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Also because it’s Pakistan, there’s always the hope of capitulation from them.

What’s she done wrong here?

I obviously want tories out of power for a long time but out of the three, Cleverley as Tory leader would’ve been absolutely the best thing for the party and country. What a bunch of nutters.

Should get to 600-700 from here by this time tomorrow. If we can put pressure on them with that score then it is Pakistan, so we still have a great chance of winning.

Just sensational

Again, I don’t think Cooper is the right man but surely the players have to take a bit more responsibility here. “None of us respect him as a manager” to me sounds like they’d made their mind up from the start and I don’t think he’ll ever win them over. Indeed if this is the case then he needs to go asap and we get in a manager that the senior players do respect, and they probably need to develop some humility as well. It seems that rot is still part of the club post Brendan.

Holy crap, what a catch 1 stupid shot = 1 wicket

They’ve got a handy score now though, if we can skittle them asap we’re still in it, if they get to 600 it’ll start to look ropey and the win is probably gone.

Surely a ceasefire in Gaza, would lead to a ceasefire everywhere? Is Sinwar in Gaza or Qatar?

The problem is that our players will get out playing silly shots. If we bat with discipline we can still go at 5+ an over without risking too much.

I’ll wait until we’ve batted until judging this deck. What is impressive however is we’re already 10 overs down in terms of over rate and that’s with spin doing a lot of work.

I think the frustration is that last season we played in a particular way, high possession, intricate set moves to open teams up, 5 or even 6 players going forward at all times (which incidentally a lot of our fans also found ‘boring’ so I wonder if it’s a them thing). There are small snippets where we play incredibly good football. The two I can think of both ended up in Vardy missing 1 on 1’s v Spurs and Bournemouth. Like you say though, he’s definitely got the handbrake on and I don’t think he trusts these players enough to fully take the handbrake off. One thing I will give him credit for is that he’s made Wout Faes look like a world class defender which is no mean feat.

Its their year this year though right?

Thank you, it’s a mental test as much as a physical one. Really helps me keep in shape.

What reasons do you support the team that you do in NFL? Is it just vibes?

Don’t know if it counts but I did a sub-20 5k row for the first time today.

My god what a capitulation. The defence has fallen apart.

At the 21st attempt, one of the newly promoted teams won a game yesterday. That’s the longest it’s taken collectively to win a game.

Every single club is struggling with home fans at the moment, it’s not a Leicester problem. Forest is like a morgue despite the hype a couple of seasons back, Newcastle is dead, Villa the same (champions league aside).

What people need to understand one way or another is that we just need to stay up. It doesn’t matter if we do it by 15 points or a millipede’s furry ball. If we stay up, the likelihood is we can re-establish ourselves and improve season by season as the championship becomes more distant from the premier league. Cooper won’t be here forever, I highly doubt he’ll be here in 12 months, but what’s happening so far will get us to our aim (and I’m aware a lot can change) and that’s in spite of a lot of realising we can be a lot better.

Hey brother, whatever’s happening, the feelings you’re having right now are temporary. They will change and they will get better. A lot of our problems are caused by feelings of shame and guilt. “I’m not good enough”, “I’ve let others down”, “I’m a burden”. All feelings of guilt. But the truth is that you’re a normal person and you are doing your BEST, and if that best right now is not what you feel that you’re properly capable of, then so be it, that’s part of us being flawed, complicated human beings. But it’s time to cut yourself some slack, contextualise the difficulties you’re having and be fairer on yourself. It will get better, I’ve been there many times. I promise!

Looks like Rylan, is vegan and votes for the Green Party. Disgusting man.

I don’t rate him but he clearly can set up a team because aside from the Arsenal game (where we nearly drew), we’ve been defensively tight and in every game. Compared to the relegation season, the defensive organisation is a billion percent better. He’s just a coward going forward, but he is anxious about losing that defensive structure if we open it up. It’s grim but it makes sense, he just needs to be braver at important moments in games.

If we stay up playing this terrorist ball then we’d have all taken that. We’re in every game, we just need to be braver.

First of the promoted teams to win a game. Could probably should be on 8 points.