Tinker on.

[TheDazzler]

There is no release clause. Interesting

the contract length of all players is currently



Drinkwater is seen as the most pressing renewal. he's still on the £40,000 a week cap whereas the new contracts are up to and over £100,000 a week befitting extra revenues from PL finishing revenue and CL revenue to come

If Leicester finish, as widely expected, 7th/8th this year and then around that position moving forward (lower top half, 7th-10th) then won't those contracts be unsustainable in coming years? 

[TightEnd]

don't have a firm answer for that but with a) the new TV deal guaranteeing even the bottom sice £100m and a step change in the commercial fortunes of the club in the last nine months (shirt sales are through the roof worldwide) then i'd hope it is all costed out and sustainable on reasonable scanarios

[hhyftrftdr]

There is no release clause. Interesting

the contract length of all players is currently



Drinkwater is seen as the most pressing renewal. he's still on the £40,000 a week cap whereas the new contracts are up to and over £100,000 a week befitting extra revenues from PL finishing revenue and CL revenue to come

If Leicester finish, as widely expected, 7th/8th this year and then around that position moving forward (lower top half, 7th-10th) then won't those contracts be unsustainable in coming years? 

I'm sure Leicester were sensible enough to insert relegation based clauses into them all

[TightEnd]

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off the mark yesterday, but still not firing or fully fit. had a good shot against a pretty humdrum arsenal side playing without a striker and with Walcott reprising his invisible man role from seasons past. Koscielny made a big difference though

looked a lot more solid with Huth back

Arsenal too defended deep, and we struggled to create much and i suspect this might be an ongoing problem. we just don't look that threatening when we have time to build play up with defenders between us and the goal. without kante we aren't winning the ball unexpectedly to launch counters   

mind you Mr Clatternburg's decision not to give a very late penalty, Bellerin on Musa, stonewall job, was the type of decision we'd get routinely last year.  if it wasn't a penalty, why wasn't Musa booked for diving? it was one or the other.

one thing is for sure, we need to work out a way to fit Musa in to play for 90 minutes

[buzzharvey22]

One of the worst decisions iv ever seen that from Clattenburg, so clear cut. Refereeing has been pretty ordinary again this so far, see a few awful dives that havn't been booked.

[DungBeetle]

One of the worst decisions iv ever seen that from Clattenburg, so clear cut. Refereeing has been pretty ordinary again this so far, see a few awful dives that havn't been booked.

Yep Costa should have been red carded for a dive yesterday before he got winning goal against us.  And he should have gone against West Ham.  Weak refereeing after they were so good at the Euros I thought.

[Karabiner]

One of the worst decisions iv ever seen that from Clattenburg, so clear cut. Refereeing has been pretty ordinary again this so far, see a few awful dives that havn't been booked.

In Clattenburg's defence Musa was directly behind Hector from where he was standing and I also thought at first it was merely a tangle of legs.

Obviously a clear dive and should have been a booking having watched the replays.

[TightEnd]

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[TightEnd]

thursday afternoon for the champions league draw

whisper it, but clubs may be hoping we are the pot 1 club they get

no easy draws in this lot....

where is ludogerets?

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[hhyftrftdr]

Instinct says Switzerland or Austria or somewhere like that.....Google says Bulgaria. If you got them away in September you could feature on the next series of What Happens In Sunny Beach....

Maybe we'll get turned over 6-1 and I'll look stupid (again), but not sure there is a need for a * next to City's name I've been telling everyone the draw is Friday, whoops.

[hhyftrftdr]

On a purely selfish level, I've previously been away to Copenhagen, Sporting Lisbon, Bayern Munich and Dynamo Kiev so hoping City avoid them. Quite fancy Legia Warsaw, and Club Brugge would be a laugh, perfect tie to get the ferry over to from 'ull. Ditto for Eindhoven as well.

Don't really fancy any trips to Turkey or Russia as it stands so would prefer to swerve them too

[Tal]

Ludogerets are from Bulgaria.

[DungBeetle]

Madrid, Dortmund, Spurs, Roma seems a reasonable group.

[KarmaDope]

best draw/worst draw in your opinion, Tighty?

[Ironside]

best draw for Leicester has to be Basel, RBS, Rostov or Celtic or Razgrad IMHO