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I guess Villa are 2-3 years behind us on the financial curve of handing out inflated contracts like sweets. They're at their peak right now and it could look very foolish in the near future unless they can sustain top 5 finishes. He's a perfectly good squad player, but the fact that, in the second tier, he still couldn't dislodge a 37 year old and the football equivalent of a labrador that got into the whiskey cabinet... well, any club willing to pay him even half of what he was on with us deserves what they get. Thanks for the memories seniorman, but like far too many you stuck around too long chasing the pay packet.

I almost forgot to bring this one out of cold storage at the weekend

That isn't aimed at the fanbase that turned up - everyone is different and valid. It's squarely aimed at the board and the way they clearly want the 'matchday experience' to go. If you gave most people on here a choice of who to give a ticket to, they'd give it to the one who will make noise and support the players on the pitch. If you asked that question to the board, it would go to whoever paid them the most money. You seem to be agreeing with all the points I made but concluded that it's the fans I have a problem with? I hate the idea of paying the money for my physical season ticket, it's a slap in the face to us all. But we know full well that a sizeable portion of the fanbase will shrug it off and go back to calling Top and Co the best owners on the planet the moment they're given a free beer. Without Union FS there would be nobody calling it out for the insult it is on matchdays in the stands. That's why it's so important that those of us willing to kick up a fuss don't turn our backs and give the board what they want - a placid and easily-managed matchgoing fanbase that will never call out their bullshit. The lack of uproar last season over the disgusting way we were relegated was particularly damning, we had fans fighting other fans in the stands for daring to call for Rodgers' head, because the owners can apparently do no wrong in some people's eyes. It was ugly. I'm personally really happy with how this season has gone off the pitch, not least because actions like Enzo always focussing on SK1 post-match, or comments like Vardy's on the balcony show that on the playing side at least, they're fully aware of the noises Union FS, and those who are vocally opposed to aspects of how the club are run, are making.

I hate a lot of aspects of how the club is run and, while this season has gone a long way to restoring my faith in and connection to the playing staff, I've never felt more disillusioned and in many cases angry at the ownership and executive board. The problem is that the sheer numbers at the parade show that there are tens of thousands of more placid fans waiting in the wings to take your season ticket if you give it up. The suits would rather they show up, sit on their hands for 90 minutes then blow twice the entry fee on two pints and crap from the club shop before going home. That's the profile of customer they want. The odd piece of lip service to those who value atmosphere and tribal loyalty can't hide their obvious disdain towards anyone who might vocally oppose their terrible stewardship of the club and abuse of fans' trust. It rips the soul out of the game and commodifies it beyond recognition. But if those of us who are sick of it decide that the best course of action is to turn our backs on such a key part of our identity, we lose the war, because the ticket will just go to someone who enables rather than challenges the way the club is going. In other words, you're giving them what they want. Taking yourself and your critical voice out of the picture entirely. Get vocal, make banners, throw tennis balls with £25 scribbled on them onto the pitch, do what you can. Nobody else is going to do it if those that actually care don't.

My curveball is Sheffield United. Would fit right in to the way Wilder sets his teams. His crosses would be an absolute dream for someone like Brereton Diaz.

So the question is - which one of you on here has been Vardy going incognito all this time?

Send Vardy to his office with his magic hat on

The siege mentality went out the window under Rodgers though - even before the FA Cup high-water mark we were bottling things from seemingly unassailable positions. It seems hard-coded into our DNA at this point to crumble under pressure. To be fair, I'm impressed that the players managed to arrest the decline this season when it all started going wrong in February - a lot of us saw parallels between that bad run and everything we've endured in the past few years. The games at Millwall, Plymouth and Bristol City were as bad a performance as anything we stunk up the prem with last year. So credit is due to Vardy and co. for banging some heads together and getting us to refocus and get over the line. I suppose it helps that nobody in this squad is really that much of a big-time Charlie. Getting the same response once they're in the 'big time' may be a tougher ask - I think we'll need to keep a few heads screwed on. Whatever recruitment we do, I hope they're the right fit for the wider team, because we absolutely cannot afford any 'individuals' who think they're too good to go down next season.

Wait I'm confused, according to the Copium addicts at Elland Road we were uniquely obsessed with them? Why are two more teams singing about Leeds blowing it?

Saw something on the dart board at the Black Horse, decided to make it right 👍 thank you for everything Sharky 🦈

Watching the playoffs now and just learned that Jacob Murphy has an identical twin who plays for Oxford

Scenes when we announce a loan partnership with Bristol Rovers UP THE GAS

Wrong

Might as well use this basket case of a thread to say WELL DONE IPSWICH

Bastards

Throwing the game to relegate Birmingham is exactly the sort of banter I expect. No way that was Vardy's last game by the way, he's 100% staying on

Sunak is the sort of man who would leave a massive head on your pint and then refuse to top it up while telling you it's supposed to be like that.

Singha was drinkable if not exactly pleasant. Chang tastes exactly how it sounds. 🤮

Scenes in head office next season when people start buying £5 burner phones to sell on tickets with

Those are absolutely unreal stats! I know our fanbase is notorious for writing players off, but please let's give him patience next season assuming he's still with us. The step up is going to be big, but if he continues to refine his game he is going to be a superstar.

All Blades today aren't we

He even managed a belly slide without smashing into the hoardings

My favourite LCFC player ever, for everything he went through with us and the moments he gave us along the way! The performances in League One. The heartbreak, managerial upheavals and eventually sweet joy under Pearson the second time out. Winner against F*rest on my birthday. The Great Escape goal. Bagging in the rain on the day we lifted the title. Also often overlooked, but he was a pillar for a lot of the squad after the helicopter crash too. That was after Puel had frozen him out and marginalised him from the rest of the squad, which speaks volumes about the sort of guy he is. I love you Kingy - please come back to the club in some capacity one day, you're always welcome here! ❤️

Already got one allocated for Vards as the "Chat Shit Get Stand"

We'll shit 'em