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No snow ⛄️ ❄️...... yet. Meaning, I can still get the car off the drive.

Caveat emptor

It’s a double edged sword. I understand why he wants to leave. He’s got great ability and what’s the chance to win competitions. From the clubs point of view, he’s irreplaceable for a club of our standard. Like Kanté and Drinkwater before him, they believe they can do better than Leicester. However, It’s truly unprofessional of Mahrez to have acted the way he has. It would be nice to park him up for two years and let him become the forgotten man. That’s an expensive point to prove though. £6m a year in wages and loss of a £75m asset. His situation is not that different to Payet. He sulked and West Ham let him go. At at some point, player power must end.

So difficult to call this. Claridge Vs Palace : last minute of Extra Time in the 96 Play Off Final Heskey Vs Middlesbrough : last minute of Extra Time of the 97 League Cup Final. Claridge Vs Middlesbrough : Extra time to win us the 97 League Cup in the replay at Hillsborough. Howard Vs Leeds : Last minute of the game to win it 1-0. Walsh Vs Arsenal : The memorable 3-3 in 97 with a Bergkamp master class. Izzett Vs Tottenham : Brillillant volley late on in league game in 98!? Massive goal which I believe kept O’Neill from joining Leeds at the time. Izzett Vs Grimsby : 2002, still the best technical goal I’ve ever witnessed. Bang average cross from Impey and Muzzy with a bicycle kick. Mahrez Vs Man City : 2015, first time I genuinely believed we had a chance at winning the title. Ulloa Vs West Ham : 2016. Such a massive, massive and significant goal. How he had the nerve to take it. That’s why he’s a club legend from a short spell with us. Ulloa Vs Norwich : 2016. Last minute goal after the defeat to Arsenal. It lifted so much pressure and tension! Didn’t it cause an Earthquake?!? Vardy Vs Man United : 2015 - purely for the streak. Morgan / Albrighton Vs Sevilla : Champions League in 2017. King Vs West Ham : 2015, a late goal that started the great escape. Vardy Vs West Brom : 2015, a late goal the week after to see us actually win back to back games for the first time in forever to continue the great escape. Wood Vs Burnley : 2014, massive goal at the time and all seems a blur now but a great volley and I recall thinking we’d win the Championship. Izzett Vs Derby : Last minute penalty in 2001 to win the game after Savage chucked himself over in the box. Ravenelli had equalised a few minutes earlier. Lowe Vs Villa : Two late goals in a 4-4 in the early nineties from memory. I was young and my first time at an away game of some significance! Some great memories and it’s hard to choose one!! From other teams: Hazard Vs Tottenham in 2016. Aquerro Vs QPR comes close purely for the last minute Drama which I think was 2015. Solajear Vs Bayern in the 99 CL final. Oh .... and most of the goals England scored at Euro 96!

Still think he's not up to it.

Bloody Ellerby! He's scored!

Why? Both were yellows. Coukd argue we've taken reds for tackles like bennys tackle.

Awful by Benny. He needs shipping out as well.

Nacho needs to be Nacho player at the end of this transfer window.

This is doggo

Potentially yes. However, we also need a change in system to accommodate. I’m personally of the opinion that he’s viewed through blue tinted specticles somewhat. You and I both! I think we miss Huths leadership and communication.

Which is okay, until he losses the ball or gives it to someone else who losses it and and we have a gaping hole. Lets be honest, we don’t exactly have a team full of players that are comfortable on the ball.

Again, I’ll repeat what I’ve said before. Our fans over-value him because he’s one of the new fad “ball playing defenders”. Do none of our other defenders play the ball?!? My concern with Harry is that he wonders off up the pitch (carrying the ball), leaving a gaping hole in our defence. Morgan is slow, Fuchs has a habit of not tucking in. Simpson is better. He’d be better as part of a back 3 in my opinion.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Maguire reminds me of YaYa Toure when he played at the back for Barca. You’d be buying that potential and talk of £50m plus is crazy. If he fits the jigsaw at a top Premier League club, maybe. He’d never go for that in Europe. Most clubs still like to purchase defenders who’s attributes are stronger defensively than offensively. Would any other club outside the Premier Leagur have paid £50m for John Stones, or £75m for VDV? Most likely not, they fitted a mould of player required at the time.

Maguire would learn a lot from Huth.

It’s striking be right balance. Didn’t we get relegated to League 1 with one of the best defences in the league? You’ve got to identify the root cause of the issue before you can answer the question. We’ve been fragile from set pieces for some time, so it needs addressing. We looked better with Huth in the team, as he’d take the lead and dominate the area. We started to transgress a bit, as let’s be honest, he’s no spring chicken. Also the change in the anti wrestling rules hurt his defending ability. For me, as much as I love Kasper, for his shot stopping ability and distribution, I don’t believe he’s be best at commanding his area. If I’m honest, that’s the reason he plays for us and not a regular Champions League club. Morgan improved ten fold whilst playing with Huth. He isn’t a natural leader though so his absence may improve things. It depends if Dragovic can step up to the plate. Ulloa was a great defensive forward also. Great to bring on to see out a game. You can’t say our other alternatives that were bought to replace him offer the same defensive qualities. Alternatively, we could just stop giving away set piece opportunities?

We normally have a thread for all of those rumours that you’ve heard from Bill down the pub, your best mates, sisters’ brother and footballrumours.com So please can someone give me something about any information on Musa, a right back, Ullah etc?!?

I see us finishing mid table, with us bowing out the league cup, we’re not winning the FA Cup. Why sign anyone in the inflated January window unless we’re desperate? I see us using it it as a time to trim the squad. Slimani - under-utilised here but we don’t play to his strengths, he’ll save someone from relegation though. Would be a great addition to the fantasy team. Watford, Newcastle, Sporting - £20m Musa - I’ve no idea where we’ll sell him but it’ll be closer to £10m Benalouane - Anyone that’s not witnessed what a bomb scare / red card waiting to happen - £5m Ulloa - Someone that wants to see out a game and is slow on the counter attack - £7m Amartey - can’t pass, balls like a hot potato, got himself sent off, so he could have Christmas Day at home. Isn’t a Centre mid, isn’t a right back - £10m Jakupovic - Apparently we signed him from Hull, yet to be seen. Hamer the Gamer is preferred - £2m. Have a Development lad as third choice. James - He’s like the forgotten man. Had obvious ability. If he’s incapable of playing consistent matches, he’ll need moving on - loan / £5m Fuchs - Looks like a former shadow of himself. No idea where he’d go or for how much but he needs replacing. With whatever money we get from selling that lot. Please can we sign a right and left full back? Simpson is solid but unspectacular. I’ll take that at this point. We need another option though. Chillwell defends worse than our attempts at a title defence last season. He’s still young and learning. Good ball carrier, needs to improve final ball. We need a new first choice.

ABBA Take a chance Take a chance Take s chance

I have to say, Hamer has been steady tonight.

Never a penalty

..... terrible decision let’s be honest. Gray will get banned for that.

Hardly our first team is it? Amartey, King, Dragovic, Hamer

Chilwell .... weight of pass, like a baby elephant

This red is giving free kicks for both teams .....for no reason!