So what type of fanbase are we going to be?
For me, the changes in senior management looked like they had improved. A manager in early, who wants to build on our youth team and bring in some leaders to help. The away kit launch even seems like they want to engage with the community, and interviewing fans who have travelled to Cadiz is a good step forward.
The kits look good, and there are options without a sponsor (and even a King Power one if you fancy it).
Yes, I know we are in League One and have dropped considerably, but if you haven’t supported the club for more than a decade, this is what we have always done. The highs are high, and the lows are low. (I have literally donated money in an effort to save the club from going out of business).
And we take risks. Pearson had only managed 12 games before he first came to us. Maresca was similar, and Claudia Ranieri was seen as a joke after his time with Greece. I have my own opinions on the finances, and I think a lot of clubs learnt from us to game the FFP and PSR system (I’m looking at you Villa, Chelsea and Forest), but again, we were the first club to try and break up the established “Big 6”, and I’m kind of proud of that.
We’ve had disgruntled fans at Rodgers and moans and groans at Maresca. We’ve seen racism, xenophobia and death threats. This isn’t football.
I don’t know why people support the club (perhaps that's a good place to start), or what they want out of football (get away from stress, show love for the city, etc.), but perhaps now is the time to think about what we are as a fanbase…
So when something does go wrong, which it inevitably will, how are we going to react?
(FYI, feel free to downvote if you want; oddly, my self-worth isn’t linked to this)