Jordan

I bet it’s just teasing that Ndidi is going on that club podcast

We need a better backup goalkeeper, to be fair!

Good man!

Ouch

Absolutely. TFC and MLS both definitely on the kind of level where this player is—not the Premier League.

No adidas shirt looks like this

That away kit looks absolutely hideous from behind

By my count 11 of the 20 Premier League clubs now have their kits sponsored by online casinos/gambling/gaming companies. So, either all of those other clubs have useless marketing departments, or that’s just where the money is these days (or even where the money can be moved into before it’s moved into the sponsorship deal). This doesn’t excuse any unethical business practices by the sponsors but there’s more to the story than just incompetence in forging business connections.

That’s not how it is here or how it’s going to be here at all.

I just can’t get past the swirly side trim and don’t like the look of it. However, I’m morbidly curious to see if the club and adidas give us some marketing-speak about them in the launch (such as saying they’re meant to “evoke the currents of the Soar” or “represent the dynamism of the club’s energetic support” etc.).

Looking forward to Top having the squad wear this when they walk out for the final game like they did with that ridiculous quilt/jacket thing vs Blackburn.

It’s also appropriate because I’m kind of hoping that this whole apparel line is really a front for some sort of money laundering scheme to help us get around the PSR rules.

I am generally as much of an Maresca fan and a Chelsea hater as one can reasonably be as a City fan, but if Maresca got at least a 5-year contract from Chelsea on the table then all I can really do is join with all of you that want him gone in laughter.

“…and then I said to Sharon, I said, “Sharon, this is Leicester City Football Club we’re talking here…’”

Exactly. If Chelsea have requested a meeting with the club because they can meet Maresca’s release clause then it’s almost an obligation among all parties to at least hear each other out.

I actually wouldn’t rule out Chelsea signing you as another squad player on an 8-year contract

I wasn’t enthusiastic about this link back in the winter transfer window and I’m not excited about it now. I don’t think he’s good enough with the ball at his feet to play serious Premier League minutes no matter how much he played in Belgium this year. I will be a little more receptive to this transfer if we see Dwomoh as a long-term project (probably involving a loan next season) if we have the patience to allow him to build his technical skills up to the level of his physical attributes.

I’m generally on Maresca’s side on most matters since he’s joined the club and would prefer him to stay but I worry about this situation. I wouldn’t mind Maresca having more input on how the club operates and getting more support from club leadership. I won’t go into a rant about mess the club’s got itself in; I’ll just say think most fans might agree with Enzo’s perspective here. However, even if I’d prefer Enzo to get his way on more things, the club would be mad to try to meet Chelsea’s offer to Maresca and his staff because we simply cannot afford to pay the kind of money Chelsea throw at everything. Unfortunately, that then gets us into a situation where I can see our manager search essentially being run by agents pitching their candidates as opposed to the board drafting a carefully-considered short list. With the names being bandied around last spring and summer I was relieved we went with Maresca; I’m less confident we’ll make the right move two years in a row. “They have to get this right” is such a cliche about every manager search ever, but if we’re looking again this summer then I just pray the board don’t get this horribly wrong.

We’ll be sticking with blue shorts. On one hand, I like blue shirts/white shorts and associate that with the club’s historic, classic look. On the other hand, one of the easiest considerate decisions the club can make is to ditch the white shorts for the women’s teams. Supporting the women’s team and having a uniform look across the club were probably not the original intentions behind the club going back to blue shorts, but either way I’m fine with putting the historic look aside for our “second” look if those are the effects.

We won’t be receiving those payments; Macquarie will. City have taken loans against all three of these transfers in order to receive money up front.

I’m not sure that does. However (even though Wise got us back later in the game) when Wise next played us, I’d say Brian Deane flying in to clatter him a the first chance he got even though he was already on a yellow card definitely qualifies. Speaking of, there’s at least a little pettiness in the club not selling away tickets to Millwall in the reverse fixture after they identified us as potential troublemakers and didn’t sell away tickets for the game where Deane got sent off.

This is already a great thread @Bilo, well done you! Our own Filbert has priors… he’s mimed crying to Arsenal in 2014 and also to Chelsea in 2015 (and in that game let’s not forget the excellent piss-boiling our ball boys did). Also, IMG_8601.webp

Albrighton is a big Villa fan so I’m not so sure of this!

exactly… I could have saved myself a lot of typing, haha!

Re: the comments about fans moaning, I don’t think that’s a big matter. I can’t speak for the fans in Leicester as I’m not from there but by and large, it seemed like the fans had a good time all weekend. Fans can talk about (or moan, even) about a lot of things but still be thrilled about promotion and glad they had a good time at the final game and/or the parade.