daddylonglegs

You've got to say he was phenomenal for us in all the big games in the fa cup (1/4 final - bench, semi - bench, final - bench). People's memories are clouded by how dreadful he was in the end of 22/23 just as much as they're clouded by him showing up on the showreels against the utter shite in the league when it simply didn't matter. We got a great fee for him. The idea he deserves a standing ovation after the West Ham Covid debacle, the southampton tweet, the Everton/Bmouth disasters... no. Didn't deserve booing but this fanbase is so soft its ridiculous.

Some people giving Maddison a sodding standing ovation by the way. Game is as gone as it ever has been.

I thought this. I am inclined to think Cooper is a good guy & a decent man manager, but that was totally unnecessary.

They finished 5th in the league last year. They've added £150m worth of talent to their squad. We were a championship side last year who have spent 10% of that (prior to yesterday). Manager's first game in an extremely anxious and unsettled environment. We had no tactical idea in the first half yesterday but I felt a few individuals showed some real quality (Mads, Buenonette). Cooper then had the humility to a) change it at half time and b) acknowledge he got it wrong in the post match interview - something neither of his immediate 2 permanent predecessors would've done. There are countless Leicester teams down the years who would've given up after that first 10 mins but we hung in there. And regarding 'get absolutely battered, rescued by your keeper, etc'... buckle up because with the quality we have, that is all we can realistically do against a lot of the top teams.

Might bring my Rudkin In bedsheet.

fantastic irony in the one exciting signing being ruined by tax.

Would it be more or less pathetic than his tweet after Southampton? Or his penalty against Everton? Or, on the whole, his performances when it genuinely mattered for us? He let us down badly in the second half of last season. He wasn't the only player to blame by any stretch of the imagination, but I would suggest it's more than fair for a lot of the fanbase to feel a sense of apathy towards him, and fair enough if they still associate him with how pathetic that team was in 2023.

Lets be real here, this fanbase is completely mental when it comes to attitude towards ex players. There was one season they booed Kante and Mahrez and applauded Demarai Gray. Totally backwards.

I get your point in the first half of the post but the piece I've bolded is just fundamentally not true.

Difficult one isn't it. There's a lot that are very unappreciative of the work Enzo did. It's easy to forget how much of a shambles it was when he came in. We also won the league under him. You can't take that away from him. But I do understand the negativity towards last year, because football to a lot of people (myself included) is about how it makes you feel over the course of a game. Honestly, I didn't enjoy a lot of last season. I very rarely felt excited watching us or even worse by the prospect of watching us. I basically was just waiting for Fatawu to be given the ball or hoping for a feeling of nostalgia by seeing Vardy score. Given how good our squad was comparatively to the rest of the league, I wanted to enjoy the football a lot more. That may be a 'me' problem, but I'd suggest a good % of the naysayers probably feel a similar way. So the news that maybe we will play a different style of football this year is actually good news to me. Not sure it should be reflected by essentially mocking the previous manager, who did a lot of good. But last year was such a conflicting season for the fanbase that I can understand why fans are particularly excited at the prospect of seeing something new this year.

I agree that our fanbase has its fair share of dinosaurs but for every one of these clips, there are 15 examples of us boring the stadium to death last season.

Admittedly I've not watched us kick a ball in pre season, but if we try and play like last year AND we don't make at least 3 signings, we'll get a Sheffield United from last year amount of points. However, play on the counter attack & get a few more bodies in and I think we can be competitive in a mini league with the other two promoted clubs, Forest, Wolves, Brentford & Everton.

If it's not Rudkin's responsibility to lead the search for a new manager, genuinely what are his responsibilities? What does he spend his time doing?

I agree with the principle of this, and it's a Premier League club and all, but... It cannot be exaggerated just how much of a shit show the club is at the minute. The manager is going to have his hands tied from the moment he walks in by transfer limitations, a poor squad & a likely points deduction. We don't have any of the right people in place in the boardroom to be able to convince him that they can turn the tide. He'll be on his own from the get-go & he may not want the potential risk to his reputation that a bad campaign with us could have.

I imagine he's been our first choice for each of the last three managerial vacancies that we've had. Us wanting him isn't the problem.

"Wrong on so many levels" goodness me! The two perfectly adequate candidates are Cooper & Potter. (I'd think that was obvious for someone as clever as you) In terms of your point on 'adequate' over 'good', I'm unsure how you reach the conclusion that Corberan fits into the latter description with his CV over the other two. Potter did a brilliant job at Brighton & I'm not judging any manager under the Boehly administration at Chelsea, it's an absolute cesspit there. Cooper also has a good record at keeping teams in the league, as well as getting Forest promoted & a good record at Swansea/Eng juniors. FWIW I think Corberan would be a good appointment too, I just think the idea of paying for a manager when there are (IMO) equally strong options available without compensation is silly.

Given our financial state, it feels an irresponsible use of £4m (Which we don't have), when there's at least two perfectly adequate candidates available for free.

A good season for me consists of three things: - Survival - A cup run - A style of football that doesn't make me want to gouge my eyes out

Are we more likely to get 4 or 6 points deduction from the start of next year, is anyone clued up?

Not making a sub before the 83rd minute where we were being carved open in midfield was absolutely bonkers. Terrible in-game management (again), he's just got away with it this time. I like the fact that he's passionate & has implemented a style of play (However boring it may be), but as i've said previously i'm not sure I can stomach another season of it

English tax is absolutely batshit mental in the PL. He's a championship level footballer with a world class engine. Spurs is an outrageously good result for him, I could understand a Palace/Bournemouth coming in for him & seeing his as being a useful asset, but how on earth does he fit into a Spurs XI?!

I may be wrong on this but I'm fairly confident I've read that we've overperformed versus xG across the season. I think on the balance of it we're roughly where we should be. First 10 games or so we got away with murder - how we were sat on ~25 points I have no idea. On the contrary we've had some absolute stinkers not go our way through either refereeing or finishing incompetence (Leeds A, Ipswich A, Plymouth A, Bristol City A). Swings & roundabouts.

hahaha yeah i imagine this is how a very good % of the fanbase feel. entire club is just a mess so it's difficult to get properly on board. even singing about playing football the 'enzo way', i'm sat there thinking I really don't endorse that

Truly one of the worst value for money signings we’ve made, and that is saying something. Outside of his pace he has no redeeming qualities as a striker. Useless.