Bourbon Fox

HAHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAA quality

Almost as if the underlying stats are winning out as time goes on... Imagine that

No listen I have it on good authority that Cooper's made us hard to beat and that's what's important

No but given the options are him or injured Daka...

Given that Vardy cannot be Plan A for very long, we desperately need to be giving Edouard minutes - or he'll have splinters in his arse when we actually need him, when Vardy's knackered

Think of the vibes, too. Enzo had just come off the back of winning the treble. Cooper's come in off the back of sitting on his arse watching Gogglebox and picking the bobbles off his joggers for six months.

@KP Fox is it still OK because he's making us hard to beat?

The underlying stats have been telling us for a while that our defending is shít. Hermansen has been papering over the cracks, and has continued to do so tonight. We're easy to score against.

You saw our last game right?

He's been doubled up on and pressed quite a bit, they're obviously aware of the threat

Decent half Terrible goal to concede, against the run of play Of course he's not Prime Ricardo, but he's doing OK Both wingers having hit-and-miss games so far but I hope he keeps them on because we've looked balanced and dangerous going forward, something will happen Buonanotte with these two either side of him - it's not gelled yet but the potential is delicious

Yes but has he considered that he's a total f**king bellend

Well of course, he hasn't given them time to gel

It's a masterstroke from Cooper. Lose to Forest with the XI everyone has been moaning at him to play, nobody can say shít

For terrible positioning and getting skinned? You absolutely can drop defenders for that. Or he could mitigate it by playing Fatawu ahead of JJ, because Abdul's work rate and defensive cover is pretty good.

I'm not convinced, not by a long chalk. Every game seems to serve up one full half of the worst football I've ever seen. We look terrible for long periods, and some of our best football has come when Cooper's been forced to change his system because we're getting absolutely battered. On the one hand we have back to back wins, on the other we conceded two goals today against a Southampton team that had only managed 4 goals prior, carbon copies of each other and both attributable to Justin - who's weakness defensively has cost us many, many times already this season but who keeps being selected. I will need a few more wins to be convinced. Worst case scenario, individual efforts and the team taking into their own hands have edged us to where we are, but we regress to the mean and drop down the table. Best case scenario, Cooper is somehow moulding us into a team that I hate watching but which somehow racks up enough points to make it to the end of the season the right side of the drop. What I absolutely haven't got from this so far is 'Cooper In' - we're not playing good football, we're not looking comfortable in games, our signings are hit and miss, and the team doesn't look like it's clicking.

Cooper's desperate roll of the dice should be his starting choice from now on. Fatawu starts. JJ needs to sit a few out so we stop haemorrhaging goals down that side. Feels like we only won because we were so desperately shît that he was forced to change his system.

Yes, and it's rare for both to have an off game

His ball retention and passing are absolutely shocking at times

FFS Justin skinned AGAIN

I don't understand how that happened. Shape was good when the free kick was taken, then for some reason JJ just *isn't* on the right, and Faes has come all the way over to cover the overlap. Why hasn't JJ gone to the touchline with the runner?

Bit nuanced I fear

Gives me hope that we've got a plan for Jan. Otherwise we are one injury to Vardy away from Odsonne as the only option...

And they consistently prevail over time...