Leicester vs Arsenal 15.02.2024 - 12:30 KO GMT

From this point on, we probably need to modify our expectations. Having Nwaneri and Trossard as our only competent attacking options one having 3 league goals the other having 4 means that our ability to score goals is fatally compromised.

Even if Saka and Martinelli come back in March, they are unlikely to be match fit. We can therefore expect probably from now until the end of the season to be averaging a goal a game at most as opposed to the 2 goals a game we were averaging before. There may be games where we score 2 or 3 goals but that will be balanced out by games where we fail to score at all.


Away from home is where I anticipate the struggle for goals to be at its height. I think ultimately to secure top four, we have to accept that the title is over, not in thought but in deed. In that I think we need to prioritise not losing over winning, because going all out to win will guarantee defeat with most teams…given a) the fact that we don’t have an available recognised striker nor our first choice wingers b) our vulnerability to the counter attack even when that’s not the case.

I think even with Leicester this would be the best posture to adopt given how non existent our attack is that if Leicester or indeed any team scores first it is practically game over. So better we play for a 0-0 draw be cagey and see if they make a mistake that will allow us to scuff one in.

I hope I’m wrong, but the best I think we can hope for (and this is absolute best) is six wins from 14.

I think we’ll win but it will be a pub special.

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gosh - right date, right time, right order of teams... :faint: :lol:

anyway, this is easy - 3-0 Vardy hatter

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gosh - right date, right time, right order of teams... :faint: :lol:

anyway, this is easy - 3-0 Vardy hatter

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So I’m in a curious mood today

Do you genuinely believe I don’t understand the format, or do you understand I don’t particularly care all that much and yet despite this you’ll still labour on this point which makes you look like an autistic person, for an easy win.


For the avoidance of doubt this is a genuine question. It’s not a withering remark dressed up as a question. I actually would like to know.

3-0 Butler-Oyedeji hat trick.



Just for balance

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3-0 Ade Akinbiyi hat-trick

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3-0 Butler-Oyedeji hat trick.



Just for balance

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I’m showing my Neophobe side, but I don’t like all these kids with double barrelled names, it throws me

Time was having a double-barrelled name meant you were posh and probably slightly inbred

Now it’s just a recognition that parents are either choosing not to getting married, or the fathers surname appears on the birth certificate even though he’s an absent bum

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Originally Posted by HCZ_Reborn

I’m showing my Neophobe side, but I don’t like all these kids with double barrelled names, it throws me

Time was having a double-barrelled name meant you were posh and probably slightly inbred

Now it’s just a recognition that parents are either choosing not to getting married, or the fathers surname appears on the birth certificate even though he’s an absent bum

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I had that exact conversation this afternoon, on the back of our youth prospect Kone-Doherty. Swiftly moved on. Just incase.

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Some men even double barrel their surnames after marriage too. A colleague of mine did last year.

Some woke nonsense.

Will be hilarious if Nwaneri starts on the bench, which could well happen. We're all assuming we're going to cobble together a front line, but there's just as much chance we'll draft players like Merino and Calafiore in and do that Pep ball thing that's so unproductive and boring. With the 3 we have available up top, none of them are good in the air, they won't be able to compete aerially so everything going to have to be on the ground. We know what that looks like.

Not looking forward to it.

Soul crushing, eye gouging 0-1 Gabriel

Depends who the ref is, of course.