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That’s the thing though - it wasn’t lucky at all. As well as the four we scored, in the second half Stephens also missed a great chance and Azaz had one very well saved. Their mental collapse in that last half hour was absolute and it could easily have been six by the end.

Oh come on now. You know at 3-0 last night they were singing 'We want nine' and 'It's happened again', right? Do you think when the ninth flew in at St Mary's they were sat there politely, stoically wishing us well? No, they were dancing about and pointing and laughing and singing and ripping the piss out of us as they absolutely should be doing. Going to the football is all about taking the piss. Dish it out when you can, and sit and suck it up when you have to. That's basically the point of a football crowd and what makes it fun. It's not the opera. How much crap have we taken from opposing fans over the car crash of the last few years? Finally, we get the chance to dish a bit out. Let's make the most of it for a few days, because it won't last and it doesn't happen very often when you support a club like ours, especially when it's in the state it's in at the minute.

Dear Leicester City, Look, I get that you probably felt bad for us and wanted to make amends after the 9-0, the 5-0, the 4-1 and the 97th minute 3-2 - and that's kind of you, it really is. But as compensation goes, you'd already done plenty. You'd taken Bertrand. You'd taken Vestergaard. You'd considered appointing Russell Martin. We could have just called it quits at Joe Aribo. That would have been more than enough. But letting us win from 3-0 down for the first time ever in 141 years? On your own patch? Letting Ryan Manning have one? Bringing on Jordan Ayew? It's just too much. So I don't want you to think we're not grateful, but that's enough now. It's becoming overwhelming, and, to be honest, a bit creepy. Look, we like you. Just not... like 'that'. So you can stop now. We'll still see you this Saturday, OK? But just as friends. I hope you understand.

Love how the cheers for the goals get progressively louder each time Absolutely incredible, fair play lads, that was immense

Fawa has gone onto Leicester’s official club tv channel. It’s just former players sat in silence unable to speak. It’s amazing, like watching a funeral

lol

3-1 down and chasing the game Let's get Manning on

I'm actually finding that listening to whoever this pissed-sounding Irishman is, is preferable to Tessem screeching gibberish

Are you a fucking shit Championship team who hasn’t won in ages? Dr Eckert will see you now

and it would have been so, so beautiful after all, they were training like beasts

If you're not ready to clap along while watching 11 goals given away as a direct result of trying and failing to play out from the back, then you're an idiot who doesn't understand football. And don't forget 'It's not tactical, it's mentality', delivered with that trademark condescending sneer. Especially after you've started a Premier League game with five centre forwards on the bench and none starting on the pitch (Bournemouth away - lost), or played a radical U-shape formation with literally no-one playing as a central forward and Ben Brereton Diaz as a tricky, flying wide man with chalk on his boots (Forest at home - lost). It's never your tactics though is it Russ, oh dear me no.

Mad challenge Can’t wait to see him rock up at Leicester after they unveil Russ as the new gaffer

Boro 2-0 up. Coventry set to slip into 2nd after blowing a 10 point lead. See you in the play-offs Frank, you great big twat.

Awesome. Spent eight weeks in Buenos Aires a few years ago. It's my favourite city in the world and that looks absolutely amazing. Have a brilliant time.

Chatted about it on another thread - Clarke got a hat-trick on his debut in a 5-1 win at home against QPR on the opening day of the season.

Yeah Rideout got two

To be fair today was a cup game against bottom of the Scottish Championship. They could well win the league now though. Only three points off it now as you say, and Hearts have lost Shankland, their main goalscorer, for two months. Rangers are probably just about favourites, which considering the absolute catastrophe that Rohl inherited from Rusty, is an amazing achievement and entirely down to much, much better management of the same group of players.

Picture the scene: Coventry choke and drop into the play-offs in 3rd place. We mount a late surge and steal 6th place. We get Cov in the play-offs. That would actually be incredibly entertaining and would probably generate a great atmosphere for the home leg after Lampard behaving like such a weapon when we played them.

Let's enjoy Larin contributing more in 3 minutes than Downs did in 5 months: Not just a great header but did really well to shake off and lose his man before that too. Get in, big man

Armstrong starts for Wolves. According to the BBC graphic they're playing him in the 10 role behind the striker in a 4-2-3-1. Interesting to see how he gets on playing deeper if so.

Matsuki 3 weeks ago against Doncaster

Paul Daniels went one better than that years ago. He was quite* ahead of his time. (* not a lot)

Yeah the PL guy was in the VIP bogs, banging up lines with Pep and laughing about how Man City still haven't been found guilty of anything and offering to change the rules for the Carabao Cup so Guehi can play in the final

The rumour is that after the verdict the guy from the independent commission saw the guy from the EFL and bottled him. Claret everywhere. Nasty business. He’s appealing (though not to me).

They accepted that they were down ages ago and that they’re planning for next season in the Championship. Generally seen as a pretty solid buy for that level at a decent age and a lowish price, and it’s hard to argue with that. More generally though, anger and disappointment that their team and forward line in particular has been allowed to be generally downgraded over time from the quality of players like Neto, Jimenez and Cunha to the dross they’ve got today.