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  ..Is there really a rift at City? (07/05/01)  
 

Over the last few weeks there has been plenty of stories of rifts beginning to appear in the Leicester dressing room.

For City's fans this was the ultimate act of betrayal by new manager Peter Taylor.

Everyone remembers how when O'Neill came here just after the fat Scottish tosser left for Wolves the spirit in the dressing room was less than nice.

Back then it was left to Pontus Kaamark who used his Swedish sense of fun to take it upon himself to start organising trips out for the City lads. Go-Karting, Paintball and trips to the races were all on the cards as the famed spirit of Leicester was created.

For four years the spirit has held well with all the lads being mates on and off the pitch. While we watched the likes of Middlesbrough fall apart on the pitch and in the dressing room we slept easy at night because we knew that the spirit of Leicester would hold firm.

But times are changing and with a new manager and some new players we have started to wonder whether the spirit of Leicester would still stay with us.

Up until a few weeks ago it looked like we were worrying about nothing as City seemed to be getting along just fine.

Cue the Villa away match when Matt Elliott's wife was SAID to have been overheard talking about the rifts that were being created and how the players didn't get on with Taylor.

Then just afew weeks later we started to hear stories about certain players and the fact that they were not happy. Izzet, Elliott, Savage and Guppy were all said to be considering moves away from City because of the atmosphere in the dressing room.

Then Steve Walsh commits to an interview where he states quite frankly that Peter Taylor has destroyed the atmosphere, spirit and team that was built by Martin O'Neill.

A fatal blow for Taylor. Walsh is still one of the most highly respected players to have left Filbert Street and the fans still hold him in very high esteem.

Soon after several players including Tim Flowers aswell as Peter Taylor himself tried to reassure fans that there was nothing wrong with the City spirit. But still the rumours of Elliott and Celtic and Izzet and West Ham would not go away.

It is admitted that it has been a testing time for the players with the recent run of defeats but City fans now face something that they haven't had to worry about for sometime. Will will lose some of our stars in the summer? Usually it was O'Neill who we worried about in the off season but now it looks like we could lose anything upto four players while the Premiership takes a break.

But if they do leave will it be because of a falling out with Peter Taylor that has already happened?

FFS tends to think not. We know how the tabloids work. Nothing appears in them without reason. People are only interviewed if their PR agents want them to be interviewed because there is some kind of promotion in it for them. Remember that wisely next time you read anything in the sun!

Just recently LCFC's players were seen out and about in various pubs in the City with each other. And as we all know you don't hang around with your mates in the pub if you don't like them. So maybe someone's been telling porky pies? Or are the players just trying to fool us into a false sense of security?

 
   
   
     
     
   
 
 
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