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Is this us for the rest of the season then? Actually showing some guts but the fine margins go against us and we still go down? Two appalling goals to concede FWIW, but we were desperately unlucky not to get the win there regardless. Green shoots.

Most passion I've ever seen Thomas show

He's well off to be fair, but sums up Stephy in 2026 that. Even the shot looked like it couldn't be arsed.

Stoke have opted to replace Jay from the Inbetweeners with Xerxes from 300. Interesting move, let's see how it pans out.

Great cross

its only one, Rowett masterclass

Mukasa's been really anonymous for what it's worth. Really failed to stamp his mark at No. 10 whatsoever. As it is, may as well try Richards there, we haven't got much else.

hate stephy's body language, worst of the lot of them - we don't need those characters in the team right now

Well thats the no-Thomas experiment over after 30 minutes. Great use of what was it - £16 million? Lets his man go for their goal and then gets crocked.

🚨🚨🚨 WE HAD A SHOT 🚨🚨🚨

We are SO SHIT at dealing with whipped-in crosses. It's not a Rowett thing, it's been that way all season. Then again who knows - if we hadn't been pissing around and he'd been on the training field on Monday - or in the three weeks we've had since Marti went - maybe we'd be a tiny bit better at dealing with them. King Power out.

mavididi in continuing to be a greedy bastard when options are available shocker whoooooaaaa, we're half way theeree

Then falls over and breaks the mirror

If things actually go to plan, the five subs should be Aluko, Page, Aribo, Richards and (Silko) Thomas. I'd take a Kevon Gray debut if needs must. If either of the above happen, Rowett has my attention since he clearly has two braincells to rub together.

Can't be doing with our defence against a Delap long throw

Thomas dropped. Ayew not in the squad. Bench full of academy products and exciting loanees. Rowett is at the wheel, lads.

Team?

Torn between wanting Cov to lose and West Brom not to pick up any points today. Either scenario is shit. Obviously for us it's got to be a Cov win, but I can't bear the thought of them actually getting over the line. God I hate what Top and Rudkin have done to us.

Perfect - then resign Danny Ward. Radicalise the moderates.

Has there ever been a situation where the outcome of an ongoing appeal would determine which league a team plays in though? It's really going to be that tight for us, unless Rowett somehow turns this sinking ship around enough to put us well clear. I'm not even talking about further deductions here - if we go down by one point and we're still fighting for a reduction at the end of the season, what then? It's already February, there are 14 league games left. It took 31 to get to the outcome of the deduction itself. The likes of Oxford, Blackburn, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Lincoln etc. will rightfully play hell if us dragging our heels puts any of their own confirmed positions into question.

I was being silly unless you couldn't tell, but I'll clarify... It's arrogant of our club to assume that this isn't going to result in heavier sanctions, and potentially put our club's very existence in the EFL at risk if it becomes the deciding factor in which league we find ourselves in next year. We've already shown there are grey areas around jurisdiction. I wasn't joking when I said that, if the EFL can't confirm which league we're in next year subject to an appeal outcome, we're more likely to be expelled altogether than to have them put everyone else's season on ice to accomodate our heel-dragging.

Scenes when the EFL turn around and, because it's not clarified which league we'd end up in dependant on the outcome of the appeal at the time places are confirmed, they expel us altogether and Top and his sycophants have to work out how to keep the club afloat on National League income.

it's arrogant to appeal a ruling.

These idiots never learn, do they? Imagine Rowett turns us around just enough to put us clear, then we lose the appeal and the deduction is increased enough to take us down. King Power f*****ng OUT!!!!!!!

by the way it would actually be really funny if the deal collapses after all this noise