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It's not a good point because we played well. It'd a good point because we'd have taken it before the game. Because we're rubbish and we'll take what we can. I agree Ipswich were rubbish but we were even worse. I do agree the tactical set up was all wrong and we were lucky though. But you're misunderstanding what people mean when they say it's a good point.

I mean I think they spent about half an hour in our box like, but apart from that...

Would probably have Bobby just behind Daka. It's hardly Shinji and Vardy but it'll have to do. Ramsey to take BDCR role when/if fit. I don't particularly want to see Mavididi as anything, if I'm honest. Begovic Okoli Lascelles Nelson Skipp James Winks Fatawu Mukasa BDCR Daka Wouldn't be playing with wing backs at all. Skipp can offer cover. Look, it's far from perfect but we have to find a way of occupying the opposition half. That issue and our amateur full backs are why we are on a record run without a clean sheet. I'm not convinced that having Fatawu spending half his time in his own half is making good use of one of our biggest threats either. But we must find a way of solving this issue of opposition teams playing long diagonals over our full backs, or deep crosses to the back post. I'll caveat I'm massively under qualified to offer tactical thoughts, but it seems there's at least the seed of an idea there which with some polishing could work. Ultimately we don't have the players for any system to be as effective as we'd like, but I'm trying to think outside the box. Maybe the more simple solution is just to stick and extra centre half at right back.

Fatawu played right back in that half. Ricardo just sort of played in a weird pocket between right back and centre half as the game passed him by. On a number of occasions BDCR was closing and gesturing as if to say 'where the fvck is Fatawu?' when the ball went out to their left back. He was at right back, mate. You can't have that. Not only is Fatawu not a right back, it neutralises him as arguably our greatest threat moving forwards. It also allows them to sustain attack after attack as they have an out ball every time down that side. I am fully on board with the idea that if we go down it won't be Rowett's fault, but I'd just love to have a manager recognise obvious faults like this and find a viable solution. Some will point to a good draw away from home, but that's only by some minor miracle. Ricardo simply has to be dropped, not that Choudhury was much better. Perhaps a change in the revered formation we play that has served us so well in recent years? Aluko is clearly deemed not ready, so play a 3 with Lascelles. 'But then we'd have to drop Luke Thomas as well.' Yes. Yes we would. Play a 3-5-2. We then have an extra man up there to occupy an opposition defence, something we haven't managed all season. We need to find a way to get Mukasa and James into the same 11 anyway. Am I missing something? Can't be any worse surely?

Ipswich have done their homework. Clear strategy to target him, which is causing us massive problems. Doesn't matter how well a game is going for us, if all that teams need to do is pump a ball over our right back to get in behind us, we're going to concede chances and eventually concede.

They've been told by Di Marco they've been hard done by and are far too burrowed up their own arses to believe otherwise.

"Leading the Club’s football operation, Jon Rudkin has been appointed to the role of Chief Football Officer, providing executive leadership of all football matters" VID-20250222-WA0002.mp4

What has Aluko got to do? Pereira offers nothing at either end. Reminds me of myself blowing after a couple minutes playing 5 a side.

Can guarantee the only conclusion will be: 'See, this is why we didn't want to go for Rowett! It's so unfair the league have hounded us and given us our points deduction otherwise we'd have been able to attract someone better. Then we promote.'

The whole team was terrible so it would feel harsh to pin it on one player, but it felt like we were covering for his lack of legs all game today. Norwich clocked it and at one point (wisely) got into the habit of just punting it behind him. The telltale sign that a player's legs have gone is when the technique goes. And this is Pereira, he used to be fantastic technically. He now can barely kick a ball, let alone track back and keep up with his man. Shouldn't start another game this season.

Mukasa has more goal involvements in less than two 90s in League football than Mavididi has had all season. Different positions, I know, but it says as much about how impressive that is for an 18 year old starting his first matches in professional football as it does about how embarrassing it is for Mavididi. 2 goals and 1 assist at this point of the season? Shocking. Lumbered with him for 2 more years unless Qatar come calling again.

And it has taken the literal sight of us actually in the relegation zone to call time on the search and fall back on Gary. They are that thick.

I heard the same thing

Every time I think we can't be run any worse, I'm surprised. What the actual fvck is happening? Genuine question - are there any other examples in recent history of a club sacking the manager and putting a very obvious caretaker in charge who himself has said he has no ambitions of taking over, only for the managerial search to take 3 weeks (and counting)? There are seemingly no solid links to anyone, so the likelihood is our search, mid-season, during a relegation battle, will have taken over a month. Unbelievable incompetence.

Would love to know his IQ

Yet another thick footballer to add to our long list in recent years.

Digital billboards near airports/royal buildings then? I am a digital media buyer. Would need to look at libel laws before doing anything, but if funds are made available I am more than happy to use the tools at my disposal to make it happen. As long as I'm not leaving myself exposed legally!

Khunt Bottom

Time for us to start calling him Bottom. Or arse.

Utterly pointless. A plane does what? Gives journalists in the UK something to talk about. They already are talking about how useless Top/King Power are. A plane totally misses the target audience. We need to talk to Thailand. We need to embarrass Top. Re-sharing my post from another thread yesterday. Flip flops/elephants - whatever you want it to be. I'm not arsed. But our actions need to directly target Thai culture and talk to Thai people. We need to give him a reason to want rid of us. "This (throwing tennis balls onto the pitch) but use flip flops. Just buy some for a quid or two from Primark. In Thailand footwear/feet are seen as a symbol of low status and distaste. In Thailand, and in the context of protest, it would effectively read as we see Top as being lower than low for us. Incredibly embarrassing. Bonus points if they have a Thai flag sticker/painted on them. Or, perhaps even better - white elephants. Amazon Link In Thailand, the white elephant is a famous idiom. Historically, a King would give a white elephant to a courtier he disliked; the animal was sacred (so it couldn't work) but incredibly expensive to keep, eventually bankrupting the owner. Sound familiar? It speaks directly to the Thai people to succinctly say that our owner is a fool and he's bankrupting Thai pride, in every sense of the word. It's ridiculous. It points fun at Top. In Thailand, being laughed at is considered worse than being hated. One or the other or both? (Flip flops/white elephants) Either way, the most effective way to get rid of Top is to embarrass him in front of his peers. He doesn't give a toss what the British media or we think. Time to get clever. Hit him where it hurts (his pride). We can do this without getting vitriolic or xenophobic. If people are on board with this, does it need its own thread/twitter/campaign to gather momentum?"

This but use flip flops. Just buy some for a quid or two from Primark. In Thailand footwear/feet are seen as a symbol of low status and distaste. In Thailand, and in the context of protest, it would effectively read as we see Top as being lower than low for us. Incredibly embarrassing. Bonus points if they have a Thai flag sticker/painted on them. Or, perhaps even better - white elephants. Amazon Link In Thailand, the white elephant is a famous idiom. Historically, a King would give a white elephant to a courtier he disliked; the animal was sacred (so it couldn't work) but incredibly expensive to keep, eventually bankrupting the owner. Sound familiar? It speaks directly to the Thai people to succinctly say that our owner is a fool and he's bankrupting Thai pride, in every sense of the word. It's ridiculous. It points fun at Top. In Thailand, being laughed at is considered worse than being hated. One or the other or both? (Flip flops/white elephants) Either way, the most effective way to get rid of Top is to embarrass him in front of his peers. He doesn't give a toss what the British media or we think. Time to get clever. Hit him where it hurts (his pride). We can do this without getting vitriolic or xenophobic. If people are on board with this, does it need its own thread/twitter/campaign to gather momentum?

Personally I'm looking forward to the League One Top and Thai-influencer-laden open top bus.

It isn't though. Top in his interview was talking about 'the Leicester way of playing' being more important than anything else.

Precisely how I feel. Thanks for giving me the word for it.

A bit of a pointless tackle but it shouldn't have been a red. No real force behind it and not high at all (I'm not even sure his boot leaves the grass.) By which definition of the law is it considered a red? If it's on the basis his studs were showing, players would have to run about like ballerinas, pointing their toes down at all times. Anyway, to answer the question, no. Red cards aren't what are letting us down. We lose today regardless of the red.