Smirking_Saint

In fairness we had Smallbone at No.6 for large swathes of that game, and as nice and tidy as he is on the ball he really isn’t suited as a DM That said, if we play a backline THAT high then we’ll need more than just a decent DM there.. it was absolutely suicidal at times

I think he was going anyway, Charles is looking like the replacement for Lavia/JWP But you knew that.. probably

In other news… West Ham want a midfielder

Interestingly MacAnthony was talking about Saints today, and speaking to Rasmus… basically saying that he is a hard negotiator and he doesn’t expect us to lose players unless its on our terms But what I found most interesting is he said he was talking to him recently about players…. I cant think of any we are potentially loaning to Boro… but it git me thinking…. We are linked to Ronnie Edwards ? Might be nothing it in at all of course

Which primary targets so far do you think we’ve missed out on due to our hard and fast stance on our valuations ? We wanted Manning, so far we havn’t shifted a LB.. but we acted and we signed him We wanted Charles, so far we’ve not shifted a CM/DM but we acted and we signed him Other than that I doubt we were in for Coady, Winks, Doyle or Mavididi… atleast there are no obvious links in the press So I would say, so far, standing firm hasn’t caused us any issues

Ive gone through this plenty of times and if you don’t have the mental capacity to understand I simply can’t be arsed explaining it every other week, but one last attempt - Neither of us are guaranteed to go up, infact we could potentially both stay down, much better to get the best possible price to ensure our finances are ready for those eventualities - Those ‘targets’ arent necessarily required if, for instance, Tino, Lavia, JWP, Tella stays for this season… also most value signings happen towards the end of the window.. as they do every year - Skewing Martins words there, who said thry’ve talked to targets and they’re happy to wait - We can’t move players nobody wants… this isn’t FM.. theres no editor that you can just ditch players… Leicester have only moved players that clubs want.. valuable players under market value.. Im happy waiting - Selling under value alerts clubs you are open for business and weakens your hands.. it also shows players you might want to keep that you’re happy to lose players under market value.. and so damage morale Frankly its the last Im going to bother responding to you on this subject, if you don’t agree thats fine. Im not particularly worried, we have 2-3 weeks, im sure we have targets, we have plenty of time

They’re quite a lot different, as I explained tbf And say what you want about SR… but so far LCFC have lost/losing £180m worth of players for about £75m… and we look like we’re making on most of ours

Yeah it looks like we move from a 433 into a 3223 on the transition, with the no.6 dropping into the back ‘3’ both FBs pushing into midfield, the two no.8s pushing up as No.10s and then the standard front 3 It just provides an awful lot of passing options and pressure on the ball when we lose it… I like it, but we need to be very careful of fast breaks in play and counters Pretty telling that he’s brought Manning who played a lot at CM and is looking at KWP and Tino to push inside rather than outside… it unfortunately negates their pace but I guess when you’re up against an opponent that sits deep pace is largely redundant

I mean.. I can’t be arsed to get embroiled in any childish ping pong, especially over 2 threads, but they’ve sold Barnes and brought in a worse player for cheaper, they’ll still need a side come the opening day

You don’t really need to do an awful lot of digging tbh, I think they’ve managed to cover some of their shortfalls but they’re still in for it if they don’t manage the situation carefully. Last years accounts for them, released in March showed they had 92m worth of losses, thats ‘before’ a relegation thats goong to cost them a further 2/3rds of their income… it doesn’t make pretty reading They are also on UEFAs FFP watch list, they have losses of 192m over the last 3 years, and are allowed only 105m, it cost them the permanent signing of Doyle, as seen below, so the rumours are very much real Either way Im not making this stuff up, I really have no need or want to, but the Leicester are skint narrative has been going on for a while, since the start of last season tbh which is why I had them down as relegation favourites They of course have to sign a few players, it’ll be a difficult window to negotiate for them, but Id suggest a lot of their incomings will be dependent on who they can shift Edit - Worth remembering that their owners lost a significant amount during COVID too, as they’re effectively a company tied to the travel industry, hence why they’ve not been able to assist with LCFC’s mounting debts

Leicester, for the 1000th time are skint… they couldn’t even agree a permanent deal for Doyle because of it Leeds or Europe are our biggest rivals in the Piroe race,

Dharmesh works for Sky Sports though…

Yeah its poor defending as much as it was poor goalkeeping tbf

I thought Bednarek looked very composed and good on the ball personally, especially in possession Stephens was a bit meh, giving the ball away a few times DCC’s passing was genuinely terrible

Nah you’re right, they swap every 15 mins or so I think

That was a good finish though

I wasn’t that pleased with Arma… he is making some good runs and is busy but his passing, hold up is poor

Charles is the No.6, but like this season it highlights our need to have someone else who can play there

He was injured tbf

Yeah thought he might kick on this year but Id rather see Edozie, Ameyaw given a crack of the whip We do have an abundance of decent wide men

Arma has been sloppy in possession a few times now

Interesting that for a team that looks like it wants to maintain possession it looks like RM is happy for the wingers to take on their opposition FB and we’re having a fee long shots Its nice to see, nome of us want possession for possessions sake

I mean.. he was comfortably our best CB post Jan

Edit - Absolutely didn’t happen 😂

In games where we are under little pressure Smallbone looks excellent, he really is great on the ball, his passing and vision is excellent