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Leicester At It Yet Again! (1 Viewer)

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Sick Boy

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  • Jun 12, 2025
  • #106
Frostie said:
Yes, Sheffield United. They were 12/1 to get promoted, lumped on that each way (pays out for a top 4 finish) for a very tidy payout. As mentioned before, they finished in the top 6 by 24 points despite a points deduction.

If the points deduction is small, why won't Leicester be able to keep throwing money at it? It's what they have done up until now in full knowledge that they were breaking the rules by doing so.

Listen, I hope you are right, I'm just being pessimistic as it's Leicester & they have continually flouted the rules for years.
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I think it’ll be around 10 points after appeal. They’ll get hit harder than Sheff U.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jun 12, 2025
  • #107
Lamps said:
It isn't just the EFL that's after them. They have the backing of the Prem and their money behind them. Will be very difficult to get away with it again.

They have a choice. Take it on the chin this time or risk punishment that would turn them into an average Championship side at best.

Their financial backing doesn't seem to be the best. It's been said that their wage bill in the Prem last season was much lower than their last season in the Championship which was by far the record amount spent on a Championship side.
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Same goes for the prem. they don’t have the appetite for a legal battle. Hence why they’re walking on egg shells over the Man City thing (who also won’t get what everyone wants them to get)

I fully expect Ipswich to win the league but Leicester will be knocking about the top 6. Defensively they’ll be extremely solid and midfield-wise it’s one of the strongest in the league.

nobody is paying top money to take Winks and Skipp off their hands, yet they’ll be key midfielders in the league.

The only question marks are up top, and the fact that Ruud Van Nistelrooy appears to be out of his depth
 

Lamps

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 12, 2025
  • #108
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Same goes for the prem. they don’t have the appetite for a legal battle. Hence why they’re walking on egg shells over the Man City thing (who also won’t get what everyone wants them to get)

I fully expect Ipswich to win the league but Leicester will be knocking about the top 6. Defensively they’ll be extremely solid and midfield-wise it’s one of the strongest in the league.

nobody is paying top money to take Winks and Skipp off their hands, yet they’ll be key midfielders in the league.

The only question marks are up top, and the fact that Ruud Van Nistelrooy appears to be out of his depth
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I put it more as they want to protect the top sides like Manchester City that make them money and get rid of the lower sides that get promoted. And if the Leicester legal team can get away with it for as long as they have can you imagine the legal team the top sides have.

Winks is said to be on nearly 5m a year. The type of player they need off their wage bill.

As I have said several times now let's wait until August before deciding what will happen. A lot will change in the next couple of months. Even our side could well look different then. Luton were expected to do well last season. Cheap signings will become a bargain. Bigger money signings will flop. If it was so easy to predict the bookies would be out of business.
 

Terry Gibson's perm

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 12, 2025
  • #109
Isn’t Winks banned from the club for not following living arrangement rules under RVN so the longer he stops the better.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jun 13, 2025
  • #110
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
Same goes for the prem. they don’t have the appetite for a legal battle. Hence why they’re walking on egg shells over the Man City thing (who also won’t get what everyone wants them to get)

I fully expect Ipswich to win the league but Leicester will be knocking about the top 6. Defensively they’ll be extremely solid and midfield-wise it’s one of the strongest in the league.

nobody is paying top money to take Winks and Skipp off their hands, yet they’ll be key midfielders in the league.

The only question marks are up top, and the fact that Ruud Van Nistelrooy appears to be out of his depth
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Don't agree with the first line of that post.
The EPL have changed their rules specifically to go after Leicester after the slippery bastards used a loophole to get off with the charges against them for the 22/23 season.

It looks to me like they're very much in the EPLs cross hairs though what that will entail in terms of punishment is anyones guess.
 
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clint van damme

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  • Jun 13, 2025
  • #111
So spent the day with working with some colleagues from our Leicestershire site.
Theyare very pessimistic and think they're going for a double relegation. I think they're talking bollocks but for once I'll be delighted for them to be proven right.
 
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no_loyalty

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  • Jun 13, 2025
  • #112
Terry Gibson's perm said:
Isn’t Winks banned from the club for not following living arrangement rules under RVN so the longer he stops the better.
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Yes, he was commuting from Essex every day and RVN asked him to stop over one night a week in Leicester but Winks refused.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 13, 2025
  • #113
no_loyalty said:
Yes, he was commuting from Essex every day and RVN asked him to stop over one night a week in Leicester but Winks refused.
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Can't blame him
 
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JSL

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #114
The annoying thing is, whatever they get fined will no doubt get paid out from their parachute payment so not exactly directly from their own coffers. Heavy points deduction is the only way of real punishment
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #115
Why not just adjust things so that any team with a points deduction can't quality for the play offs or promotion that season. No point just giving out points deductions that have no effect on anything.
 
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Monty

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #116
chiefdave said:
Why not just adjust things so that any team with a points deduction can't quality for the play offs or promotion that season. No point just giving out points deductions that have no effect on anything.
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What a great idea. It would impact them with players who are desperate for promotion to be in the premiership again to push for moves as well. In effect instead of point deductions you could ban promotion for x number of years, I like it.
 
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Mcbean

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #117
Should be 21 points as a minimum
 
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SkyBlueSam01

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #118
How many points do we reckon they have gained in the last few seasons with money they weren't allowed to spend? That would be a nice starting point
 

Bad Boy

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #119
Mcbean said:
Should be 21 points as a minimum
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Agreed with a maximum squad of 22 and all home games behind closed doors.

Hammer them.
 
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Leicesterfox

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #120
Good hope we do get hammered. When you’ve seen your club win everything I never thought possible, wouldn’t mind a few non league trips but get rid of these owners.

Think even you’ll retain the M69 Trophy too this year.
 

Calista

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #121
Bad Boy said:
Agreed with a maximum squad of 22 and all home games behind closed doors.

Hammer them.
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And players obliged to live in Leicester
 
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Danceswithhorses

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #122
Calista said:
And players obliged to live in Leicester
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Ouch...you're a sadistic bugger lol
 
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procdoc

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #123
Leicesterfox said:
Good hope we do get hammered. When you’ve seen your club win everything I never thought possible, wouldn’t mind a few non league trips but get rid of these owners.

Think even you’ll retain the M69 Trophy too this year.
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What’s the general feeling about the season amongst your fans?
 
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Leicesterfox

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  • Jun 14, 2025
  • #124
procdoc said:
What’s the general feeling about the season amongst your fans?
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Abysmal mate. One thing is I take my hat off to you is that you’re proper fans, not like our apathetic idiots. We deserve everything we get - even I am Not One Penny More.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 22, 2025
  • #125

King Power: A Tale of Rise and Ruin

How Thailand's duty-free giant went from political darling to financial pariah in the space of five years
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King Power on their arse, doesn't bode well for our friendly neighbours up the road
 
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skybluericoh

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 22, 2025
  • #126
Gynnsthetonic said:

King Power: A Tale of Rise and Ruin

How Thailand's duty-free giant went from political darling to financial pariah in the space of five years
www.nationthailand.com
King Power on their arse, doesn't bode well for our friendly neighbours up the road
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They try and run the football club in the same way they do business in thailand, the fa ans epl May have similar anti corruption views as Thailand, but uk law doe, which may eventually catch up with them.
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 22, 2025
  • #127
skybluericoh said:
They try and run the football club in the same way they do business in thailand, the fa ans epl May have similar anti corruption views as Thailand, but uk law doe, which may eventually catch up with them.
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I think I understood that
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #128
Seen on the news this morning Foxes Chairman Aiyawatt Sirvaddhanaprabha's who took over when his dad died is in deep finanial trouble.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #129
thekidfromstrettoncamp said:
Seen on the news this morning Foxes Chairman Aiyawatt Sirvaddhanaprabha's who took over when his dad died is in deep finanial trouble.
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Ah no!
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #130
Is a right mess, they could end up like Sheff Wed and Reading. (With a bit of luck). If King Power go under it could lead to admin for the club. The chairman owns the club but KP own the stadium, they owe Macquarie Bank 130m in loans too.
 
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thekidfromstrettoncamp

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #131
Shoudn't be vindictive but good.There are one or two more cheating side I hope get the comeuppance they deserve.
 
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Para1140

Well-Known Member
  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #132
Oh dear, how sad

BREAKING LEICESTER NEWS: King Power owners at risk of bankruptcy

We have breaking Leicester City news for the Blue Army on this Monday, June evening. And it is not a pleasant update for the club at large or its fan base, I'm
foxesofleicester.com
 
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Covkid1968#

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #133
Karma has taken such along time to come good on this - and in the meantime they have silverware they would not have won if the company that own them had not been allowed to ride out scandal after scandal. That cant be changed...but a period of spiralling downward should remove any lingering arrogance and superiority their fans have been strutting around with for 10 years or more. I want them to come through and hopefully with a bit more recognition, respect and understanding of the shite we went through. The Midlands needs the old Leicester back.....and in the meantime lets just sit back and watch the absolute mess they have got themselves in unfold.
 
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Gynnsthetonic

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #134
Covkid1968# said:
Karma has taken such along time to come good on this - and in the meantime they have silverware they would not have won if the company that own them had not been allowed to ride out scandal after scandal. That cant be changed...but a period of spiralling downward should remove any lingering arrogance and superiority their fans have been strutting around with for 10 years or more. I want them to come through and hopefully with a bit more recognition, respect and understanding of the shite we went through. The Midlands needs the old Leicester back.....and in the meantime lets just sit back and watch the absolute mess they have got themselves in unfold.
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About time we won at their place. We've never won there since it opened
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #135
Gynnsthetonic said:
About time we won at their place. We've never won there since it opened
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Yep King Power are in financial trouble,they are closing down their outlets in 5 airports in Thailand and their share price has fallen a lot.
 
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Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #136
Gynnsthetonic said:
About time we won at their place. We've never won there since it opened
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I’m pretty sure we’ve lost every time there apart from the 2-2 draw under Coleman.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #137
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #138
fuck 'em... the sooner the better, it's how they treated us!!
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #139
robbiethemole said:
fuck 'em... the sooner the better, it's how they treated us!!
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Disagree. I’d like to see them given the occasional bit of hope every now and then, but then it get snatched away, just to make things that bit worse.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Jun 24, 2025
  • #140
Sick Boy said:
Disagree. I’d like to see them given the occasional bit of hope every now and then, but then it get snatched away, just to make things that bit worse.
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Yes it would be nice for some other club besides ourselves to have a taste of that.
 
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