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Silly from Kasey but a yellow all day long. Anywhere near his face and he'd be off with no arguments though. Yunus with 45 minutes to dance his way around the Britannia would be no bad thing.

Think Yunus deserves a chance from the start personally but we can be assured of his super sub status at least. Let's see what Kasey can do in that position. Good to have options and players capable of playing in multiple positions. Absolutely buzzing to have Fatawu back though. Forget about Sensi, Abdul's our Starboy and he's going to have these oatcakes toasted, roasted and spat out in disgust.

Before relegation we were on the brink re FFP/PSR weren't we. Victims of having to pay over the odds to attract players and compete with bigger clubs who can afford better players but also pay less for similar targets. Sorting out that mess upon relegation was always going to be a huge job and it isn't complete yet. We still have a number of players who are drawing decent wages but are surplus to requirements: Ward, Iversen, Thomas, Souttar for starters. Then there are other big earners who could end up leaving in the summer, including Vardy, Albrighton, Iheanacho, Ndidi, Daka. The summer should be another reset and help us meet those FFP/PSR objectives, but we're also going to need to take some sort of risks paying relatively high transfer fees and wages to be competitive and help avoid relegation. Even if we keep some of the high earners (those who aren't deadwood) above, we're still going to need to spend. So, there should be more wriggle room and we'll be able to spend in the summer, but we may still be in a similar position as now next Jan - that's my prediction anyway

Anyone entertaining the possibility that Inter are the ones dicking around with this? I'm not saying we're totally blameless but it also looks like they've been trying to squeeze every last penny out of us for a player they barely play and who is leaving for free in the summer anyway.

Ugh, Leeds would be a crap transfer but can't begrudge him a move as he just isn't in our plans at all. Sheff Utd would be perfect especially if we can convince them to do a permanent deal and he'd be part of their plans regardless of them staying up or not.

We're ripping this league a new one. We're far too good for most teams in the division. Once we go up, it'll be more precarious for those who like a twitchy ar5ehole. I genuinely worry that this kind of thing will become a self-fulfilling prophecy though. The vocal minority complaining while we're on course for a record season and bouncing back to the Premier League at the first attempt, playing the kind of football that, if we sign the right players, could be extremely successful in the top tier. More and more people will join in because it becomes the opinion to agree with and eventually Enzo will walk because we're booing a 4-0 win instead of a plucky 2-2 draw against the odds.

Would be nice if this happens. Proper backup for Winks would be really good. I don't trust when Ricky has to work alongside Choudhury. We're just not quite the same team. But on the other hand, we're 10 points clear. We've responded well to all our setbacks this season. Clearly, we don't need Sensi to get promoted. If we don't get him now, maybe we'll pick him up on a free in the summer. If not, it's fine. We did a decent amount of business last summer and we'll get deals done to hopefully consolidate Premier League status if we get there. I'm pretty zen about this whatever happens.

With 51 points still available, we're currently: 32 points behind Burnley's total from last season. 33 points behind our own total of 102 points in 2013/14. 37 points behind the highest ever total of 106 points achieved by Reading in 2005/06.

Looks busy, has some physicality about him, don't think he's put a foot wrong so far. Would be interesting to see how he'd fare given more minutes with these first-team players around him.

Too many fusilli puns in this thread. There should be some sort of pennelty. Venice this guy signing?

Absolutely mad that we couldn't be separated from Ipswich this season, yet a player who - by all accounts was out of his depth in our U21s - was sent out on loan to a National League South side who went to Portman Road and beat the Tractors Boys in the cup. Football

More of a thing you never hear anymore... Cars backfiring. I swear I used to hear several a day back in the 90s. Can't remember the last one I heard now.

I agree with the summations above. I can also imagine that Sensi himself doesn't want to lumber himself with another 2 years in the Champ if we do somehow blow this. Protects all parties really.

A really good second half from him yesterday, I think. He was really able to show his ball carrying and ball retention skills, finding good pockets of space in front of their backline. I still think he can be our version of Bernardo Silva and hope he gets the chance to 'catch fire' now. Cracking finish from him as well.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I think the teenagers who popularised that meme in 2018 have already reached voting age.

Completely agree with the post but just wanted to highlight this bit because, generally, I think that this sentiment is repeated generation after generation with older generations exasperated with younger folk. But, in my opinion and experience, although there are always complete outliers (who tend to attract headlines through their idiocy), most people in every generation are decent, capable and have at least a modicum of common sense

Craikhy!

Don't really know anything about him apart from his two goals against us. Would he fit into our system and would he be an asset in the PL?

We're seven points clear of second place, eight points clear of third. Even with our new propensity of shipping late goals, we're drawing games against the top teams (Sheffield Wednesday aside) and losing when we have a man disadvantage. We're still comfortably beating a lot of the cross in the division, something that even Leeds and Southampton can't guarantee. I'll never take promotion for granted, but some of the football we're playing is good enough. Despite conceding the late goal last night, some of the defending was excellent too. If we can sort out the one slight fragility we currently have, we'll be unstoppable again

So Iversen out on loan, Casadei returned to Chelsea and Smithies retired. Thomas back in but no guarantee of inclusion in the first team squad? So that leaves 2-3 spaces in the squad, but with Iversen not guaranteed to leave permanently so maybe only space for 1 permanent signing, that's just on spaces only, not factoring in wages and FFP. So, Sensi in permanently and, if we can do it and there's someone good enough available, a loan in.

Incredible isn't it. Him saying that fans tend to prefer big teams winning is literally just because watching good teams play brilliant football is entertaining for neutrals. It doesn't really matter, I think, whether those teams are the traditional big clubs or not. Whatever you think about Man City, some of their football is among the best I've ever seen, and I can enjoy it as a neutral but they're not one of the traditional big clubs. Yet their success and money has propelled them into that bracket. Who's to say tonight's FA Cup headline grabbers Bristol City, with their billionaire owner, couldn't do a similar thing? Or at least get up, stay up and eventually win the thing. It isn't likely, but it could happen. And something like that, something like our title win, or even just a different name winning the Premier League - like one of the old school big teams, such as Everton or Villa - just has narrative and a bit more romance than the same teams winning the league year after year after year. I don't want to see Man City winning the title 3 years out of 4 with the other one going to Liverpool ad infinitum, regardless of how much I enjoy their brand of football as a neutral. I want to see other stories being written, other clubs punching above their weight and seeing if they can get a foot on the ladder. Mostly I want to see Leicester City winning it again, obviously. But otherwise I want to see sport, competition and lots teams genuinely fighting for something instead of the same few. I hope most fans feel a similar way, and not in the way that executive thought.

Those beaded curtain things used in lieu of an actual door. In a similar vein, beaded car seat covers.

With 10 men we were always going to be up against it away against one of the league's form teams. But I do think taking off Mavididi was where the battle was lost. Mavididi's pace and trickery would've been a fantastic outlet, potentially giving us a breather and allowing him to bring KDH into the game further up the pitch. Plus his defensive work is often fantastic. But, we live and learn. We were incredibly passive in that second half but on another day we could have turned half chances for Cannon and (I think) Casadei into goals and put the game beyond Coventry. A response against Ipswich would be nice. We'll miss Fatawu for sure but it'll be interesting to see if Yunus or Kasey will get the nod and how they'll perform.

I've worked with a few as well. Good lads and decent banter. As in most walks of life, a very vocal but very small minority let a large group of people down.

Think Paul's totally fvcked this, and possibly taken Harry with him. It'll be interesting to see how much influence Jaz has during the following day (providing he survives the night, even though it is looking like Diane's head is on the block).