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  1. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    Yep, you have to get the balance right! Fine to be saying 'right, we need say a new right back and a striker and a wide midfield player to add to what we have.' Not so wise to say 'we need two centre backs, a left back, a central midfield player, a wide midfield player and 2 strikers!' And...
  2. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    I accept some out of contract, but 20 is seriously high. Fleck won't stay and I'm guessing JOB won't either. It's the backbone I'm worried about. Keeper, CB's, Central midifeld play maker and striker. That's the very core of a team. We have a keeper, but Johnson and Martin and Ricketts are all...
  3. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    Then the 2 year plan had to be a lie.
  4. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    Yep, what I have always believed too. If it had have been a 2 year plan I think we would have needed key players on permanents. The situation up front is shocking especially. I never bought into the 2 year plan myself.
  5. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    Martin, Conor Thomas, Stokes, Fortune, JOB, Lawton. Ricketts, Johnson, Kelly-Evans twins, Finch, Fleck, Tudgay, Phillips, Henderson, Hunt, Coke. Ramage, Lorentzson, Sambou, Burge.
  6. Otis

    We have 20 players out of contract in the summer

    How scary is that? If we go up, fine, because we will need Championship quality players anyway, but I don't see how it can be a 2 year plan if we are having to start again pretty much from scratch next season.
  7. Otis

    Belief? At what point do you think we lost ours?

    Is there any news on the Lorentzson injury? I'm hoping he'll be a big player for us this season
  8. Otis

    Chinese football

    I hope it happens too. Then in their spare time all these footballers can go out and try and spread democracy.
  9. Otis

    Walking Dead Season 6

    I am growing a little tired of TWD, after previously it being a must see. The world it encompasses though does leave little scope for development past man eating zombies and bad rival humans I suppose. Will definitely watch, but I am sort of at the brink with it. They really do need to end it...
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    Belief? At what point do you think we lost ours?

    We were very confident that day, despite not playing brilliantly. We were well in control and only a City victory seemed likely. What transpired would surely dishearten any team. If that's the case though, it shouldn't have been carried through to a number of subsequent matches.
  11. Otis

    Mowbray Out

    Don't you think it could work though, having 6 or more managers a year? Manager of the Month could take on a whole new meaning.
  12. Otis

    Mowbray Out

    I have and it's a load of dogs playing pool in a smokey room. What's your point? Are you trying to say the club is snookered?
  13. Otis

    Mowbray Out

    Could be spot on. Despite what they are saying and the fact it has just been a joyride, people ARE now saying Leicester will win the title and suddenly that brings with it new pressure. It can become so it is not such a fun thing anymore and the media spotlight is intensified 100 fold. I think...
  14. Otis

    Mowbray Out

    We WILL need to re-build anyway. No Cargill, Stephens, Armstrong, Murphy, Maddison, Bigi, Fleck too (more than likely). That's a core right there, centre back, central midfielder, striker. If we don't go up this season, we are going to have to start again pretty much from scratch next. Cole...
  15. Otis

    Derby sack Clement

    Nope! I don't want him gone. Tis a shocking sequence of results though and many a manager has gone for less. Maybe we could get Mourinho in just for 16 games.
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    Derby sack Clement

    It is crazy, but quite often a new manager coming in brings in an upturn in fortunes. Could well be that coming into play here. The monetary return for getting into the Premiership is huge, so it may well be a gamble worth taking. Not that I am advocating it, but I dare say that if we were to...
  17. Otis

    Squad for Port Vale

    Really? At a time now where we HAVE to win? Not so sure. I would say that is tremendous pressure on them. We are now fighting to stay in the top 6, so the pressure is very much mounting. Wouldn't say that was conducive to introducing young players to the first team. Maybe into the squad and on...
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    Positivity

    Is spite of the result AND you? Wow! Sucker for punishment!
  19. Otis

    Positivity

    The good thing is, if you go on a really good run those last 6 or 7 games you can find that you are the in-form team and have hit the ground running at exactly the right time. In the play-offs you want to be the in-form team. That will be the team with the most confidence and the momentum...
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    Positivity

    We've also never lost a single game when my wife has attended! We have won every single time! She's only been the once though and that was in 2002. :(
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