 years to get where we are now.
The two are not mutually exclusive, we had our success with a very good model, however our decline is not because of FFP/PSR. My anger, frustration and disappointment stems from the piss poor decision making by the powers that be and then align that with reckless spending on transfer fees and wages, not to be confused with ambition, but on absolute bang average players such as Perez, Bertrand, Vestergaard, Daka, Soumare, Winks, Coady, Skipp, Ayew, BDCR, Edouard, VK ….. I could go on.
The refusal to accept any accountability and responsibility for this decision making, Top and Rudkins insistence on not sacking Rodgers when he had clearly checked out, aside from Maresca, our woeful recruitment of managers. Our refusal to shake up our football operations and bring in an experienced operator to rip it all up and start again.
My anger is not because we are mid table in the championship nor because we are no longer challenging for champions league positions and winning the FA Cup. It’s because we have zero plan, zero strategy and we have managed to destroy our club from a position of strength by making shockingly bad decisions along the way that were completely avoidable which has left us with a squad full of overpaid average players who carry little in saleable transfer assets bar Abdul and some promising academy products and a manager who we recruited from the bargain bin, whilst we await the results of a potential points deduction for PSR breaches that could put us in danger of relegation to league 1 and the brink of financial meltdown.
My anger is because I no longer recognise what our club stands for, we are not innovative, we are not a disrupter, we are no longer a family club, we are no longer united as a fanbase. We are no longer fearless or Foxes never quit, in fact we don’t even feel like Leicester City Football Club anymore,our history beyond KP is pretty much forgotten about and ignored by the club, the club has now become a vehicle for KP, Aiyawatt and Thailand, who happen to play in blue and in Leicester, but it not the club I recognise anymore, even from 5/6 years ago.
The worst part of it all, is that I feel I have lost my voice as well as my club, if anyone dares to raise these issues, you are often labelled as entitled, there is even cases where dissent in the stands is met with verbal or physical abuse. It is like being in a abusive relationship with a narcissist, continually being gaslighted that what has happened and what is continuing to happen isn’t reality and that we should be eternally grateful for KP and Aiyawatt as we really don’t deserve what they do for us.
Hopefully that explains where I am and perhaps others, I genuinely fear administration and what that could bring, I never asked or wanted the custodians of my football club to gamble with the very existence of the club to try and gain champions league football. This was not a calculated risk, as you can have a contingency to remedy the situation if not successful, this was absolutely irresponsible and reckless without a coherent plan, strategy or mitigation in the event it went wrong.
Bloody football 