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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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    Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2018 rumours thread.

    I agree it won't be easy. As you say, the players are well within their rights to sit out their contracts. From the club's side they can only be honest and say "We are going in this direction, so if you want first team football you'll have to go elsewhere". Offer to let them leave on a free...
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    Speculation The hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded summer 2018 rumours thread.

    https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/five-young-players-who-can-1671860 Two initial thoughts about this. One, I would hope Elliott Moore also features in the club's thinking. He's just played a full season of senior-level football at our sister club, so it might pay...
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    Leicester Players at World Cup 2018

    Okazaki confirmed in Japan's final 23-man squad.
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    Internationals 2017/18

    Shinji Okazaki's chances of going to the World Cup improve as Japan sack their national manager, Vahid Halilhodzic. He had been leaving Shinji out of the team recently. Now he's been sacked just two months before the World Cup starts...
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    Internationals 2017/18

    Okazaki left out of the Japan squad for two friendlies in Belgium.
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    Internationals 2017/18

    I don't know. But he does have a tendency to want to get the ball in every challenge, even if that means going right through an opponent.
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    Internationals 2017/18

    Whose leg is he going to break? https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/08/yohan-benalouane-tunisia-world-cup-leicester-city
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    New ex-players (and managers) thread

    Hope this is nothing serious. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/05/ngolo-kante-fainted-chelsea-training-manchester-city-reports
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    Site downtime

    Jeff wouldn't have got much info from that because I only filled in my location after he'd already sorted it out for me. My location, or more specifically the time difference (which makes back-and-forth discussions difficult), is mainly why I'm not very active in a lot of threads, so I can...
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    Site downtime

    Thanks Jeff. I guessed it must be a location-based issue. Can confirm I can now access the site normally.
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    Site downtime

    The site has been unavailable consistently for me since 19th. The server just times out before it can connect. At first I thought it was my end, so changed various browser settings, used a different browser, used my phone, tried using the link in the tweet about the server switch. All no good...
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    The Mahrez Saga

    Surely the second of these options is the best for everyone. Stick a clear price in his contract and let him go.
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    The Mahrez Saga

    I think the club's stance was partly affected by what happened with Drinkwater - this being the second consecutive window in which there has been a rushed bid for one of our players on the last day. Maybe they thought "Nah, we're not doing that again unless we can get crazy money and/or players...
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    New ex-players (and managers) thread

    Ritchie de Laet back to Antwerp http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/42794098
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    Post Match West Ham 1 Leicester 1

    If we really must have an attacking right back, then from within the current squad I'd vote for using Albrighton. Like Chilwell, he'll take time to learn the defensive part, but he has good positional sense and the energy to get up and down the touchline.
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    Post Match Leicester 2 Everton 0

    One more thing to note about Vardy's goal is the other player who made it forward into the box: Iborra.
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    Confirmed Transfer Claude Puel new manager

    That was quick. It's already gone.
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    Pre Match Leicester City v Everton (Sunday 29th October 2017)

    He did manage Mendy at Nice, so the middle one is quite possible.
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    Confirmed Transfer Claude Puel new manager

    OK, which one of you has edited his Wikipedia entry? "On 25 October 2017, Puel took charge as the manager of Leicester City, following the dismissal of Craig Shakespeare. He signed a contract valid until June 2020 due to having in his possession, compromising pictures of Director of Football...
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    Speculation Who's next?

    Ruud Gullit?
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    Adrien Silva

    He comes to us, trains as normal, then on matchdays sits high in the stand where Steve Walsh (Snr.) used to be. He can then use his experience to offer tactical advice, and will get a good idea of what his teammates can (and can't) do.
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    Speculation Motown's hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded Summer 2017 rumours thread

    Some Watford fan reckons Deeney has turned up for their pre-season two stones lighter. https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/6l8p2g/watford_have_turned_down_leicesters_20m_bid_for/
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    New ex-players (and managers) thread

    Kevin Phillips the new Sunderland manager? http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/kevin-phillips-shock-new-favourite-for-sunderland-job-1-8586362
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    They're talking about us

    Fuchs followed up his Players' Tribune article with an AMA on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/65qsyf/hi_im_christian_fuchs_professional_soccer_player/
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    Speculation Motown's hysterical and annoying, but traditional, totally unfounded Winter 2016/17 rumours thread

    Bild are reporting Schalke want Okazaki on loan until the end of the season http://www.tribalfootball.com/articles/schalke-eyeing-leicester-striker-shinji-okazaki-4164432
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