Baird of the land

Got some reservations about the notion of a 3 year contract. Maybe two years with the option of a third if he plays a certain amount of games might be the way forward, so that if he's still first choice in year 2 he gets the 3rd.

Curious about the starting xi. Mccarthy in for Forster. Assume Vokins will be in for suspended Bertrand. Is Romeu going to be fit if so i'd be tempted to bring him in for Diallo(just to freshen midfield). Also know we've in the past had concerns regarding Armstrong's body handling these sharp turnarounds. Only really got Watts available though unless Redders is back fit.

A nice problem to have. Hopefully Romeu is back fit and can start against Arsenal Tuesday, giving us a set of fresh legs.

Great result. I thought we were dominant for the first hour and managed the last half hour well. Bednarek my MoM. Mopped up splendidly. Not a fan of the ref. Giving a corner when it was either a penalty or a goal kick. Booking Stephens for hurdling pepe. Booking bertrand for a foul, a minute after not booking Partey for a similar foul on Bertrand. k

Just a shame we couldn't get a 2nd goal for all that domination.

why have arsenal 2 gk's on their bench?

Arsenal current no.2 has been dreadful anytime he's been called upon.

Do think the Man City offside goal is one where the laws are just badly devised.

Was really hoping he'd be a figure we could build around in the same way Leicester have been able to do with Vardy. Really disappointing after all the forward progress we're likely going to have to play russian roulette in buying some rough diamond to replace him with.

If the release fee is so low it's akin to him saying he doesn't want to sign a new contract.

Professional display. Frustrating not to be able to put it to bed earlier. Watts was probably the brightest of the youngsters. Hopefully we can start getting one or two back.

Long looking a bit better this half, dropping deeper to link up play after an anonymous 1st half.

Ok first half given the different team. N'lundulu bright again, his goal seemed a bit scuffed but nice movement beforehand. Valery looking good going forward though not as good as KWP defending. Hopefully we can grab a couple of quick goals and then rest more first teamers

I really hope he signs but it's looking worrying. If he doesn't i really hope it's not because we've not been prepared to push the boat out & it's just that he set his mind on leaving.

I'd argue the opposite. Far better to give Vokins a run out this game to see what he can do as we may need him to fill in for Bertrand. Bertrand could still come in for potential Arsenal tie.

Game really changed on the goal. We'd been the better team. Not to excuse the individual errors in build up but Diallo non foul was inconsistent with how ref handled fouls rest of game. Afterwards Leicester could sit and pick us off(which is their preferred away strategy) as we had to go more and more aggressive and rode our luck defencively. Unlucky with the Armstrong chance that hit the bar. Still not a bad display given the players that were out.Impressed by N'lundulu. Long though really not looking a premier league level striker anymore. Another wide player (Smallbone out). We're worrying short in that position now. Hopefully Ings comes back from Covid without any ill effects.

The missed fould was annoying, especially as 2 minutes earlier he did JWP for something similar. We played pretty well in 1st half. Leicester have defended well and one good ball by them and slight mistake by Stephens has come off for them. Hopefully we can nick an equaliser in 2nd half

Small one seems an odd choice. Would have preferred Walcott out wide. Fingers crossed we can pull out a surprise result.

Hope the story that ivanka trump banned the secret service agents protecting them from using any of their multiple bathrooms is true.

Embarassing decision. If i was a fan of one of the teams forced into virtual throwing of their fixtures by playing u18's i'd be raging that Shrewsbury game has been rescheduled.

Exactly you can see the instant the impeachment proceedings have begun Trump has crawled out of hiding, because he's got something to rail against which he couldn't do when it was just about the riot.

I disagree think its only worth doing it if they can achieve it, otherwise it's overreach that'll probably come back to bite them in the ass.

That would only happen if they can get a 2/3 majority in the senate which is virtually impossible. They've only got two republican defectors on the issue.

Honestly i don't see the point of impeachment proceedings. Seems grandstanding when it's not going to get Trump out of power before he leaves and its highly unlikely to get past the senate.

Can't believe they are considering cancelling our league game to shoehorn in an FA Cup match when other teams were forced to play underage teams.