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TBH if my boss handed me a £40k a week deal to sit and do nothing I'd snap his hand off. He's only going to get half that at best at any other club. It's a short career you get what you can. Whoever gave him that deal is the issue.

There's dozens of them out there then. Transfer spending across the top two leagues was 87% down on last January. It's not in a mess, it's just maxed out. In any case, the fees and PSR compliance weren't the issue, they were agreed days ago and no-one wants to be in Everton or Forest's shoes next season waiting to lose points when we're trying to re-establish ourselves. The big issue was that this transfer dragged on for over 3 weeks and just like the Silva coçk up from a few seasons ago failed because someone didn't get the basics done quick enough.

Is Jonny boy still in Thailand?

It's nothing to do with his team, otherwise he wouldn't be over here doing medicals and agreeing terms. They just assumed we'd have done the basics and it looks like we haven't.

Inter accepted our offer, the player passed his medical, all we needed to do was complete the basic paperwork. It's nothing to do with their side. They're sitting there waiting for a BACS transfer from King Power PLC and we've realised a foreign player might need a work permit 🙈

I mean we offered £3m, they accepted. We offered £2m and they accepted and then we took the piss offering £500k and a later fee and they still accepted. Italian clubs are saying "Why is Jon Rudkin so difficult to deal with"

That's all sorted. Terms were agreed days ago, the player's had his medical. Just the "legal issue" now.

With 2 hours to go the club have realised a "legal issue" is stopping the transfer. "Day 30 and Jon's facing the bullet from the Seagrave house"

It doesn't. The club knows whether they'll overspend and doesn't proceed until they've reduced the wage bill or cashflow. Last thing they want is to go up and be docked 6 points or something.

If they'd signed Keifer Moore in August we'd have sold Daka. Bournemouth obviously interested in other targets now.

After the UFS/FT meeting with the club I had no fewer than 6 texts advertising the General Sales including the day before Swansea saying last few available (blatant lie but at least they're trying). Up til that point I'd never had a text from the club about anything. That just leaves the people out there that aren't in the database/mailing list and how they reach them. I couldn't believe there was an entire block in the North stand empty and no-one had the thought to either give tickets to schools or go Kids For A Quid to fill it. The extra sales on the concourse alone would have made it worthwhile. Leaves you with the impression that they don't give a sh!t

Not a chance. Knowing Rudders he probably didn't even put a notice period in the contracts.

We've had both. Look at our goals across the season, counter attacks, crosses, passing moves and screamers from outside the box. Keeping possession wears out the opposition (more goals than anyone else in the final 15mins) and is the best way to ensure they can't attack effectively or put on any pressure. Sure, it'd be great to be knocking it into the channels watching the striker sprint onto it and smashing it in the bottom corner but I'm not sure any of our strikers are capable/suitable of running channels or that we've got a midfielder that can regularly thread balls through like that.

TBF there were a lot of players not quite at it and a lot of misplaced passes. A win's a win.

We're winning virtually every week and the GD is phenomenal. How is it boring? We've got a team of committed players who enjoy playing for the club, that can't be boring. It's certainly a world away from the last two seasons.

McAteer and Praet poor but Praet was clearly knackered after two games in 3 days after barely playing this season. I don't get McAteer as a player, he's not threatening enough, gets caught offside repeatedly and isn't anywhere near the level of the other wide players. I'd struggle to name a MOTM but mostly 6s. KDH had some bad touches but all the creativity came from him.

TBF to him tonight their CBs went full on 90s "let them know you're there" with him. He had the same treatment Vs Millwall when he posted up pics of his gashed legs post-game. Got kicked in the ankle twice when Stroud's back was turned. That said his finishing is poor, he lacks a presence up top and that pace we keep hearing about is rarely utilised. Would rather go with Cannon and let him build his confidence and reputation than spend another season with Daka's "potential".

What do people want? The 3 or 4 times we tried a longer ball tonight it bounced off the CBs and gave them possession back. Knock it down the channels for people to try to run on to? Teams just don't play like that anymore, aside from Dyche teams and the odd throwback like Wilder or Hodgson. It's hardly Vestergaard's fault if the strikers are standing ten yards off him or the opposition stick in two banks of 5 to try to play through. I'd love Pearson back here but the truth is his last two or three teams haven't exactly been producing title winning football. They've looked as predictable as we're supposedly looking at the moment. Predictable but apparently unstoppable.

Just posted up a conversation behind me in one of the other threads, the moaning whingeing and griping is getting beyond parody. I genuinely wish this season had been a drop through the league to bloody League One again just so we can have rid of the deadwood in the stands. We cleared out the squad but got left with the spoiled, entitled ****ers in the stands who have been drunk on Premier League football for a decade. Just echoing what's been said above, Maresca should do an interview where he states the dead atmosphere is a problem. If not him then one of the players should express surprise at the empty seats or something. This team could not have done anymore this season. Points, GD through the roof, barely challenged by most teams and all you get is people moaning (wrongly) that we give points away. We've lost 1 game in 14 when we had ten men. We've dropped 4 points to the only side with fewer defeats than us via two deflected goals and despite "dropping" those points we're ten clear of them. The UFS lads should take massive credit for at least trying to keep going in the King Power Library because large sections of the silent support are an absolute embarrassment to the club.

Conversation behind me during Swansea "No he's not here again, he's let my brother have the tickets. He's only coming to the bigger games. Did you come on Satdeh?" "No course not. I'm not paying extra to watch this" "I've not even seen the goals yet. Feels like we're just waiting for the Premiership again, this ain't much of a pull these days" "I've forcing myself to watch this season, we dint wanna give the tickets away because we might not gerrum back" "Here he goes again, Ndidi not Ndidi the other one, he's so selfish never creates anything" 🤨😫🙈

Still looking for 2

I know everyone loves to see the kids getting a chance but I'd say there's almost no chance of any of the younger starters from Saturday featuring tonight as well. I've not heard anything about Doyle and whether it was just a tactical sub on Saturday but I'd guess it's between him and Justin again and then just whether he keeps Akgun in or moves Ricardo forward. FWIW Mads Ricky, Justin, Big Jan, Big Wout, Winksy, KDH, Akgun, McAteer, Stephy, Cannon

Swansea at home for the honeymoon? Or maybe even Stoke away?

Probably not but so many clubs playing with one up top these days means anyone with 3 strikers on their books will struggle to give them all game time. In any case it looks like an extended stay at the AFCON means Nacho is here til the summer.

All of those players you mention - except Viera - were homegrown players from their club's academy. In any normal transfer window, Spurs don't buy Skipp, Liverpool don't buy Jones and United don't buy McTominay. They're in the side through being homegrown and making natural progression. Look at the uproar when Liverpool were mentioned with KDH last summer, their fans were horrified because he's not a player that size of club spends that sort of money on.