Bezzanator89

It's basically lies, fudging the figures so the attendances look better than they actually are. I could easily take about 3k off the published numbers based on what I have seen. I've not been able to attend quite a few this season (yay), and the ticket went unsold, but I'll bet my season ticket that my attendance was still counted. Ridiculous. Boxing Day should be an interesting turnout, another thinking below 20k?

Have to sheepishly admit that Whelan was in my crosshairs along with Rudkin and Top. Since she left, the farce has continued, so they were dragging her name down with them through one baffling decision after another. So yeah, I believe got it wrong. When you get Big Nige, who really doesn't suffer fools, puts something like that, I have to say sorry to Susan Whelan. From the outside it looks like everyone in the hierarchy was incompetent, but turns out she wasn't and left to preserve her reputation. And who can blame her as this absolute sh**show continues after she has gone, so clearly she was not part of the problem.

Sorry, I was being way too subtle. They're just shite.

They could enrol for updates for an additional year, worked for me.

Maybe the players are protesting following the farce with staff not being paid before Christmas. That's all I've got to defend this shitshow. Be ironic if QPR get the compensation to let Marti join us, then be the team that gets him sacked. The universe works in strange ways.

Are we on about the same one? Might be @BrilliantFox, who knows.

It hasn't. But the goal we conceded today was nothing to do with Marti. Ipswich got that second wind out of nothing and the momentum swung. The fact we also only limited them to one goal in the end despite that also says that Marti did good today.

Dare I say, Marti has just about found his best starting line-up. Doesn't have the complete 90 minutes yet but getting there, we are also scoring more goals in open play and got 7 points out of our last 9. You call that good recent form. Green shoots. Oh, and no Winks? No Faes? No Soumaré? No problem. Sell them all in January and recoup some money for all I care.

You sound just like the bloke who sits behind me, berating Marti and the players when we celebrating goal number three. Must be great at parties.

Great with his hands, absolutely honking with his feet. He will just about do for the Championship as this is his level, but we ever grace the Premier League again, he will instantly become backup keeper.

One brain fart aside and the swing in momentum that followed, that's the best performance in weeks. Goal of the season contest is well and truly over.

That's a relief.

This game was dead and buried. One absolute Christmas gift of a goal to concede and the momentum is completely swung the other way. Why do we do this to ourselves again and again?

Point closer to safety. That's all I've got.

Close thread.

And so is the general standard of service (JJ aside).

Hanging onto a point now. Still waiting for a complete performance, we ever gonna get one?

Which one?

Was a red card in the making today. Needless yellow followed by a couple more fouls, and one real manhandling that could have easily got a second yellow. Has looked out of his depth this season at Championship level. It's sad that we have no other option, so LB has to be a priority in January.

Abysmal officiating from the first whistle. Not a great performance, Stoke will kick themselves. Chuffed for Daka and Mavididi. Was good to see us getting physical and playing dirty Stoke at their own game. We take the three points because they will be valuable, but we have to be better than this, especially with a points deduction coming. Can see the EFL being really churlish and making an example of us.

Collectively diabolical officiating today.

How shit must you be, we're winning at home... How shit must you be, Daka has scored... How many more can we come up with today?

Ricky Pereira having a stinker IMO.

Shame it takes chants like THAT, to get the club to actually acknowledge the fans. Communication at a much earlier stage could prevent this.

Never an easy watch this lot. We take the three points, which barely papers over the cracks, so the tune remains the same. Rudkin OUT. King Power OUT.