Claudio Fannieri

I thought that was Yunus’s best game, he was excellent, his ability to work in tight spaces and carry the ball were unbelievable tonight, just didn’t have his finishing boots on tonight. He offers something that we don’t have in the squad and he can create things out of nothing. I felt the only thing lacking from last night was a goal.

Wow what a performance and result, played some great football at times and created some great chances, but our work off the ball was reminiscent of the O’Neill days, bloody loved it and I thought each and every player can be extremely proud of their contribution to what was a fantastic team performance. I think that will really galvanise everyone after a tough couple of results, also shows the strength of the squad and options we have available. Vesty, Hamza, Coast and Yunus were superb whilst Wanya’s performance was a welcome bonus. the fans and Enzo and his coaching staff were simply magnificent 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I think he has done ok given his first start and taking into account the opposition, but I think he will come off at half time given the yellow card.

Think we have done pretty well to be fair, obviously a good few look rusty and short of match sharpness and we aren’t as fluid in our play but still a real positive performance given the number of changes.

I really don’t have an issue with us fielding a team that ultimately protects our key players but also gives an opportunity to fringe/squad and academy prospects to stake a claim and show what they are capable of. We have seen this season a far bigger appetite to promote academy prospects and this has certainly had a very positive impact with a number of academy players getting decent opportunities and generally showing an ability to step up and play at a higher level. Given our FFP situation, it is absolutely necessary that we find a way to develop a conveyor belt of academy players that we nurture and promote to the 1st team squad and eventually sell on for significant profit.

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Just caught up with the last 2 pod episodes, both great listens as always. I think you have found a great balance between sensible debate, humour and a fans over reaction. Top drawer fellas, keep up the good work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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For 80 minutes to a man we were absolutely superb, tactics and how the players executed the plan was top drawer however it was also inevitable that the missed chances to kill the game off would come back and bite us as it did. If people are questioning mentality I don’t think that can be levelled at Maresca given he has come from Man City off the back of a treble, not sure he is the issue, however a squad littered with players who have past history of not having the mental strength in certain circumstances and that is likely to take 1 or 2 more transfer windows to rectify. It will be a testing week and it’s absolutely critical we regroup and come back fighting with a decent win against QPR to get us back on track

I watched the Swansea bs Southampton game a few weeks back and as exciting and free flowing they were going forward, they were an absolute train wreck at the back and could easily have lost the game just on the number of big chances they conceded in the final 10 or so minutes. Like us when they click they can be imperious however on an off day they can and will be beaten.

Agreed Ipswich do tend to leak a fair few goals so I think like last night they will win a lot of games by the odd goal so highly unlikely they catch up our goal difference advantage.

Imagine if we had sold Vardy for £5m to WBA …….when most fans were offering to drive him to the Hawthorns, 2015/16 would never have happened and we wouldn’t have our goat 🐐 makes you realise as fans just how impatient and the expectations we place on players to be an immediate success.

What a bizarre game, we absolutely dominated but for some reason, our passing. movement and decision making was miles off the standards we have set. Despite being off our levels, we still managed to miss 4 absolute sitters. As for Middlesboro they were absolutely awful, literally just hoofed it forward and hoped for the best, and on two occasions we defended poorly and gifted them the goals, after that they completely shithoused their way to a victory, any sustained quality from us at any stage of the game and we would have won by 5 or 6. i had no issues at all with the subs today, KDH, Mavididi and Fatawu were all shockingly poor and guilty of giving ball away on countless occasions, hopefully a bit of a kick up the arse before Friday. special mention to the referee who managed to look like he had won a competition to referee a professional football match, one of the most weak, embarrassing and inept officiating I have witnessed for some time. I bet he had posters of Michael Carrick on his bedroom wall as a kid. Hopefully this will have hurt everyone and fire up a suitable reaction on Friday.

1st half was some of the most scintillating football I have seen for a long time, Wednesday were poor because we made them look poor, some of our movement, patterns of play and the way we won the ball back was obscene. Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining to watch. 2nd half without really getting out of 2nd gear we could and probably should have scored 5, we rightly took the foot of the gas and conserved energy, which meant the 2nd half was a bit flat but thoroughly professional result and performance, which hopefully leaves lots in the tank for Boro and Leeds. I thought Praet was excellent, kept possession ticking over, never flustered and brings a lot more composure and continuity in possession than Ndidi or Casadei, however you can see he is rusty and still getting up to speed both fitness and with the patterns of play in a real game scenario, unfortunate not to get a couple of assists. If we can keep him fit for the remainder of the season he will be a very good option as rotation with Wilf for the no 8 role. Also did anyone else notice Enzo going mental on the touchline at McAteer on a couple of occasions for going back rather than being positive and aggressive? I know Enzo comes in for a lot of criticism about sideways and backwards passing, but if you listen to what he has said about Nelson needing to be more aggressive and positive with the ball and then last night with McAteer shows that he wants the players to be brave and to try and play forwards whenever possible, the time to play back and sideways is when the passing lines are closed and the defensive set up is very much set, at that stage the plan is to recycle and maintain possession whilst trying to pull the opposition out of their shape and create opportunities to progress. It was good to see Enzo challenging McAteer to be more positive.

Fantastic episode, Guillem was a top guest and gave a great insight into Enzo and also dropped some little hints that maybe one or two within the club heirarchy were not fully behind the vision, I also get the impression that Enzo, because of his time and experience with Man City will not be afraid to challenge areas of the club where he feels is under performing or where there needs to be a shake up in how we operate, if we truly want to become a top club.

Was good to see us win when a long way from our best and good to see us hold on and not concede in last 10 of game. Thought we missed Vesty and Mavididi today but good to give Stephy a break from 90 minutes. Workmanlike win and keeps the momentum going.

PS that Porteus is a bit of a helmet

I think whilst we have looked reasonably comfortable, we have been a bit disjointed in possession and when we have got in good positions we have been pretty wasteful with our final ball. If we can sharpen up in the final 3rd I can see this being 3 or 4

I did listen to that episode, it was more in relation to potential change in FFP and also if he has a view of what our FFP position is currently looking like and whether we do have a need to cash in on a player or two before the end of June

What will be interesting with FFP is whether this changes the demands of players and actually if this gives a little bit of power back to the clubs. The landscape has changed over the last 12 months and I wouldn’t be surprised if this coming summer, some players who were expecting to move for a bumper pay day, now end up extending with their current club on reduced terms. Top players will always do well from this scenario as they will move to the big clubs who aren’t as constrained but players such as Vesty, Praet, Albrighton, even Kelechi and Vards will struggle to get anywhere near there current deals and renewing with us at 50%-60% of current deal may still be the most lucrative option. This could present us with an option to keep one or two of our choosing that we perhaps didn’t envisage was possible 12-18 months ago.

Georgi Kinkladze in the FA Cup replay at Maine Road vs Man City in January 1996. Alan Ball was their manager and they pumped us 5-0. Kinkladze was an absolute Rolls Royce of a player and he scored an absolute gem of a goal, going on a jinking run and seemingly dribbling past half our team before scoring past Kevin Poole. it was in the very early days of Martin O’Neill and at that stage we were really poor as we transitioned from Mark McGhee’s brand of football. Best thing was at the time.Man City were awful and the ever obliging Leicester City managed to make them look like prime Real Madrid. on a good note for me, I was lucky enough to be invited into the players lounge after the game and got to meet my hero Steve Walsh, and despite the fact I was 22 years old, still managed to look all fanboy 😂

Would be interesting to get his take on where we are now and how that may or may not impact next season

For any football finance geeks like myself, if you are interested in FFP and the business side of the game then I can whole heartedly recommend listening to the price of football podcast, it is released twice a week and covers all aspects of football finance and right across the football spectrum. The latest episode is an interesting one as it focuses on the possible revision of the current FFP rules. @Ric Flair @BSLBPod - would be great to have a Leicester City FFP special on the pod at some point, if you could get Kieran McGuire on as a guest he is very knowledgable around this subject and monitors all clubs so has a good understanding of each clubs current accounting position, compliance and challenges.

This is a great statement and shows what can be achieved with clear and open communication. However I would add that Rudkin hasn’t really come in for much criticism or abuse at games, the odd half hearted chant or occasional banner, most of the criticism has been levelled on forums such as this. So even if Top or the club were to engage with the supporters, I am not really sure the current situation necessarily merits such a.statement.

I don’t think Rudkin is deemed as the antichrist or that there is some sort of witch hunt. He is employed in a very senior role within the club and just like the manager, who bears the brunt and responsibility for performances on the pitch, then Rudkin has to be accountable for the football operations side of the business for which FFP is a critical element, the fact we are in danger of breaching the rules, the fact we have paid over the odds in both transfer fees and wages to some very average players has very much left us in a perilous position, surely for that reason his performance should be under a level of scrutiny.