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Yeah but he moved to a 4-4-2 and in that system you need stronger central midfielders, Goodnight and BEK are not that. The problem is although it allowed two up top, the midfielders we have aren’t good enough for that and we only have one winger at the club at the minute fit, and he’s not good enough either! We’re down and I look forward to playing in a league we will compete in, would hate to be a Palace every week clinging on to the league losing more than your winning, boring.

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Agree with this, but we wouldn’t have won the league without Kante, massive influence, so all league winners, legends.

I agree about playing youth players, but fail to see who’ll want half of this squad? Mads, BEK and maybe Winks, who else?

They’ll rest players too, tough relegation battle for both of us and they play Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday, Tuesday.

I like Weghorst, think he’d be great down here, also mirroring the title winning team, 4-4-1-1 with Celtic player Maida behind Vardy ala Shinji.

I don’t see that, and we only have two that would attract offers. Transfer embargo I guess would mean the likes of Macateer playing again but he shone in the championship. PSR has done for us as a premier outfit ( obviously poor recruitment and pay structure by us) , that league is a best of the world league, the championship is miles apart. Sheff Utd were far worse than us last season and are up there, in fact two of the relegated teams last year are. We ain’t doing a Luton.

-10 points and we still make the playoffs. The gap is massive and only Mads and maybe Winks would attract offers.

He’s fromShepshed, we’re his boyhood club, he may be a United fan but we’re his club.

The year we won the league, once we’d played everyone once I said to my son we’re the best team in this and we’ll win it if we don’t bottle it. Using that analogy, we’re struggling. Yesterday’s performance however gave me hope, but I keep asking myself, if not us then who? It’ll need a window where we sign at least 2 that walk into the team and make a difference against the Brentford’s, Wolves, Fulham’s etc.

Yeah I know but all good enough for championship promotion push.

The only three anyone will want are who you’ve mentioned, which is probably why we bounce back up!

Branting Hill?

He’s from Groby.

I thought we did a lot more than huffing and puffing today. We grew into the game and made most of the running second half. We had quality today and we’re deserving of a point at least. As for quality, I’ve doubted too all season but this and the Anfield game has made me rethink, only Mavadidi and the two full backs lacked a bit today and for the first time this season we looked like a premier league outfit.

El Kanouss seems sharp, certainly when he closes down ( or should I say presses).

Survive? I’d argue we’d make the playoffs with -9, and I’m pessimistic.

Can anyone explain what the EFL have on us re punishment? Did the sale of KDH and Enzo money within that financial year exonerate us from EFL hit or is it more historical? it seems folk on here know it to be a certainty, is it?

January’81, you never know.

Those booming Elliot diags would be welcome now. Our centre halves daren’t ping it.

Because if he was going the injury would be stretched out if big money was on the table. Probably wrong though but PSR book balancing will be required in Jan if we’re to bring in the quality and quantity. Obviously I don’t want him to.

Doesn’t matter if someone comes in and buys the club, PSR has ruined the chance for us and any smaller rich club to compete by spending. Even Newcastle can’t spend!

If Mads is out for Liverpool I reckon he’s off to Chelsea to fund our January transfer needs.

We’ll miss the control that Winks gives us, Mads less needed in a worse league but missed never the less. Mavadidi’s lollipops can be replaced although he did well in the championship, my opinion of him last season was always skewed with the fact that he wouldn’t cut it in the Prem imo. We need a couple of years in the second tier to build with youth maybe?

I remember the 80/81 season. Mighty Liverpool as they were then, hadn’t lost at home for about 3 years or so. A very average but young and hard running City went up there and won 2-1, a result much more unexpected than the one coming up on Boxing Day. We were the worst team in the league then too. It won’t happen with this lot because they don’t work hard enough and modern coaches don’t go man to man and stop teams playing.