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Does anyone know how well Ruskin does in his other King Power stables role? Is that quantifiable by someone with knowledge of horse racing/polo or whatever it is they do? Has he actually performed well in this role and that's what keeps his feet under the table here?

I'd even take an energy drink company owning us at this point, but let's be honest this would be about our level at the moment....

Somewhere in a drawer in an office at the King Power Stadium is a clenched monkey paw from 2016.

Trying to get a tune out of this team is like trying to make pottery with shit. It might look like a mug but it's still made of shit and will melt into a diarrhoeay puddle when you pour hot water into it.

Ah sweet! We can get that final stamp on our erratic defender loyalty card!

12th minute, flapping like a SeaWorld dolphin.

Ward when the first mediocre, innocuous shot comes in...

No, no you couldn't.

Ah. Keep seeing 18 months quoted.

Southampton getting Ivan Jurić in. Weird planning for the Championship.

Surely Hamza's your man.

I know it was one game and I know he didn't have long to train with the team so it's all guess work, but definitely get the sense that Ruud is going to be one of the most pragmatic managers we've had for a long while.

I hope Glover has a contingency signing up his sleeve.

You already get the sense a few of the players would run through a brick wall for Ruud.

He's certainly getting enough practice with this "defence".

Wet...paper...bag

I'm happy and willing.

We really should be drawing up a rota to provide Mads with Secret Service level protection off the pitch. I'll take a bullet for that man to stop Ward getting back in the side.

I watched that with a high level of anxiety. They were playing fast and loose with that cycle track. I once made the mistake of straying into a Dutch cycle track and it's not a mistake you make twice.

Do you know how many reclaimed wooden clogs it probably took to make that floor?! Get water ring stain on that and you'll be sanding it for hours!

Use a coaster mate.

Yes but why have you got a model of John Bishop?