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    New ex-players (and managers) thread

    Yuki Abe to retire at the end of the J League season (4th December) https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/11/e7bf1f98fdeb-soccer-former-japan-leicester-midfielder-abe-to-retire.html
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    They're talking about us

    A picture speaks a thousand words, and all that...
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    League Cup Semi Final - Aston Villa

    Wesley and Tom Heaton will both be out for Villa https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50978289
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    Is a top four finish achievable or a pipe dream?

    If they want everyone they'll have to pay a lot of money. Top dollar, in fact.
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    Worst Away Game You Ever Attended

    A 4-0 defeat away at Southampton in 1987. Snowed all day as we stood on the open terraces at the Dell.
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    The Reborn Foreign Football Thread

    Because Paolo Bandini reported mainly on Serie A games, and presumably Nicky will do the same. It also fits with the "reborn" theme of this thread.
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    The Reborn Foreign Football Thread

    Now Nicky. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/16/im-nicky-bandini-and-im-still-a-sports-writer
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    Your first match?

    Don't know if this was actually my first, but the earliest one I have strong memories of is a 6-2 loss to Birmingham in December 1976. Kenny Burns, then a striker, got a hat trick for them on an icy pitch.
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    Premier League 2019/20

    If you want to read the full breakdown of how the supercomputer thinks we'll go, here it is: https://sport.bt.com/the-script/the-script-how-leicester-2019/20-premier-league-season-will-pan-out-according-to-google-opta-and-squawka-S11364379125335
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    Academy Under 23s / youth 2019/20

    Lost 4-0 to OH Leuven. Benkovic, Diabate, and Amartey played. https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/filip-benkovic-fousseni-diabate-daniel-3132537
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    Premier League 2019/20

    I guess this is the best place for this. Some well-known journos on this list. https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/markdistefano/athletic-hiring-spree
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    Mastermind

    8 for me. Wrong answers on 3 (wild guess at Richie Norman), 5 (Shrewsbury), and 11 (Adam Black).
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    RIP Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

    Obviously it depends on what the club and the players want to do, but I believe our next game should be a home game. Postpone the Cardiff game, and make Burnley the next time we play. A home game would allow everyone to come together to pay proper tribute and start on the path toward healing.
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    RIP Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha

    Still struggling to take in the news. Aside from all the things he did for our football club and city, he just seems like an incredibly decent human being. One thing that does strike me from reading the tributes of people who actually knew him was his everyday kindness and his relentless...
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