Fans of Leicester City Football Club will not want to go back Yorkshire again anytime soon that's for sure! The Foxes have lost to Hull City (East Riding of Yorkshire), as well as Sheffield United (South Yorkshire) after Thursday night's tragic display overall at Bramall Lane. Unfortunately the now long-suffering Blue Army fan base has two trips to that region in the English Football League Championship remaining this season (Sheffield Wednesday in South Yorkshire and Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire/Teesside).
Although watching Leicester City playing against anyone, on television or live, has become a thoroughly torturous experience – even if they win! My heart truly goes out to those away fans whom spend so much money to travel, be entertained - and not let down. I am certainly not one of them and can't claim to have that level of investment in the team.
Another man who has a lot invested in the club is Khun Top (Aiyawatt srivaddhanaprabha), the LCFC chairman and owner. Maybe that is the true reason why he is reluctant to sell up. Retaining the organisation is surely unlikely due to his 'love' of Leicester: because he hasn't bothered to attend often or make good on recent hollow promises.
In reality, Top surely doesn't want to lose as much money as he would if he could offload our beloved club to someone when its value increases again and the place looks in better health. To paraphrase Robert De Niro's sublime character Sam "Ace" Rothstein in the amazing Martin Scorsese film Casino: 'the Whale (a billionaire, high stakes gambler/speculator) doesn't think of the money he's accumulating, he thinks of what is being relinquished!
If Top retains the LE2 outfit, he will lose what can be gained elsewhere. So maybe he will sell at some point. But for now, we have a poor squad to assess. Which is one of the main problems The King Power International Group must resolve; and is rightly laid at Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's door.
These Leicester City stars let the side down versus Sheffield United
Moving away from my digress about the bigger issues on Filbert Way, and briefly explaining the potential thought process of the increasingly disliked Leicester ownership, which players were particularly wearying and lacklustre against the Blades? As is typical, I have examined Jordan Blackwell's report at Leicester Mercury for assistance.
"Luke Thomas: He was beaten all ends up by Brooks for the second Blades goal and was breezed past him a few times in the first period too. A couple of blocked crosses don’t really make up for that. 3"
First of all, the defence was generally shocking! Attack wasn't much better, either:
"Bobby De Cordova-Reid: He lost the ball regularly in the first half and seemed to spend a lot of the game asking team-mates why they weren’t picking up their men, even without really seeming to do it himself. 3LCFC Live
Abdul Fatawu: In the first half, he was not alert and stood behind his man, meaning Ricardo couldn’t find him. He was also booked for diving, while his through balls to Silko Thomas were overhit. He took too many audacious potshots in the second half. 3
Stephy Mavididi: City fans cheered when he was taken off, which said all that needed to be said about his performance. He didn’t really get on the ball, and when he did, he didn’t threaten, with his passes in attacking areas poor. 3
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