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Ruud is a proper fraud. Couldn't manage a sh!t after 10 pints and a kebab at an establishment with a zero hygiene rating

Getting back almost what we paid with him having run down two years in his contract probably isn't the end of the world. It sticks in the craw because we know he's good in the Premier League and been really good for Stuttgart. We know how much good PL players can go for. It would have been better if Bilal's form would have opened up a bidding war but either (a) he had no other proper suitors (hard to believe), (b) we agreed the fee at the time of the loan and Stuttgart have triggered it so they can sell him on for a profit in the summer, or (c) he's happy at Stuttgart and wants to stay there. The sell-on clause should bump up the money received when he does move on and hopefully he'll still be ripping it up when they do. Considering his book value is surely less than the fee we've received, it's one of those little bit disappointing but could've been worse kind of sales.

Now five teams within three points of each other. I think Oxford dragging Blackburn back into it is probably better than the alternative. More teams sweating now and those above us starting to slip. Some huge games to come and lots of movement ahead.

If he's primarily considered as a wide player, perhaps it's his defensive contributions that are keeping him out of the side, and also why Monga isn't getting much of a look. This season both Mavididi and Fatawu can also be questioned in this regard but they do also have records of tracking back and winning the ball deep in our own half. While things are tight in terms of points and by the way we can sometimes capitulate in games, I guess opening up even further is a risk too far for Rowett right now. In a team brimming with confidence and winning games comfortably with regularity, with players ensuring everyone is accountable to each other on the pitch, maybe Richards would have had some opportunities by now.

I don't think we're going to be magically sorted finances-wise so it makes sense to stick with him. If he can keep the dressing room on his side and have us milling around the playoffs (top eight next season) that would be fine in the circumstances. If he proves his worth that way then maybe he'll deserve a shot as our ambitions grow again. If somehow our finances are OK next season and we can spend towards a promotion push, plus we're able to move our many rotten apples along, then maybe we look at a manager who we think can get us up straight away. I don't think we'll be in that position though.

Very encouraging. Still had a brain fart moment with the penalty but we were fortunate the penalty was so bad and we didn't capitulate even when Bristol City came into the game. It helped that they're on a bad run of form but we'll take it. Onwards and, hopefully, upwards.

Fatawu showing the two sides of himself. First one should have definitely passed it instead of having a go. Second one he absolutely made the chance himself from absolutely nothing, the shot was the best option and it was incredibly close.

The Sky Sports app should also work, it has before for me

Hutchinson and Otchere scoring regularly has to be encouraging. Will be interesting to find out what the club thinks that equates to at first-team level. Whether they can step up in the Championship or League One next season or if they need to go on loan to lower League One, League Two or somewhere north of the border.

I cannot emphasise how fvcking good it would be if Starmer turned around and said, "well you won't be needing our bases at all then will you? And you won't need to use the UK as a stopping off point on the way over either, I presume? Probably best if you lot do one then."

Who do you reckon - if anyone - out of this shower gives a damn that they could be part of the worst Leicester City side ever? Like, the slow decline over multiple mediocre Championship seasons, culminating in our first relegation to League One, was the lowest this club's ever been. But successive relegations would be a new low, in my opinion.

I think it's how we survived under the onslaught that Boro threw at us at times in that game. Yes an error cost us at the end of the first half. But in other games we'd have capitulated way before then, lost the game 4-1 and only started playing in the second half when the game was out of reach. Even after conceding we never gave up and that I can absolutely get behind. For a manager in his second game who hasn't enjoyed a home fixture yet, it's a good base to build from. We know we can play at times. Get those combinations right again and fingers crossed we'll fly back up the league to safety.

Popov has been extremely unlucky but showed great promise in his early years here. It would be a shame if we just let him go now he's finding some form somewhere. It may be the National League but we should either be keeping him and loaning him out again or doing a Man City by extending his contract then selling him to help with PSR but inserting a buy-back clause in case he continues to rip it up wherever he ends up next.

It appears a simple prospect to finish from there. But to bang it in high above the keeper like that shows a confident lad. It reminds me of the type of finish Jermaine Defoe used to go for at the near post. He could've easily gone for the percentage play low back across the keeper or just hit the target but that was a proper goalscorer's finish in my opinion. Get it wrong and he looks a fool but he smashed it in the net.

We still look capable of a rick at any moment but the difference in application is stark. A long way to go but let's hope we keep improving. Wins are going to be needed very soon.

What was nice about yesterday was that we actually got back into the game after the slow start. Some actual character shown by the players in the second half and a great celebration after Winks's goal. We need to cut out the individual mistakes though. We can't be bossing the game and then conceding entirely against the run of play. Some of these players still switching off at important moments so Rowett has a real job on his hands to turn that aspect around. But again, almost the story of the season in that we know we can play decent stuff at times but individual errors cost us.

Haven't seen it before with all the myriad threads that keep cropping up so thanks for that. Biggest takeaway being that we may not have a club in 18 months if we're relegated to League One and can't get back at the first time of asking. The training ground is a huge millstone around our neck and the current running costs of the club before wages are considered are roughly double the revenue you get in League One. We wouldn't be sustainable as a club and therefore no buyer would be interested. King Power is relatively powerless to sort ourselves out because they effectively went into administration in Thailand last year and have to give a proportion of their profits away to the Thai government. If by some miracle we stay up this season, for the love of all that is precious in this world, Top, sell up mate. Thanks for the Premier League title, thanks for the Champions League and other European campaigns, thanks for the FA Cup, but please don't put us out of existence. If we did, sure, I'd follow a phoenix club revival playing on Vicky Park, Abbey Park or temporarily ground sharing at Oadby, Hinckley, Coalville or Market Harborough. But I really don't want to.

I assume the thought that we could be punished further for appealing is based on nothing more than the process for appealing red cards/player bans where 'frivolous appeals' are punished more severely. I also assume that actually this is not the case when appealing points deductions as it could come across as unduly vindictive if the PL/EFL imposed further sanctions for clubs having the temerity to appeal such a punishment. I imagine CAS would have a field day.

Hope he quickly identifies the players who will actually buy in to what he's selling. That seems to be almost the entire battle with the senior members of this squad.

Big opportunity for him for next season. If all the sales and getting these higher earners off the books helps to sort us out PSR-wise, maybe we'll actually have something to spend in the summer. Save our season and he could get a longer contract with a club that could be a challenger next season. Some big ifs there, not least the risk that he can keep this sinking ship afloat this season. But at least he's a proper manager with good experience. Get the basics right and we'll pull ourselves out of this.

This feels like the Carrick to Man Utd of Championship managerial appointments. Let's hope it has a similar effect.

That is unbelievable. We've only ever been in the third tier for one season in our existence. We should never be too big for our boots to think we could never be in that division again. But we should absolutely be scathing of any set of owners, management/coaching team and players who take us back there or have us on the verge of doing so. Last time there was an element of fatalism and a feeling of as we're down here we might as well enjoy it. But we should not be happy about the prospect of returning by any means.

This should be pretty obvious. March, protest, chant against Top, Rudkin and King Power. Hands off Vichai's statue, he started the good times, saw us through it and tragically died outside the stadium. It's embarrassing enough for KP that after everything Vichai did, Top and Rudkin have led us to this situation where we're staring into the abyss, can't afford to buy players to turn things around, can't attract a manager and we're at the point where we want our greatest owners to shove off. Touch Vichai's statue and there's absolutely zero sympathy for us from outside the club. If anything, lay some flowers at the statue and sing the Vichai song there while holding KP OUT, TOP OUT and RUDKIN OUT signs. That'll get the message across perfectly.

This was supposed to be where he learns his trade and steps up in a number of years. Instead we're a basket case and relying on him while the club flail around dilly dally in what is now a relegation battle. I wouldn't begrudge him quitting and getting the experience he needs elsewhere. If he does, it's another stick to beat King Power with.