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Some hit that free kick, like.

That is not mine. Baffling stuff. Not a Crawcrook mag.

Speak to any Leicester fan about Rudkin and Khun Top. Glowing reviews aplenty.

Close game, could've went either way.

5 nowt. Another 0-9 incoming. Maddison looking class when the goings good and pressure is off is it?

0-4 in 25 minutes.

Man City are bafflingly dreadful.

This is shit.

This is the day of my older brother's birthday so more drink before my own birthday on Saturday. My liver to look like one of Dot Cotton's lungs by January 2nd.

Putting shite to the sword. Class. Back it up in the next 3.

Reiterating this. Out from 11:30. No pressure, lads.

People not as bothered as much as we're shite again. Unglamorous opposition. Proximity to Christmas with all lower bowl tickets at least 50 bar are my excuses/guesses.

Hope we go with the Greek fella over Duflapka.

Good counter, mind. 2 nowt.

Haven't watched Juve for ages but this current side is an enormous far cry from that 2016-2018 Dybala, Douglas Costa, Higuain, Chiellini side.

They weren't both in form, Wilson was but his injury record is his injury record and could not be relied on. He was also over 30. Almiron wasn't in form, he had a good month: he scored just twice in the new year that season, Bournemouth away and a deflection against Wolves at home. He was never going to replicate it and his career suggested that the purple patch was going to be exactly that. They should've been sold after the end of that season yet they got new contracts either side of the end of it which they'll both see out without contributing for the overwhelming majority of the last 2 whole seasons. Poor planning or lack of ruthlessness. Or both.

We could've got £25m-£40m ish for them collectively then imo. Both coming off their respective best ever season, Almiron was still younger than 30 and Wilson was fit all summer.

Could call it hindsight (not really though in regard to Wilson when you look at his injury record since 2015, almost all of which under Howe) but we should've tried to flog him at the end of 2022-23. Almiron as well tbh. Could've gotten decent money for them collectively with the two of them coming off the back of their best ever seasons. Instead they got new contracts, and we'll now lose both for nothing.

The only remotely reliable ones we've had off the top of my head are Thiaw and that total nonstarter of Tapsoba in the summer just gone and Bakayoko yesterday.

Him being our 2nd striker costs us points long term. It did last season; meant Isak couldn't exert himself fully in all aspects of play especially our pressing. As if he'd got injured we'd be truly fucked. This is last season admittedly but may as well apply this given how reluctant Howe is to use Osula.

He probably needs to just retire at this point. Class when he gets a new contract at the end of the season.

Injured yet again.