Guesty

It's very unlikely he'd come back. But, i do sort of wonder if maybe he's picking his clubs with an eye on what will make a good TV series for him and his family. He's had a series on a year abroad. Depending on what offers he has. Coming back here for one last hurrah and helping us 'in our time of need' would make a decent TV series (and let ITV pay a chunk of his salary in exchange for access).

I've got a family of foxes living in my garden. Was a bit worried at first as there are 7 cubs. Thought there was going to be s**t everywhere and they'd dig up the garden. But they haven't. It's been nice watching them grow - it's only been a few weeks but they've got much bigger already. Every night they come out and play fight in the garden around 8pm.

It's nice to see a manager pick what he thinks is the best squad for the way he wants to play in a tournament. Instead of just picking the best technical players who are flavour of the month. Can't remember where I heard it or read it but it was an international manager talking about tournament squads. He said you want the 18 or so players who are your team and you plan to play. Then the rest of the squad has to be people who will help those 18 players, and are (in a way) just happy to be there. You don't want players you know who will be kicking off or the media will focus on if they're not picked. It's really just about those 18 players. So it makes sense why players like Palmer, TAA and Foden aren't going if Tuchel has no real plans to play them.

Only a guess, it's probably because Middlesborough is further away from Wembley. Just means coaches and cars get back a bit earlier.

Really didn't expect them to do this. But good. This is probably the last time any team ever admits culpability for anything in the EFL again. Makes you wonder: if they'd denied everything and dragged it out like Man City, what would have happened. It will be an advantage knowing the other teams formation, starting 11 and set piece routines, etc. I guess we'll never know how much of a difference it really made.

In a way it suits us that he's saying this publicly as we want him gone too. But it's still irritating. His positional awareness literally is League 1 level at best. He's one of those players where it's so bad that it's surprises me sometimes. There are times it's like watching a 6 year old just chase the ball. That's when he's not injured.

Playing the same tactics every game is bad enough. But it's what he says and his press conferences that surprise me. They make me lose all faith in him. He just says clichés. Two recent ones off the top of my head. Today he mentioned Hamza's best position is in midfield and he brings passion, tenacity there. If that's the case why hasn't Rowett been playing him there more. Instead he plays Skipp and Winks (sometimes together) who are just pass completion merchants who offer very little defensive protection to one of the worst defences in the league. The other day when asked about picking youth team players. He said he wasn't going to just hand out first team starts - and players had to earn it. On the face of it that sounds good. But he keeps playing the same underperforming players and not winning. It makes no sense. He just seems totally out of his depth.

Really wasn't expecting that much from Rowett when he was appointed. But bloody hell, he's been so bad. Tactics, subs - even his press conferences and the things he says are surprisingly bad.

Hope this is the last game for a long time we have to watch this suicidal playing out from the back with players who aren't good enough at it.

He's an autopilot manager. Same team, same formation, same timed subs. A lot of us have forgotten how bad most managers are at this level.

There we go. Normal service resumed.

Soutter's stood out so much today. Makes you wonder why he's been on the bench last few games. If Okoli, Nelson or Lacelles were fit he probably wouldn't even be playing today.

Shows how bad our defence has been all season that 60 minutes of Soutter stands out so much. Next season we need defenders who can actually defend first and foremost. Defenders who are better without the ball, than with it. He's probably only playing cause Nelson, Okoli and Lascelles are out. Which sums up this team and manager.

A lot of these players were quite clearly carried by KDH, Vardy, Ndidi, Mads. And they struggled in the second half of that season when Enzo's tactics had been worked out.

Didn't think I was going to get annoyed by anything again this season. But this clapping of Winks is really pi**ing me off. He's fell out with multiple managers, insulted the fans, played badly for all but 7 months of his contract whilst being the highest paid player. It's pathetic to be clapping him. It doesn't make you a better fan.