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This is ****ing shit, isn’t it? I don’t mean the game itself. I mean watching on on the telly under these circumstances. I’ve enjoyed some of the other games this weekend, as a neutral. Lots of goals, no stake in it. But watching your own club in a stadium you’re used to being in, and full. I...

Where will we finish: 14th Top scorer (and no. of goals): Vardy (16) Player of the season: Ricardo Best new signing: Castagne Best young player: Thomas Most disappointing player (old or new): Soyuncu Most improved player: Tielemans How far will we go in the Europa League (and no saying...

This season isn’t going to be very good, is it? We should be good enough not to have to worry about a relegation scrap, but then we have a small squad and at last six extra games to play. Top half would be some achievement.

They care about us as customers who bring money into the club. No more than they care about the customers who walk into their duty free outlets.

It isn’t a community club. Clearly anything they do for the community is an exercise in reputation management. The club is a subsidiary of a multi-billion pound duty-free company whose owners only give a shit about us insofar as we are a vehicle for promoting the brand. They’re also corrupt...

I watch Hinckley when City aren’t playing anyway, and because of the number of games at that level I end up watching them more anyway. I know people there and it’s time with my dad, so the novelty wearing off isn’t an issue. I’ll miss going to our games. A lot. But if I don’t take a stand...

I’m still not reconciled to this. I feel as though they’re taking the piss out of me and my stance hasn’t softened; I’m not renewing on these terms. There is clearly no prospect of them waiving the £70. In which case they’ve lost a season ticket holder. It will probably hurt me more it will...

Unless there aren’t any games at full capacity in which case the £70 goes towards your 21/22 season ticket. They explicitly state that they’re working on the basis of games being played in front of capacity crowds at some point, so actually what they’re doing is pretending to move a bit bit...

All of that can be achieved without the cash grab. A staggering level of incompetence.

https://www.lcfc.com/news/1758561/updated--202021-season-season-tickets-memberships-and-planning-for-the-return-of-supporters/press-release An update from the club, and it’s a load of old bollocks. You can now pay the £70 in two instalments, and the £70 will go towards the cost of a 21/22...

Nobody is asking them to give away anything for free. A ballot is fine. You can build in some prioritisation for season ticket holders and members. Season ticket holders would ideally only pay 1/19 of their season ticket price but paying the match ticket price isn’t the end of the world. They...

Even Man City, of all ****ing clubs, are letting STHs ’defer’ prioritisation for this season, and allowing them still to renew in 21/22. Manchester ****ing City are behaving in a manner morally superior to that of our club. I say ‘our’. It’s quite clearly **** all to do with us and there’s no...

Yeah, I'm not giving in on this one. I've no interest in going to a 2/3rds empty ground. I've even less interest in paying £70 to keep myself in favour for when we're allowed back in properly. **** 'em. Grubby ****s. I'd much prefer it if they were honest and just told us they need the cash. I'd...

I don't accept that the second half of the season was only 'mildly annoying' given where we were with fourteen games remaining. I think that was just shit management. But in general I agree. There is a strong correlation between money spent on player salaries and final league position. With...

I doubt the money exists. King Power's bread and butter is duty free and the airline industry won't recover from covid for at least a couple of years. Even if it does exist, it would take hundreds and hundreds of millions to have us consistently challenging teams which either have limitless...

Ferguson finished second in the league in his first full season at Man Utd and could at least point to league titles and European trophies with Aberdeen as reason to stick with him. O’Neill had a bad start but still had us promoted within 6 months of taking the job. It doesn’t feel to me as...

Or: - bottled a top four finish, finishing 4 points adrift of 4th having been 14 points clear of 5th with 14 games remaining. - bottled a cup semi final over two legs against a side who we beat 8-1 on aggregate in league games and who only secured survival on the final day of the season. - the...

This is the crux of it, I’m afraid. The culture is one of cowardice. There are no absolute bastards about the place for those of less robust character to rally around. We’ve just had one of the best seasons in our history and yet there are no heroes. Vardy, gets a pass. But nobody else. Other...

On reflection, and having read through this thread with the clarity that only alcohol can bring, I’ve changed my mind. There’s no point pissing about and giving him ten games next season. I don’t trust him to start the season well and even if I’m wrong on that I certainly don’t trust him to see...

Pearson’s side collapsed in 2012/13 and we were awful for the vast majority of our first season back up. I understand why people look back to him. I much preferred the culture of the club under Pearson and enjoyed us more when he was here. But if we are pissed of with finishing 5th in the...

Pffft. I’m not going to say much about today. There is a good argument either way for trying to keep it tight or going for them. Let’s get this right. The second half of this season is inexcusable. There is no acceptable mitigation to be offered for this. We were 14 points clear of 5th. We’ve...

Not just that - but 4 points adrift of 4th. Appalling.

Good grief.

Lol. The state of us.

The anger is coming back now. It isn’t about today. You could argue either way about how to approach this match. It should never have come to this. This is the result half a season of cowardice and it ****ing hurts.

Ending up four points adrift is a joke.

I was quite happy leaving it until now to go for it tbh. This was always the risk though. Our failure is nothing to do with today. We’ve had months of shit.

FFS. At least there’s no choice not to go for it now.

Agree with others. Leave it as it is for now, we’re doing fine. Just don’t leave it too late to make changes.

Yeah I‘ve been all for keeping it tight and shithousing it all week. But it’s a change of shape rather than necessarily a change of style. And even if the former translates into the latter, it‘s all a bit too late. At least I’m not nervous. I don’t think we stand a chance. I hope I’m surprised.

All blue, for ****’s sake.

If anything it suggests the opposite to me. Missing good chances is us being shit at a really important part of the game. It’s part of the bottle job. I quite like xG is a metric. It isn’t made up. It’s only a representation of things which actually happen on the pitch. It’s just counting.

Nah. The thing that stuffs us if we don’t make it will be us playing like clowns since before Christmas. I firmly believe that Man City are cheating bastards but if you have to rely on external factors to get you over the line.....

Yep. This, alongside the abandonment of pressing, are the two tactical features most responsible for our disastrous form since early December.

No, I'm boring enough to know the non-league structures - I watch a lot of it!

I misread Northern Counties for Northern Premier League, I think.

Is scoring from some of those 20+ shots not part of what makes a performance good or not? Either the shots were not from threatening positions - in which case we either couldn’t break them down or were making poor shot choices - or we weren’t good enough at shooting to score good chances.

Chris Wilder has proven himself adaptable enough to be successful at every level at which he has managed. He has won promotion from the 7th, 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd tiers, and goes into the final game of his first top flight season with a shot at winning European football for the pre-season...

’Who would you hire?’ is always a terrible response to people who want a manager out. The only relevant questions when considering the position of a manager are ‘are they doing a good enough job?, and ‘do we trust them to do a good job in the future?’. Answering the question as to who follows...

:045: Exactly right.