Staffs Fox

Not at all, it’s bad but it’s not unprecedented. Man United got relegated 6 years after winning the European Cup, Aston Villa did the same but in 5 years for example 10 years is a really long time in football and it can work the other way. Look at our rise from 2011 to 2021. That said, let’s see where we are in 5 years and we might be looking at the worst collapse in 15 years if the rot doesn’t stop

There must be a limit but I know originally Casement Park in Belfast was chosen as a host stadium but when they realised it wasn’t going to be redeveloped in time they decided not to pick a replacement stadium. That seemed so odd to me given the amount of great stadiums we already have available. Celtic Park, King Power (not bias but the Midlands does seem a bit overlooked), Amex and a redeveloped Elland Road would have made most sense

Think it’s a bit crap that the only English Quarter Final as well as both Semi Finals and Final are at Wembley. Thought it should have been shared round a bit more. Compare that with Euro 2024 when the Semi Finals were in Dortmund and Munich whilst the final was Berlin

Whilst Wes was a pivotal part of our success, as others have said, the biggest ok field mistake we made which lead to our downfall was letting Kasper go and thinking Ward could replace him. If we have Schmeichel in goal, we don’t get relegated, it’s that simple

It’s all about context and for that reason it has to be Skipp. That summer we really didn’t have much to spend as we looked to reestablish ourselves back in the Prem. We still had Ndidi, Winks and Soumare as CM options but we decide to spend £20m on this guy when we were crying out for attacking reinforcements. The fact we went into the season with a 38 year old Vardy as our main option whilst this man warmed our bench is so bad. The fact he’s still warming our bench in a terrible bottom house Championship team just compounds it

I was so encouraged by our first 55 mins or so, we played arguably our best football of the season and looked a tier above Wrexham. The midfield 3 looked the best combination so far which with Ramsey now to come back in is a good sign. I am confident that if we play close to that (and the first half against West Brom) we’ll turn these draws into wins not before too long. I am optimistic we can still challenge for promotion. That said, that is the last time I want to see VK and Skipp in our team. I’ve tried to support Skipp since he’s been here and genuinely thought he’d be decent at this level but he’s awful. You may as well have a training dummy there, at least that might get in the way once or twice. With Winks, James and Soumare ahead of him there’s no need to play him at all. He must go down as our worst ever signing and I am not forgetting about the other dross we have but I can at least think of at least one good thing other players have done, with him I can’t

I’m fairly happy with this transfer window. I would have loved a statement striker signing but apart from that our squad is balanced with cover in most areas. Reducing our wage bill, raising £75m in sales (inc BEK) and adding some decent loan signings. Its been a strange start to the season, as largely we’ve played poorly yet we’ve ended up with 3 wins from 4 and with the window now shut and the squad now together until January at least hopefully we can push on even further with these loan signings

I don’t think he’s burnt bridges at all. He’s not done an Isak and gone completely awol. He was at the stadium watching our game and wearing a Leicester City top. It’s not an ideal situation but at least we’ve won the two games he’s been left out and by the next time we play we’ll know. The worst case scenario would be a loan with an option to buy (don’t rule it out with that lot negotiating) but at least by the next time we play we’ll know for certain if he’s part of our squad or not. I think mahrez acted worse than this guy and we got another year out of him

Great win which I have to say was unexpected. Every player on the pitch looked like they cared and put in a shift. That said, if we don’t buy a striker we are more ****ed behind the scenes that we know. How anyone can’t see that if we spend a decent chunk of the £50m we’ve raised in player sales (or £75-80m if BEK leaves) we have an amazing chance of going straight back up and whatever outlay we pay will be repaid 10x. Yeah if Winks and VK go too we’d be short in their positions too but we are desperate for a striker and there’s no reason on the surface why we can’t go and spend £12-15m on a first choice striker. I genuinely don’t think we will though🥺

Jesus Christ if that starting XI isn’t a cry for help to the Board to spend some of the £45m we’ve recouped I dont know what else to say. It isn’t a slight on the young lads who are involved but the Championship is a tough division and they should be able to ease in gently but it looking increasingly likely we’re pinning our hopes on them. Skipp and Soumare as the midfield is just soul destroying. We’ve gone from Tielemans, Maddison, Dewsbury-Hall and Barnes to that midfield in 3 years it’s shambolic

I don’t know what to say, he was great for us for the most part but this is painful to watch; Mads, Potter, West Ham this is shameful

Mads having an absolute mare😬

When this thread popped up I thought it was laughable, ‘of course we won’t get relegated we have one of the strongest squads in the league’ I thought. Then I went to Deepdale and witnessed the reality of the situation. We reek of Sunderland 17/18, going to into a season expecting promotion with a squad of overpaid so called Premier League players who ultimately aren’t up for fight and weigh the club down with their egos. Yes Preston is one result and if we go and beat Charlton 3-0 on Saturday this will seem laughable but I was very concerned with what I saw last weekend. Players were either not bothered at all or thought they were too good for the division and could either not try or could simply run past everyone. The fact we’ve raised over £30m in sales and still not brought in a striker just goes to show how dire things are behind the scenes Do I think we’ll get relegated? No. But it’s a lot more likely that it was 7 days ago

Real long shot but I’ve been let down last minute and my ticket has inexplicably not arrived in time for the game. If anyone has a spare adults and lives in the Narborough area I’m willing to pick up and pay cash. Late notice but I was pinning my hopes on the ticket being here when I got back from work

He’s been booked and saving him for Saturday