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Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm furious. My point is we can't afford for them to walk.

I'm genuinely scared we turn on the owners and they walk. Then what? The money going out is obscene and unless the players earning those wages walk too we would be in financial dire straits. We need Top and King Power.

I have no clue what happens if we don't get promoted. Do the Championship start forcing us to sell players?

Hence why I think we will be breaching for years. If Everton go down they'll be in the same boat.

It's just dawned on me why Forests points loss was so small and Everton's slashed on appeal. The Prem knew we were smashing FFP! They couldn't take big points of them knowing how much we were breaching by. 😂

So... Next season we will breach again as the 20/21 accounts are forgotten about. But £185 million plus this season will be beyond the allowed amount. If we are promoted we start on say -10, as our breach is bigger than Everton's and Forest's. And we will have another points deduction later on in the season, perhaps another -10. We could finish the season on minus points! Then the following season in the Championship we scrub of the £95 million but still start on £90 million losses on top of the losses for the previous two seasons (one includes this season which can't be pretty). We might as well just keep spending. What's the incentive to stop! We can't meet FFP in the next 2-3 seasons. So why bother trying. Or anyone fancy joining us in a Super League! To end on a serious thought if the Premier League doesn't do away with FFP I can see the majority of the 20 clubs in it breaking away. If Man City, Everton, Forest, us and the other teams reported to be close to breaching or breaching is true why not create a new Premier League without financial regulation.

Just a thought. Without FFP would we the fans be loving our owners for ploughing so much money into the club? Does our situation kill FFP as it highlights how you're shafted twice by failing to reach your targets? I think that's our argument. We budgeted for success and instead had to pay off a manager, got relegated and lost a load of players on free transfers. Imagine Everton, Villa, West Ham etc going down. They'd be in the same financial dire straits as us. I hope we can keep kicking whatever penalties come our way further down the road as I think FFP as a concept is dead. Also as grim as the last season was with Rodgers, the players who wound down their contracts have a lot to answer for. I'm also angry that we continued to play some of those players but not others. I'd have played hard ball with them. Especially, with the World Cup coming up. You sign or you don't play.

Still in our hands.

I'll say it. They played like a bunch of players who know they won't be playing for Leicester City next season.

I don't get what Mavididi and Fatawu are doing. We play them because we want wingers who can beat their man. Yet I can't remember either having a go. I was screaming at times. I don't get it. If they are coached to retain possession, turn back or play in an 8 play Albrighton so we can at least hit Vardy with an early ball. Ricardo looked off the pace when he came on. Clearly not been training. We've been massively found out. All our channels of attack are filled with opposition players who go 1-1 with us in midfield and hold the advantage of having an extra defender. They then hit the space with clearances knowing they'll get lucky every now and again. Vardy having a shocker Infront of goal didn't help.

Have I got this right? The Prem are after us because we lost revenue due to not being as successful as we had in the previous 3 seasons so our money in was lower. We tried to meet their rules but even with not adding to our squad we have fallen foul of them. So by trying to stay in the rules, we've broken them anyway and been relegated. The EFL are after us because we've been relegated and automatically have a massive loss in revenue. They want to charge us when we don't even have a year of finance in the EFL which prevents us from even trying to get in line with their rules. Therefore, you might as well break the rules, be honest about it, and stay in the Prem with a small points deduction for being honest and cooperative. As if you follow the rules and are relegated/not very successful you won't be successful which will result in relegation and more financial woes and punishments. Everyone will think you are a cheat and your best players will be subject to low ball offers you're bullied into accepting in order to get within the rules you have already been charged on for breaking. Where is the incentive for a Prem League Club to stay within the rules when threatened by relegation? It seems our only mistake was not buying better players to ensure our survival. Losing 4 points in the Prem would be OK when compared to what we are faced with now.

The failing to submit audited finances bit is the joke here. I think we were asked to submit our finances when the Premier League teams were and we've said no. As a Championship club we don't have to do that. We then plan to submit our finances when asked by the Championship (end of this month I think). So out defence is... Prem you can't charge us as you won't get out finances in time to do so and it would be unfair to punish teams (Forest) this season and us next for the same accounting period. And Championship its to late to charge us as we are now in compliance (sold a player or 2 in the account window early summer). Fun times. We might be dancing on a tightrope but with a bit of luck we might just be alright.

Just imagine if the Premier League introduced a squad budget instead of FFP. Let's say you can spend a maximum of 100 million quid on wages and transfers in any given season. That would be financial fair play wouldn't it? You could add in a rule that England internationals could be paid outside the rules. Then English players would have an incentive to earn an England cap and clubs would want them in their squads. It will obviously never happen but it would even it up.

I'm sure he would. But you're more likely to pick up a muscle injury in the last 15 mins of a game due to fatigue.

I've no problem with us going up after a scrap and I've no problem with us staying up next season after a scrap. It's not supposed to be easy! The 'golden years' were that. We will be remembering them for a long, long time. They are not coming back for a while yet (if at all!). Unless we have another Kante, Vardy, Mahrez etc etc up our sleeves. The leagues are littered with clubs our size. We've played Hull, Sunderland, Sheffield Wednesday to name a few. We have no right to success. Just to dream those days might come around again.

Isn't the money you get through promotion through the play offs more than both the Champions and Runners Up receive anyway? I'm guessing you make money from the ticket sales for your home leg and the merchandise you sell. Perhaps even from the Wembley visit, press interest, TV money etc. Bonkers if true. I wouldn't worry about how we get promoted until we are promoted. That said titles are nice and form our history. If we win it I'll have a few drinks to celebrate. If we are runners up I'll have a few drinks out of relief and if we go up through the play offs I'll need many drinks to calm my nerves!

I don't think Ndidi is fit at the moment. He was been rushed back in. Hopefully, he can rest, heal and get fit. I hope we aren't forced to play him on Sunday in the FA Cup. Also think KDH is carrying a knock or two. He hasn't been the same since Coventry away when he was wiped out. I think he is mentally knackered too. He seems to carry the world on his shoulders. I'm quite positive. We've had a blip and come back and got 4 points from two tricky away games. We've rolled our sleeves up, huffed and puffed and got the job done. A rest will mentally do them a world of good. Keep the faith!

I think Vardy was at risk of picking up an injury. I don't think he can play 90 let alone 100mins. Its not just the running it's the time on feet. Better to get him off, rest him for 3 days then have him back in training ready for the following weekend than injured. I think

I worry for Villa. They are on the same path as us. They will get some form of European Football next season. They'll have to deepen their squad, pay bigger wages. However, they aren't in the 'big six' and I can see them, like us, having a massive fall from grace in the coming years. And then FFP will bite.

I may have got this wrong but my understanding is if you are an established Premier League team and get relegated you will automatically fall foul of FFP. The only way of not would be to predict your demise and 'give in' by selling assets early. Also, when do we hear if Everton and Forest are going to be deducted points (in Everton's case further points)? If, we can't be touched by the EFL and are promoted but can be docked points by the Premier League it wouldn't be fair to take those points next season if Forest and Everton lose points this season for their breaches. What a mess!

Phew. An ugly win but a win to steady the nerves. Fatawu man of the match. I thought Faas looked so much better tonight. He can't play in the middle of 3 when we invert a full back. Well done Coady. Vardy looked a threat first half. I thought he'd get hooked sooner in the second so Ihanacho could get on the ball. Ndidi played some minutes (looked off the pace but we survived so it's all ok). The concern is the chances we are making are still being wasted. We were deadly early part of the season. Then we made so many chances it didn't matter if we missed a few. Now we make the chances but can't score. That's got to change quickly now.

Phew. An ugly win but a win to steady the nerves. Fatawu man of the match. I thought Faas looked so much better tonight. He can't play in the middle of 3 when we invert a full back. Well done Coady. Vardy looked a threat first half. I thought he'd get hooked sooner in the second so Ihanacho could get on the ball. Ndidi played some minutes (looked off the pace but we survived so it's all ok). The concern is the chances we are making are still being wasted. We were deadly early part of the season. Then we made so many chances it didn't matter if we missed a few. Now we make the chances but can't score. That's got to change quickly now.

I'd play 3, 5, 2 Martin O'Neill style. Faas, Coady, Nelson Albrighton, Hamza, Winks, KDH, Justin Daka & Vardy I love watching Fatawu and Mavididi but we haven't the personal to play our normal formation. Daka and Vardy have the pace to keep an eye on the fullbacks. KDH to push up into Izzet a '10' role. Hamza does the Savage work Winks mops up like Lennon.

While Ricardo and Vesty are out I'd be playing: Choudhury, Faas, Coady, Justin. Hamza moves onto Midfield when we have the ball which puts Coady in the middle of 3 defenders. I don't think Faas is a Central Defender in a 3 as he is to aggressive and presses to high. When you look at QPRs first goal it was because Faas had the backline to high up the pitch. Another thought... Justin was often our spare man yesterday. He found himself in space many times towards the end of the game with the ball at his feet. We saw his weakness. He couldn't play his game and drive with the ball. He was forced to try and play defence splitting balls. I thought he could have even had a go. I couldn't help but think we'd missed a trick by not getting Doyle on with 20mins to go. Yes we'd have lost some pace at the back but we were losing anyway. I agree with the calls for experience. I'd have Vardy and Albrighton prepared to come on second half. Albrighton can finish (an attribute often overlooked) plus his relationship with Vardy can buy you a goal every 3 games with his early balls into the box.

He has earned a go in the Prem. A 2 year contract suits all I think. He plays the Enzo way and looks good with Faas and Justin. With Coady, Nelson and Souttar as good back ups we would be sorted at CB. If he doesn't sign and we don't get Doyle we will have to buy. I hate it when promoted teams buy in new squads. Hopefully, we won't have too.