That tracking back was immense for an attacking winger. Great effort. 👏👏

Massive half this. Can guarantee the ref will give us nothing too.We've painted a picture in his head with too many dives. Will have to be a real clattering to get a decision.

Ruthlessly clinical. Get in!

Does Vale know how to sprint? So lazy when you're only on for 10 mins.

Vardy been getting shooting training from Hedges.

Time to see if this lot can change the script. Turn the page here, it could stand us in great stead to break the playoffs.

Losing JRC has had a big impact.

Who cares what happens on their forum? That's not a benchmark we aspire to surely. In fact, if we're doing the opposite of them, sounds good to me.

I'd put Dolan on daily diving training. Improve his technique. Shame, cos that was a strong leg in, cud easily have been a pen, but he makes it so bloody obvious. The ref's feel insulted.

Yep, definitely going for the inside man. Nice for the ball to roll kindly for us.

Would be nice if we actually got the decision given in the match for once. They're amazing at spotting every single infraction we make (Buckley's head bounce), but things seem much less clear when our lads are getting crunched. I swear we've had a few '3 yellow card' culprits this season. With the guy finally seeing a card in about the 82nd min. 🙄

Nice touch that Trav tidying up Dack's shinpads after they'd been flung in anger. He even stored them neatly into the physio's bag.

He's been great on the ball, but doesn’t inspire confidence in defence, but looks like it could be my issue. Whether it's the physicality grappling with the attacker on a long ball, or someone running at him with ball at feet, I'm panicking every time. But hopefully I'm way off the mark, and everyone else is right. 🤷🏻‍♂️

And last maybe? 🤔 What has happened to S. Wharton. Looks devoid of confidence. When they do score, I'm fearing it will be him at fault.

So are they on us, but they're doing it sporadically. Which is clever, because our defenders surprised is not good.

Tbh, the comparison with Fergie's team is quite fitting in terms of the S-housery on display last night. I've never seen so many dramatic flops to the floor whilst clutching faces. And chief dickhead Ashley Barnes's shambles at the corners was quite something to witness. (I'll caveat that with Watford being almost as bad..... big emphasis on almost, as any team would struggle to reach the heights your boys hit!!)

He does that, they score from the corner, and we all go mental about it for pages on here.

Precisely what's needed to transform his dry weekend.

My bitterness probably just stems from countless clubs in the Championship (including us) being punished with transfer embargos etc whilst the teams in the Prem seem to get away with murder. And what better figurehead to be an example for punishment than the club that has won 4 of the last 5 titles. That, and they're still on my shit list for booing at HT when being down to Spurs. Poor little babies, not being 3 nil up by the break, my heart bleeds for them!

'It's me, Markanday, I've come home...'

Nobody is calling you a liar Gav, but there's also no evidence to back up the claim. And the forum posts + archive go back a fair old way. But not all the way. So it's one person's word v another. You can surely see that there's nowhere we can go with that. Besides, is it necessary to do an inquest into what might have happened 2 decades ago? Can it not just be let go for the sake of forum harmony.

Don't forget Markanday.

https://footystats.org/england/championship/form-table With 2 tough away fixtures coming up was looking at the form tables. We're 21st out of 24. But was interested to see the top of the Away From Table (6 games). It basically mirrors the actual League Table. Burnley, Sheff Utd, Middlesbrough sat in same order 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Luton only one place out of order in 5th v 4th. Tells a story that. Compete well away from home in the Championship and you stand a good chance of promotion. We don't, so won't.

Hankies at the ready, poor Man City are the victims here 😪😪:

Looks like we've taught Thomas our regular corner style quickly. 🙄