cityfanlee23

We desperately need some pace upfront, but taking off Vardy might just have fans jumping the barrier and swinging for Ruud.

Your wife is a grass... your wife is a graaaaasssss....

Vardy isn't getting his 200th.

I'm just looking forward to the meltdown when Ruud hugs Sangare at the end of the game

I know he is everything wrong about the planning/direction of the club, but if we had to keep one of the "deadwood" it would have to be Ayew. More than capable in the championship, just need to be flexible with how we use him across the front 3 to give youth a chance.

Is it safe yet to poke my head above the trenches and say we have improved quite a lot since the Brighton game? Still poor... but performances too a step in the right direction.

He's been doing it all season. His positioning has been absolutely honking compared to the past. He has been constantly making baffling runs and I very much doubt Cooper and Ruud were telling him to.

There were a few of us mentioning him when Puel got sacked but Leicester fans were scoffing at him because he was unproven at taking Bournemouth to the next level (despite the pitiful budget)

I don't want Gary O'neil but I did think his wolves were getting quite unlucky in their first lot of games, playing well but making individual mistakes, no thanks though.

Listening to the government's preferred candidate for the position of Chair of the Independent Football Regulator David Kogan, so far he seems sensible enough, talking about giving fans more say and ways to have more input into their clubs, something we desperately need, how it will work on the ground is anybodies guess, but it's good to hear.

Liam manning talk has really started to ramp up in the last 24 hours. Slight concerns about him but it's a step in the right direction. He's definitely benefitted from a less competitive league this year. Finishing in the playoffs with the same number of wins as last seasons mid table finish. 6 points more this season though, no doubt he would be a gamble but I do like the job he's done since Pearson left and he's built on his foundation.

This would be met with a lot of groans but I’d take Ralph Hassenhuttl right now.

His job is untenable, even from the most basic level of the fanbase being completely toxic at the moment. Rohl in.

Career dead here plus multiple relegations on his CV, he's shown a real maturity to just put his head down and work his way back, he loves the club, he works hard and most importantly he seems to be improving, hopefully a season in the Championship under his belt could be him really turning a corner with us.

The fact Luke Thomas, Coulibaly and Justin can play Left Back means for me that position is fully covered and is a position we don't have to worry about.

Chancel Mbemba - Free, way too good for the Championship and would absolutely dominate it. Stats Chancel Mbemba - stats, career and market value Jocelyn Janneh - CDM - 22 years old - Less than £5m, deep lying midfielder very much in the Ndidi mould, his defensive metrics have been very good but needs to develop himself on the ball more and does sometimes get caught out, could grow into a very solid player in a couple of years. Stats Jocelyn Janneh - stats, career and market value Oscar Gloukh - LW/CAM/CM - 21 years old - Probably going to cost us £15-20m so would be a replacement for El Khannouss if he leaves, he will 100% move on to the Bundesliga likely to Leipzig if someone doesn't snap him up early, he's worth every single penny of £15-20m Stats Oscar Gloukh - stats, career and market value Stefan Bajcetic - DM - 20 years old, massive potential and has been quite highly rated by Liverpool but got injured, went on loan to Las Palmas and has been rated highly over there in their relegation battle in La Liga, unlikely to feature much for Liverpool in the next season or 2 atleast, so could be open to a Loan move with an option to buy at the end, I'd imagine somewhere in the range of £10m option. Bit of a risk this one but looks a solid player for the future. Stats Stefan Bajcetic - stats, career and market value Elie Junior Kroupi - ST - Has played brilliantly for Lorient this season on loan from Bournemouth, I'm not sure if they plan on giving him more loan time or throwing him straight into the prem, but if he's available for loan he could be an option for a low fee. 20 goals this season and has only started 67% of matches so quite a few appearances as a sub. Stats Elie Junior Kroupi - stats, career and market value

Vardy struggled in his first season in the championship so badly that Pearson and Shakey had to convince him not to quit. Sky sports suggested the club were ready to back Jamie and gave him the decision and he chose to leave. It’s absolutely imperative if we are going to replace Jamie long term that we sign someone young and with a point to prove then give them a full run in the championship. The last thing we need is Vardy getting another 1300 minutes next season (he got nearly 2000 last season), we maybe get promoted and the new striker barely has a full season under his belt going into the premier league. We need to replace Vardy now, not phase him out at the expense of whoever we are trying to replace him with.

For £6m it's a cheap price for a very experienced defender, he's been part of a disastrous campaign, but I don't think he will be short of offers for that price imo.

To be fair on Bednarek I just saw he has a pitiful release clause so largely irrelevant but rumours are multiple clubs looking at him. Ramsdale is linked with Bournemouth and has been a decent player this season. Harwood-Bellis is likely to go to somewhere like West Ham or Palace. Ramsdale and THB in perticular will have many teams sniffing around, they were nowhere near the issue this season.

I'd imagine financially they will be very comfortable next year and likely able to invest well. Parachute payments ontop of the likely sales of Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis, Tyler Dibling, Fernandes and Ramsdale, between them that brings in over 120m imo.

Both good points!

Home debut is a clear message from the manager that you are in contention to be a regular player for the first team, his appearance in terms of contribution was insignificant, to be on the pitch will make him feel confident would be my guess

Small amount of credit that Evans, Monga and Golding ended the game on the pitch there, for younger players making your home debut is massive, especially in the premier league and to see out a win. Evans and Golding will go into the summer on cloud 9, and Monga might be potentially thinking about staying on with the significant game time he's been given recently.

More than happy to see Evans, Monga and Golding on.