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26 minutes ago, FoxAsh said:

Can't imagine it will be to lively there is a heat warning in Dallas today and we are kicking off 3pm there time

It shouldn't affect the players as the stadium has a roof and is air conditioned. It will be around 23c inside. 

28 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Might need to be in next year’s accounts  

This would be a positive sign. If we're pushing revenue into the next financial year, it implies we're not desperately trying to comply with PSR for 2025/26 and should have more funds for next season.

9 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Ok we will go back and take 6 points off our total in 2023/24 instead then... oh. Leeds are still below us.

 

 

What if we had been given a 6 point deduction in 2022/23...?

 

 

You can have the £2m or whatever it is we got for finishing a position higher then

 

In both cases they are still either not promoted or are still relegated, its nothing like Burnley's case

This. Burnley‘s case was simple: if Everton’s six-point deduction had been imposed within the season they breached, it would have materially affected the outcome (ie, Burnley would have survived and Everton would have gone down). That does not apply in either of the seasons that Leeds are apparently ‘considering’ suing us for. 
 

Maybe somebody with legal knowledge can explain how Leeds may have a case here because at face value it doesn’t make any sense. 

Just now, Terraloon said:

If you look at his managerial record at his previous clubs it’s remarkable in that GD at each club is very close in terms of goals scored v goals against. Also games won and lost are remarkably close in terms of won and lost.

 

By now we should be hearing far more rumours in terms of players in and yes players out. The first competitive game potentially is what about 7 weeks away.

I'm curious to see whether there is a rush to sell before 30 June or a preference for delaying sales until after 1 July. That will tell us a little about our likely spending power under SCMP.

No sure why, but I quite fancy Senegal to get something tonight.

A polite note to ITV Sport: I am aware that Lamine Yamal is a very good footballer. You don’t need to be remind me of that fact by heaping giddy superlatives on him every time he completes a simple five-yard pass…

I quite like this guy. He doesn't get everything spot on, but for a non-Leicester fan he is quite insightful and balanced. In this video he goes through the players we still have under contract and assesses how they'd fit in under Martin. Unsurprisingly, he finds that we have very few players who are both a) likely to flourish under Martin; and b) likely to still be with us next season.

6 minutes ago, LCFCCHRIS said:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DV-ixBzF2JF/?igsh=ZXZydHhueDRldm5t

 

Here he reflects on time at Rangers. But sounds like he would double down if anything. 

Yep. Absolutely no indication that he’s learned anything.

1 hour ago, bald reynard said:

I think this is spot on. I'm pretty sure, as soon as we can nail Martin's backroom team, he'll be announced. Possibly in the next few days?

In addition to Owen, I wonder whether Gill might actually be sorted - a deal with West Brom, could be what's taking the time. I can't see Parker leaving OT and I'm sure Begovic will be our new Goalkeeping Coach.

The only thing I know about Gill is that West Brom fans were very unhappy about the prospect of him leaving and then very relieved when somebody said he was staying. They seem to think he played a major role in keeping them up last season. It wouldn't surprise me if we're still trying to get him out of West Brom. 

1 hour ago, Clogger_ said:

I like your posts. You always look for positives, even when there are none at all. And you happily move on to acceptance after spending weeks convincing yourself (but sadly nobody else) we would *never* consider RM! Hats off!

The comment you quoted was not about RM’s appointment, which I believe to be a horrendous mistake by the club. It was just an observation about our likely squad composition next season & would apply whoever was appointed manager. 

13 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

I’m hoping it will be mainly youth. 
Build a side around Alves, Nelson, Braybrooke and Page. 
 

I can see Alves, Braybrooke and Page being starters. Nelson may be sold if we get a decent offer.

The one positive we have at the moment is that even if 20 of last season's squad end up leaving, we won't have to buy replacements for all of them as you'd expect the academy to fill in some of the gaps. This will hopefully mean we can concentrate whatever budget we have on a handful of quality signings rather than stretch it across a large number of average ones.

2 minutes ago, winteriscoming said:

Unless he’s changed his style of play I genuinely think there’s more chance of us going down than going up with Martin in charge. 

It will depend entirely on what kind of squad he gets to work with. Next season's squad will likely be virtually unrecognizable from last season's, but nobody knows who will be in it so it's hard to predict where we'll end up.

Just now, JonnyZeroFox said:

Get those misses out of the way tonight  

Rogers’ was worse than Madueke’s. 

4 hours ago, FoxesWalk said:

Solid group this. Japan to win it. 

Japan are 13/5 to beat the Netherlands on Sunday. Tempted. 

Have Costa Rica been paid to try to kick us off the park? 

7 minutes ago, Lambert09 said:

This could be huge for us. We may have lawsuits aimed at us from championship clubs but….. we have one of the biggest claims of missed champions league football for 2 seasons. This is going to be incredibly messy and I’m shocked this door has been opened. 
 

I don’t think a single club should be sued…. I think the league should be for allowing it but seeing as the league get their money from every club that would be a little unfair 

Not sure anyone can sue us. Burnley’s case against Everton was that if their six-point deduction had been applied in-season, Everton would have gone down and Burnley would have stayed up. If our six-point deduction had been applied in 23/24, we’d still have been promoted in second place.

32 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

I know Palmer didn't have the best season(as with is team), but wasn't he the only guy who scored in the final against Spain last time out? 

 

I can at least understand with Foden, because he does squat when he plays for England, but not taking Palmer was certainly a choice.

 

 

Palmer is a potential game-changer. In the Euros he came on against the Netherlands and immediately set-up Watkins for the winner. Plus, he was the player of the tournament last summer when Chelsea won the Club World Cup, playing in the same stadiums in the same conditions that England will face this summer. 

I can see the logic in most of Tuchel's decisions, but leaving Palmer out seems like a major error to me. And given it turns out Saka isn't even fit it's even more baffling. 

1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

It's an impossible argument to make IMO.

 

If the points deduction is applied during the season then do Leeds only get 4 points from their final 6 games? To me they imploded because they couldn't keep up and it all got too much. Alternatively, do we beat WBA and then thump Southampton and PNE if it's still as tight as it was?

 

The pressure was lifted for us and it wouldn't have been if we were 1 point clear.

Sure, but Burnley's legal argument hinged on the fact that Everton's deduction would have relegated them and kept Burnley up. There's no ambiguity there—it's just a matter of fact. The same would not apply in our case as our deduction in itself would not have denied us promotion. Leeds' argument could only be that they'd have got more points if we'd have been punished earlier, which is highly subjective and impossible to prove. 

49 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Leeds would have a very good case to go after us if this is a precedent.

 

Strap in. Rock bottom is a long way off yet.

Burnley were able to go after Everton because Everton's six-point deduction, had it been applied in the season they breached, would have resulted in Everton going down and Burnley staying up. If our six point deduction for the 2023/24 breach been imposed during that season, we'd still have finished in second, a point ahead of Leeds. So a completely different case to Burnley/Everton.

1 minute ago, Silebyfox_89 said:

Could be wrong but hearing he prefers Burnley job now than Leicester, looks like we're moving on with other candidates.

Hearing from where?!