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Unfortunately it’s been evident so many times this season that he is no leader. He only has the captain’s armband because he’s one of the most experienced.

Barry Been a few years, but great to see him get his hands on another trophy.

For all our recruitment faults, I think we saw again yesterday how weak our midfield pairing can be. Not replacing Ndidi’s attributes was criminal, and it continues to hurt us massively.

Every time I praise this guy, he backs it up with a shit performance

Just got to persist and up the anti. This was Norwich fans only a few months ago. Post match protests, block entrances if you have to…

If anybody missed it, Jack Lisowski’s 78 break in the decider against Higgins, a Snooker from the gods type break

Part of me really wants to rant, while the other part of me can’t be arsed, I think I’ll opt with the latter. The worst assembled Leicester City squad in my lifetime. Just look how Norwich applied themselves today compared to us, especially defensively. They had a bunch of defenders who actually enjoyed defending, making tackles, making blocks and actually celebrating their defensive work. While we have to put up with the likes of Caleb Okoli who cost over £10 million. Norwich’s centre back pairing of Cordoba and McConville cost them about £4 million combined.

Pretty much the whole team looks anxious. Nervy defending, a lack of physicality and fvck all in the final third. James & Mavididi on for Skipp & BDCR.

> Okoli

York’s other striker Josh Stones is the one to watch

I’ve mentioned similar points recently, I think a big issue with our squad is our “leadership group”, we might have an experienced bunch, but they are nowhere near what you classify as leaders, some of which also have an unlikeable mentality. Throughout the Pearson years, we had the right blend of leaders and just good honest professionals, and take his second spell for example, he ditched shitty characters like Matt Mills and Jermaine Beckford. Whether Rowett stays on or not, getting our leadership group right for next season is crucial. I really don’t mind when experienced signings come through the door, but it’s more important than ever that they have the right mentality. As you said yourself, we’ve signed too many shit chancers in recent years. Just going back to the Pearson years, we already had Matt Oakley, then in came the likes of Bruno Berner, Chris Powell, Richie Wellens. Then in his second spell, the likes of Wes Morgan, Dean Hammond, Marcin Wasilewski, Kevin Phillips, Marc Albrighton, Danny Simpson, Rob Huth all came in. None that you’d classify as glamorous, but they were good honest reliable professionals. You can list many endless mistakes that have contributed to our downfall, but in terms of the way our squad has been assembled, we have lost some very key figures over the years, and we simply haven’t replaced them with similar. As you said yourself in the second paragraph, once the key figures from our title winning squad filtered out, our downfall began to start. What transpired in the 21/22 season into the 22/23 season was criminal from a recruitment perspective. Morgan, Fuchs and Schmeichel all left during that period, and we simply didn’t replace them with similar characters. While in more recent times, what Steve Cooper landed on us has set us back a few years. Whether Rowett or someone else, we need to get back to the times of hard-working unglamorous signings, that you know will give 100% for the badge, then sprinkle a little bit of stardust in the mix just like the Pearson years with Knockaert and Mahrez.

It seems to be a constant theme throughout his career tbh, even at the likes of Derby and Stoke, his major signings at Stoke were the likes of Tom Ince, James McClean and Sam Clucas. Signings from abroad have very much been a rarity in his career. But for what we need right now, stability is key, he did exactly that at Millwall turning them from a 21st place finish to consistent play-off hopefuls. Some clips from podcasts that he’s done, he comes across as a manager who will have certain principles, but is very much flexible in terms of style with the players he has at his disposal. When it comes to McCarron, I’m cautiously optimistic. Some elements of his background make me excited, but the fact that he’s coming from Man City does concern me a little. If his vision is very Man City esque, possession at all costs type football, then I just don’t see Rowett as being his type of guy, regardless of how well he does. But if Rowett does well and keeps us up, while bringing a feel-good factor back, then I can see a lot of the fanbase clamouring for him to stay. Just looking throughout the squads in his career, they are consistently littered with players in their late 20’s or early 30’s. But as you said yourself, maybe it’s down to circumstances of academies for example. During his time at Birmingham, Demarai Gray was about the only young player coming through. During his time at Millwall, you had a couple come through the ranks, but he did sign a few younger players on permanents and loans during his time there. But as I said in my reply above, a lot will depend on McCarron’s vision for the club. If he has a Man City type vision, I just don’t see Rowett sticking around.

Of course very early days, but he’s already feeling like a proper Leicester manager isn’t he. Very much agree with @whoareyaaa that Rowett is giving off Nigel Pearson vibes. An honest, straight talking guy, who just wants his teams to work hard and be solid. If he got the gig permanently, I’d be a bit sceptical of the type of squad he’d like to build, throughout his career he has loved Premier League and Championship proven players, but maybe that’s what we need right now to get us back on track. A team of good honest professionals, with a sprinkling of stardust, just like Pearson built.

When he was appointed, I said no, but I’m already having a change of heart. He’s already giving me vibes of a manager that could improve our culture and stabilise us, which ideally are two things we desperately need. If we went down, League 1 is littered with managers who have been around the block in the lower leagues, or managers who have made the step up from being an assistant or coach. If you don’t gamble on a novice, then keeping Rowett in League 1 makes a lot of sense.

Think it was him who made that incredible block in the final few minutes. He’s made steady improvements this season, maybe we’re starting to see the version of Oli Skipp that Norwich fans did.

Caleb Okoli when attempting a forward pass

There’s the real Okoli

Just wait until Rowett starts them together

BDCR starting and Ayew on the bench

He might be a match fixer, but he deserves praise for this 😳

Looking forward to a central midfield partnership of Hamza Choudhury and Sammy Braybrooke dominating AFC Wimbledon.

We’d probably need a whole new back four next season, especially if we get relegated. If we stay up, hopefully we can keep Nelson, I’d be inclined to give Lascelles a new contract, but we’d need another experienced leader, as Lascelles no doubt would have numerous injury niggles.

Just a culmination of poor recruitment over the years. Going from the years of Morgan, Huth, Wasilewski, then Maguire, Soyuncu, Evans, Fofana to what we have now is criminal. What we had then was the perfect mix of experience and talent, but most important of all, we had leadership and defenders who actually enjoyed the art of defending. Now we have a bunch of defenders who are mistaken ridden, and will just fold in certain situations. You can clearly see why we signed Lascelles, because he has certain attributes that we’ve desperately missed for a few season’s now, unfortunately fitness is bound to be an issue with him. Whatever league we are in next season, if we are able to keep Nelson, then he clearly needs an experienced leader alongside him. If he leaves, then you can make a case of us needing four new centre backs.

Dramatic match between Higgins and Trump. Trump in deciders this season, played 8, won 0.

FFS Luke Thomas, Ayew would’ve scored that header.