The "do they mean us?" thread pt 4

[Trav Le Bleu]

On 27/04/2026 at 09:36, Finnegan said:

 

Something very close to this happened to me at Wembley when Heskey equalised against Boro. Probably my first crowd surfing experience. Absolutely yeeted by a couple of blokes behind me (I'd been in tears shortly before and they were being nice in their own way.)

 

So... let me get this straight... if we ever see you looking miserable, we should get 2 blokes to toss you?

[Merchant_Banker]

On 27/04/2026 at 12:25, ClaphamFox said:

I’m actually looking forward to seeing a Leicester starting 11 that includes Page, Braybrooke, Evans, Aluko and possibly Alves, with a couple of other development squad players on the bench. If we manage to offload a few of the remaining high earners in addition to those out of contract, the opportunity will be there for McCarron to bring in some proven quality combined with a few quality loanees from PL clubs (most likely Man City). I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that we might have a very strong side by League One standards next season.

Not to bring you down, but I am not sure how many of those will still be with us next season. Page did well in the Championship when he was allowed to play, Aluko showed a few glimpses of talent, as has Evans in League One, Alves hasn't had much opportunity, but has looked Good in flashes, and who can ignore the Leicester Iniesta. Given that they are pure profit we may end up selling any for whom we receive decent offers.

[Grebfromgrebland]

2 minutes ago, Merchant_Banker said:

Not to bring you down, but I am not sure how many of those will still be with us next season. Page did well in the Championship when he was allowed to play, Aluko showed a few glimpses of talent, as has Evans in League One, Alves hasn't had much opportunity, but has looked Good in flashes, and who can ignore the Leicester Iniesta. Given that they are pure profit we may end up selling any for whom we receive decent offers.

This is the way football has been designed to work. 

[ClaphamFox]

32 minutes ago, Merchant_Banker said:

Not to bring you down, but I am not sure how many of those will still be with us next season. Page did well in the Championship when he was allowed to play, Aluko showed a few glimpses of talent, as has Evans in League One, Alves hasn't had much opportunity, but has looked Good in flashes, and who can ignore the Leicester Iniesta. Given that they are pure profit we may end up selling any for whom we receive decent offers.

I don't think any of them would yet attract big enough bids to make it worthwhile. Far better to build the team around them, allow them to improve and sell them for much higher fees in the future.

 

There will be a major turnover of the playing squad this summer, but selling the crop of our academy at well below their potential future value would not make any sense. Monga will probably go as soon as his contract becomes a professional one as we'll likely get a bid large enough to justify it, but not the others.

Edited 29 April by ClaphamFox

[Grebfromgrebland]

The bids or offers could be next to nothing, if a player's head gets turned that's it.

[ClaphamFox]

22 minutes ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

The bids or offers could be next to nothing, if a player's head gets turned that's it.

Not for those on professional contracts, it isn't. And all of those I mentioned are on professional contracts. 

[Jacnah]

On 22/04/2026 at 17:26, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said:

Im unfortunate enough to know a bit part Cov fan (well he’s from Cov, still lives there but supports Man Utd first) Cov now his second team and his smirking face really annoyed me last time I saw him, he couldn’t suppress a smile when asking what was going wrong with us. I hope they get hammered every week next season and I’ve toyed with pretending to support Man City as my second team just to annoy him 🤣 

I also wanted Spurs to go down but not so sure now as them staying up makes it harder for Cov next season. 

No - Spurs down is much higher entertainment value than cov being trounced each week  

[Finnegan]

3 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

So... let me get this straight... if we ever see you looking miserable, we should get 2 blokes to toss you?

 

Or if I'm not looking miserable. 

 

Or if you're not sure. 

 

[Stuntman_Mike]

3 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

So... let me get this straight... if we ever see you looking miserable, we should get 2 blokes to toss you?

 

Oh, sweet Jesus.

[Manley Farrington-Brown]

On 26/04/2026 at 14:25, davieG said:

I mean, as long as he wasn't in the fourth row from the front of the double decker when he was thrown over three rows of spectators, this all sounds like good clean fun. Boys will be boys and all that.

[MPH]

Mercury running an article recommending we sell/ release all of our 6 CBs, including Nelson. Just for clarification, that would mean we would need to buy/ sign at least 4 new CBs. They are also recommending we keep Choudhury and skipp..

[LCFCJohn]

6 hours ago, MPH said:

Mercury running an article recommending we sell/ release all of our 6 CBs, including Nelson. Just for clarification, that would mean we would need to buy/ sign at least 4 new CBs. They are also recommending we keep Choudhury and skipp..

It could be quite likely that all the centre backs go, or at least in their own right individually. It is whether collectively that all comes together. I suspect we will sell anyone we can.

 

Faes - doing well at Monaco and 1 year left so even if they renegotiate the optional fee down in light of our relegation, they may well sign him. With a year left, he may also move on his wages for a longer deal. 
 

Vestergaard - similar to Faes with a year left and wages. Not had a loan of course but maybe a move to Europe. More a case of struggling to see him sticking around than seeing an obvious move for him.

 

Okoli - can’t imagine his wages are as high as the two above and has been linked with moves back to Italy. Although this one might have more of a loan to Italy with an option about it. But still unlikely to be around next season.

 

Lascelles - not even in contract. Not to say he wouldn’t sign up again on reduced wages but I guess we count someone out of contract as going.

 

Souttar - wages will make it difficult to keep him. You’d imagine Sheffield United being interested. Not sure what the terms would be, permanent deal and if we’d end up paying some wages etc but you could see him going. Or rather not seeing it being possible to keep him.

 

Nelson - the easiest sale of all of them. Still has a good pedigree despite poor form this season and still young. Other clubs will see that our whole club was a mess this season and it won’t reflect on him. With a year left on his deal, someone will easily pay the £2 mill or so needed to sign him. 

[Jon the Hat]

18 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

It could be quite likely that all the centre backs go, or at least in their own right individually. It is whether collectively that all comes together. I suspect we will sell anyone we can.

 

Faes - doing well at Monaco and 1 year left so even if they renegotiate the optional fee down in light of our relegation, they may well sign him. With a year left, he may also move on his wages for a longer deal. 
 

Vestergaard - similar to Faes with a year left and wages. Not had a loan of course but maybe a move to Europe. More a case of struggling to see him sticking around than seeing an obvious move for him.

 

Okoli - can’t imagine his wages are as high as the two above and has been linked with moves back to Italy. Although this one might have more of a loan to Italy with an option about it. But still unlikely to be around next season.

 

Lascelles - not even in contract. Not to say he wouldn’t sign up again on reduced wages but I guess we count someone out of contract as going.

 

Souttar - wages will make it difficult to keep him. You’d imagine Sheffield United being interested. Not sure what the terms would be, permanent deal and if we’d end up paying some wages etc but you could see him going. Or rather not seeing it being possible to keep him.

 

Nelson - the easiest sale of all of them. Still has a good pedigree despite poor form this season and still young. Other clubs will see that our whole club was a mess this season and it won’t reflect on him. With a year left on his deal, someone will easily pay the £2 mill or so needed to sign him. 

Agree literally everyone is for sale.  We can find 4 centre backs, or more likely 2-3 and youth player back up.

[LCFCJohn]

13 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Agree literally everyone is for sale.  We can find 4 centre backs, or more likely 2-3 and youth player back up.

Yeah we don’t need 4 with TWB and Gray in the squad.

 

Problem will be, as usual, we won’t be able to act upon the free transfers that are decent because we will take so long to bring a manager in and in the case of centre back, however likely departures are, they still need to happen for us to bring numbers in. We will be scrapping around for proper bargain bin frees and loans that haven’t already been snapped up. Grim…

[MPH]

6 hours ago, Jon the Hat said:

Agree literally everyone is for sale.  We can find 4 centre backs, or more likely 2-3 and youth player back up.

 

6 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

Yeah we don’t need 4 with TWB and Gray in the squad.

 

Problem will be, as usual, we won’t be able to act upon the free transfers that are decent because we will take so long to bring a manager in and in the case of centre back, however likely departures are, they still need to happen for us to bring numbers in. We will be scrapping around for proper bargain bin frees and loans that haven’t already been snapped up. Grim…

 

I hope you guys understand what you’re saying.. signing 2 cbs and using youth back up is basically admitting to a second season in division 1. If those ‘ youth backup ’ players were any good, they would have played this season. The fact they couldn’t get near van awful team should at least tell you something. You can’t expect 2 cbs to last the season, especially with all the extra cup games.

Edited 30 April by MPH

[LCFCJohn]

38 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

 

I hope you guys understand what you’re saying.. signing 2 cbs and using youth back up is basically admitting to a second season in division 1. If those ‘ youth backup ’ players were any good, they would have played this season. The fact they couldn’t get near van awful team should at least tell you something. You can’t expect 2 cbs to last the season, especially with all the extra cup games.

I did say you don’t need 4…so I thought implied I meant 3. 3 senior CB’s plus the youth back up. That’s assuming a manager playing 2 rather than 3 CB’s as if the latter then you would have to review that of course. 
 

It’s realism as well. Think of poor Rudders trying to coordinate the signing of 4 players at all let along just in one position!

[davieG]

59 minutes ago, MPH said:

If those ‘ youth backup ’ players were any good, they would have played this season.

That's simply not true Rowett quite clearly stated many times he preferred experience even though he recognised their potential hang ups having already experienced one relegation or rejection from their previous team. He also mentioned that the youth would bring energy and a fearless approach. Yet still stuck with the ongoing failures of experience.

 

Youth had no chance of getting in the team in fact even on the bench.

[SecretPro]

2 minutes ago, davieG said:

That's simply not true Rowett quite clearly stated many times he preferred experience even though he recognised their potential hang ups having already experienced one relegation or rejection from their previous team. He also mentioned that the youth would bring energy and a fearless approach. Yet still stuck with the ongoing failures of experience.

 

Youth had no chance of getting in the team in fact even on the bench.

Shows what an absolute useless pile of shite Gary Rowett is/was as an appointment and manager. 

[filbertway]

Selling Nelson would be short sighted, especially for a small price. The others I'm not really too fussed about. Would love to keep Souts if we could be sure he'd stay fit, but if an offer of £4m+ came in then I'd let him go.

[MPH]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

That's simply not true Rowett quite clearly stated many times he preferred experience even though he recognised their potential hang ups having already experienced one relegation or rejection from their previous team. He also mentioned that the youth would bring energy and a fearless approach. Yet still stuck with the ongoing failures of experience.

 

Youth had no chance of getting in the team in fact even on the bench.

 

let’s not forget ‘this season’  also includes Cifuentes, not just Rowett.

[LCFCCKEANO]

12 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

It could be quite likely that all the centre backs go, or at least in their own right individually. It is whether collectively that all comes together. I suspect we will sell anyone we can.

 

Faes - doing well at Monaco and 1 year left so even if they renegotiate the optional fee down in light of our relegation, they may well sign him. With a year left, he may also move on his wages for a longer deal. 
 

Vestergaard - similar to Faes with a year left and wages. Not had a loan of course but maybe a move to Europe. More a case of struggling to see him sticking around than seeing an obvious move for him.

 

Okoli - can’t imagine his wages are as high as the two above and has been linked with moves back to Italy. Although this one might have more of a loan to Italy with an option about it. But still unlikely to be around next season.

 

Lascelles - not even in contract. Not to say he wouldn’t sign up again on reduced wages but I guess we count someone out of contract as going.

 

Souttar - wages will make it difficult to keep him. You’d imagine Sheffield United being interested. Not sure what the terms would be, permanent deal and if we’d end up paying some wages etc but you could see him going. Or rather not seeing it being possible to keep him.

 

Nelson - the easiest sale of all of them. Still has a good pedigree despite poor form this season and still young. Other clubs will see that our whole club was a mess this season and it won’t reflect on him. With a year left on his deal, someone will easily pay the £2 mill or so needed to sign him. 

Agree with the majority but can promise Nelson will not leave for £2m

[Steve Earle]

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned elsewhere or if this is the right thread, but felt I had to mention the ‘It was what it was’ podcast on our title triumph, featuring Jonathan Northcroft. 
 

Excellent.

 

Reminds us of a time when we were ahead of the curve, not so far behind it we can’t even see it.

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, LCFCCKEANO said:

Agree with the majority but can promise Nelson will not leave for £2m

How will he fetch more than that? One year on his contract, seemingly no intention of renewing, we’ve been relegated and desperate for cash and he’s been dropped from our side so not first choice. He might be worth more but realistically, we either take a couple of million or lose for free next year so our hand will be forced. 

[CosbehFox]

5 hours ago, filbertway said:

Selling Nelson would be short sighted, especially for a small price. The others I'm not really too fussed about. Would love to keep Souts if we could be sure he'd stay fit, but if an offer of £4m+ came in then I'd let him go.

That’s not short sighted with a year left on Nelson’s contract. If he’s not showing any intent on signing a new deal, we have to let go.

[filbertway]

1 minute ago, CosbehFox said:

That’s not short sighted with a year left on Nelson’s contract. If he’s not showing any intent on signing a new deal, we have to let go.

Oh yeah, thats fair. This is the assumption that he would be here a while longer and become much more valuable.

 

1 year though yeah, we would either need commitment or he shoots off.