Jordan James joins on loan - Official

[Spudulike]

25 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Clear signs we are improving?
Improvement in recent weeks?

 

Norwich and Q.P.R at home are two of the most vile performances I’ve ever watched (and they’ve had plenty of competition)

 

Both under Rowett

 

 

 

 

I had the misfortune to be present at both of those games which have proved to be the final nails in my season ticket coffin.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 hour ago, ClaphamFox said:

We have been more competitive and shown more fight under Rowett than we did under Cifuentes. Our last game against Watford was one of our best performances of the season  and probably the only one in which we were comfortably the better side in both halves. There are clear signs that things are improving on the pitch. 
 

I agree that if you base your prediction of where we’ll end up on how we’ve played over the whole season, you’ll probably be very pessimistic. However if you base it on the improvements seen in recent weeks, you might be a little more positive.

I mean that's very subjective. Objectively our ppg has got worse under him. 

[ClaphamFox]

40 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Clear signs we are improving?
Improvement in recent weeks?

 

Norwich and Q.P.R at home are two of the most vile performances I’ve ever watched (and they’ve had plenty of competition)

 

Both under Rowett

 

 

 

 

Yes, clear signs. When a manager walks into a horribly dysfunctional environment with a squad whose confidence is rock bottom, it can take a little while to turn things around. Progress isn't always linear—an improving team will sometimes play badly and lose. It would be great if Rowett came in and we immediately started playing brilliantly in every game and going unbeaten for seven matches, but it rarely happens like that. I think the underlying trajectory is upward even if the path there remains uneven.

 

12 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

I mean that's very subjective. Objectively our ppg has got worse under him. 

This is undeniably true. But we definitely should have beaten Stoke and Watford, and you could make a case for saying we should have beaten Middlesbrough. The Ipswich game seemed a fair draw at the time, but it later transpired that Leif Davis should have been sent off in the 27th minute and we should have been awarded a penalty, so we may have even won that game if the ref had done his job. The Norwich and QPR games were both horrendous, but some of the other performances have been decent—the most recent one of which was the most dominant we've been over 90mins all season.

Edited 31 March by ClaphamFox

[slymunn]

On 28/03/2026 at 15:49, Lambert09 said:

a few people have stated you cant buy and sell in the same window though. Reality is, if we go down we wont have the cash to complete the deal. It will be the same as the lookman situation where even though we want to do it, we simply cant. 

You are able to buy and sell in the same window. Its playing for three teams in a season that's the issue (from what I can work out)

Below is from Jan, when Villa signed Tammy Abraham. Besiktas bought him 26/01 and sold him 27/01 for a profit.

 

[LCFCJohn]

40 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Clear signs we are improving?
Improvement in recent weeks?

 

Norwich and Q.P.R at home are two of the most vile performances I’ve ever watched (and they’ve had plenty of competition)

 

Both under Rowett

 

 

 

 

Both of those games were vile yes. But would we say they were worse than many of the performances under Cifuentes? 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

14 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Yes, clear signs. When a manager walks into a horribly dysfunctional environment with a squad whose confidence is rock bottom, it can take a little while to turn things around. Progress isn't always linear—an improving team will sometimes play badly and lose. It would be great if Rowett came in and we immediately started playing brilliantly in every game and going unbeaten for seven matches, but it rarely happens like that. I think the underlying trajectory is upward even if the path there remains uneven.

 

This is undeniably true. But we definitely should have beaten Stoke and Watford, and you could make a case for saying we should have beaten Middlesbrough. The Ipswich game seemed a fair draw at the time, but it later transpired that Leif Davis should have been sent off in the 27th minute and we should have been awarded a penalty, so we may have even won that game if the ref had done his job. The Norwich and QPR games were both horrendous, but some of the other performances have been decent—the most recent one of which was the most dominant we've been over 90mins all season.

If you're going to use the "we should have beaten XXX" argument then you have to apply that to Marti's games too, which there were scores of games that we "should" have won. 

 

The fact of the matter (which is all that matters at this point), is that we're taking 1ppg under Rowett. 

 

For what its worth I think we'll win Friday and Monday btw. 

Edited 31 March by Sol thewall Bamba

[ClaphamFox]

10 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

If you're going to use the "we should have beaten XXX" argument then you have to apply that to Marti's games too, which there were scores of games that we "should" have won. 

 

The fact of the matter (which is all that matters at this point), is that we're taking 1ppg under Rowett. 

 

For what its worth I think we'll win Friday and Monday btw. 

Sure, but under Marti we were defensively all over the place and were mentally shot to pieces—and we were getting worse. Under Rowett we look much more organised and mentally resilient, and our performances are improving even if that hasn't yet shown in the stats.

 

If you're right about winning on Friday and Monday, we'll be on 45 points with five to play and out of the relegation zone. Another win against Swansea would take us very close to survival with four more to play.

Edited 31 March by ClaphamFox

[whoareyaaa]

23 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Yes, clear signs. When a manager walks into a horribly dysfunctional environment with a squad whose confidence is rock bottom, it can take a little while to turn things around. Progress isn't always linear—an improving team will sometimes play badly and lose. It would be great if Rowett came in and we immediately started playing brilliantly in every game and going unbeaten for seven matches, but it rarely happens like that. I think the underlying trajectory is upward even if the path there remains uneven.

 

This is undeniably true. But we definitely should have beaten Stoke and Watford, and you could make a case for saying we should have beaten Middlesbrough. The Ipswich game seemed a fair draw at the time, but it later transpired that Leif Davis should have been sent off in the 27th minute and we should have been awarded a penalty, so we may have even won that game if the ref had done his job. The Norwich and QPR games were both horrendous, but some of the other performances have been decent—the most recent one of which was the most dominant we've been over 90mins all season.

The QPR game says it all tbh we haven't really improved at all the players have just put a bit more effort in which is expected under any new manager.

 

The reason we are in a relegation fight is because most of the players we have are just not very good.

[The Doctor]

16 hours ago, davieG said:

"tried to play but too painful" - exact mistake made v Wrexham, suggesting it's been him insisting he can play on. Amateur from the physios to risk it though.

[Richmondfox]

5 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

Sure, but under Marti we were defensively all over the place and were mentally shot to pieces—and we were getting worse. Under Rowett we look much more organised and mentally resilient, and our performances are improving even if that hasn't yet shown in the stats.

 

If you're right about winning on Friday and Monday, we'll be on 45 points with five to play and out of the relegation zone. Another win against Swansea would take us very close to survival with four more to play.

It’s a shame that the attackers have been left to their own devices all season. Zero tactics and limited team work. 

Bad habits haven’t been corrected by the staff and the players haven’t improved on what they keep failing at every game.

 

 

[murphy]

I think two recent clean sheets after a run of zero in thirty games is a sign of improvement under Rowett. 

 

 

[murphy]

5 hours ago, whoareyaaa said:

The QPR game says it all tbh we haven't really improved at all the players have just put a bit more effort in which is expected under any new manager.

 

The reason we are in a relegation fight is because most of the players we have are just not very good.

I  disagree with this.  I think among the players, some are beaten, checked out, demoralised, bereft of confidence and not putting in a shift, but this squad, unbalanced as it may be, is more than good enough for this level. 

 

 I Could forgive them if I thought that they weren't good enough, but individually, they are.  The performances we are seeing from them is an absolute disgrace.  The most dispicable Leicester I side I've ever seen by a mile. 

[ParkerPen]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

I  disagree with this.  I think among the players, some are beaten, checked out, demoralised, bereft of confidence and not putting in a shift, but this squad, unbalanced as it may be, is more than good enough for this level. 

 

 I Could forgive them if I thought that they weren't good enough, but individually, they are.  The performances we are seeing from them is an absolute disgrace.  The most dispicable Leicester I side I've ever seen by a mile. 

agreed, they are not world beaters or promotion candidates, but equally not relegation fodder

 

 

[whoareyaaa]

1 hour ago, murphy said:

I  disagree with this.  I think among the players, some are beaten, checked out, demoralised, bereft of confidence and not putting in a shift, but this squad, unbalanced as it may be, is more than good enough for this level. 

 

 I Could forgive them if I thought that they weren't good enough, but individually, they are.  The performances we are seeing from them is an absolute disgrace.  The most dispicable Leicester I side I've ever seen by a mile. 

it's a combination of things I don't think we have the ability to be pushing for top 6 so midtable Championship is probably the level with all those things going on and having no striker, decent keeper or competition for places, a lot of players on loan etc... the only players that would be featuring for a team at the top would be James, Fatawu and Winks.

[Foxin_Mad]

On 31/03/2026 at 09:16, EastAnglianFox said:

Clear signs we are improving?
Improvement in recent weeks?

 

Norwich and Q.P.R at home are two of the most vile performances I’ve ever watched (and they’ve had plenty of competition)

 

Both under Rowett

 

 

 

 

You obviously didnt watch the utter dirge served up under that Marti fellow, being played off the park by Oxford at home was a low, also 3-0 down to Sheff Utd 1st half, getting smashed by QPR away, Sheff Utd away.  There is NO defence of credence in people trying to claim the previous manager was in some way better when hes had most the season to sort the team out. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

5 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

You obviously didnt watch the utter dirge served up under that Marti fellow, being played off the park by Oxford at home was a low, also 3-0 down to Sheff Utd 1st half, getting smashed by QPR away, Sheff Utd away.  There is NO defence of credence in people trying to claim the previous manager was in some way better when hes had most the season to sort the team out. 

Apart from the objective fact that his ppg was 33% better than the current manager's. 

[filbertway]

Ahh small sample of PPG on the back of coming into a team that had lost 5 in 6 and had no league clean sheet in over half a season.

 

In that case, Michael Appleton is objectively our best ever manager. Martin Allen was also objectively better than Rodgers and Ranieri.

 

No point letting silly things like context get in the way of using cold hard facts.

[jayfox26]

21 hours ago, murphy said:

I  disagree with this.  I think among the players, some are beaten, checked out, demoralised, bereft of confidence and not putting in a shift, but this squad, unbalanced as it may be, is more than good enough for this level. 

 

 I Could forgive them if I thought that they weren't good enough, but individually, they are.  The performances we are seeing from them is an absolute disgrace.  The most dispicable Leicester I side I've ever seen by a mile. 

This 100%. This side is miles better than the side we had when we last got relegated to league 1. Lack of tactics, poor management, lack of confidence has all contributed but the biggest contributing factor for this disgusting season, is purely and simply a lack effort, pride and professionalism from the highest paid squad in the league. For this reason alone, regardless of if we stay up, I dont want to see any of these players (other than the youth lads) here next season, but unfortunately they will be as nobody else will take them. The only player worth keeping isn't even our player.

[moore_94]

 

[filbertway]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

 

He will be the difference maker, even if we can get 60 mins out of him in both games that'd be huge!

[EastAnglianFox]

45 minutes ago, Foxin_Mad said:

You obviously didnt watch the utter dirge served up under that Marti fellow, being played off the park by Oxford at home was a low, also 3-0 down to Sheff Utd 1st half, getting smashed by QPR away, Sheff Utd away.  There is NO defence of credence in people trying to claim the previous manager was in some way better when hes had most the season to sort the team out. 

Where did I say we were better under the previous manager?

[CosbehFox]

22 hours ago, murphy said:

I think two recent clean sheets after a run of zero in thirty games is a sign of improvement under Rowett. 

 

 

What about the lack of goals in the same period? Somehow we are less of an attacking threat currently. 

[Stuntman_Mike]

On 29/03/2026 at 08:19, Gazza M said:

I think he signs if we stay up. Joins another Championship outfit if we go down. Maybe Spurs or West Ham! 

What makes you think he'd stay with us next season if you think clubs like Spurs or West Ham are going to be interested? 

[Gazza M]

11 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said:

What makes you think he'd stay with us next season if you think clubs like Spurs or West Ham are going to be interested? 

Because they could be a "basket case" of clubs also if relegated. I think we will be stronger next season also if we stay up and James seems happy to fight the current battle. 

[goose2010]

2 hours ago, filbertway said:

He will be the difference maker, even if we can get 60 mins out of him in both games that'd be huge!

he either starts on Friday and comes off after 60 - best case 

and then is on the bench Monday comes on if needed (hopefully not) 

 

I cant see him being fit enough to do 2 90's in 3 days.