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I think that would make all of this worth it.

You genuinely think that Cooper could have done better without Hermansen or Ndidi? How would we score goals without his favourite Shadow Striker Ndidi?!

It's a brilliant article that came out at the perfect time, really. And the best part about Okoli declaring the shoes thing as being not true, is that it confirms that the players have all read it, including the bit about them all being bang average and on inflated wages, too comfortable to sit back and enjoy life. It's a message that I feel has not filtered through to them until now.

This was another issue highlighted by Percy in his article. Percy is supposed to be the most clued in outsider on the inner workings of our club, yet even he doesn't know what's part of basic operations.

We'll have to make do with Woyo

I think it's clear that Ruud needs to be backed. He's the only one that seems to want to change anything, and if he's seeing fightback from the players, then tbh I think that's a good sign. As has been said, the culture needs to change, and we can't keep getting behind the players everytime there's a rift between them and the managers. Someone needs to get through to them, and if the fans start chanting for him instead of them, it might help him get through to them.

I'm not necessarily saying that Ndidi is the magic player to bring us wins, but that when a team with a lackluster squad like ours loses it's key players, it should be expected for results to start going against us. Our form didn't drop when Ruud joined, it dropped when the two big injuries hit us. That's the clear cause and effect I've seen.

So no-one else noticing that the run of bad form comes immediately after both Ndidi and Hermansen get injured? We had a run of bad form last year too around this time. I wonder what happened then... Oh yeah, Ndidi was injured. Almost like there's a direct pattern and cause and effect there, that has absolutely nothing to do with the manager. Everyone here is delusional if they think that the manager is the weak link.

Yeah, seriously what is Rudkin playing at, he just needs to hit the space bar a couple of times.

Yup, so if we assume a 25% clause, (it's likely a bit higher if it's there), then that's why I took £1m off of £4m to get £3m.

Let's breakdown what this profit would actually be... Assuming that it's the £10m+£3m extras figure that's being floated. The extras we likely won't see this year. let's assume that Everton have a sell on percentage, because why wouldn't they? We'll say 25% because it makes it easier. So that's £4m profit this window, with £1m going to the Scousers. That only leaves us with a £3m profit. What even is the point of selli- Oh FFS this is how we're buying Woyo isn't it...?

No chance they didn't imo

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Our first Brazilian?!

Yeah, I agree. We don't need to sign a world beater, just any RB that can do the basics of their job.

That is some list...

That Amartey looks good, can he play RB?

If this happens, how long before whoever does the team sheet graphic mixes up his and VK's numbers?

I like Hamza, I know he's had issue off the pitch but he's always put a shift in when called upon, even if he's not the most gifted player. That all said, get rid just so I don't have to see a fuching Bangladeshi flag in the comments of a Leicester City YouTube video ever again.

He only got passed the ball a couple of times, looked tidy, passed it on with no issues. Off the ball he seemed intimidated and nervous, was chasing the ball, unwilling to take on players, and the Man City players singled him out to play piggy in the middle with over and over again with cheers from their fans as they wasted the last few minutes. It reminded me of 3 people playing catch with a terrier running around in the middle of the triangle. That all said, that's to be expected given the occasion, and I see no reason why that would be indicative of him as a player in general. There's nothing really to take from the 5 minutes he had on the pitch, the point of the appearance was to help with nerves in future games.

Tonight's Wolves highlights video already leaked.

To who? Between who? It's not obvious at all since all evidence points to the opposite.

What falling out are you making up in your head? Maresca got a great job offer and took it, after achieving his assignment during the previous season, at the best time he could possibly leave the club without a negative impact on it. There should be zero negative feelings involved in that, both sides displayed respect, and Maresca has had nothing but good things to say about Leicester, the facilities, the players and the staff.

In fairness, there's much else happening to talk about.