OntarioFox

Thing is, this Premier League, or at least the bottom half of it, is also probably the worst it's been quality-wise in 20 years. And yet we're still sat here wondering if we'll be caught by a team flirting with Derby's record. We're bad. Really bad. Worse than two years ago. Yeah the gap is big and growing, but clubs in as dire a position as our own don't always bounce back in the way we did in 23-24. I doubt we have a Luton-style second relegation on the cards, but I don't think anyone here would be surprised to see us rooted in mid-table and obsessing all season over how 'two good weeks' could see us push for sixth.

ffs

Be interesting to see if any of the shysters who couldn't wait for loans elsewhere can get away with it again after a second relegation. Soumare, Kristiansen, looking at you two in particular.

Between the (wo)man marking, pace to the goal-line and ball control, I am convinced that this parrot would be an upgrade on any of our centre-backs

winneet

love this man in both a platonic and religious way

I saw an AI slop article today saying he's already walked and we're getting a 'perfect fit' for a replacement... Gary O' Neil. 😂

You don't need to hope. We always phone in an absolute abortion of a performance at Bournemouth.

Bit cathartic, this 😌

Seriously though, next season for me will not be about an immediate return. If anything, coming straight up just meant the clear-out which Enzo started was incomplete, and we're still stuck with journeymen and charlatans. Including some that we've mindlessly decided to add under Cooper. I want to see the spine of this squad completely refreshed and a focus on youth, preferably with academy players like Alves, Nelson, and (if they're ready) Monga and Evans playing prominent roles. I hope that, as a fanbase, we would accept that a young squad may need time to learn and gel. I still think it was a really stupid decision to let Cannon go - regardless of whether he's not 'Prem Quality' he scores goals in the second tier and is proving a good foil for Brereton-Diaz at Sheff Utd. We are potentially going to go into next year with Daka as our first choice striker, supported by a youth player and nobody else. That will be our Achilles Heel - a lack of goals from our strikers and an over reliance on them from other parts of the pitch. Much is said of the need for a leader. We have none right now. I'd hope that one of Nelson or Souttar would be able to grow into such a role, assuming the latter would be willing to stay after being cast out in favour of wastemen like Faes. One thing's for sure - if the playing squad doesn't change dramatically, we're in for a world of pain next season, because if this lot can't motivate themselves to fight for Premier League status they sure as hell aren't going to suddenly find the graft needed to storm the second tier.

It should be shouted from the rooftops that Fulham paid about as much for Emile Smith Rowe as we did for Oliver Skipp. The mask is at least off now - the media are acutely aware of the incompetent way our club is run. The mouth-breather narrative has weirdly shifted to the 'yOu dESErvE iT fOR hOUnDIng OUt coOpEr' argument now, because they can't feasibly claim we're lucky to have the ownership we do anymore. It's public knowledge that they couldn't run a bath at this point.

What I'd give to see Faes forced to run up the gravel pits in Wanlip for hours.

Nice of the ex-Forest pair to decide to finally show up and do us a favour. Shame it's all irrelevant while Wolves have Cunha. We have something that's spent similarly but which I couldn't possibly repeat here.

I look forward to the chants next season as we labour to a mid-table bore-draw at St. Mary's "Who came last in a one horse race? Leicester F***ing City"

Wolves have a game changer. We don't. Simple as that really. Cunha burying the hatchet with the management is ironically what will bury us.

Scenes when we pip Bristol City to 12th on the final day

I'm pretty ready for a long spell in the lower leagues. Let it rot for a bit, yo-yo seasons will only encourage King Power to keep chasing the dragon of the exposure being in the PL gives them. They'll surely give up when they can't sell a second season of us playing Stevenage away to global audiences, right?

Can we just get enough sent off to forfeit? Then we'll have to play some of the academy by default next time out

boo-urns!

Standard procedure, ain't it.

wish this had made it onto the van

Genuinely the best news of the season. Tactically and ability-wise, I think most of this lot are beyond redemption as far as our PL survival goes. But if Kingy can at least convince a few of them that the badge is worth fighting for - this season and beyond - that's enough for me.

canada owns celtic

AC Milan deserved to lose. Not for football reasons, just because a club of their stature having goal music is tinpot as hell. And to make matters worse, it's the same shite we had!