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Sunderland isn't one of the grounds because there are all sorts of other criteria around things like hotel rooms and public transport etc etc which Sunderland would never fulfill. It's also not just "enough hotels", it's enough hotels of a certain quality. If you look at, for example, the requirements around UEFA competition final grounds, it's about 4 and 5 star hotels. There's also no way they'd have 2 grounds in the north east, they need - politically - to spread the load geographically. I think they also insist on 50k+ capacity, but I think they may make an exception for Belfast (again, politically).

That's exactly it.

You really can't be in a two horse race for the title with Leicester City and not win it.

Sadly only metaphorically.

There's so many games at Man City in the league and the various cup competitions, it must make it easier. EDIT - in 50 years going to football matches, their support at the 2020 LC final was the worst I've ever seen.

Yeah Bayern are horrible too. So long as Man City don't win it, I don't care too much. Every time the camera pans to the crowd it's 90% tourists, you can just tell looking at them.

That's exactly the sort of signing you, and us, need to be steering well fucking clear of in the summer. Smells of Everton, in normal years.

"Maybe this is Manchester City's year at last" Fucking hell, they make me want to vomit my fucking legs up.

Nice bit of gentle patronising of the Bayern fans from the commentator.

God, this is so depressing.

"Please welcome today's match sponsor, Josef Stalin".

You have to look at Leicester appointing Dean Smith through the prism of the fact that they stuck with Rodgers for way, way too long, and got rid of him at a point where they'd managed to reduce their realistic options massively. They've been awful for ages but just put up with it.

Ah FFS.

Is Darren Grimes a Newcastle fan? Jesus Christ.

What about Nigel Kennedy?

We play at Walsall every year and have done for yonks now, and let them keep all the gate money. I hope that doesn't get binned because of this.

Ah, thanks, that makes sense. Before the PL was the best league in the world, it was definitely the best marketed one, and that's not changed since then.

I genuinely haven't had the impression there's any bitterness beyond that shown by Villa and Newcastle fans bickering on twitter and forums. 95% of both fanbases don't even know that goes on.

Is this part of some concerted Premier League US tour? We just announced obvs the match with you but also Fulham and Brentford in Orlando and Baltimore.

All these twitter kiddies arguing, it's bollocks. I've not encountered this supposed 'beef' in real life at all. Listen to this bloke talking for the minute or two here, this is the real general way people look at it here. https://www.youtube.com/live/lF__v0NT5dE?feature=share&t=1331

After Smith? He took Steve Bruce's absolutely rotten team from the arse end of the Championship, won ten games in a row, got us promoted, kept us in the Premier League in the first season and then had us mid table. We were right to bin him when we did, but lumping that in with Gerrard in terms of appointment is absolutely nuts.

Bailey is shit - he's absolutely no loss.

Also beat Man United, Spurs and Brighton (both away) though. Were also very unlucky against Arsenal. We play better against stronger teams, but ideally away from home, where we seem to find it easier to do what Emery wants. We've also scored in every game under him. Kamara is out, which is disappointing, but Ramsey seems to have dropped in alongside Luiz and McGinn pretty well. This'll be 1-1. I also reckon it'll be a good game. We're so, so much better against teams who have a go, rather than the likes of Forest who parked more than one bus last week.

Leicester are a club with a small number of games in which to save themselves from what looks like very possible relegation. Dean Smith, after the covid break, saved a club from what looked like absolutely certain relegation, in fewer games. He has done exactly what they need to do, in the last few years. I genuinely don't think there are many more sensible but - most importantly - achievable appointments they could have made, especially as it is until the end of the season. re John Terry. When he came to us, I was gutted, as I hated him as much as the next man, and thought he was just there for the $$$ and didn't give a shit about anything that wasn't Chelsea. Totally wrong on that, he was brilliant for us both on the pitch and as assistant manager. They're also taking Craig Shakespeare, who is still highly thought of at Leicester from his time there. I saw that smug fucking prick Barry Glendenning saying what an awful appointment it was. Who do they think Leicester City, in their current predicament, should have gone for?

I'd rather be playing a decent side like you than another Forest tbh. We're much better against teams that can play than dross that needs breaking down. Will be a change from the usual bottom of the table shite-fest of the last years.