Chelmofox

After the Liverpool game he made a point of coming round and applauding the fans on his own. I did wonder if it might be his last game at the KP. Surprised they even bothered against Wolves. Strange they have been nursing an injury, especially after Jakub looked pretty decent in his last few games. Presume all prep for him to be sold. I expect everyone knows who it is already.

Betfair exchange has us favourites - just. 2 interesting bets. Lower odds for 'both teams to score' and 'over 2.5 goals'. Its like the world hasnt seen us play. Ive not placed a bet in years but i'm considering putting a few quid on 'no' for both teams to score and 'under 2.5 goals'.

And tell Thomas it’s Salah on the wing.

I do. But he still loves his football and although our position is terrible, he's not raging about it so we still have a good time. We like the people around us too. We don't sit there happy clapping - he genuinely likes looking at things critically. One day he's going to grow up.......

'Light years'! Here is the 10 game form guide for you: We are as shit as each other.

I suggest a 2 point plan. Only make good decisions Stop making bad decisions We do have a habit of overcomplicating things.

Vardy has 2 home games left and its a great time to spend with my boy and ill get some beers / food after. Judge all you want - the football might be crap but i can spend my day how i want.

Those clubs dont have time machines.

Wilf is done - he was found out several seasons ago. Every now and again (aka West Ham home) he puts in a good performance with good tackling stats, but his limitations expose him and the game has moved on. He still offers something in the Championship but as time ticks away he has clearly shown he doesn't have the appetite for it now. The championship is a grind - you have to be dedicated to it. Be interesting to see who takes a punt. Few seasons a ago there were rumours about Forest, but i cant see him getting a sniff in that side right now.

He was ok before he got injured. After that he was bang average.

I remember when Tielemans had a purple patch (scoring bangers frequently) that many on here would say 'just write the cheque and pay him what he wants'. We cant have it both ways, but i think everything knows that our approach to recruitment needs to change.

When it comes to contracts we have to play the market. Its no good saying 'pay them £10k a week and only give them bonuses' when even the likes of Palace will pay Eduoard 90k a week. You simply won't sign anyone. Right now, we are not playing in Crystal Palaces market, but the principle is the same. The market is dominated by shitty agents, player power and PSR dictating longer amortised contracts. Any of these PL teams paying big money can find themselves where we are if it goes wrong. Arguably, Spurs, West Ham and Man U have got it horribly wrong but just not as bad as we did, but they are suffering from poor recruitment and big wages. I like to think we got caught out going for top 4. By caught out, i think everyone bought into Brendan's 'Rough Diamond' approach and paid over the odds for players they thought could be good enough if the great coach () could work his magic. We are still paying the price for that recruitment. We have to accept that to be successful with both recruitment and the academy, we have to be a feeder club and be seen as a good feeder club, which we aren't really at the moment. Players like Macallister, Trossard, Cucurella and Caicedo (to name a few), didn't go to Brighton for the trappings of success. They went because it was the best route to a bigger club and bigger wages. It's a cliche, but a reset is needed and i would like to see that in the board as well. I'd like to see a more data driven approach and one that bucks the current trend that uses the Academy more and ensuring recruitment is based around resale. No more buying old 'leaders' on big wages, or keeping people for longer than we should (Vardy, Ndidi and Vesty). Identify the next generation of leaders and nurture them. We can still play the market doing this, we just have to admit that we aren't going to be a top 4 club again (unless we can pull a Forest style season together, but i think they are going to miss out on that).

He got found out in our first relegation season. Enzo adapted him in the championship and it worked for the first half of the season. Ndidi was pretty poor after he came back from injury. Since his return from injury this season he’s been largely found out again. I just don’t think there is much of a place for Ndidi in the PL anymore.

El Pringlesio

So funny that when he had a good game (was it Liverpool away ?) there were posters saying we should be building the team around him. Love the Saudi comment in that post. I doubt they would be that bothered as he's not a known name and seems to spend his life homesick.