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It was going so well until it cut to the t-shirt guy without warning at double the volume and shocked the life out of me through my headphones

This is a bloodbath

Good start...

You'd think he'd be giving them more useful information if he was at least slightly comparable to Max, but I'm not sure how much help he can be from the back of the grid each week when Verstappen is up against the Mclarens every race.

And then a massive BCGame sponsor slap bang in the middle, knowing us...

That really sums it up for him. Literally throws the game away with a wide to end it

Fingers crossed - weakens one of our rivals next season...

Give them some credit, it's not just Swansea they look at. They've decided that rather than just the unwanted players at Southampton, we'll have the unwanted manager too. 😂

I wouldn't say its the Pearson generation. I'd say that ended around the same time that Shakespeare left the club (RIP Shakey) in late 2017 - we'd had the title and the champions league run, the title-winning side and staff had mostly started to depart and we were starting a rebuild. However it is the first time since 2008 that I don't feel like there's really a 'talisman' at the club - in any capacity - now that Vardy is gone. Pearson, Vardy, Ranieri, Vichai, Schmeichel have all been that, but there's not really anyone prominent in the squad/board (ha)/management who fits the bill anymore. Probably why so many have felt apathetic towards the club this season, but still felt compelled to turn up yesterday for JV (myself included). King is around, but as backroom staff he's not really on the forefront. Even Shakey had much more of a presence to the fans when he was assistant.

Ooer

Haven't used my ticket myself since February - it's a long trek down from Manchester when it's been this bad for this long - so been passing the ticket on to family where possible. Making the effort for this one, purely to be there for Vardy's send-off. Hopefully see some more of Monga/Evans too.

Just what we need, more nepotism...

Money. The answer is always money. Which is ironic now that most notes are made of plastic themselves.

Hermansen / BEK the only ones I'd say have been 'good' on the whole. Which says a lot when a keeper who's kept ONE clean sheet is one of your best players. Couple others have shown positive intent and in this disaster of a season have been moderately OK, and I wouldn't be disappointed for them to stick around. Ricardo, Thomas, Stolarcyzk, Okoli, McAteer, Mavididi Feels harsh to lump the academy players in with the rest of the squad, and can't really judge 15 year olds on bit-part appearances at the end of a season. Fatawu looked decent before injury, Buonanotte was OK but on loan, Coulibaly basically hasn't played. Vardy is Vardy. Rest are crap.

Easy solution is to just make it so they're not required fields... Sure, you'll still get some people voting at random even though they dont have to, but better than the current setup

Stupid that every category is required, and they're all bundled together. Arguably no 'good' answer for the mens votes, and it's not fair on the women's vote. I would've put down an obvious p-taking vote for Soumare/Skipp/etc, but don't want to negatively affect the women's EOS vote, so just wont vote instead.

At first glance you might've thought he overpaid for José Leonardo Ulloa Fernández at roughly £8m, but he scored goals, so that's alright with me.

He's already at the club though, and even if mid-table championship is his level then that's one fewer change we need to make this summer, at least not as a priority. Given how restricted we might well be with transfers, Hamza is at the very least an easy stop-gap solution whilst we focus on other areas

In which case, Ruud is hardly going to pick a side that might earn LCFC more points, more money and thus increases the likelihood he gets sacked.

Quite literally nothing to lose anymore. Where possible, sack off those who won't be here next year and give opportunities to the new crop coming through. Hermansen Ricardo(c) Okoli Coady Thomas Ndidi Skipp Monga BEK Mavididi Evans Godsmark-Ford, Wormleighton, Cartwright, Briggs all to come on at some point. Stolarcyzk will be no1 for us next year, and he's already had first-team action so I'm fine with him staying on the bench for now, and hopefully we can preserve (or even increase) Mads' value a bit before his inevitable transfer. Benching him could just knock £5m off whatever we end up getting, so not worth it at this stage.

Why? He's limited as a PL player, but in the Championship he's more than capable and better than the options we'll be left with after we (hopefully) clear out some of the current crop. Plus he's a local lad, gives full effort and actually seems to care, which is something we've been sorely missing. A bit of steel in the middle of the park is always good to have - we're far too soft and passive otherwise.

"Over the last few years, we've made decisions believed to be in the best interest of the future of the club, but the club's fortunes have clearly not lived up to that expectation. We are committed to getting the club back on an even footing for the fans, starting with an independent review which will categorically be delivered publicly on X date, followed by a long-term plan (with timescales/deadlines) for success in all aspects of the club, both on and off the pitch." No fluff about valuing the fans, or acting like this was unforseeable. Just give us an honest, succinct statement acknowledging the errors and explicitly committing to change that will be seen openly by the fans. It wouldnt be perfect, but it'd be a damn sight better than anything offered to date and I think most fans would feel cautiously optimistic hearing that.

All well and good, but does the FAB believe that as well? Not a dig at you/the trust - more the case that since the FAB came in the club has felt even more disconnected from the fans, not less.

We need a proper reset, thats for sure. Unfortunately, its hard to see it being possible to shift even half of what we need to. As much as I'd want us to bounce straight back up (and we might need to, financially) we'll never make up the ground on the PL sides unless we get our foundations right. Purely in terms of the football and ignoring whats happening off the pitch, I'd rather we have a mid-table season in the EFL with a playoff push whilst we consolidate and set ourselves up properly, then have a proper go of it in 26/27. Get as many of the promising academy players integrated in the squad and let them develop with the club, rather than in spite of it. We'd need a few (cheap) additions to this, obviously, but I think as it is - with the right manager - this has just enough potential for a mid-table season. GK: Stolarcyzk, Young DEF: Nelson, Coady*, Okoli, Souttar, Ricardo, Wormleighton, Coulibaly, Thomas, Justin, Wormleighton MID: Choudhury (C), Alves, Braybrooke, Cartwright, Skipp*, Golding FW: Fatawu, Mavididi, Evans, Monga, Daka, Opoku *Only included because we can't get rid... I'd give Choudhury the captaincy, which might be a controversial one. But he's one of our own, more experienced than most of that squad and - crucially - he actually seems to give full effort consistently. Ricardo would be my VC. Striker looks a concerning position, and midfield is VERY light but one of Soumare/Ndidi/Winks will probably end up sticking around to give us a bit more. Ricardo to go back to his CM-hybrid role? Can't see BEK hanging around - he's clearly better than us. Mads, too, although he may not fetch as much as we want for him. The rest... if they don't want to agree deals elsewhere then stick 'em on gardening leave. It's better than the net negative impact of having them around the playing squad. As for the manager... now that relegation is confirmed get Ruud well away from this squad - gardening leave til the end of the season and then sacked. King can take over as caretaker in the meantime and do a proper recruitment this time around, not just let ourselves get wowed by the first Cooper-like applicant who comes in with a powerpoint.