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Basically yes!

That’s my point - the relevant criteria for signing a striker isn’t his religious / moral views it’s whether he can improve the team (I’d conceded that there is a minor consideration - are his character traits going to cause dressing room friction)

I couldn’t give a monkey’s about his personal views / convictions, and I suspect that nor would anyone else if he bags 20 goals a season. Recruit on his football ability not on his views about sexuality

We deserve relegation. Sh!T like this makes my blood boil. Ayew and Broja. Pure Incompetence

I realise the mood is anti-Wout but my anger is again directed at the board not him. A player publicly expressing their disappointment at our transfer business is entirely welcomed by me. I absolutely agree with him, and him getting that message to the media increases the pressure on Top / Rudkin / Whelan. The club is falling apart. Player unrest being the latest symptom.

Absolutely. Frightening isn’t it?

Yeah, I agree it’s risky, especially with so little pace in the side… As per the second goal, a quick CB would have easily covered JJ’s mistake there and we wouldn’t have really noticed it

I dunno, that was possibly a master plan from Coops ….. Troure (I worked at Wolves so know a lot of Wolves fans and saw a fair few games myself) has a Lloyd Dyer first touch, either absolutely sublime or a throw in. He is lightning quick and strong, and very one dimensional - gets his head down and runs down the wing. The woeful part of his game is knowing when to stop and his crossing. If I were manager I wouldn’t have a full back engage him high up the pitch or in a tussle, I’d concede most of those battles and simply hold him from going inside. He’ll do the rest of the job of beating him himself!

Meh. Got a feeling that’s going to be the match report every week too

Yeah, but I can kinda forgive him that against Troure as he must be a nightmare to have a physical tussle with. The awful passing less easy to justify

I think that’s more to do with him passing to the opposition so regularly!

Even shrewder Jon!

We’ve paid £8m for Palace’s Albrighton. Shrewd Jon. Shrewd

That’s a great memory you have!!! Those were the days of me being a home and away ever present and would spend hours in the pub talking about the games both before and after - and yet I’d never remember anywhere near that level of detail!!!

Arghhh yes of course, you’re right! Great player, really exciting, unfortunately never the same after his leg break

I thought Corica was a MON signing?

I think they’re going to look like Man City on Monday. In fact, I can’t help thinking most sides are going to look like MCFC against us. Let’s hope that fear is proved unfounded and that our Championship quality side minus our best player / all coaching staff is better than logic suggests

There certainly needs to be protests / sack the board chants. I’d love to see that happening from the first minute of the season - we literally have nothing to lose

That’s actually really sad to read. I wonder how many other long term season ticket holders didn’t renew. Imagine someone telling you years ago that after promotion to the PL you’d be so disillusioned that you’d not renew - you’d never believe it

Straight back down, straight back down Leicester City, Straight back down, straight back down I say. Straight back down, straight back down Leicester City, Playing football the Rudkin way OR Whelan, Rudkin ‘n’ Top don’t stay

Absolutely nailed it 👍

It’d be more of a Hamlet moment!

Interestingly I thought both those signings were really good ones. Still do think Coady’s leadership / humour / experience will be useful when we’re 10 points adrift at the bottom!

I agree we knew recruitment was going to be a struggle and we might have to utilise loaned / cheap end of career / start of career / out of form players. That’s the nature of LCFC prior to KP really - try and balance a competitive side with some core signings and a few risky ones, whilst trying to bring through some youths / cheap lower league prospects. Where I would have agreed a few weeks ago, but not now… Is that were caught between giving the PL a good go and not overspending. It now seems like we’ve given up before the season starts. Cooper can rightly question if he’s been backed. I don’t want to turn this into the same debate as we always have (Rudkin), but my feeling is that we’ve just reached the ceiling of the talent in the boardroom. There’s nothing to be excited about because there’s no project / vision / long term leadership. I think the managerial selection clearly shows that, our transfer business illustrates it, and suspect we will see it on the pitch in a few days. And me too, Rodger’s reign broke something for me as well. To see years of progress destroyed is soul destroying. That may even have affected Top etc and took the wind out of their sails, maybe the apparent Board lethargy is partly down to this?

Which means he’s dead to me!! 😂