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One assist in his first season, for Barnes in a 1-1 draw at Leeds

Flekken off to Leverkusen apparently so have to assume Brentford will indeed be in the market for a keeper

I think I'd rather have Winks as manager with his newborn child as assistant

Without knowing the specifics of what went on, I think he's probably within his rights - no matter how much he earns or how good the facilities are - to say he'd rather go back home to his family after work than stay over at the training ground. In turn, Ruud is also within his rights to drop him if he feels that's indicative of a lack of commitment or that it impacts his ability to properly prepare for games. Given the choice I know who I'd rather have involved with the team next season.

I would be amazed if he stays. Numbers weren't great last season but then they're not likely to be, are they? He looks up and sees the dynamic attacking force of Jordan Ayew, Kasey McAteer and an old man, turns around for a bit of assistance and he's got a rotating cast of the world's least creative midfielders plodding about behind him. You could replace him with prime Ozil or KDB but if the rest of the team physically can't move the ball up the pitch without giving it away, they're probably not going to be topping the assists table either. In the Southampton and Ipswich games nobody could get near him which probably tells you something about how he'd fare coming up against even worse opposition every week. I think he's got no business at all playing in the Championship and I suspect he agrees.

Short(ish) version is his dribbling and chance creation numbers at Genk were very impressive for someone his age, which is presumably why we bought him. Thinks it's difficult to judge him for us because we're so wank. Positives: great dribbling and ball control, difficult to get the ball off despite not being enormously quick. The guy reckons he's physical, intelligent and hard-working enough to play as an 8 which is effectively what he spent much of this season doing anyway. Negatives: passing inconsistent and gives the ball away often, not great at crossing or shooting, sometimes slows the game down too much through lack of awareness/anticipation. Also some biomechanics chat, the veracity of which I could not tell you. Conclusion: a "top talent that's worth buying" but not ready to be a regular starter for a top team.

The amount of people who regurgitate bullshit football rumours they've seen online/heard down the pub but always have to preface them with "I've heard" or "I've been told" to make it sound like they've got some kind of exclusive scoop from their anonymous insider source

I couldn't tell you in any great detail exactly what they've done but I can tell you with some certainty that a) they are putting their own time, money and effort into trying to make supporting Leicester more enjoyable and b) you are a bellend. Hope that helps

I don't really care. I want to see us create chances, score goals and win games and it's not massively important to me whether we do that by passing the opposition to death or sitting deep and getting it launched. If it works and the players buy in then I will buy in too - I'm not going to be sat here foaming at the mouth because we're succeeding but we're not succeeding in the way I think we should.

He's so shit. I was under the impression when we signed him he was the sort of midfielder that drives forward with the ball and progresses the team up the pitch. What he actually does is play one touch, no effort passes back to a defender in a much worse position than him so he doesn't have to take the responsibility himself. The one exception today was when he did try to carry the ball out of our own box, got tackled and they immediately scored. Either the pace of English football is just way too much for him or he is utterly, utterly thick.

Yes mate I think you made that point well enough with your previous 500 posts on the topic

Every minute that passes without his sacking being announced is a fresh disappointment

Lovely stuff in the build up though #Russball

Almost as stupid as looking at a poster with an Arsenal avatar called Torquay Gunner and thinking he's a Leicester supporter

Step 1: get best players Step 2: get it forward Step 3: get promoted

The same people arguing the same points over and over about which of two totally shit managers they'd rather have. How anyone can have a strong preference for either is beyond me

As above, CFS is good for genuinely legit stuff and there's often some nice stuff in sales and clearance for decent prices. If you're specifically looking for "totally legit" shirts then I would (entirely theoretically, because I personally would never dream of purchasing counterfeit goods) recommend looking at the Soccer00 subreddit. They have a big spreadsheet with a list of vendors and also where to look for individual teams and shirts if you're after something specific.

I know what you mean but it would be an unusual arrangement for the club to agree to given how poorly it reflects on them, and the reports from Percy and others have also suggested he genuinely has been left in the dark. For all that Ruud has handled it in a dignified manner, he has also made quite a few comments indicating he'd really rather have some clarity, for his sake and the club's. I don't see who the continued uncertainty benefits. Logic dictates that no news means he'll be gone, because otherwise they would presumably want him to be looking ahead to next season already, but then logic would also dictate not throwing money at shit like Oliver Skipp and Odsonne Edouard when you're perpetually rubbing up against PSR limits, so **** knows what we're actually planning.

The worrying thing is I think one of us was being serious

Yep, they would be even better! I'm glad you share my faith in him.

Provided his confidence isn't permanently in the bin and we're not totally shit, that seems a reasonable expectation. 7 goals 5 assists last time out in about 1000 minutes of game time - 2nd best G+A/90 of anyone in the division (to have played a significant amount of minutes) after Vards. I would be surprised if we are as good as we were, or create as many chances as we did, under Enzo but still he ought to score a reasonable amount. As is demonstrated every year, you don't need to be a particularly outstanding striker to do that in the Championship.

Failing that, see if we can tempt Slot or Emery

I can't remember the last time I saw a game of theirs that didn't end with them just launching it up to Maguire, which is the only time they look even vaguely threatening. Staggeringly bad.

Haha that sounds bleak. I saw something the other day about someone submitting an assignment that they'd outsourced to ChatGPT but they'd left the prompt and response in, thick twat.

Nah not for me Clive, too many inconsistencies/errors in the punctuation and spacing. AI does love an em dash but so do lots of people