Rudkin

[hebangsthedrums]

5 hours ago, CosbehFox said:

 

The joke that Piper said about him at BSLB gives you an off vibe 

?

[Babylon]

17 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That's an exaggeration but even if it were true, ours is buy a player for £30m and keep until they leave for free. Spell binding.

Actually it was £34m purchase and £2.6m sale, of Anderson to Lazio. We got more for Slimani’s loan deals. 

[Babylon]

22 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

That's an exaggeration but even if it were true, ours is buy a player for £30m and keep until they leave for free. Spell binding.

And is he to blame for Vestergaard turning down a move because Rodgers blew smoke up his arse about being involved, and then didn’t want him… again. See also what Carrol said about Rodgers. 

[Ric Flair]

3 minutes ago, Babylon said:

Actually it was £34m purchase and £2.6m sale, of Anderson to Lazio. We got more for Slimani’s loan deals. 

Again, you've chosen one deal. Perez £30m and left on a free less the nominal loan fee in Jan. Similar deal perhaps to Anderson in the sense they were 1st team integral players for a few years, didn't cash in when they're importance lessened until their contracts nearly expired and got a nominal fee. 

 

Funnily enough that's the only fees we have got in 4 seasons, for Diabate, Ghezzal, Gray, Kasper etc. West Ham, Everton, Wolves, Villa etc have done far better in that regard. But go on, keep holding the line on Rudkin and Co. THOU SHALL NOT PASS.

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, Babylon said:

And is he to blame for Vestergaard turning down a move because Rodgers blew smoke up his arse about being involved, and then didn’t want him… again. See also what Carrol said about Rodgers. 

No he's not, except for the wage structure once again. Bloke came here on about 75 bags a week and although he claims its not about the money, is laughable. 

 

The difficulty in moving said players on is the salaries our players are on, Rudkin's remit.

[Babylon]

25 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

The difficulty in moving said players on is the salaries our players are on, Rudkin's remit.

You sure that's the problem considering they've all just had huge pay decreases and nobody wants them still?

[Babylon]

28 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Again, you've chosen one deal. Perez £30m and left on a free less the nominal loan fee in Jan. Similar deal perhaps to Anderson in the sense they were 1st team integral players for a few years, didn't cash in when they're importance lessened until their contracts nearly expired and got a nominal fee. 

Somebody bid for him did they?

 

If you "cash in" for an utterly pointless amount, you still have to buy a replacement, we weren't in a position to buy replacements in the summer. 

[Ric Flair]

11 minutes ago, Babylon said:

You sure that's the problem considering they've all just had huge pay decreases and nobody wants them still?

Still on big money. Ndidi, Praet, Soumare, Iheanacho likely still on £60k a week and more than interested clubs outside the PL would ordinarily pay. 

 

We were repeatedly told last summer we had to move players on, we moved Schmeichel and Fofana on. Turned down bids for Soumare, Praet, Castagne and Iheanacho. Accepted a bid for Vestergaard who rejected it.

 

The decline and malaise in part was unmotivated players. A mix of Rodgers still being here and losing effectiveness and players no longer wanting to be here but we rejected bids etc.

 

You have to freshen up the squad, regardless of if we lose money on players. We lose money on players anyway and it can be much more detrimental as we have seen that some of them are made to stay here.

[Bluearmyfox28]

On 02/08/2023 at 18:43, Babylon said:

Which is what? Buying a player for £30m and selling him for £3m... transfer genius at work right there. 

If you know they aren’t going to play, would you rather pay their wages and let their contracts run down which results in getting no fee to save the embarrassment of awful business in the first place? 
 

I would rather get £3m than nothing.

[Ricey]

 

From todays Percy article.

 

Laugh or you'll cry.

[joeybside]

1 minute ago, Ricey said:

 

From todays Percy article.

 

Laugh or you'll cry.

Mind Shedding but not surprising in this set-up. 

[EastAnglianFox]

If we start the season poor, it needs to turn toxic against him, not Enzo!

[SemperEadem]

Just now, EastAnglianFox said:

If we start the season poor, it needs to turn toxic against him, not Enzo!

It should be this way but I don’t think it will play out like that. 

[FrankieADZ]

someone just get Rudkin out the club, 

thinks hes beyond any form of criticism; 

at times he feels more like a leach than a DOF

 

Edited 4 August 2023 by FrankieADZ

[Dan LCFC]

52 minutes ago, Ricey said:

 

From todays Percy article.

 

Laugh or you'll cry.

It's so unbelievably stupid you wonder if he's just put that in to stir things up. But then this is the same hierarchy that oversaw last season so probably not.

[Dan LCFC]

I think it's clear that despite it being a new season and despite there being fresh optimism about this new manager, fundamentally this is a broken club, even if we do get away with it and get promoted this season there is something rotten at the core. How you can oversee such a monumental nosedive no matter how you dress it up and become more powerful is just totally beyond me. Is that a process that is going to seriously yield anything good for us in the long term?

 

We're overly reliant on luck. It's worked out for us before. Lets hope Maresca is both the real deal and the fans take to him in a way that keeps him about if he is so.

[Guest]

Top would sooner sell up than get rid of Rudkin I reckon. The most we can hope for is that his power gets diluted but if the opposite is happening despite the omnishambles he's overseen over the past couple of years then that is pretty alarming stuff

[Nod.E]

While 'don't judge a book by its cover' is a popular idiom we've all used at one point or another, I tend to find that people that look like cvnts, usually are.

 

Bloke looks like a bloody e-fit.

[Poznan34]

Here's how it will play out:

Hapless Rudkin stays in charge > LCFC flounder in Champ or worse > Parachute payments run out in 3 years > KP sell up > LCFC sold to US private equity, Rudkin gets his P45 

[Jono1604]

4 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said:

If we start the season poor, it needs to turn toxic against him, not Enzo!

It should turn toxic against the owner he iss the person that should be targetted!

[kingkisnorbo]

4 hours ago, Ricey said:

 

From todays Percy article.

 

Laugh or you'll cry.

This coupled with his those smug 'ooo pick me' photos of him in that training gear with his initials on it boils every ounce of liquid in me. 

[lcfc sheff]

The Rudfather, Jon Studkin… whatever you wanna call him

[Dames]

5 hours ago, Ricey said:

 

From todays Percy article.

 

Laugh or you'll cry.

[SemperEadem]

5 hours ago, EastAnglianFox said:

If we start the season poor, it needs to turn toxic against him, not Enzo!

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

It's mad people defend him on here when even people inside the club take the piss.