Kitchandro

That defeat was entirely down to our own mistakes at both ends of the pitch. Signs of a relegated side when you can’t defend and can’t take chances. The back four are absolutely shocking and bring the rest of the side down. Awful players individually and there’s no organisation with Haaland constantly unmarked. El Khannouss and Buonanotte both stood out positively (apparently they can’t play together), but Mavididi drove me mad all day with his refusal to take on his man but that was symptomatic of the whole team being ponderous in good positions. Vardy (especially) Buonanotte and Justin all should have scored today. Looked like they were scared to miss and made poor decisions. Maybe the most frustrating thing is that if Ruud had played that side against Wolves it might have been a completely different game. That is midfield people wanted and it was better than Man City’s today. Shooting ourselves in the foot springs to mind.

We’ve given up.

They are there for the taking but so are we. Both sides terrible defensively, we need to have a bit more bottle when on the attack and stop going backwards. The back four are a disgrace, if they were up to the level of the midfield and Vardy we’d be ok.

Can’t complain with the lineup, just hope we make the most of it and try to score more goals than them because we can’t possibly keep a clean sheet.

Daka’s been awful for several seasons, generally can’t hit a barn door. He struggled in the Championship for god’s sake. At this level he absolutely is abysmal. It’s just a shame he doesn’t stand out as such because several of his teammates are as bad.

We will shit ourselves and play for the 2-0 defeat. Meaning we’ll lose 4-0.

First half was ok, second really poor. I know they’re a very good side but you’ve got to try and cause them some problems. There wasn’t any belief. I don’t like RVNs lineups and I don’t like his subs. Not looking promising.

If getting relegated is going to be a major disaster then we are better off planning for this season. We are 4th bottom remember, not adrift by 10 points. Let’s make a fist of it by buying some decent players and getting a manager in who plays our best players with some decent tactics. The idea that no one could keep this club up is false. There’s a plethora of examples of teams looking terrible and improving markedly with a couple of good signings and a manager who knows what he’s doing. If you’re saying that’s never going to happen I agree with you, the people who run our club are hopeless. But they won’t plan well for next season either. So given the choice I’d rather go for it and try and stay up.

People need to realise what these billionaires are like - especially ones born into it. They are egotistical and out of touch. This has gone far beyond mistakes, too much loyalty or being out of his depth. The club is a vehicle for his own ego, hence why he keeps yes men around just to massage it, hence why he likes being the face of success but dismisses criticism as ungratefulness. The argument that he cares is a nonsense. He cares about how he is perceived, if he cared about the trajectory of the club he would be hands on enough to know what’s wrong and make bold decisions before things got out of hand. That’s on the footballing side, the financial and marketing side is a whole other set of fiascos.

I’ve seen enough. The manager cannot do the basics. Wrong appointment regardless of how poor the squad is, if you don’t pick the best players from it then you can have no excuses.

I’ve seen enough. If you can’t do the basics, like pick the best outfield players at your disposal, and basic defensive organisation, then you’re no use at all. I’m not saying sack him, I’m saying he should never have been hired.

No, it is the lowest of the low. Footballers have died on the pitch due to head injuries. It’s a serious thing not something to be trivial about just to get someone else in trouble. Anyone pretending to be injured in any way gets absolutely no sympathy from me. It’s disgusting.

The atmosphere is atrocious and so is the match.

No thanks. Every future striker should be inspired to wear the number 9, Leicester based youngsters should dream of wearing ‘Vardy’s number’. What if we had retired it after Chandler or Rowley? Or the number 1 after Banks? I have never understood this retiring numbers thing.

Great result with Ipswich losing. You just can’t overstate the importance of Vardy. Some (most) of the players we have are truly dreadful at this level. You can see it’s going to be a struggle with some of them, especially at the back. Kristiansen is a pub player. What on earth were we thinking signing some of these. Ruud has to learn that Mavididi is far, far better than Ayew and McAteer, even with his inconsistencies. Other than that we have to accept that making a silk purse out of a sow’s ear is going to take some time.

Based on that we are down. Very tough job for Ruud.

Need a sub here, we’re offering nothing. Mavididi for Soumare.

And there’s a guy just running through the middle of the pitch towards the box when we apparently have two defensive midfielders.

Well he started badly with that back 5, it tails off a little with Ayew up front, and the less said about the midfield the better. To be fair, our bench is also largely shocking, can’t say many of them demand a start. But Christ, that back 5. If it’s 2 up front it might be refreshing, I guess.

Anyone going to the game; is there a particular pub everyone is going to?

People are entitled to be entitled, it’s the fans that care about this little game, not the millionaire managers and players. I really hope he does well, and expectations, let’s face it, will be reasonably low at this club considering the trophies we’ve won in the last decade. But we’ve had far too many managers who don’t realise the sport exists as entertainment for local people. If we’re committed to trying to score goals (which is the aim after all, surely) then people will be forgiving of mistakes. It’s not that much to ask.

‘pRemiEr leAguE exPErieNce’ In all seriousness I have no idea how he’s going to do, but there’s no way he’d have been hired if it wasn’t for his caretaker stint at Man Utd. So hopefully we get lucky and he’s actually good.

😆 ‘Look, we can’t afford any decent managers, we’re appointing someone crap, deal with it!’

According to finishing statistics, yes he is. That’s a fact. His conversion rate is notably better than other English strikers since he started playing in the Premier League. He’s been playing in, let’s face it, a pretty negative team for most of years here, one that hasn’t created loads of chances. Kane is a media darling because he’s played for a media darling club that regularly competed in the top 4. Switch the two round and sure, Kane is still respected, but Vardy is the all-time England top scorer and Kane had to make do with being an impact sub. Personally, I think it’s moronic they didn’t play up front together, but managers love trends and not common sense. It’s regularly suggested that teams do better without Kane in the team. That has never been aimed at Vards. Let me put it this way, winning the league title with Kane up front would have been impossible. Vardy’s role in that team and the style of play is still understated.

Sorry but I don’t agree with a lot of this. History has proven that former players don’t necessarily have good tactical understanding - most managers are rubbish (very few are consistently good over a long period) and most managers are ex-players. I think you can get as much tactical knowledge just by watching football and having some critical thinking and analytical skills. It’s not a complicated game and the most common flaw of managers is trying to make it look like it is without any broad principles to inform their decision making. Also, football players are often not even interested in football and it’s history. These days it attracts kids who may like playing but they aren’t necessarily football fans. A lot of our players won’t even remember watching Van Nistelrooy in his prime and even if they did, and even if for some reason that automatically led to them respecting him as a manager, he could still lose that very quickly if he doesn’t have the people skills. I agree that being a ‘winner’ is a bonus but you can still have this personality and have only played for an average club because you had no pace. In other words, I don’t think it matters a jot whether you were successful as a player or not. Fergie, Wenger and Klopp weren’t world class players. Football clubs should be vetting managers on how they explain and justify their tactical philosophy, and what sort of personality they have. When all the fuss has died down those are the only things that are going to matter. I don’t care if I’ve never heard of them but Top and co are only interested in people they have heard of and seemingly want to do as little scouting as possible.