Dan

I can't work out what our plan was last night. The second half was embarrassing. I cannot remember ever seeing a side look so clueless against ten men.

I've thought that in the past - people are deluded if they think that you're going to get anything like Kane & Alli's form for England because they're around poorer players. Poch has built a side that gets the maximum from those two. England haven't.

We're bound to have money to spend. Likely to take in some money for Mahrez, Musa as well by the sounds of things, as well as the CL revenue on top of the Sky TV money. We're definitely going to spend some. I don't know what to make of Evans. Don't know how good he is.

I'm not feeling Dier either to be honest. Looks OK but not a lot more.

Is there anything in the Mahrez to Barcelona rumour? The word was Messi has apparently urged Barcelona to bid for him as he's a big fan. Surely not?

Anything on a new manager?

Doesn't get the credit he deserves for that run. Add in knocking out Sevilla, the fact we had to contend with a pretty tough run of fixtures with a squad that wasn't really prepared for it (which I can't put down to him). I know I sound like I'm making excuses for him but we prepared for last season so terribly that we didn't react to our setbacks as well as we always used to. Ranieri was dismantling the whole model, and Rudkin twice failed to bring in the right targets - I can't blame Shakespeare for having to field a defence of Simpson, Benalouane, Fuchs and Chilwell, we're bound to struggle. I totally accept it could go wrong but that is the case no matter who we appoint. I've been impressed with the kinds of things he says - he's a realist and given his snipe at our poor recruitment it looks like he knows exactly what needs fixing. I would not be disappointed if he ended up being an assistant to someone like Roger Schmidt. I think that could work. He was one of the architects of a management team that continuously improved this club. The team, the backroom staff, the facilities (which you can credit the owners too) and eventually I think the academy, he's made noises about wanting to improve that too. If he takes us over I think we'll have a good season.

Shakespeare to be named manager this week apparently.

Been linked to Watford and OGC Nice. Has been favourite for both recently.

Talksport did a poll not too long before he did end up getting the boot asking "would you have Ranieri at your club" and it was an overwhelming no. While I don't give him no credit, I think he got very lucky as well. I don't buy this notion that he's transformed us into title winners overnight. He took over the form team of the country and had a world class midfielder signed (who he didn't even want, he had to be convinced daily). I think he made some tweaks during games, and I think he played a blinder with the media throughout the season as well (although I maintain this is the most overhyped part of football management) but you only have to see what he did when he actually had the time to have a pre-season to show that it's not entirely down to his methods that we won it. As for Shakespeare, I'm not quite as confident as I was before, but at the same time I think recently his hands have been tied with squad selection. Our last three games we have been forced into playing a defence of Simpson, Benalouane, Fuchs and Chilwell. That's only one first choice player in their actual position. I cannot put the blame on Shakespeare too much when it's not his fault we lack depth, and he's been quite vocal about it too so I'm hopeful that he realises our issues. I think it's imperative he stays at the club, but I wouldn't be disappointed if he went back to being an assistant to a new man.

We weren't particularly entertaining to watch second half of the season but like I've said before people kept saying "wait until teams set up differently against you" and we still came through it. First half of last season we were fantastic to watch. Arsenal are very good occasionally but not that often now. You aren't what you were.

We can't win with some. No matter what we do. We beat teams in open, high-scoring games? We're told to wait until teams start playing defensively against us. We beat them too? No style, not attacking enough etc... It's footballing snobbery and nothing more. We've all got our own ideas on how we like to see the game played. There is no particular right one, and I would strongly dispute that it is "damaging" for the game if teams like us and Chelsea win things. What would be more damaging for the sport is if every team in the world adhered to one style of play. How boring would that be?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/05/17/craig-shakespeare-wants-quick-decision-leicester-city-job/

French league, Algerian, called Ryad (close enough)? £8.5mil is a snip

Yeah I'm not a huge fan of it to be honest. I'd imagine they will get a few youngsters on loan from us and we'll get first dibs on anyone they have that's any good, with an annual friendly or something. I will go away there if there is a friendly.

Officially confirmed that King Power have bought OH Leuven of Belgium's 2nd tier. It's likely that we will end up in some kind of feeder club partnership with them.

No he's just showing himself up to be arrogant as per usual. It's a total myth that us or Chelsea are bad to watch and a myth that Arsenal are that great to watch nowadays either. We defended when we had to? What a crime against football that is.

that is absolutely brilliant. But he's done it facing the bloody West Stand. It'll be upside down on TV.

It's a shame really because he was absolutely great once upon a time. Now he's going to be remembered as much for this last few years as anything else.

Beat me to posting that. Sums up how arrogant he is.

Superb summary on Leicester this is. Explanation of why Ranieri failed this year.

Nicely put and I agree. It's actually turned into quite a good season for us. I think we will probably come 9th or 10th because of who our last three games are. We'll do well to beat Spurs or Man City (although we don't have too bad records against either) but I'd imagine we'll beat Bournemouth (ironically a bit of a bogey team). Would be quite the miracle if someone managed to stop Stoke coming 9th. They've done it the last three years.

Could say it for a lot of players but he'd flourish in a better side. He above all misses Kante on the pitch.

I think I'd cash in on Mahrez now. He's had a disappointing follow up season to last year and if someone will still pay decent money for him then let him go. I think he wants to go to be honest. In other news, one of our owners (the son) is set to step down and buy OH-Leuven of Belgium - with the intention of building them a new stadium, proving a bigger transfer budget and attempting to get them into Europe, as well as loaning players off us. Unsure what to make to it really.