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Ipswich making their 4th sub by 69 minutes. Remember when we made substitutions?? Those were the days!

For me a combination of: Stubbornly one dimensional tactics from the manager. The players were improving and our performances improving for 1/2 season, now the reverse seems to be happening. We are easy to play against because nothing is a surprise. It’s frightening that Enzo doesn’t see this. Lack of fitness - our players look less fit than the opposition regularly. Fatigue, slightly different to above, we seem to be tired almost from the start of a game. Are they not enjoying the football? Positivity - The players and manager had a real bounce in their step that’s quickly gone. January - The psychological boost of a couple of new players would have done much to reverse the above list. January again - Square pegs in round holes is always going to be a problem in an inherited squad. Swapping 2 squares for 2 rounds significantly improves the fit the squad has for the manager and every transfer window should see an improvement. January AGAIN - Without the above the current squad sees the staleness and lack of continual improvement and ambition, they question the club. The FFS effect - imagine giving your all, playing with minor injuries, and feeling like it’s an uphill battle. The club is badly run, we don’t improve the squad, the league are going to screw us, the manager won’t change etc etc …. Losing motivation even very slightly is all it takes at this level of sport to decline quickly Substitutions - 5 sets of fresh legs per game allowed, and yet we use 2 at most and even then only for limited time. If I’m a sub I’m frustrated. If I’m playing alongside someone having a stinker I’m frustrated. If I’m having a stinker I learn that it’s ok. It’s poor messaging from the manager. Rudkin.

There may be an even sadder ending… Rudkin gets involved and extends his contract

I’m his biggest fan and love a Fox playing for the team…. But his form mirrors the team, it’s fallen off a cliff. I wonder whether it’s his form that’s ruining the side or the other way round?

I feel exactly the same

Hardly shocking - there’s 3 pages of people saying exactly this before your comment

Really difficult to not draw parallels with the Rodgers ends to seasons. We looked devoid of fitness, sharpness, ideas and attacking intent then too

Very predictable, very slow, and ponderous. It’s becoming easier to play us as we become more one dimensional.

I’m aiming to explain what I meant by “I genuinely think”, not “tame a situation”. There is no situation. You’ve misinterpreted my words and somehow chosen to be offended. I’ve explained the intent and apologised if it wasn’t clear.

“I genuinely think” is an expression of my opinion. Sorry if that wasn’t clear enough.

We’d have got more if we’d sold him! He clearly wasn’t motivated in that last season, piled on the pudding and left for free. I’m not even sure who to be more mad at - Rodgers or Rudkin for letting it happen

Tielemans looks a Stone lighter. Its really criminal that we got nothing for him other than a year of him running down his contract at Greggs

I think Ipswich are a good example to pick. For me they’re like us at our best under Enzo. They don’t treat the ball like a hot potato but do fizz it around quickly with purpose. Often I think the criticism of our style of play is when we haven’t had a good game, or run of them. This style doesn’t stand up well to a bad day at the office

I genuinely think you should start looking for a different sport to follow - Football at the top level has already changed to this style and will trickle down the leagues. If it’s not Enzo playing this style (which I see the benefits but also why you think it’s dull sometimes) then it’ll be someone else

Simple: they thought their breach was minor and a timing issue, and were convinced that by cooperating in the investigation they’d be exonerated. They weren’t, they got a hefty sanction, so are appealing it

There’s a transfer embargo thread for this. And it’s already been discussed at length

There were plenty but they were quickly shut down with “we’ve just won the FA Cup”.

It’s a complex system but certainly makes it interesting!! There must be very few dead rubbers in Belgian football

I’m not sure what I despair about more. The state of English football governance or that an LCFC fan can’t spell the name of one of the protagonists of our demise. It’s Rodgers ffs!

I like our statement and the way that we’re defending ourselves against this. In fact I’d go further than expressing our wish to be transparent and have the evidence seen by the public, I’d just publish it. if we’re going to fight let’s go all in!!! Sadly on the same day that Nike have decided that our nation’s flag doesn’t unite or inspire and they’ll give us a new one that does… without a peep of objection from the English FA. What chance do we stand against the authorities who answer to the corporate sponsors and rid their impotent guilt bullying smaller clubs.

The element that I despise in this ridiculous system is the timing. If Man City / Chelsea / Everton had been docked points last season we’d have survived. If this season we get points deducted as they’re investigating us first, lose out on promotion, then Leeds get same treatment but post promotion then they have £100m first season advantage, parachute payments, sponsorships etc etc Effectively one club is ruined, the other thrives, all down to the timing of investigation and penalty. How is that equitable??

Let me guess … Talksport?

I think the difficulty of percentages is that it actually accelerates the divide between top and bottom: Eg. Clubs can spend 120% of their turnover… Big club £500m …. Can spend £600m. Small club £100m can spend £120m The current system isn’t fit for purpose but I think percentages would exacerbate the problem

B - it’s a rolling 3 year period

They do seem to have a better structure, but I don’t know too much about how they’ve achieved it? How are their rules different? Apart from fan shared ownership - which is the big stumbling block as it means changing ownership structures of some big organisations here