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Mate.... I'm not even watching the game! What is ANYONE at this club doing to deserve my time or money? Serious question. Why should I spend any effort on supporting this team when NO ONE involved in it are doing ANYTHING to deserve it and those who meekly stand by and clap as it happens enable and ensure that it will continue.

People need to leave the stadium at half time. Make them "play" in front of empty seats. We need a propper message sent on TV. .....won't happen though. Our fan base is as spineless as the team.

What made you stay so long?

The worst thing about all of this is that when we do inevitability sack Marti, we WILL hire Russell Martin! 100% no doubt in my mind.

Running a bit late today because of the lads football, just about to put it on but thought I'd check the score first.... No thanks.

Untill you actually chat to the average Leicester city fan...

It's Gavin Ward....

Nope. Absolutely not. Fuch this.

That lineup is still better than ours.

Hard to be interested in this after the high of the international break.

Do all the play off winners go into pot 4?

Oh, I don't blame him for knocking us back. Not at all. Especially since the connection to us is through grandparents. Not even like what McTominay has with his dad being Scottish. I just worry about the harmony of the squad when players start getting dropped for guys who don't really want to be there and are just doing it as a last resort to play at a WC. That being said, on the field it would improve us massively and give us balance to the side.

Talk again about Harvey Barnes switching to Scotland and I'm not sure how I feel about it. We've approached him a few times and he has knocked us back. You dont want players who aren't committed waltzing in and taking the place over lads who have done the graft to get us there but at the same time.... He's a cracking player in a position we are light in. Having him, McTominay and Gannon-Doak behind the striker with Ferguson and McGinn behind them would realistically be one of the better midfields at the world cup.

Craig Gordon isn't Scotlands #1 GK. Angus Gunn was injured.

Never in doubt.

The amount of coverage that you get up here is the main reason we hate you so much. If you imagine the coverage that all the top 6 teams get, add it together, times it by about 20... thats what it's like. That is why we don't want you to be successful because it is litteraly in every form of media, non stop. Not to mention all those pundits that become unbearable when their team is doing well? They all support the same team in this case.

Thanks for the reply guys. There was never any discussion about where he would play. It's not really that type of team. It is more the team that players go to to get used to a team before moving on. The kind of club where a bunch of them only go to train but dont want to play games and that's welcomed. (That's why when they get a good player that they can add to their core group and chop and change around them, they jump on it) When he joined, they moved him around positions in training to find a good fit, they settled at RB but another kid joined who was just as good at RB but not as good at CB so they moved him there and he really took to it. I've spoken to the coaches about it in an informal, passing convo type of way and made it known that he was really disappointed about not playing GK but it was kind of laughed off in a joking "yeah that's not happening" kind of way, but also not disrespectful. The worst part of it is that I agree with the coaches. He is by far their best option at GK but he is a better CB than he is a GK so can add more there. But that's where he wants to play...

100%

Oh, we COULD but we WON'T. We will NEARLY do it but it will be glorious failure as usual. Last minute Danish equaliser in a 2-2 draw.

Still in it. It won't happen but we are still in it.

Looking for a bit of advice on how to approach a subject with my lads coaches and since there are a few youth coaches in here... My 11 year old joined a team a few months ago and is loving it. They aren't a very serious team. More of a "let the lads play and have fun" kinda group and I have no problem with that, it's perfect for my boy even though they get hammered every weekend. Since joining. The coaches have made no secret of the fact that they love him. He plays every single game and is the only player in the team who hasn't ever been subbed at any point in the 5/6 games he's played. They've said directly that they will play him every possible minute as they dont have anyone near his level in his position (CB). The problem is, he doesn't want to play CB. Even though he is made for it. He wants to play GK. That is the whole reason he signed up and they know he wants to play GK but have said outright that it would be a waste and the team are much better with him outfield. I find this a bit of a contradiction as like I said, they are all about the kids enjoyment over being a good team so to deny him that for the sake of being a better team isn't sitting right. It's not helped by the fact that the current GK (a good freind of my son) is hilariously bad. Costs them 4/5 goals per game so for him to look at this and not be considered isn't coming across as fair to him but they are already making plans of who to pair him at CB with next year when they go to 11 aside. How do I approach this with them? I get on well with them. Spend most games chatting away to them, help out putting up goals etc, how do I make my point without being THAT parent because he will eventually quit or look for another team and I don't want either of those.

Could a move from DOF to technical director mean more of a say for the manager on recruitment and such?

I think so. He's at least tried to change (most) things that haven't been working. He's dropped Soumare, Skipp, Daka, Faes, Choudhury etc, at various points and in the game the other night, he changed shape from a system that just wasn't it. None of it has worked and that's why I still think he should probably go but I will give him credit for changing things up, it's more than what can be said for our last handful of managers.

Ayew will lay on the floor.

Absolutely terrible in an attacking sense but at least we look a bit more stable defensively. We have players within sight of their wide players.