FoxesBraun

I would like to think a local lad who's been at the club for most of his life would have some sort of bond with the club and be a supporter. Unfortunately money talks. But clearly there's more we can do in nurturing them for them to wanting to wear the shirt and spend a portion of their career here. Isn't that what an academy is for?

That's the whole point. Smaller clubs can't block the moves from happening - all you need is player and parent consent which isn't really an obstacle when they see the £££. It's designed to benefit Big 6 clubs who already have more academy talent than they know what to do with.

Fair point. Answers my question of what we're doing wrong. Are we surprised?

Makes me wonder what we're doing wrong at Seagrave if Nyoni and now Monga are off to bigger clubs at such a young age. I understand the appeal of going to a big 6 club but you'd think they would have a better shot of professional football here, rather than sitting in the reserves for a few years and out on loan 3-4 times.

Would still get something for him in the form of training compensation but it won't be a ground-breaking fee and not payable until he signs a professional deal with Man City.

I'd like to think it could have done a lot for us momentum-wise, and the opposite for Wolves, but that's purely academic now. We can't afford to get cut adrift but the last 3-4 games suggest we're heading that way. I'd love to be proven wrong but something needs to change quickly.

We had a chance to go 8 points clear a few weeks ago...and now we're 3 behind. They're kicking on, we're stagnating. 3 could become 6 or 7 very very quickly

Exactly and it clearly makes a difference. For some reason our players seem to think we have some sort of god given right to be in this league.

Ipswich play like they actually enjoy being in the Prem and want to stay up. We're the complete opposite, heads are down before a ball is even kicked and we look like we can't be arsed.

Just seen that Ipswich have already brought in Ben Godfrey - an experienced PL centre-half. Meanwhile we'll be twiddling our thumbs for the next 3 weeks and end up with a Ryan Bennett 2.0.

Definitely a lack of confidence, same as we were saying about Stephy. Difference is, if you consantly f**k up at the back, you get punished. And we have been - 19 times and counting. He should’ve been out of the team months ago.

Reminds me of the Madders tweet. We've come away empty-handed yet again so it means f**k all.

Palace and Fulham at home next 2. Realistically we need 6 points from that no excuses if we want to drag Wolves and Everton back in. Anything less and we're toast.

The injury argument is such a cop out. If everyone can see it then why haven't we got rid for the past 2 years. Can't keep letting him get away with being shite because he used to be good 5 years ago and played for England. Poor old James with his injuries. That's football unfortunately. Get rid.

Never trust a man with two first names.

Ran out of patience with the bloke. Horrible, horrible footballer. He’ll be the one to thank when we go down this year.

Hes the one doing f***ing pirouettes on the edge of his box. Hoof the ball up!

STEPHYYYYY

Justin didn’t fancy closing him down. shock horror.

Take a shot every time the commentator says that Tielemans has the ability to shoot from long range and has scored in the FA Cup final.

Ffs. Need to be putting these away. Man City game all over again.

Ideally needs a run out against QPR next week and get a goal or two.

We’ve been really solid defensively but feels like we’re delaying the inevitable. As soon as they score it’s game over.

Exactly but he could get away with it. Getting exposed big time this year.

Confidence doesn’t seem to be there. Looks scared of losing the ball so it’s backwards every single time. Shame because he took on players for fun last year.