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Doesn't affect them. TNT have the rights to all the European games.

"TeAmS oUtSiDe ThE bIG SiX cAn'T wIn TrOpHiEs" "MoDeRn FoOtBaLl Is RuBbIsH" Trust we'll see no more of such guff on these boards in future.. But Ben Chilwell will be so pleased to gain an FA Cup winners' medal after all..🤢

A cheating ex-tree. What's not to like? 🙄

The "quality" that saw them turned over by Oxford, Plymouth and Millwall (among others) towards the end of the regular season? Both sides have looked shattered in recent weeks. The outcome at Wembley will depend on whichever one turns up on the day.

Didn't think this was the place to see such touching faith in Jon Rudkin, but there we are.. 😯 Some of us recall a time, long before Seagrave, when the academy was regularly competing for honours (something that hasn't happened at City for a while) and also seeing a stream of players - including Andy King, Joe Mattock and this forum's very own Ashley Chambers - fast-tracked into the first team in exactly the same way as is being demanded now. Unfortunately chronic mismanagement by the club hierarchy at the time ensured that this coincided with our descent into League 1. Do we really want to see history repeat itself? It's argued that Seagrave is showing signs of becoming the English equivalent of La Masia. But the hard evidence to back up such extravagant claims is to date pretty scant. The incoming manager, whoever he may be, must consider whether the likes of Monga, Alves and others are yet capable of dealing with the challenges presented by cold, wet midweek nights at Stoke, Hull, Millwall and all the other lower-league dumps that lie in wait for us next season. Given the ongoing financial pressures on the club, which will only worsen outside the top flight, it's incredibly naïve to suggest that youth development should take priority over results.

Think Gianfranco Zola (among many others) had rather more to do with Deeney's development at Watford.. Meanwhile,Trippier came through Man City's academy before being snapped up by Spurs, so is likely to have learned far more at those clubs than at Burnley.

Pretty sure there are FA rules limiting the number of minutes 15-year-olds can play. Even if not, there are likely to be stamina issues, especially given the intensity of Premier football.

A reminder that Vardy has just TWO league goals this year - against Spurs (reserves) and Southampton. Forest, despite dismal recent form, are slightly tougher opposition than either of those sides. He also didn't pull up too many trees (pun intended) on his last visit to the swamp in 22-23. Hoping for the best, but fearing the worst.

How the VAR let him get away with a jaw-breaking challenge defies belief. It was far worse than the one Walshy did back in the day which ended up earning him a TWELVE-game ban. Think at least four Premier clubs, as well as Bournemouth, will be pressing the FA for a review of this incident.

This of course is the same source that did so much to destabilise our fanbase with tales, repeated for months on end, of a non-existent points deduction. Dyche wasn't good enough for us in 2023 and he shouldn't be the answer now. But anyone carrying the Rudkin seal of approval is by definition not to be trusted.

They only got promoted from that because Ken Bates got Leeds a points deduction for financial shenanigans. Without Rodgers messing up on our last two visits there, they'd still be languishing in the obscurity they deserve.

The difference is, they have Paul McCartney, we have a pub singer whose version of WYS is basically drunken karaoke. Check out the Dean Martin and Louis Armstrong versions (among others) and you'll see what I mean. Don't care if Jersey Budd is "OnE oF oUr Own". So is Jon Rudkin, and I wouldn't want to hear him singing over the tannoy either.

But wasn't that exactly what they did two years ago with Maresca, who had very little management experience or wider reputation? Was tempted by the idea of Tom Cleverly, who did a better job at Watford - a real basket-case club where even Pearson and Ranieri failed - than their league position suggests. On balance, though, it's probably best to give a swerve to anyone with Manyoo connections..

Mandaric had moved on to Sheffield Wednesday long before then. It would have been far easier for him to take Pearson back there than to suggest that he moved back to Leicester.

Bournemouth? Brentford? Fulham? The self-flagellation seen on here is almost as pitiful as the "football" inflicted on us by Messrs Cooper and Van Nistelrooy this season..

The same Pen 2 that was either shut or allocated to away fans for most of the 1980s?

Like Fatawu you mean???

HC would fit in well at a mid-table Championship club. But we should be looking at players (even fringe ones) who can lift us higher than that.

In the words of that noted Fox Andrea Bocelli, it's "time to say goodbye". Some Championship clubs pay their entire squads less than we pay Vardy. At a time when we desperately need to cut costs, it makes no sense to fork out more millions on a striker who can no longer score.

The Blackburn situation is completely different. Their current ownership is not the one they had when they won the league in 1995. Their sugar daddy died and the club was sold on. Many of their fans have never taken to the club's Asian owners. Whether this is solely due to their record in charge (which is at best indifferent), or if other factors are involved, is not clear.

A lot of the applause (at least from the main stand) was for the effort most players put in today to come close to a point against the leaders and champions-elect. It wasn't like Filbert Street in 2002 when confirmation of relegation was greeted with a standing ovation from all sides of the ground!

We've just become the FIRST team in the history of English professional football to go between Christmas and Easter without scoring a single home goal. Let that sink in. In 2025, that's the baggage Vardy will bring to whichever club he plays for next season. Like Rudkin and RVN - who have both indulged him far too much - he needs to leave before any kind of rebuild can begin.

Vardy's the one being paid megabucks, despite his advanced years. So he has to start every game for which he declares himself fit. As so often previously this season, today he was a pitiful tribute act, a pale shadow of the force he once was. Even many of his former fanboys are starting to realise his days are numbered. He deserves to be thanked for his past services, but now is the time to move on. If another club want to take a chance on him and fund the soap opera his career has become, then let them.

The same Cooper who made RVN look like prime Ferguson on both of his trips to Old Trafford? We sacked him for a reason. That reason still stands, however much of a calamity RVN has been.

As would I, but he isn't available. End of. We need a young, hungry Pearson-type figure willing to speak truth to power about the changes our club desperately needs.