Question Leicester City

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

Spend. Big time.

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TransferMarkt isn't always the best for transfer fees but look, the entire first page (25 results) of their record transfers are under their current ownership. They've spent well over £500 million on players alone in the past 6 years. Plus a £100 million training facility.

Added on top of this massive spending you've got a family who clearly have emotional ties to the club instead of purely business interests. They're a very likable club with big ambitions, plus owners that have a healthy relationship with the players (Vichai was carrying the PL trophy around like he was part of the squad when they won and his son today seemed very friendly with the players and was part of the on pitch celebrations) which means they're an attractive destination for players.

Whilst they are still very much the underdogs in terms of winning leagues and cups, their route to success isn't something most teams could emulate.

They have had 52 seasons in their history as a top division club so they are not a small club made big.had massive money poured in so they could push on.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

I was thinking the same watching the game. It wasnt too long ago we were at a similar level on the pitch as them. 8 years later, a prem title, fa Cup and champions league football and we are cost cutting to a midtable championship club - despite 2 promotions.

You can see they have a very close relationship with their owner and that he loves the club as well. But the main difference between us them is that they have invested much better than we have, built on it and moved forward. They have made huge profits on a lot of their players in addition to the extra revenue they have received. Whereas the 2 times we've been relegated we have been no better than when we went up.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

To simplistic that..... their owners are multi billionaires with a route plan to success its cost 100s millions to achieve level they are at? plus importantly being in premier league for many years, Other clubs have wonderfully rich owners Eg (Bristol city) richer than tan but achieved nothing so not only down to owner who are just the money men .

Just watch the celebrations yesterday the owner loves football and loves Leicester that is the difference our owner doesnt love Cardiff City its a business only.

Lets not forget the club went into administration and shafted their creditors. Like Southampton this enabled them to start afresh. Whilst the new owners have done brilliantly, they started with a clean slate and debt free. I am no fan of Tan but this is not what happened to us. We were already 50 million in the red when Tan took over.

Lets not forget the club went into administration and shafted their creditors. Like Southampton this enabled them to start afresh. Whilst the new owners have done brilliantly, they started with a clean slate and debt free. I am no fan of Tan but this is not what happened to us. We were already 50 million in the red when Tan took over.

Its very easy to take a simplistic view of a club but as you pointed out they had a good head start on other clubs would they have done what they have without going into administration one must doubt it!

Lets not forget the club went into administration and shafted their creditors. Like Southampton this enabled them to start afresh. Whilst the new owners have done brilliantly, they started with a clean slate and debt free. I am no fan of Tan but this is not what happened to us. We were already 50 million in the red when Tan took over.

Its very easy to take a simplistic view of a club but as you pointed out they had a good head start on other clubs would they have done what they have without going into administration one must doubt it!

For me. The two most sensible(and very truthful) posts on this topic.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

Allan, the irony there is that 'El Committee' discussed sacking Neil Warnock BEFORE our last Premier League season but decided against it...

A number of reasons why but with a proven man at that level at the helm, who knows what might have been?

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

agree...not that Tan is a bad owner { no doubt you dont agree } but the overall relationship between owners and fans is something i dont see us having here any time soon...

Lets not forget the club went into administration and shafted their creditors. Like Southampton this enabled them to start afresh. Whilst the new owners have done brilliantly, they started with a clean slate and debt free. I am no fan of Tan but this is not what happened to us. We were already 50 million in the red when Tan took over.

We can’t be sensible here mate.

Seeing Tan at our promotion match v Reading he 100% had the bug and as showed this at various times.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

agree...not that Tan is a bad owner { no doubt you dont agree } but the overall relationship between owners and fans is something i dont see us having here any time soon...

and it takes two to tango.

Tan has offered much and still some won’t let him forget the rebrand.

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

agree...not that Tan is a bad owner { no doubt you dont agree } but the overall relationship between owners and fans is something i dont see us having here any time soon...

and it takes two to tango.

Tan has offered much and still some won’t let him forget the rebrand.

it is what it is...

IN March 2013 we played this club in a championship match,since then in the eight years since they have won the Premier League ,FA Cup and played in the Champions League. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT WE CANT DO ???.

Came close to relegation sacked the manager for saving them brought in a foreign experienced manager in ranieri and with same team won premier league all because had owners who believed in a project they had using their billions ? This season opened a £100m training facility as part of long term strategy! So guess answer is have billions £££ and a workable plan something we have not had either manager wise or player wise... they have long term success plan while we've looked at instant success theres lies difference in clubs

in one word......owner.

agree...not that Tan is a bad owner { no doubt you dont agree } but the overall relationship between owners and fans is something i dont see us having here any time soon...

and it takes two to tango.

Tan has offered much and still some won’t let him forget the rebrand.

it is what it is...

Never a truer word spoken.

To be fair I think the majority appreciate him.

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

Massively in debt more like. Still failed to establish ourselves in the premier league .no major trophy in the cabinet.we are where we've been for 16 of the last 18 seasons the second I don't see much progress there.

Massively in debt more like. Still failed to establish ourselves in the premier league .no major trophy in the cabinet.we are where we've been for 16 of the last 18 seasons the second I don't see much progress there.

League wise yes same league but in between time 2 cup finals 2 promotions ... only took Leicester 132yrs to win fa cup it appears you measure progress by success? Wonder how other fans of other club measure progress? And dont forget Leicester achieved success after waiting until ground was built and then went into administration so wiping all their debt for new stadium ect perhaps we should have done same?

The Srivaddhanaprabha Family $3.7B net worth Vincent Tan net worth $750m or to put it another way Leicester City's owners have 5 times the resources that our owner does.

The Srivaddhanaprabha Family $3.7B net worth Vincent Tan net worth $750m or to put it another way Leicester City's owners have 5 times the resources that our owner does.

Stoke , QPR and Bristol all have far wealthier owners than us as well Football owners use to be millionaires now they are billionaires and our owner is not a billionaire

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

did you actually like it to start with..... i didnt and neither did anyone i know , thought it was something people reluctantly accepted as the price for overdue success.

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

did you actually like it to start with..... i didnt and neither did anyone i know , thought it was something people reluctantly accepted as the price for overdue success.

We liked the investment, we liked buying players. We changed our mind about what we were prepared to take to get that investment.

They were massively underachieving at our level until the season after our first Premier League promotion

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

did you actually like it to start with..... i didnt and neither did anyone i know , thought it was something people reluctantly accepted as the price for overdue success.

We liked the investment, we liked buying players. We changed our mind about what we were prepared to take to get that investment.

right...take your politician hat off and answer..... did you like being in red....
im fully aware people accepted the price as the attendances were good... but like ?

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

did you actually like it to start with..... i didnt and neither did anyone i know , thought it was something people reluctantly accepted as the price for overdue success.

We liked the investment, we liked buying players. We changed our mind about what we were prepared to take to get that investment.

right...take your politician hat off and answer..... did you like being in red....
im fully aware people accepted the price as the attendances were good... but like ?

The change of colour did not overly concern me when it was announced But when i watched the first game of the season that we were red and seeing the players coming out in red it hit me then that is was not right I really did not think a colour would end up being so important

Several things:


Recruitment - they have a very good scouting set-up. That helped them to sign players like Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante for good prices.


Reinvestment in the team - They then sold these good players they'd brought in at a good price, for a very healthy profit. The money was reinvested in their team to enable them to replace them with good players


Owners being more involved - their owners are similar to Manchester City's in a way. What I mean by that is they haven't just invested in the club, they've invested in the whole city as well and taken an active part in the community. This has led to them being loved by their fans and that will always help you be successful



Managers - they have made very good managerial appointments on two occasions. After they stayed up under Pearson, they brought in a manager with a fantastic record in Claudio Ranieri - who helped them win the title. It didn't work out with Puel and Shakespeare. But they then made another fantastic appointment in bringing in Brendan Rodgers - who, in my opinion, is one of the best managers in the UK.


Size - some on here have deluded themselves to think otherwise, but the fact is that Leicester City are a much bigger club than us. Even long before their current owners came in

Yes they are bigger in stature but they and similar clubs are where we should be aiming our sights as we have that potential...... But until somebody makes the club get off the merry go round we've been on past 10yrs or so we will probably only periodically have success like past 10yrs if we are lucky! Now is the time to change the whole set up and direction club is going.

They had a big push with their debt being wiped. That’s huge.

I’m not sure us fans have the patience for and form of long term planning.

Clearly he mistook the mood with the rebrand but that was Tan trying to form a long term plan with massive investment. We liked it to start with but then changed our mind. Hence my second point above.

We have made massive strides and are unrecognisable from the club we were even 15 years ago. However, things can always be better.

did you actually like it to start with..... i didnt and neither did anyone i know , thought it was something people reluctantly accepted as the price for overdue success.

We liked the investment, we liked buying players. We changed our mind about what we were prepared to take to get that investment.

right...take your politician hat off and answer..... did you like being in red....
im fully aware people accepted the price as the attendances were good... but like ?

I wasn’t that arsed if I’m honest.

I read something that Gwyn Davies wrote. About a blind Cardiff fan who didn’t see colours just heard the atmosphere and that’s what got him into the City. That persuaded me colour of the shirt wasn’t a massive factor. We have changed kit colours before. We have changed badges.

The club is the fans and the players on the pitch not what colour they are wearing.

Certainly there didn’t seem to be people who were that bothered when we were winning the championship title nor when we beat Man City.

However I respect those that were bothered. What I don’t respect is people who went but then stopped years later when we suddenly were shit again and said it was rebrand. There were loads of those.