Dan

They won't make the mistake of risking this again after Maresca. Bet they were so relieved when he left.

Usually predict a narrow loss but actually think this could be the long overdue annihilation. They bullied Ipswich by all accounts. I'd imagine it's the type of game where Portsmouth's players will get in the changing rooms at half time and piss themselves laughing.

That 5'3 prat - the most odds defying decline in a generation locked in. Pure disrespect to Mike Ashley to even compare the two. The most incompetent owner of my lifetime.

Official statement: Jon Rudkin to officially begin new role on 1 July 2026

We'd need 10 from here to even have a chance. This lot average about a point a game. There is no chance. It's over.

Agree with others - this isn't even a good Championship either. This last four years is as abject a four years as you'll ever witness. The most extraordinary fumble I've ever seen. If this was a film you would roll your eyes at it.

You would because you actually have any interests of the club and city at heart. Those involved wouldn't dream of it. They will grow further resent to the EFL off the back of this. Further protection to the players. Further contempt for the evil protestors. Our fans have been probably the biggest disappointment in all of this. They got exposed as the softest touch in football.

That's what should have happened in 2023 and 2025. It didn't. It'll be more of the same with further decline to follow. I wouldn't rule out League Two by 2028.

It's sad for those who will lose jobs over this, and for those who innocently just support the team. But my god there is some severe karma for this. Those players. The managers. The financial people. The owner and board, and every fool who backed them to now. Every one of them deserves every last bit of this. Enjoy your karma.

Manchester United - still crap by the way. Was hoping they would fall into the trap and give Carrick the permanent job but not convinced anymore. The luck running out.

Fantastic weekend in the PL it must be said. West Ham and Leeds winning is lovely.

Very minor but just sums up what a totally unserious and unprofessional outfit it is.

You're suffering from similar issues to me - I just cannot crack the goalkeeping on this and have genuinely no idea what to even look for at this point when trying to buy one. It's the one position I'm sort of happy if I get a 6.8 average rating in because I seem to be prone to goalkeepers completely sabotaging my season. This isn't a new thing either. It's been the case since about FM22. It's just so hard to know who can be relied on and I'm thinking it must be tactical.

Sounds silly to say in our current plight but money. We could probably x5 what he's on at Lincoln. I mean we probably can't, but we probably would I hope it doesn't happen. I don't think a single party would win from it.

I've played on quite a bit but I'll drip feed it because. I had pretty high hopes for 2027/28 because of how well we finished the second year - after a tactic switch we really blew away most of the competition in the post split, but I did have a bit of a fear about the season on the opening day when we stole a draw at IMT despite being rank second best throughout. I needn't have worried though as this, a 2-1 loss at Zvezda and a 1-1 draw with Napredak were our only dropped points in the first ten games. Even Macva Sabac couldn't stop us like they usually did, courtesy of a late winner after absolutely hammering them and missing a penalty. We did lose 1-0 at Partizan which was disappointing, but then won the following three inlcuding a cup game before taking on Zvezda at home in a surprise 2nd v 1st encounter. The biggest reality check of the lot as after a decent first half, we somehow collapsed in the second and lost it 0-5. The response was impressive though with another two wins, then two draws, then another three wins, before losing at home to Cukaricki who had been pretty poor for the most part truth be told. There was no real story or narrative to the season beyond it being a very impressive overperformance. Zvezda won the league pretty comfortably, but we finished 3rd in the table behind Vojvodina and ahead of Partizan, meaning we had secured Conference League football. We also made the cup final but, surprise surprise, lost to Zvezda. It was an absolutely brilliant season though. 18 clean sheets from our 33 games and the best defence in the division. Odds are totally stacked against us for Europe which is a shame as the money from that would completely change the game. We will get some money for being in the play-offs, but the odds of us winning three rounds of qualifying are really quite low despite everything. We won't be spending any money of interest until we do make it to a league phase, but making it that one time will change everything.

As ever, depends if we get lucky with the manager. But I doubt it. Skubala by the way I think would fail big time if he came here. Was listening to the NTT20 pod about Lincoln's promotion and they as a club couldn't be more different to us. The only commonality with Leicester next season and Lincoln this is the league. It would be a completely different situation to anything he has faced. As somebody with a bit of a vested interest in his career due to the Lutterworth link I actually hope for his own sake he steers the **** clear of this.

I don't think the EFL like us, and why would they, but I actually think they will be hoping LCFC do survive this season because of what is likely to follow if we are relegated. The level this could actually get to did partly happen because of the rules that were in place. This is in absolutely no way a defence of LCFC by the way. The people at the club deserve far worse than what they've had.

Three clubs having points deductions would be an absolute humiliation for the EFL. It's the sort of shit you'd expect if you went down a rabbit hole and ended up on the Bulgarian 2nd division table.

Went to a stag do in Salzburg over the weekend and ended up going to, grabs shield, RB Salzburg's game. There were 16 of us and it would've been good to do Austria Salzburg, but their ground holds about 1,500 and they comfortably sell it out so it just a bit of a non starter unfortunately. Now I'm not ignorant to the formation of RB Salzburg and I obviously oppose it, but even despite this, I expected a bit more than what there actually was. I did think as a club who had recently won 10 straight league titles that they might have picked up some support but they just haven't really at all. The crowd was under 9,000 and I'd say there were easily over 1,500 away fans from Linz as well (who were very good throughout). They really are just an Austrian MK Dons in every sense. A small organised group behind the goal, but nothing substantial. They've really fallen off on the pitch as well. Linz won what turned into a pretty mad game in the end 2-3 despite throwing it away in injury time themselves. I didn't go with high expectation and it somehow fell short. Really tinpot and soulless club.

Enjoy your captain for next season. Should get the Ayew treatment. As should plenty of others.

Should be a minimum of 20 gone, like 2023, like 2025. There won't be. Enjoy the Choudhury and Thomas captaincy split for whoever Wayne Rooney decides it'll be that week.

You would have to be pretty stupid to support King Power in 2026 so yes, they will do exactly this.

Perfect - another excuse for our board and the apologists to shift the blame from themselves.

It's done. Finished.

It's definitely what they'll do. Go all out for a draw and lose 2-0 to two fairly late goals.