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Misuse of the word "enjoy" here

My disenchantment started a year into Rodgers' reign when I could see the writing on the wall, and has continued in decline from then. I wrote to the Board twice in the relegation season but, of course, was ignored. The Board seem clueless in football matters. When you've been engaged with football over a long period you've seen all the ups & downs and can sense when things are starting to go awry within a club. I've supported Leicester for 70 years and will always do so - I go around with Leicester shirt and scarf to most things. But like most on here I am finding it harder and harder to be quite so invested in the players, performances and results. Like others, I see the squad built up during Puel's time to have turned into a wasted opportunity, and the lack of support for our young players - having to sell off local grown successes because of bad financial management, selecting old Prem has-beens rather than giving opportunities to our development players and losing our best prospects to the rich clubs - a huge disappointment. The fortunes of a club undergo ups and downs over the years, none more than our roller-coaster of a club, so I just hope that somehow something will happen soon to arrest the decline and put us on an upward path again.

Joe Wormleighton looked close to ready for a shot in the first team 2 years ago; has he gone downhill from then?

Wasn't that the game where Mahrez laid on a goal for Vardy with a magical pass - cushioned a long ball out from defence on the volley directly into the path of Vardy in appalingly wet conditions?

Thx all for replies/advice on this. Suspected it would be too good to be true.

Sounds depressingly familiar

Ten Hag?

Exactly. In the 2nd half it was men v boys. They always seemed to have well enough men in defence to cope with our attacks, but whenever they attacked they tended to steam out from defence in unison and overwhelm our defence. It's as if they sniffed out our vulnerable moments and attacked ruthlessly as a unit. That can only be explained by on-field managerial adjustments to their system.

If only we'd shown the same alacrity in sacking Rodgers...

Am inclined to agree. Don't dislike Cooper for that approach from the start (at least in some games), what I can't stand is his game management - his reluctance to change things up, his inappropriate subs and his subbing too late.

But maybe they'd heard of "Notts Forest"

I saw an advert online for a product called "nanosparkle", allegedly removes scratches from your car. Sounds too good to be true. Does anyone know anything about it?

I'd steal it ... am a bit short on top

How do you know that this is the case. Do you have inside info?

If, 2 years ago, we'd lost an extra game early on and that had prompted the board to replace Rodgers then, as long as the replacement was a little bit competent, the gain over the rest of the season would have been much more than the 3 points lost and would have kept us in the Prem. So no, the comments on this thread aren't nonsense, but are based on the evidence of our performances and on the analytical abilities of fans who have followed Leicester for years and can see in which direction things are going. On the basis of the performances so far, and the match choices made by Cooper, we will be very lucky to avoid relegation if he is kept on. Were you one of those who ignored what you could see happening 2 years ago and wanted Rodgers to be given more time and chance after chance until it was too late?

On a personal note completely unrelated to this thread --good to see another ex-Yeti alive and kicking

Fair enough

Like Everton at home?

Is this another of those badly written Prem League rules? Of course he should be sacked now if that's in the best interests of the club.

Nevertheless, our manager last season failed to give him a proper go in the championship, preferring Daka. It's a shame. Had he been given a proper run last season then he might have developed sufficiently to be a useful option up front this season.

Interesting to read the report of Ben Nelson's first game for Oxford at the weekend. Their manager aware of his lack of game time and his need to bed into the match. Apparently took 20 mins to settle but then played superbly in a v solid defensive display. Apparently insisted on a loan away as he could see he was going to be given v little pitch time at Leicester. My point is that, looking at Alves and other promising youngsters, it is awful management to keep them in the squad but giving them no match time. It can surely only get them frustrated and see them losing their edge, sharpness, enehusia sm. Surely better to take a risk and give them at least the occasional minutes on the pitch. Their is always a balance to consider the long term interests of the club as well as the immediate.

Whatever he says to improve them before they go out to play the second half, why hasn't it occurred to him to give the same talk before they go out to start the first half?

That was stupid of Buanotte. Hope he gets stick from his teammates and learns from it. Just think of the difference it might have made to the result.8

It's hard to understand. You only have to look back to our relegation season to remember that, although there were many on this forum who saw the way things were going early in the season, Rodgers appeared to command loyalty and acceptance from the majority in the stands (and the board) right to the end.

They're getting even worse, then (My letters were by email so it was an automated response ... didn't mean the content was read)