Midfield_General

Talksport reporting that they are hearing his job is in danger if they lose this. 5 minutes to go, 1-3 down.

HT: 68% possession. 318 passes vs. 189. 0-3 down and getting schooled by Robbie Savage. Peterborough fans giving it the ole's... when Leicester make a successful pass. That's how bad they've been. Leicester fans who haven't walked out have gone toxic.

Number of those on target: 1 Should give him something to blame the players for

Wow

Peterborough are 23rd. First time this season they've scored against anyone in the first half. Trust the process.

Wide open at the back, done on the break. No-one could have seen that coming.

Now being managed by Leicester hate figure Robbie Savage in his second game in charge. Will be a feisty atmosphere, Peterborough are second bottom so really shouldn’t get anything and Savage will be winding up the fans, so if he goes there and beats them it should get lively. Smallbone not yet ready but sounds like he’s not far off.

Allocating £9m (a big chunk of our transfer budget) on another player apparently not good enough to get in the starting XI probably didn’t help either. Also whoever above listed ‘Man City prospect’ as a positive - Bazunu and Larios were Man City prospects too. Not being good enough to make it for them has no bearing at all on whether they are good enough for us. That said, would love to see Mubama find his groove. Doing some damage against the skates would be a great step in the right direction.

135 was the stat he quoted. It was a fan who stayed behind after their most recent defeat (1-2 vs Stevenage, with 73% possession. Classic performance). The guy called him over while they were getting on the bus afterwards. He recorded the conversation without RM knowing which isn’t great, but spoke to him respectfully and didn’t just shout abuse at him. Quoting that stat is also another subtle way of RM blaming the players. Basically saying ‘look, my system creates all these chances, it’s not my fault if these players aren’t good enough to take them’. Also, the ‘135 shots in 5 games’ isn’t a trustworthy stat. Some Leicester fans did the maths on it and a) they haven’t had 135 shots, and b) he’s counting the match his senior first team played against Fulham under-21s where they had 35 shots - using it to pad his numbers despite it being literally a case of men against boys. Not that any of that really matters because as you say, it’s an irrelevant statistic if the shots aren’t going in and you’re not winning the games.

“You’ve been shit for ages”. Note he says “you” not “us”. Still taking no responsibility for performances or results after bringing in what is it now, 16 of his own players at Leicester. Still not sure whether he actually, genuinely believes it himself or just takes the gaslighting route because he thinks it convinces people to doubt what they see with their own eyes. But the whole playbook is in rinse and repeat once again. He’ll never change.

Guardian report saying that FA may appeal the verdict of its own (independent) panel, but there are no quotes suggesting that anyone has actually said they will, so at this stage that seems based only on the fact they have the right to, if they want to: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/07/southampton-manager-tonda-eckert-six-week-suspended-ban-spygate-fa It’s not without precedent though. They have appealed their own panel’s verdicts before when they’ve felt they were too lenient. Some of those appeals have failed but some have seen the verdicts changed to a harsher punishment.

Fantastic news. But what a colossal waste of everyone’s time and energy.

Initials ‘MB’ = Michael Ball = Played for Glasgow Rangers 2001 - 2005 = Glasgow Hiding in plain sight. Toying with us. Makes you think.

Haven’t you checked your DMs yet this morning? What AB said at the meet last week was right - so it’s what we’d heard, and the timeline for the announcement stacks up too

The FA aren’t involved in the Man City case at the moment though. So saying ‘I hope they lose’ doesn’t make sense. \MLG

Yes, I expect if they wait long enough then the Premier League, all 20 Premier League clubs, the Champions League clubs, the Europa clubs, UEFA, HMRC, the Treasury, the independent football regulator, all their legal teams, the world’s press and broadcasters, their commercial partners and the entire global audience will just forget about it. That certainly seems plausible.

Man City’s case is between them and the Premier League. The FA have nothing to do with that, they’re a completely separate body with a different remit.

That does line up with AB’s DM from the other night. Still find it surprising, and it’s gutting to hear, but makes sense really. Cheers mate 👍

What’s the latest @MB - what are you hearing?

Danny Ings signs! …for Wycombe

It's a bit late for that Phil, you fucking doughnut

And attitudes to minorities

If Tonda gets screwed over, I wonder if that means the end of Parsons too. If I was him today I'd be sweating like Rose West on Time Team

Most recently at Brondby, won 9 out of 26, didn't qualify for Europe, sacked after 8 months. Ralph's available...