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Rodgers was the issue.

Of course you can. In the last few minutes of a game he brings on a defender in a key position who is not properly warmed up or into the flow of the game. When faced with non-stop pressure and an attacker who is fast and balanced, in the box, it is the most likely outcome that he will misjudge the situation and stick out an incautious leg. An experienced manager should know very well the risk. It was a most foolhardy substitution.

I can't understand this apologetic response to our situation re PSR. Talk about "technicalities" and "loopholes" is nonsense. We abided by the written rules; full stop.

My immediate thoughts too. Interesting coincidence of timing that the league are currently bringing our players to book over their behaviour last Saturday but, of course, no taking into account the deficiencies of the ref. I think the Prem will be out to get us at every opportunity this season.

Hard to see how Cannon can be less effective than any of our current strikers (barring Vardy in his good moments). And he has youth on his side, so if Cooper is as good as his reputation in coaching youngsters then Cannon is likely to improve, which you can hardly imagine possible for any of our other strikers.

I'm hoping the reason is more along these lines and, as others have suggested, JJ was seen as the best option against Son. Against other opponents the it may be that Riccie is seen as the better alternative. There is also the consideration that Ricci has to be handled with care given the effect of his previous injuries. We will just have to wait and see.

Ah, obviously we won. BBC website got stuck Well done lads.

What's going on? Score stuck on 284 after 48.2 overs for 15 mins.

Makes no odds. I was at the match and his 2 finishes were pure class.

Agree with this. I don't think Maguire's lack of especially was exposed too much when he was with us before. He's v solid and reliable defensively, and would add a much-needed attacking threat at our set pieces. Admittedly, wages could be a problem.

For me, this sums up the situation perfectly. I think it's a risk we can't afford not to take.

I'm not convinced by the "unattractive" tag. The Prem is surely still the most attractive league in the world. There are only 20 teams in it. We appear to be able still to offer higher salaries than other leagues, Possible downers - - no European football, but then that applies to all but a chosen few - high possibility of relegation, but a player that has performed well will be the immediate focus of a bid from a surviving prem team, and will be a good value buy as clubs can play low ball with a relegated team - points deduduction; I don't think this is as relevant as some think because (a) I don't think it will be as steep as many fear and (a) the worst consequence of that would be relegation, which is not of much concern for the player's future for the reason given above.

That's a good point. You would hope that Cooper knows exactly what type of player he wants, knows Shkipp's capabilities, and has confidence he can improve him in the direction he wants.

No, it isn't.

Not that "first past the post" is truly democratic as the number of seats doesn't reflect the number ofvotes cast. In fact, you could argue that FPTP has for decades produced tactical voting. It has produced a two party system, such that most people tend to vote for Labour or Conservative not because they positively favour the party but they believe that voting Libdem, Green or other will have no impact ... so it's a negative rather than an affirmative vote.