2018/2019 Premier League Discussion Part III

RealGunner wrote:

BusterLfc wrote:

RealGunner wrote:

Wtf is that defending? Huddersfield players are literally looking at Pereyra going through their entire team and scoring

BusterLfc wrote:The league feels very weak this year, lots of poor sides.. The top 5 teams have no problem beating the rest even when they play like shit because the rest are really weak this year. That's why we have 5 teams at the top with 2 points dividing all of them.

Maybe the league this year is gonna be decided by matches between the top teams

Collblanc wrote:Horrible news. Warms my hart seeing all rival fans chipping in their condolences/wishes etc. https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/117272-helicopter-crash/?page=22

Do the Glazers not have a helicopter?

— Red Issue (@RedIssue) October 27, 2018

Jay29 wrote:Meanwhile, in Leicester:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-46006470

Jay29 wrote:The only update we've had was that Leicester's owner was on-board. This was confirmed by his family.

The vice-president and director of football weren't on-board, reportedly.

Apparently (according to one radio station), the crash was in a difficult-to-reach place for emergency services, which might explain why we haven't gotten a more concrete update yet.

Telegraph wrote:The helicopter of Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed after the Premier League football match against West Ham on Saturday night, leading to fears there would be no survivors.

At around 8.38pm, an hour after the match finished, Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s helicopter took off from the King Power Stadium and then plunged down, eyewitnesses claim, before crashing in the car park near the south-east corner of the ground and erupting in a ball of flames.

While there was no official statement immediately forthcoming about who was on board, or their condition, the BBC reported a source close to the Srivaddhanaprabha family as saying the club's 60-year-old chairman was on the helicopter. However, the news had yet to be confirmed early on Sunday.

Emergency services rushed to the scene and Leicester players and staff, including their goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, former Leicester and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton and distressed supporters were seen in tears as the fire raged near the car park.

It is understood that it took more than 20 minutes for the flames to be extinguished before emergency services were able to survey the wreckage.

There were unconfirmed reports the accident was a result of a mechanical failure but details were still scarce late on Saturday night. However, it was understood that Leicester’s vice-chairman, Aiy-awatt Srivaddhanaprabha, who is the owner Vichai’s son, was not present at Saturday’s game.

One eyewitness said: “The helicopter was hovering near the stadium roof after taking off and then it started to come down. There were flames everywhere, it was horrible to see it happen in front of us.”

Shilton’s wife, Stephanie, said: “We are both in shock on our way home. It happened straight in front of us as we were leaving the ground. We don’t know what has happened. It’s horrendous. We need to know if everyone is OK. That’s the biggest thing. We just hope that everyone got out OK.”

Leo Bruka, 27, who lives near the stadium, told The Telegraph he was driving home from work when he saw the helicopter falling.

“It was spinning very quickly. The helicopter didn’t fall in the [fans’] car park. It fell inside the territory of the stadium. The car park is very close,” he said.

“One of the policemen ran straight away to the helicopter and another got out a fire extinguisher. The first policeman was trying to break the glass of the helicopter, the window, then in this moment I saw a women in tears crying out loud because I think the helicopter just missed her, she was about 20 metres away.

“The fire just started and then there was an explosion. The policemen tried to calm down the fire. The police response was very quick. This all happened in less than one minute, then I could hear all the police coming around the stadium. They hadn’t left yet after the match. A policeman asked me to stop filming because someone was in the helicopter.”

Tim Acott, a Leicester season ticketholder, said: “It just came out of the stadium already spinning, then down to the ground. Just in a spiral. It hit the ground with a big bang then burst into flames. It’s over on the other side of the car park, I don’t think there were people there. I’m shaking like anything.”

Mr Srivaddhanaprabha, a father of four who owns the Thai duty free company King Power, travels to every home game in his private helicopter and frequently takes off from the pitch’s centre-circle after games to return to his Berkshire base. But on this occasion the take-off has ended in a tragedy, with Leicester unable to confirm on Saturday whether there were casualties.

Pete Ripley, associate director of operations, East Midlands Ambulance Service, said: “We received a call at 8.38pm on 27 October to reports of a helicopter crash in the car park of King Power Stadium in Leicester.

“We have sent a doctor in a car, two paramedics in ambulance cars, a crewed ambulance and our Hazardous Area Response Team, with the first resource arriving within two minutes of the call. We are currently working with our colleagues in Leicestershire Police and Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service at the scene. We advise members of the public to stay away from the area while we deal with this incident."

I read the crash was right on, or beside, the staff parking lot, police officers were right there when it happened and tried to use fire extinguishers, and the emergency services needed about 2 minutes to get there.
I just think that when a helicopter drops from the sky and explodes, there's only so much one can do.

Sky Sources: Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among five people on board the helicopter which crashed outside the King Power Stadium

— Sky News Breaking (@SkyNewsBreak) October 28, 2018

Art Morte wrote:Odd that it's taking so long for any announcement of casualties. Unfortunately helicopter crashes are usually unsurvivable.

Nishankly wrote:

Art Morte wrote:Odd that it's taking so long for any announcement of casualties. Unfortunately helicopter crashes are usually unsurvivable.

I think its because of the fire? Identifying victims takes time in these incidents. He would have come out and said if he was okay by now, he's the goddamn owner of the club and a millionaire. It seems like the worst case scenario to me.