The King Power International Group is ultimately at fault for Leicester City's ridiculous contemporary plight, along with director of football Jon Rudkin. The recruitment department must shoulder much blame too: having overseen a catastrophic erosion of the squad's once-vaunted spine. Not to mention financial chiefs on Filbert Way, whose monetary mishaps have left the LE2 club's ledger as bruised as their reputation.
Certain Foxes managers have set the East Midlands outfit back somewhat too: instilling tactical malaise that became a permanent identity crisis. Even the players have let themselves, and their loyal supporters, down regularly for a few years now. All whilst generally exhibiting a lack of fortitude that borders on the professional dereliction of duty.
Leicester City vs QPR - oh dear!
​Even after all that nonsense and negligence, LCFC should be able to defeat a thoroughly beatable Queens Park Rangers team. Surely!? Yet, on Saturday, King Power Stadium bore witness to a performance of such hollow conviction that it felt like an epitaph for their remaining dignity.
On the day, City stars were mostly awful; a collection of disparate, drifting souls rather than a cohesive unit. They are 'already on the beach' in many cases. Checked out. Heads turned!
Despite Jordan James' fleeting moment of individual brilliance (literally), the collective capitulation to a languishing Rangers side was a deplorable indictment of the current regime. This was not merely a defeat: it was a surrender of the lost Foxes Never Quit spirit.
​City player ratings according to Leicester Mercury
Underneath this paragraph are Jordan Blackwell's starting XI scores. Look away now, Blue Army!
​Jakub Stolarczyk 4, Hamza Choudhury 6, Caleb Okoli 5, Ben Nelson 4, Luke Thomas 5, Oliver Skipp 5, Jordan James 7, Abdul Fatawu 4, Divine Mukasa 4, Stephy Mavididi 7, Jordan Ayew 4.
"Abdul Fatawu: Really not his afternoon. There were too many times where his touch was heavy, and then even when he did bring the ball under control, he had far less success in getting past his full-back than he usually does. One dinked cross against the bar was his best moment. 4"Leicester Mercury