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I suspect their fans would take that.

Not sure I fully agree. We absolutely were well run as a club, even if he himself didn't always make sound football decisions. Vichai did get lucky to an extent but he definitely made things happen to ensure he got lucky. You can't argue that he had a vision and sculpted an identity that saw the club reach heights it hadn't for 20 years. Clubs don't go up and stay up based solely on luck. He also made difficult decisions when he needed to and his ruthlessness has been sorely missed. There's no way he doesn't sack Rogers early. No way does Rudkin get away with failure for this long. No way does the club continually let expensive players walk away for free etc etc. He built a proper culture at the club where respect was a non-negotiable. King Power and Leicester are both much worse off without someone like him leading them. He left the football to other people but made sure that things ran well. If there were snags in the chain then he would notice and act upon it. We don't have this level of authority and responsibility amongst the higher ups at the club now.

Since this season in 2021/22, he's only played 65 games. He was injured for 802 days and missed 149 games.

Yamal's fitness will be a concern and losing Fermin last week is a big blow. I think it's quite open.

I think it's quite hard to **** up a Juve kit but Adidias have managed it.

Jack Marriott would be a great signing IMO. 78 G+A in 10k minutes (works out to be around 115 lots of 90 minutes) at league one level. Just had a very productive season for an average Reading side (scoring or assisting in 15 of his 20 starts). Best bit about him is that he works his absolute arse off. He'd be a fan favourite here. Worst bit is that he's got an iffy hamstring and he's in his 30s.

I can't remember the exact wording but I'm pretty sure in that video the social media guy asked him something like "What are your first impressions of King Power Stadium" and he says something like "Well I have played here before for Norwich" in the most matter of fact way, completely throwing the poor lad off. Genuine Partridge moment.

Burnley will depend on recruitment. I suspect someone will take Esteve but they need to find a new manager. West Ham will win the league at a canter. Obviously they'll lose a few big hitters like Bowen, Summerville and Fernandes but their squad is generally good enough to breeze that league. Especially considering they've confirmed that Nuno will stay. I'm not sure about Wolves. Yes they've known they're down for a long time but I'm pretty sure they're in financial bother and don't exactly have too many players of high value. Joao Gomes will go for a fair wedge but other than that I'm not sure. But I really don't rate their manager. I know he did well at Luton and did alright at Boro but I'm not sure I'd trust him for their rebuild. Their fans don't rate him either. I think the 2nd automatic spot is well up for grabs for a club on the up. Wouldn't surprise me to see Wrexham have a big summer and get it. Big ask for Milwall to go again IMO. Especially if Femi Azeez gets nicked which I suspect he will. IMO it looks like a very easy league to get out of if you're organised, have a harmonised squad and a competent manager.

They're where we were in 2023/24 only we got the stay of execution by getting promoted and this lot ****ed it. When they sack the manager and the players start to revolt it could go very sour very quickly.

Goalkeepers: Juan Musso (Atletico Madrid), Geronimo Rulli (Marseille), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa). Defenders: Leonardo Balerdi (Marseille), Nicolas Tagliafico (Lyon), Gonzalo Montiel (River Plate), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Cristian Romero (Tottenham), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Facundo Medina (Marseille), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid). Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (River Plate), Rodrigo de Paul (Inter Miami), Valentin Barco (Strasbourg), Giovani lo Celso (Real Betis), Ezequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea). Forwards: Julian Alvarez (Atletico Madrid), Lionel Messi (Inter Miami), Nicolas Gonzalez (Atletico Madrid), Thiago Almada (Atletico Madrid), Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid), Nico Paz (Como), Jose Manuel Lopez (Palmeiras), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan). Any team with the greatest to ever play has a chance but I don't think they'll be strong enough to retain it.

That's arguably the worst V neck collar i've ever seen.

I genuinely think he's the worst player i've ever seen play professional football in person.

Are women's championship games accessible on TV? Can't say I have seen them advertised.

Do you have 32 followers by chance?

Guarantee he parades the trophy as well by the way.

Apparently it's something Adidas are doing alongside their retro trefoil logo. Whether we get it or not is a different matter.

This bloke played for the Birmingham City League 1 super team that got something like 110 points yet he could only score once in 25 games. If this is the level, we're right in the shit. Although it'll be novel to have an Australian international from Scotland and a Scottish international from Australia on the same team.

Life under the little man.

Not sure about that. We played against the likes of Jeremy Doku, Martin Terrier, Cody Gakpo, Noni Madueke, Tammy Abraham and Lorenzo Pellegrini.

Is there a write up of this or is it just the video?

They've been through all of this process but is £60m crazy money these days? Plus they're losing about 800k a week off their wage bill with Lewandowski, Rashford, Cancelo and Christiansen leaving. Their academy has pulled through at the perfect time for them with the likes of Pedri, Yamal, Gavi, Bernal, Lopez, Balde, Cubarsi and Casado coming through in a 4/5 year window. That's probably around a billion quids worth of talent that they've got for free.

Anthony Gordon is a winger that plays exactly as Hansi Flick likes them to play. Extremely direct and fast with an end product. If he can handle the pressure of playing for a club that has to win trophies then he'll be brilliant for them, I'm sure of it.

Even if they gave me a ticket for free I wouldn't fancy it. It's going to be a King Power rim-off with the usual types desperate to show how great of a fan they are to their lord and saviour, (a rich nepo baby that couldn't care less about them).

Get him in as a coach IMO. He's got high standards and knows how this club should be run. Players have taken the piss since he left.

I think it really just shows how poorly planned and timed this event is. It should have been held in one of the early season international breaks. The bigger clubs in the country have "legends" matches that are held in a similar fashion and there's no reason why Leicester couldn't have played a team of former Chelsea players for instance. It feels like Liverpool play an AC Milan 11 every year.