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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.

Should Southampton give Soumare a chance if they sign him next season? How about Daka? Maybe they'll read this forum and expect them both to be absolute chancers. Do you think they'd be right? Or would they be better off 'giving them a chance'? When you buy a lottery ticket do you start spending money on the basis you'll win? No you don't, because you don't expect it to happen. Well then by your logic, you're not giving the lottery a chance. Thank me later for your lesson in basic logic.

You are unable to understand the concept that wanting one thing and expecting another can occur simultaneously. Thick.

My god, you're thick.

Another odd response. I've already said I'd rather be proven wrong. I haven't watched Southampton much either, but Southampton's fans would be as right to be expecting rubbish from Soumare based on our opinions of him, as we would be based on their opinions of Aribo. It isn't a hard concept to grasp, really. Put your mind to it and I'm sure the penny will drop eventually. Let me know how that goes for you, fella.

Odd response. It's about me as much as it is about the large numbers who think he will be a failure. In cases like these, fans are right much more often than they're wrong. There are exceptions. I hope he isn't a failure but am confident he will be. That's the way I imagine most feel, and it's why any sign of poor play in his first 45 has been jumped on. He has a bad reputation at Southampton for the same reasons Soumare does with us. Does that sound good to you?

There's a difference between being desperate for him to fail, and knowing with 98% confidence that he will. People are fed up. It's the manifestation of frustration towards the board. It's another example of overspending on wages (probably), and Southampton, a club in a similar state of disarray on the pitch, hate him for being slow and lazy. Two things we have plenty of and have to thank for our position. If he starts to play well, fans will quickly change their opinions of him and give him his dues. I know it has only been 45 minutes, but we've been here before.

Conclusions from first half: - Never a red - Ricardo is beyond done. We owe Cooper an apology on that one - Daka might be even worse than we thought. I've never used the term 'pub player' so seriously - Aribo offers nothing - Lascelles looks good so far - The commentator doesn't have his specs on

A chav who happened to be really good at footy 15 years ago and flopped in every managerial role he's ever had is precisely what we don't need right now.

There is a big difference between relegation to the Championship and League One. Relegation to Championship isn't seen as embarrassing as it should be for a 'club of our stature' (despite the recent success and money spent which should make it unforgivable.) Relegation to League One, given the money spent, would be unprecedented. Reminder that our owner still thinks we're gearing up for a play off push. Relegation to our lowest ever point would hit hard. It'd be truly embarrassing, and would tear up the 'business as usual' blithering zombie mode that we are stuck in. It would be a shock to him. A slap around the chops. Change, in some form at least, would surely come about. It might not be instant, but surely Top doesn't have the appetite for the repetitive failure and financial drain we're becoming. And even in League One, with our infrastructure and history, we'd be an interesting proposition to new owners.

It's easier to take when you switch the way you look at it. 1. Our owners deserve it. See it as just punishment for them and their pockets. 2. What are we losing out on? Do you really see us turning things around and becoming a progressive force in the Championship again under these owners? No, of course not. So let it go. Relegation means you don't have to watch further slow decline in the Championship. 3. While not a sure thing, relegation surely shortens the odds of the ownership selling up. If nothing else, it surely speeds up the process. 4. Most of the players deserve it too. Many of whom will believe they are too good for that level. We'd be rid of even more of this playing squad that we hate than if we cling on. At this point, I have zero hope of us turning things around under these owners. The idea of the utter carnage that would be relegation feels like justice, and also feels like ripping off the plaster. There's no guarantee we'd 'do a Pearson', but the prospect of us fading into obscurity in League One, for me, is no less appealing than the idea of limping along in the Championship, clinging onto second tier status as we watch turgid football and journeyman footballers jog about the pitch. Relegation > Mass protests (wishful thinking) > Top sells up > Start again

Another player bought for the league above who isn't even close to being good enough for the league below. If it was fiction you'd call it farfetched.

Anyone thinking he won't sell because he said it isn't an option would do well to remember he came to Leicester to give Cifuentes his support, before sacking him hours later. Give this man baby enough grief and I'm convinced he'd spit his dummy out and sell. Shame, then, that we are a passive bunch of losers.

One step closer to League One. Said it before but I see little point limping along in the Championship under these owners. The self destruct button looks more appetising.

Did anyone really expect Andy 'the personality' King to shake it up? Fvcking rank that. If you're lacking central midfielders and your full backs are wank, play 3 at the back. So obvious it hurts.

People don't hate him, they just want him gone. I'm a nice guy too, but I shouldn't be Leicester City manager. There's always going to be a bit of a bad taste when you do quite such a bad job. He was shocking.

Quite some achievement for the fans to be so overwhelmingly in favour of his sacking. While football fans are fickle, of course, I really don't think it would have taken much for the fans to see his side and blame the owner, the players, and the lack of investment. He didn't even really need to perform 'on par'. Sub par would have been sufficient for him to curry favour this season. Somehow he's been bad enough for the collective thought to be that even with these chancers we call our players, we should be doing a hell of a lot better than we are. We genuinely haven't had a single 90 minute performance we can be proud of. Not that many 45s either, if we're honest. Incredible.

No, do not give it King. It's an unpopular opinion but I always got the impression King lacks personality. He's regarded a club legend because he was there from League One all the way to the Premier League. And fair play, he was a good player for us. But I never understood calls for him to be the next birch. I've never understood the clamour for him to be involved with us any more than someone like, say, Wes Morgan. He strikes me as such a nothing personality. Professional? Sure. He's a good boy. Doesn't mean he's what we need right now.

Our success is the reason that our decline is unacceptable. Not the consolation.

And we should take every single opportunity we have to remind him of that. Low? Maybe. But that's what it has come to now. Get out of our club.

At what point do I actually actively want us to get relegated? I hate everything about us. If anything it might trigger a change. What's the alternative? Keep surviving by the skin of our teeth as we wheel out our few remaining talents and the odd bright spark in the loan market? For what, 4 more years or so to steady the boat? Doesn't appeal. Go down, sack everyone and start again. Would be nice if that worked like the Pearson revival, but if it doesn't I'm not gutted about losing out on what we have now. This rot is as bad as it gets footballing wise. And financially? Well if it bankrupts us, good. Change can happen.

It isn't the same sideways and backwards we had under Enzo, though. This version is because we have no runners and no idea what we're supposed to be doing. We have two options, panic and lump it, or just keep the ball. Any attempt at moving forwards breaks down immediately, so we tend to default to one of the above. And it comes back to, yes, poor players, but moreso at this point I think a total lack of tactical analysis, shape, patterns or a plan. Which compounds itself with a lack of confidence. Anything good that happens is either a moment of magic or seemingly an accident/the opposition switching off. It's quite funny seeing the body language of our players when we actually create something or find some space. The sense of 'fvcking hell how did that happen' is abundantly obvious.