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Christian Eriksson collapsed again. Fortunately, the device he was fitted with, worked, if that was the reason behind it. Scary. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/czrxgd2nljno

This is an important point. It's an experiment I can watch from a safe distance. 🙂

All very true. He didn't learn how to unlock any low block defences at Rangers, and has always been caught out defensively. If he comes out at Leicester, not having thought about solutions, then Mary Shelley's Vestergaard iscin for a long season at the back.

You leave my Burley, Selles and Nate Obsession threads alone! 🙂 As for Martin: He sets his philosophy stall out with his PowerPoint presentation. I just like to see how it works, in practice, in the different clubs he finds himself at. For example, Leicester had 10 players at the end of contracts and loans. So, he's lost Daku and Ayew. While their fans may have been happy to see the back of them, Martin's lost a couple of his likely attacking options. I'd genuinely like to see him work with Baz and Will. Two players who made that system click. I'd like to see it with the likes of Mavadidi and Fatawu, to see how Martin could use them to unlock opponents quickly. Things like that.

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Will did really well under Russ in our promotion season. It would be an obvious one for them to continue that.

Good news to retain Passi. One of last season's few positives.

I guess pretty much every manager has to deal with some issues on arrival. This season being an exception for a couple of PL clubs who have managers moving on. For Martin, he not only has to deal with that. But, because he wants a certain system, rebuild and retrain whoever is left to fit his style of play. His system is also designed to get the best out of decent, but definitely underdog sides. It's possession, and supposedly quick transition, against teams that want to play out. Rangers talked about his possession, without noticing that they already got that percentage against every team except Celtic. Martin, as with us, had to work out how to win against teams happy to sit back and absorb pressure. Right from the start, Martin brings in plenty of his own self-made hurdles to success. Currently, the quality of that Leicester side is silly for League 1. They should have more than enough to eat past teams, whether helped or hindered by Martin. But then, they were supposedly far too good to get relegated there, and the player cull hasn't started yet. I'd like to think that he's always trying to develop his approach. How to break team's down that don't play into his system. Using pace, power and height in there to compliment the possession. The evidence, at Rangers, suggests otherwise.

Keeping in shape for a late call up, when Stones gets crocked.

I thoughtt Harry Maguire hadn't been picked for the squad?

Yup. That's the lot. The rest are given to him through an earpiece, while he focuses on not drooling.

Really pleased for him. They should have went for him, before he got to Rangers. I had read a couple of things offering some financial protection for clubs suffering back to back relegations. So, that should offer some respite. The squad will go through a lot of changes. It's an opportunity to also bring in players to fit his style of play. Baz and Will should be two on his radar. But they need to keep a team capable of bouncing straight back too. His career showed an upward trajectory from that level to our promotion. As always, it will be interesting to see how it works.

"I am"..."an"..."idiot" - Robert Jenrick. All of his words, so they must also be true.

Exactly. We've all had enough of panels being on our back this season.