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Floundering Foxes facing freefall

- BY STEVE JUDGE

"IT'S just reshuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic," was how one Leicester fan described last week's long-overdue restructuring of the club's hierarchy.

Two hours before kickoff, the Station Hotel pub in Ipswich was packed with travelling supporters.

Pint glasses, like the Foxes faithful’s optimism, were half-empty and the first renditions labelling former sporting director Jon Rudkin a c*** were already ringing out in the beer garden.

Former due to the man many fans hold responsible for Leicester's fall from being Premier League champions 10 years ago being handed a “promotion” to head of football operations.

The finger has long been pointed at Rudkin for the club’s overspending, handing out big contracts without relegation clauses ahead of Leicester's drop to the Championship in 2023.