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Watching Leicester in the game vs. Northampton and listening to Russell Martin in his interview after the game, makes a major change in hope for the season coming up. It was scary to see how many errors were made and how players who are seen as “experienced” showed they can’t really be counted if this continues. What does in mean, Wout Faes missing for personal reasons. Is it something that we all can believe is a move coming early next week. He has been linked with a move to Besiktas in Turkey, so could this be happening. The fact that Ben Nelson is out for the rest of the season, leaves Tom Wilson-Brown and Kevon Gray as alternative players to use if Harry Souttar or Caleb Okoli can’t play. A loan signing of a young and electric defender would be the ideal happening. Max Alleyne (21) from Man City and Spurs youngster Malachi Hardy (18) are two players being talked up as alternative additions in earlier reports. Would be difficult to see John Souttar joining Leicester, as he would be more eager to join Swansea. Six new players in the squad, that is a tall change, and will affect the balance and rythm of the premises. They will take some time to settle in. Today three of them, Alex McCarthy, Christian McFarlane and Conor Chaplin were all missing. Hamza Choudhury getting four minutes today, said he would like to stay, but with his salaries, he should be shipped out as soon as possible. You can’t have players like Faes and Choudhury sitting on the bench at this level, that is insane, so hopefully a move will be happening for both. Russell Martin explained it, but still has a huge question to answer. What is going on regarding a new striker? This is the monstrous elephant in the room. Martin has been with the club for two months and is at the moment playing BDCR in a striker position, it’s insane. No top striker has joined the club, could JV9 be returning? Not yet made a move for next season, but earlier ruled out a return to Leicester, even after been seen training at Seagrave this summer. Leicester are more than open to get him back, but the player has said to have no interest. This is a major worry, also letting Kirsten Otchere leave to join Cheltenham on loan. Him and Nathan Opoku scored 6 goals in pre-season together, today none of them were seen in action, another insane decision made, if they both had been available they are miles in front of BDCR playing in this position up front. Our first XI and subs of 26/27 🔵#LEINOR pic.twitter.com/lWCM9RhxFt — Leicester City (@LCFC) August 8, 2026 The team did as Russell Martin said, work hard. But the quality of the performance was far from what is needed to get a win away to Notts County. If Russell Martin play BDCR as a striker in that game Leicester will not come home with points. This will like playing with 10 players as the movement and presence of BDCR are miles away from what is needed to perform well in this striker position. After a solid pre-season with set up’s that looked logical and clever balanced it looks as if someone has thrown a stone in the head of Russell Martin. This BDCR decision is so strange that we are far from convinced. First havinh two choices that looked promising, then chosing to play with a versitale option, and still not made a single signing for the most important role in the team. Worries are that this will continue and destroy what was looking so good in the games coming up to this one. Hopefully there are answers. Hopefully one or two journalists will ask the questions needed, because those asking question to Russell Martin today looked as if they believe this can continue, or they are affraid to ask the questions needed to understand what is going on. Top and Jon Rudkin were present at the game today, maybe that’s why everything again looked difficult, hopefully that is not the case. Happy to see a lot of answers both on and and off the field in the upcoming week. Hopefully Russell Martin can get his squad settled, and not struggle to get results, before a striker is added to the squad. We do feel that waiting on a Bosnian U21 international as a clever answer for this job is one very strange, but stranger things have happened in the past. JV9 return could be happening, if other alternatives becomes distant for the Leicester legend.