Leicester City vs Stoke (H) 22nd Nov 3pm - Pre match

[JimJams]

18 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

We only need be scared of ourselves. 

Which we are.

 

And its fxxking horrific.

[Stuntman_Mike]

I for one, will be hoping for similar carnage.

 

 

[jim5000]

On 10/11/2025 at 11:08, AKCJ said:

We'd need to win at least 9 of them to think about an automatic push. The sides looking to get automatic promotion will be getting 2 points per game. As we're 8 points off 2nd already with a point deduction on the way I think we'll need to be aiming for ~30 points from that lot to think put our selves in the automatic promotion hunt.

 

 

Not sure I actually want to get promoted with this squad. We would get humiliated every week in the Premier League.

[AKCJ]

Assuming Nelson, Stolarcyzk and Okoli are injured...

 

Begovic

Choudhury Faes Vestergaard Ricardo

Winks James

Fatawu Reid Mavididi

???

 

Take your pick from the strikers. They're all dog shit. One will play for 60 minutes and do nothing and another will come off the bench and do nothing.

[Bob Weasel Fox]

Postman Pat has to start up front - at least he presses well and we look a slightly better team with his energy etc

 

shame he can't hit a barn door from 2 metres out

[Winstonthedog]

On 09/11/2025 at 23:15, Zear0 said:

BDCR first name on the team sheet. 

 

Things are bad guys. 

With that statement alone .... things are far worse than bad 

[john ridley]

41 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Assuming Nelson, Stolarcyzk and Okoli are injured...

 

Begovic

Choudhury Faes Vestergaard Ricardo

Winks James

Fatawu Reid Mavididi

???

 

Take your pick from the strikers. They're all dog shit. One will play for 60 minutes and do nothing and another will come off the bench and do nothing.

Should be a team to get the chants  going 

[CornwallFox]

1 hour ago, jim5000 said:

 

Not sure I actually want to get promoted with this squad. We would get humiliated every week in the Premier League.

Much like last year with a 25 point total

[ClaphamFox]

2 hours ago, jim5000 said:

 

Not sure I actually want to get promoted with this squad. We would get humiliated every week in the Premier League.

Sunderland's starting 11 against Arsenal at the weekend included nine players they signed in the summer after getting promoted. That's the only way we could do it.

[AKCJ]

3 minutes ago, ClaphamFox said:

Sunderland's starting 11 against Arsenal at the weekend included nine players they signed in the summer after getting promoted. That's the only way we could do it.

Yep it's literally the only route to success.

 

I could see us getting away with starting Fatawu, James and maybe Stolarcyzk but we'd have to spend north of £100m to survive.

 

Midfield general, flying fullbacks, ultra physical centre halves, brute of a striker (that can score goals) and pacey winger all needed.

[Chelmofox]

11 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Yep it's literally the only route to success.

 

I could see us getting away with starting Fatawu, James and maybe Stolarcyzk but we'd have to spend north of £100m to survive.

 

Midfield general, flying fullbacks, ultra physical centre halves, brute of a striker (that can score goals) and pacey winger all needed.

Not only 100mil. But also 100mil being spent well. That’s the bit that worries me the most. 

[AKCJ]

3 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Not only 100mil. But also 100mil being spent well. That’s the bit that worries me the most. 

Absolutely but it's not impossible with good scouting. The right attitude and physicality is most important IMO.

 

We can't go up and sign a squad full of wimps with shit attitudes again. We need to target players with a point to prove and those who can (and want to) run all day.

[slymunn]

12 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

Not only 100mil. But also 100mil being spent well. That’s the bit that worries me the most. 

Thats it. we spent around 80ish last season and it didn't end well at all.

[Chelmofox]

23 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Absolutely but it's not impossible with good scouting. The right attitude and physicality is most important IMO.

 

We can't go up and sign a squad full of wimps with shit attitudes again. We need to target players with a point to prove and those who can (and want to) run all day.

Good scouting. Right attitude and physicality. Those are the things that worry me. 

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, Chelmofox said:

Good scouting. Right attitude and physicality. Those are the things that worry me. 

Absolutely. I don't trust that we'd do it with Rudkin's team and methods.

 

The club needs an attitude shift and that will only happen when he and Aiyawatt go.

[Tomo260]

5 hours ago, jim5000 said:

 

Not sure I actually want to get promoted with this squad. We would get humiliated every week in the Premier League.

Don't worry, we won't 

[whoareyaaa]

6 hours ago, AKCJ said:

Yep it's literally the only route to success.

 

I could see us getting away with starting Fatawu, James and maybe Stolarcyzk but we'd have to spend north of £100m to survive.

 

Midfield general, flying fullbacks, ultra physical centre halves, brute of a striker (that can score goals) and pacey winger all needed.

See 2016 not the only route James is valued at 5m for instnace if we can bring a couple in Jan in the mold of James we would be starting to build

Edited 11 November 2025 by whoareyaaa

[Pliskin]

This will be when the board realises they should have sacked Marti in this window. 

[Dan]

Would be very on brand for us to lose this and then sack him - that would make it 4 managers in 6 who got sacked just after an international break.

[AyewJoking]

20 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

This will be when the board realises they should have pushed Marti out the window. 

 

[Chelmofox]

28 minutes ago, Pliskin said:

This will be when the board realises they should have sacked Marti in this window. 

I still think we are a way from this. 

[Pliskin]

11 minutes ago, Chelmofox said:

I still think we are a way from this. 

In reality we are, but in my opinion it’s going to happen. Norwich was a red herring for me, this is the pivotal prt of the season, and for me personally I can’t see Marti improving or working at all. His style of management and football isn’t what this team needs….. we need a Pearson esque manager, someone who runs the “front line” of the club so to speak, akin to Enzo too. Marti doesn’t do that, and eventually he will be dismissed, but when it’s all too late and we will likely be in the shit and on the verge of a relegation battle. 
 

5 wins in 15 is piss poor, and it’s a clear indication Marti isn’t the right fit for this group. We should have been proactive and realised this after the Blackburn game, and should have then started identify, and put the feelers out for potential replacements, potentially had the name in line and sack Marti after the Norwich game regardless….

 

The decision not to remove him sooner will cost us in my opinion. Which is all it is, my opinion.

[jim5000]

9 hours ago, ClaphamFox said:

Sunderland's starting 11 against Arsenal at the weekend included nine players they signed in the summer after getting promoted. That's the only way we could do it.

With what money? Half our squad are out of contract this summer (thank god, bye Vestergaard), but the club is broke and doesn't have the systems in place to put together a Premier League squad on the cheap (free)...

[jim5000]

10 hours ago, Winstonthedog said:

On 09/11/2025 at 23:15, Zear0 said:

BDCR first name on the team sheet. 

 

Things are bad guys. 

With that statement alone .... things are far worse than bad 

The club strategy of waiting for us to sink low enough so that all of Brendan's and Cooper's signings are valuable is finally paying off 

Edited 12 November 2025 by jim5000

[JimJams]

2 hours ago, jim5000 said:

Half our squad are out of contract this summer (thank god, bye Vestergaard), 

Vestergaard isn't....