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Absolutely loved Reykjavik, class place. We walked all over, quite a small city as someone else said. If you're into darts they have Europe's largest darts bar which is a sight in itself, absolutely loved it in there! Didn't have a bad meal, we went to Sumac which is elite (pay for it though, even for Iceland..) and Himalayan Spice which was seriously good. The church and the organ that someone else mentioned is amazing to see, you can't miss it. We went to Perlan as well which is a great museum with a restaurant and viewing deck, really enjoyed that as well. Found a Lava Show to go to which was enjoyable. If you're hiring a car (or fancy a tour) it is well worth getting out for the day or two and heading to the Black Beach, Gulfoss is also incredible, the nature/scenery wherever you go is fantastic but would recommend those two.

As others have said, you can't play Ndidi, Winks and Skipp together. Skipp I thought was really tidy, I like the look of him. Drop Ndidi for Buonanotte and have a go from the off and we could've actually got something. If Buonanotte needs to come off then you've got El Khannouss now too, options all of a sudden. Getting Eduoard involved will be key too, Vardy can't play 90 minutes. Okoli was ok, referee was terrible but that's just what I expect these days. Villa were fairly average, nothing special, but tactically light years ahead with a very, very good manager. If we were a bit braver, we would've picked up a point there I'm sure.

Feel in a really weird situation at work at the moment. On the face of it, everything should be great, but as you may have already guessed it isn't. Generally speaking, some days are good some are not so good, but the variety is there and it is ok. I always think about the "grass isn't always greener" etc. The company is flexible, I can work from home 2 days a week and I'm recently promoted which is really where the problem begins. The job was tough already, it is now even harder and I have less support than I did before. Weirdly enough I've had very few client complaints/issues as such in 8 years of service, I reckon I've had over double the amount of client related issues already in 3 months in my new role. Whilst I know that isn't my fault, it is tough mentally to not feel like it's your fault and when people are angry and abusive towards you, it just gets too much sometimes. If I were to quit, it would be a complete career change and probably a fairly significant pay cut to go with it, but my mental and physical health are taking a hit sitting in front of a desk all day doing this job. I had a friend in a similar situation and he's just quit to a job that I would do, he's absolutely loving it which just makes the temptation even more. I've been through these patches at work before, but never like this, this is different because it is getting to me.

I love Rudkin operating in the shadows, we had no idea about this whilst the man, the myth the genius was constructing a masterplan to swipe Bilal. Great deal, great prospect, seems an unreal price as well with plenty of sell on potential. I hope so anyway as I've never heard of him.

I completely hear you, as someone who has just hopped out of their late 20s, I often wonder this myself. This probably wasnt what you were referring to, but I think with social media nowadays it's even harder. Back in the day, you'd have no idea who travelled anywhere, who was doing these things that you're like "wow that's amazing", unless they were your true closest friends. Now it's so easy to get sucked into the social media whirlwind, sit on your socials for 15/20 minutes and see how "amazing" everyone's life is through that. Some people are really career driven to the point that dictates their lives, others aren't. A massive part of everything I've learnt is acceptance. I know at the company I'm at, I'm never going to be the highest earner, I'll earn a decent (to me anyway) salary and I'm cool with that, the reality to me is that my career will never define me. I don't want it to take over my life, there are far more important things for me. Family and friends are just absolutely everything, people are everything. I always remember watching something that will stick with me forever: "If I offered you a million pounds tomorrow, no strings, you'd take it, right?" "Yes of course" "But what if I now told you, the million pounds was yours, but it meant you'd die tomorrow" "Oh, no way, I don't want the money" And that's why life, yours and others, is worth more than a million pounds. In amongst all of this waffle, I hope I've written something useful to someone. The career you have, will never define you. Sure, it dictates a lot of things that you do, but for me I know that being a better person is more important than whatever my career ends up being.

Wanders aimlessly and empties the midfield for them just to waltz through, absolutely stunk the place out tonight and every other player gave absolutely everything for the cause tonight. Soumare didn't, get rid. Cooper must surely recognise how God awful he was, it wasn't difficult to spot the non existent effort level.

Thanks, sure didn't show it yesterday but golf is just plain hard. I've just realised and accepted that over the years. Some days you've got "it", some days you haven't. I'm still yet to figure out what "it" is, either!

1.1 index!

Golf massively bit me in the ass today, got down to my lowest ever index yesterday and played absolutely bloody awful today. Spent more time in trees than anywhere else, couldn't make par for toffee. I've worked so hard on being mentally positive when I'm out there but today was a harsh lesson that nothing beats hitting fairways and greens!

I feel Cooper is on a hiding to nothing, to the point I feel really, really sorry for him. He was the one willing to take the plunge, enter the hot seat following Enzo's departure and all the unknowns around finance and points deductions that no doubt would've been discussed at the point interviewing him. Throw into the mix his Forest connections, he would know from minute 1, he isn't going to be the most liked bloke in Leicester. Since he was appointed I think the majority of fans weren't over enthused, but fine, it is what it is and we get behind the club. Here in lies the problem, the club has given Cooper absolutely nothing back. He's openly said he needs signings and fast, yet they've messed about on transfers to the point we are now days out from the season and with a weaker squad than last season. How can he possibly be expected to do anything other than be relegated in that scenario? Meanwhile we watch teams like Ipswich signing the likes of Phillips and Szmodics, with minimal fuss and just getting it over the line. At the start of the window, as left field as it was I at least liked the profile of Okoli. Even if he turns out not to be great, it seemed to be a continuation of the successful strategy we had in our previous days of finding young, upcoming and hungry players (i.e Hermansen, Fatawu, Golding, Okoli in recent times and many prior to that etc). Had we gone all out for that approach and signed the likes of Ronnie Edwards, Gronbaek, Nanasi, Hzolek (just quoting rumoured targets at this point), I would've been content. Why? Because even if it didn't work out and it wasn't enough for us to survive in the Premier League, the correct profile of player had been targeted. At least it would've felt like there was a cohesive approach and we'd stuck to our agreed approach and given it a go. But there isn't anything like it, it becomes clearer by the day that Vichai was the one, the only one that had any ounce of business nous in that boardroom. The ability to get things done has become a lost art at this football club and I hope in the ground this season, anger is not directed at Cooper, because Rudkin, Whelan and Top have given him nothing to work with and they've got a lot to answer for.

Even on the decline, is he still our best player if he signs? It's still a yes for me.

A 31 year old Zaha becomes the best player on our books without question. He's good enough to win games on his own and we don't have any other player I put in that bracket currently. I can't even believe I'm seeing people in the "no", "past his best" camp to be honest. On that basis, even on loan, it is a resounding yes and he genuinely could keep us in the PL. Out of all the wingers linked, he's the one, you go all out for someone like Zaha. If Zaha signs, I genuinely believe we can stay up, if he doesn't I don't think we can. It is THAT important to get this done if we can.

He only wants Roma.

Absolutely 100% yes, all day, every day and twice on Sundays. Welcome Ayew.

Now you're talking. Welcome Ayew!